SOURCES SOUGHT 10TH SF Winter Equipment Locker Repair and Maintenance November 10, 2020 INTRODUCTION The Mission Installation Contracting Command, Fort Carson is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement Winter Equipment Servicing in support of the 10th Special Forces (A) Brigade. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE Within 90 mile radius of Fort Carson, CO 80913 DISCLAIMER“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT. The 10th SFG (A) established the Winter Equipment Locker (WEL) in 2016 to warehouse all cold weather and ski equipment. Through training and use, normal wear and tear on the equipment required the performance of repairs or maintenance to keep the equipment serviceable. After three years, a pattern of issues and costs shows recurring repairs and maintenance for the equipment, this contract will service those recurring issues on a yearly basis. Interested vendors must be located within a 90 mile radius of Fort Carson, CO 80913. . The Contractor shall furnish all transportation required to pick up and deliver equipment from the Government’s place of business REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The Contractor shall provide repair services on cold weather and ski equipment to include the following: alpine touring style ski boot repair; ski tuning and repairs (basic tuning and full tuning/repairs); ski binding repairs and parts replacement. All equipment that requires services or repairs will be picked up and delivered by the Contractor at the WEL warehouse. Equipment that is identified by the Government as needing repairs will be inspected by the Contractor before pickup services in support of the areas specified in Program Background (above). Further detail is provided in the draft Performance Based Work Statement (PBWS) attached to this announcement (Attachment 1). If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Personnel and Facility Security Clearances. Contractor personnel performing work under this contract must have a minimum of a background check prior to commencement of work under this contract, and must be able to attain unaccompanied access to Fort Carson, CO. The Contractor must provide proof of professional and commercial business in the relevant field of ski and cold weather equipment repair for a minimum of 5 years to apply. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 811490 with a Small Business Size Standard of $7.5 million. The Product Service Code is J078 Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT) A draft Performance Based Statement of Work (PBSOW) is attached. Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten (10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 2 pm MST, November 17, 2020..All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Edna Hakenson,
[email protected]. This documentation must address at a minimum the following items: 1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement? 2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details. 3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details. 4.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks? 5.) Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PBSOW for the base period as well as the option periods. 6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc. 7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. 8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements. The estimated period of performance consists of Mar 2021 through Mar 2022, with a possible 4 year option period. Specifics regarding the number of option periods will be provided in the solicitation. The contract type is anticipated to be Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery. The estimated numbers of repairs is provided in the draft PWS. The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement. Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contracting Officer, Edna T. Hakenson, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email
[email protected]. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government . No phone calls will be accepted. All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.