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THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUEST FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. This request for information (See attached PDF) is in support of market research being conducte... THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUEST FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. This request for information (See attached PDF) is in support of market research being conducted by the United States Air Force to identify potential sources and to determine if this effort can be competitive or a Small Business Set-Aside. Any information submitted by respondents to this request for information is strictly voluntary. 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 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. This request for information 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 individually be notified of the results of any Government assessments. The Government’s evaluation of the capability statement received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set aside for small businesses, or any particular small business designation (e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), etc.). The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 336413 (Other Aircraft Part and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing; size standard of 1,250 employees) or 541330 (Engineering Services; size standard $25.5M). The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in all businesses to include Large Businesses, Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Businesses, and Women-Owned Small Businesses. The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past three years. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. The Government requests that any large business entities that respond to this request for information provide a list of small businesses that they typically team with for similar workloads. The Government also requests that any large business entities provide a historic breakdown of what fraction of workload has been subcontracted to small/disadvantaged businesses for previous workloads of this type.