Inactive 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)

Introduction The Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the area of Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA has an immediate requirement for a document courier service. T... Introduction The Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the area of Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA has an immediate requirement for a document courier service. Typical performance requires the contractor to provide Monday-Friday transport of documents and parcels among 15 designated CBP locations within the Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA area. The purpose of this procurement action is to establish an ongoing commercial document courier service to serve designated CBP Los Angeles area locations. Operate pick-up/delivery, looped, messenger routes between the various CBP Los Angeles/Long Beach sites. On these routes the contractor will pick-up and deliver all incoming/ outgoing mail, documents, supplies, express packages, equipment items, and other miscellaneous items that require transfer between the sites. The individual items will be hand carriable, normally no more than 50 pounds, although a hand truck would be useful. The normal total number of individual items handled each day is in the range of 30-50 items. The normal weight of items picked-up or delivered at any individual site, will be no more than 150 pounds. This is an RFI released pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 – Market Research. This RFI’s purpose is to obtain market information on viable sources of supply, industry practices, answers to specific questions, and industry comments. All RFI submissions become Government property and will not be returned. This announcement constitutes an official RFI. Further, CBP is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or Government use of such information. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by CBP in developing and refining its Acquisition Strategy, Statement of Work, and Performance Specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The U.S. Government does not intend to award a contract solely on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to same. The U.S. Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey. INFORMATION REQUESTED: 1. Company Name, Company Address, Point of Contact, Telephone Number, and e-mail Address. 2. Are you under NAICS code 492110 Couriers and Express Delivery Services? If not, what NAICS code do you use? What size business are you registered as with this code? 3. What is your organization’s experience with, and capability for, Courier Services? 4. Where is your experience providing courier services in the local area of Los Angeles? 5. Is your organization capable of completing the technical requirements included in the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW)? 6. Do you have any concerns or questions regarding the requirements set forth in the attached draft Statement of Work? RESPONSES Responses shall be the minimum length necessary to accommodate all requested information and submitted via e-mail only. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information. QUESTIONS Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to the Contracting Officer, email address listed below. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. Questions, if not answered directly to the respondee, will be answered by posting on the SAM.gov website; accordingly, questions shall NOT contain proprietary, sensitive, or classified information. SUMMARY This Request for Information (RFI) and Presolicitation Notice is for planning purposes only and should not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any services or hardware. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or Government use of such information. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by CBP in developing and refining its Acquisition Strategy, Statement of Work, and Performance Specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract solely on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to same. The information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to pursue any course of action described herein. The U.S. Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey.