J -- Pool Maintenance Services

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (not a pre-solicitation notice pursuant to FAR Part 5) to determine the capability of potential HUBZONE CERTIFIED FIRMS, 8(A) CERTIFIED FIRMS AND/OR SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES. This notice is issued by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic (MLCLANT), Norfolk, VA to seek and identify interested sources capable of providing POOL MAINTENANCE SERVICES to be performed at USCG SECTOR SAN JUAN, MWR, BAYAMON HOUSING, Bayamon, Puerto Rico for a Base Period of seven (7) months plus four Option Years, not to exceed 55 months, if exercised by the Government, beginning 01 MARCH 2006. At this time, no solicitation exists. Therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the single Government Point of Entry (GPE), the FedBizOpps (FBO), at www.fbo.gov. When a solicitation is issued, the solicitation will appear on the MLCLANT Intranet Web site http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/fdiv/fdiv.html (Click on Solicitations/Business Opportunities). It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor these avenues for release of any future solicitation or synopsis. The applicable NAICS Code is 713940 (Swimming Pools) with a Small Business Size Standard of $6.5 million. For the calculation of annual receipts and number of employees see parts 121.104 and 121.106 in SBA’s Small Business Size Regulations, http://www.sba.gov/regulations/121/. Vendors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform stated requirement are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice, including commercial market information and company information, via e-mail to the Contract Specialist at [email protected] or via facsimile at (757) 628-4134/4135, no later than MONDAY, 30 JANUARY 2006. Responses should include the following information: company name, address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address; business size and Disadvantaged, 8(a) or HUBZone status; corporate affiliations; potential joint venture partners, teaming partners, and or major subcontractor or (prime). Interested parties must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. CCR can be obtained by accessing the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov/ or by calling 1-888-227-2423. This sources sought notice is for information, planning, and market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Quote or Request for Proposal; and, is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited: no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought or Government use of any information provided. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business, 8(a) or any other set aside arrangement as deemed appropriated for this procurement.