Vactor Truck Rental

The 95th Contracting Squadron (95CONS) is seeking potential sources capable of providing a 3 month rental of a vactor truck for Edwards AFB, CA. The contractor shall provide a 3 month rental of a vactor truck used for the clearing and cleaning of sanitary sewer mains and laterals and sanitary sewer manholes on Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in accordance with federal, state, local environmental laws and regulations. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this effort is 532490. Please indicate your firms small business status. Contract award is estimated to take place April 2010. This synopsis constitutes one form of early industry involvement and the Government requests industry recommendations, opinions, and feedback. This synopsis is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute a solicitation for bids/proposals. Responses will assist the Government in determining whether to set-aside/restrict competition in some way or solicit offers from all responsible sources. All interested parties who believe that they can meet the requirements are invited to submit in writing the complete information describing their capability and qualifications to provide the aforementioned support services. Please include your company name, point of contact, address, telephone number, Duns & Bradstreet Unique Numbering System (DUNS) number, Central Contractor Registration (CCR), and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. Potential offerors must be registered in CCR to be eligible for contract award or payment from any Department of Defense activity. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained at www.ccr.gov and Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) found at https://orca.bpn.gov/ Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis are due by 1 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Wednesday 31 March 2010. SOW is as follows: The VACTOR truck is used for the clearing and cleaning of sanitary sewer mains and laterals and sanitary sewer manholes. The vehicle is capable of clearing debris stoppages with its high pressure 500' jetting nozzles and cutters in all pipe sizes ranging from 4" to 20" diameter and any type of pipe material in which the sanitary sewer collection mains where constructed. The Vehicle is used for clearing slogged up storm drains and collection basins and closed culverts. The vehicle vacuum system is used in critical "Wet Excavation" process which allows the shop personnel to excavate a water or gas or sewer line break that is located were other utilities have congested the work area, IE; If a water main is leaking and electric, telephone, fiber optic, cable TV and gas are in the same trench there is a high probability that a repair done with a backhoe excavation will damage an existing utilities needlessly. The VACTOR allows the work area to be Vacuumed out with no damage to existing utilities and has saved the AFFTC untold tens of thousands of dollars.