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Questions and Answers

Is there an incumbent, or is this request for a net new contract?

This is a Request for Information (RFI) to gather data for market research purposes ONLY.

Is there yet any funding approved, and is there any speculated budget attached?

This is ONLY market research. No funding has been approved. No budget has been approved.

Is the GAO looking into doing any set-asides to potentially benefit SDVOSBs toward working toward this?

A decision on set-asides has not been made and will not be made until and unless there is an RFQ.

Section 5 does not disclose a page limit for response. Looking at questions requesting answers in Section 4, plus the past performance request in Section 5, would seem to be 5 - 10 pages. Can you please verify if vendors are to answer Section 4 questions and the past performance request, and clarify a page limitation if one exists?

There is no page limit on this market research. Vendors are encouraged to answer as many of the questions as possible to help refine the requirement. Vendors are welcome to submit responses that do not answer all of the posed questions. Vendors are invited to answer the past performance section, but are not required to do so as this is only market research at this point.

We are requesting this as a sole source procurement for Competitive 8(a), HUBZone, Total Small Business.

A decision on set-asides has not been made and will not be made until and unless there is an RFQ.