FA2835_RFI Boresite Tower NBSFS.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

BORESITE TOWER CHARRETTE

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Classification:

Small Business Set Aside: To be decided.

Product Service Code: Y1BG NAICS Code: 237130, Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction Place of Performance: New Boston Space Force Station, New Boston, NH

Background Information:

Located in New Boston, New Hampshire (NH), New Boston Space Force Station (NBSFS) is approximately 10 miles west of Manchester, NH and 30 miles south of Concord, NH. Nearby cities surrounding the base include Goffstown, New Boston, Amherst, and Mont Vernon, NH.

Responses to this Request for Information (RFI) will support the acquisition planning and market research regarding the subject contract effort. This effort includes developing courses of action and requirements documents for a project to demolish and relocate an existing ROHN Industries Model 65 tower, Land Mobile Radio (LMR) transmitters/repeaters, and potentially supporting equipment and servers. The tower was installed in 1971, is located approximately 2.5 miles west of the station entrance, and was formerly used for communication and calibration.

NOTE:

This RFI is issued for informational purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or commit the government to award a contract now or in the future. Submitting information for this RFI is voluntary, and participants will not be compensated. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Air Force in developing its acquisition strategy and performance specifications.

Contractual Information:

At this time, no determination has been made as to whether this effort will be a small business set-aside. Therefore, responses will be used to help make a set-aside determination. Please be advised that if any resulting acquisition is conducted as a small business set-aside, each offeror will be required to certify that it is a small business at the time its proposal is submitted for this acquisition by completing FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representation.

The Government anticipates utilizing a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) structure.

Objectives/Scope:

Identify requirements for the NBSFS communications coverage area, including the Bedford and Amherst fire and emergency services required communications coverage area.

Determine if courses of action can support future 5G cellular phone coverage.

Develop courses of action for demolition of existing tower and relocation of communication equipment and supporting infrastructure (new monopole tower).

Propose methods and equipment required for demolition.

Develop solid and hazardous materials removal plan:

o Potential to handle and dispose of lead-based paint metal.

Analyze and develop requirements to install communication capabilities as well as existing communication infrastructure capability.

Analyze possible need for battery and/or generator backup and fuel source options Deliverables, to include, but not limited to:

o Coverage map, concept design, site development drawings, environmental consultation, etc.

RFI Response Request:

Interested parties should submit a Letter of Interest detailing how their organization would meet the requirements listed above. The Government acknowledges pertinent information to assist with the development of your response is currently not available, so please make assumptions to formulate your response.

Please provide a point of contact for your organization as well as the name of a person (if different) with authority to enter into agreements with outside parties. In addition to a Letter of interest, please indicate whether your company has performed or is currently performing this type of work and if the capability can be obtained under an existing Government contract.

If so, provide the contract number(s) and Government points of contact. Interested parties may provide, as part of the response, recommendations and/or concerns with the capabilities or attributes contained in this RFI.

RFI Submission Instructions:

1. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings on the cover sheet and on each applicable page. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. All information received in response to this RFI marked "Proprietary" will be protected and handled accordingly.

2. All documentation, including any illustrations, pictures, etc., must be no more than three

(3) pages in combined length and shall be either Portable Document Format (PDF) or

Microsoft Word format. Formatted to 8.5" x 11" (letter size) paper with type no smaller than 11-point font.

3. To ensure Government receipt, combined file size of emailed attachments should be limited to 10 MB. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowed and will be stripped. Ensure only .pdf, .doc or .docx documents are attached to your email.

4. Please deliver RFI responses and any inquires via electronic submission through email to clarissa.baker@us.af.mil and kristin.morrison.1@us.af.mil.

5. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that includes "RFI-FA2835- TOWER [Company Name, yyyymmdd]"

6. Please provide RFI responses to the Government no later than (NLT) 15 Aug 2025.