MRO Southeast Region

DLA Troop Support is issuing a solicitation for Tailored Logistics Support Prime Vendor (TLS PV) support for Maintenance, Repair, and Operation (MRO) supplies in the Southeast Region of the United States. This procurement will be 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside with a waiver to the non-manufacturer rule. FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside Alternate I is applicable. The Southeast Region includes two zones. Zone 1 includes: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Zone 2 includes: Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Offerors may submit proposals for one or both zones. A single TLS PV Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will be awarded for each zone. The resultant contracts will each have a five year base/term for each zone. This procurement will entail Customer Direct Deliveries to locations throughout the Southeast Region/respective zones. There are existing regular customers in the Southeast Region at this time. For Zone 1, the acquisition is estimated at $35,000,000.00 per year with a total contract maximum value of $350,000,000.00. For Zone 2, the acquisition is estimated at $41,000,000.00 per year with a total contract maximum value of $410,000,000.00. The scope of this acquisition includes, but is not limited to: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) supplies; Plumbing supplies (including bath and shower items, ablution units); Electrical products (including generators, wire/cable, connectors, sockets, outlets, lights, etc.); Tools of various kinds; Chemical, lubricating, and rubber products and products including same; Construction supplies (including but not limited to cement, lumber and plywood, bricks, blocks, steel, aluminum, and other metal products, conduits, prefabricated structures to include re-locatable buildings (RLBs & ablution units), etc.; Perimeter security items such as barriers, barbed wire, concertina wire, and sand bags (also used for erosion prevention); Communication devices (such as walkie-talkies, two-way radios, etc. used by the maintenance personnel), and; Various other commercial supplies required by the war-fighters to accomplish their mission AND related incidental services. All items are commercial and identified by a manufacturer's part number and/or commercial item description. For each zone, proposals will be evaluated using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Source Selection procedures with the non-price factors being rated on an ACCEPTABLE/UNACCEPTABLE basis. For each zone, pricing will be based on firm-fixed Acquisition Ceiling Prices for a Price Evaluation List of 500 items for three pricing periods, firm-fixed Distribution Ceiling Prices for twenty pricing tiers (Distribution Matrix) for three pricing periods, a total acquisition price for an incidental service based on a scenario, and unburdened and burdened labor rates for identified storefront personnel for three pricing periods. If discussions are conducted, the Government may utilize Reverse Auction procedures. To ensure continuous availability of reliable sources of supply, the offeror who is selected as the lowest price technically acceptable offer for Zone 2 will be eliminated from competition in Zone 1. In the event the Government does not receive more than one acceptable offer, the same vendor may be awarded both Zone 2 and Zone 1. Offerors are advised that the Berry Amendment and Buy American Act apply to this solicitation. Additionally, there are other procurement restrictions set forth in the solicitation that may apply to certain specific products. Copies of this solicitation will not be available until the solicitation issue date. The solicitation will be posted on DIBBS, https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. All responsible sources may submit a proposal(s) which shall be considered by DLA Troop Support. Anticipated issue date is June 14, 2013 and anticipated closing date is July 12, 2013. DLA Troop Support anticipates holding a Pre-Proposal Conference. If held, details on the date and registration will be made public via Fedbizopps and DIBBS.