Sources Sought Notice – J– SITE VISIT for Renewable Energy Systems and Associated Loads Maintenance and Repair Services

Notice Type: Sources Sought Notice

Posted Date: 23-MAY-14

Office Address: Department of the Army; Army Contracting Command, MICC; MICC - White Sands Missile Range; Directorate of Contracting, Bldg 143, 2nd Floor, Crozier Street, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5201

Subject: J-- SITE VISIT for Renewable Energy Systems and Associated Loads Maintenance and Repair Services

Classification Code: J - Maintenance, repair & rebuilding of equipment

Solicitation Number: W9124Q14R0015

Contact: Bernadette Quevedo, 575-678-2981 mailto:[email protected] [MICC - White Sands Missile Range]

Setaside: Total Small BusinessTotal Small Business

Place of Performance (address): MICC - White Sands Missile Range Directorate of Contracting, Bldg 143, 2nd Floor, Crozier Street White Sands Missile Range NM

Place of Performance (zipcode): 88002-5201

Place of Performance Country: US

Description: Department of the Army

Army Contracting Command, MICC

MICC - White Sands Missile Range

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command- White Sands Office, has requirement for Renewable Energy Systems and Associated Loads Maintenance and Repair Services for Directorate of Public Works (DPW) at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. Therefore, White Sands Missile Range will be hosting a one (1) day only Site Visit for the Renewable Energy Systems and Associated Loads Maintenance and Repair Services and invites you to attend. Location: WSMR Professional Development Center, Classroom 131, Building 465, Dyer Street, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 88002. Parking is available near the intersection of Dyer Street and Rock Island Avenue and also at Dyer Street and Picatinny Avenue. Time: The site visit will begin at 08:00 AM on 12 June 2014. Attendees should plan on arriving to WSMR at least one and one half (1.5) hour prior to the site visit so you may process through security, obtain a visitor's pass and check-in at the event. Check-in at the site visit will begin at 07:30 AM MST. All questions will be held until after the site visit. All questions and answers discussed at the Site Visit will be published for all Small Business contractors via the FBO website. RSVP: Contractors electing to attend the Site Visit must RSVP to Ms. Bernadette Quevedo, Contract Specialist. Small Business contractors are limited to two (2) persons per contractor for the Site Visit. No foreign nationals are permitted. The contractor must e-mail the completed attached RSVP form (see attached Microsoft Excel workbook) Ms. Bernadette Quevedo, Contract Specialist, [email protected] by 04 June 2014 at 3:00 PM MST. Any response submitted after 04 June 2014 will not be accepted. Due to security procedures, the persons attending the Site Visit must be listed on the RSVP form. Las Cruces, NM is the closest city to WSMR, NM. The closest WSMR access gate is located off of US Highway 70. El Paso International Airport, El Paso, TX is the closest regional airport. Contractors are solely responsible for all expenses associated with their attendance at the Site Visit. Please visit the WSMR website, http://www.wsmr.army.mil/Pages/Home.aspx, for more information about WSMR. The quote mark WSMR at a Glance 2011 quote mark and the WSMR Fact-book quote mark are also attached for your basic information. Maps of WSMR are available at: http://www.wsmr.army.mil/testcenter/Pages/WhereWeAre.aspx. Occasionally, WSMR will block roads (including US Highway 70) in the area for missile testing. Please call the Road Block phone number, 575-678-1178, for recorded updates on planned roadblocks. The information is usually updated each weekday in the afternoon for the following day. Since the actual firing schedule can slide due to any number of circumstances like weather or equipment problems, travelers should also check the recording right before leaving to ensure nothing has changed. Installation Access: All visitors must bring photo identification. To obtain a vehicle security pass you must have a driver's license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance. All visitors must enter WSMR through the Las Cruces main gate (located off of US Highway 70). Visitors must stop at the WSMR Reception Center to obtain their visitor's pass. Safety: As a tri-service Department of Defense Range, White Sands has tested nearly every type of deployable ordnance developed in the United States since 1945. Quite a number of these munitions were deliberately designed to blend in with the terrain, and their presence may not be immediately obvious to the casual observer. Consequently, even though WSMR performs extensive Range Clearance activities, there is no assurance that any area of the Range is truly 100% free of unexploded ordnance. More information concerning unexploded ordnance hazards can be viewed at http://www.wsmr.army.mil/ux/Pages/default.aspx. The contractors are responsible to view the video found at this link under the title, UXO Hazards Video. You will be asked to sign a form, acknowledging that you have viewed this video at the check-in event. No person will be allowed to tour the range without first viewing this video. Photography & Video Ban: No photographs or videos are allowed on WSMR except in the WSMR museum missile park area. A DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) with the Technical Exhibits has been provided for industry review and is subject to change prior to its official release. This Request for Information (RFI) is for market research and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Government. The purpose of this notice is to identify potential Small Business sources that may be interested in and capable of performing the work described within the attached DRAFT PWS. Request For Information (RFI): You are invited to review the questions listed below, the attached documents and ask additional questions or make recommendations. Please send all questions/comments via e-mail to Ms. Bernadette Quevedo at [email protected]. All questions/comments should be sent by 11:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST), 04 June 2014. When asking questions/comments, please include the document title, paragraph number, and page number. Questions/comments will only be accepted from the Small Business contractor. Answers to the questions will be discussed at the Site Visit. Additionally, questions and answers will be published to all Small Business prime contractors. 1. Identify which contract type(s) would your company recommend for the contemplated services described within the PWS (i.e. Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Cost, Cost plus Fixed Fee, Time & Materials, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) etc. Please include, from an industry perspective, the advantages and disadvantages of your preferred contract type; 2. Describe proposed methods and metrics for contract surveillance in relation to your preferred contract type; 3. Identify the subcontracting opportunities that may exist for the contemplated services. If applicable, what specific portions and percentages of the tasks identified in the PWS would you elect to subcontract What percentage of the total contract effort does your organization normally subcontract 4. Please identify any potential organizational conflicts of interest. 5. Please provide general questions or clarifications in regards to the work outlined within the attached PWS. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of these responses, pay for the preparation of any information submitted, nor will respondents be notified of the review of the information received. The information obtained from this RFI will be utilized as market research for consideration in development of the Acquisition Strategy for this requirement. Any answers to questions or clarifications required will be addressed in changes to the current version of the PWS or will be taken into consideration in the development of the solicitation. Interested sources shall provide all feedback in writing no later than 04 June 2014. Provide responses in writing to Bernadette Quevedo via email: [email protected]. Please title your email as follows: RFI Response to Pre-Solicitation Notice W9124Q-14-R-0015; Your Company's Name. 7. Attachments: 1.1. RSVP Form and EWS Form 1.2. Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) Technical Exhibit(s) 3 & 4

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