Inactive
Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Notice ID:W912PM20T0002
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR Coveralls and Laundry Services This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a Request for Proposal. This request ...
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR Coveralls and Laundry Services This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is conducting research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to provide Coveralls and Laundry Services. The Government is requesting information from interested and capable sources for the purpose of identifying sources that can meet the Government's requirement and help determine how to issue the solicitation. The information provided must contain enough detail to demonstrate ability to meet the Government's requirement as described in the objective and specifications listed below. It is the intent of the Government to solicit and award as a firm fixed priced contract for a base year of twelve (12) months and four (4), twelve (12) month option years. The responses are for informational purposes only and do no obligate the Government or Contractor in any way. OBJECTIVE: The Contractor shall provide Protective Welding Coveralls and Laundry Services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District Engineer Repair Yard Welding Shop. All personnel that weld stainless steel are required by OSHA to wear coveralls that protect against Hexavalent Chromium exposure. SPECIFICATIONS: The Contractor shall provide the following services to the Wilmington District Engineer Repair Yard Weld Shop: • Protective Coveralls in the proper size of Coveralls for each welder • Repair and/or replacement of protective coveralls, as required • Weekly pickup and delivery service • Laundering service of protective coveralls All interested firms with 812332 as an approved NAICS code have until 4 November 2019 at 2:00 PM. to submit the following information: - Name & Address of your Firm - Point of Contact (Name/Phone/E-mail) - Current SAM Record to included DUNS Number and CAGE Code - Business Size, to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, and Large Business. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status should be provided, i.e., letter of certification from VA confirming SDVOSB status. The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of HubZone and 8(a) via SAM. - Evidence of capabilities to perform comparable work on three (3) recent projects (not more than five (5) years old to demonstrate technical capabilities in performing the work in accordance with the specifications of this requirement. Include the project name and description of the key/salient features of the project (completion date, total contract construction value, and your company's level of involvement in the project, i.e., subcontractor (type), prime, GC, etc.) and your specific role. Additionally, if you were teaming with another firm, clearly identify your role on the project(s) submitted. Please provide at least one point of contact (with e-mail address and phone number) for project validation. The Government will not give credit to projects if the lack of information hinders the ability to determine relevancy and/or level or experience. - Firm's capability to perform, to include geographic span and project size. - Information on Teaming Arrangement (if applicable). Although we are not looking for formal signed agreements at this time, if you intend to "team" with another firm, formally or informally, you must submit information, not more, than one (1) page, about your team's involvement. More specifically, you must submit sufficient information for the Government to determine the roles each team member will play and what your socio-economic status is or will be considering the proposed arrangement. Therefore, included in your one (1) page if you are a Small Business and you intend to mentor/protégé and/or JV with a large business both team members must sign. The Government may not give credit to your socio-economic class if there is not sufficient documentation to support it or if the Government cannot verify through other means that your business is as such. The requested information shall be submitted electronically to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Attn: Ros Shoemaker and Alicia Evans E-mail: Rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil and Alicia.g.evans@usace.army.mil The email should be titled: Coveralls and Laundry Services Do not send hard copies of advertising or promotional materials. Please ensure that all responses are comprehensive and provide a name and point-of-contact for your firm for follow-up by this office or the procuring contracting officer. If you have responded to any previous e-mail messages or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this project, please be advised that it will be necessary for you to respond to this e-mail and the questions contained therein. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the Prime Contractor and work accomplished by the teaming partner All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responding to this request for information. All information provided becomes property of the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy.
