RFI - Manufacturer of Broadloom, Carpet Tiles, and 6-foot Goods

This Request for Information (RFI) is limited to manufacturers of broadloom, carpet tiles, and 6-foot goods. RFI responses from manufacturers, dealers, or wholesalers of other flooring material will not be reviewed. Specifically, manufacturers with the NAICS Code 314110 should respond. DESCRIPTION The Enterprise Sourcing Group (ESG) Furnishings Commodity Council (FCC) is exploring the status, capacity in regards to capability of broadloom, carpet tiles, and 6-foot goods manufacturers. The context of your response should be commercial, corporate and government segments; residential and hospitality segments are outside of our scope. This RFI may be followed by a Request for Proposal (RFP). All interested sources are strongly encouraged to submit information supporting this request. Past ESG RFI's have factored heavily in strategy creation. If you are an interested source, please complete the attached questionnaire http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9HBC7PP. Completing this survey will provide the name, phone number, and e-mail address of a company representative that the Government may contact for additional information. BACKGROUND The Enterprise Sourcing Group (ESG) located at Wright Patterson AFB, OH is responsible for enterprise level strategic sourcing. The ESG is the Air Force's centralized organization for executing enterprise-wide strategic sourcing for installation goods and services. ESG utilizes strategic sourcing best practices to continually improve and re-evaluate organizational purchasing activities, as well as to improve quality and reduce acquisition costs for installation acquisition. DISCLAIMER The purpose of this RFI is to obtain information about market information or capabilities for planning purposes as defined in FAR 15.201(e). Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Participants are advised that only Air Force Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government to the obligation of funds. Participants are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. For copyright purposes, participants are also advised that submitting a response implies express permission for the Government to use the data, pictures, and other information contained in the submittal. We highly encourage all interested industry partners to provide a complete and thorough response to this RFI, however not responding will not preclude participation should a solicitation be released. Please monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) website for future information pertaining to this potential requirement. The Air Force will not accept or acknowledge: e-mails over 1MB, brochures, samples, catalogs or any other marketing information. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted, accordingly, responses shall NOT contain proprietary or classified information. Please note that the government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this RFI POINT OF CONTACT Responses are due no later than April 13, 2012 @ 2300 EST. Responses received after this date may not be considered. Questions regarding the survey may be addressed to either of the following: Contract Administrator: Ms. Martha E. Peterson 1940 Allbrook Ave., Bldg 1, Room 24 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 Email: martha.peterson@wpafb.af.mil Contracting Officer: Mr. James Boys 1940 Allbrook Ave., Bldg. 1, Room 24 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 Email: James.boys@wpafb.af.mil