VEHICLE TOWING, STORAGE, MAINTENANCE & DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR NC, GA & SC

BACKGROUND The United States Marshals Service (USMS) has a responsibility to Relocate, Store, Maintain, and Dispose of seized and/or forfeited Vehicles throughout the United States. This requirement is for all of the districts within the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Gerogia. specifically. . REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) . The USMS is posting this announcement as an RFI only, for a potential solicitation to be posted on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website at https://sam.gov. This RFI is issued for the purpose of identifying the availability of potential qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirement. The solicitation will be for the Towing, Storage, Maintenance, and Disposal of Seized Vehicles. The vehicle services contract will be for a base year and four (4) one-year options. The requirement is for three (3) contractor furnished storage facilities. One located within 60 road miles of each of the following addresses: USMS, Eastern District of North Carolina, 310 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27601 USMS, Western District of North Carolina, 401 W Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 USMS, Northern District of Georgia, 75 Ted Turner Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 Please see the accompanying SOW for a comprehensive understanding of the USMS Vehicle Service requirements. If you are interested in the potential solicitation, please provide a capability statement addressing your company's ability to provide the related services. Additionally, please complete the provided pricing schedule with estimated rates (provided estimated rates are for USMS market research only and definitive, proposed rates will be required as future solicitations are published to SAM.gov). It is important that interested sources provide a capability statement and completed pricing schedule via email to: - Sean Williams, Contract Specialist, Sean.Williams2@usdoj.gov - Eliana York, Contract Officer, eliana.york@usdoj.gov - AFP Procurement, Team Inbox, AFP.Procurement@usdoj.gov . Please submit a completed Pricing Schedule with your capability statement. Please note all cells in the provided Pricing Schedule are are locked with the exception of those identified in yellow. Please do not submit a modified Pricing Schedule, only input estimated rates within the yellow cells. . In addition to a capability statement and pricing schedule, all interested parties need to ensure they have completed the initial questions to be submitted via SurveyMonkey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FY25_Vehicle_Services_NC_SC_GA . Providing your capability statement, pricing schedule, and responses to all questions does not constitute entitlement to payment, nor indirect costs, nor charges to the Government will arise as a result. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any company's input resulting from this RFI. In addition, you are advised that providing responses to the survey questions will not automatically include you in the acquisition process for this solicitation. All responses are due by November 8, 2024 at 11:00 am EST. The survey questions are listed below. However please submit the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FY25_Vehicle_Services_NC_SC_GA Name of Firm: Address: Point of Contact: E-Mail Address: Telephone #: DUN & BRADSTREET #: Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): Cage Code: QUESTIONS (all questions must be answered - NO BLANKS): Indicate your firm's size and status of your organization: ________ Small Business, ________ Large Business, ________ 8(a), ________ Veteran-Owned, ________ Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, ________ Women-Owned Small Business, ________ Small Disadvantaged Small Business, ________ HUBZone Small Business, and _________ Historically Black Colleges/Minority Institutions? What percentage of the work would your firm perform and what percentage of the work would you subcontract? If subcontracting opportunities are available, do you anticipate subcontracting with _____ Small Business, _____ Veteran-Owned Small Business, _____ Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, ______ Women-Owned Small Business, and _____ HUBZone Small Business concerns? Which of the following does your firm offer to the General Public on a Commercial Basis? ______ Towing, ______ Storage, ______ Maintenance, and _______ Disposal Services? Is it customary and offered to the General Public that your firm provides maintenance on Vehicles stored at your facility to ensure that a Vehicle is kept in the same condition as when towed to your storage facility? Is it customary and offered to the General Public that records are maintained showing maintenance performed on Vehicles stored at your facility? Is your facility able to segregate and properly identify USMS Vehicles from Non-USMS Vehicles? Can your firm provide auctioneer services to dispose of seized vehicles? Is it customary that when your firm auctions a Vehicle that the auction price is governed by the pricing guidelines established by NADA? Is it customary for your firm to clean a Vehicle prior to the auctioning of the Vehicle? Indicate whether your firm can provide _____ indoor and ______ outdoor storage for vehicles? Is your outdoor storage facility fenced and secured? How much square footage does your indoor storage facility have? Can your firm provide towing services for _____ small, ______ medium, ______ large vehicles, and _______ Tractor Trailers? Can your firm provide storage for _____ small, ______ medium, ______ large vehicles, and _______ Tractor Trailers? Are you aware of any Laws and Regulations that are unique to the services being acquired? Does your firm possess the necessary licenses and permits to conduct business for these services in the proposed state? Does your firm belong to any trade organizations? If so, please list the organization(s). Is it customary to offer warranty, buyer financing, discounts, etc., under which commercial services you provided to the General Public? Would your company be interested in participating in this requirement? Briefly outline any industry best practices that contrast with and or are omitted from the RFI SOW. End of Survey