Labor, material & Services to remove water bottoms. Clean Fuel Oil, add necessary Stablizers and Biocides and perform ASTM Lab Testing

Sources Sought Notice
This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources (small and other than small) to perform a potential requirement.
Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.
NAICS code: 561210 and sized standard is $38.5M.
NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be registered and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/.
Project requirements: Annual Cleaning, Inspection & Sampling of Fuel Oil and
Fuel Oil Tanks.
NFPA I IO (A.8.3.7) & Joint Commission require that all Underground Storage Tanks (UST's) be inspected & fuel stored in tanks be sampled and tested annually IAW ASTM D975. In addition, NFPA I IO A.7.9.\.2 states to have provisions for water drainage on a regular basis since the presence
of water can lead to microbiological contamination and growth which the annual
cleaning accomplishes.
Scope of Work: Vendor to perform bottom cleaning of seven (7) Fuel oil Storage tanks that contain No.2 Diesel Fuel by High Velocity Recirculation, removal of water bottoms if necessary, recording conditions of caps, gaskets, fittings and vents and provide written documentation of inspection and fuel sample results within one month of completion. Vendor shall add necessary Stabilizers and Biocides to all tanks to control the growth of microbes. Tank Capacities are as follows.
Tank# Tank ID Tank Capacity
Tank I #12 15,0000 gallons
Tank 2 #13 15,000 gallons
Tank 3 #8 l0,000 Gallons
Tank4 #9 20,000 gallons
Tank 5 #IO 20,000 gallons
Tank6 #II 5,000 gallons
Tank 7 #14 4,000 gallons
Anticipated period of performance: 17 December 2018 through 21 December 2018 plus four (4) one-year options.
Information sought: Response to this announcement shall not exceed 10 pages and should include the following information: (1) A tailored capability statement indicating the firm s ability to provide a product and related services; (2) The respondents DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., SDVOSB/VOSB, etc,) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; (3) Information should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.
Please e-mail your response with the above information to Michael.Brown1305@va.gov
with the subject line "Sources Sought Notice # 36C24919Q0031 by 10:30 CST on 02 November 2018. Any questions should be emailed to Michael.Brown@va.gov.
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