SOURCES SOUGHT
68 -- Oxygen Cylinder Refill - Sources Sought Document
- Notice Date
- 6/26/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort Leonard Wood, 8112 Nebraska Avenue, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 65473, United States
- ZIP Code
- 65473
- Solicitation Number
- W911S7-18-A-0005
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2018
- Point of Contact
- Chad M. Buckley,
- E-Mail Address
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chad.m.buckley.civ@mail.mil
(chad.m.buckley.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Document SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government currently intends to award a contract to refill Oxygen Cylinders at Fort Hood, Texas for the United States Army Engineer School (USAES) Counter Explosive Hazards Center (CEHC). This will be awarded on a sole source basis, but the Government 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 statutory authority for the sole source procurement is 10 United States Code 2304(c)(1) as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. MICC Fort Leonard Wood is seeking alternate sources to refill Oxygen Cylinders (Breathable Air), bottles shall be delivered in Fort Hood, Texas. 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 Government wide Point of Entry or through GSA e-Buy as appropriate. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The NAICS Code is 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing with a Size standard of 1000 employees. 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 solutions. Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466- 3015 or Chad Buckley, Contract Specialist at chad.m.buckley.civ@mail.mil 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. 5. Information to help determine if the requirement 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 specifications for acquiring the identified items/services. Please submit responses via e-mail to Chad Buckley, Purchasing Agent; chad.m.buckley.civ@mail.mil no later than 10 July 2018.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 65473, United States
- Zip Code: 65473
- Zip Code: 65473
- Record
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