The 628th Contracting Squadron at JB CHS is seeking interested vendors capable of leasing an SW8 locomotive (or equivalent), to the Air Force. Details follow.

Note: The Contracting Office at Joint Base Charleston is issuing this "Sources Sought" notice for market research purposes only. This is not a solicitation and responses to this notice are not considered offers. Responses cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

Locomotive Lease. The contractor shall provide a leased locomotive to Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station. The lease shall include repairs. The anticipated lease period is five years (one 12 month base period and four 12 month periods). The contracting officer anticipates issuing a solicitation on an unrestricted basis.

Interested concerns should indicate interest to the Contracting Officer, in writing, as early as possible, but no later than MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015.

AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUIRED:

(a) A positive statement of your firm's capability of and intention to submit a proposed lease as a prime contractor;

(b) A statement relative to your firm's capability to provide:

(i) Repairs that are included in the lease, or an explanation of what limitations exist and why.

(ii) Transportation costs included in the lease.

(iii) A statement relative to ‘loaner locomotives' to be provided in the case that the leased locomotive requires extensive repairs? Please include response / lead time for loaner delivery and any transport fees, if separate and applicable.

(iv) A lease free of restrictions on transporting munitions, nuclear, or other hazardous material.

(e) Please include details regarding the year/make/model of locomotive available for lease and include the date of last remanufacture or refurbishment.

(f) A copy of your firm's model (or applicable) lease agreement.

The above information must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on the availability of interested vendors.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 532411 with a size standard of $32.5M.

It is anticipated the solicitation will be issued electronically on the Federal Business opportunities web page at http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies will not be available. Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon interested parties to visit this site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award.

Please email replies and address questions to the contract specialist, SSgt Buddy Ciemiengo ([email protected]), (843) 963-4478, or to the contracting officer:
Robert Melton ([email protected]), (843) 963-5157.