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. Upon approval, the Government will send a Capability Compliance Matrix back out for vendor completion. Interested parties are requested to respond to this notice in PDF or Microsoft Word Office 2010-compatible format. Please limit responses to 10 pages or less (including cover, administrative pages, and descriptive literature); 1-inch margins; and 12-point font (or larger). Responses to this notice are requested no later than 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 16 Janaury 2025 (updated). Interested parties should submit the information requested above, via email to: Christopher Russell at christopher.s.russell34.civ@us.navy.mil (updated), and cc: Nick Lovasz at nicholas.c.lovasz.mil@us.navy.mil. The subject line of emails containing responses or questions related to this notice should read "MLE-1 Request for Information Notice." Industry Updates and Closed Discussions: Following the release of this RFI, Government representatives will be collecting and answering questions from vendors. Questions are required to be submitted to the Government NLT 5 December 2025 (attached to this updated notice) to allow sufficient time to issue an RFI update document with consolidated Q&A to support final vendor RFI packages by the 16 January (Updated) submission deadline. One-on-one discussions with interested vendors may be facilitated immediately following the RFI update. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This RFI notice is not a request for proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. Sources choosing to respond to this notice are wholly responsible for any costs/expenses associated with submitting a response. Therefore, any cost associated with the market survey submission is solely at the interested vendor's expense. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the 's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this notice. The information obtained from submitted responses may be used in development of an acquisition strategy and a future solicitation. Submissions will not be returned.