COCESS Contractor Operated Civil Engineer Store

Added: Feb 08, 2017 5:17 pm  

Pre-Solicitation Notice

FA4418-17-R-0004

1.  The 628th Contracting Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, intends to award a contract for a Contractor Operated Civil Engineer Supply Store (COCESS). The prospective contractor shall comply with applicable federal, regional, state, and local laws and commercial standards.

2.  The prospective contractor shall provide all management, tools, equipment, and labor necessary to provide COCESS operations at Joint Base Charleston (JB CHS).  The contractor shall have two stores; one (1) COCESS at JB CHS, Air Base and one (1) COCESS at JB CHS, Weapons Station.  The contractor shall acquire, issue, deliver, and store a variety of materials, equipment, parts, and supplies for construction and facility maintenance and repair for use by authorized government personnel.  Each store shall contain a wide variety of commercial and industrial products and stock high use consumable items for immediate purchase.  The Contractor shall acquire items from merchants or vendors of its choice and should include small and local businesses.  The Contractor shall use appropriate industry sources for obtaining information to compare prices. The COCESS contractor manages the COCESS inventory items up to the point the materiel is issued to Civil Engineer personnel.  Civil Engineer personnel shall have flexibility to use sources outside the COCESS contract if the contractor is unable to meet the requirements at a reasonable price or deliver item(s) by the Required Delivery Date (RDD).  Store management and personnel shall provide quality customer service.

3.  The contractor shall provide COCESS operations required under this contract during normal base hours of operation from 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.  The contractor is not required to work on Federal Holidays.

4.  This contract action will be solicited on an unrestricted basis.

5.  A Fixed Price IDIQ contract with a base year of 12-months and four (4) one-year option periods is contemplated.  

6.  The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 332510 with a small business size standard of 750 employees.

7.  The successful contractor will be selected using Subjective Best Value Tradeoff procedures, representing the best value to the Government. A formal Request for Proposal will be issued on or about 28 February 2017 on the Federal Business Opportunities web page at https://www.fbo.gov.  Paper copies will not be available. Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review the website frequently for any updates or amendments.  Proposals are expected to be due to the 628th Contracting Office by COB on or about 07 April 2017.  An anticipated award date is 03 July 2017.

8.  All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award.   To register in SAM please visit: https://www.sam.gov .