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MARKET SURVEY REQUEST: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY for market research and planning purposes only, as defined in FAR 15.201(e). This is not a solicitation or request for competitive proposa... MARKET SURVEY REQUEST: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY for market research and planning purposes only, as defined in FAR 15.201(e). This is not a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. No solicitation document exists or is guaranteed to be issued as a result of this Notice. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted, and the Government will not reimburse respondents for preparation of the response. Response to this Notice is strictly voluntary and will not affect future ability to submit an offer if a solicitation is released. There is no bid package or solicitation document associated with this announcement. BACKGROUND: The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) is internationally recognized as the DoD's premier laboratory for Warfighter health and performance research and focuses on environmental medicine, physiology, physical and cognitive performance, and nutrition research. Military guidance has been published for operations in heat, cold, and high-altitude environments and nutrition for health and performance. REQUIREMENT: USARIEM has a Requirement for a Contractor to provide American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Testing Services for Dry Thermal Resistance (Rct-Dry), Wet Thermal Resistance (Ret-Wet), and, Heat Flux Testing. Specifically, the Contractor shall provide ASTM F 1291 Thermal Insulation (5), ASTM F2370 Evaporative Resistance (5), and Customer Heat Flux Tests (54). Data must be able to be stored and available for download by USARIEM Researchers to analyze. THERMAL HEAT FLUX MANIKIN: The Manikin must be a specialized thermal manikin capable of measuring bi-directional heat flux (heat loss and heat gain), and must have heat flux sensors that can quantify heat lost to the external environment and heat lost or gained from a heated garment. ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING CHAMBER FACILITY: The Environmental Testing Chamber Facility must have at least these Three (3) Chamber Conditions: 0*C, -10*C, and, -20*C with wind speeds equal to 0.4 m/s, and Relative Humidity (RH) between 40% and 50%. The Facility must also have a Database System capable of storing testing information in order to be retrieved by USARIEM Researchers. SUBMITTALS: Summaries of the services as listed above shall be no more than Ten (10) pages in length (1 side of 1 sheet of paper counts as a “Page”), and shall describe service capabilities in each of these areas. Interested Parties shall provide their business size status based upon NAICS code 541380, Testing Laboratories, with a Small Business Size Standard of $16.5 M, and their CAGE code as registered at beta.sam.gov. Interested Parties may include item brochure information with the summary package by the Government's requested date of submittal of 13 May 2022. Interested parties shall submit information in response to this RFI to: jennifer.s.bassett.civ@mail.mil. Responses shall be submitted and received via Email no later than Two O’clock Post Meridian Eastern Standard Time (2:00PM EST) Thursday, 13 May 2022. Documents shall be electronic in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and/or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and provided as attachments to the Email. No telephonic responses to this RFI will be considered. Questions concerning this Request For Information (RFI) may be addressed by contacting: jennifer.s.bassett.civ@mail.mil. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to this RFI are not offers for a contract and will not be used by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Vendors having the services that they believe would be suitable for operations as described herein shall submit all supporting documentation requested by this RFI to the Point of Contact (POC) noted above. Please provide information on your organization in the following areas: 1. Company Name, Address and Single Point of Contact with Name, Title, Telephone Number and E-mail Address. 2. DUNS Number and Cage Code 3. Confirmation of Current Active Registration in System for Award Management (SAM) 4. Primary NAICS Code(s) and Business Size (i.e., small/large) 5. GSA Schedule, If Available 6. Commercial Price List, if GSA schedule is Not Available 7. Product Specific Brochures Literature PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes. Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although "proposal" and "Offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS (ASTM) TESTING SERVICES. (End of provision)