RFI_Textbooks.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

502D AIR BASE WING

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO

3 Jan 25

TO: 502D Contracting Squadron 1655 Selfridge Ave.

JBSA – Lackland AFB, TX 78236

FROM: Company Name _________________________________

Point of Contact _________________________________

Address _______________________________________

Address _______________________________________

Phone No. _____________________________________

Email Address __________________________________

CAGE Code ____________________________________

SAM UEI _____________________________________

SUBJECT: Request for Information (RFI), Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Textbooks and Other Educational Publications

1. The Government is only conducting market research and attaining information to identify contractors that are able to provide Textbooks and Other Educational Publications, as described in the attached Salient Characteristics. The Government may use the responses to this RFI for information and planning purposes. All information provided is STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

2. Is your company a small business under NAICS Code 323117 – Books Printing? _____________ (Yes/No)

3. If Small Business, please identify company’s socio-economic concern(s): _____________________ (HUBZone, service-disable veteran-owned small bus., women-owned small bus., etc.)

4. Have you previously supplied the item to military customers? ________ (Yes/No).

5. Is your company a manufacturer/produce the item(s)? __________ (Yes/No).

6. If you do not manufacture/produce the items, do you obtain them from a small business in the USA?

______________ (Yes/ No).

7. Do you have the ability to invoice electronically through Wide Area Work-Flow (WAWF)? _______ (Yes/ No).

8. Please take the opportunity to provide cost input for the products listed in Attachment 1, Salient Characteristics (voluntarily).

9. Is the pricing offered GSA or Open Market? _____________________.

10. This RFI is only for the purpose of identifying potential sources as part of 502d Contracting Squadron market research. No Request for Quotation (RFQ) exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the RFQ.

11. Please provide answers to the questions below.

a. Are you interested in providing the supplies/items? __________ (Yes/No).

b. Are you capable of providing the supplies/items? __________ (Yes/No).

12. This RFI is strictly voluntary and is not to be interpreted as a quote in anticipation of a future contract award. If a solicitation is issued it shall be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this RFI. Responses, to this notice, are not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation.

13. Respond to this notice by submitting completed RFI via email to parie.reynolds@us.af.mil. Telephone responses shall not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than Friday, 10 January 2025 at 1:00 p.m., Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Attachment:

Attachment 1 – Salient Characteristics, Textbooks and Other Educational Publications, dated 6 December 2024