Contractor Capability Survey.docx

Sault Ste. Marie Project Office Operations & Maintenance Equipment Rental Action Contractor Capability Survey

REQUEST FOR SOURCES SOUGHT

(NOT A NOTICE OF SOLICITATION)

Contractor’s Capability Survey for the Sault Ste. Marie Project Office Operations & Maintenance Equipment Rental

The Government is issuing this survey to determine a competitive basis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. Only contractors capable of performing this type of work should respond to this Sources Sought Notice.

Your response to this survey is requested by 1:00 PM Eastern Time, May 13, 2022.

Please send by email to LRE-Proposal@usace.army.mil, Noah.Bruck@usace.army.mil and Shandora.Acrey@usace.army.mil.

1. Name of your firm:

2. CAGE Code:

3. Point of Contact, phone number and EMAIL address:

4. Capability: Provide supporting documentation showing your company possess the capability to supply the required products and services.

5. If your company has experience providing this equipment and services to Federal Government, please provide the following information:

a. Year Completed:

b. Dollar Amount:

c. General Description of project:

d. Program Title

e. Whether the company has a GSA, other DoD contract that would address all required equipment and services. If so, please provide the relevant contract number.

6. Are you a Small Business classified under the above NAICS code?

7. Please list any Special Small Business Certifications you currently possess (e.g., Women-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), etc.):

8. Please describe any recent contracts or experience within the previous 24 months that are similar to this requirement. Please include the scope of work that was performed as well as the quantity and type of rental equipment and the dollar value of the project.

9. Does your firm possess the equipment on hand to provide these items during the required time?

10. Are there specific requirements in the documentation that has the effect of limiting competition among potential vendors?

11. Is there an alternative NAICS that you believe is more appropriate for this requirement? If so, what is the NAICS and why?

12. Is there anything in the under the product description/PWS that has the effect of creating duplicative of unnecessary costs to the Government?

13. Do you have any additional comments on the product description/requirement?

14. Has the government fully defined the requirement/need?

15. Is there additional information that the vendor requires apart from the PWS provided to provide this equipment and services?

16. A Firm Fixed Price Contract or Firm Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment is being contemplated for this requirement. Do you anticipate being able to submit an offer under these types of contracts? If not, please provide the type of contract you would be wiling to enter into with the Government for this kind of requirement.

17. What additional information is needed to ensure that the offerors can propose a Firm Fixed Price proposal for this effort?

18. If this requirement is advertised, do you anticipate submitting an offer?

19. Please describe if your firm is capable of providing the type of equipment as listed in the attached document showing the past five years of rental equipment at the Sault Ste. Marie Project Office.

20. Please provide a web site, price list, or catalog which shows representative Equipment Rental Supply items.

21. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.705-2, the Government is to determine whether subcontracting possibilities to small business for this requirement exist by considering relevant factors such as-

(a) Whether firms engaged in the business of furnishing the types of items (or services) to be acquired customarily contract for performance of part of the work or maintain sufficient in-house capability to perform the work; and

(b) Whether there are likely to be product (or service) prequalification requirements.

For large business respondents (note – small businesses are exempt from this portion of this Sources Sought Notice), please discuss the effort as described in the sources sought and identify potential small business subcontracting possibilities in terms of task and overall estimated percentage of effort (e.g., as identified in DRAFT Technical Requirement, a large business respondent may indicate that it would likely subcontract the requirement for “maintenance service” to small business, representing an estimated five percent of the overall workload tied to this effort; etc.)

If a respondent has been or is presently a contractor on an effort that is similar in size and scope to that outlined in the sources sought, please provide a contract number and existing, approved, “on contract” subcontract plan with your response. This “subcontract plan” document will NOT count to overall page count of your response.

If a respondent does not believe subcontract possibilities exist for this effort, please explain (e.g., since the nature of the DRAFT Technical Requirement is highly specialized, we, as a large company, keep the necessary expertise in house to support such requirements and such expertise is considered “low density” in the overall marketplace, therefore not readily available to support subcontracting efforts; etc.) If able, please provide DoD contract numbers for comparable equipment rental efforts that do not contain a corresponding subcontract plan, presumably because the respective Government Procuring Agency has determined that “there are no subcontracting possibilities” pursuant to FAR 19.705-2(c). Please provide a Government Contracting Office point of contact (email and phone number), so USACE can verify and validate this assertion.

22. Attention - Small Business respondents who are interested in submitting a response as the prime contractor for this effort - Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that a prime contractor must be capable of providing at least 50% of the entire scope of the effort, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. Provide specific details and rationale as to how compliance with FAR clause 52.219-14 would be achieved, including specific details regarding teaming arrangements, etc. If subcontracts are to be used, provide anticipated percentage of effort to be subcontracted and whether small or large businesses will be used. Teaming and/or subcontracting arrangements should be clearly delineated and previous experience in teaming must be provided.