ALiSS_-_Industry_Day_Announcement.pdf

ALiSS

Industry Day Announcement for Afghanistan Life Support Services Solicitation (ALiSS) SAQMMA-14-R-

The Department of State Office of Acquisitions Management will be holding an Industry Day for vendors interested in the upcoming solicitation for the Afghanistan Life Support Services (ALiSS) contract to be performed in Afghanistan. The purpose of this meeting is to provide preliminary information to industry and to obtain feedback on the Government’s acquisition strategy for this solicitation.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This requirement is in support of the U.S. Department of State Mission in Afghanistan. The requirement is for life support services for the Kabul Embassy Compound (KEC) in Afghanistan.

The major components of this contract are:

1. Food Service Operations, including all aspects of: menu design; forecasting of requirements;

procurement and ordering of food from local, regional and world-wide providers; logistics management; dry and cold storage operations; ice production. Evolving the current Dining Facility operations into cafeterias that use an electronic transaction to establish accountability and usage.

2. Fire protection services, to include response to structural alarms and emergencies; wild-land or brush fires; automotive or vehicle fire or accidents; medical emergencies limited to those skills of a first responder; fuel fires or spills; and aircraft crash, fire and rescue emergencies.

3. Medical services to include primary care and stabilization surgical services, mortuary services and medical transport support.

4. General Support Personnel Services/staff augmentation

5. Regional Security Officer support and staff augmentation

6. Logistical Services

Optional services that may be exercised include:

1. Recreation Services to include event and meeting support.

2. Postal Services to include inspection and screening of mail

3. Laundry services

4. Fuel services, including the acquisition and transportation.

5. Warehouse operations to include cargo and container management.

6. Waste management to include septic waste disposal, medical waste collection and disposal, equipment and property scrap disposal, and non-hazardous waste recycling, and hazardous waste management.

7. Transportation services to include shuttle services and off-site transportation of waste sludge.

8. Airfield Services to include weather services; runway sweeping; security badge screening; and aircraft marshalling and parking.

9. Veterinarian Services in support of security canines.

10. Extension to other USG sites within Afghanistan.

This list may be modified. Additional details will be provided by the Government, via a draft RFI, in the near future.

INDUSTRY DAY DETAILS

The Industry Day Conference will be held on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 in the Department of State/ Harry S. Truman Building. Additional details provided below.

DATE: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 TIME: 9:00 A.M to 12:00 noon LOCATION: Department of State/ Harry S. Truman Building Dean Acheson Auditorium

2201 C St N.W., Washington, DC 20520 (enter through the West Lobby entrance on 23rd St.)

CHECK-IN: Check-in will begin at 8:00 a.m. at the West-End entrance to allow time for people to process through security. Attendees are required to present the U. S. driver’s license or the passport used for the security screening (see below).

Questions will be addressed during Industry Day. However, the Government may not respond to all specific questions or comments submitted in response to this announcement or information provided as a result of this announcement.

REQUIRED ATTENDEE INFORMATION/REGISTRATION

For security reasons, participants interested in attending Industry Day must provide the following registration information for each attendee via email (see below) prior to 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) January 28, 2014. The email should contain the following statement in the Subject Line: “ALiSS Industry Day Request -This email contains Personal Identifiable Information”. Please coordinate your request so that one email is submitted per company with the following information

All

- Company name

- Individual’s Full Name (Last, First, MI)

- Title

- Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

- Business phone number

- Email address

U.S. Citizens

- Individual’s Driver license number and state issued or Passport number

Non-U.S. Citizens

- Passport Number

- Passport Country of Origin

Send this information to Christina Black at blackce@state.gov Receipt of your registration will be acknowledged. You will be contacted by February 3 if your registration is not approved, i.e. if you receive acknowledgement of your email and do not hear back from DOS, assume that your attendance is approved.

For security reasons, be advised that attendees who have not pre-registered by January 28th will not be admitted to Industry Day, and no changes to the list of attendees will be made after this deadline.

mailto:blackce@state.gov

Attendees should arrive between 8:00 and 8:30 and expect normal delays with visitor processing and security.

Select information (Company, Name, Title, Phone Number, and Email) may be published in FedBizOps following the meeting.

PARKING AND WEATHER

Parking is scarce in this area, so plan accordingly—use of public transportation is highly recommended.

The nearest Washington DC Metro Station is Foggy Bottom, for the Blue and Orange lines.

In case the Federal Government is closed due to inclement weather, the Industry Day will be rescheduled at a date to be determined. Normally, local news stations will announce all closures;

however the best source is the website www.opm.gov/status.

NOTE: This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Government neither to conduct business nor to publish a solicitation. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this notice, nor will the Government accept proposals as a result of this announcement. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please Christina Black at blackce@state.gov.

mailto:blackce@state.gov

This requirement is in support of the U.S. Department of State Mission in Afghanistan. The requirement is for life support services for the Kabul Embassy Compound (KEC) in Afghanistan.