All potential offerors are reminded, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration, lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) will make an offeror ineligible for contract award. This Sources Sought Notice is also issued for the purpose of market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. All businesses capable of providing these services are invited to respond. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this sources sought synopsis is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this sources sought synopsis. This notice is designed to locate responsible sources that have an interest, and have the ability to provide the additional services described herein. 1. The applicable NAICS Code is 488320, FSC is V114, SIC is and the size standard is $25.5 million. The award will be firm fixed price, negotiated, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract award. The required delivery date will be announced in the solicitation package. 2. All Contractors interested in supplying this requirement may indicate their interest in this proposed acquisition by sending an email to include your name, contact information, company name, business size, your level of interest in this proposed acquisition, CAGE code. 3. The following provides a synopsis of the additional requirements that the S&RTS contractor will be required to provide when the new solicitations are issued: a. Deadline Vehicle Recovery. The primary purpose of the recovery teams is to move inoperable equipment on/off ships, line-haul trucks and railcars, and within the staging area. Some of the equipment that the Contractor shall need to perform their duties include recovery vehicles such as Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) wreckers, M88 Tracked Recovery Vehicle Tank Retrievers, HEMTT refueling vehicles, 5T wreckers, and a model D7 dozer (or their commercial equivalent) to be used by the Contractor to recover and/or start tracked and wheeled vehicles. Use of forklifts to drag deadline vehicles out of vessels is not considered a safe, acceptable practice. Any vehicle over 10,000 pounds should be removed via use of tow bar and an operational equivalent capacity vehicle for tow. The Contractors recovery vehicles must be capable of moving heavy deadline tracked/wheeled vehicles weighing in excess of 150,000 lbs up/down steep ramps and onto/off of vessels. It must be able to remove deadline equipment from vessels with various deck heights e.g. lowest profile of 106. b. Vehicle fueling/defueling. The Contractor shall provide two qualified fuel handlers, who possess Fuel Handling Certificates, at all times during port operations. The Contractors vehicle equivalent to the U.S Armys Model M88 Tracked Recovery Vehicle must be equipped with a Fueling/Defueling pump. The personnel who perform the fueling/defueling function must comply with all Federal, State and Army regulations regarding HAZMAT material handling. Personnel who perform the fueling/defueling function must be HAZMAT certified and must show evidence of possessing a Fuel Handlers Permit and Class B Commercial Drivers License. Fuel handlers must be trained to maintain fuel accountability, dispense fuel, de-fuel vehicles, maintain petroleum products and lubricants, and drive to designated re-fueling areas to pickup bulk fuel. Fuel handlers shall be incorporated with the contact teams when fuel operations are not ongoing. c. The Contractor must maintain records for employees working at each seaport covered under the contract. Records shall include copies of certificates of training, DA Form 348, Equipment Operators Qualification Record, Class B Commercial Drivers License, HAZMAT certificates, Fuel Handlers Permits and OF 346 U.S. Government Vehicle Operators Identification Card, when such documentation is required by the U.S Government. The Contractor shall be compensated for vehicle fueling/defueling at the appropriate man-hour rates set forth in this contract. d. Contact Maintenance Team. The Contractor is responsible to provide maintenance support to vehicles and equipment that need to be made operational, as quickly as possible, in order to be loaded or unloaded from vessels, rail cars, and or line haul trucks. The Contractor must be equipped and capable of providing Light Duty vehicle maintenance (25,000 lbs to 50,000 lbs. vehicles) and/or Heavy Duty maintenance (Heavy Vehicles over 50,000 lbs.) The Contractor will provide contact maintenance teams and contact maintenance vehicles; which contain air compressors, battery chargers, slave cables, voltmeters, tow bars, bolt cutters, security seals, specialized tools, fuel cans, and minor repair parts for military equipment. 1. Military repair parts, such as tires, will be furnished by the government if available. The contractor must be capable of making minor repairs, such as hooking up slave cables and jump starting of vehicles, adjusting brakes (caging), pumping up or changing tires, and any other minor repairs that will allow the inoperable vehicle to be loaded under their own power in a timely, safe manner. 2. It is imperative that the contact maintenance teams be proactive, checking the operational status of equipment being loaded and off loaded on ships, rail cars, and line-haul vehicles so that inoperable vehicles can be repaired and that proper arrangements are made to load/off load inoperable vehicles, with minimal work delays. It is also particularly important that the maintenance teams be capable of rapidly troubleshooting inoperable vehicles to get them running within 15 minutes, whenever possible. 3. Specialized Equipment Drivers. Contractors drivers will be required to drive and must be familiar with the current procedures for starting, moving, driving, and shut down requirements for the vehicles/equipment they are operating, particularly the newer model M-1 tanks, the Heavy Equipment Transporters (HET), Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTTs) wreckers, the wolverines and Rough Terrain Container Handlers (RTCH) such as KALMARS. 4. Only responsible suppliers need respond. NOTE: ** No telephone responses, please** This sources sought is for planning purposes only and does not commit the government to pay for the information requested. If you are not interested, no response is necessary. 5.Responsible vendors who are interested may contact Robin Thomas, Contracting Officer, Contract Support Center, 841st Transportation Battalion, via email
[email protected] by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 26 Mar 09.