Industry Day Posting.pdf

The Air Force intends to conduct Industry Days to discuss the National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Communications and Enterprise Information Technology (COMET) Support Services. The Air Force is gathering additional information in support of market research.

PURPOSE:

Reference original Request for Information (RFI) notice FA8604-22-F-1001, posted 12 March 2020.

https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/ASC/FA8604-19-R-1234/listing.html

The Air Force will conduct Industry Days to discuss the COMET requirements outlined in this notice. The purpose of these Industry Days is to further engage industry to gather additional information to support on-going market research. In addition, time will be set aside for one-on-one meetings with Government representatives for each company/team to discuss its capability to meet the requirements.

EVENT DETAILS:

Location: The Industry Day general meeting, open to all interested contractors, will be hosted remotely via Microsoft Teams from 9:00 a.m. EST to approximately 10:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, 4August 2020 . You will need a laptop or PC with a microphone to be able to participate.

Notification of attendance is required NO LATER THAN 1:00 p.m. EST 3 August 2020, submitted by e-mail to Carrie Adams at Carrie.Adams.1@us.af.mil AND Mike Huffman at James.Huffman.10@us.af.mil. Please provide the names, titles, phone numbers, and email addresses of no more than two people who will be attending and include company name, address, business size, and cage code (if applicable). Each company is limited to two remote connections to the Microsoft Teams presentation due to technological constraints.

One on one meetings will be scheduled following the general conference but will be a limited number of presentations and will be reserved on a first come first serve basis. We will be holding one on one meetings 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST 4 August; 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST 5 & 6 August; and 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST 7 August.

Participating companies will be allotted up to 30 minutes for the one-on-one session with the Government. Briefing times will be scheduled on a first come, first serve basis and will be assigned via e-mail invitation from Microsoft Teams. One on one meetings will be scheduled in individual meeting invites to ensure competitors cannot listen in to proposals from other vendors. You will be notified of the industry day agenda, to include your briefing date and time, no later than 5:00 p.m. EST, 3 August 2020. Contractors who have specific questions they would like the Government to address may submit them in advance to the contacts identified above. If you did not provide an official response to the RFI, contractors are still invited to participate in the Industry Days.

INDUSTRY DAY RESPONSE GUIDANCE:

For the one-on-one session, provide an unclassified briefing no longer than one hour in length to address the company or teaming venture's capability to meet NASIC’s requirements as outlined in the original RFI. The briefing shall be sent via email to Carrie Adams at Carrie.Adams.1@us.af.mil AND Mike Huffman at James.Huffman.10@us.af.mil. All briefings must be received by 4:00 p.m. EST, 3 August 20202.

SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE GUIDANCE:

If you DID NOT respond to the original RFI, you may do so now under separate cover (not part of the one-on-one briefing). If you responded previously and have changes to your original submittal, italicize new information and strike through replaced information. If you do not plan to attend industry day, responses shall be emailed to Carrie Adams at Carrie.Adams.1@us.af.mil AND Mike Huffman at James.Huffman.10@us.af.mil by 1:00 p.m. EST, 3 August 2020.

Follow the response guidance and instructions in the original notice listed below:

This Industry Day/RFI is part of ongoing Government conducted market research for planning purposes. It is NOT a solicitation. This is NOT an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government does NOT intend to award a contract based on this notice. The Government will NOT provide reimbursement for costs associated with this request. Responses will be treated as information only and will not be used as a proposal. The submitted documentation, upon delivery, becomes the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned.

Such information will be reviewed by a team comprised of Government employees in preparation of an acquisition https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/ASC/FA8604-19-R-1234/listing.html strategy. All members of the team will be reminded of their obligation to protect such information to the maximum extent required. The Government reserves the right not to reply to information received. The information submitted by respondents may be used to develop an acquisition strategy. The information in this notice is preliminary and may be updated or changed prior to any formal release of an RFP.