REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Project Name:

BIL Sign Project Phase 2 NAICS Code: 339950 "sign manufacturing" Small Business Size Standard Applicable:

500 PSC: 9905 "Signs, Advertising Displays, and Identification Plates Includes Electric Signs; Sign Boards; Display Stands; Mannequins and other display forms; Printed Signs; General Purpose Identification Tags and Blanks, Nonpersonal; Plates and Tags for specific applications."

GENERAL INFORMATION/BACKGROUND: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is seeking a contractor/awardee to design, fabricate and deliver approximately 1,000 exterior signs to multiple National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) and other FWS locations within 12 months after award. Sign types will mostly include entrance signs, footers, secondary entrance signs, and welcome signs to help recreational users feel welcome and orient them to FWS lands.

The contractor/awardee will be responsible for providing all labor, supplies, and equipment. Installation is not anticipated to be required by the awardee. This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE and is for informational and market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION, OR BID. It is also NOT A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION.

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or on any follow up information and responses are voluntary. Responses will be shared within the Government and project team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

The purpose for this announcement is to conduct market research to consider refinement of requirements, to help identify capable and responsible potential sources, and to establish if this requirement can be fulfilled with mandatory sources of supply and/or can be set-aside for small business or other socio-economic programs. Competitive, non-competitive, and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research.

DUE DATE & SUBMISSION INFO: Please email the completed Market Research Questionnaire and Capability Statement to adam_graham@fws.gov on or before Wednesday, January 19, 2024, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

Contract Info: Adam J. Graham Contracting Specialist, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Team, APO Joint Administrative Operations | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service adam_graham@fws.gov | Office & Mobile Phone: (762) 325-0609 JAO Contacts List | JAO Mailbox Description Attachments: 1. Draft Statement of Work (SOW) 2. Draft SOW Attachment 1 ¿ US FWS Signage Policy and Guidance 3. Draft SOW Attachment 2 ¿ Design examples 4. Draft SOW Attachment 3 ¿ Phase II sign data (shipping locations, text, dimensions, quantity, etc.) 5. Market Research Questionnaire and Capability Statement