R--Host Nation Labor Liaison Services in Sembach, Germany

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SYNOPSIS IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF MARKET CAPABILITIES. The 409th Contracting Support Brigade's Theater Contracting Center, in Kaiserslautern, Germany intends to solicit and award a contract using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Host Nation Labor Liaison Services in Sembach, Germany. The Contractor will provide a single employee to provide labor advisory services to the requiring activity on Host Nation labor and personnel matters; and provide liaison services between the requiring activity and supporting units and Work Councils and labor representatives. The contractor personnel will attend meetings and conduct briefings and trainings. Service effort is estimated at twenty (20) hours per week. Some travel will be required to provide these services, which will be considered outside of the service hours, and will be reimbursed separately. The U.S. Government is seeking qualified, experienced sources interested in performing these services and requests interested business submit a brief capability statement. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: The following information is requested: 1. Business name, point of contact (POC) name, address, telephone number, and email address. 2. Business' experience providing similar services and/or any professional education, certifications, and training to perform these services. 3. Business' typical billing arrangement (e.g. flat fee per week/month or hourly rate) 4. Questions or clarification the business would like to see addressed in the subsequent solicitation, when published. All responses should be submitted by email with the subject line quote mark RFI - Labor Liaison Services quote mark to Margaret Maine at [email protected] by 16:00 CEST 02 May 2013. Feedback and/or evaluation information will not be provided to any business regarding their individual capability statement. Facsimilies(FAX) and/or requests for a solicitation will not be accepted or acknowledged. At this time, proprietary information is not being requested, and respondents will refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this Sources Sought Synopsis.