Camp Shorab MHE Lese with OCN Support

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY REQUESTING SPECIFIC
AND INNOVATIVE RISK MITIGATION SOLUTIONS FOR Material Handling Equipment lease CONTRACT REQUIREMENT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THE SUBMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. IT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCURE ANY SERVICES, NOR IS IT THE INTENT OF THE Regional Contracting Center-Afghanistan, TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) OR OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOUGHT.

Regional Contracting Center-Afghanistan is seeking preliminary marketing information, from capable and reliable sources who can provide specific innovative solutions that mitigate the inherit risk associated with a procuring services within a very condensed timeframe. A contract is necessary for an MHE lease at Camp Shorab in Afghanistan.

Respondents must address risk associated with staff concerns, subcontractors, adequate staffing of key personnel, acquiring needed subcontractors and mobilization. Also address certificate or licensing concerns as well as experience. Applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 532412 with a current business size of $15M.

No proposals are requested by this announcement; all responses shall be solely in the form of information and materials. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. The Government is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this Sources Sought. Further, the Government is not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals or any cost or pricing data. Contractors are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought.

All costs associated with responding to this Sources Sought will be the sole responsibility of the contractor. All submissions will be treated as business
confidential materials, become Government property, and will not be returned. If a solicitation is released, it will be released on the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.FBO.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Interested parties shall submit their innovative solutions for the interim timeframe electronically to CPT Bryan Weiss at bryan.e.weiss.mil@mail.mil. All responses shall have the following information contained in the Subject Line of the electronic mail, Response to Sources Sought MHE Lease Shorab. Responses should be sent no later than 2359 Eastern Time on 10 May 2018. No hard-copy or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc) will not be considered. Responders shall address the specific timeline for equipment delivery with Other Country National operator and Other Country National mechanic required for this requirement, as well as equipment model year of 2007 or newer through this RFI in written format via email. Fax transmittals will not be accepted. Personal visits for discussing this notice will not be scheduled.