REFUSE Sources Sought-final.pdf

Version – July 2015

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

REFUSE DISPOSAL SERVICES

SERVICES AT BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY

INTRODUCTION:

The 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Theatre Contracting Center (TCC), Installation Services Division (ISD) is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Refuse Disposal in the Baumholder Military Community (BMC). The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY 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 submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

Baumholder Military Community, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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. RESPPONSES

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:

This is a non-personal services contract to provide for the disposal of trash and recycling for the Baumholder Military Community. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Refuse Disposal services to BMC as defined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). All waste from residential and administrative facilities must be left to the public waste disposal system. Host Nation law requires that all residents of Germany properly dispose of their refuse by recycling as much as possible.

ELIGIBILITY:

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 562213-Solid Waste Cumbustors or Incinerators. The Product Service Code is S205-Housekeeping-Trash/Garbage Collection. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

The Contractor shall provide Refuse Disposal services in support of Baumholder Military Community, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Further details is provided in the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached to this announcement.

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.

This capabilities statement must address, at a minimum, the following items:

1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, Cage code, Unique Entity ID and telephone number.

2) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

3) Can or has your company managed a service of this nature? If so, please provide details.

4) What specific skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks of the PWS?

5) Does your company have capabilities and resources to obtain the required permits and licenses required to perform these services prior to solicitation? If so, please provide details.

The responses must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirement. No telephone requests or requests for capability briefings will be honored as result of this Sources Sought. This information will be used only for only market research purposes and will not be used as a part of proposal evaluation at a later date. All proprietary information received will be protected and safeguarded as Acquisition/Source Selection Sensitive in accordance with FAR Part 3:

104: Procurement Integrity. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Kathryn Cortes, email:

kathryn.r.cortes.civ@mail.mil and the Contracting Officer, Karla Candelaria, email:

karla.candelaria.civ@mail.mil. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 2 pm, Germany Central Time on 31 May 2023.

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