Cranes & Hoists

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE seeking the interest of potential and eligible contractors in a Firm Fixed Price Service Contract for Cranes and Hoist Repair Service at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. OFFERS OR PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT A PRESOLICITATION OR SOLICITATION. ADDITIONALLY, THIS NOTICE DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR MULTIPLE CONTRACTS; AND, IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR ANY BID AND/OR PROPOSAL PREPARATION COSTS. Proposed work to be performed under the aforementioned contact is anticipated to be within the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes as follows: 811310 Commercial and Industry Machinery and Equipment and the Small Business Size Standard is $7 Million. The work to be performed is as follows: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment tools, parts, lubricants, weights, transportation, and supervision necessary to evaluate, inspect, load test, service, and repair cranes, hoists and other related lifting devices at Eielson AFB Alaska. All cranes and hoists shall be inspected maintained, repaired, and certified in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.179. The Government intends to evaluate offers and select the awardees utilizing Performance Price Trade-Off. Source Selection will be conducted using the procedures from the Air Force Source Selection Policies and Procedures, the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Department Of Defense (DOD) FAR Supplements and Air Force FAR Supplements. In responding to this Sources Sought Notification, please indicate your interest as a prime contractor, teaming partner, joint venture, primary subcontractor and indicate if your business is a SBA Certified Section 8(a) Program Participant, SBA Certified Historically Underutilized Zone (HUB Zone) Firm, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business, Woman Owned Business, Small Business, Large Business or a combination of these. Additionally, please provide company name, cage code, point of contact with phone number, fax and email. Pertinent information about the contractor is encouraged to be included. Interested parties should send all information via email to A1C Mark Wheeler at mark.wheeler.10@us.af.mil or to Ms. Rebecca Gregoroff at rebecca.gregoroff.1@us.af.mil. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. Information must be submitted to the previously stated point of contact no later than the time and date listed within the response due date. An actual solicitation is expected to be issued sometime the spring of 2013. The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. Paper copies will NOT be available. The entire solicitation, including the specifications and/or drawings, will be made available only on the Federal Business Opportunities Web Site at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Interested Parties are solely responsible for monitoring the aforementioned site for the release of the solicitation package and/or any updates and/or amendments to any and all subject documents. It is the sole responsibility of all Interested Parties to register for notification updates to any and all subject documents for the said action. All contractors MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database or their proposal will not be considered. Contractors can obtain further information on the System for Award Management (SAM) at web site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/