Market_Research_Survey Non-Consent Towing Services Bellows AFS.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

16 Apr 2012

MEMORANDUM FOR INTERESTED PARTIES

FROM: 647th Contracting Squadron/LGCB 90 G Street, Bldg 1201 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI 96853-5230

SUBJECT: Market Research Questionnaire for Non-Consent Towing, Bellows AFS, Hawaii

We are conducting a market research to determine the customary commercial practice for non-consent towing service contracts. The results of this research will not only help us determine if the services are commercial in nature, but also if the services offered in the marketplace will meet our agency requirements. By referring to description of the requirement, please circle an appropriate answer to each question, and provide your response. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT. The requirement involves providing all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform non-consent towing services on the Island of Oahu, Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii. The contractor must be authorized/lincensed to work in Hawaii and shall provide all management, tools, supplies, equipment, and labor necessary to operate, maintain, and monitor all non-consent towing and storage.

1. Have you been awarded and performed – as either prime contractor or sub-contractor – for similar type of the aforementioned requirement with either public sector including Department of Defense or private sector in the commercial marketplace? If “ Yes”, please provide some information on the services that you have provided (use Remarks for extension of the information).

Yes.

No.

* Reference:

For general information

2. Have you been awarded and performed – as either prime contractor or sub-contractor – for this type of requirement that comes with multiple years (option years) with either public sector including Department of Defense or private sector in the commercial marketplace?

FAR 52.217-9 – Option to Extend the Term of the Contract

3. Have you been contract-awarded and performed – as either prime contractor or sub-contractor – for this type of requirement that comes with options to extend the requirement for less than a year at the end of the final performance/option period with either public sector including Department of Defense or private sector in the commercial

FAR 52.217-8 – Option to Extend Services

4. Do you provide 24-hour on-call services if required for this type of requirement in the commercial marketplace?

5. In the commercial marketplace, are there certified licenses and qualifications that you are required to have and maintain to be able to provide and perform contracts for this type of requirement in the country or location where the contract is to be performed?

DFARS 252.225-7042 – Authorization to Perform

6. If “Yes” at (6), are you authorized to perform with the licenses and qualifications? Please provide a copy of the licenses and qualifications.

DFARS 252.225-7042 – Authorization to Perform

7. Are there terms and conditions in your contracts that pertain to access to restricted areas/locations, and to require an access ID badge or equivalent access-approval certificate to the areas/locations in order to perform this type of requirement in the commercial marketplace?

FAR 52.204-9 – Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel

8. Have you ever had to comply or require compliance to contract terms that require English language meaning must control when inconsistency between any contract terms and any transition into another language in order to perform this type of requirement or any other type of requirements in the commercial marketplace?

FAR 2.225-14 – Inconsistency Between English Version and Translation of Contract

9. Have you ever accessed FARsite, http://farsite.hill.af.mil/farsite_alt.html or Acquisition Central / Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), https://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html accordingly in order to refer prior to submission of proposal and performing after contract-award of this type of requirement or any other type of Requirements in the commercial marketplace?

* Reference:

FAR 52.252-1 – Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference FAR 52.252-2 – Clauses Incorporated by Reference

10. Have you been registered and updated or required to be registered and updated in some type of central contractor/business database to do business in the commercial marketplace? If “Yes”, please provide some information on these particular databases (use Remarks for extension of the information).

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/farsite_alt.html https://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html

11. Have site visits been accomplished prior to submission of proposals on this type of requirement in the commercial marketplace that you have been party to?

Yes.

No.

FAR 52.237-1 – Site Visit

12. Do you use quality assurance personnel to inspect and perform your contracts for this type of requirement in the commercial marketplace?

*Reference:

DFARS 252.201- 7000 – Contracting Officer’s Representative

13. Are there some of the performance standards you use for this type of requirement in the commercial marketplace? If “Yes”, please provide some samples of statement of work or performance standard.

14. Are there inspection procedures do you commonly use to determine if the services you are receiving/providing are satisfactory in the commercial marketplace?

15. Are there any remedies, which you would take, in place for non-confirming services in the commercial marketplace?

*Reference:

FAR 52.246-4 – Inspection of Services – Fixed Price FAR 52.249-8 – Default (Fixed Price Supply and Service)

16. Have your had contracts - for this type of requirement or any other type of requirements containing terms and regulations of gratuities, equitable adjustment etc., with the public sectors including Department of Defense or private sectors in the commercial marketplaces?

DFARS 252.212 - 7001 – Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items

17. Have your contracts contained terms that restrict the release of proprietary, confidential or classified information outside your or your contractor’s organization in the commercial

DFARS 252.204- 7000 – Disclosure of Information

18. Have your contracts - for this type of requirement or any other type of requirements -contained terms of anti-terrorism/force protection in the commercial marketplace?

DFARS 252.225 - 7043 – Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense Contractors Outside the United States

19. Have your contracts - for this type of requirement or any other type of requirements -contained terms of health and safety regulations on the locations where the contracts are performed in the commercial marketplace?

*Reference:

AFFFARS 5352.223 - 9001 – Health and Safety on Government Installations United States

20. If “Yes” at (24), which sector that you have performed for requirements of your contracts contained the aforementioned regulations in the commercial marketplace? Please circle an appropriate answer below:

a. Public Sector including ministry/department of defense

b. Private Sector

c. All the above

AFFFARS 5352.223 - 9001 – Health and Safety on Government Installations United States

21. Have your contracts - for this type of requirement or any other type of requirements – contained terms of ombudsman for resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition?

AFFFARS 5352.223 - 9101 – Ombudsman

Please submit your responses to the market research by not later than by 20 April 2012, 2:00 PM Hawaii Standard Time. You may e-mail your responses to: noel.ramirez.1@us.af.mil and kristina.mercer@hickam.af.mil.

In addition, your responses to the market research will not be disclosed to anyone except the concerned parties or used for other purposes.

Please contact MSgt Noel Ramirez at noel.ramirez.1@us.af.mil if you have any questions about this market research.

__//Signed-NER-16 Apr 12//_____ NOEL E. RAMIREZ, MSgt, USAF Contracting Officer

647th Contracting Squadron Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii mailto:noel.ramirez.1@us.af.mil mailto:kristina.mercer@hickam.af.mil

To: 647th Contracting Squadron (LGCB), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii

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