Naval Weapons Station Earl Custodial Services Market Research

This notice is being issued strictly for market research, information, and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as either a solicitation, obligation, or commitment on the part of the Government. The purpose of this Sources

Sought is to help The Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), Naval Weapons Station Earle (NWSE) understand industry best practices and sources capable of meeting the requirements detailed by this announcement. NWSE welcomes responses from all interested parties; however, no decision or award of contract will be made based on responses from industry. NWSE will not pay for the preparation of, nor the subsequent use of, information submitted in response to this Sources Sought. Respondents will not be notified of the outcome of NWSE’s review of the information received. Additionally, NWSE does not intend to hold discussions concerning this Sources Sought with any interested parties, but reserves the right to contact contractors if additional information is required for clarifications as it pertains to this request for information.

Requirement: NWSE intends to contract for Custodial Services on its locations in Leonardo and Colts Neck, New Jersey. Please see attached documentation for more specifics on this effort.  NWSE seeks to gather information about eligible 8(a) certified small business firms capable of providing all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, and equipment necessary to perform these custodial services.

The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 561720 (Janitorial Services). The size standard is $19,500,000.

Instructions to Contractors: All interested 8(a) contractors are encouraged to submit a response clearly demonstrating their capability to perform this requirement. Proposals are not being requested at this time. Responses to this Sources Sought cannot be considered as offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a contract. No formal solicitation exists at this time and no set-aside decision has been made. Responses to this Sources Sought should include the following information:

Provide documentation that explicitly demonstrates the capacity and capability of satisfying the Governments requirement. This may include contract numbers, locations, and (if available) points of contact for previous similar work. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise; do not exceed ten (10) single sided pages, double spaced, 12 pt. font. Small business that are only partially able to satisfy this requirement are encouraged to submit a capabilities statement in order to aid in identifying possible subcontracting opportunities.

Provide statement of the firm’s 8(a) status.

Sources Sought submission instructions: Responses are due no later than 02 August 2022 at 2:00 PM EST.  Please submit responses to Contract Specialist James Martin at james.j.martin3.civ@us.navy.mil.  Reponses to the Sources Sought shall include the following subject line:  Response to Sources Sought for NWSE Custodial Services– Company Name. Please limit your responses to standard documents (i.e. Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, etc.). Do not send compressed (I.e. .zip or .exe extension) or other file types, as they will be stripped from your message.

NOTE:  Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these services.  No solicitation documents exist at this time.    Any information the Contractor considers proprietary shall be clearly marked.