SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY

CONTRACT (IDIQ) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION OF PAINTING SERVICE.

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. The U.S. Government currently intends to solicit an award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) Simplified Acquisition of Painting Service contract for the 31st Civil Engineering Squadron at Aviano AB, Italy. This requirement will include a wide variety of trades including painting, pavement marking, resin floor, wall cladding-insulation and finish system, plaster. The Government is seeking vendors that may be able to provide these types of services for this requirement in order to support a competitive procurement. The U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large and small) to respond to this sources sought synopsis.

This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S.

Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice.

The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this requirement

The NAICS code(s) is: 238320 – Painting and Wall Covering Contractors.

All companies must be registered within the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov).

The anticipated period of performance/ordering period is 23 September 2026 – 22 September 2031.

In response to this sources sought, the Government is requesting that interested businesses that feel they can fully support this requirement, furnish the following information:

1. Contractor’s Certification for SOA Category OS-7 IV-V; and adequate classification to cover projects up to EUR 5.165.000 ($5,934,584).

2. Capability statement should include your firm's general background, qualifications and industry specific awards. A special notation should be made for any additional SOA certifications and work performed for the Government including https://www.sam.gov/ documentation with reference to the applicable contract numbers and the supervising agencies.

3. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solutions

4. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, UEI and CAGE code.

5. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement.

6. Information in sufficient detail on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.

7. Information to help determine if the requirement (item or service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

8. Identify how the Government can best structure these contract requirement to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns.

9. Any recommendations to improve the Air Force's approach to acquiring the identified services.

Interested parties should provide their input in writing to Ms. Alessandra Ferracin at Alessandra.Ferracin.it@us.af.mil and TSgt Christopher Lawton at christopher.lawton.1@us.af.mil no later than 1 April 2026, 1600 hours, Central European Time (CET), Italian local time.

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