CONTAINER FREIGHT UTILITY

As of 22 August 2025 this contract opportunity has been reactivated and solicitation Amendment 0003 has been issued. The purpose of this amendment is to resolicit to clarify the approved source requirement and update the eligibility for award to ensure the awardee is capable of delivering an item from an approved source. The updated solicitation closing date for this contract opportunity has been updated to 11:00 AM, 11 September 2025.

As of 7 January 2025 Amendment 0002 has been issued. This Amendment 0002 adds clause 52.229-3 Federal, State, and Local Taxes to the solicitation. Please note that Amendment 0002 does not extend the solicitation closing date and it remains 13 Febuary 2025, 6pm.

Amendment 0002 has been added to the attachments of this announcement. As of 10 January 2025 this solicitation has been extended from 13 January 2025 to 13 February 2025 at 6pm. The resulting Amendment 0001 has been added to the attachments of this announcement. Please be sure to acnowledge it when you submit your proposals.

THIS IS A COMBINED SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services 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. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) intends to issue a solicitation for 253 Container Freight Utility.

The solicitation is for a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract with one year plus one 100% option year. The NAICS code for this item is 332439. The manufacturer part number is 12676735. ACC-DTA anticipates issuing this solicitation as a Request for Proposal (RFP) W56HZV-23-R-0088. The proposed action will result in a Firm Fixed Price contract with a technical data package. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-04.

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Please include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with your offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

All contractors who provide goods/services to the Department of Defense (DoD) must be registered on the System for Award Management (SAM) website. You may register via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Further information may be obtained through the internet at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/faq.html.

CAUTION: This solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Because of this, the Government is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a bidders’ mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued.

Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for bid opening/receipt of proposals may render your bid or proposal nonresponsive and result in the rejection of same. Please submit your offer no later than 11:00 AM, 11 September 2025. If you have any further questions, the point of contact for this action is Clarissa Dixon, email at clarissa.n.dixon.civ@army.mil.