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Submittal Instructions:

If your company is capable of providing the aforementioned services, please submit a Vendor Capabilities Statement, limited to five pages for your company, to include a cover page which indicates your company’s full name, points of contact and your size standard based on NAICS codes listed. Please complete the attached entitled “Market Research Questionnaire”, by inputting data into all applicable cells. All interested parties who can supply all the required services at all the listed SDPs shall respond no later than 10:00 AM ET on October 23, 2026, via email to NarineA@usmma.edu.