Refuse and Recycling Collection Service Ellsworth AFB

1. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE USED FOR MARKET ANALYSIS IN DETERMINING THE AVAILABILITY OF REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES FOR ELLSWORTH AFB, IAW ATTACHED PERORMACE WORK STATEMENT (PWS). NO AWARDS WILL BE MADE FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION. ALL RESPONSES WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE ACQUISITION. 2. Ellsworth AFB requires the following: 1) 1 base year (1 Oct 13 - 30 Sept 14) Refuse and Recycling Collection Service IAW attached PWS. 2) 4 option years (1 Oct 14 - 30 Sept 15) (1 Oct 15 - 30 Sept 16) (1 Oct 16 - 30 Sept 17) (1 Oct 17 - 30 Sept 18) Refuse and Recycling Collection Service IAW attached PWS 3. All interested parties are invited to provide the following information about your company/institution, or any teaming or joint venture partners. Interested parties are requested to submit product specifications that shall include: Contractor Information - Name - Address - Point of Contact (POC) - POC and product technical expert phone number(s) and email addresses - CAGE Code - Website, if applicable - A description of relevant product equivalency 4. Contractors capable of providing this product should submit product information within the guidelines stated above in paragraph three (3) via e-mail to the person(s) stated below in paragraph five (5). Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this sources sought synopsis is strictly voluntary. Responses will not be returned. No entitlements to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges to the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses, or the Government's use of such information. The information obtained from industries responses to this notice may be used in the development of an acquisition strategy and future RFP. 5. Responses are due no later than 2:00PM MST, Friday, 18 January 2012, and shall be electronically submitted to the following: A1C Kalvin Schultz at Kalvin.Schultz@ellsworth.af.mil. 6. Questions relative to this market research should be sent electronically to A1C Kalvin Schultz. NO PHONE INQUIRIES. All communications shall be in writing by referencing "ELLS-REFUSE". DO NOT MAIL. Primary Point of Contact: A1C Kalvin Schultz Contracting Officer, Kalvin.Schultz@ellsworth.af.mil, Fax: 605-385-1759. 5. Military Housing Privitization is projected to come into affect at some time during the life of the contract, at a date to be determined. Interested parties should be aware that the Military Family Housing requirements of the contract may potentially be terminated for the convenience of the government if/when housing privitization occurs. 6. THIS IS A NOTICE FOR SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR INVITATION FOR BID. THERE IS NO BID PACKAGE, SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROCUREMENT COMMITMENT BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. RESPONSE IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY; NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR OR SUFFER ANY CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY IMPROPERLY IDENTIFIED INFORMATION.