Power Transmission Poles

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY.

This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary. Any information provided to the Government is strictly voluntary and at no cost to the Government.

This RFI is for market research purposes only. Market research is being conducted to determine interest, capability.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking commercial sources with the technical expertise to provide Wooden power transmission poles to the island of Saipan, includes door to door sourcing and handling . Power poles are needed to replace damaged power transmission poles from Typhoon Soudelor.

General Description of Services:

The contractor shall provide all management, personnel, tools, supplies, equipment, materials, and labor necessary to provide an ship Wooden power poles (attached height and weights) to Saipan FEMA is looking for a large quantity of power poles to be shipped directly to Saipan for the replacement of damaged poles. See attached Weight sheet for poles.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code anticipated is 423610, Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers

This RFI is to find all interested vendors that are local to Guam and all other interested vendors.
All Interested parties are requested to email company information, point of contact (POC) and capabilities statement to Kimberly.coakley@fema.dhs.gov

Please also note that all potential offerors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov.

Set Aside Concerns:

To assist FEMA Relief effort in Saipan in making a determination regarding the level of participation by small business in any subsequent procurement that may result from this Sources Sought, you are also encouraged to provide information regarding your plans to use joint venturing (JV) or partnering to meet each of the requirements areas contained herein. This includes responses from qualified and capable Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Service Disabled-Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Women-owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses, and 8(a) companies. You should provide information on how you would envision your company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partner would be combined to meet the specific requirements contained in this announcement

Period for this RFI is for 72 hours; from 8/10/2015, 6:45 pm PDT to 8/13/2015, 6:45 pm PDT