Facility Support Services

Added: Nov 26, 2013 4:44 pm Modified: May 28, 2014 10:56 amTrack Changes

• Description of Requirement: This contract will be for the services listed below at the USAF Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma TN. Service details will be very similar to those in Attachment 1, Sample Performance Work Statement. This sample contains excerpts from the current AEDC operating contract for the same services. Period of performance is estimated at four years (one base year and three 1-year options) with an estimated contract value of $24M/year. These services were originally included in Solicitation FA9101-13-R-0100, Test Operations and Support, Arnold Air Force Base TN. An Informational Announcement to Industry was posted to that solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) on 25 November 2013. This announcement identified the proposed contractual constructs for the Test Operations and Support effort as a result of responses to recent Requests for Information and reviews with USAF leaders. One of those constructs included these Facility Support Services. A competition library for the Test Operations and Support effort is available at http://www.arnold.af.mil/toslibrary/.  This library includes a folder for FSS information. 

o Security Forces / Visitor Control Center
o Information Protection
o Environmental Management
o Safety
o Fire / Emergency Services
o Occupational Medicine / Industrial Hygiene
o Logistics Management / Base Supply / Vehicle Management
o Operations Center / Command and Control (C2) Element

• The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 561210, Facilities Support Services. The small business size standard is $35.5 million average annual revenue averaged over the previous three years. The selection process will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15 source selection procedures.

• Proposals will be evaluated on past performance and technical capability. This effort will be a small business set-aside.

• Potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for payment from any Department of Defense activity. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained at www.SAM.gov.  Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted by email to aedc.sso@us.af.mil.

Added: Nov 26, 2013 4:44 pm This Sources Sought notice is to identify potential small, experienced prime contractors and their socio-economic status. Potential contractors responding to this sources sought notice should be able to demonstrate their capability to perform as the prime contractor for the entire effort.

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This announcement is for informational purposes only. The information obtained may be used for acquisition planning purposes and to determine whether the acquisition may be set aside for small businesses. This announcement does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposals, or a Request for Quotations, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a contract or otherwise pay for the information solicited. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice. Companies responding to this sources sought notice are advised that participation does not ensure involvement in future solicitations or contract awards. NO proposals are being requested or accepted under this notice, and this announcement shall NOT be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or to ultimately award a contract, nor does this synopsis restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach.

• Description of Requirement: This contract will be for the services listed below at the USAF Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma TN. Service details will be very similar to those in Attachment 1, Sample Performance Work Statement. This sample contains excerpts from the current AEDC operating contract for the same services. Period of performance is estimated at five years (one base year and four 1-year options) with an estimated contract value of $24M/year. These services were originally included in Solicitation FA9101-13-R-0100, Test Operations and Support (TOS), Arnold Air Force Base TN. An Informational Announcement to Industry was posted to that solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) on 25 November 2013. This announcement identified the proposed contractual constructs for the TOS effort as a result of responses to recent Requests for Information and reviews with USAF leaders. One of those constructs included these Facility Support Services. A competition library for the TOS effort is available at http://www.arnold.af.mil/toslibrary/.
o Security Forces
o Industrial and Operational Security
o Visitor Control Center
o Environmental
o Safety
o Fire Protection Services
o Industrial Hygiene
o Occupational Health and Preventative Medicine
o Supply
o Transportation
o Operations Center

• The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 561210, Facilities Support Services. The small business size standard is $35.5 million average annual revenue averaged over the previous three years. The selection process will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15 source selection procedures.

• Proposals will be evaluated on past performance and technical capability. Our intention is to advertise this as a small business set-aside if a sufficient number of responsible, qualified small businesses express an interest based on this sources sought notice. Interested small businesses having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform all aspects of the stated requirements are invited to submit a positive statement of intention to submit a proposal as a prime contractor; the attachments should be typewritten and shall not exceed five pages.

• All interested parties who believe they can meet all aspects of the requirements are invited to complete Attachment 2, Contractor Capability Survey, describing their capability and qualifications to provide the aforementioned support services. Potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for payment from any Department of Defense activity. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained at www.SAM.gov. All respondents that can provide any of the requested information should reply by email to AEDC.SSO@us.af.mil by 3 January 2014. Any questions regarding this sources sought notice must be submitted by email to joe.warren@us.af.mil or kathy.swanson@us.af.mil.

The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. Any costs associated with providing information to either this notice or any follow-up information requests shall NOT be reimbursed. Costs incurred as a result of this announcement shall be borne solely by the respondent and shall NOT be payable by the Government.