Sources Sought - Smoke Oil.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT

Smoke Oil/Engine Oil

This is for a market survey only; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this sources sought and no contract shall be awarded from this sources sought. The U.S. Air Force, 319th Contracting Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base (GFAFB), has been tasked to identify potential sources, market capabilities and market conditions that has the capability to fulfill a requirement at Grand Forks AFB, ND. The requirement is as follows:

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supervision and all other items and services necessary to provide fifteen (15) 55-gallon drums of smoke oil and ten (10) – fifteen (15) gallons of aircraft W-120 engine oil to Grand Forks Air Force Base for the Northern Thunder 2022 Air Show hosted on 18 June 2022.

USAF Technical Orders only allow the following acceptable smoke oil:

a. Chevron U.S.A., Inc Canopus 13 04BH0

b. Shell Oil Company Aeroshell Smoke Oil 5W416

c. Copper State Petrol. CSP Aviation Smoke Oil 6TAZ7

d. W.S. Dodge Oil Company Smoke Oil C13 0XAK2

e. PetroBlend Corporation Pure White Smoke Oil 7G4W2

f. Petro-Canada Paraflex HT10 Fluids 0NVS1

g. Phillips 66 Company Los Angeles, CA, Aviation Smoke Oil, 883E7

The North American Industry Classification System is 454310 – Fuel Dealers. The purpose of this source sought is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of members of both the Small Business Community, to include Section 8(a), Historically Underutilizes Business Zones (HUBZone), Service Disabled Veterans-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business’s (EDWOSB) to compete for this requirement.

NOTE: If you believe the above NAICS to be incorrect please suggest alternate NAICS for this acquisition.

Any information received will be reviewed for informational purposes. The type of solicitation to be issued will depend upon the responses to this sources sought synopsis. The Government must determine and ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of interested, capable commercial companies.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the above listed government needs, please provide the following information:

Organization Name: ____________________ CAGE Code: ____________________ Business Type: ____________________ POC Telephone Number: ____________________ POC Email: ____________________

If you have a GSA schedule that can provide this service, please provide the contract number:

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS

REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and a single award MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to provide the above-listed products are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by Friday, 25 March 2022, at 1600 CST. All questions and responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to SSgt Nicholas Cameron, Contract Specialist at nicholas.cameron.3@us.af.mil.

mailto:nicholas.cameron.3@us.af.mil