Sources Sought - Custodial Services at Aviano Air Base

***THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY***

CUSTODIAL SERVICES AT AVIANO AIR BASE, ITALY

This is a Sources Sought announcement for THE PURPOSES OF MARKET RESEARCH ONLY in support of “CUSTODIAL SERVICES AT AVIANO AIR BASE, ITALY”.  The information received will be utilized within the Air Force to facilitate the decision making processes and will not be disclosed outside of the agency.  No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests.  This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid and is not construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561720: Janitorial Services.  The term of this project is estimated to be one (1) 12 month base period and four (4) – 12 month option periods for both recurring and non-recurring work.  This procurement follows the janitorial portion of the incumbent contract: FA568222C0006.

• Description of Work

The contractor shall provide all management, tools, equipment, supplies, vehicles and labor necessary to ensure that custodial services are performed at geographically separated areas of Aviano Air Base, Italy (excluding Medical and DeCa facilities), in a manner that will maintain a satisfactory facility condition and present a clean, neat, sanitary, and professional appearance as per AFCEC and Air Force Common Operating Levels of Service (AFCOLS) standards. For more information, see the attached Draft PWS.

• Contractor License Requirement

Any contract resulting from this solicitation will be awarded and performed in its entirety in the country of Italy. Contractors must be duly authorized to operate and conduct business in Italy and must fully comply with all laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Italy during the performance of the contract.  Contractors must be registered to do business and possess an appropriate license issued by the Italian government in order to perform work under this contract.

• SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS

Interested firms should submit information as to the capabilities, capacity and experience to perform the tasks set forth above.  The Statement of Capability (SOC) will determine the feasibility and/or basis for the Air Force’s decision to proceed with acquisition. 

Interested firms must submit an SOC, which describes, in detail, the firm’s capability of providing these services at various Military and other Federal facilities worldwide. Your SOC shall include the following:

(1) Full name and address of the firm;

(2) Indicate if the firm is registered in the Department of Defense (DOD) System for Award Management (SAM) database, include Unique Entity ID and CAGE Code; and

(3)  List up to five projects performed within the last five years.  Provide information regarding experience of the work above. Provide the following information for each project as much as possible:

     a) Contract number and project title;

     b) Name of contracting activity;

     c) Administrative Contracting Officer’s name, current telephone number;

     d) Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative or primary point of contact name and current telephone number;

     e) Contract type (e.g., cost plus, requirements, firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, or combination);

     f) Period of performance (start and completion date);

     g) Basic contract award amount and final contract value;

     h) Summary of contract work to include the location of the area of interest;

Note:  The PWS is a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) document.  Anyone who requests this document is subject to DFARS 252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information applies; FAR 52.204-21 Basi Safeguarding of Covered contractor Information Systems; DFARS 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls; 252.204-7009 Limitations of the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information ; and 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and cyber Incident Reporting.

Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Air Force’s market research.  31 CONS will utilize the information for acquisition planning purposes.  All data received in response to this Source Sought Notice marked or designated, as corporate or proprietary information will be fully protected from release outside the Government.

Please electronically submit information to 2d Lt Michael Keith via email at michael.keith.18@us.af.mil by 15 Sept 2025 at 15:00 Central European Time (CET) using the email subject line “Sources Sought: CUSTODIAL SERVICES”.

Responses received after the deadline or without the required information will not be considered. Since this is a Sources Sought announcement only, evaluation letters will not be issued to any respondent.