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BACKGROUND The United States Marshals Service (USMS) has a responsibility to Relocate, Appraise, Store, Maintain and Dispose of seized and/or forfeited Vehicles throughout the United States. This requ... BACKGROUND The United States Marshals Service (USMS) has a responsibility to Relocate, Appraise, Store, Maintain and Dispose of seized and/or forfeited Vehicles throughout the United States. This requirement is for the Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, and District of Nevada. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) The USMS is posting this announcement as an RFI only, for the upcoming solicitation that will be posted on the SAM.gov website at https://sam.gov. This RFI is issued for the purpose of identifying the availability of potential qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirement. The solicitation will be for the Towing, Appraisal, Storage, Maintenance and Disposal of Vehicles to the General Public as a customary business practice in the California and Nevada metropolitan areas. The vehicle services contract will be for a base year and four (4) one-year options. In addition, FAR 52.217-8 "Option to Extend Services" will be included to the solicitation/contract. There are (2) two locations of Contract Performance: FACILITY LOCATION, PERFORMANCE AREA & TRANSITION PERIOD California District - 50 road miles of USMS, Eastern District of California, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95847. Nevada District - 30 road miles of USMS, District of Nevada, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89101 If you are interested in the upcoming solicitation, provide a capability statement addressing your company’s ability to provide the related services. It is important that interested sources provide a capability statement to: Christopher Ottie, Contracting Officer, Christopher.Ottie@usdoj.gov and Jenelle Jackson, Contract Specialist, Jenelle.Jackson@usdoj.gov via email. In addition to a capability statement, all interested parties need to ensure they have completed the initial questions to be submitted via SurveyMonkey, link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CMVS2K5 You are advised that providing your capability statement and responses to all questions that no entitlement to payment or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this RFI or the Government’s use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor’s input resulting from this RFI. In addition, you are advised that providing responses to the questions will not automatically include you in the acquisition process for this solicitation. All responses are due by Monday, February 20, 2023 at 12:00 pm EDT. NOTE: The solicitation will be posted at SAM.gov, https://sam.gov. The survey questions are listed below. However, pleased submit the survey via https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CMVS2K5 1) Name of Firm:Address: Point of Contact: Address: Unique Entity Identifier: Email Address: Phone Number: 2) Please check all the apply to the firm. ________ Small Business, ________ Large Business, ________8(a), ________ Veteran-Owned Small Business, ________ Service DisabledVeteran-Owned,________ Women-Owned Small Business,________ Small Disadvantaged Small Business,________HUBZone Small Business, and _________ HistoricallyBlack Colleges/Minority Institutions 3) What percenatge of the work would your firm perform and what percentage of the work would you subcontract? 4) If subcontracting opportunities are available, do you anticipate subcontracting with any of the following? ________ Small Business, ________, ________ Veteran-Owned Small Business, ________Service DisabledVeteran-Owned,________ Women-Owned Small Business,________ and HUBZone Small Business. 5) Which of the following does your firm offer to the General Public on a Commercial Basis? _____Towing, _____ Appraisal, _____ Storage, ______ Maintenance, ______Disposal Services and _______ Others. 6) Is it customary and offered to the General Public that your firm provides maintenance on Vehicles stored at your facility to ensure that a Vehicle is kept in the same condition as when towed to your storage facility? ____Yes or _____No 7) Is it customary and offered to the General Public that records are maintained showing maintenance performed on Vehicles stored at your facility? ____ Yes or _____ No 8) Is your facility able to segregate and properly identify USMS Vehicles from Non-USMS Vehicles? _____Yes or _____ No 9) Can your firm provide auctioneer services to dispose of seized vehicles? _____ Yes or _____ No 10) Is it customary that when your firm auctions a Vehicle that the auction price is governed by the pricing guidelines established by NADA? ____Yes or ____ No 11) Is it customary for your firm to clean a Vehicle prior to the auctioning of the Vehicle? _____ Yes or _____ No 12) Where can your firm provide storage? ______ Inside and/or ____Outside 13) Is your storage facility fenced and secured? _____ Yes or ____ No 14) How much square footage does your indoor storage facility have? 15) Can your firm provide storage for the following? (Check all that apply.) ____ Small Vehicles, _____ Medium Vehicle, _____ Large Vehicles, and ____ Tractor Trailers. 16) Are you aware of any Laws and Regulations that are unique to the services being acquired? ____Yes or ____ No 17) Does your firm possess the necessary licenses and permits to conduct business for these services in the proposed state? _____ Yes or ____ No 18) Does your firm belong to any trade organizations? If so, please list the organization(s). ____ Yes or ____ No 19) Is it customary to offer warranty, buyer financing, discounts, etc., under which commercial services you provided to the General Public? ____ Yes or ____ No 20) Would your company be interested in participating in this requirement? _____ Yes or _____ No