Packing and Crating

Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Fort Johnson is issuing a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE for an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for packaging, packing, tagging, inventorying, containerization, marking, loading, storing, unpacking, and inspecting of household goods, unaccompanied baggage and other authorized personal property for the Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) at Fort Johnson, LA.

Period of Performance will be a twelve (12) month base plus four (4)12-month option periods. This acquisition is being procured as 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The assigned North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code is 484210 “Used Household and Office Goods Moving” with a small business standard size of $34M. FAR Part 13- Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 14- Sealed Bidding will be used for this procurement.

The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is 03 May 2024. The solicitation and any amendments will be posted and available through the Government wide Point of Enty Beta Sam

(https://beta.SAM.gov) as NO paper copies of this solicitation will be issued.

Once the solicitation is posted, interested parties should review the SAM.gov site frequently for any updates/amendments to this notice. Additionally interested parties are encouraged to review their Unique Identity Identifier  and Government Entity Code (Cage code), ensure certifications and representation are entered and registration is completed and up to date in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov.

Bids shall be submitted electronically to the Solicitation Module od the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE). 

This PRE-SOLICITAION NOTICE is for INFORMATIONAL purposes and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any supplies or services. NO reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information n response to this notices or any follow up information. Therefore, NO award will be made as a result of providing this information. 

This solicitation will be available at Solicitation Module od the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE). Contractors will not be directly notified of postings of the solicitation or any related documents. Point of Contact(s) is Kereese Mclean email: kereese.a.mclean.civ@army.mil; the Contracting Officer is Christine Stringer email: christine.stringer.civ@army.mil.

The Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) (https://piee.eb.mil) is the Department’s core tool for facilitating full utilization of electronic processing of data and documents in the Procure-to-Pay environment. Within that environment, is the Solicitation Module which provides the capability for secure, timestamped submission of contractors’ proposals. The Solicitation Module was designed specifically to capture the documentation needed to memorialize the date and time of offer submissions, as well as to retain  those files and the attendant time and date stamps. It supports large file sizes of 1.9 GB per file, with no limit on the number of files, as well as multiple file formats. It also is integrated with the System for Award Management for publishing associated notices in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 5 requirements. Vendors must register in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment for the specific applications they wish to use. Instructions on how to register for PIEE (Vendor Registration) can be found at https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/portal/overview/vendorRegister.xhtml. Vendor Customer Support can be found at https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/portal/overview/CustomerSupport.xhtml.