Germany Wide Guards Request for Information

This is a request for information (RFI). The purpose of this posting is to gauge the marketplace of the attached economic price adjustment (EPA) clause and price matrix. 

Interested companies are requested to submit response to the following:

1. Recommendations, questions, or concerns regarding the draft EPA clause attached to this notice.
2. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirement with pricing adjustments and pricing adjustment execution including examples. If so, have these adjustments been based on a tariff agreement? Also, provide the name of the tariff agreement.
3. Recommendations, questions, or concerns regarding the example Price Matrix attached to this notice.
4. Provide alternate index to be used should the chosen index become unavailable.

Please provide direct replies no later than 15 June 2023 via email to the Contract Specialist, Stephanie Delosreyes at stephanie.l.delosreyes2.civ@army.mil and Cc the Contracting Officer, Labinot Shabani at labinot.shabani.civ@army.mil.

Note: Responses are required to be in English and should be ten pages or less. This RFI notice is issued for planning purposes only. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). Responses to this notice will assist the Government in further developing the EPA clause and price matrix. This RFI is not a request for proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.  Responses will not be considered as proposals and no award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received in response to this notice. Sources choosing to respond to this notice are wholly responsible for any costs/expenses associated with submitting a response. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed. Not responding to this notice does not exclude a company from participating in the solicitation.