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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Procurement Office is currently conducting market research ... REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Procurement Office is currently conducting market research to identify companies capable of and qualified to perform Safety Aide (SA) services for special needs students and Safety Attendant (SAA) services for Sure Start, pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students that ride school buses to attend DoDEA Pacific schools located within Okinawa. The contractor shall perform SA and SAA services Monday through Friday for approximately 183 days each school year. Prospective contractor(s) shall provide all personnel, supervision, services, and equipment necessary to transport students and other authorized individuals safely to and from their designated schools and alternate sites for classes and authorized school activities, to include after-school activity runs, career practicum, or other curricular shuttle runs. The period of performance of services will begin 01 August 2021. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for conducting market research and does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Invitation for Bids (IFB), Request for Quotations (RFQ), and does not obligate the Government to any current or future commitments. The Government will not pay/reimburse any costs or charges resulting from contractors’ responses to this RFI. If your firm is interested, capable, and qualified to provide these services, please submit written information supporting this capability. Capability statements shall consist of no more than 5 pages and include a cover page with the company’s name, business mailing address, point of contact, telephone number, Duns & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), and Commercial And Government Entity/NATO Code (CAGE/NCAGE). Submissions and inquiries must be sent electronically to John.Butts@dodea.edu and Mileska.Rodriguez@dodea.edu no later than 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 18 March 2021. Vendor’s e-mail message shall state “HE1254-21-R-Okinawa-SA-SAA” in the subject line. Telephone calls regarding this RFI will not be accepted. For the purpose of this acquisition, the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 485410, size standard $16.5M. Please note, while proposals from vendors not registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database will be evaluated, only businesses with an Active SAM registration will be eligible to receive contracts with the Department of Defense Education Activity.