DPM Packing and Crating

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice only. The 48th Contracting Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom anticipates a competitive acquisition for the packing, containerization and local drayage of direct procurement method (DPM) personal property shipments. The contractor will furnish all personnel, equipment, facilities, supplies, services, and materials, except as specified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) as Government Furnished Property (GFP), for the preparation of personal property of Department of Defense personnel for shipment and/or storage and related services. The contractor shall be obligated to provide packing and crating services for inbound and outbound requirements. The contract shall be Non-Personal in nature and in strict accordance with the PWS, subject terms and conditions of the main contract, and each task order. The base year performance period will be for 8 months with an anticipated start date of 1 May 2010 with four (4) additional one-year option periods. Areas of performance for this requirement will consist of RAF Alconbury, St. Mawgan, Croughton, Menwith Hill, Fairford, Feltwell, Lakenheath, and Mildenhall, as well as, all Geographically Separated Units (GSU) in the United Kingdom. This requirement will be solicited as Full and Open Competition and will not contain set-asides. The applicable NAICS Code for this solicitation is 488991, Packing and Crating. Award of a contract from the forthcoming solicitation will be made on the basis of best value procedures IAW FAR Part 15.101 using a tradeoff process to evaluate factors of Price, Technical, and Past Performance. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the lowest price offeror if non-price factors such as Technical and Past Performance represent the best value. All relevant solicitation documents including the Performance Work Statement will be made available for download exclusively from the internet by accessing the FedBizOps website at http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies will NOT be available. Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review this site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents; and verifying the number of amendments issued prior to the due date for proposals. All potential sources must obtain a DUNS number and register in the Central Contractor Register (CCR), at http://www.ccr.gov, in order to transact business with the Department of Defense (DOD). Failure to obtain a DUNS number and register in the CCR may result in the delay of award of a contract or possible award to the next otherwise successful offeror who is registered in the CCR at the time of the award. A solicitation will be issued on or about 6 October 2009. The closing date and time of submission of offers will be contained within the solicitation package. No response to this notice is necessary and no Source List will be maintained. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation cost. The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation either before or after the solicitation closing date.