SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Repair and Maintenance for 3 Government Mobile Research Vehicles (MRVs)
- Notice Date
- 6/28/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336211
— Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- SOSO3012186
- Point of Contact
- Mario D. Gray, Phone: 3014352238
- E-Mail Address
-
Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov
(Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- I. Introduction and Purpose: This is a ‘Notice for Sources Sought' for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) SubPart 19.5-Set-Asides for Small Business, and, is supplemented with additional information. This is not a solicitation and request for proposals, proposal abstracts, and quotations. This is not an invitation for bids. This Government Issuing Agency and Contracting Office, on behalf of the Government Requiring Agency, seeks to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified small business sources to successfully meet the Government's requirements described in this notice. II. Small Business Interest: The purpose of this ‘Sources Sought Notice' is to allow any interested and capable small business to identify itself and its capabilities. Thus, the Government is seeking capability statements from capable small businesses including, but not limited to, the following types: 8(a), Veteran-Owned Small Business, Services-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Women-Owned Small Business. A small business shall use its capability statement to demonstrate that: 1. The small business possesses the capabilities to successfully meet the Government's requirements described in this notice; and, 2. The small business is competitive in terms of quality, delivery, and market prices. Based on the small business responses received, or not received, to this notice, the Government's requirements may be solicited as a 100% or Total Small Business Set-Aside. III. Background and Scope: The Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study (HANDLS) is a multidisciplinary, community-based, prospective longitudinal epidemiologic study examining the influences of race and socioeconomic status (SES) on the development of age-related health disparities among socioeconomically diverse African Americans and whites in Baltimore. This study investigates whether health disparities develop or persist due to differences in SES, differences in race, or their interaction. This study is unique because it will assess over a 20-year period physical parameters as well as evaluate genetic, biologic, demographic, psychosocial, and psychophysiological parameters of African American and white participants in higher and lower SES. It also employs novel research tools, mobile medical research vehicles, in hopes of improving participation rates and retention among non-traditional research participants. The 3 Government Mobile Research Vehicles (MRVs) which were custom built by Lifeline Mobile Incorporated are parked in the neighborhoods where the study is being conducted and where the participants live. There are several (rotating) locations throughout Baltimore city where the MRVs are located to conduct the research. The main offices for the HANDLS study are based at the Biomedical Research Center, on the Bayview campus of Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore city. Government MRV 2 and MRV 3 will need to be transported, on a date to be determined, from 251 Bayview Blvd Baltimore, MD and transported, on a date to be determined, to 251 Bayview Blvd Baltimore, MD. The aforementioned transport dates and address applies to Government MRV 1 except it is a 53' trailer and will be transported by a tractor that the Government will hire. IV. Requirement and Need Description: The small business shall demonstrate detailed knowledge, skill and abilities regarding the following work requirements: The contractor shall perform the work according to the work requirements as follows: Government MRV 1: • Adjust pitch of awning and remove slack of fabric • Seal up awning to prevent water from running behind housing • Repair ceiling in light front room • Inspect front room to see if slide out can be installed • Repair hydraulic line on the front right side of trailer • Repaint rear bumper • Strip and wax floor • Inspect electrical systems, plumbing, generator • Inspect foam insulation under unit, replace as needed • Replace restroom ceiling fan/light • Repair wall paneling in exam room. The wall paneling is coming off of the wall • Adjust cabinet drawers, special attention to the cabinet next to tall cabinet • Repair hurricane system (need to inspect system and report costing for repairs) • Replace strap in middle exam room • Repair water system. The pump runs fine, water pulsates throughout unit. Government MRV 2: • Repair and water leak at top of wheel chair door • Adjust awning • Mount touch screen computer in front room (location is marked) Owner provided • Strip and was floor • Inspect electrical system, plumbing and generator • Inspect foam insulation under unit, replace as needed • Replace all cove base molding • Replace restroom fan/light • Repair wheelchair lift, it does not close up enough to get door closed • Replace cabinet lock 105 lb cabinet door in rear room • Replace lock on exterior water compartment door (545) and adjust handle Government MRV 3: • Replace the short awning over slide out • Mount touch screen computer in front room (location is marked) Owner provided • Insulate the water line running outside of compartment going to restroom • Strip and wax floor • Extend drip rail over door way on exterior of body • Inspect foam insulation under unit and replace as needed • Adjust awning and tighten the awning fabric as water does not puddle • Inspect the operation of the truck batteries • Add fill valve to fresh water tank on driver's side, under compartment V. Response: Any interested and capable small business shall submit its capabilities statement tailored to this ‘Sources Sought Notice'. The capabilities statement shall clearly define the interested small business' capabilities using an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Office document which limited to 15 pages total. Any interested and capable small business shall ensure that its response is accurate, complete, and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to assess the small business' capabilities. The interested small business' capabilities statement shall include the interested small business' accurate and complete DUNS Number, Legal Business Name, the "Doing Business as Name", Physical Address, Point of Contact Information, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and the Type of Small Business. Responses shall be submitted ONLY to Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov by the closing date of this ‘Sources Sought Notice'. VI. Legal Considerations: The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of a response or provide feedback to a response to this ‘Sources Sought Notice". This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or order to a respondent to this notice or pay for the information provided by a respondent to this notice. A respondent whom provides proprietary, classified, confidential, or/and sensitive information, does so entirely at its own risk and without the Government being subject to liability. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by any respondent for any purpose the Government deems appropriate and lawful. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by any respondent for any later announcement, notice, synopsis, or/and solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
- Zip Code: 21224
- Zip Code: 21224
- Record
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