SOURCES SOUGHT
W -- Multi-Function Device-Copier Lease
- Notice Date
- 5/4/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 532420
— Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort McCoy (W911SA), 1108 South R Street, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, 54656-5142, United States
- ZIP Code
- 54656-5142
- Solicitation Number
- W9124A-14-D-0004
- Archive Date
- 5/24/2018
- Point of Contact
- Carlos F. Saldarriaga, Phone: 6083882702
- E-Mail Address
-
carlos.f.saldarriaga.civ@mail.mil
(carlos.f.saldarriaga.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government currently intends to award a contract for W9124A-14-D-0004 for Multi-Function Device-Copier Lease for US Army Reserve facilities located throughout the 63rd RSC 7-state region on an SOLE SOURCE basis, but is seeking vendors that may be able to perform this requirement in order to support a competitive procurement. Accordingly, the U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large and small) to respond to this sources sought synopsis. In addition, small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), must describe their identifying capabilities in meeting the requirements at a fair market price, i.e., information which may help support a set-aside. The proposed sole source firm-fixed price contract to Ricoh USA, Inc. for a Multi-Function Device-Copier Lease shall provide services to the US Army Reserve facilities located throughout the 63rd RSC 7-state region. The estimated Period of Performance is 30 May 2018 through 29 September 2021. The statutory authority for the sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304c(b)(3) as implemented by FAR Part 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) - The order must be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an order already issued under the contract, provided that all awardees were given a fair opportunity to be considered for the original order. This requirement will add 22 monochromatic Ricoh MP 3054SPG B/W Imaging Systems- 417113 (also includes supplies for MFDs, monochromatic 22 EA) and 2 Ricoh MPC 3003G Color Imaging Systems - 416675 (also includes supplies for MFDs, color 2 EA). This is for the period of 30 May 2018 to 29 September 2021. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the MFD Copier Supply and Lease as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The NAICS code(s) is/are: 532420 with a Size Standard of $32,500,000. In response to this sources sought, please provide: 1. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solution solutions. Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. 2. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 3. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 4. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. Ricoh USA, Inc. is the only responsible source capable of satisfying the government's requirement. 5. Information to help determine if the requirement (item or service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc. 6. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns. 7. Recommendations to improve the Army's approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.
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- Address: Multi-Function Device-Copier Lease for US Army Reserve facilities located throughout the 63rd RSC 7-state region., United States
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