The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Fort Hood Contracting Office hereby issues this Sources Sought notice/Request for Information (RFI) for storage of Private Owned Vehicles (POV). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Responses to this RFI are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This RFI is for market research purposes only. Information gained from this search will be used to identify qualified businesses that possess the resources and capabilities to perform the requirements in the PWS. Interested parties should not submit any proprietary information when responding to this RFI and no information submitted by respondents will be returned. The Government is not responsible for any costs incurred by respondents for the preparation, handling, or transmission of information provided in response to this RFI. Interested parties should submit company biographical capabilities statements/brochures that clearly describe their firm's ability to perform the work stated in this RFI. The summary of work required under the Performance Work Statement (PWS) follows: Provide vehicle storage services of POVs belonging to U.S. Army active military service members (to include Army National Guard, and Army Reserve) under contingency deployment operations. This requirement includes, but is not limited to, in-processing, inspecting, transporting, storage, safety, security, maintenance, and out-processing of vehicles to customers or an authorized agent acting on their behalf, as described in the PWS. The contractor's responsibilities include (1) providing adequate personnel and facilities to operate vehicle processing center(s) (VPCs) located in close proximity to Fort Hood, TX, to accept from and return vehicles to customers, and prepare each for storage, (2) conduct, record and report results of inspections of all vehicles authorized for storage upon arrival and prior to placement in storage; (3) periodically report the status of stored vehicles and other reporting requirements as may be described in the PWS; (4) provide the expertise and resources to process claims for damages to stored vehicles (settlement of which is primarily between the owner of the vehicle and the contractor); and (5) providing necessary maintenance of vehicles while in storage. The storage facility shall be completely enclosed and have the capacity to house approximately 1,000 vehicles at any given time. A draft copy of the PWS is available upon request. The period of performance for a contract resulting from a competitively sourced will be a base period of 12 months, to include a one month phase-in period, plus two one-year option periods. The MICC-Fort Hood has a requirement to award a contract for this service beginning on 1 Jan 2012 with phase-in beginning 1 Dec 2011. Interested parties should include in their response their availability to begin performance of a contract of this nature within two weeks from notification of contract award. Interested parties are requested to provide their business type and size as related to NAICS 493190, Other Warehousing and Storage (small business size standard of $25.5 Million). Indicate whether your company is a large business, a small business, a Federally certified 8(a) firm, Woman Owned small business, Federally certified HUBZone, or a Service Disabled Veteran Owned small business. If your company is a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract holder, include your GSA contract number, Special Item Number (SIN), and the date of expiration of that contract. It is requested that interested sources submit a brief capabilities package (no more than 10 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to perform the requested storage of private owned vehicles to Ms. Rebecca Coon at
[email protected]. A generic capabilities statement is not acceptable and will not give the Government the level of detail it seeks in making a determination of industry practices and standards. The documentation must include a short synopsis of the company's primary core competencies and ability to complete the project; and details of similar contract(s) completed (include description of project; company/agency name, dates of performance; contract amount; and Government contract number). Information should be emailed to Ms. Coon at the address above no later than 4:00 PM, CDT on 15 April 2011. Questions or comments regarding this request should be emailed to Ms. Coon as well. All responses must include the following information: Company Name; Company Address; contact information (name, phone number, and e-mail address). In order to receive an award from any resultant solicitation, should one be issued, the successful offeror must be Central Contractor Registered (CCR) in the appropriate NAICS at the time set for receipt of offers. The CCR website is http://www.ccr.gov/. The successful offeror must also have an active Online Representation and Certification application (ORCA). The ORCA website is http://orca.bpn.gov/. Submission of any information in response to this Sources Sought Notice is completely voluntary, and shall not constitute a fee to the government.