V -- Packing & Crating Services

This is a pre-solicitation notice for synopsis of Packing, Containerization, and Local Drayage of Direct Procurement Method (DPM) Personal Property Shipments at Davis-Monthan (D-M) AFB, AZ and the surrounding designated areas. This is a commercial service; therefore, FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, shall apply to this acquisition. Services include but are not limited to preparation, tagging, inventoring, packing, loading, containerization, identification, delivery, unloading, and unpacking of personal property shipments. The contractor shall furnish all plant, labor, materials, equipment and tools necessary to perform a comprehensive packing and crating service at D-M AFB and surrounding designated areas. The contractor shall perform these duties in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). This acquisition will be solicited as a Request for Proposal (RFP) utilizing FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. A Firm Fixed Price Performance Based contract will result from this solicitation. Award selection will be based on Performance Price Trade-off procedures. Period of performance will be for a base period and four (4) one-year option periods. This acquisition is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 488991; and, the small business size standard is $21.5 million. The RFP Number FA4877-06-R-0001 will be issued on or about 24 Nov 05, posted electronically on the Federal Business Opportunity website (http://www.eps.gov). No paper copies will be issued; no telephone request will be honored and no bidders mailing list will be maintained. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR website (http://www.ccr.gov) or by contacting CCR Customer Service Contact Information at 1-888-227-2423. All responsible small businesses may submit a proposal to the 355th Contracting Squadron. Any questions regarding this notice should be directed to Ms. Nell L. Hitchye, (520)228-5448.