This is a Sources Sought Notice only. The U.S. Government intends to award a contract for non-personal services contract to provide meals, lodging, transportation, and facilities to support Elbert County High School (HS) Junior Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC). The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities,
transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform meals, lodging and facilities to support Elbert County High School JRTOC JCLC. The government intends to set this aside for small business. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if two or more small businesses do not
respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a
fair market price.
This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or
proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this source sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code
is: 721214 Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds). The Size Standard for this Acquisition is $ 9 Million.
Attached is the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) for details.
Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be e-mailed to the Contract Specialist, Wesley Dowell, [email protected] and the Contracting Officer, Samuel M. Henderson, at [email protected], no later than 3 May 2024 at 11:00a.m. ET (Fort Knox local time).
Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule do not apply to small business setasides for contracts at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT). It does apply to 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, EDWOSB, and WOSB set asides regardless of the dollar value of the award.
Small business contractors awarded contracts above the SAT are required to comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting when utilizing subcontractors. The penalty for non-compliance is the greater of (A) $500K or (B) the dollar amount expended, in excess of permitted levels.
See FAR 52.219-14 – Limitations on Subcontracting for Small Business.
In response to this source sought, please provide:
1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, UEI number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.
2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.
3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.
4. Information to help determine if the requirement service is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.
5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.
6. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at [email protected] 210-466-2269, if you believe this action, is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the SAM.gov notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.
