Kirtland AFB Parish Musical Support

This request is an announcement for information/market research for planning purposes. The synopsis does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, and invitation for bid nor does its issuance in any way restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach.

377 MSG/ Contracting Division, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM, seeks potential business sources to provide Parish Musical Support. 377 MSG/ Contracting Division reserves the right to determine if a Small Business set-aside is appropriate. Additionally, we reserve the right to determine if one of the targeted socio-economic is appropriate for a set-aside based on responses to this notice and other pertinent information gathered by the contracting officer. In order for 377 MSG/ Contracting Division to make a SB set-aside determination, it is emphasized that SB concerns provide sufficient written information to indicate their capacity and capability to successfully provide the required items. Firms responding to this announcement must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and should include company name, cage code, point of contact, address and indicate if it is a small business, 8(a) concern, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business. The Government reserves the right to consider the acquisition for the 8(a) program based upon responses received to this sources sought announcement.

The proposed contract is anticipated to be a firm-fixed price contract.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 711130, Musical Groups and Artists, and the size standard for small business is $11M.

The Statement of Need for this requirement is as follows:

Requirements for the Parish Musical Support:

-Consist of four (4) positions: 1) Catholic Parish Music Director, 2) Catholic Parish Musician, 3) Protestant Parish Music Director, and 4) Protestant Parish Musician.

-Please refer to the attached Statement of Work (SOW) in this Sources Sought for further requirements.

Responses are due no later than 12:00 PM (EST) on 15 August 2016 via e-mail. Questions and responses should be addressed to Donovan Lucero, via email, to donovan.lucero.1@us.af.mil .  Identify your response with the corresponding program title: Sources Sought: The Parish Musical Support.