Request for Information - PCI Studies FA805124R4004.pdf

AFICC 772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. This notice DOES NOT constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), solicitation, or package requesting technical competencies/qualifications of the prospective contractor, nor does it represent any commitment by the Government. Since this is a RFI announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement nor does this obligate the Government to award a contract. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. A solicitation does not presently exist. The Air Force will not accept or acknowledge: emails over 5MB, brochures, samples, catalogs, and any other marketing solicitation information.

The Government is performing market research primarily in order to determine if there are firms that possess the capability to execute the requirements of this RFI. Therefore, we further invite all business concerns to provide a capability statement in response to this requirement.

Prospective contractors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award of any Federal Government contract. Contractors are encouraged to obtain further information on SAM registration at the following website:

https://www.sam.gov/

If your firm would be interested in such work, you are strongly encouraged to submit a capability statement that addresses as a minimum the questions presented within this announcement and submitted to the points of contact listed below by the due date. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541330 – Engineering Services, is applicable to this acquisition. The small business size standard for this NAICS is $25.5 Million.

Following submissions of a capability package, the United States Air Force (USAF) representatives may choose to engage in additional communications with selected respondents only intended to support market research for further clarification of industry capability to meet requirements.

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) Operations Directorate, Asset Visibility Division (COA) has a requirement to provide airfield and/or roads and parking pavement condition index (PCI) evaluations and corresponding analysis and report at various Air Force installations in the Continental United States and overseas.

The contractor shall provide site evaluation and analysis in support of infrastructure condition assessments. The contractor shall provide technical expertise, labor, travel and all materials required to verify and/or update the pavement inventory and conduct ASTM level PCI inspections to document specific distress on the airfields and/or roads and parking areas at the installations in-accordance-with (IAW) the Performance Work Statement (PWS). As part of this https://www.sam.gov/ effort, the contractor will create or update the PAVER pavement management system database, generate PCI reports for use as planning data for maintenance, repair, and construction, and generate a separate report for the airfield and/or the roads and parking networks for each of the sites as outlined in the PWS.

Contractors who can provide these services are requested to identify if they are interested and submit in writing an affirmative response which includes as a minimum the following information:

a. Can you perform 20 or more CONUS locations in a 24 month period of performance IAW the PWS? Y/N

b. In addition to 20 CONUS locations, can you perform 5 or more OCONUS locations in the same 24 month period of performance IAW the PWS? Y/N

c. Name, address, UEI/CAGE and point of contact to include telephone number and email address of your company.

d. Based on your professional experience in the private sector, would you consider this requirement to coincide with product/services provided in the commercial market?

e. Specify your business type; large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business based upon NAICS 541330. Specify all that apply.

f. Provide an additional NAICS code with justification that you would recommend as being more applicable.

g. Would your firm propose on this project as a prime contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s), prime contractor with team member subcontractor(s), or a joint venture? If you have proposed a joint venture, identify to the extent possible, your team members. Identify the business size of your team members or joint venture firms. If a teaming arrangement is planned, give details to the extent practicable on how the team will likely be composed. See FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements and 8(a) Program regulations described in 13 CFR 124.513.

h. Identify any projects completed in the past five (5) years for the same or similar scope to help determine your firm’s capability in meeting the requirement for the items listed in the attached documents. Include any Government contracts (Federal, State, or local) you have been awarded for this type of requirement. Also, include the contract number and a Government point of contact. Identify if your company was the prime contractor or a subcontractor for these projects.

i. Is this service available on a GSA Schedule or GSA OASIS? If so, please provide the

GSA Contract number and NAICS/special item number. If GSA is in the process of awarding a schedule for this service please provide the GSA point of contact name and phone number.

j. Interested firms are encouraged to provide suggestions on services that can be included on this RFI to improve the development for this requirement.

All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a capability statement response to this announcement. All questions and responses shall be submitted electronically to Mrs. Lisa Jones at lisa.jones.31@us.af.mil and Mrs. Ann Gladden at geraldine.gladden@us.af.mil no later than Wednesday, 3 April 2024 @ 2:00 PM CDT. Responses shall be no more than 15 pages (single spaced, front and back, no smaller than Times New Roman, font size 12 or equivalent). If submissions exceed the page count noted, the Government will only review the first 15 pages and disregard the remainder of the submission. Extraneous materials (brochures, manuals, etc.)

will not be considered.

The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to firms as it relates to the Government's review of the data submitted in response to this announcement.

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS:

1. Draft PWS – PCI Studies FY24

2. PWS Attachment 1 – Pavement Area Summary mailto:lisa.jones.31@us.af.mil mailto:geraldine.gladden@us.af.mil