Portable Toilet Services for R2-Rocky Mountain Region

A SOLICITATION IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. Proposals are not being requested or accepted with this SOURCES SOUGHT announcement nor will any award be made as a result of this announcement. The attached solicitation template document is considered a draft only and is intended to provide a sample of the potential scope of work and Government requirements. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement used for preliminary market survey information planning purposes only. This Sources Sought Synopsis is in support of Market Research being conducted by the USDA Forest Service, Region 2 Fire and Aviation Contracting Team for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business and small disadvantaged business subcontracting goals for potential multiple preseason Wildland Fire Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) obtaining fully serviced portable toilets and portable handwashing stations for use on a local, regional and nationwide basis. This is NOT a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or an announcement of a solicitation. Response to this notice is strictly voluntary and will not affect any potential offeror's ability to submit an offer if a solicitation is released. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay for the information received. Submittals will not be returned to the sender. This Sources Sought is to notify small business concerns that the USDA Forest Service, Region 2 (Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska), is seeking sources for obtaining fully serviced portable toilets and portable handwashing stations for use on a local, regional and nationwide basis in support of Wildland Fire. The Contractor would be responsible for all equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, personnel necessary to meet or exceed any Agreement specifications. The resources may also be used on the protection of lands, to include but not be limited to, fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. Vendors would be dispatched through a Government dispatch center closest to their resource locations. Available Region 2 dispatch centers can be located here and below: http://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/index_map.html Rocky Mountain Region CO-CRC Craig Interagency Dispatch Center located in Craig, CO CO-DRC Durango Interagency Dispatch Center located in Durango, CO CO-FTC Fort Collins Interagency Dispatch Center located in Fort Collins, CO CO-GJC Grand Junction Air Center located in Grand Junction, CO CO-MTC Montrose Interagency Dispatch Center located in Montrose, CO CO-PBC Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center located in Pueblo, CO SD-GPC Great Plains Interagency Dispatch Center located in Rapid City, SD WY-CDC Cody Interagency Dispatch Center located in Cody, WY WY-CPC Casper Interagency Dispatch Center located in Casper, WY WY-RWC Rawlins Interagency Dispatch Center located in Rawlins, WY The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 562991 Septic Tank and Related Services with a small business size standard of $7 million. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in all small businesses concerns to include 8(a), small business and small disadvantaged business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Hubzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified code. In response to this notice, please provide the following information: 1. Company name, address, location of resources, phone number; a point of contact with email address; Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number; and NAICS codes. 2. Identification of business size and whether currently designated as a small business as defined by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19 and currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Small business size standards are published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and may be found at http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Size_Standards_Table.pdf. 3. Capability information, including a brief description of experience providing services similar to the requirements described in the attached solicitation template, a summary of the company's past performance in providing these services during the past five years, including any on-going contracts. Include Contracting Activities/Agencies, Contract Numbers, Highest Contract Value, Contract Period of Performance, and a Point of Contact at the Contracting Activity who can verify the information you provided. Responses must be submitted as MS Word or Adobe pdf, as attachments to an email to contact@example.gov such that they are received at that electronic address no later than the closing date/time of this posting. All communications regarding this notice shall be directed to Kim Luft, Fire Contracting Officer, USDA Forest Service, Region 2 Fire and Aviation Contracting Team, at the contact information listed in this posting. Questions must be submitted by email to contact@example.gov such that they are received at that electronic address no later than October 15, 2014. Answers to questions that are timely received will be aggregated and attached to this FedBizOpps notice prior to the closing date/time of this notice: October 31, 2014. NOTE: Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award and payment from any USDA Forest Service activity. Interested parties should register in SAM. Information on registration may be obtained accessing the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Any published solicitation would require vendors to submit their quotes using the VIPR Vendor Application. To access the VIPR Vendor application, go to http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php