SOURCES SOUGHT
V -- SERVICES TO TRANSPORT LOW ACTIVITY LSA-II LIQUID
- Notice Date
- 5/17/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 485991
— Special Needs Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- 04-856-2324
- Response Due
- 5/21/2004
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2004
- Point of Contact
- Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-4390, Fax (301) 975-8884, - Romena Moy, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-4999, Fax (301) 975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
tamara.grinspon@nist.gov, Romena.Moy@nist.gov
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wishes to identify potential sources to provide services of a shipping company qualified to transport 46,500 kilogram of LSA-II liquid from Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada to the NIST facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, and approximately 46,000 kilogram of LSA-II liquid from the NIST Gaithersburg, MD facility to Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.*****The Government anticipates that capable shipping/transportation firms will possess the following expertise/experience: (i) previous expertise/experience in the transport of LSA-II liquid or comparable product; (ii) previous expertise/experience working with shipping agents capable of certifying that shipments are prepared in accordance with all applicable international and national governmental transport regulations; (iii) Prospective firms will also be required to provide to NIST a transportation security plan in accordance with 49CFR172.800; (iv) Furthermore, firms will be required to have, and to submit to NIST, current liability insurance that includes, at a minimum, all common coverage for transportation of Hazardous Materials, as required in the marketplace.*****THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IN NO WAY COMMITS THE GOVERNMENT.** This is not a solicitation for proposals, nor will a contract/order be awarded in response to this notice.** Costs associated with vendors? providing information in response to this announcement and any additional requests for information and/or materials will NOT be reimbursed. *****Interested, capable vendors/parties shall submit a capability statement in response to this Sources Sought Notice, including, at a minimum, the following: * (a) Technical discussion of vendor?s ability to perform the type of transport services described above; (b) Name of Company-include a contact person's name, telephone number, and email address; (c) Company Address; (d) Company Size (please specify as either-Large, Small, Small Disadvantaged, Woman Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), or Hubzone Small Business); (e) Identify whether you are interested in this acquisition as a prime contractor or a subcontractor; (f) Identify whether the services identified in herein are of a type offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace based on established catalog or market prices and whether these services are exclusively provided to the Government; (g) Identify standard commercial terms and conditions typically associated with these services; (h) Describe experience and past performance with similar types of requirements of similar scope and magnitude and whether they were performance-based (with contract number, Government agency name and address and contract funded amount; (i) Identify existing or potential pricing structure in support of this type of work; (j) Identify qualifications of technical and management personnel; and (k) Identify and clearly mark any proprietary processes or data.*****Vendors shall submit response, via email, facsimile (FAX: (301) 975-6273), or by mail in duplicate (one original and one copy) to, National Institute of Standards and Technology, ATTN: TAMARA GRINSPON, Acquisition and Logistics Division/Contracts, 100 Bureau Drive?STOP 3571, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3571, on or before 3:00PM EST, May 21, 2004.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Shipping & Receiving, Building 301, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001
- Record
- SN00586953-W 20040519/040517211737 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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