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SYNOPSIS: The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Specialized Contracting Branch (PZZD) at Eglin AFB is currently conducting market research seeking ca... SYNOPSIS: The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Specialized Contracting Branch (PZZD) at Eglin AFB is currently conducting market research seeking capabilities statement from potential sources, including small businesses (SB), 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned (EDWOSB), Woman-Owned (WOSB), Small Disadvantaged (SD), Veteran Owned (VO) and Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) small businesses that are capable of the requirement listed below. DESCRIPTION: The 46th Test Squadron is seeking alternative sources for a Satellite Telecommunication Flexible Framework (STFF) to enhance the current tactical datalink test capability, enabling them to fully utilize tactical satellite communication, to conduct interoperability testing in a realistic/near real environment. The requirements must be met or exceeded for the STFF as described in the Statement of Objectives, dated 28 Nov 2022. Comments and answers to the questions on the requirements are being sought from interested qualified vendors for the purposes of clarification of the government's requirements. Request interested parties to provide input and supporting documents as to the commerciality of the requirement including previous commercial sales examples and customers. Offerors shall e-mail if interested in obtaining a copy of Statement of Objectives, dated 28 Nov 2022. All interested vendors should submit a response demonstrating their capabilities to meet the requirements to the POC listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; 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 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services, with a size standard of $16,500,000. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, SDB, VOSB or SDVOSB). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. Only U.S. owned companies and foreign owned companies with U.S. subsidiaries shall be permitted to participate. 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. Any information submitted by respondents to this request for information is voluntary. This request for information notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government’s assessment of the responses received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested U.S. vendors shall submit a response that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. Areas of specific interest to the Government are related experience or past performance concerning Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communications and Space Based Datalinks Test Facilities. The response should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed ten (10) pages, 8.5” x 11” paper, 12 pitch, Times New Roman font, with a minimum of one (1) inch margins all around. Responses should include the company name, CAGE code, point of contact, address, and phone number. Small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their response demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of providing/performing. This information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: lance.haywood.1@us.af.mil . All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads " Satellite Telecommunication Flexible Framework (STFF) Contract.” If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted. Package sizes greater than 5 megabytes shall be submitted via the DoD Safe File Exchange, located at https://safe.apps.mil/. All responsible sources may submit information that shall be considered by the agency. If late information is received, it may be considered, depending on agency time constraints. All routine communications regarding the announcement should be directed to the contractual point of contact listed in this posting. The Government may or may not use any responses to this request for information as a basis for a subsequent project/requirement. Any project/requirement developed from the request for information responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be posted in sam.gov separately. Responses to this request for information will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to the respondents with respect to any of the information submitted under this request for information. No requests for a bid package or solicitation will be accepted; a bid package or solicitation does not exist at this time. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information will be provided and no appointments for presentations will be made in reference to this request for information. Only government employees will review submitted responses to this request for information. Respondents are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract with the Government may be used to administratively process submissions and perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractor’s proprietary information. These administrative support contractors include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 12:00 P.M. Central Time on 15 Dec 2022. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to the POC Lance Haywood, Contracting Specialist at lance.haywood.1@us.af.mil. Alternate POC is Allison McCowan, Contracting Officer at allison.mccowan@us.af.mil. Questions are due NLT 12:00 P.M. Central Time on 12 Dec 2022.