2126406B4200RA009-0001 Request for Quotation.pdf

Line Item QTY Unit Part # Description 0001 5 EA 100G17 Absolyte Battery Kit (12 Cell), NSN: 6140-01-627-6177

Deliver to:

TFSI (ATTN: MITCH MELLOTT)

2000 W. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

UNIT B1, ANCHORAGE, AK 99502

SHIPMENTS MUST ADHERE TO SPECIFICATIONS LAID OUT IN

ATTACHMENT 2.

*** AMENDMENT 0001 IS ISSUED TO UPDATE THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT BY

REMOVING AN INCORRECT REFERENCE AND NOTATING LEAD TIMES, AND TO

INCORPORATE A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DOCUMENT INTO THE SOLICITATION

BASED ON INQUIRIES RECEIVED FROM INDUSTRY.***

The U.S. Coast Guard currently has a need for five (5) 12 Cell Battery Kits. These battery kits provide secondary backup power to critical Rescue21 communications equipment. The battery kits will be utilized for current casualty support for Remote Fixed Facilities (RFF) throughout Alaska.

The purchase order resulting from this solicitation will be issued as a FIRM-FIXED PRICE. All costs associated with this purchase order should be structured according to the anticipated contract type. No other costs will be reimbursed.

This requirement is BRAND NAME only. No Substitutions.

Late submissions will not be accepted.

RESPONSES to this RFQ must be submitted electronically via email to the Contract Specialist, Avery Cole (Avery.L.Cole@uscg.mil) and Contracting Officer, Brianna Riffle (Brianna.Riffle@uscg.mil).

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

Firm-Fixed Price Brand Name Only

Total Small Business Set-Aside

REQUEST NUMBER:

2126406B4200RA009 AMENDMENT 0001

CONSIGNEE AND DESTINATION:

TFSI (ATTN: MITCH MELLOTT)

2000 W. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

UNIT B1

ANCHORAGE, AK 99502

RESPONSES DUE:

On or before Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at

11:00AM ET

Please include lead times in your submission. Quote must be good for 30 calendar days after close of solicitation.

NEED BY DATE:

While the Government’s need is 30 September 2026, it is understood that lead times will vary and are currently estimated by the Manufacturer to be approximately 14 weeks.

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE: 6135 – Batteries, Nonchargeable NAICS CODE: 335910 – Battery Manufacturing SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: 1,250 Employees

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE:

Friday, 18 September 2026

This solicitation includes the following attachments:

Attachment 1 – Requirements Document (0001) Attachment 2 – DCMA Packaging & Marking Guide Attachment 3 – Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (YARD) Attachment 4 – FAR Provisions and Clauses Attachment 5 – Brand Name Justification Attachment 6 – Q&A

USCG Points of Contact:

Contracting Officer: Brianna Riffle, Brianna.Riffle@uscg,mil Contract Specialist: Avery Cole, Avery.L.Cole@uscg.mil

Instruction Section:

The USCG reserves the right not to answer all submitted questions. Written responses to the questions submitted for this solicitation will be provided to all vendors, with due regard to the proper protection of proprietary information.

The USCG will not provide information in response to telephone calls. Contacting other USCG personnel regarding this solicitation in an attempt to gain procurement-sensitive information may result in disqualification from the evaluation process.

UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER (UEI) NUMBER, FEDERAL TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER,

and CAGE CODE must be included in the vendors quote. All quotes submitted shall include cost breakdown, unit price, extended price, payment terms and discount offered for prompt payment.

This solicitation is being issued as a total small business set aside. Any quote that is submitted by a vendor that is not a Small Business will not be considered for award.

The Government will verify the vendor size status through review of the vendor’s registration information as provided on SAM.gov at the time the quote is submitted and time of award.

Quote must be valid for 30 calendar days after close of solicitation.

Nonconformance with the instructions provided may result in disqualification or unfavorable evaluation.

MATERIALS SUBMITTED. The vendor is advised that all submissions and related material become the property of USCG and will not be returned. The technical and price quotes, if accepted by the USCG, will form binding parts of the purchase order that results from this solicitation. Therefore, care must be taken to properly address the requirements set forth in this document.

PROPRIETARY DATA. Each page of the vendor's quote must be reviewed and marked as to proprietary data content by the vendor. Also, see FAR 3.104-4. A single blanket statement at the front of the quote is not acceptable. Failure to mark every page will subject your quote to public release through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

All information and data related to this project that the vendor gathers or obtains shall be protected from unauthorized release and considered the property of the USCG. The Contracting Officer will be the sole authorized official to release verbal or in writing, any data, draft deliverables, final deliverables, or any other written or printed materials pertaining to this solicitation. Press releases, marketing material, or any other printed or electronic documentation related to this project, must not be publicized without the written approval of the contracting officer.

Exceptions:

All exceptions and/or deviations shall be included in the vendor's quote, in the area of the quote affected by the exception and/or deviation. The vendor shall identify each requirement, clause, provision or term and condition for which exceptions and/or deviations are requested. Each exception and/or deviation identified shall be fully explained including sufficient justification as to technical problems, cost savings, and/or benefits to the USCG so that the USCG can thoroughly evaluate the vendor’s input and determine if it is in the best interest of the USCG to amend the solicitation.

The USCG reserves the right to reject any quote that includes any exceptions and/or deviations from the USCG’s requirements, which may result in the quote being determined unacceptable, removed from further consideration, and deemed un-awardable.

Evaluation:

The purchase order resulting from this solicitation will be issued as a FIRM-FIXED PRICE purchase order. The purchase order will be made to the LOWEST-PRICE technically acceptable quote.

The USCG intends to award the purchase order based on the initial quote without engaging in exchanges.

However, the USCG reserves the right to conduct exchanges with one or more of the vendors if determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary and in the best interests of the USCG. The USCG may reject any or all quotes if such action is in the public interest and waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotes received. Vendors are strongly encouraged to submit their best quote in response to this solicitation.

The Government will first review the quotes for completeness/compliance (everything required to be submitted has been submitted). If a quote is found to be incomplete/non-compliant, it may be removed from the evaluation process, and it will not be further evaluated. Then the Government will list the remaining quotes by price, lowest to highest, and will begin the technical quote evaluation with the lowest priced Offeror. Upon finding the Offeror who meets the brand name requirements (i.e. technical acceptability), the Offeror’s price will be evaluated for reasonableness. If the first quote evaluated is technically acceptable with a price that is reasonable, evaluation will stop. If the first quote evaluated is either not technically acceptable or has a price that is not reasonable evaluation will continue. Once the lowest reasonably priced, technically acceptable quote is found evaluations will stop.

The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time.