SOURCES SOUGHT
M -- Rotational Life Support Services
- Notice Date
- 5/2/2023 1:09:06 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 532490
— Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Contracting Office
- W6QM MICC-FT POLK FORT POLK LA 71459-0198 USA
- ZIP Code
- 71459-0198
- Solicitation Number
- W9124E16D0006
- Response Due
- 5/5/2023 8:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Matthew Wiggins
- E-Mail Address
-
matthew.c.wiggins4.civ@army.mil
(matthew.c.wiggins4.civ@army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. �The U.S. Government currently intends to award a contract for the Rotational Life Support Services (RLSS) on a 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 source sought notice. �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 will be a Firm Fixed Price contract to Sunbelt Rentals, INC. The statutory authority for the sole source procurement is Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B), when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. �Attached is the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). 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 source 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 is: 532490 Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing with a Small Business Size Standard of $40 Million. The PSC is M1JZ Operation of Miscellaneous Buildings. In response to this source sought, please provide a capabilities statement of no more than five (5) pages: 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. �Contact the Mission Installation Contracting Command (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 Mission and Installation Contracting Command point of contact information from the Sources Sought Notice. �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. � 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 services. Additional: The estimated period of performance consists of one (1), five (5) month period of performance with performance commencing in June 2023.� The contract type is anticipated to be Firm Fixed Price (FFP).� The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement. Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Matthew Wiggins, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email at Matthew.c.wiggins4.civ@army.mil.� All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. No phone calls will be accepted. All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought. �
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Fort Polk, LA 71459, USA
- Zip Code: 71459
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 71459
- Record
- SN06669563-F 20230504/230502230120 (samdaily.us)
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