RFI Hot Food Vending Machines.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

Robins AFB, GA - AFSC/PZIOB

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCES SOUGHT

Small Business Set Aside: TBD pending RFI results

Product Service Code: 3550

NAICS Code: 333310 – Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Robins, AFB, GA 31098

Description:

The 78th Force Support Squadron and AFSC/PZI are seeking information from interested contractors in support of establishing a contract to purchase hot food vending machines.

The contractor shall provide 3 hot food vending machines as stated in the Statement of Work (SOW). See attached SOW.

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 (by completing FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representation) that it is a small business at the time its proposal is submitted for this acquisition.

The Government anticipates utilizing a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) structure. Describe whether your company needs financing arrangements under FAR part 32 and if so, whether your company has an approved accounting system.

If a resulting contract is awarded, supporting documentation to accompany the award may be classified as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Please provide any concerns regarding compliance with the following provisions and clauses:

• FAR 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems

• DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

• DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

• DFARS 252.204-7019, Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements

• DFARS 525.204-7020, NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements

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 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. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that includes "RFI-FA8501-

HOTFOODVENDING”

[Company Name, yyyymmdd]"

5. Please deliver RFI responses and any inquiries via electronic submission through email to nicole.fields.2@us.af.mil and blake.mcwilliams.1@us.af.mil

6. Please provide RFI responses to the Government no later than (NLT) 11 July 2025 at 1200

EST.