Sources Sought Notice

***THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY***

This is a Sources Sought announcement for THE PURPOSES OF MARKET RESEARCH

ONLY in support of “INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ)

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR U.S. FIRE

APPARATUS AT NAVY Region (Yokosuka, Atsugi, and Sasebo), JAPAN”. The information received will be utilized within the Navy to facilitate the decision making processes and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information

requests. This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid and is not construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Far East (NAVFAC FE) is seeking information on eligible business firms capable of performing economic analysis as described below.

CONTRACTOR LICENSE REQUIREMENT

Any contract resulting from this solicitation will be awarded and performed in its entirety in the country of Japan. Contractors must be duly authorized to operate and conduct in business in Japan and comply with all laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of this contract. Any certification, training, or licensure required by the Performance Work Statement (PWS) will be enforced in the contract. The U.S. Government may or may not offer “United States Official Contractor” status under article XIV of the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to any offeror awarded a contract under this requirement. Furthermore, unless specifically provided, the U.S. Government shall not certify any employees of a contractor as “Members of the Civilian Component” under Article I (b) of the SOFA.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.101(c), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 811111 – General Automotive Repair. The term of this project is estimated to be one (1) - 12 month base period and four (4) – 12 month option periods for both recurring and non-recurring work.

 DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide the services outlined below and described in this PWS at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka