The Department of State's, Office of Acquisition Management on behalf of the Office of Logistics Management is seeking potential sources that are capable of providing a service to perform Moving and Storage (to include packing and crating) of household effects and privately owned vehicles arriving in and departing from the Washington DC Metropolitan area for certain U.S. Government employees

All interested firms shall submit a response demonstrating their capabilities to provide the services to the primary point of contact listed below. Should your firm be interested in this requirement, please submit your company's capability package in no more than 15 pages. As stipulated in FAR 15.201, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion.

Firms responding should indicate whether they are, or are not, a small business, a veteran owned small business, a service disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantage business and woman-owned small business concerns.

NAICS Code to be used for this acquisition is 484210 with a size standard of $25.5M. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent acquisition. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort.

Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not individually be notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's evaluation of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small businesses, or any particular small business designation (e.g. SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, etc.).

Capabilities package: All interested firms should submit a capabilities package that explicitly demonstrates company capabilities-indicating examples of services provided and specifications related to this effort. The capabilities package should include at a minimum:

i. Contractor Name
ii. Address
iii. Point of Contact (POC) with phone number(s) and e-mail addresses
iv. DUNS Number
v. Anticipated teaming arrangements if any (delineate between work accomplished by prime and work accomplished by teaming partners)
vi. GSA contract, if applicable and number
vii. Provide capabilities to minimum requirements
viii. Answers to sources sought questions

Questions
Please, describe your company's experience with the effective management of export (loose/crated) packing and crating of household effects? Please, describe your company's business process to manage this requirement?

Please, describe your company's experience with the effective management/packing of export Unaccompanied (UAB) Air Baggage shipments? Please, describe your company's business process to manage this requirement?

Please, describe your company's experience with the effective management inbound household Effects/Unaccompanied (UAB) Air Baggage shipments? Please, describe your company's business process to manage this requirement?

Please, describe your company's experience with the effective management of long term (Controlled Permanent) storage of household effects (Controlled Access Storage/Temperature Controlled Storage/ Cold Storage)? Please, describe your company's business process to manage this requirement?

Please, describe your company's experience with the effective management of long term emergency storage of privately (POV) owned vehicles? Please, describe your company's business process to manage this requirement?

Please, indicate if your company has the required experience, equipment, warehouse facilities, and qualified staff to effectively manage packing and crating services for the Department of State Transportation Division?

Please, indicate if your company has the minimum capability of effectively managing the following types of shipments:
10 (each) UAB Shipments on a daily basis
30K pounds for Household effects shipments on a daily basis
05 (each) Consumable Shipments on a daily basis
80K pounds Storage Shipments on a daily basis
05 (each) Long Term Storage of POV on a daily basis
10K pounds Controlled Storage on a daily basis

Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: [email protected] in a Microsoft Word/Adobe compatible format or mailed to Office of Acquisition Management, PO Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219 to be received no later than 12:00 noon, Eastern Time, 21 February 2013. Direct all questions concerning this acquisition to Celenne Cook at [email protected].