USAFA Polo Shirts

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 United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) anticipates a requirement that is being considered under a small business set-aside program. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code proposed is 315210. The small business size standard for this NAICS is 750 employees. The Government intends to solicit for a firm-fixed priced Requirements Indefinite Delivery Contract with a base period of up to one year and four option years. The requirement is to provide: The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) LGRC with approximately 2,200 USAFA Polo Shirts annually in accordance with the attached specifications. The USAFA Polo Shirts are a mandatory issued item to the incoming cadets and the specifications cannot be altered. The Berry Amendment will apply to this acquisition. The Government will not provide Government Furnished Material (GFM); the contractor will be responsible for procuring all material to manufacture the USAFA Polo Shirts. Salient Characteristics: Please see attachment PD 1808-241212-Polo CIU for specifications of the USAFA Polo Shirts. The Polo Shirts will need to be manufactured within 120 days after receipt of order (ARO). Include in your capabilities package your DUNS, Cage Code, and System for Award Management expiration date. 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. NOTE: RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SHALL STATE IF THEY ARE A SUPPLIER OR MANUFACTURER AND STATE IF YOU ARE CAPABLE OF MANUFACTURING THE T-SHIRTS AND COMPLETING THE EMBROIDERY AT THE SAME FACILITY. Please provide a rough order of magnitude (ROM) that estimates what each Polo Shirt would cost. 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: contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 2 September 2025 at 2:30pm MDT. Future information about this acquisition, including issuance of a quotation and/or applicable amendments, will be issued through www.sam.gov. Interested parties are responsible for ensuring they have the most up-to-date information regarding this acquisition.