USMC SWRFT COPARS-Request for Information.docx

The US Marine Corps Regional Contracting Office Marine Corps Installations West (MCIWEST), Camp Pendleton, CA is requesting information as detailed below.

Request for Information (RFI)

The Regional Contracting Office, MCIWEST is conducting market research to identify vendors capable of providing commercially available repair parts, replacement components, and services for automotive, material handling, construction and civil engineering equipment via an on-site Contractor-Operated Parts Store (COPARS) in support of Southwest Region Fleet Transportation (SWRFT), which supports existing government motor vehicles as needed on an on-call basis.

The prospective contractor will be required to provide all SWRFT sites with daily delivery of parts, supplies, and services by the most efficient means, which might be a staffed on-site COPARS, an unstaffed on-site contractor-owned consignment inventory, an on-demand delivery service, or a combination of two or more methods for the following 7 locations:

· Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (MCB-CPEN), Camp Pendleton, California

· Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC), Bridgeport, CA

· Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty-Nine Palms, CA

· Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, CA

· Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB), Barstow, CA

· Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS-M), Miramar, CA

· Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (MCAS-Y), Yuma, Arizona

The North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code for this project is 336390, Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,000 employees. NAICS code compliance verification will occur if/when proposals are submitted. Proposals are not to be submitted at this time.

Scope of Work:

See attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Potential offerors are invited to provide feedback to the draft PWS and responses to RFI items #1-6 below via e-mail to kenyadah.gamble@usmc.mil.

Responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition.

Responses to Request for Information:

Vendors are reminded that this is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION and is NOT a request for proposal/bid/quote. Responses to this notice shall not constitute responses to solicitation. As stipulated in FAR 15.201, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This Request for Information is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response.

Respondents will not be notified of the results of any government findings.

1. The vendor shall state up front whether their company is considered a small or large business under the above identified NAICS.

2. It is requested that interested businesses submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement, limited to no more than 10 pages in length. The capabilities statement must clearly detail the firm's ability to perform all aspects of this notice and must include (at a minimum) the following information:

a. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number or Commercial and Governmental Entity (CAGE) code;

b. A statement regarding the socioeconomic status of the company (Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (8a) small business concern, certified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concern, etc.).

3. Indicate whether your company has an active General Services Administration (GSA) contract that covers/provides GSA pricing for these services outlined in the attached PWS. If the answer is yes, include a copy of the GSA contract along with your response to this RFI.

4. Interested vendors must address their capability to obtain all required repair parts (including OEM parts) from small business manufacturers, pursuant to the SBA Non-manufacturing Rule. See the attached table of sample OEM parts that have been ordered in the past for this requirement.

5. Interested vendors should also address their pricing practices for the general public. Specifically, identify how they price requested repair parts and components--for both the parts they carry and parts they would need to obtain from third party suppliers.

6. Relevant Experience to include: experience in performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last three years. Please include a brief description of the project, contract number, and contract value.

Only the first ten pages of any submittal will be reviewed. Do not submit more than five pages.

The information received will be utilized to assist in formulating the acquisition. All responses will be treated as proprietary.

THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS IS 02 November 2020, 2:00PM (PST).

All submissions must be sent via electronic mail to: kenyadah.gamble@usmc.mil Primary Point of Contact:

Kenyadah Gamble, Contract Specialist Regional Contracting Office MCI-WEST Camp Pendleton, CA Phone: 760-725-3235 or 650-219-1750 Email: kenyadah.gamble@usmc.mil