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Background
This solicitation is issued by the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. The purpose of this contract is to procure commercial products, specifically shipping containers, to support the operational needs of the squadron. The contract aims to ensure that the required storage units are available for use in a timely manner, thereby enhancing mission readiness.

Work Details
The contract includes the following items:
- CLIN 0001: 20' Standard 1-Trip Shipping Container with salient characteristics detailed in Attachment-1.
- CLIN 0002: Delivery of the containers to Nellis AFB, Nevada 89191.

The containers must be manufactured in the United States, and at least 65% of their components must be domestic. Quotes that include foreign-manufactured container shells will incur a 50% price evaluation penalty.

Period of Performance
Delivery is required within 60 days after receipt of order (ARO).

Place of Performance
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada 89191.

Bidder Requirements
This solicitation is set aside for small businesses under the Total Small Business Set Aside status. Bidders must comply with domestic sourcing requirements, ensuring that the shipping containers are manufactured in the United States. Offerors must provide explicit details regarding the country of manufacture for the raw steel container shell in their proposals.

Incumbent Analysis (see Incumbents section for more detail)
The prior/related award FA487725P0156 was awarded to Supplycore for $73,300 (07/31/25–11/02/25) and involved providing slingable container units for the 563 Operational Support Squadron. The current opportunity similarly requires delivery of shipping container units to Nellis AFB, including a 20' standard shipping container, suggesting the work is a continuation of supplying comparable container equipment for Air Force operational support needs.