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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. This is NOT a solicitation, but market research to determine potential sources able to provide Packing, Containerization, and Local Drayage of Direct Procurement Method (DPM) Personal Property Shipments for Keesler AFB, MS.

RESPONSE INFORMATION: Responses to this Sources Sought Notice must be received no later than 5:00 PM CST, on Monday, 14 November 2022. Responses should be emailed to: logan.deluke.1@us.af.mil AND aaron.pearson@us.af.mil. It is the responsibility of the respondent to ensure their email has been received by either the Contract Specialist, Logan DeLuke, at 228-377-1811 or Contracting Officer, Aaron Pearson, at 228-377-1808 or via email PRIOR to the deadline. Responses and/or inquiries WILL NOT be accepted past the deadline.

Interested parties should include their company name, address, phone number, point of contact, CAGE code, company size status and whether or not they are a U.S. or foreign-owned firm. All interested parties must provide a response containing a written statement, confirming they can comply with the government needs, as specified below. All respondents to this Sources Sought Notice understand, by submitting this written statement, they are certifying they can meet ALL criteria listed below.

Providing Packing, Containerization, and Local Drayage of Direct Procurement Method (DPM) Personal Property Shipments for Keesler AFB, MS is to include the following:

The Government’s estimated maximum daily requirements, excluding Saturday, Sunday; National, State, and local holidays are listed below by area of performance within each schedule.

The quantities shown by area of performance for each item are the Government’s estimates of requirements, which may be ordered during the period of the contract.

AREA I (Zone 37) INCLUDES: George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and Stone Counties in MS

OUTBOUND (Schedule 1) Government Estimated Max Daily Requirement (NCWT) Government Minimum Acceptable Daily Capability (NCWT)

Area I - 100max//50min

INBOUND (Schedule 2) Government Estimated Max Daily Requirement (NCWT) Government Minimum Acceptable Daily Capability (NCWT)

Area I - 100max//50min

SCHEDULE I - OUTBOUND SERVICES

Item 0001. Complete Service - Outbound (HHG). Services must include pre-move survey, servicing of appliances, disassembly of furniture, packaging, inventorying, tagging, wrapping, padding, packing and bracing of HHG in Government-owned and furnished shipping containers (Shipping Container Commercial Spec ASTM-D4169-01, SDDC Pamphlet 55-12) at member’s/employee’s residence, or at contractor’s facility when ordered by the contracting officer, properly securing and sealing for shipment, weighing, obliterating old markings, marking, strapping, and drayage of the container within an area of performance. Service must also include loading of shipments on linehaul carrier’s equipment at the contractor’s facility. When containers will not accommodate all articles of any one lot, loose articles must be packed in the said containers before any over-packed articles are placed therein.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

At member/employee residence 1000 NCWT

At contractor's facility 15 NCWT

Item 0002. Outbound (HHG From Non temporary Storage). Service must be the same as Item 0001 above except that: (a) HHG must be picked up at a non-temporary storage facility and transported to contractor’s facility; or (b) HHG must be delivered to contractor’s facility; and (c) pre-move survey, servicing of appliances, preliminary packing and accessorial services must not be provided.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

At member/employee residence 50 NCWT

At contractor's facility 10 NCWT

Item 0003. Complete Service-Outbound (HHG-Overflow Articles and HHG Shipments requiring other than ASTM-D4169-01 or SDDC Pamphlet 55-12). Service must be the same as Item 0001 or Item 0002 except that the loose articles are drayed to contractor’s facility when ordered by the contracting officer for containerization in Government-furnished or contractor-furnished containers. Overflow, other shipments, and oversize containers must be constructed IAW ASTM-D6251. Each container must be caulked during assembly. Overflow boxes and other shipments must be limited to one per shipment. Other shipments are small HHG shipments that normally require a lesser size box than specified in Commercial Spec ASTM-D4169-01 or SDDC Pamphlet 55-12. Overflow containers are of a lesser size than specified in Commercial Spec ASTM-D4169-01 or SDDC Pamphlet 55-12 and oversized containers are always of a greater size than specified in Commercial Spec ASTM-D4169-01 or SDDC Pamphlet 55-12. One or more of these containers may be required per shipment.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Government-Furnished Containers: Overseas Pack Overflow Articles 10 NCWT

Government-Furnished Containers: Overseas Pack Oversize Articles 10 NCWT

Government-Furnished Containers: Overseas Pack Other Shipments 5 NCWT

Government-Furnished Containers: Domestic Pack: Overflow Articles 15 NCWT

Government-Furnished Containers: Domestic Pack: Oversize Articles 10 NCWT

Government-Furnished Containers: Domestic Pack: Other Shipments 5 NCWT

Contractor-Furnished Containers: Overseas Pack: Overflow Articles 50 NCWT

Contractor-Furnished Containers: Overseas Pack: Oversize Articles 10 NCWT

Contractor-Furnished Containers: Overseas Pack: Other Shipments 45 NCWT

Domestic Pack: Overflow Articles 50 NCWT

Domestic Pack: Oversize Articles 5 NCWT

Domestic Pack: Other Shipments 150 NCWT

Item 0004. Complete Service-Outbound (Unaccompanied Baggage). Service includes packaging, inventorying, packing in Government approved containers, weighing, strapping, obliteration of old markings, marking, and loading shipments on the line haul carrier’s equipment. Service must be performed at member’s/employee’s residence. (Service may be performed at contractor’s facility when ordered by the Ordering Officer.)

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Government-Furnished Containers: Drayage Included N/R

Government-Furnished Containers: Drayage Not Included 30 NCWT

Contractor-Furnished Containers: Drayage Included N/R

Contractor-Furnished Containers: Drayage Not Included 1200 NCWT

Item 0005. Complete Service-Outbound (Unaccompanied Baggage from Non temporary Storage). Service must be the same as Item 0004 except that (a) unaccompanied baggage must be picked up at a non-temporary storage facility and transported to contractor’s facility; or (b) unaccompanied baggage must be delivered to contractor’s facility; and (c) servicing of appliances, preliminary packing and accessorial services must not be provided.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Government-Furnished Containers: Drayage Included N/R

Government-Furnished Containers: Drayage Not Included 5 NCWT

Contractor-Furnished Containers: Drayage Included N/R

Contractor-Furnished Containers: Drayage Not Included 5 NCWT

Item 0006. Outbound Service-Unaccompanied Baggage Packed by Member/Employee. Service must include weighing, strapping, banding, obliterating old markings, and marking. Service may include containerization in outer shipping containers as ordered by the contracting officer.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Containerization Not Required: Drayage Included N/R

Containerization Not Required: Drayage Not Included 2 GCWT

Containerization Required: Drayage Included N/R

Containerization Required: Drayage Not Included 20 NCWT

Item 0007. Outbound Service-Unaccompanied Baggage Packed By Member/Employee-Consolidated Shipments/Government Facility. Service must be the same as Item 0006 above except that service must include two or more shipments picked up from a Government office, warehouse, or facility.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Containerization Not Required: Drayage Included N/R

Containerization Required: Drayage Included 60 NCWT

Item 0008. Expensive and Valuable Items. Service must include inventorying each item, packing in Government-approved, contractor-furnished container(s), marking, banding, and cubing at member’s/employee’s residence. Drayage will be ordered by the contracting officer. If drayage is required, weighing must be done on properly certified scales and a certified weight ticket must be furnished. If drayage is not required, weighing must be done at member’s/employee’s residence on portable or bathroom scales. In jurisdictions where local law prohibits the certification of portable scales, a weight certificate will not be required. However, upon the written authority of the contracting officer, the contractor may apply a constructive weight of 11 pounds per gross cubic foot of the container.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Drayage Included N/R

Drayage Not Included 5 NCWT

Item 0009. Storage. Storage of containerized articles must be furnished when ordered by the contracting officer. Charges must not commence earlier than the sixth workday following date of transportation officer’s receipt of notification of completion of containerization service. Storage charges apply for each 30-day period or fraction thereof. Date of release from storage must not be considered in computation of storage charges.

Estimated Annual Qty

Area I 250 NCWT

Item 0010. Containers. Service must consist of the furnishing of the following types of new containers or specially constructed wooden crates. Containers furnished or specially constructed are to be assembled and ready for loading. When a specific container from the SDDC Pamphlet 55-12 is ordered, the order will indicate the SDDC approval number.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Container (ASTM-D4169-01) 50 EA

Container (SDDC Pamphlet 55-12) 5 EA

Crate (ASTM-D6039/D6039M-02) 15 cu ft or fraction thereof

Item 0011. Remarking, Coopering and Assembly/Disassembly Service.

0011A. Remarking of Shipments for Reconsignment. Service must consist of obliteration of all old markings, stenciling of

necessary information on loaded shipping containers scheduled for reconsignment, and loading on the hauling carrier’s vehicle.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 15 EA

0011B. Coopering. Service must consist of repair of containers not to exceed 30 percent of total area of shipping container or cost of repairs will not exceed 50 percent of the container replacement cost. Minor repair, such as replacement of bolts, nails and bands must be accomplished at no expense to the Government.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 25 EA

0011C. Assembly/Disassembly of Government-Owned Containers. Contractor will assemble Government- owned containers. Component parts will be furnished by the Government. Contractor will disassemble Government-owned containers. Component parts will be put into a cloth bag and attached to the container. Knocked down container sections will be banded.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Assembly 5 EA

Disassembly 25 EA

Item 0012. Drayage Beyond the Contract Area of Performance. Service must consist of drayage of packed shipments beyond the contract area of performance, not to exceed 150 miles. Mileage must be computed on the shortest highway distance commencing with the point of pickup to the outer boundary of the contract area of performance.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty per loaded mile

Household goods 25 EA

Unaccompanied baggage 25 EA

Item 0013. Attempted Pickup. When the initial attempt to pickup a shipment at the member’s/employee’s residence is unsuccessful, charges apply provided the Contractor notified the contracting officer via telephone and provided that after contractor’s notification, the contracting officer (a) cannot locate the member/employee within 30 minutes, (b) cannot have the member/employee at the residence within one hour after notification, and (c) the contractor left a notice of attempted pickup at the residence.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Household goods 20 EA

Unaccompanied baggage 20 EA

Item 0014. Consolidated Shipments/Government Office, Warehouse, or Facility with Complete Service-Outbound (Unaccompanied Baggage). Service shall be the same as Item 0004 except that the contractor will be required to receive/check-in property at the government facility provided to the contractor located in Building 7310, Keesler AFB, MS, or a Government office, warehouse, or facility. Service includes two or more shipments picked-up from Building 7310, a Government office, warehouse, or facility. (An individual pick-up may be ordered by the Ordering Officer.) Shipments serviced at Building 7310, Keesler AFB, and the Construction Supply Center, Building 30, Gulfport, MS, under this Item are based on a 50-pound minimum weight for charges.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Containerization Not Required: Drayage Included N/R

Containerization Required: Drayage Included 1750 GCWT

Item 0014a. Additional Services. The contractor must provide additional services not included in the schedule, but required for satisfactory completion of the services ordered under this contract, at a rate comparable to the rate for like services as contained in tenders on file with the state regulatory bodies or SDDC, in effect at the time of the order.

SCHEDULE II - INBOUND SERVICES

Item 0016. Complete Service-Inbound (HHG). Service must include drayage from contractor's facility to storage warehouses, air and surface transportation terminals, military installation shipping offices and ocean or river terminals/piers and return, unloading from the delivering carrier’s vehicle, handling into contractor’s facility, drayage to member’s/employee’s residence, decontainerization and unpacking of loaded containers of HHG and placing goods in rooms as directed by member/employee, unservicing appliances, assembly of any disassembled articles and removing shipping containers, barrels, boxes/crates, and debris from member’s/employee’s residence and drayage of empty containers to contractor’s or Government facility.

Estimated Annual Qty

Area I 100 NCWT

Item 0017. Complete Service - Inbound (HHG). Service must be same as Item 0016 above except that drayage of shipment to residence is not required.

Estimated Annual Qty

Area I 80 NCWT

Item 0018. Complete Service Inbound (HHG). Service must be the same as Item 0016 above except removal of items from outer container will be at the contractor’s facility and articles will be drayed to member’s/employee’s residence.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 5 NCWT

Item 0019. Inbound Service-Contractor Facility (HHG). Services must include drayage from storage warehouses, air and surface transportation terminals, military installation shipping offices, and ocean or river terminals/piers to contractor’s facility, unloading from the delivering carrier’s vehicle into the contractor’s facility and delivery of articles to property member/employee, motor van carrier, or NTS contractor at the contractor’s facility.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 100 NCWT

Item 0020. Complete Service-Expensive and Valuable Items. Services must include drayage from the storage warehouses, air and surface transportation terminals, military installation shipping offices, and ocean or river terminals/piers to contractor’s facility, unloading from the delivering carrier’s vehicle, handling into contractor’s facility, decontainerization and unpacking of containers at member’s/employee’s residence, and removal of shipping containers and debris from the residence.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Drayage Included N/R

Drayage Nott Included 2 NCWT

Item 0021. Complete Service-Inbound (Unaccompanied Baggage). Service must include drayage from contractor’s facility to storage warehouses, air and surface transportation terminals, military installation shipping offices and ocean or river terminals/piers and return, unloading from the delivering carrier’s vehicle, handling into contractor’s facility, drayage of unaccompanied baggage containers to member’s/employee’s residence, unpacking of containers, reassembly of articles and removal of all shipping containers and debris from the residence.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 100 NCWT

Item 0022. Complete Service-Inbound (Unaccompanied Baggage). Service must be same as Item 0021 except that drayage to residence is not required.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 25 NCWT

Item 0023. Inbound Service - Contractor Facility (Unaccompanied Baggage). Service must be the same as Item 0021 except service must also include removal of unaccompanied baggage from outer shipping containers for pickup by the member/employee or release to a motor carrier or other contractor at the contractor’s facility.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 25 NCWT

Item 0024. Storage. Storage of containerized articles must be furnished when ordered. Charges under this item must not commence earlier than the sixth workday following date of contractor’s notification to the transportation officer of arrival of shipment. Storage charges apply for each 30-day period or fraction thereof. Date of release from storage must not be considered in computation of storage charges.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 105 NCWT

Item 0025. Remarking, Coopering, and Assembly/Disassembly Service.

0025A. Remarking of Shipments for Reconsignment. Services must include drayage from storage warehouses, air and surface transportation terminals, military installation shipping offices, and ocean or river terminals/piers to contractor’s facility, unloading from the delivering carrier’s vehicle, handling into contractor’s facility, obliteration of all old markings, stenciling of necessary information on loaded shipping containers schedule for reconsignment loading on the hauling carrier’s vehicle.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 40 EA

0025B. Coopering. Service must consist of repair of containers not to exceed 30 percent of total area of shipping container or costs of repairs will not exceed 50 percent of the container replacement cost. Minor repair, such as replacement of bolts, renailing and rebanding must be accomplished at no expense to the Government.

Estimated Annual Qty/Area

Area I 100 EA

25C. Assembly/Disassembly of Government-Owned Containers. Contractor will assemble Government- owned containers. The Government will furnish component parts. Contractor will disassemble Government-owned containers. Component parts will be put into a cloth bag and attached to the container. Knocked down container sections will be banded.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Assembly 15 EA

Disassembly 25 EA

Item 0026. Attempted Delivery. When the initial attempt to deliver a shipment at the member’s/employee’s residence is unsuccessful, charges apply provided the contractor notified the contracting officer via telephone and provided that after contractor’s notification, the contracting officer

(a) cannot locate the member/employee within 30 minutes, (b) cannot have the member/employee at the residence within one hour after notification, and (c) the contractor left a notice of attempted delivery at the residence.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Household goods 15 EA

Unaccompanied baggage 15 EA

Item 0027. Reweighing. Service must consist of weighing the loaded containers prior to delivery and weighing the empty containers after delivery.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Household goods 30 EA

Unaccompanied baggage 15 EA

Item 0028. Drayage Beyond the Contract Area of Performance. Service must consist of drayage of packed shipments beyond the contract area of performance, not to exceed 150 miles. Mileage must be computed on the shortest highway distance commencing with the point of pickup to the outer boundary of the contract area of performance

Area I Estimated Annual Qty per loaded mile

Household goods 10

Unaccompanied baggage 10

Item 0029. Partial Withdrawal. Service must be the same as Items 0015, 0017, 0021, or 0022, except a partial removal of the items from the outer container will be performed at the contractor’s facility. Articles not removed from the shipment will remain at the contractor’s facility.

Area I Estimated Annual Qty

Household Goods Drayage Included N/R

Household Goods Drayage Not Included 5 NCWT

Unaccompanied Baggage Drayage Included N/R

Unaccompanied Baggage Drayage Not Included 10 NCWT

Item 0030. Additional Services. The contractor must provide additional services not included in the schedule, but required for satisfactory completion of the services ordered under this contract, at a rate comparable to the rate for like services as contained in tenders on file with the state regulatory bodies or SDDC, in effect at the time of the order.

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