Demineralized Water

This presolicitation notice is an announcement of a requirement for Demineralized Water Services on Holloman AFB for currently 38 units beginning on 01 October 2020. This acquisition will be fixed price.  Set aside to be determined.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:  The Contractor shall provide new industrial grade equipment, unless otherwise approved by the COR (systems will be 300 gpd units at minimum), personnel, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to lease, maintain, and service all water softeners and reverse osmosis (RO) systems (including Government-owned), at Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB), NM.  Services include, but not limited to, all necessary utility connections, deliver/unload/fill salt in equipment, utilizing service tags, clean ups, service calls (routine or emergency), schedules and documentation, manpower reporting and certain Government provided training.

It is noted the HAFB potable water system produces high Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), averaging approximately 500-700 mg/l and a total hardness of approximately 400-600 mg/l as Calcium Carbonate (Ca CO3) (23-35 grains per gallon), an average pH of 7.4. The base requires soft, less than 100 mg/l (TDS) processed water, including dining facility equipment, boilers, humidifiers, mission essential laboratory and operational processes, ice machines and drinking water systems for Mission and non-mission essential buildings.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (POP):  The POP is for a six-month base period of 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021, and four one-year option periods (1 April 2021 – 31 March 2025).

IMPORTANT NOTICES:  All offerors must be registered in the System for Acquisition Management (SAM), https://www.sam.gov/SAM, which is a Government owned and operated FREE web site that consolidated the capabilities of Central Contractor Registration (CCR)/FedReg, Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA), and Excluded Parties List System (EPLS).  You are required to create a user account to register and/or update your entity records (i.e., Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) [new standard replacing the proprietary DUNS number], etc.) in SAM which were previously located in separate CCR and ORCA websites.  This information is necessary in order to receive award consideration.  All questions concerning this notice should be submitted electronically via email to the Points of Contact as indicated in this announcement.  All information pertaining to this announcement, including technical (or other) questions and answers will be provided to/through the Contracting Officer/Contract Administrator ONLY to ensure equal distribution of information to interested parties via Contract Opportunities at https://beta.sam.gov. 

OTHER DETAILS:  The solicitation and other attachments will be posted sometime in June 2020 and MUST be downloaded from the Beta SAM website:  https://beta.sam.gov.  DO NOT REQUEST VIA MAIL as no paper copies will be issued.  It is important to check this site frequently for any updates/amendments.  When the solicitation and all associated documents have been downloaded, it is important to read the solicitation in its entirety because there are dates, terms and conditions, including EVALUATION FACTORS, that must be met by the prospective offeror in order for the quote to be considered responsive.