SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – West Point desires to procure a Blanket Purchase Agreement to perform emergency repair service work on the natural gas and/or electrical distribution system on various locations at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought synopsis with information sufficient to support a set-aside. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government Service Administration (GSA) eBuy. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GSA eBuy for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is/are: 221210 – Natural Gas Distribution with an employee size standard of 1,000 employees. A need is anticipated to procure emergency services to accomplish repair work on the natural gas and/or electrical distribution system (as appropriate) on various locations at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY. The US Military Academy, West Point, NY will use the information submitted to determine which vendors it will award a BPA to. This notice will be the only means of soliciting vendors for this requirement and there will not be a separate Request for Quotes/Proposal issued. All interested vendors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) In response to this sources sought, please provide: Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 4. Information to help determine if the requirement for emergency services to accomplish repair work on the natural gas and/or electrical distribution system is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information ( e.g. , market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc. 5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns. 6. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact Matthew Ye, at
[email protected], if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the POC information from the Government Wide Point of Entry notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. 7. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services. 8. All contractors shall submit responses via email to
[email protected] by Friday, 11 JUNE 2021 at 11:00am Eastern.