Maintenance & Repair of Elevators, KMC
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA561325ELEVATOR
- Agency
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Air Forces Europe and Africa
Air Force, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Place of performance
- Ramstein-Miesenbach Rhineland-Palatinate 66877 Germany
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The 700th Contracting Squadron of the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa is conducting market research to identify qualified contractors for vertical transportation equipment (VTE) maintenance, inspection, and repair across the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC). The contract will cover comprehensive maintenance services for elevators at multiple military installations, including Ramstein Air Base and Landstuhl-Kirchberg. Key contract requirements include providing all necessary management, tools, supplies, equipment, parts, and labor to ensure continuous and safe operation of approximately 60 elevators. Contractors must be DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and DIN EN 13015 certified, with the ability to respond to routine service calls within 3 hours and emergency calls within 90 minutes. Responses to the sources sought notice are due by 4 April 2025 at 14:00 CEST, with potential respondents required to complete a detailed market research questionnaire.
The contract is not set aside for any specific business category and will be a firm-fixed price agreement with a base period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 and four potential one-year option periods extending through 31 December 2030. The anticipated annual scope includes 180 preventive maintenance services, 60 safety inspections, 95 routine service calls, and 15 emergency service calls. The estimated annual parts cost is approximately EUR160,000, with the government reserving the right to adjust quantities up to 5% without contract modification. Contractors will be expected to manage parts procurement and maintain equipment availability with no more than 2 defects per month. The contract will cover elevators from multiple manufacturers, including Haushahn, Schindler, Otis, S&S, and Thyssen Krupp, with equipment ranging in age from 1986 to 2017 and varying in capacity from 250 kg to 5000 kg.
Notice text
Sources Sought
Vertical Transportation Equipment (VTE)
Maintenance, Inspection, and Repair in the
Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC)
Synopsis:
As part of market research, the 700th Contracting Squadron is seeking qualified contractors that are capable of providing all management, tools, supplies, equipment, parts and labor necessary to maintain, repair, and inspect the real property vertical transportation equipment (VTE) in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC), Ramstein Air Base (TYFR), Ramstein Air Base-Construction & Training Squadron (MTMC), Kaiserslautern-Vogelweh (YANB), Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof (TYFT), Kaiserslautern-Kapaun Air Station (TYFU) and Landstuhl-Kirchberg (MTMN) in a manner that will ensure its continuous and safe operation. Should a future requirement evolve from this preliminary planning process, the anticipated start date of performance is on 1 January 2026. 700 CONS anticipates to award a firm-fixed price contract with a contractual period of one (1) year with four (4) option years as outlined below:
Base Period: 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026
Option Year 1: 1 January 2027 – 31 December 2027
Option Year 2: 1 January 2028 – 31 December 2028
Option Year 3: 1 January 2029 – 31 December 2029
Option Year 4: 1 January 2030 – 31 December 2030
This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), nor 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 nor proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for 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, IFB or RFP, if issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement.
Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be emailed to the Contract Specialist, Beatrice Meier at beatrice.meier.1.de@us.af.mil with a courtesy copy (cc) to TSgt John Sinclair, john.sinclair.1@us.af.mil at no cost to or obligation to the Government not later than 4 April 2025 at 14:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST).
In response to this sources sought, please provide responses to the attached market research questionnaire by the time and date specified above.
Attachments:
1 – Draft Performance Work Statement, Draft Appendix B, Equipment List
2 – Market Research Questionnaire
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Atch 2 MR Questionnaire.pdf | ||
| Atch 1 Draft Appendix B Equipment List.docx | DOCX document | |
| Atch 1 Draft PWS.docx | DOCX document |
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