Sports Officiating Services - Nile C. Kinnick High School, Yokosuka, Japan

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
HE1254-25-SPORTSOFFICIALSKINNICKRFI
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
711219 Other Spectator Sports
PSC
R499 Support- Professional: Other
Place of performance
Yokosuka Japan
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is conducting market research to identify qualified contractors capable of providing sports officiating services for Nile C. Kinnick High School at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. The contractor must supply trained officials for eight sports including football, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, wrestling, and track & field, with all officials meeting National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) standards. The selected contractor will be responsible for providing comprehensive services including management, tools, equipment, labor, uniforms, and transportation necessary to ensure continuous athletic officiating throughout the contract period. Interested firms must submit capability statements limited to three pages that demonstrate their qualifications and identify which sports areas they can support. The submission deadline for this Request for Information is August 29, 2025, and responses must include company details such as Unique Entity ID, CAGE/NCAGE codes, and contact information.

This pre-solicitation notice does not include any set-aside designations and is classified under NAICS code 711219 for Other Spectator Sports and PSC code R499 for Support-Professional Other services. No incumbent contractors or current service providers are identified in the notice, and no specific contract values or budget ranges are disclosed at this market research stage. The opportunity requires continuous contractor efforts to maintain official availability throughout the entire contract performance period, though specific contract duration or timeline details are not provided. The government emphasizes this is solely a market research activity and does not constitute a formal solicitation, with no reimbursement available for costs incurred in preparing responses. Companies responding must demonstrate capability across multiple sports disciplines while meeting stringent NFHS training and certification requirements for all officials provided.

Notice text

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Procurement Office is currently conducting market research to identify companies capable of and qualified to provide sports officiating services in support of Nile C. Kinnick High School Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, 

The contractor shall provide the required number of trained officials as required by National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Sports to be officiated are football, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, wrestling, and track & field.

The contractor shall provide all management, tools, equipment, labor, uniforms, and transportation, unless otherwise specified as government furnished, necessary to ensure athletic official services are performed in accordance with the objectives and standards outlined within the forthcoming Performance Work Statement.

This requirement calls for the continuous efforts on the part of the contractor to ensure trained athletic officials are available during the entire contract period of performance.

This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for conducting market research and does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Invitation for Bids (IFB), Request for Quotations (RFQ), and does not obligate the Government to any current or future commitments. The Government will not pay/reimburse any costs or charges resulting from contractors’ responses to this RFI.

If your firm is interested, capable, and qualified to provide these services in one or more of these areas, please submit written information supporting this capability and identify which area your firm would be interested in. Capability statements shall consist of no more than 3 pages and include a cover page with the company’s name, business mailing address, point of contact, telephone number, Unique Entity ID (UEI), Commercial and Government Entity/NATO Code (CAGE/NCAGE) and Company’s website address/Uniform Resource Location (URL).

Submissions and inquiries must be sent electronically to  Mileska.Rodriguez@dodea.edu no later than 12:00 Japan Standard Time (JST) on 29 AUG 2025 . Vendor’s e-mail message shall state “HE1254-25-SPORTSOFFICIALSKINNICKRFI” in the subject line. Telephone calls regarding this RFI will not be accepted.

For the purpose of this acquisition, the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 711219, Other Spectator Sports; Size Standard, $16.5M; and Product Service Code, R499 Support- Professional: Other.

Please note that vendors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time an offer/quotation/proposal is due to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Therefore, only businesses with an active SAM registration will be eligible to receive any resultant contract(s) with DoDEA.

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