Protective Coatings Maintenance at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA

Request for Information
Protective Coatings Requirement


REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / MARKET RESEARCH
Protective Coatings at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

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Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, is currently conducting preliminary planning market research to determine commercial market practices and the existence of viable commercial sources capable of providing Protective Coatings Services for its Directorate of Public Works (DPW). The anticipated period of performance is 1 May 2015 through 30 April 2016 with the possibility of four one-year option periods.

Description of Services: The contract for the required work will be a construction Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The locations of work will be at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). The Government will designate the specific place of performance on each individual task order.

The contractor shall provide all plant, labor, tools, equipment, materials, and perform all work in strict accordance with the specifications and plans required for individual task orders. The requirements cover a broad range of protective coating applications and repairs. During the contract period, the Government will identify specific jobs and issue individual task orders to the contractor for job completion. The contractor shall maintain a management office to receive Request for Proposals, signed task orders, and Notices-to-Proceed; to receive and initiate contract correspondence; and to provide other construction management services related to accomplishing individual task orders. The task orders will vary in size. The task orders will primarily include tasks associated with protective coating application, repairs, and surface preparation.

The task orders will involve interior and exterior protective coating application, surface preparation, and ancillary repair work to substrates and structural components for JBLM facilities. Ancillary repair work may require various trades that may include carpentry, interior renovations, electrical, plumbing, concrete, masonry, asbestos and lead surveys and abatement, and mold remediation. Protective coating substrates may include: concrete, stucco, wood, plaster and gypsum wallboard, composite materials, masonry, steel, and galvanized and aluminum coated metal. Task orders will include all work required to provide a complete and useable finished product.

DISCLAIMER:

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this Request for Information (RFI) or otherwise pay for the information solicited.

(b) Although the Government uses quote mark proposal quote mark and quote mark offeror quote mark in this RFI, the Government will treat your response as information only. The Government will not use your response as a proposal.

(c) The purpose of this RFI is to conduct preliminary planning market research to determine commercial market practices for protective coatings.

Your responses to the questions will not automatically include you in the acquisition process for future solicitation.

Please submit your response no later than 3 September 2014 by 10:00:00 AM (PDT) via e-mail to usarmy.jblm.acc-micc.list.proposals@mail.mil, Attn: Renee M. Krahenbuhl. We appreciate your participation and input.

Request for Information Questionnaire

Company Name: _____________________________________________________________________________
System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov DUN/BPN number: __________________________
Point of Contract (Name & Position): _____________________________________________________________
Mailing Address:
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Phone: _______________ Fax: _________________ E-Mail:______________________

NOTE: The Government will not publish responses outside the MICC-JBLM Office but use them as a tool for a possible upcoming acquisition. The tentative North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code selected for this acquisition is 238320 Painting & Wall Covering Contractors and the small business size is $14 million per annum.

1. An important outcome of this research is the possibility of setting aside this acquisition for exclusive competitive participation as a small business set-aside or within a specific Small Business Administration (SBA) program in accordance with (IAW) FAR 19.201(a). Specific SBA programs are veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, economically-disadvantage women-owned small business, and women-owned small business.

Is your firm eligible for participation in one or more of the following small business programs under this NAICS code? Check all that apply:

[ ] yes [ ] no Small Business (SB)
[ ] yes [ ] no HubZone
[ ] yes [ ] no Small Business 8(a)
[ ] yes [ ] no Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)
[ ] yes [ ] no Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)
[ ] yes [ ] no Women-Owned (WO) Small Business
[ ] yes [ ] no Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
[ ] yes [ ] no Veteran-Owned Small Business
[ ] yes [ ] no Other ________________________

2. Can your company provide personnel with the qualifications required to complete this work?

[ ] yes [ ] no Explanation: ________________________________________________

3. Are there other qualifications required to perform this type of service and if so, what are they?
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4. What Department of Labor Wage Determination labor categories your company uses to perform this type of service?
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5. The Government intends to use price list to price this requirement. How does your company price this type of service? Do not provide a dollar amount.
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6. Thinking of evaluation factors other than price, what differentiates a poorly performing company from a good one in this business? What makes an exceptional company in this business?
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7. What are the usual potential requirements and qualifications your potential customers ask of your company?
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8. What type of specific terms and conditions do you require in your commercial contracts for this type of service?
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9. If your company were selected, how many calendar days would your company need, after contract award date or notice to proceed, before you could be completely set-up and begin providing services?

[ ] Immediately [ ] 10 days [ ] 15 days [ ] 30 days [ ] Other ____________

10. Provide any additional feedback that you feel is relevant (i.e. problems or any other issues experienced with similar contracts):
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The Government is not soliciting offers at this time. The Contracting Officer will determine what information, if any, gained from this questionnaire, it will use in the acquisition process. This is a request for information notice only used to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources. A solicitation is not currently available.

The Government may use responses to this request to determine how the Government may state the requirement or conduct the procurement. The reader of this announcement shall not conclude this announcement as a commitment, implied or otherwise, by the Government to issue a solicitation or to award a contract. The Government will not reimburse any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests.

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