W912CN-23-Q-0025 Synopsis.docx

Synopsis # W912CN23Q0025: Dry Ice for Medical Laboratory

INTRODUCTION

The 413th Contracting Support Brigade is issuing this synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to support/provide Dry ice deliveries.

This synopsis serves to provide notice for this procurement prior to solicitation. This procurement is intended to result in a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with deliveries of this product. This procurement will be full and open competition.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) 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.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

This is a renewal of an existing dry ice delivery contract for Tripler Army Medical Center Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Lab. This product is to be used to keep biological and testing materials below a certain temperature for storage and transportation.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

Contractor shall provide and deliver Dry Ice to Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Lab. Contractor shall provide Dry Ice cut in blocks 5x10x3/4 inches in Poly bags, with a maximum of 50 lbs. each week. Delivery amount will be determined and communicated by COR. Contractor shall provide a maximum of 20,800 lbs. of dry ice per Fiscal Year. Contractor shall deliver shipment to 160 Takata Road Fort Shafter Flats until August or October 2018 time frame and then start delivering to Tripler Army Medical Center, BLDG 40, and Dept. of Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratory, every Monday morning, no later than 0700 on the first working day of the week. If there will be a delay in delivery, communication must be made to the Shipping Department. This is required as an agreement from 01OCT23-30SEP28. There are no geographic or location limitations, however, the vendor must be able to complete regular deliveries on time with no diminishment of quality of supplies.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Any resulting contract is anticipated to have a security classification level of Confidential. Any resulting contract shall be compliant with the specialty metals restriction of the Berry Amendment (10 U.S.C. 2533a and 2533b) in accordance with DFARS clauses 252.225-7008 and 252.225-7009.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 325120 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,200. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6830.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten 8.5 X 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFQ will be accepted prior to its release.

Your response to this synopsis, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Nicholas Zehr, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email nicholas.b.zehr.civ@army.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. HST on 03 July 2023 and reference this synopsis number in subject line of e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products/systems, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, FAX, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this notice, 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.

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

Version – February 2017