Rail Road Vegetation/Weed Removal

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT: Railroad Vegetation Control/Removal at Mountain Home AFB, ID THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. The 366 Financial Acquisition Support Squadron (366 FAS) of the 366 Fighter Wing is conducting market research to determine the availability, interest, and capability of potential business sources qualified and able to compete for a contract to perform Vegetation Control/Removal Services on a railroad bed at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. The information in this notice is based on the most current information available to date. This information is subject to change and is not binding to the Government. Updated information will be provided in future announcements and posted electronically on https://beta.sam.gov/. The Government shall not reimburse the costs of preparing responses to this request for information / sources sought notice. At this time, this office intends to solicit this requirement utilizing a(n) Oral Solicitation / Request for Quote(s) (RFQ) in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(c) (Unrestricted) to identified sources capable of meeting this requirement. The successful contractor shall remove all living and dead sagebrush, weeds and other vegetation growing up from within and around the railroad bed. All vegetation shall be removed from a 7-mile stretch of railroad running on the installation and off the installation. Vegetation will be removed from the center of the track to 8 feet out on both sides. All work shall be performed in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and the Performance Work Statement (PWS). This is a one-time requirement. The NAICS code for this requirement is 561730, - Landscaping Services The Small Business Size Standard is $8,000,000.00 Dollars. The Government requests interested parties to contact the Contracting Officer, TSgt Daniel Parks via email: contact@example.gov No Later Than 18 May 2021 by 3:00 PM MST (Local Time). Interested parties should respond and indicate they are capable and willing of performing this requirement. Please include company contact information, DUNS number, Cage Code, and business size status to include all potential Small Business socio-economic set-asides. 366 FAS is interested in quantifying and pre-qualifying the likelihood of setting aside competition for this requirement to a small business. Depending upon the responses to this notice and other market research, 366 FAS may limit the competition to a specific socio-economic small business category at the exclusion of all other potential business concerns. This announcement serves as the first step to determine the viability of setting aside this requirement for competition solely within or among certain small businesses in selected categories. This is a Sources Sought Announcement only; no solicitation exists or is available at this time. Requests for a solicitation shall not receive a response. This announcement shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. In the event a solicitation is developed, this office currently intends to conduct an Oral Solicitation only to those vendors who demonstrate the capability and willingness to perform this requirement. Per AFFARS 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN, ACC Ombudsman (10/1/2019), the following applies: (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Lt Col Aaron Judge, USAF Deputy Director of Contracting, OL-ACC Air Force Installation Contracting Agency Joint Base Langley-Eustis VA COMM: +1 (555) 000-0000 DSN: 574-5372 contact@example.gov. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number +1 (555) 000-0000, facsimile number +1 (555) 000-0000. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.