Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

CERTIFIED REFERENCE STANDARDS 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 r... CERTIFIED REFERENCE STANDARDS 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 Armed Forces Medical Examiner Systems (AFMES) provides the DoD and other Federal Agencies comprehensive Forensic Investigative Services, to include Forensic Pathology, DNA Forensics, Forensic Toxicology, and Medical Mortality Surveillance. AFMES is not only the single worldwide Medical Examiner System, but it also supports the entire U.S. Federal Government. REQUIREMENT: Ampules containing neat solutions or solid material are used in the preparation of calibrators, standards, and/or control materials. Additionally, material within the ampule is often used as reference material when obtaining full scan mass spectral data in medico-legal investigations. The List of Pharmaceuticals, includes (but is not limited to), the following: 1 - d?Methamphetamine 2 - d,l?Amphetamine 3 - Ziprasidone 4 - Hydroxyzine?D8.2HCl 5 - Olanzapine 6 - Norquetiapine.HCl 7 - Alprazolam 8 - d,l?Methamphetamine 9 - l?Methamphetamine 10 - d?Amphetamine 11 - l?Amphetamine 12 - Atenolol 13 - Baclofen 14 - Dihydrocodeine HCl 15 - Hydrocodone 16 - Codeine 17 - Cannabigerol 18 - Cyclobenzaprine 19 - N?Desmethylcitalopram 20 - Dextromethorphan 21 - Diltiazem 22 - Pseudoephedrine 23 - (±)?Ephedrine HCl 24 - Fentanyl 25 - 7?Aminoflunitrazepam 26 - Fluoxetine HCl 27 - Gabapentin 28 - GHB 29 - Hydroxyzine.2HCl 30 - Ketamine 31 - Hydromorphone 32 - 6?Acetylmorphine 33 - d,l?MDA HCl 34 - d,l?MDA 35 - d,l?MDMA 36 - alpha?Hydroxymidazolam 37 - Metoprolol 38 - Phentermine 39 - Propranolol 40 - Pregabalin 41 - Promethazine 42 - Paroxetine 43 - Quetiapine.hemifumarate 44 - Sertraline 45 - Norsertraline 46 - (?)?trans??9?THC 47 - Tetrahydrocannabivarin 48 - Cannabidiol 49 - (?)?11?nor??9?THC carboxylic acid 50 - d,l?11?Hydroxy??9?THC SUBMITTALS: Summaries of the services as listed above shall be no more than Five (5) 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 325412, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,250 Employees, 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 08 August 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) Monday, 08 August 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: CERTIFIED REFERENCE STANDARDS (End of provision)