Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

81st Contracting Squadron is issuing a solicitation for a Traditional Protestant Musician for Keesler Chapel Services at Keesler Air Force Base (KAFB), Mississippi. Performance shall be IAW the requir... 81st Contracting Squadron is issuing a solicitation for a Traditional Protestant Musician for Keesler Chapel Services at Keesler Air Force Base (KAFB), Mississippi. Performance shall be IAW the requirements contained in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). The period of performance for this requirement is a base contract and four one-year options. The set-aside for this acquisition is: 100% Small Business. The applicable NAICS code for this acquisition is 711130 (Musical Groups and Artists) and the size standard is $15.0M. The acquisition will be solicited as a commercial service using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.5. The PWS will be posted with this solicitation as Attachment 1. It is the vendor's responsibility to review the site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents as well as verifying the number of amendments issued prior to the due date of proposals. Interested vendors must submit a statement of acknowledgement in writing of all amendments posted to the solicitation. No paper copies of the solicitation will be available and verbal responses to this solicitation will NOT be accepted. The solicitation may be downloaded from this posting. The Government anticipates award of a firm-fixed price contract. All prospective vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award of contract with any DoD agency. Registration may be accomplished at https://www.sam.gov/. Any interested vendor may submit a proposal which will be considered by this organization. All solicitation questions must be submitted in writing no later than three days after the positing of this solicitation. Subsequently, all answers will be posted for all interested vendors to review. Submit any questions to the attention of the Contract Specialist, SSgt Christopher Vaughn at christopher.vaughn.9@us.af.mil and the Contracting Officer, Ms. Andrea A. Howard at andrea.howard.7@us.af.mil. Proposals are due by the 05 September 2023;10:00 AM CDT. All proposals must be submitted electronically via email to BOTH the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. NO late proposals will be accepted. It is the vendor's responsibility to verify that proposals are received timely by the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer.