12a - Solicitation-Commercial-Products-Services.pdf

Solicitation Number: 61200PR260067057

SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES

General Information

Please carefully read and complete the entire solicitation document.

Description

This is a solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 12.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 61200PR260067057 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ), request for for to Provide Liquid Propane Gas (LPG) as needed to various locations throughout USCG Training Center

Petaluma. This acquisition IS set aside for small business concerns.

This acquisition is set aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal

Acquisition Circular 2026-01 Effective Date 03/13/2026.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is

221210, with a small business size standard of 1,150 employees. Product Service Code is 6830.

The U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma 599 Tomales Road Petaluma, CA 94952-4154 is seeking to purchase Liquid Propane Gas (LPG) for various locations throughout USCG Training Center Petaluma.

All interested companies must provide quotation(s) for the following Supplies:

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Item/CLIN

Description Quantity Unit Price Total Price

0001 Liquid Propane Gas (LPG) - Under this contract, the U.S. Government guarantees a minimum order of 80,000 Liquid Propane

Gas (LPG). The maximum amount of Liquid

Propane Gas (LPG) that can be ordered under this contract shall not exceed 170,000 gallons of Liquid Propane Gas (LPG)

170,000

Document Type: Solicitation

Posted Date: 9/11/2026

Current Response Date: 9/21/2026

NAICS Code: 221210

Product or Service Code: 6830

Set Aside: Total 100% Small Business http://www.acquisition.gov/

Offerors are required to provide prices for all items/CLINs. A zero-dollar figure ($0.00) unit price means the offeror shall provide the service/supply at no charge to the Government. Unit prices left blank or annotated with something other than a dollar figure will be considered unacceptable.

Reference Attached Statement of Work in Solicitation 61200PR260067057, Place of Performance: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma, located at 599

Tomales Road Petaluma, CA 94952-4154.

Invoices shall be submitted in arrears:

a. Weekly ☐

b. Bi-Weekly ☐

c. Monthly ☐

c. Quarterly ☐

e. Semi-Annually ☐

f. Other ☒

Basis for Award

This acquisition will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-2. Technical trade-offs will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability. Awards will be made to the acceptable offerors with the lowest evaluated price, which is deemed responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and whose proposals meet all required terms and conditions, meet all technical requirements, conform to and include all required certifications. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions, therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint.

However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if determined necessary by the

Contracting Officer.

The Government will award a contract in accordance with FAR Part 13 resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the

Government, price and other factors considered. the Government will perform a comparative evaluation of the services quoted. The Government will compare quotes to one another to select the service that best benefits the Government by fulfilling the requirement. The evaluation of Government requirements outlined in this request for quote will determine suitability. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical Capability, Volume I –

Past Performance and Volume II –

All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined are approximately equal to cost or price.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1. Technical Capability: Technical capability is defined as an offeror’s ability to satisfy the solicitation’s requirements, providing the highest quality service to the specified facilities

a. Offerors must demonstrate a thorough understanding of the requirement and demonstrate the ability to meet the objectives outlined in the SOW in terms of necessary personnel, material, resources, and other supplies/services that may be required to perform the work.

b. Describe proposed plan for performance of services, including the methods used to satisfy all elements described in the Statement of Work.

2. Past Performance

a. Identify at least three references, preferably federal agency contracts, including contract number, dates of performance, aggregate award amount, points of contact, and telephone numbers, whereby you have provided the same or similar services, of the magnitude in this solicitation. References will be considered in the evaluation process. Relevant past performance information shall portray how well the offeror performed. Offerors without relevant past performance or for whom past performance information is not available, will receive a neutral rating.

NOTE: The Government reserves the right to contact any reference provided by the offeror in evaluating the offeror’s past performance. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to use any information that comes to the attention of the Government in evaluating the offeror.

3. Price The Government will perform a price analysis to ensure a fair and reasonable price. Examples of such techniques include but are not limited to the following:

1) Comparison of quoted prices received in response to this solicitation;

2) Comparison of proposed prices with prices obtained through market research for the same or similar items.

A quote must comply in all aspects with the requirements and conditions set forth in this RFQ; a quote must meet or exceed all mandatory RFQ requirements. If an Offeror takes exception to any of the terms and conditions of the RFQ or fails to meet any of the requirements of the RFQ, then the Government may consider the quote unacceptable. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined are approximately equal to cost or price.

A Firm-Fixed Price contract will be awarded to the responsible offeror whose offer fully conforms to this solicitation and is determined to be the most advantageous, considering price and other factors.

The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with Offerors.

Therefore, the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms. However, the

Government reserves the right to conduct discussions, if necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest, accept other than the lowest offer, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

The anticipated award date is 5 days after solicitation closing date.

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at acquisition.gov.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Aug

2025) (Deviation 25-21)

2. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Aug 2025)

(Deviation 25-21) https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52

Offerors must complete entity-level representations and certifications online in the System for Award

Management (SAM) in accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management –Registration.

[If FAR 52.204-7 is not used, refer to FAR 52.204-90, Offeror Identification, and instruct offerors to include in their offers the entity-level representations and certifications normally collected in SAM.]

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(Aug 2025) (Deviation 25-21)

All quoters must submit the following:

VOLUME 1:

Price: Pricing shall be submitted as requested for the listed Supplies/Services. Total price will be evaluated by the Government. Proposed price should reflect a clear understanding of the requirements, is consistent with the various elements of the offer.

VOLUME 2

Technical Proposal: Offeror shall submit company's detailed technical approach and methodology for completing all requirements of the Statement of Work (SOW). The Technical Volume shall not exceed thirty (30) pages in length, minimum 12-point font. Page limitation includes any drawings, charts, pictures, etc., and excludes section dividers, table of contents, figures/tables, glossary of terms and cross-referencing indices and resumes -all of which are not considered content pages.

Submission of a quote that does not contain all items requested below may result in elimination from consideration of award. Offerors must submit each item of quote in a separate electronic attachment clearly identified as described below. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.

This is an open-market solicitation. The government intends to award a purchase order as a result of this solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

Quoter must list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s). Quotations that reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

Submission must be received not later than 9/21/2026 1100 EST. Late submissions will be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(c) Commercial Products and Commercial

Services (Deviation Aug 2025).

INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS

You will submit proper invoices associated with this award through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) at https://www.ipp.gov/. IPP is a secure web-based electronic invoicing system provided by the U.S.

Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_1 https://www.ipp.gov/ of St. Louis (FRSTL). IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.

Actions to take:

If you are already enrolled in IPP:

If your company is already registered to use IPP, you will not be required to re-register and you do not need to contact IPP.

If you are NOT already enrolled in IPP:

The point of contact you provided in your SAM.gov registration will receive two emails from ipp.noreply@mail.eroc.twai.gov. Please note that emails from this email address may filter into your spam or junk folder:

1. The first email will have the IPP Logon ID and a link to the IPP application.

2. A second email, which will be sent within 24 hours of the first email, contains a temporary password.

Once your contact receives these emails, please ensure they log into IPP and complete the registration process.

Once registered to use IPP, your company may submit invoices electronically, receive e-mail notifications when requests are paid, view payment history, and access remittance downloads. The e-mail notification of payment is sent when a payment is distributed to your bank account and may include the following payment information: Date of payment, dollar amount, invoice number, paying agency, payee name, and

ACH trace number.

Vendor training materials, including a first time login tutorial, are available on the https://www.ipp.gov/ website. Once you have logged in to the IPP application, you will have access to user guides that provide step-by-step instructions for all IPP capabilities, ranging from creating and submitting an invoice to setting up email notifications. Live webinars are held monthly and provide a great opportunity to learn the basic of the system and to call in and ask the IPP team questions about the IPP application.

IPP Customer Support is available to assist users of the system and can answer your questions related to accessing IPP or completing the registration process.

• Toll-free number: 866-973-3131

• Email address: IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov

• Hours of operation: Monday through Friday (excluding bank holidays) from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

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The contractor must email a copy of the invoice and supporting documentation to the personnel listed below, upon submission into the IPP platform. Failure to email the invoice and supporting documentation to the following contacts may result in invoice rejection or delay in payment:

Contracting Officer’s e-mail address: Amanda.L.Distasio2@uscg.mil

Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (FSMS Awards) JUL 2024

(a) Definitions. As used in these instructions -

(1) “Payment request” means a bill, voucher, invoice, or request for contract financing payment with associated supporting documentation. The payment request must: comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), “Content of Invoices” and the applicable Payment clause included in this contract. In addition, discount offerings and small business status if available must be stated. If travel was allowable and approved, components in accordance with FAR 31.205-46 must be provided.

mailto:ipp.noreply@mail.eroc.twai.gov https://www.ipp.gov/ mailto:Amanda.L.Distasio2@uscg.mil

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the contractor must submit payment requests electronically using the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). Information regarding IPP, including IPP

Customer Support contact information, is available at www.ipp.gov or any successor site.

(c) The contractor may submit payment requests using a method other than IPP only when the contracting officer authorizes alternate procedures in writing in accordance with Coast Guard procedures.

(d) If alternate payment procedures are authorized, the contractor must include a copy of the contracting officer's written authorization with each payment request.

(e) IPP enrollment information is at https://www.uscg.mil/fincen/IPP/.

Instructions To Offerors / Notices / Quote Format And Content

Offerors are expected to examine the entire Request for Quote (RFQ), including any amendments to this

RFQ. Offerors shall furnish all of the information required by this RFQ, any omitted information will be considered unacceptable and the quote may be rejected.

This RFQ does not obligate the Government to compensate for any costs incurred by the Offeror in the preparation and/or submission of any quote, nor does it obligate the Government to procure for said services or supplies.

PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND TELEPHONE

REQUESTS OR FAX REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

http://www.ipp.gov/ https://www.uscg.mil/fincen/IPP/