PWS Packing, Containerization and local Dryage of Direct Procurement Method (DPM) Personal Property Shipments

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS announcement ONLY for information/market research planning purposes. NO PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED OR ACCEPTED WITH THIS SYNOPSIS. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The 31st Contracting Squadron at Aviano AB, Italy, is seeking information from interested contractors to provide non-personal, commercial services for the preparation of personal property of military members and civilian employees, for movement or drayage and related services through the Direct Procurement Method (DPM). The contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, facilities, supplies, services and materials, except as specified herein as Government-furnished, for the preparation of personal property of Department of Defense personnel for shipment and/or storage and related services through the Direct Procurement Method (DPM). The Direct Procurement Method is a method in which the Government manages the shipment throughout. Packing, containerization, local drayage, delivery, unpacking, storage and related services are obtained from commercial firms under a contractual arrangement or by the use of Government facilities and employees. Specific requirements for each task is described in the PWS. If specific instruction or requirements are not provided, commercial standards of services and best business practices are acceptable. The outbound contractor, when directed by the ordering officer, will pick up and store empty government-owned containers from other local carrier or government facilities within the contract area of performance. The contractor must be able to provide a government-approved storage facility IAW Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part IV, Appendix D and all of it's attachments, either through the prime or via subcontractor. The types of tasks the contractor shall perform are complete service inbound (household goods and unaccompanied baggage), complete service outbound (household goods and unaccompanied baggage), and local moves. Required services will include- inventorying, tagging, wrapping, packing, packaging and tracking of household goods in Government-owned and Government-furnished shipping containers at owner's residence or at the contractor's facility. Services include properly securing and sealing for shipment, weighing, obliterating old markings, marking, strapping, and drayage of containers. Services shall also include loading of shipments on line-haul carrier equipment at the contractor's facility. The anticipated period of performance is 1 March 2018 through 28 February 2023. Period of performance will consist of one Base year and Four (1) year option periods may be exersiced. Due to overseas location of this solicitation, no set-aside will be used. The NAICS code for the acquisition is Packing and Crating 488991 and the size standard is $27.5M. The service code is V301. All contractors MUST be registered in the SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) database or their proposal WILL NOT be considered for award. Contractors can obtain further information on the SAM database at the website https://www.sam.gov . This solicitation will only be available by downloading the solicitation from http://www.fedbizopps.gov . Any information provided by industry to the Government is voluntary. Responses are due no later than 16:00 PM Central European Time (CET) on 17 March 2017 via e-mail. Questions and responses should be addressed to the Primary POC Ms. Ivana Barac, via email, to ivana.barac.it@us.af.mil. Alternate POC is SSgt Steven Slosser, steven.slosser@us.af.mil.