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THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY and is for information planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. This RFI is part of a government market research effort to determine the scope of industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses to this RFI are strictly voluntary and the Government will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. This RFI does not restrict the Government's acquisition approach on a future Solicitation.

The NAICS Code for this procurement is 621511, Medical Laboratories and the annual size standard in millions of dollars is $41.5. The United States Army Health Care Activity, Health Readiness Contracting Office (HRCO) is seeking industry information and comments from sources with capabilities to perform the contract and with relevant experience in providing qualified personnel and services necessary to perform Public Health Laboratory Support Services as a Clinical Laboratory Consultant, Clinical Laboratory Senior Scientist and Public Health Lab Technicians. Interested parties shall complete and submit the attached Market Research Questionnaire and Experience Reporting Form to the government. The Contractor shall provide public health laboratory support services to Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen (DCPH-A), Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD; Public Health Command-East, Ft Meade, MD; Public Health Command-Pacific, Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM), WA; Public Health Command-Pacific-Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), HI and Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory (FADL), Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), TX. The quality of service provided by the Contractor shall be of a quality meeting or exceeding, currently recognized national standards as established by the Joint Commission (JC).

RESPONSES: Interested parties must send written capability responses by 31 March 2023, 2:00 PM (Central Time) via e-mail to Cynthia Lattimore, Contract Specialist at Cynthia.t.lattimore.civ@health.mil, Georgeana Green, Contract Specialist at Georgeana.l.green.civ@health.mil and Laura Applewhite, Contracting Officer at laura.j.applewhite.civ@health.mil.

Respondents to this RFI are to describe their interest and ability to perform the requirements summarized below in the description of the requirement. Responses are to contain (1) company name, (2) CAGE code, (3) mailing address, and (4) primary point of contact information, to include telephone number and email address. Responses should be formatted as either MS Word (.doc) or Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) and should be limited to a maximum of ten (10) pages. Proprietary/competition sensitive information (appropriately marked) will be protected from disclosure to the greatest extent practical; however, it is preferred that respondents do not provide proprietary or otherwise restricted responses. No faxes, courier delivered, or telephone inquiries/submissions will be accepted.

DISCLAIMER: DO NOT SUBMIT A NARRATIVE, PROPOSAL, BROCHURES, OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

The Goals of the RFI:

• Gain knowledge of common business practices for the specified requirement.


• Obtain feedback regarding feasibility of the described requirement (challenges, limitations, costs, etc.).

QUESTIONS FOR INDUSTRY

1. In consideration of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 621511, Medical Laboratories, with a small business size standard of $41.5 Million, which of the following small business categories is your business classified under, if any? Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Service- Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, HUB Zone Small Business, or 8(a) Business or other?

2. Does your firm have recent and relevant corporate experience comparable in a medical facility same or similar to Public Health Laboratory Support services for a total of 24 months of the previous 36 months? A team member or major subcontractor may be used to satisfy this requirement. If yes, complete the attached experience reporting form per the form's instructions. Describe your labor categories and the qualifications required to staff labor categories in support of Public Health Laboratory Support Services.

3. Do you anticipate a challenge recruiting any of the labor categories? If yes, identify the labor categories and locations that may be a challenge to recruit personnel and provide your rationale.

4. What innovative approaches are used by your company to recruit and retain contract personnel?

5. Do you anticipate a challenge in performing this requirement? If yes, identify the challenges for in performance.

6. Would you be proposing on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s), prime contractor with team member subcontractor(s), and/or joint venture? (If you have a proposed a joint venture, identify to the extent possible, your team members, identify the business size of your team members or joint venture firms. If a teaming arrangement is planned, give details (capability statement) to the extent practicable on how the team likely will be composed. See FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements, as well as 8(a) Program regulations described in 13 CFR 124.513.)

7. Provide at least 3 examples of similar or comparable projects in terms of scope, size, and complexity for which you were the prime contractor, joint venture partner or first tier subcontractor responsible for the medical equipment maintenance, warehouse operations, and/or maintenance/supply operations. Identify the scope of your contractual responsible, the location, client, and size of the project in terms of labor cost and equipment managed.

8. What type of pricing structure would best meet the Government’s objective (e.g., fixed

hourly price)? Should incentives be considered and if yes, identify the proposed incentives.

9. Should the Government publish a formal solicitation; do you anticipate any challenges preparing a competitive price proposal to provide services based on some or all the characteristics described above? Do you anticipate any perceived barriers to competition? If so, please specify.

10. After receipt of Request for Proposal, what do you consider to be an acceptable timeframe (i.e., 30 days, 45 days, etc.) for you to prepare and submit of your proposal to the Government?

11. Does your company currently have an active account registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov, to provide the requirement as specified in question five (5) to organizations within the federal government? If so, describe the types of services that you currently provide. The contract number, expiration date, and order limitations?

12. Do you have any comments on the requirements described above? If so, please specify.

EXPERIENCE REPORTING FORM

Provide the following information to show up to three (3) examples of projects your company completed for a total of 24 months of the previous 36 months indicating experience with projects of same or similar type and scope to Public Health Laboratory Support Services. Use one form per project.

Project No. 1

a. Name of Firm: _________________________

b. Contract Number, Title, and Location of Project: __________________

c. Contract Type and Pricing Arrangement: ______________

d. Type of Work/Description of the job:

e. Describe how the contract referenced is relevant to the immediate acquisition. If only portions of the contract are relevant, specify which portions of the contract are relevant to the immediate acquisition:

___________________________________________________________________________

f. Role (Prime, Joint Venture, or Subcontractor, etc.): __________________________

g. Contract or Subcontract (Award) Amount:

h. Dates of Contract: Began: __________ Completed: ______________

i. Were You Terminated or Assessed Liquidated Damages? yes no. If “yes”, provide explanation:

Project No. 2

a. Name of Firm: ___________________________________

b. Contract Number, Title, and Location of Project: ____________________.

c. Contract Type and Pricing Arrangement: ________________

d. Type of Work/Description of the job:

e. Describe how the contract referenced is relevant to the immediate acquisition. If only portions of the contract are relevant, specify which portions of the contract are relevant to the immediate acquisition:

_____________________________________________________________________________

f. Role (Prime, Joint Venture, or Subcontractor, etc.): __________________ Services._________________________________

g. Contract or Subcontract (Award) Amount:

h. Dates of Contract: Began: __________ Completed: ______________

i. Were You Terminated or Assessed Liquidated Damages? yes no. If “yes”, provide explanation:

Project No. 3

a. Name of Firm: _____________

b. Contract Number, Title, and Location of Project: __________________

c. Contract Type and Pricing Arrangement: _________________________

d. Type of Work/Description of the job: ___________________________

e. Describe how the contract referenced is relevant to the immediate acquisition. If only portions of the contract are relevant, specify which portions of the contract are relevant to the immediate acquisition:

___________________________________________________________________

f. Role (Prime, Joint Venture, or Subcontractor, etc.): _______________________

g. Contract or Subcontract (Award) Amount: ______________________________

h. Dates of Contract: Began: __________Completed: ______________________

i. Were You Terminated or Assessed Liquidated Damages? yes no. If “yes”, provide explanation:

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