SOURCES SOUGHT
39 -- Request for Information for Wooden Pallets
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 321920
— Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, CSBs, 409th CSB (W564KV) TCC-Kaiserslautern, KO DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING UNIT 23156, APO AE, Non-U.S., 09227, Germany
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- W564KV-18-Q-PALL
- Point of Contact
- Sonja M. Johnson Wills, Phone: +49-143-542-6884, Jana Bunch, Phone: +49-143-542-6837
- E-Mail Address
-
sonja.m.johnsonwills.civ@mail.mil, jana.j.bunch.civ@mail.mil
(sonja.m.johnsonwills.civ@mail.mil, jana.j.bunch.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request for Information (RFI) Wooden Pallets RFI W564KV-18-Q-PALL, 27 February 2018 This is a Request for Information (RFI), as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 15.200 – 15.201. The 409th Contracting Support Brigade/Theater Contracting Center is seeking potential sources of wooden pallets, NAICS code 321920, Wooden Pallets, Material Handling. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This is not a request for proposal, request for quotation, or an invitation for bid, nor does its issuance obligate or restrict the Government to an eventual acquisition approach. This RFI does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation. Neither unsolicited proposal nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this request or accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Contractors are solely responsible for all expenses associated with participating in this RFI. Acknowledgement of receipt of submitted items will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of the outcome of the information received. Information provided in response to this RFI will be used to determine the potential levels of interest and capable sources. REQUIREMENT: DLA requires pallets to pack stock for transport and to store stock. The wooden pallets shall be in the US size 40”x 48”x 4.96” (1015 mm x 1215 mm x 126 mm) as specified in drawing under diagram 1. Pallets shall be new from the latest line of production and conform to DIN EN 12249. Material used shall have a residual moisture content of 18%. Top of pallet shall consist of six each wooden boards 48” x 5.31” x 0.66” (1215 mm x 135 mm x 17 mm). Distance in between boards shall be 1.61” (41 mm). Center structure of pallet shall consist of three runners with a length of 40” (1015 mm), width (height when assembled) of 3.54” (90 mm). Each runner shall have two cut outs of 1.25” (90 mm) in depth to accommodate an entry point for pallet jacks. The bottom of runners shall be connected with boards 3.74” x 48” (95 mm x 1215 mm). See attached diagram 1. DELIVERY This RFI will require wooden pallets for OCONUS delivery of 500 per month for one year for a total of 6,000 pallets. The delivery address is DLA Distribution Europe Waldstrasse, US Depot, Bldg 7959, Germersheim, Germany 76726. INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPANIES: It is requested that interested parties respond to this notice by providing the following information: a.Contractor's Name & Address b.Contractor's CAGE c.A brief description of the company and its capabilities of meeting the requirement d.Contractor point of contact to include phone number and email address e.If an interested contractor cannot meet the required delivery schedule, it is requested the company provide rationale as to why and propose an alternate delivery schedule. Please submit your responses via electronic mail (e-mail) by 1700 US Central Time on 7 March 2018 to Contracting Officer, Jana Bunch [jana.j.bunch.civ@mail.mil] and Contract Specialist, Sonja Johnson Wills [sonja.m.johnsonwills.civ@mail.mil]. Questions regarding this RFI should be submitted to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
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