Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) Event Planning Services (EPS)view on SAM.gov

Request for Information The United States Reserve Command, AFRC Contracting Directorate, Robins AFB, GA is seeking capabilities packages of potential sources, including small business (SB), small disadvantaged business (SDB), woman-owned small business (WOSB), economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB), 8(a)-certified business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), veteran-owned small business (VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone small business (HUBZONE), and other than small business (OTSB) businesses that are capable of providing Event Planning Services for the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program as defined in the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS). Firms that respond shall specify that their services meet the specifications provided in the attachment and provide detailed information to show clear technical compliance. All interested firms shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to provide these services to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. As stipulated in Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 15.101, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the RFI or otherwise pay for the information requested. Responses will be treated as information only and not as a proposal. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. The NAICS code assigned to this acquisition is 561920 (Convention and Trade Show Organizer) with a size standard of $20M and the Product and Service Code (PSC) is R499 (Support-Professional: Other). Firms responding should indicate their size in relation to this size standard, and indicate socio-economic status (SB, SDB, WOSB, EDWOSB, 8(a), SDVOSB, VOSB, HUBZone). The government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must be able to comply with RFO clause 52.219-14, Limitations of Subcontracting. This clause states that the business “will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.” For the purpose of this requirement, hotels are considered as a subcontractor and their size and effort must be analyzed as such in the compliance of the clause. Please provide rationale as to how compliance with these limitations would be achieved or why they could not be achieved. If subcontracts are to be used, …