Scrap Disposal - Japan

Amendment 0005 is issued to answer received questions. Solicitation closing is extended to 31 October 2019 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern. Question numbering is continued from Amendment 0004. The answer to Question 2 from Amendment 0002 is revised..

Amendment 0004 is issued to answer some received questions. Solicitation closing is extended to 17 October 2019 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern. Question numbering is continued from Amendment 0002.

The deadline for submittal of questions is complete. Additional, appropriate questions received prior to the deadline on October 3rd will be answered in a forthcoming Amendment.

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Amendment 0003 issued to replace Attachment 1 Price Schedule due to identified formula errors. Attachment 01 Schedule of Prices Amendment 3 provided in this amendment replaces Attachment 01 Schedule of Prices that was provided when the solicitation was issued.
Solicitation closing is not extended at this time..

Amendment 0002 issued to answer received questions. Solicitation closing is not extended at this time..

Amendment 0001 issued to revise PWS 8.4 and describe the Site Visit schedule at Okinawa, Iwakuni, Sagami, and Misawa per page 32 of the solicitation.
Summary:
Okinawa - Monday, 9/23 at 0930.
Misawa - Wednesday, 9/25 at 0930.
Sagami - Thursday, 9/26 at 0930.
Iwakuni - Friday, 9/27 at 0930..

Notice updated to post the solicitation documents. Solicitation closing is October 10, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern (currently Japan Standard Time -13 hours).
Any questions regarding the solicitation must be emailed to nathanial.gaunt@dla.mil and hazardouscontractswest@dla.mil no later than October 3, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern.
An amendment will be posted to describe the Site Visit schedule at Okinawa, Iwakuni, Sagami, and Misawa per page 32 of the solicitation..

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: The contractor will be required to provide all personnel, equipment, containers, tools, materials, supervision, vehicles and other items or services necessary to perform scrap yard management, scrap removal, scrap demilitarization (DEMIL) / mutilation (MUT) and scrap de-manufacturing (DEMAN) operations including disposal and recycling. The contractor shall meet the standards including disposal and recycling to be defined in the solicitation for four (4) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Disposition Services sites located at Iwakuni, Misawa, Okinawa and Sagami, Japan. Area of coverage will also include Forward Collection Sites (FCSs).

BACKGROUND: DLA Disposition Services disposes of foreign excess personal property of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). DLA Disposition Services receives property that is no longer required for use in the DoD and makes a determination whether the property is usable or scrap. If usable property is not needed for redistribution within the Federal U.S. Government, it may be donated to state and local U.S. Governments, sold to the general public, or processed for reclamation of specific metals and materials required for use by the DoD. Only material that has not been disposed of by these outlets or is determined to be scrap shall be subject to this contract.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this solicitation is to award a contract for management services to include collecting, transporting, recycling, disposing, demilitarizing and de-manufacturing of scrap and recyclable material in an environmentally responsible and compliant manner. This solicitation does NOT involve disposal of hazardous materials (HM) or hazardous waste (HW). Scrap and recyclable materials may include range residue that have been assessed as safe (MDAS = Material Documented as Safe).

SITE VISITS: Offerors not familiar with the scrap accumulation points at DLA Disposition Services [formerly known as Defense Reutilization & Marketing Offices (DRMO)] at Iwakuni, Misawa, Okinawa and Sagami are strongly encouraged to participate in the U.S. Government-scheduled site visit at each location. Site visits will help the offerors in determining the number and type of containers, labor, supplies and equipment that will be required to perform scrap / recycling services. Dates, times and locations of site visits will be provided with the solicitation, either at time of issuance or in an amendment.

SOLICITATION: The solicitation is expected to be issued within the next two weeks, with proposals due approximately 30 days later. The solicitation will be available for download in the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov. Any amendments to the solicitation will also be posted at www.fbo.gov. Potential offerors are responsible for checking the website for any amendments, as they will not be emailed directly.

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