Maintenance Services on Material Handing Equipment

Sources sought for information and planning purposes to identify qualified and experienced sources for an anticipated Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee elements under NAICS code 811310 with a small business size standard of $8M. Naval Supply Systems Command [NAVSUP] Fleet Logistics Center – Norfolk [FLC-N] requires Logistics Support Services to perform maintenance and repair actions [with full parts support provided by the contractor], transportation movement, administrative support and external painting on Shipboard and Shore-based Material Handling Equipment [MHE] and Shipboard Mobile Support Equipment [SMSE] in accordance with applicable directives [a] through [j] and Appendix [V] as defined in this PWS. MHE is defined as all self-propelled equipment normally used in storage and handling operations in and around warehouses, shipyards, industrial plants, airfields, magazines, depots, docks, terminals and aboard ships. It includes, but is not limited to, all self-propelled MHE such as warehouse tractors, forklifts of various commodity class codes, platform trucks, pallet trucks, 463L aircraft loaders and automated material handling systems. It also includes non-powered shipboard pallet trucks. SMSE includes, but is not limited to, container handlers, mobile cargo cranes, shipboard aerial work platforms, telescopic boom lift trucks, scissor-lift platforms and diesel conveyor belt vehicles. Units affected are identified via established TYCOM 18-Month Heavy Maintenance Programs [18-Month Program]; are inducted for overhaul via Modified Service Life Extension Program [MOD-SLEP] or COTS Restoration Modification [RESTO-MOD]; are assigned as on-hand contingency pool assets; or are those requiring on-site services at commands throughout the Tidewater area. The anticipated period of performance for an eventual contract, if awarded, is a five year ordering period with the FAR 52.217-8 Option. 

Subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled "Solicitation for Information of Planning Purpose," this announcement constitutes a sources sought synopsis for written information only.  This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals: a contract will not be awarded from of this announcement. This sources sought notice is not to be construed in any way as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. 

The Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, Virginia is seeking information on qualified and experienced sources for planning purposes in an effort to derive a contract vehicle that will provide qualified personnel to provide management and technical support in the skill areas noted in the first paragraph.

Reponses to this Sources Sought request shall include the following information in this format:

1. Company name, address, point of contact name, phone number and email address.
2. Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Code.
3. Size of business - Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), Hubzone, Woman-owned and/or Veteran-owned.
4. Capability statement displaying the contractor’s ability to provide personnel with qualifications, experience and clearance level as described in the PWS. Past performance information may be provided to bolster the contractor’s capability statement.  If past performance information is provided, please include only relevant past performance on the same/similar work within the last 5 years.  Please also include in past performance information the contract numbers, dollar value, and period of performance for each contract referenced in the response to this sources sought.
5. Comments, questions and recommendations regarding the experience and qualifications delineated in section 5.0 of the PWS are encouraged.
6. Include any other supporting documentation.

Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Standard company brochures will not be reviewed. Submissions are not to exceed eight (8) typewritten pages, single-spaced, in no less than 12 font size.

Responses should be emailed to Amy Barnes at amy.m.barnes14.civ@navy.mil and Heather Coleman at heather.l.coleman13.civ@us.navy.mil by 4:30 PM EST on March 4, 2022.  Again, this is not a request for a proposal.  Respondents will not be notified of the results. Please note the information within this sources sought notice will be updated and/or may change prior to an official synopsis/solicitation, if any, is issued.