Direct Procurement Method Packing and Crating The 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) of the 22d Air Refueling Wing announces the projected solicitation for Direct Procurement Method Packing and Crating requirement at McConnell AFB, Kansas 67221. The successful offeror will furnish all personnel, equipment, facilities, supplies, services and materials for the preparation of personal property of Department of Defense personnel for shipment and/or storage and related services in the following Kansas counties Allen, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Edwards, Elk, Ford, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Hodgeman, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Neosho, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Rush, Sedgwick, Stafford, Sumner, Wilson and Woodson. The successful offeror is also required to have access to Government approved storage. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS): 488991. Small Business Size Standard: $25,500,000.00. The Government contemplates issuing a Total Small Business Set-Aside Request for Proposal (RFP) with Price-Performance Trade-Off (PPTO) evaluation factors. The Government shall issue an award to a single contractor using a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Requirements Type contract on or about 1 December 2009. The expected award shall consist of one base period of performance (1 January 2010 through 31 December 2010) and may include up to four optional periods of performance (each 1 year in duration, following the calendar year and running consecutively from the expiration of the base period of performance). There is no guarantee that any optional periods of performance may be exercised. The closing date and time for submission of offers shall be contained in the solicitation package. The entire solicitation package, including the Standard Form 1449 and continuation pages, the Performance Work Statement, the Department of Labor Wage Determination and the Past and Present Performance Questionnaire, shall be made available only on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Web Site at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Requests for copies of the solicitation package, or any cumulative parts thereof, by any other means shall not be honored. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website for the release of the solicitation package, which should be on or about 1 October 2009, for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package and for downloading their own copy of each associative amendment, if any. All firms wishing to submit a proposal subsequent to the solicitation described herein MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database as well as the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) database or risk their otherwise-timely proposal being considered non-responsive regardless of its completeness, timeliness or other salient considerations. Information on CCR and ORCA registrations can be obtained at their respective web sites: http://www.ccr.gov and http://orca.bpn.gov. No response to this announcement is required. The government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled. After solicitation and prior to award the possibility exists to reject all offers when cancellation is clearly in the public interest. This announcement does not obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs. Per AFFARS 5352.201-9101 (10 AUG 2005) the following applies: (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMBC A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM ombudsmen, Mr. Michael R. Jackson, HQ AMC/A7K, 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB IL 62225-5022, (618) 229-0267, fax (618) 256-6668, email: Michael.jackson@scott.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. *****
