Recycling Services at the Naval Support Activity Crane, Indiana

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE. The Solicitation Number for this announcement is N40083-14-R-2700. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-West, PWD Crane, is currently seeking potential sources for a Firm Fixed Price type contract with a base period of nine months and one 12-month option period to be exercised at the Government’s discretion. The NAICS Code for this solicitation is 562111, Solid Waste Collection Services. The Small Business Size Standard is $35,500,000.00. It is the Government’s intent to utilize the contract resulting from this solicitation to accomplish recycling services, via a firm fixed-price contract. Under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) guidelines, the prime contractor must have the capability to perform at least 50% of the cost of labor. The intent is to issue a solicitation on a set aside basis to either Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUB Zone concerns, Women Owned Small Business, Economic Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business, 8A, or Small Business concerns. The type of set-aside to issue will depend upon the responses to this sources sought synopsis. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of contractors. The intention of the future solicitation is to obtain Recycling Services as outlined below and described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) primarily for the Naval Support Activity, Crane Army Ammunition Activity and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, materials, supplies, equipment, tools, transportation, and vehicles to perform all work associated with recycling services in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and regulations. Services required are pick-up of recyclable materials in rear load 8 cubic yard containers at approximately 30 locations on center. Recyclable materials to be picked-up include paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, and aluminum cans. In addition, the contractor shall be required to provide and pick up two 40 cubic yard bulk containers for primarily metal recyclable waste. The contractor shall process and sell all the recyclable materials and return 100 percent of the revenue to the Government. The Government will pay all costs associated with pick-up, processing, and sorting of the materials. Low Price-Technically Acceptable simplified acquisition selection procedures will be utilized in conducting this competitive negotiation, which will consist of the submission of price and technical proposals once the Request for Proposal is issued. Interested to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUB Zone concerns, Women Owned Small Business, Economic Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business, 8A, or Small Business concerns should indicate their interest to the contracting Officer in writing. As a minimum the following information is required in duplicate: (a) a copy of the certificate issued by the SBA of your qualifications as a HUBZone concern, (b) Describe your partnering, teaming or joint venture intentions, (c) a positive statement of your intention to submit an offer for this solicitation as a prime contractor, (d) evidence of experiences in the past three years in work similar in type, size, scope, and complexity to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and points of contact, along with telephone numbers, (e) describe specific portions of this type of effort your company intends to subcontract and (f) provide evidence of your company performing these efforts successfully (Indicators of successful performance as measured by percentage of award fee given or favorable past performance ratings, and or awards received, etc.) All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on availability of interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUB Zone concerns, Women Owned Small Business, Economic Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business, 8A, or Small Business concerns. Failure to submit all information requested will result in a contractor not being considered as an interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUB Zone concerns, Women Owned Small Business, Economic Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business, 8A, or Small Business concerns. Anticipate the solicitation will be released on or about October 28, 2013 with proposals due on November 8, 2013. In accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(7) availability of the solicitation will be limited to the electronic medium and the Government will NOT provide copies. The Solicitation once issued will be available for download free of charge via the Internet at: www.fbo.gov or www.neco.navy.mil The apparent successful offeror must be currently registered in the Department of Defense Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to contract award via the SAM (System for Award Management) website. Offerors not already registered in the SAM database are highly encouraged to do so via Internet at: https://www.sam.gov. Please be advised that this registration is FREE. All contractual and technical inquires shall be submitted via electronic mail to contact@example.gov. The due date for responses to this Sources Sought Notice is Ocotober 25, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (noon). Responses may be submitted under Solicitation Number N40083-14-R-2700 via e-mail to: contact@example.gov or hand-deliver to NAVFAC Midwest PWD Crane, Attention: Carrie Grimard, Contract Specialist, 300 Highway 361, Building 2516, NSA, Crane, IN 47522-5082. Receipt of potential offeror’s Statement of Qualifications shall be received no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) eastern time on October 25, 2013.