MTE_Trash_Services_Sources_Sought_Synopsis_-_1.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR

MTE Trash Removal Services

The Bureau of Reclamation, Eastern Colorado Area Office (ECAO), is seeking sources to support the completion of trash removal services for the Mt. Elbert Powerplant (MTE), located near Twin Lakes, Colorado.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTE, OR AN INVITATION FOR

BIDS and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to the sources sought notice. The information obtained may be used for the future solicitation.

BACKGROUND:

The performance requirement for this acquisition is to remove garbage from MTE once per week. This requirement also includes the rental of three (3) 4-yard dumpsters - to be provided by contractor.

Location / Qty Service Occurrence

• Mt. Elbert Powerplant, 5583 East Highway 82, Twin Lakes, CO o O&M Building / One (1) Dumpster Weekly o Outside yellow crash gate / Two (2) Weekly

The contractor shall furnish all labor, transportation, equipment, and supervision to satisfactorily perform garbage removal services as specified.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

The Government anticipates the term of the purchase order shall be from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, plus four 1-year option periods. Reclamation will exercise such option periods at the Government’s discretion.

NORMAL PERFORMANCE HOURS:

Garbage removal services are to be performed once per week between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, holidays excluded.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

- Mt. Elbert Pumped Storage Powerplant, located at 5583 East Highway 82, Twin Lakes, Colorado

81251 (Lake County)

SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATION WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

(SBA):

The Government is only interested in responses from small businesses that can execute the removal of garbage. Please identify your federally designated small business category or categories.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this project is 562111, Small Business Standard Size $47.0M. All interested parties should verify that they fall under the NAICS code as a Small Business prior to submission. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make the appropriate acquisition decision. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov).

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought Notice/Market Research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open competition. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submission.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

All interested and qualified firms responding to this Sources Sought Notice are required to provide the following information:

1. Business Name, physical/mailing address, phone, point of contact, email and website if applicable;

2. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number;

3. Firm's Capability Statement: The Capability Statements shall be no more than 5-pages in length. Please address the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability;

4. A list of similar projects within the last five (5) years (at least three (3) descriptions) *Note:

The list of relevant contracts/projects shall include the location, contract number, description, and estimated yearly value, and performance dates;

5. Any or all Small Business Classifications (Tell us if you are certified with the SBA under a socio-economic program such as, but, not limited to 8(a) Program, SDVOSB, VOSB, HUBZone, Small Disadvantaged, WOSB, ISBEE)

6. Responses should be titled as: MTE Trash Removal Services SS Response – (Insert Company

Name).

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 2:00 p.m. (1400)

Mountain Daylight Time (MD), April 28, 2025.

All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Tamaron Calloway, Contract

Specialist at tcalloway@usbr.gov, carbon copy (cc) to Monte Baird, Contracting Officer at mbaird@usbr.gov. Facsimiles will not be accepted. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice.

QUESTIONS:

If you have any questions concerning this Sources Sought, please contact the Contract Specialist previously listed.