Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The US Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Division (ACC-APG Natick) on behalf of the Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems (PM FSS), located at the Natick Soldier Systems Ce... The US Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Division (ACC-APG Natick) on behalf of the Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems (PM FSS), located at the Natick Soldier Systems Center is issuing a solicitation under the authority of FAR Part 15, for the Force Provider Expeditionary (FPE) Triple Container (TRICON) Systems (ETS). The Government is anticipating awarding a single award Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Five (5) Year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. The Government reserves the right to award one or no contracts as a result of this solicitation. This acquisition is a total small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System NAICS Code is 332439, and the size standard is 500 employees. Offerors must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) at SAM.gov prior to submission of proposals. It is the offeror's responsibility to check the Beta.Sam website as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and any/all amendments. Proposals shall be submitted electronically no later than 3:00:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) 30 days after the solicitation is posted to the DOD SAFE. Offerors submitting proposals must follow the uploading instructions below in order to receive a link to drop off the proposal no later than (NLT) five (5) business days prior to the due date. No paper copies, CD-ROMs or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Electronic Bid Submission is required through the Army’s Electronic File Sharing Service, DOD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil). There are no user accounts for SAFE. Authentication is handled via email. Anyone has access to DOD SAFE, and the application is available for use by anyone. The SAFE “Getting Started Guide” has information on how to utilize the system (https://safe.apps.mil/about.php). INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPLOADING PROPOSALS: 1. Send an email to the Contract Specialist to receive the link to drop off your proposal. This will need to be completed five (5) business days prior to the due date. Jeananne Russell, Contract Specialist at Jeananne.M.Russell.civ@mail.mil 2. You will receive an email with the link to submit your drop-off. This will occur five (5) days prior to the proposal due date. 3. Click the Add Files or Drag and Drop your files. For file description, enter W911QY21R0001-CONTRACTORNAME. 4. Click Upload button to send documents. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SOLICITATION Questions concerning this solicitation shall be submitted to Jeananne Russell via email to Jeananne.M.Russell.civ@mail.mil no later than 15 days after the solicitation posting with a Subject Line of: “Questions: ETS Solicitation W911QY21R0001 - (Offeror’s Company Name). The questions shall be submitted as an email attachment in a Microsoft Word format containing no tables or charts, only text with the following document naming convention: Questions: ETS Solicitation W911QY21R0001 (Offeror’s Company Name). The Government will not guarantee a response to any question and/or clarifications after the submission deadline.