Sources Sought W9124J24QMURL 2Sep24.docx

Sources Sought Notice Army Chaplain Corps Display Panels

W9124J-24-Q-MURL

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government intends to award a non-personal services contract to provide the fabrication and installation of Army Chaplain Corps Display Panels for OCCH. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command - Fort Sam-Houston (MICC-FSH) is requesting information from industry regarding all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the fabrication and installation of Army Chaplain Corps display panels as defined in this performance work statement. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract. as defined in this Performance Work Statement. The government desires to procure services on a small business set-aside basis, provided that two (2) or more qualified small businesses. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if two (2) or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Furthermore, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids, or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this SSN. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely at the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-Wide Point of Entry (GPE) located at SAM.gov. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541850 Advertising services, indoor or outdoor display The size standard for this NAICS code is $34.5M. If a different NAICS code would be better suited, please state in your response what NAICS is better suited for this requirement and why.

This is a new requirement with an anticipated base year and four option years.

RESPONSES REGARDING POTENTIAL SOURCES STATEMENT OF

CAPABILITIES: Interested Offerors having the required specialized capabilities / qualifications to support some or all the work described in the draft PWS are asked to answer the following questions and submit a capability statement. Capability statements shall contain the following information. In response to this SSN, vendor responses are limited to ten (10) written pages (PDF or MS Word Format) and should include:

1. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solution solutions. Also contact the Mission and Installation Contracting Center (MICC) Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the SSN. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

2. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business) and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status including small business type(s)/certifications(s) (e.g., SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.), and the corresponding NAICS code.

3. What percentage of work will be performed by the small business prime contractor, and all similarly situated entity subcontractors? Note: See FAR 52.219-14(e)(1) Limitations on Subcontracting (Oct 2022) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008).

"Similarly situated entity" means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award and that is considered small for the NAICS code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract the subcontractor will perform. An example of a similarly situated entity is a first- tier subcontractor that is a HUBZone small business concern for a HUBZone set-aside.

In addition, the Contractor agrees in performance of a contract for services, it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.

4. Please provide information in sufficient detail regarding any relevant previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.

5. Information to help determine if the requirement (item or service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing and catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

6. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns.

7. Recommendations to improve the Army's approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.

8. Upon receipt of responses, the Government will request from our Customer an assessment regarding each firm’s potential to fulfil our requirements as depicted in the draft PWS.

9. Responses to this sources sought notice shall be submitted on or before 5:00 P.M. CDT on 13 September 2024 via email to Denise Mumme, Contract Specialist at denise.j.mumme.civ@army.mil and Stephen Fuller, Contracting Officer at stephen.b.fuller4.civ@army.mil

All questions MUST be in writing. Verbal questions will not be accepted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. No telephonic responses will be accepted. All responses, please reference the subject line.

Sources Sought Notice: W9124J-24 Q-MURL, Fabrication and Installation of Army Chaplain Corps Display Panels for OCCH.

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