B.01 Sources Sought Dry Ice Pick-up .pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT

Dry Ice Pick-up

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INTRODUCTION

The Medical Readiness Contracting Office - East, Eisenhower Health Contracting Branch, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia is issuing this Sources Sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to support/provide the Dry Ice Pick-up for the Pathology Department, Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, GA.

The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought notice/market research, and if a requirement materializes, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition. 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 submissions.

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.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

Contractor will supply 240 pounds(lbs.) of block-form dry ice weekly. Government will pick-up dry ice every Monday between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Government will pick-up on Tuesday any week that Monday is a recognized federal holiday. The dry ice shall be available within a 50-mile radius of Savannah, Georgia. Contractor will separate total amount of dry ice into groupings as listed below. Contractor will label groupings as listed below.

DHA WINN FORT STEWART Lab – 40 pounds (lbs.)

Tuttle Lab – 70 pounds (lbs.)

Richmond Hill Medical Home Lab – 40 pounds (lbs.)

Hawks Troop Medical Clinic – 30 pounds (lbs.)

Entomology – 50 pounds (lbs.)

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Government requires Dry Ice. The intent of this Sources Sought is to assess the availability of the Dry Ice for pick-up in a 50-mile radius.

The Government envisions a solution for Dry Ice Pick-up that meets the following requirements:

Salient Characteristics:

• 240 pounds (lbs.) of block-form dry ice weekly

• Monday pick-up between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM (Tuesdays if Federal Holidays)

• Within a 50-mile radius of Savannah, Georgia

• Separate, group and label according to clinic requirements

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 325120 - Industrial Gas Manufacturing with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6830 – Gases: Compressed and Liquefied.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten 8.5 X 11- i nch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description.. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFP will be accepted prior to its release.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Lisa Branch and Contract Officer, Partson Maradzika in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email lisa.d.branch.civ@mail.mil and partson.maradzika1.mil@health.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on 8 September 2023 and reference this synopsis number in subject line of e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED

MATERIAL.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products/systems, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, FAX, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting mailto:lisa.d.branch.civ@mail.mil mailto:partson.maradzika1.mil@healthmil 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.

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.