Towing/Transportation, Appraisal, Storage, Maintenance and Disposal Services for Seized and/or Forfeited Vehicles for Districts of North Carolina, the District ...

BACKGROUNDThe United States Marshals Service (USMS) has a responsibility to Relocate, Store, Maintain and Dispose of seized and/or forfeited Vehicles throughout the United States. This requirement is for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, the District of South Carolina and the Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia, specifically.REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)The USMS is posting this announcement as an RFI only, for the upcoming solicitation that will be posted on the SAM.gov website at https://sam.gov. This RFI is issued for the purpose of identifying the availability of potential qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirement. The solicitation will be for the Towing, Storage, Maintenance and Disposal of Vehicles to the General Public as a customary business practice in the Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; and, Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan areas. The vehicle

services contract will be for a base year and four (4) one-year options. In addition, FAR 52.217-8"Option to Extend Services" will be included to the solicitation/contract.There are three (3) locations of Contract Performance. 50 road miles of USMS, Western District of North Carolina, 401 W. Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 2820250 road miles of the USMS, Eastern District of North Carolina, 310 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, NC 2760150 road miles of USMS, Northern District of Georgia, 75 Ted Turner Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30303If you are interested in the upcoming solicitation, provide a capability statement addressing your company’s ability to provide the related services. It is important that interested sources provide a capability statement to: Christopher Ottie, Contract Specialist, Christopher.Ottie@usdoj.gov; Jenelle Jackson, Contracting Specialist, Jenelle.Jackson@usdoj.gov and the AFP Procurement Mailbox AFP.Procurement@usdoj.gov via email. In addition to a capability statement, all interested parties need to ensure they have completed the initial questions to be submitted via SurveyMonkey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PD9CFCC You are advised that providing your capability statement and responses to all questions that no entitlement to payment or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this RFI or the Government’s use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor’s input resulting from this RFI. In addition, you are advised that providing responses to the questions will not automatically include you in the acquisition process for this solicitation. All responses are due by Friday, March 17, 2023 at 12:00 pm Eastern.NOTE: The solicitation will be posted at SAM.gov, https://sam.gov.The survey questions are listed below. However, pleased submit the survey via https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PD9CFCC Name of Firm:Address:Point of Contact:E-Mail Address:Telephone #:DUN & BRADSTREET #:QUESTIONS (all questions must be answered – NO BLANKS):Indicate your firm’s size and status of your organization: ________ Small Business, ________ Large Business, ________ 8(a), ________ Veteran-Owned, ________ Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, ________ Women-Owned Small Business, ________ Small Disadvantaged Small Business, ________ HUBZone Small Business, and _________ Historically Black Colleges/Minority Institutions?What percentage of the work would your firm perform and what percentage of the work would you subcontract? If subcontracting opportunities are available, do you anticipate subcontracting with _____ Small Business, _____ Veteran-Owned Small Business, _____ Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, ______ Women-Owned Small Business, and _____ HUBZone Small Business concerns?Which of the following does your firm offer to the General Public on a Commercial Basis?______ Towing, ______ Storage, ______ Maintenance, and _______ Disposal Services?Is it customary and offered to the General Public that your firm provides maintenance on Vehicles stored at your facility to ensure that a Vehicle is kept in the same condition as when towed to your storage facility?Is it customary and offered to the General Public that records are maintained showing maintenance performed on Vehicles stored at your facility?Is your facility able to segregate and properly identify USMS Vehicles from Non-USMS Vehicles?Can your firm provide auctioneer services to dispose of seized vehicles?Is it customary that when your firm auctions a Vehicle that the auction price is governed by the pricing guidelines established by NADA?Is it customary for your firm to clean a Vehicle prior to the auctioning of the Vehicle?Indicate whether your firm can provide _____ indoor and ______ outdoor storage for vehicles? Is your outdoor storage facility fenced and secured?How much square footage does your indoor storage facility have?Can your firm provide towing services for _____ small, ______ medium, ______ large vehicles, and _______ Tractor Trailers?Can your firm provide storage for _____ small, ______ medium, ______ large vehicles, and _______ Tractor Trailers?Are you aware of any Laws and Regulations that are unique to the services being acquired?Does your firm possess the necessary licenses and permits to conduct business for these services in the proposed state?Does your firm belong to any trade organizations? If so, please list the organization(s).Is it customary to offer warranty, buyer financing, discounts, etc., under which commercial services you provided to the General Public?Would your company be interested in participating in this requirement?End of SurveyNOTE: The solicitation will be posed at SAM.gov; https://sam.gov.