BAFS Construction Material and Delivery

This Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought (SS) is issued by the Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC), 766th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (766 ESS). This is not a Request for Quote (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP). No contract award will be made on the basis of any response to this notice. PURPOSE: The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research before issuing a potential solicitation. The Government seeks information regarding commercial availability, small-business capability, material compliance, and delivery capacity for the requirement described below. Responses will be used to assess the feasibility of the requirement, identify capable sources, determine the appropriate socioeconomic acquisition strategy, and refine solicitation terms and delivery requirements. The Government is not requesting cost or price data through this notice. Responses received will be used for informational purposes only. This announcement does not constitute a Request for Quotations and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a purchase order or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Any costs incurred by the respondent associated with providing information in response to this announcement shall be borne solely by the respondent and shall not be payable by the Government. The Government does not intend to award a purchase order on the basis of this notice. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: The Government is seeking information from sources capable of furnishing and delivering approximately 1,000 short tons of 1.5-inch (37.5 mm nominal maximum) dense-graded basalt aggregate base course to the Tinker Bridge Bypass Corridor, Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS), Waimanalo, Hawaii. This is a commercial supply requirement with incidental delivery. Government personnel will perform spreading, shaping, moisture conditioning, and compaction. The aggregate must comply with ASTM D2940/D2940M and Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division Standard Specifications, Section 703.06. The contractor would be responsible for furnishing the material, quarry weighing, hauling, tailgate dumping or stockpiling at Government-designated locations, certified scale tickets for each load, and a current certified quarry quality-control sieve analysis. Sources may be quarry producers, suppliers, or distributors if they can furnish compliant material from a qualified quarry and meet the delivery requirement. Attachments to Reference: 1. Performance Work Statement (PWS) 2. RFI Sources Sought (Request for Information) Point of Contact: Contracting Specialist: SSgt Alicia Corey, [email protected] 808-789-3139 Alternate Contracting Specialist: Sean Kobayashi, [email protected] 808-789-3410 Contracting Officer: SSgt Thomas D. Hembree [email protected] 808-789-3170