Sources-Sought-Gen Pest FO.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

The Fort Riley Mission and Installation Contracting and Command (MICC) Office on behalf of the 1st Infantry Division the Big Red One located at Fort Riley Kansas is issuing this source sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for General Pest Control Services for Non-Housing Facilities located on post. The vendor must be currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database as not being debarred and being able to receive awards. The NAICS code for this notice and subsequent solicitation is 561710 and Product Service Code S207.

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. RESPONSES 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.”

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

(IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION, and only one award will be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Location

% On-Site Government

Fort Riley, Kansas 66442 100

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

Fort Riley is the home of the 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) and is located in Geary and Riley Counties in northeast Kansas. The installation consists of approximately 101,000 acres and 2,000 buildings. The population base consists of approximately 16,000 military, Government civilian, and Contactor personnel, as well as 8,000 resident family members. Military personnel, Government civilian personnel, tenant organizations, and other contract personnel rely on general pest control services to keep the pests controlled in and around buildings and facilities to meet life, health, safety, or security requirements or regulations.

The Army is looking to provide quality contracted general pest control services to support the warfighter with flexible, efficient, and cost-effective service. Wage Determination and Consolidated Bargaining Agreements that are applicable will be incorporated at time of award if any.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, and transportation necessary to provide pest control services using integrated pest management techniques in accordance with the contract requirements. Work includes, but is not limited to, the performance of nuisance, structural, pests of stored products, disease vector, and other miscellaneous pest control services.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The Contractor shall perform scheduled and unscheduled Pest Management Services in all non-family housing areas, structures, and other facilities as designated by the Contracting Officer (KO) or Contracting Officer Representative (COR) on Fort Riley. Pests include nuisance, structural, and stored products pests;

disease vectors; and other miscellaneous pests that adversely affect readiness, military operations, or the well-being of personnel and animals; attack or damage real property, supplies, or equipment; or are otherwise undesirable.

Pest Management Service includes pest surveillance, pest identification, breeding site removal, pesticide applications, and other required actions to control pests in and around buildings and facilities on Fort Riley. The purpose of this contract is to establish an environmentally sound and effective IPM program to prevent pests and disease vectors from adversely affecting Army installation operations. This includes, at a minimum:

a. Thoroughly inspecting all areas suspected of pest infestation(s) and surrounding areas/facilities as necessary.

b. Communicating constantly with the government KO/COR regarding planned actions and recommendations.

c. Recommending structural and procedural modifications to reduce food, water, harborage, and access used by pests.

d. Using appropriate non-chemical technologies to control pests, where possible.

e. Judiciously using pesticide products, formulations and application methods that present the lowest potential hazard to human health, non-target animals and the environment.

f. Recording and reporting all integrated pest management operations including surveillance, inspections, non-chemical and chemical control.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 561710 with a Small Business Size Standard of $17,500,000.00. The Product Service Code is S207. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (SITE VISIT)

More information will be posted about the Site Visit details if a solicitation results.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES

STATEMENT)

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. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 2 pm, CST, 11 December 2024. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Contract Specialist, Patricia Barth, Patricia.j.barth3.civ@army.mil.

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

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

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

3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details.

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

5.) Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, and FAR Subpart 19.505 limitation on subcontracting, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this notice for the base period as well as the option periods.

6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc.

7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business Concern.

8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements.

The estimated period of performance consists of base year plus 4 years, with performance commencing in MAY 2025. Specifics regarding the number of option periods will be provided in the solicitation.

The contract type is anticipated to be Firm Fixed Price (FFP).

The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining mailto:Patricia.j.barth3.civ@army.mil agreement.

Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Patricia Barth, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email Patricia.j.barth3.civ@army.mil.

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.

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