SOURCES SOUGHT:  THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUOTATION BUT INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY!  This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government.  All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

The Request for Information (RFI) number is FA700021Q0005 and shall be used to reference any written responses to this source sought.

The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) anticipates a requirement that is being considered for full and open competition.  The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code proposed 621511—Medical Laboratories.  The size standard for NAICS 621511 is $35M.  

The requirement is to provide:  4,400 Self-Administered “at home” SARS-COV-2 test kits by 8 December 2020. The test must be a self-administered SARS-CoV-2 direct antigen test that can produce immediate results. Sensitivity and specificity >90% is preferable.

Include in your capabilities package your DUNS, Cage Code, System for Award Management expiration date, and any related specifications.

We are interested in any size business that is capable of meeting this requirement.

Market research is being conducted to determine interest, capability, and socio-economic category of potential sources for the requirement.  The government requests interested parties submit a brief description of their company's business size (i.e. annual revenues and employee size), business status (i.e., 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, or small business) anticipated teaming arrangements, and a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers.

All interested firms shall submit a capabilities package that explicitly demonstrates company capabilities-indicating examples of commercial sales-and product specifications related to this effort.  Also indicate if you are the manufacturer, or provide the name and size of the manufacturer of the product(s) you will be supplying.  Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated us of foreign national employees on this effort.

NOTE:  RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SHALL STATE IF THEY ARE A SUPPLIER OR MANUFACTURER!

Interested parties may also provide feedback concerning the following:

1. Is this the appropriate NAICS code?  If not, please identify which code is appropriate?
2. Are you a manufacturer or reseller?
3. What is your lead-time?
4. Have you ever performed federal government contracts?
5. What are your payment terms?
6. What would you consider “risk” on the contractor’s part for this acquisition?
7. If you require different terms and conditions than those normally used by the Government, what are your commercial terms and conditions? Please feel free to provide a copy of your terms and conditions for this type of work.
8. Do any of the salient characteristics limit competition?
9. Are there any aspects of this requirement which are not consistent with current industry practices?
10. Add any questions specific to the acquisition not included above.

Please note:  All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.  The website for registration is www.sam.gov.

Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] or [email protected].  Telephone responses will not be accepted.

RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 10:00 am Mountain Daylight Time on 20 November 2020.

Future information about this acquisition, including issuance of a quotation and/or applicable amendments, will be issued through beta.sam.gov.  Interested parties are responsible for ensuring they have the most up-to-date information regarding this acquisition.