Laundry and Dry-Cleaning

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY.  The Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Fort Hood desires to procure Laundry and Dry-Cleaning on a small business set-aside basis, provided two (2) or more qualified small businesses respond to this source sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside.    We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future.  This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service.  Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to the sources sought notice.  The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder.  Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued.  If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry GPE), sam.gov.  It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE, sam.gov, for additional information pertaining to this requirement.  The anticipated NAICS code(s) is: 812332 – Industrial Launderer with a size standard of $47 million.

A need is anticipated for the Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Services.  Attached is the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the required services.

In response to the sources sought, please provide:

1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not.  Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (including size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.

4. Information to help determine if the requirement for the service is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

6. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition.  Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition.  Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sam.gov notice.  Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

7. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.

8.  The point of contract concerning this source sought action is Mrs. Ruth Adewole, Contract Specialist at ruth.adewole.civ@army.mil. Interested parties shall submit responses by Not Later Than (NLT) 1300 (1 PM) CST on July 16, 2025.  Please enter “Laundry and Dry-Cleaning” in subject line of email.