Sources Sought Q and A Format.xlsx
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- Solicitation number
- FA286027QA001
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This file is a Sources Sought Questions and Answers template designed for market research purposes related to a cloud-hosted food and beverage inventory management system for Joint Base Andrews. The document is not a solicitation or binding commitment, but rather a structured questionnaire to gather capabilities and pricing information from potential vendors. The Government seeks responses addressing company information (UEI, CAGE, business size, socioeconomic status), availability of existing contract vehicles (GSA, NASA SEWP, DoD/DAF enterprise, IDIQ, BPA, reseller), and capability to meet the draft Performance Work Statement requirements for supporting food inventory management, purchasing, recipe and menu costing, billing, reporting, mobile barcode scanning, user training, system transition, and technical support.
The questionnaire specifically requests vendors to address their ability to transition the system within 30 days, accommodate approximately 20 administrative and 160 general/mobile users, support specified mobile operating systems and Government device compatibility, integrate with designated distributors including US Foods, and provide defined support and training models. Vendors must provide pricing estimates including one-time transition costs, annual SaaS/platform costs, user license costs (administrative and general/mobile), training costs, and maintenance/support costs. Respondents are also asked to provide feedback on specific paragraphs of the draft Performance Work Statement, identifying concerns, ambiguities, and recommended revisions with associated cost and schedule impacts. This is a market research effort under Department of the Air Force Headquarters District Washington (Solicitation Number FA286027QA001) conducted to identify capable vendors and refine acquisition strategy prior to formal solicitation.
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| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| DRAFT PWS Food Inventory and Management System 04NOV2026.pdf |
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| Category # | Question | Industry Response | This questionnaire is for market-research purposes only. It is not a request for quotation, proposal, or binding price quotation. The Government may use responses to refine the requirement and acquisition strategy but is not obligated to respond to individual comments or issue a resulting solicitation. |
| Company Information | Company name, UEI, CAGE, business size, socioeconomic status, point of contact. | ||
| Existing Contract Vehicles | Identify available GSA, NASA SEWP, DoW/DAF enterprise, IDIQ, BPA, reseller, or other vehicles. | ||
| Existing Contract Vehicles | Include vehicle name, contract number, applicable category/SIN, ordering eligibility, and expiration date. | ||
| Capability | Can the firm meet the draft PWS as written? | ||
| Capability | Identify any functions that are not commercially available, unclear, overly restrictive, or dependent on a third party. | ||
| Licensing | Identify pricing/licensing basis: named users, concurrent users, mobile users, devices, site, enterprise, or other. | ||
| Licensing | State any limitation associated with the anticipated 20 administrative and 160 general/mobile users. | ||
| Transition | Can the firm complete configuration, account setup, data import/migration, mobile/barcode setup, validation, and go-live support within 30 days? | ||
| Transition | Identify assumptions, Government-furnished information, and risks. | ||
| Mobile and Barcode Capability | Supported mobile operating systems; | ||
| Mobile and Barcode Capability | Barcode-scanning capabilities; | ||
| Mobile and Barcode Capability | Government-device compatibility requirements; and | ||
| Mobile and Barcode Capability | Any Government-controlled deployment dependencies. | ||
| Vendor/Distributor Integration | Available catalog, pricing, purchase-order, receipt, and invoice integration options; | ||
| Vendor/Distributor Integration | Ability to interface with a Government-designated distributor, including US Foods if available; | ||
| Vendor/Distributor Integration | Third-party licensing, cost, and schedule dependencies. | ||
| Support and Training | Critical-outage support model; | ||
| Support and Training | Routine help-desk hours; | ||
| Support and Training | Commercial response-time standards; | ||
| Support and Training | Initial and annual virtual training approach. | ||
| Pricing Input | Estimated one-time transition cost; | ||
| Pricing Input | Annual SaaS/platform cost; | ||
| Pricing Input | Administrative-user license cost; | ||
| Pricing Input | General/mobile-user license cost; | ||
| Pricing Input | Training cost; | ||
| Pricing Input | Maintenance/support cost; and | ||
| Pricing Input | Optional distributor-integration costs. | ||
| PWS Feedback | Identify the paragraph number; | ||
| PWS Feedback | State the concern or ambiguity; | ||
| PWS Feedback | Provide recommended revised language or commercial alternative; and | ||
| PWS Feedback | Describe cost/schedule impact, if known. |
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