Defense Mapping Agency/PCI-W, 3200 South Second Street, Mail Stop L-13, St.Louis, MO 63118-3399

R -- DESTRUCTION OF CLASSIFIED WASTE SERVICE. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT. NO RFP WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME. SOL sources sought announcement DUE 021696 POC Joan Reagan, Contract Specialist, 314-260-1206 or Paulette Martin, Contracting Officer The Defense Mapping Agency-St.Louis (DMA-St.Louis) is seeking potential sources for destruction of its classified/sensitive waste. DMA-St.Louis generates approximately 15,000 pounds of waste per week. The classified/sensitive waste must be collected from DMA-St.Louis at least once a week. The contractor will be responsible for transporting all classified/sensitive waste from DMA-St.Louis's facilities in St.Louis, MO to the contractor's facility. The contractor's waste destruction facility must be Department of Defense and DMA approved and comply with the provisions of the National Industrial Security Program, Operating Manual, DoD 5220.22-M dated January 1995 (NISP). The waste destruction facility must also operate in accordance with the Federal Clean Air Act, and other state/local atmospheric emission standards. All contractor personnel having any contact with the acceptance, collection, transportation and destruction of the classified/sensitive waste must possess a minimum security clearance of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)/Top Secret + NATO, etc. The SCI/Top Secret clearances are defined and explained in the NISP. Transportation of the waste must also follow the provisions of NISP. The classified/sensitive waste consists of miscellaneous administrative paper (boxed/palleted/skidded), carbons, Mylar, plastics, computer tapes, aluminum lithographic plates, maps/charts (folded/flat/boxed) and metal computer parts/elements. Potential sources should submit the following information for evaluation of their classified/sensitive destruction capability: statement of intent describing their classified/sensitive destruction experience, financial resources, references of other like-services performed, the ability of the contractor's personnel to obtain security clearances and the pounds per hour of collateral and SCI material their machines can destroy in accordance with the NISP. The statement of intent must be dated 20 business days from the date of this notice and mailed to the address shown at the beginning of this announcement. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. (0012)

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