S--Sources Sought Notice for regional solid waste collection, disposal and recycling services. This announcement is solely for conducting market research. There is no solicitation available.

The Capital District Contracting Center (CDCC), Ft Belvoir, VA, is seeking interested parties to accomplish regional solid waste collection, disposal and recycling services at Fort Belvoir, VA, MD, Fort Meade, MD, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, Fort M yer Military Community, VA, and Adelphi Laboratory Center, MD. The Army is conducting this market survey to determine the type and depth of industry interest in the regionalization of solid waste collection, disposal and recycling services. Respondents t o this announcement are requested to identify their interest in a region-wide project and to provide a brief opinion on the viability of the proposed project. The Army seeks the opinion of Respondents in order to gauge the potential for successful regiona lization of solid waste and recycling services. A general description of each installations current solid waste and recycling activities follows. FT BELVOIR: Fort Belvoir is an installation of approximately 7,678 acres and is located in Northern Virginia approximately three miles east of US Interstat e 95 in Fairfax County. At Fort Belvoir there is an exchange mall, bank, credit union, post office, medical center, two 18-hole and one 9-hole golf courses, modern fitness centers, plus many other facilities. Solid waste and recycling needs on Fort Belvo ir currently include service to population of 23,000 people; the population will double over the next 5 years. Currently service is required for trash and cardboard dumpster pick-up for over 200 office buildings and food service facilities. Disposal faci lities are available within a 15-mile radius for refuse. Recycling pick-up from inside 215 office buildings (volume expected to double as population increases) and transporting recyclables to on-site recycling center for consolidation on a 5-day per week schedule. Up to eight different commodities are collected in office buildings. Currently roll-offs of (consolidated) glass, plastic, and scrap metal are transported to buyers within a 25-mile radius. Buyers transport all other recyclable commodities. T here is an on Post recycling center available to consolidate commodities and prepare for transport offsite. FORT MEADE, MD: Fort Meade is located midway between the cities of Baltimore and Washington D.C. in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The facility o ccupies an area of approximately 5,200 acres and is approximately four miles east of Interstate 95 and one-half mile east of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, between Maryland state routes 175 and 198. Fort Meade has an exchange mall, bank, credit union, p ost office, medical center, medal of honor library, two museums, two 18-hole golf courses, modern fitness centers, plus many other facilities. Currently, there are over 78 tenant organizations at Fort Meade. Fort Meade is expected to experience aggressiv e growth over the next 15 years resulting in the increase of approximately 20,000 new military, civilian and contractor personnel, a 68% increase over current personnel levels. Currently , there are approximately 150 solid waste dumpsters (6 and 8 cubic y ards capacity) and some larger roll-offs located within main area of the installation encompassing approximately 3,200 acres being any where from twice weekly, to five times per week. Currently the recycling program consist of approximately 120 pick-up po ints within the cantonment area, approximately 3,200 acres. Fort Meade currently operates a Recycling Center on post, under a contracting mechanism. The Center is approximately 25,000 square feet in capacity. Recycling commodities consist of includes but paper (white and mixed), cardboard, cans, plastics, laser printer cartridges, newspaper, wooden pallets, glass, shrink wrap, magazines, telephone books, plastic bags, Christmas trees, and other recyclables. FORT MYER MILITARY COMMUNITY: Fort Myer Milit ary Community (FMMC) serves the needs of residents, customers and workers at Fort Myer, Fort McNair and Marin e Corps Base at Henderson Hall. These three installations comprise approximately 375 acres (246, 106 and 23 acres respectively). FMMC has many High Level VIP/Presidential ceremonies and the FMMC community must be maintained in the highest-level standards. Solid waste and recycling needs on Fort Myer, Fort McNair and Henderson Hall currently include service to an effective population of 15,000 and a resident/worker population of 5,900 people. Currently there is seven-day a week service for trash and cardbo ard dumpster pick-up for over 115 office buildings and food service facilities at Fort Myer, 75 at Fort McNair and 14 at Henderson Hall. Disposal facilities are available within a 15-mile radius for refuse. Recycling is pick-up from inside 84 office buil dings and transporting recyclables to an off-site recycling center for consolidation on a twice a week schedule. Recyclables currently consist of bottles, glass, cardboard, mixed paper, plastics and toner cartridges. In the current contract for Refuse and Recycling there is a requirement for 71 dumpsters, 16 Roll off/Compactors, 56 Mobile totes for Recycling, 11 Igloo containers and 11 (8 CY dumpsters) for Recycling. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS: Aberdeen Proving Ground is an installation of 72,500 acres wit h 2 principle areas and an offsite test course. Presently there are over 7,500 civilians, 5,000 military, 3,000 contractors employed at the installation and 2,148 family housing residents. The installation is home to a multitude of organizations that pe rform military testing for ordnance, tactical equipment, chemical and biological testing with operations that can be centrally located or in remote areas of the installation. The installation is expected to increase in size (approximately 8,000 personnel) with additional missions being relocated in the area. Commodities are varied dependent upon the mission of the organization. The installation is also home to two Golf Courses, Dining Facilities, Bowling Alley, PX Main Exchange, Commissary, Post Offices, Health Clinic and three Fitness Centers. The installation no longer has the use of a landfill and all solid waste and recycling must be disposed of at approved off-site locations. Collection of the solid waste that is not for dumpster disposal must be collected by contractor on the installation for removal on a routine basis. Presently there are 500 dumpsters located around the installation for the collection of solid waste requiring pickup from one to six days of the week. The resident units at the i nstallation total 1,143 units at which collection is performed twice a week (one for recycling). Recycling collection is performed at 100 buildings with outside collection for cardboard and paper products. In-building service is performed at 91 buildings for the removal of paper and aluminum products. Other recycling commodities have included glass, wooden pallets, telephone books, and Christmas trees. Services are also provided to tenants with the use of roll-offs for large clean-out operations. ADELP HI LABORATORY CENTER: The Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) is an installation of approximately 207 acres and 34 buildings in Montgomery & Prince Georges Counties in Maryland.. Current solid waste and recycling needs at ALC currently include service to a p opulation of approximately 1,300 people with no significant change foreseen in the future. Refuse and recycling pickup services is done on Monday-Friday schedule. Disposal facilities are available within a 15-mile radius for refuse. Refuse pickups for s ome dumpsters and roll-offs is recurring every two week and others are on an as needed basis. Recycling pickups for cardboard (baled), mixed paper, plastics, aluminum cans and consolidated glass items is from one central point on an as needed basis, but u sually at least once per month. Pickup and transport of roll-offs of scrap metal, as well as scrap aluminum, brass and copper, is from various points on the in stallation and is on an as needed basis. Interested parties are invited to provide their written opinion, not to exceed 10 pages, of the feasibility of regionalizing solid waste and recycling services. Firms submitting responses should indicate whether they are small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Responses should also include the company name, a brief statement of relevant corporate background (statement of capabilities) as it relates to solid waste collection, disposal and recyclin g services, current successful teaming arrangements with other small or large businesses, point of contact, telephone number and email address. Responses shall be provided Mr. Robert Durham via email at contact@example.gov by no later than 10 Augus t 2006. This announcement constitutes a sources sought / market research synopsis and will close on 10 August 2006. The Government will not reimburse any concern for any information that is submitted in response to this sources sought request. Any informat ion submitted is voluntary and information obtained as a result of this announcement is for planning purposes only and may or may not be used for a subsequent solicitation. It does not constitute an invitation for sealed bid or request for proposal and sho uld not be construed as a commitment by the Army. The Army intends to treat the identity of respondents and all opinions received as source selection information and does not intend to notify respondents of the results of this announcement.