Presolicitation notice (RFI) boilerplate letter retail memorabilia and gifts and shoe shine and repair dated 29 Jan 2021 for Issuance.pdf

Room 5B-843, The Pentagon Phone: 703.695.2295 Washington, DC 20301 Fax: 703.693.9286

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE

January 29, 2021

Subject: Pre-solicitation Notice/Request for Information (RFI) #DoDCC-2021-RFI-

0001 –Retail Military Memorabilia, Gifts, Shoe Shine & Shoe Repair, The Pentagon, Arlington, VA

Dear Sir or Madam:

The Department of Defense Concessions Committee (DoDCC) intends to solicit interested vendors (through the competitive solicitation process) for a single follow-on License Agreement for a firm to operate and manage multiple concepts including retail military memorabilia, gifts, shoe shine and shoe repair concepts in designated space (retail store in Room 2D1075; shoe repair & shoe shine in Room 2E1082; and a kiosk in the Tour Area of the Metro Entrance Facility) within the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. As a result, the DoDCC is inquiring to determine firms interested in this opportunity in response to a DoDCC issued solicitation anticipated to be released in March 2021.

The Pentagon houses a workforce of 28,000 and welcomes an average daily visitor count numbering in the thousands (Pre-COVID-19). To provide for the daily retail needs of both the workforce and visitors, the Pentagon contains a shopping area known as the Concourse. The Concourse houses retail stores including a CVS retail store and pharmacy, a dentist office, a dry cleaner, a chocolate store, a men’s and women’s clothing store, a florist, a hair salon, an AT&T store, a jewelry store, an optometrist and various restaurants. The Pentagon also currently has a company operating these concepts in the Pentagon.

Although the specific details of this requirement will be provided in the solicitation, the successful offeror will be required to manage and operate the retail concepts stated above. The DoDCC intends to award one License Agreement to one company to manage and operate the three concepts (military memorabilia & gifts store; shoe shine and shoe repair; and memorabilia kiosk).

Please respond with an expression of interest and a statement of qualifications/experience (3-page limit), including negative replies, to the undersigned no later than March 12, 2021 via either USPS/FedEx/UPS at the following address or via email:

Department of Defense Concessions Committee (DoDCC) Attn: Ms. Shelley Driver Pentagon, Room 5B843 Washington, DC 20301-0001 Email: shelley.a.driver.naf@mail.mil

The pre-solicitation notice for this requirement is also posted at www.beta.SAM.gov.

mailto:shelley.a.driver.naf@mail.mil http://www.beta.sam.gov/

Room 5B-843, The Pentagon Phone: 703.695.2295 Washington, DC 20301 Fax: 703.693.9286

Please be advised that the DoDCC intends to only issue solicitation packages to those interested parties that, based on their statement of qualifications/experience, appear capable of successfully performing. The solicitation will also be posted on the beta.SAM.gov website but responses will be accepted only from vendors that the DoDCC has determined, based on the vendors’ responses to this pre-solicitation notice, appear qualified to perform the work.

If you have any questions, please contact Shelley Driver at (571) 289-9759, or email at shelley.a.driver.naf@mail.mil or me at (703) 697-1262 or email at gail.m.lee.naf@mail.mil.

Respectfully, Gail M. Lee Contracting Officer Director, Business Enterprise Group mailto:shelley.a.driver.naf@mail.mil mailto:gail.m.lee.naf@mail.mil

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE