Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Portable Fire Extinguishers

All requirements information is in the RFI Link. Please use the link to respond to this RFI. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Portable Fire Extinguishers: https://feedback.gsa.gov/jfe/form/SV_3fx0MRAWd9hZReR On behalf of Federal Acquisition Services (FAS) GSA Denver, CO and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), the GSA Market Research team is researching capabilities for the following requirement. We are inviting industry to respond to this market research to help us demonstrate a competitive market for the below requirement. NOTE: This RFI is being submitted to gather comprehensive market research from GSA Multiple Award Schedule holders as well as Open Market contractors. The purpose of this initial RFI is to gather general industry input on how this type of requirement is best solicited and best practices. GSA Schedule 03FAC vendors that respond to the eBuy RFI solicitation do not need to respond to this RFI posted elsewhere. Requirement Overview: This Sources Sought/Request for Information is in support of market research being conducted to seek industry input from all sources (small and large businesses) to determine acquisition strategy to obtain non-personal services to inventory to include documenting location, inspecting, recharging, testing and replacing (if necessary) approximately 4100 Portable Fire Extinguishers located within the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools located on military installations within the Continental United States (CONUS) and abroad (OCONUS) throughout the Pacific and Europe locations. This is Market Research Only in accordance with FAR Part 10. This is not a solicitation. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) NOTICE ONLY. This RFI is for informational and planning purposes only and it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any actual procurement of materials, machinery, or services. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI are solely at the responding parties' expense. Respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and clearly identifying any proprietary information or trade secrets contained within their response. The Government will not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly marked and clearly identified. Proprietary information received in response to this sources sought will be safeguarded and handled in accordance with applicable Government regulations. By responding to this market research you provide the Government permission to share your submitted capabilities and contract information with other Government organizations in relationship to similar requirements for market research purposes. Once you submit your form - here is the experience you should expect. A confirmation email will be sent to the email you have included in your response. This indicates your response has been received and provides you a copy of your full response. Please note, Ebuy might still show a pending status, don't worry about this, as long as you receive the confirmation email you should consider the RFI response received. Finally, GSA Market Research will follow up with the client contact information after a full report is delivered to the client. This is typically within 5 business days and will allow you to ask any follow-up questions directly to the Agency. If you need your response re-opened or a copy sent to you for whatever reason please email rfi@research.gsa.gov and a member of the GSA Market Research Team will open the survey back up for you. Responses are due by June 1, 2018. Please use this link to respond: https://feedback.gsa.gov/jfe/form/SV_3fx0MRAWd9hZReR