Cranes and Hoists Inspection/Maintenance

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIAL QUALIFIED SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS (HUBZONE 8(a), 8(a), HUBZONE, SMALL, SMALL DISADVANTAGE AND LARGE BUSINESS) RELATIVE TO NAICS CODE 811310 (SIZE STANDARD OF $7.0 MILLION AVERAGE ANNUAL RECEIPTS FOR PRECEDING THREE FISCAL YEARS). RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS WILL BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION DECISIONS, SEE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS BELOW. AFTER REVIEW OF THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN FEDBIZOPPS. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ARE NOT ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO THE SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS WILL HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT. Travis AFB is seeking sources to perform Cranes and Hoists inspection and maintenance, Travis AFB, CA. The Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials, and transportation to provide this service. Period of Performance will be 1 October 2011 through 30 September 2012 with four one-year option periods. Responses to this notice should include company name, address, point of contact, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) and must respond to the following questions: 1) Is your business a large or small business? 2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergency business, or a small, disadvantaged business? 3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? 4) Is your firm a certified "hub zone" firm? 5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business? 6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned and Veteran-Owned? 7) Does your firm have an Environment Management System Certification (EMS)? 8) What qualifications/certifications does your firm have? 9) What is the average work experience of your inspection/maintenance personnel? 10) Does your firm perform background checks? 11) Does your firm have a quality assurance plan in place? What quality assurance methods and quality standards does your firm use? 12) Do you currently have a government contract? Interested businesses are required to submit a Statement of Capabilities (SOC) demonstrating: 1) Ability to manage the services, description of past performance on previous contracts, dollar value of each contract, number of employees for each, the types and range of skills of employees for each, and point of contact and telephone number of the contracting activity for each contract. 2) A capability statement, including summary of relevant performance history (with points of contact and applicable telephone numbers, FAX numbers, addresses and email addresses, if available) within the past three years. This is not a request for proposals and in no way obligate the Government to award any contract. Responses must be received in writing no later than 22 Dec 2010. Firms responding to this announcement which fail to provide all of the required information cannot be used to help the Government make the acquisition decisions which is the intent of this synopsis. This notice is to help Travis AFB in determining potential sources only. No solicitation is currently available. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request to be considered for a contract award. If a solicitation is issued, it will be posted later at https://www.fbo.gov and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. A response to this sources sought synopsis is NOT a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation.