Z--Seeking industry feedback/comments on the use of an Award Term for the Facility Maintenance and Facility Engineering Services for the US Army Garrison Kaiserslautern.

The 409th Contracting Support Brigade (Europe), on behalf of US Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, is seeking industry feedback/comments on the use of an Award Term for the Facility Maintenance and Facility Engineering Services for the US Army Garrison Kaiserslautern. The planned award is a single award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Time and Material (T&M) line items. The proposed contract will provide the Kaiserslautern Military Community footprint with base maintenances services and has an estimated ceiling of $400M. The contract will have a 1 year period of performance and 4 one-year option periods. The Government is also considering adding an award term of 2 to 5 years. The Government is seeking industry feedback to help determine the appropriate award term length. Please provide the number of award term years you recommend for this requirement and the basis for your recommendation. At a minimum, please include information relating to the stability of the market and this industry. For, example, is the market stable enough to support an Award Term of 5 years? Can industry provided accurate pricing for a period of 10 years? Or, would a total of 6, 7 or 8 years be more feasible? These are just a few of the questions the Government is asking when considering the the appropriate award term length. Please provide any additional feedback that your company thinks will assist the Government in making the award term length decision. Respondents should email their comments to Mr. Cliff Stevens at [email protected] no later than 04 May 2010. The Government will accept responses after this date but it would be beneficial to the overall process to have the comments before 04 May 2010. This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure subject products. No solicitation document exists at this time and the Government will not provide responses to industry relating to information provided. The submission of this information is for Planning Purposes Only.