Pre-solicitation Notice: Upcoming Sale of Surplus Personal Property

This is a Public Pre-Solicitation Notice:

The Request for Technical Proposal (RFTP) and the Draft Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the DLA Disposition Services surplus personal property sale are now available for review.  Please see the attached documents for review and guidance preparing your technical proposals for the following two sales contracts:

• DOD Surplus Term Sale – West, (Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming).
• DOD Surplus Term Sale – Mid-America, (Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas).

These contracts will provide this property for a minimum of thirty-six (36) months base period of performance. In addition, Disposition Services may elect to offer the Purchaser up to two (2), twelve-month period of performance contract options. Surplus personal property that is sold by DOD is in “as-is, where-is” condition. Under General Services Administration (GSA) and DOD regulations, surplus property sold under these IFBs may be “new”, “useable” or “repairable”.

These sales contracts will be awarded using a Two-Step process consisting of the following distinct steps: (1) Solicitation, submission, and evaluation of technical proposals to determine acceptability; and (2) Issuance of a finalized and approved Invitation for Bid (IFB) only to those firms that submitted technical proposals deemed acceptable under Step One.

Interested firms are encouraged to access the link below for historical information relating to past generations of personal property similar to what is being offered in this IFB. Bidders are advised that any sales history information provided is for informational purposes only. Prior year property generations and sales data are not predictors of future generations or sales.  https://www.dla.mil/DispositionServices/Offers/CustomerSupport/Library/saleshistoricaldata.aspx

Technical Proposals must be submitted to and received by DLA Disposition Services by 3:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 23, 2024 in accordance with the attached RFTP guidance.

This Pre-Solicitation notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government be liable for any costs involved in any action in response to this notice. Interested parties are encouraged to monitor https://sam.gov/ for updates.

***UPDATE*** Pre-Proposal conference notice scheduled for January 24th, 2024, see information in attached documentts.

Please email your questions to: DLA Disposition Services Sales STS RFTP <DLADispSvcsSlsSTSRFTP@dla.mil>.

The cutoff date for questions concerning the Draft IFB or RFTP will be February 13, 2024, seven (7) business days prior to the RFTP closing date of February 23, 2024. All questions received after this date will not be published.

Buyer beware: This is NOT a service contract.