SAMDaily.us | SRCSGT | 99 | Request For Information (RFI) for FEMA Self-Help Tarps

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SOURCES SOUGHT

99 -- Request For Information (RFI) for FEMA Self-Help Tarps

Notice Date: 1/14/2020 12:18:05 PM
Notice Type: Sources Sought
Contracting Office: GSA/FAS CENTER OF INNOVATIVE ACQUIS WASHINGTON DC 20405 USA
ZIP Code: 20405
Solicitation Number: 47QSCC20N0013
Response Due: 2/13/2020 7:00:00 AM
Archive Date: 02/28/2020
Point of Contact: Heidi McFall, Phone: 7038590894, Michael K. Sheckels, Phone: 2024126672
E-Mail Address: heidi.mcfall@gsa.gov, michael.sheckels@gsa.gov
(heidi.mcfall@gsa.gov, michael.sheckels@gsa.gov)
Description: 1.0 ï¿½ Description The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), General Supplies andï¿½ Services (GSS) Portfolio and Internal and Emergency Acquisition Division (IEAD) in accordance withï¿½ its Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) with the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergencyï¿½ Management Agency (DHS/FEMA or FEMA), is seeking information related to how interested contractorsï¿½ could provide Self-Help Tarps on behalf of FEMA during Stafford level events (emergency situationsï¿½ only) throughout the Contiguous United States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S Territories. Ideallyï¿½ the Contractor would be responsible for delivering products within 7 days after receipt of order.ï¿½ The ï¿½Ship Toï¿½ location would be provided in individual purchase orders for the Tarps. To achieve the aforementioned end goal in an economically viable way, GSA is issuing this RFI toï¿½ engage our vendor partners in garnering their experience, capability, recommendations and interest. This RFI is meant to achieve the following goals: 1. ï¿½ Gain feedback from industry and any other relevant stakeholders on the feasibility of thisï¿½ concept. 2. ï¿½ Identify concerns and potential barriers to full implementation of this concept. The potential scope and description is identified below. Specific business rules will beï¿½ established if a solicitation is developed pursuant to this RFI. As detailed in the questions forï¿½ industry, GSA is seeking industry feedback on this scope and other aspects of the potentialï¿½ supplies, including: ? ï¿½ Sourcing tarps that will meet the customerï¿½s functional needs. ? ï¿½ Ability to provide TAA or Non-TAA compliant tarps if requested within 7 days from award. ? ï¿½ Responding to discrepancies issued by the government to include any data identifying theï¿½ vendor, contract, type of discrepancy, etc. ? ï¿½ The contractor will be responsible for the creation and application of supply and shippingï¿½ documentation, shipping labels, and package markings that will meet customer requirements. ? ï¿½ Meeting a delivery standard of 7 days to locations inUnited States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S Territories. ? ï¿½ Interface with GSA order processing systems in order to receive and process customer orders andï¿½ support shipment and billing of orders. ? ï¿½ Each tarp must meet the following characteristics: Self-Help Tarps Specification Dimension: ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 20ï¿½ x 25ï¿½ Fabric: ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Woven polyethylene, 800 Denier Thickness: Preferred thickness is 5-6 millimeters. However, various thicknesses from 5-10 millimeters areï¿½ acceptable Frame: UV Resistance - 80% after 200 hr per ASTM D7238-06, FR Tested - IAW Class A ASTM E84-11 Standard,ï¿½ Non-corrosive grommets at corners and minimum of 3ï¿½ on center, Hems folded over, Cornersï¿½ reinforced, Color - Medium blue, Each Tarp must be packaged in a cardboard box with two (2) 100ï¿½ï¿½ lengths of 550pound test parachute cord. 2.0 ï¿½ Requested Information: Industry 2.1 Questions for Industry: Proposed Services a) ï¿½ Does your company have any feedback on the tarps as stated above? b) ï¿½ How many tarps can be provided within a 7 calendar day timeframe? 2.2 Questions for Industry: Vendor Pricing Methodology a) What are the shipping costs if they were sent via barge or air transport? ï¿½What is the transitï¿½ time? 2.3 Questions for Industry: General Company Information a) ï¿½ Provide a brief introduction of your company. b) ï¿½ Provide the primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code that yourï¿½ company utilizes for providing the required self help tarps solution.Changed content. c) ï¿½ Identify any other government contract vehicle which your company currently holds an award. 3.0 R ï¿½ esponses 3.1 Responses to this RFI are due by 10:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time (EST) on February 13, 2020 andï¿½ can be emailed to Contracting Officer Heidi McFall (heidi.mcfall@gsa.gov) and Contract Specialistï¿½ Michael Sheckels (michael.sheckels@gsa.gov).Added Heidi and myself 3.2 All responses to the RFI must be submitted electronically. ï¿½Each response must be single-spacedï¿½ and typewritten in 12-point Times New Roman font and in the English language. ï¿½Each response mustï¿½ be in .doc or .docx format with every page of the response separately numbered. ï¿½Also, each response mustï¿½ be no more than fifteen (15) 8ï¿½ï¿½ by 11ï¿½ pages in total (excluding applicable diagrams and charts)ï¿½ and all pages must be combined as one attachment. 3.3 Section 1 of the response shall provide administrative information, and shall include theï¿½ following: 3.3.1. Name, mailing address, phone number, and email of designated point of contact. 3.3.2. Business type (large business, small business, etc.) based upon the North American Industryï¿½ Classification System (NAICS) code(s) you identify in Section 2,3 of this RFI. ï¿½Please refer toï¿½ Federal Acquisition Regulation ï¿½FAR 19 for additional information on Small Business Size Standards. 4.0 Questions Questions regarding this RFI shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to Contracting Officer Heidiï¿½ McFall (heidi.mcfall@gsa.gov) and Contract Specialist Michael Sheckels (michael.sheckels@gsa.gov)ï¿½ no later Added Heidi and myself than 10:00 AM, EST on January 28, 2020. ï¿½The government anticipatesï¿½ a question response time of two weeks. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. ï¿½Questions will beï¿½ answered by posting answers to the website where the RFI has been posted; accordingly, questionsï¿½ shall NOT contain proprietary information. No questions received after 10:00 AM, EST on January 28,ï¿½ 2020 will be answered. 5.0 Vendor Meetings Upon receipt of responses, the government may or may not schedule informal informational sessionsï¿½ with vendors. ï¿½Meetings may be held in-person or via teleconference. 6.0 Summary THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY related to providing tarps in United States (CONUS),ï¿½ Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and U.S Territories in response to emergency response events. Thisï¿½ announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a Request for Quote (RFQ). The informationï¿½ provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding to the government. ï¿½GSA has not made aï¿½ commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and respondents are advised that the U.S.ï¿½ government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; allï¿½ costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested partyï¿½s expense. All submissions become government property and will not be returned. This RFI does not constitute aï¿½ solicitation for bids, proposals or quote and is not to be construed as a commitment by theï¿½ government to issue a request for proposal/quote or award of a contract as a result of thisï¿½ request. Furthermore, the GSA is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicitedï¿½ proposals. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any isï¿½ issued. ï¿½It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the solicitation website(s) suchï¿½ as FedBizOpps, where a potential solicitation of a future requirement may be published. Any document submitted in response to this RFI that contains confidential information must beï¿½ marked on the outside as containing confidential information. Each page upon which confidentialï¿½ information appears must be marked as containing confidential information. The confidentialï¿½ information must be clearly identifiable to the reader wherever it appears. All other informationï¿½ will not be treated as confidential. All information marked confidential in RFI responses is only for the governmentï¿½s planning use.ï¿½ Confidential information may be reviewed by contractors; subject to a non-disclosure agreementï¿½ (NDA) including, but not limited to, commercial or financial data obtained by the respondentï¿½sï¿½ submitted documents. Otherwise, no information marked confidential included in this document or inï¿½ conversations connected to it may be disclosed to any other party outside of the government. 7.0 Clauses FAR Subpart 52-215(3)--Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) (a) The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or toï¿½ otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts asï¿½ provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although ï¿½proposalï¿½ and ï¿½offerorï¿½ are used in this Request for Information, your response willï¿½ be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of obtaining information from vendors on itsï¿½ ability to source and deliver products within 7 days after receipt of order. ï¿½
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Place of Performance: Address: Washington, DC 20405, USA; Zip Code: 20405; Country: USA
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