Materiel Handling Equipment

Materiel Handling Equipment

This request will be prefaced by saying this Sources Sought is strictly for Market Research purposes, and the U.S. Government does not intend on issuing a solicitation at this time for the requirement.

Using the data collected from this Sources Sought, the U.S. Government hopes to obtain a better understanding of the market surround RAAF Darwin and RAAF Tindal within the country of Australia. Therefore, we are primarily focusing on vendors within the local area that can support our needs. However, we will accept capabilities statements from vendors outside the local area as well to gauge how much support is available locally, and how much would not be available locally.

For this Sources Sought, the U.S. Government is interested in the following:

• Should the need arise that the U.S. Government is in need to request any of the following; K Loaders of all sizes and types (along with drivers and fuel), Forklifts of all sizes and types (along with drivers and fuel), and Tug/Bobtails of all sizes and types (along with drivers and fuel), Aircraft Tow Tractors of all sizes, and Cranes of all sizes we would like to know available sources to provide this requirement.

If your company can provide for any of these requirements, please email a copy of your Capabilities Statement to me, along with the below additional information:

• • • Please identify each of the above requirements, along with a “Yes” or “No” for each regarding whether you are able to provide.

• • • Additionally, while no solicitation is currently planned for any of the requirements, it would be greatly appreciated for market research purposes if you are able to share any current pricing for any of the requirements. If any of the requirements have different types, a listing of each along with any associated prices are greatly appreciated.

• • • Delivery Timelines
      • Delivery to RAAF Darwin
      • Delivery to RAAF Tindal

• • • Is your company SAM.gov registered, along with an active SAM registration? If so:
      • What is your Unique Entity ID?
      • What is your CAGE Code?
    • If not:
      • Does your company have the ability to become SAM.gov registered, and how long might that take for your company to get set up with an active registration?

• • • Does your company have any other suggestions for the NAICS utilized for this requirement that might solicit more competition within the market or was the chosen NAICS appropriate?

• • • Are there any limiting factors regarding this requirement, and the market, that you would like to make the U.S. Government aware of to facilitate a smoother acquisition process on this requirement should it ever arise?

Aside from the capabilities statement, which may be however long your capabilities statement are, please limit any other responses to the above questions to no more than three (3) pages.

Please submit all responses to this Sources Sought to myself at eric.punjabi@us.af.mil.