Bio Mass Fuel (Wood Chips)-FCI Jesup

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY - Solicitations are not available at this time. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. The Bureau of Prisons has a future requirement for Biomass Fuel (untreated Biomass wood chips-2" plus or minus, moisture content not to exceed 60%, untreated less than 5% foreign material to include dirt, sand, and grit, etc.) for the Federal Correctional Institution located in Jesup, Georgia. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 321113 (Size Standard: 500 employees). The working hours for the delivery of this product will be regularly scheduled during a five (5) day work week, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The contract is based on a history of 3-7 deliveries of 28 tons of Biomass Fuel per work week. The Government contemplates awarding of an indefinite-delivery, requirements-type contracts with firm-fixed unit prices resulting from the future solicitation. The contract period shall consist of a base year of 12 months and may contain up to 4 option years. A Government solicitation document to provide these products is being developed, and a contract may or may not result. Market research is being conducted to determine interest and capability of potential sources for this requirement. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary. The Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. The Market Survey Questionnaire will be available on or about August 12, 2016 and will be distributed through General Service Administration's Federal Business Opportunities web site http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation and/or amendments, will be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information regarding this acquisition. Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations can submit offers/quotes equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. The response date for the market survey is August 19, 2016. No collect calls will be accepted. All responses to the Market Survey Questionnaire may be submitted to [email protected] or in hard copy to U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office, U. S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex, 346 Marine Forces Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75051, Attn: Nicole Rumsey, Contract Specialist. Please note: All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov.