Base Operations Support Services - Apiay Colombia

The United States Army Expeditionary Contracting Command - 410th Contracting Support Brigade is planning to solicit and award a Firm Fixed Price contract for Base Operating Support Services at a facility in Apiay, Colombia, South America, in support of U.S. Army South. The services to be performed include facilities/equipment maintenance & repairs, grounds maintenance, material cargo movement, janitorial services, administration support, billeting facility management, vehicle lease, and property accountability/logistics services. The period of performance of the resulting contract will be for one year beginning 1 September 2015, with two one-year option periods. There will be a one-month phase-in period. Award will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The NAICS code for this planned acquisition is 561210, Facilities Support Services. The prospective contractor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) and be able to comply with the provision at DFARS 252.225-7042, Authorization to Perform, in order to be considered for award. The solicitation will be posted on ASFI/FBO (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ASFI_registration.cfm and https://www.fbo.gov) on or about 4 May 2015. It is the responsibility of the prospective offeror to monitor the websites for the release of the solicitation and any other information pertaining to the solicitation. It is requested that inquiries related to this synopsis not be made prior to release of the solicitation.

A pre-proposal site visit of the US Army South facilities, work sites and operational areas, associated with the Apiay Base Operations Support Services requirement will be held on 28 May 2015 at Luis Gomez Nino Air Base (Apiay), Colombia. The site visit will start at 0930.

Located approximately 55 miles south of Bogota, the nearest town to Apiay is Villavicencio. Contractors will be responsible for providing their own transportation to Apiay and Villavicencio is accessible by ground transportation or commercial air.

Contractor representatives interested in participating in the site visit must submit the following information to Mr Richard Kempf at richard.j.kempf.civ@mail.mil and Mr Art Conkwright at arthur.c.conkwright.civ@mail.mil. The information will be processed through CACOM 2 base security in order to gain access to the base. All required information must be received No Later Than 48 hours in advance of the visit (No exceptions).

Name
Passport Number
Position
Company Represented

If arriving by vehicle, please include the make, model, year and license plate number. If being driven by local national personnel, include the driver's name and cedula number.

AGENDA:

0930-Meet at the front gate of Apiay-Personnel will be met by Mr Art Conkwright, 410th CSB Contract Specialist, and Mr Richard Kempf, ARSOUTH Operations and Logistics.

0930-0945-In-process with CACOM 2 Security. All personnel should bring a photo copy of the ID page of their passport.

0945-Depart front gate for ARSOUTH Conference Room

0950-1030-In-brief, solicitation review and question and answer period.

1030-1230-Walk through of ARSOUTH billeting and operational facilities; south ramp aircraft hangar area; review of Government Furnished Equipment and other areas associated with the base operations support contract.

1230-Return to the ARSOUTH Conference Room for additional question and answer period.

1300-Depart ARSOUTH Conference Room for the front gate.

1310-End of site visit

****If required, additional time will be allocated to the entire group, should we run behind schedule or if specific areas of interest need further discussion/clarification.

The Contracting Office Point of Contact has changed effective 25 June 2015. The new POC is Mr Steven Beckman, steven.t.beckman.civ@mail.mil, 210-295-6099.