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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Eastern Acquisitions-AAQ-570, College Park, GA, is issuing Screening Information Request (SIR) Number 697DCK-23-254, ARSR-4 Antenna Hatch Safety Railing Kits, as detailed in the Statement of Work (SOW) and Drawings attached to the Solicitation in accordance with the Acquisition Management System (AMS) 3.2.2.2 Policy as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The FAA contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price Contract as a result of this solicitation.

This requirement is set-aside and offered to all small business concerns.

The NAICS code for this acquisition is 332323 – Ornamental and Architectural Metal Work Manufacturing – Standard Size, 500. Projected Period of Performance for this project is approximately 365 calendar days. When responding to this Screening Information Request/Request for Proposal (SIR/RFP), each offeror is required to submit a technical proposal and a cost proposal in accordance with the Screening Information Request (SIR) provision in Section L entitled, "Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors." All interested sources should first attempt to download the attached SIR document(s). If downloading is not possible, all requests for copies of the SIR document(s) must be made in writing to the attention of James Love, Contracting Officer (AAQ-570), via e-mail at James.Love@faa.gov.

NOTE: Electronic submission is preferred. The electronic submission should be in either Microsoft WORD format or portable document format (PDF), not in a zipped format. Please note that the FAA e-mail server restricts file size to 10MB per email message, therefore, responses may have to be submitted in more than one e-mail in order to be received. All Questions/Requests for Information (RFI) must be emailed to James.Love@faa.gov by no later than April 17, 2023, 2:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) to allow sufficient time to respond. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Potential offerors should note that the FAA reserves the right to communicate with one or more offerors at any time during the solicitation process. Proposals must be received by email no later than April 24, 2023 3:00 PM EDT to Suzanne.T-CTR.Huggins@faa.gov. In accordance with SIR Section L provision 3.2.2.3-14 entitled, "Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Submittals," any proposals received after the due time and date of 3:00 p.m. EDT, April 24, 2023, will not be considered. In addition, if all requested information is not furnished in the offeror's proposal, the offeror's proposal may be determined to be non-responsive and ineligible for consideration for contract award. To be considered for award of this project, the contractor must be currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (website: www.sam.gov) This SIR/RFO is not to be construed as a contract or a commitment of any kind. The Government shall not be liable for payment of any costs attributed to the preparation and submission of requested proposal documentation.

No individual notification of any amendments will be provided. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to visit this website frequently for updates on this procurement.

Acquisition Management System (AMS) applies to FAA in place of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and various other provisions of Federal acquisition law.