Chemical Management Services: Request for Information

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY FOR PURPOSES OF RECEIVING RESPONSES FROM INDUSTRY RELATIVE TO THE ATTACHED DRAFT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) AND TECHNICAL EXHIBITS (TEs).  THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.  REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. The DLA Distribution J7 is considering a multiple award acquisition strategy and our office is seeking vendor feedback on the approach, the draft PWS and draft TEs. Our office is specifically seeking input on 1) any unclear requirement(s); 2) alternate or suggested  changes in meeting the overall intent; 3) areas where the customer may obtain benefit from additional or different requirement; 4) thoughts/concerns about a multiple award approach; 5) any other areas that may benefit the overall intent and effort; and 6) input on whether your company would prefer to propose on one site, multiple sites, or all sites and your rationale in regards to preferring to propose on only one site, multiple sites, or all sites.

The requirement is for Chemical Management Services (CMS) to be executed by a Third Party Logistics (3PL) Hazardous Materials (HM) provider(s) with primary responsibility for supporting a retail industrial direct support maintenance depot and production lines for various weapons systems.  Objectives for this effort are aligned with the DLA Strategic Plan for strengthening service and combatant command readiness and lethality. This RFI is associated with Sources Sought Announcement SP3300-20-SS-5010 posted on 19 December 2019.

CMS is a business model in which DLA and the industrial maintenance activities are purchasing chemical services rather than just chemicals.  These services encompass all aspects of the chemical management lifecycle including procurement, inventory management, delivery/distribution, use (including chemical substitute research), collection, monitoring and reporting, training, disposal, and continual process efficiency.

Under this effort, interested parties would be accountable for the quality and quantity of services provided that reduce chemical lifecycle costs, risks, and environmental impacts, not just the volume of material sold.  Interested parties shall be capable and willing to invest in the inventory objectives to reduce inventory costs; maintaining a proactive approach to providing positive customer support; maintaining a continuous workforce training program that includes all aspects of CMS, and employees who are qualified and are held accountable for successful performance and warfighter support.

The anticipated North American Industrial Classification System (NACIS) code for this acquisition is 493110, General Warehousing and Storage.

Please review this RFI along with the draft PWS and draft TEs in detail and please provide in detail any areas in the PWS and/or TEs that are unclear in any way, any concerns/questions you may have about any of the posted documents, or suggestions on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the effort. Answers to questions will be provided directly back to the vendor asking the question(s).

All small and large business sources are encouraged to respond to this REQUEST FOR INFORMATION announcement via email by submitting their responses to Eric Berns, Contract Specialist via email at eric.Berns@dla.mil by 26 June 2020 NLT 12:00, p.m. EST. Please send your response in PDF or MS Word format and reference Chemical Management Services Request for Information in the subject of your e-mail.  Do not include or attach brochures in addition to your response.  There may be the possibility of a telephonic meeting with vendors to answer additional questions or to provide further clarification on the requirement contingent or time and other restrictions. The Government will not reimburse any concern for any information that is submitted in response to this Request for Information. Any information submitted is voluntary.  The submission of this information is for PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, or for the Government to pay for the information received.