ANC Resource Efficiency Manager Sources Sought.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FOR

Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) Comprehensive Energy and Water Evaluation

INTRODUCTION

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Fort Belvoir (MICC) is issuing this sources sought synopsis is a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for the acquisition of comprehensive energy and water evaluation.

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.

Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-1, Limitations on subcontracting. By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract in the case of a contract for (1) Services (except construction). At least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern of the tasking described in this PWS for the base period as well as the option periods.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Location

Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) Arlington, VA 22211 100%

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. RESPONSES 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.”

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to support portable latrine rentals as defined in the Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

This is a non-personal service. The Arlington National Cemetery is requesting Resource Efficiency Management (REM) services to provide a focused and coordinated effort for improvement in the energy-efficient operation of key facilities, equipment and control systems and address demand reduction, and research/facilitate energy conservation programs offered through Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) projects, Utility Energy Services Contract (UESC) projects, Energy Resiliency and Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) projects and other repair and renovation projects..

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 or any representative of the Contractor entering ANC shall abide by all security rules and regulations. Contractor shall coordinate with the ANC security office to ensure all Contractor employees have received the appropriate security background check. The Contractor shall ensure all names and social security numbers or Alien Registration Numbers of contractor personnel performing under this contract are provided to ANC security personnel within ten (10) days of contract award.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541350 Building Inspection Services with a Small Business Size Standard of $8M. The Product Service Code is W085 Lease or Rental of Equipment - Toiletries. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

The NAICS code recommended for this requirement is 541350 with a size standard of $11.5M. If you believe this NAICS code does not fit the requirement, please provide the NAICS that would be a better fit and the rationale as to why.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT)

A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS)

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 5 pm, EST, 23 March 2023. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Jason E. Stirnaman, Oswald.pascal.civ@army.mil.

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.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, UEID number, etc.

6.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, 8(a) or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. Although this is open to all Small Business concerns, Women-Owned businesses are highly encouraged to respond.

7.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements.

8.) Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the beta.SAM.gov notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

Period of Performance is 180 days after NTP

The contract type is anticipated to be firm fixed price.

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.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Jason E. Stirnaman, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email to oswald.pascal.civ@army.mil

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.

Version – July 2015