Automated Chemistry Testing Platform
This combined synopsis/solicitation, which is expected to result in the award of a five (5) year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for the Automated Chemistry Testing Platform as described under the requirements section of this solicitation and in the Statement of Work (SOW) (Attachment 4). This will be a competitive FAR Part 13 acquisition using simplified acquisition procedures and FAR subpar 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. This acquisition is not subject to FAR 15.3 source selection procedures. Accordingly, the Government is not obligated to determine a competitive range, conduct discussions with all or any Offerors, solicit final quote revisions, or use other techniques associated with FAR 15.3. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to conduct Interchanges with one, some, none or all Vendors at its discretion. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. An award, if any, will be made to the responsible Vendor who submits a quote that:
1. Conforms to the requirements of the solicitation.
2. Receives a rating of “Acceptable” on Technical Capability by meeting the requirements contained in the Statement of Work.
i. See the technical evaluation in Attachment 2 “Evaluation Criteria” for further details on how the Government will rate each quote as technically acceptable.
3. That submits the quote provided that the Total Evaluated Price (TEP) is not unbalanced and is fair and reasonable.
See the pricing sheet in Attachment 3 “Price List”, to be completed by each offeror
4. A best value selection will be made based on the evaluation of the information provided above.
The Air Force is seeking a solution which (as FAR 2.01 defines Best Value) “provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirement” across the life of the system and that will result in a better value and investment of public funds to support the Air Force’s mission. This approach may result in an award being made to a higher technically rated, higher-priced vendor where the decision is consistent with the assessment factors and the evaluation team determines that the technical capabilities of the higher-priced vendor outweighs the price difference of those vendors that offer fewer technical capabilities.
To be considered for award, a vendor must meet all minimum required items in the Statement of Work (Attachment 4). To achieve a higher technical rating, a vendor must demonstrate that it meets the minimum requirements and receives a rating of excellent for the objectives in Attachment 2 “Evaluation Criteria”. The greater the number of objectives a vendor meets and receives a rating of excellent will directly correlate to a higher technical rating. Ratings will be in accordance with the definitions provided in Attachment 2. Any objective that does not meet the minimum requirement will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory”. All objectives listed will be considered of equal value. For example, if Vendor A meets 5 objectives and Vendor B meets 5 objectives then evaluation of the Minimum Requirement Rating will be considered in finalizing the overall technical capability rating.
The Government intends to evaluate the quotes and award a contract without interchanges with vendors. Therefore, the vendor’s initial quote should contain the vendor’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges with one, some, none, or all vendors , if the evaluation team later determines them to be necessary.
Submittal of quotes in response to this solicitation constitutes agreement by the Offeror of all terms & conditions contained herein, which will also be the terms & conditions of any resulting contract. It is the Offerors responsibility to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. Clauses and provisions in full text may be accessed via the Internet at website http://farsite.hill.af.mil. The Government reserves the right to award without interchanges or make no award at all depending upon the quality of quotes received and the price fair and reasonableness of quotes received.
The solicitation number for this requirement is FA860121Q0093 and is hereby issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) using FAR subpar 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Subpart 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
NAICS Code: 325413
Business Size Standard: 1,250 Employees
Acceptable means of Submission: All submissions must be submitted electronically to the following email address adoniss.gibson@us.af.mil by 09 August 2021 by 3:00 pm EST.
Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line “FA860121Q0093, Automated Chemistry Testing Platform”. The entire quote must be contained in a single e-mail, unless otherwise approved and that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments.One page narrative per objective and 10 page maximum for entire quote. E-mails with compressed files will not be accepted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments.
Important Notice to Contractors: Quotes MUST also contain a complete description of items offered and any technical manuals or literature to clearly show that the items meet or exceed the requirements listed above. The Contracting Officer will review quotes based on the factors listed in this solicitation and the information furnished by the Offeror. Before price is considered, the quote must meet the technical specifications of this solicitation.
Important Notice to Contractors: All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payment (invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Wide area Workflow- Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at no cost to the contractor. Contractors must complete vendor training, which is also available at no cost at http://www.wawftraining.com. Prior to submitting invoices in the production system, contractors must register for an account at http://wawf.eb.mil/.
Attachments:
1. Draft BPA Document
2. Evaluation Criteria
3. Price List
4. Statement of Work
Please direct all questions to Mr. Adoniss Gibson, adoniss.gibson@us.af.mil
FA8601-21-Q-0093 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Wright Patterson Air Force Base
7/9/21, 11:57 AM