Travel Accomodations

Travel Accommodations for Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry This request will be prefaced by saying this Sources Sought is strictly for Market Research purposes, and the U.S. Government does not intend on issuing a solicitation at this time for the requirement. Using the data collected from this Sources Sought, the U.S. Government hopes to obtain a better understanding of the market surround RAAF Darwin and RAAF Tindal within the country of Australia.

Therefore, we are primarily focusing on vendors within the local area that can support our needs. However, we will accept capabilities statements from vendors outside the local area as well to gauge how much support is available locally, and how much would not be available locally. For this Sources Sought, the U.S. Government is interested in the following:

The U.S. Government may require the following in the future and is seeking all available sources who might be able to support.

A contractor who will: Coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (DAFF) and their Official on travel details Book the travel as requested by the DAFF and Official, as well as return trip back to Australia Book hotel accommodations at the destination where inspections will take place Book transportation at the destination where inspections will take place Pay for all travel, and inspection fees levied by the DAFF and Official up front to bill to the U.S. Government through the contract once the inspections are complete If your company can provide for any of these requirements, please email a copy of your Capabilities Statement to me, along with the below additional information: Is your company SAM.gov registered, along with an active SAM registration?

If so: What is your Unique Entity ID? What is your CAGE Code? If not: Does your company have the ability to become SAM.gov registered, and how long might that take for your company to get set up with an active registration? Does your company have any other suggestions for the NAICS utilized for this requirement that might solicit more competition within the market or was the chosen NAICS appropriate?

Are there any limiting factors regarding this requirement, and the market, that you would like to make the U.S. Government aware of to facilitate a smoother acquisition process on this requirement should it ever arise? Aside from the capabilities statement, which may be however long your capabilities statement are, please limit any other responses to the above questions to no more than three (3) pages. Please submit all responses to this Sources Sought to myself at eric.punjabi@us.af.mil.