Delivery & storage of bottled water during emergency/non-emergency periods in CONUS & OCONUS

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a Pre-Solicitation Notice for a supply contract for delivery and storage of bottled water during emergency and non-emergency periods in CONUS and OCONUS sites. The NAICS code for this procurement is 312112. The estimated cost is between $80,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00. The project is planned to be issued on or about June 19, 2013 and a five-year performance period is considered.

The work consists of providing bottled water during emergency and non-emergency periods, to include vendor managed storage, transportation, loading and unloading, drayage, additional ground mileage, dry storage trailers, etc., to sites including possible future Government or vendor warehouse storage in the 48 States and the District of Columbia in the Continental United States (CONUS) and to sites Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) in the States of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The requirements are below, numbered from 1 through 7.

(1) Demonstrate the management capabilities to perform the activities necessary to meet the contract purpose; (2) demonstrate experience and ability to provide and transport large quantities of bottled water (up to and exceeding 200 tractor trailers per day holding up to 18,000 liters of bottled water each) throughout a wide geographic area (Continental United States (CONUS) and lesser amounts outside of Continental United States (OCONUS)); (3) demonstrate experience in ability to provide and transport bulk water throughout a wide geographic area (CONUS) and (OCONUS); (4) demonstrate firm capabilities of providing experienced personnel in logistics and supply distribution fields pertinent to the contract needs; (5) demonstrate experience in Total Asset Visibility for various commodities and equipment; (6) demonstrate experience and capability in establishing and maintaining a password protected, internet-based tracking and reporting system that allows Government representatives to distinguish product inbound to the disaster area and product that has been received and is being moved forward in the disaster area; (7) demonstrate experience and ability to store and manage bottled water throughout a wide geographic area (CONUS & OCONUS.)

This is not a request for proposals at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about June 19, 2013. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation, offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the contract specialist at kimberly.b.pumyea@usace.army.mil