RFI propane.pdf

Request for Information/Proposal (Market Research)

FPI-RFI-Liquid Propane Delivery Service # RFI0013-25

Issue Date: November 21, 2024

Submittal Due Date: December 12, 2024 @ 2:00 pm EST

Issuing Company: UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

Office Furniture Group 400 First Street, NW Washington, DC 20534 POC: Peyton Perry. Contracting Officer Peyton.perry@usdoj.gov

SUBJECT: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR

LIQUID PROPANE DELIVERY SERVICE.

All information in this request is considered confidential and shall not be used by the Respondent for any reason other than responding to this request. This is a Request for Information (RFI) and your response is NOT an offer. The results of this Request for Information (RFI) will be used to develop an Acquisition Strategy, AND WILL NOT RESULT IN A

CONTRACT OF ANY TYPE.

This request does not obligate UNICOR OFG to pay any cost that any Respondent incurs in the preparation of its response.

All cost associated with the preparation of a response to this request will be borne solely by the Respondent. All submitted responses shall become the property of UNICOR OFG and will not be returned.

UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries (FPI) is soliciting information for potential contractors to provide liquid propane delivery service at one (1) FPI Office Furniture Plant.

Current Locations:

UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries 846 NE 54th Terrace Coleman, FL 33521

DESCRIPTION/STATEMENT OF WORK

FCC Coleman is requesting information regarding vendors interested in providing HP-5 liquid propane, also known as “consumer-grade” propane to the Federal Prison Industries located in Coleman, FL. This propane will be used to power forklifts in the workplace. The vender will need to provide and install one (1), five hundred (500) gallon liquid propane tank and pump. This tank will require filling weekly. The perspective vendor will also need to be able to provide twenty (20), eight (8) gallon, or thirty-three (33) pound steel cylinders, which will be filled from the larger tank and used in forklift operation. For safety purposes, the vendor will be responsible for recertifying and replacing (when necessary) the eight-gallon tanks or thirty-three pound cylinders yearly.

UNICOR, FPI is seeking information about the Contractor’s capability to provide liquid propane delivery service. All interested parties shall furnish the following minimum information:

1. Name of Company

2. Telephone number and email address

3. Company profile

4. Provide Business Size (i.e. Large, Small, Socio Economic

Category)

5. Any other information the contractor deems pertinent to this request.

Any questions as a result of this Request for Information (RFI) shall be addressed in writing to peyton.perry@usdoj.gov no later than 2:00 pm, EST, Tuesday, December 3, 2024. No phone calls will be accepted.

Once a solicitation is issued, any prospective offeror must be registered in the Systems for Award Management (SAM) https://sam.gov/SAM before award can be made.

Response Deadline: Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm

EST

Responses shall be sent via email only to Peyton.perry@usdoj.gov.