Inactive

Ramstein Air Base (RAB) is conducting a commercial solutions opening (CSO) authorized by section 879 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328). Under... Ramstein Air Base (RAB) is conducting a commercial solutions opening (CSO) authorized by section 879 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328). Under a CSO, the Air Force may competitively award proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), to acquire innovative commercial items, technologies, and services, based on a review of proposals by scientific, technological, or other subject-matter expert peers within the Air Force. Under this CSO, all items, technologies, and services shall be treated as commercial items. ***This offering is open to all NAICS*** The Air Force intends to obtain “innovative” solutions or potential new capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide potential technology advancements. Solutions may include existing technologies or procedures that are currently not used by units at RAB that would enhance or streamline mission capabilities. Based on available funding, this CSO is targeting solutions priced less than $25,000. However, the Air Force will still evaluate proposed solutions priced greater than $25,000. “Innovative” is defined as any technology, process or method that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal. It also includes any new application of an existing technology, process, or method. This CSO contains broadly defined Areas of Interest (AOI) and attention to more specific requirements. While these AOI’s are geared toward meeting RAB requirements, the Air Force reserves the right to award contracts from this CSO to meet Air Force requirements outside of RAB with similar AOI and mission requirements. RAB will utilize an open, two-step CSO evaluation process. In step 1, offerors must submit a white paper and a pitch deck for evaluation. Once the evaluations are complete, all offerors will be notified as to whether they will be invited to pitch their proposal at a Pitch Day event (step 2). RAB also reserves the right to skip step 2 and make an award after step 1. Offerors that are selected will receive an invitation to make a live pitch to the RAB team during a Pitch Day event, which will be held on 10 September 2019 on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Offerors will pitch their solution to evaluators and will be immediately notified if they were selected for an award. In order to expedite funds, the Government intends to pay this contract with the Government Purchase Card (GPC); this will require you to have the ability to accept a credit card payment at this event for payment. Further information on RAB Pitch Day will be made available as the event date gets closer. Any questions or concerns can be addressed via e-mail to TSgt Robert Hanna robert.hanna@us.af.mil or 2d Lt Elizabeth Park elizabeth.park.2@us.af.mil.

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The 700th Contracting Squadron (CONS) in support of the 86th Airlift Wing (AW) and Ramstein Air Base (RAB), Germany is seeking information on interested United States small business' and local Europea... The 700th Contracting Squadron (CONS) in support of the 86th Airlift Wing (AW) and Ramstein Air Base (RAB), Germany is seeking information on interested United States small business' and local European contractors regarding the opportunity for a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) authorized by section 879 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) and in accordance with Class Deviation 2018-O0016. 700 CONS requests responses regarding interest in providing a proposal with a possibility of being invited to a "Pitch Day" event, if a formal CSO solicitation was issued. Ramstein Air Base is in an overseas location and would like to gauge the interest of United States and European small businesses' availability to submit proposals and attend a "Pitch Day" location around Kaiserslautern Germany. Please see the attachment for additional information regarding this RFI. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Air Force is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondees are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website: https://www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information pertaining to this requirement.