Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) & Wildlife Control

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. THERE IS NO ACTUAL SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. The 452d Operational Contracting Office (452MSG/LGC) of the 452d Air Mobility Wing is conducting market research to determine the availability, interest and capability of potential small business sources qualified and able to compete for a contract to perform BASH & Wildlife Control Service requirements at March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California, 92518. The information in this notice is based on the best and most current information available to date. This information is subject to change and is not binding to the Government. Updated information will be provided in future announcements and posted electronically on the Federal Business Opportunities homepage at www.fbo.gov. The Government shall not reimburse the costs of preparing responses to this request for information/sources sought notice. The 452d Operational Contracting Office (AFRC), March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California, intends to issue a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) in the Nov/Dec 2011 timeframe for the acquisition of BASH & Wildlife Control Services to be performed at March ARB, CA. The estimated contract period, including all options, is 1 April 2012 through 31 March 2017. The primary emphasis of this program is to prevent bird airstrike hazards. However, the contractor shall provide a comprehensive wildlife control program to mitigate the risk of wildlife at March ARB, CA. Wildlife encountered includes, but is not limited to: birds, ground squirrels, foxes, dogs, skunks, snakes, and coyotes. The program may include, but is not limited to, the use of trained birds of prey, dogs, pyrotechnics, harassment, trapping, relocation, airfield patrol, and perimeter fence monitoring and as set forth in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for said services. The successful contractor shall provide all personnel, management, equipment, supplies, materials, transportation and all other items necessary (excluding Government Furnished Property). The contractor shall comply with all federal, state, and local regulations in performance of this contract. The NAICS code for this requirement is 561710, Exterminating and Pest Control Service. The Small Business Size Standard is $7,000,000. The Government requests interested parties to submit a brief statement of current capability to perform these services and a letter of interest. Interested and qualified sources should provide the following information: (1) company name, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, type of business and size [i.e.; Small, SBA Section 8(a), Highly Underutilize Business Zone (HUBZone), Women Owned, and/or Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVO)]; (2) a list of your most recent and relevant DoD and/or commercial contracts (not to exceed ten) to include brief description, names, POCs, phone numbers, value & type of contract, and period of performance; and (3) information about your company and why you think you can perform this service. Please limit your submissions to ten pages. Send responses to the 452d Operational Contracting Office, (452 MSG/LGC), 1940 Graeber Street, March ARB, CA 92518-1650. Responses may also be submitted to Linda Pietropaula, via e-mail to linda.pietropaula@us.af.mil in PDF or Microsoft Word format or by fax to 951-655-5753. In order to be considered in this market survey, please reply by close of business Wednesday, 9 November 2011. 452 MSG/LGC is interested in quantifying and pre-qualifying the likelihood of setting aside competition for of BASH & Wildlife Control services for March ARB to a small business. Depending upon the response to this notice and other market research, 452 MSG/LGC may limit the competition to a specific category of small business at the exclusion of all other potential business concerns. This announcement serves as a first step for 452 MSG/LGC to determine the viability of setting aside the procurement of BASH & Wildlife Control services for competition solely within or among certain small businesses in selected categories. This is a Sources Sought Announcement only; no solicitation exists or is available at this time. Requests for a solicitation shall not receive a response. This announcement shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. In the event a solicitation is developed, it will be assigned a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) number and the announcement will be published on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Web Site at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Potential interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package as well as downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments.