F--Forest Area Rat Control Services on Oahu, Hawaii

The 413th Contracting Support Brigade, Regional Contracting Office, Hawaii, is performing market research through this SOURCES SOUGHT INQUIRY for firm-fixed price type contract. This is NOT A SOLICITATION for proposals, proposal abstract, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: 1-The availability and capability of qualified business sources able to perform the required work on various areas on the island of Oahu, Hawaii; 2-What is the size of the capable business, and to identify whether they are large or small businesses (HUBZone small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 8(a) small business, veteran-owned small business, woman-owned small business, or small disadvantaged business); 3-Their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for proposed acquisition. REQUIREMENT: The contractor to provide personnel, management, equipment, transportation, and any other items and services not Government furnished to control rats in up to 100 pair territories of endangered Oahu Elepaio (Chasiempsis sandwicensis ssp. ibidis) nests, around endangered tree snail populations and endangered plant populations to protect these resources from rodent predation; Conduct rat control and monitoring year-round (using snap traps, automatic traps, and tracking tunnels); The contractor shall provide qualified, trained, and experienced personnel capable of hiking in remote, rugged, mountainous terrain for 10 hours per day conducting effective rat control; Rat control and monitoring work is subject to inclement weather conditions including but not limited to rain, heat, lightning storms, slopes of greater 70% and mosquitoes. Anticipated Period of Performance: To start 9/29/2015. Submission of Capability Statement/Information Sought: Interested, qualified, and equipped organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement: 1-Not to exceed 2 single-sided pages that clearly detail the ability and equipment available to perform requiremens of this notice in a quick time frame; 2-On top of the first page of your capability statement should include: Indication of current certified small business status (HUBZone, SDVOSB, 8(a), WOSB, etc.) or indication of large business; Organization's name; Point of Contact; Address; DUNS number; Cage Code. Information Submission Instructions: All Capability Statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Angela McColor, Contract Specialist at: contact@example.gov by Monday March 16, 2015 at 2:00pm Hawaii Standard Time. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time. Any responses received after that date and time may not be considered. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. The Government reserves the right to use the information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determined the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Incomplete responses will not be considered in determining market availability. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right use any non-proprietary information in any resultant solicitation(s).