SOURCES SOUGHT
71 -- Small Business Panel Based / Modular Furniture Manufacturers - Attachment 311
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 337214
— Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ESG, 4375 Chidlaw Road, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-5006, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5006
- Solicitation Number
- RFI_SB_FCC
- Archive Date
- 2/12/2011
- Point of Contact
- Justin Keeney, Phone: 937-257-2872, Christina Lemoine, Phone: 937-257-1291
- E-Mail Address
-
justin.keeney@wpafb.af.mil, christina.lemoine@wpafb.af.mil
(justin.keeney@wpafb.af.mil, christina.lemoine@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachement 3.1.1 1.0 Description 1.1 The United States Air Force's (USAF) Enterprise Sourcing Group (ESG) Furnishings Commodity Council is in the process of developing an acquisition strategy for panel based systems and modular furniture. The chosen strategy would provide an enterprise-wide, continental United States (CONUS), solution for procuring systems and modular furniture. 1.2 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. This request for information shall not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the Air Force is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. 2.0 Background The ESG Furnishings Commodity Council (FCC) is conducting market research for the availability of the small business manufactures of panel based systems and modular furniture. Currently the USAF has 71 CONUS bases procuring panel based systems and modular furniture, executing over 1,000 contract actions per year. 3.0 Requested Information The primary intent of this RFI is to determine the available small business manufacturers, and their capabilities, of panel based systems and modular furniture. 3.1 Focus areas and questions are located in attachment 3.1.1 4.0 Responses 4.1 Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI by answering the list of questions attached (3.1.1). 4.2 Responses are due no later than 28 January 2011. Responses should be submitted by email to the following: SSgt Justin Keeney email: justin.keeney@wpafb.af.mil 4.3 The submitted documentation and content thereof becomes the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned. No solicitation documents exist at this time. This is NOT an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government shall not award a contract on the basis of this request. This is a request for information announcement for planning purposes only. The Government will not reimburse costs associated with the documentation submitted under this request. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this inquiry. Although proposal terminology may be used in this inquiry, your response will be treated as information only and will not be used as a proposal. This announcement is not to be construed as a formal solicitation. It does not commit the Government to reply to information received, or to later publish a solicitation, or to award a contract based on this information. 4.4 This notice is part of Government market research. Information received as a result of this request will be considered as sensitive and will be protected as such. Any company or industry proprietary information contained in responses should be clearly marked as such, by page, such that publicly releasable and proprietary information are clearly distinguished. Any proprietary information received in response to this request will be properly protected from unauthorized disclosure. The Government will not use proprietary information submitted from any one source to establish the capability and requirements for any future acquisition, so as to inadvertently restrict competition. 5.0 Industry Discussions ESG Furnishings Commodity Council representatives may or may not choose to meet with potential respondents. Such discussions would only be intended to obtain further clarification of potential capability to meet the requirements. 6.0 Questions Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to SSgt Justin Keeney (jusin.keeney@wpafb.af.mil) and Christina Lemoine (Christina.lemoine@wpafb.af.mil). Verbal questions will NOT be accepted, accordingly, questions shall NOT contain proprietary or classified information. The Government does not guarantee that questions received after 28 January 2011 will be answered. 7.0 Summary THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. It is intended to identify sources that can provide alternatives for sourcing panel based systems and modular furniture. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Air Force has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.
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