This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

US Customs and Border Protection is seeking proposals for narcotics incineration services in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW) and all clauses/provisions found in this document .The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 562211. This solicitation will be issued through Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizops) website (www.fedbizops.gov).

The United States Customs and Border Protection is seeking a vendor to provide the use of their incineration facility to officers of the Customs and Border Protection to secure the incineration of narcotics. 

Definition of Terms

Hard Narcotics are Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine whether dry or wet; and must reach temperature of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit to be considered completely incinerated.

Soft Narcotics are Marijuana, Hashish, Steroids, Opiates, and Khat that do not fall under Hard Narcotics whether dry or wet and can be completely incinerated at temperatures between 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

High British Thermal Unit (BTU) is considered to be temperature of 1, 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

Low British Thermal Unit (BTU) is considered to be temperature of 1, 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

The term environment is inclusive of all interior spaces, air, ground, subsurface, and water.

Completely Incinerated Narcotics is considered to be narcotics incinerated to a point that the ash generated from the narcotics incineration process no longer holds any composite of drugs.

This requirement will be solicited under full and open competition. The anticipated contract type will be firm fixed price IDIQ with fixed priced task orders for one base year and two (2) one- year option periods. Continuation of the contract each year will be dependent on availability of funds.  The base year period of performance shall be September 25, 2010 through September 24, 2011. 

Basis of Award:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation based on lowest priced technically acceptable with a satisfactory past performance. Satisfactory past performance is defined as a minimum of a satisfactory rating on all five questions on the past performance questionnaire

EVALUATION FACTORS

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation based on lowest priced technically acceptable with a satisfactory past performance. Satisfactory past performance is defined as a minimum of a satisfactory rating on all five questions on the past performance questionnaire. In order to be deemed technical acceptable; an offerror must be rated acceptable in all seven technical evaluation factors below: A rating of unacceptable shall result in an automatic disqualification from consideration.

•A.      Ability to completely incinerate hard narcotics at High BTU (British thermal unit), soft narcotics at Low BTU (British thermal unit) and narcotics soaked in gasoline.

•B.      A permitted thermal capacity of 213.5 MMBTU/hr.

•C.      Contractor's Incineration Facility must be located in a geographical area where emergency responders can reach the location within 10 to 15 minutes.

•D.     Capacity to maintain Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) System to monitor the incineration process as it occurs.

•E.       The capacity to incinerate soft and hard narcotics at a minimum rate of 2,000 lbs per hour.

•F.      Capacity to offload narcotics from CBP transport trucks.

•G.     Capacity to certify incoming and outgoing weights of CBP vehicles transporting narcotics.