G--Religious Musicians Services and Praise and Worship Leader

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. The Fort Hood Directorate of Contracting, Fort Hood, TX is in the process of determining the acquisition strategy for religious musician services and a Praise and Worship Leader. This is a request for information (RFI) and not a formal solicitation. Any formal solicitation will be announced separately at a later time. Information provided to the Government as a result of this posting is strictly voluntary and given with no expectation of compensation, and clearly provided at no cost to the Government. Contact with Government personnel, other than the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer, by potential offeror's or their employees regarding this requirement is strictly prohibited. The purpose of posting this RFI is to locate a capable business or agency that is interested in performing a non-personal service contract that can provide religious musician services at various locations throughout Fort Hood. The locations include the main cantonment, west Fort Hood and north Fort Hood. The contractor (business or agency) shall be required to provide musicians proficient in playing the piano/organ and accompanying the singing of hymns, choruses, and spiritual songs. The contractor shall also be required to perform preludes, postlude, offertory, and background during meditation and prayers for over 10 congregations (e.g. Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Gospel, Evangelical, Contemporary and Protestant) throughout Fort Hood, TX. In addition, the contractor shall also provide a separate individual to serve as a Praise and Worship Leader. The Praise and Worship leader is required to have a minimum of a bachelor's degree with at least 3 years experience in leading contemporary worship services and developing volunteer-based praise bands. This individual shall also have exceptional instrumental and vocal musicianship; commitment to learning, playing, transposing and teaching religious music; work well with and motivate people; strong management skills; and creative artistic discernment. The Government anticipates a performance period of one year plus four one year options. The U.S. Army is interested in determining if sufficient and qualified small businesses are available and interested in providing the contemplated religious musician services and Praise and Worship Leader. The Army reserves the right to set-aside this entire acquisition for small business; however, we invite both large and small businesses to address the questions below. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 711130. Interested small business concerns who are certified and qualified as a small business under NAICS 711130, and registered in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) under NAICS 711130 should submit a capabilities package (please limit to no more than 10 pages total). All businesses/agencies are encouraged to respond and submit their capability statements to this office. To support the set-aside decision, it is particularly important that potential small business concerns provide industry comments as follows: (1) if you are a Small Business that performs on contracts under NAICS 711130 and plan on participating in the competition of this acquisition, please provide information relative to past performance and/or capability to provide musician services and a Praise and Worship Leader. Information should be sufficient to support your capability to provide these requirements and should include detailed references (contract number, dollar value, scope of services and point of contact with their telephone numbers and whether it was a Government or a Commercial type contract); (2) State your business size, average numbers of employees and approximate annual gross revenue; (3) Please list your specific small business status (if applicable) for your company whether (a) HUB Zone Small Business; (b) Small Disadvantaged Business; (c) 8(a) Firm; (d) Women-owned Small Business; (e) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business; (f) Veteran-Owned Small Business; and (g) other (explain); (5) Please provide your company's name, CAGE code, DUNS, Tax ID Number (TIN), address, point of contact, telephone number, and e-mail address; (6) Please provide suggestions to maximize the effectiveness of the anticipated solicitation and resulting contract in providing quality services to Fort Hood, TX. All responses must be provided no later than 1700 CST 15 Nov, 2009. Businesses/Agencies should provide their information via e-mail to Michael Christ, Contract Specialist, at [email protected] (254-287-5480) or Carolyn Wardell, Contracting Officer, at [email protected] (254-287-2434).