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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation number FA2521-21-Q-B030 shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this request for quote. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-04; 19 Jan 2021.

This is a 100% set-aside for Small Business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 315210 with a size standard of 750 employees.

The purpose of this combined synopsis/solicitation is to procure deployment uniforms and equipment for the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW), Patrick Space Force Base (PSFB), FL. The 920th RQW at PSFB has an ongoing requirement for the prompt delivery of various deployment uniforms and equipment in support of operational readiness around the globe. The equipment list is to include items such as: combat clothing, jackets, eye-wear, boots, bags, hydration gear and any other uniform items deemed necessary to support the 920th deployment mission.

See attached List of Materials (LOM) for further information.

The Contractor shall furnish supplies as described in general terms below and listed on an approved price list which states the effective period of the prices and expiration period.

1. SUPPLIES TO BE FURNISHED: Various deployment uniforms and equipment in support of operational readiness around the globe. The equipment list is to include items such as: combat clothing, jackets, eye-wear, boots, bags, hydration gear and any other uniform items deemed necessary to support the 920th deployment mission. See attached LOM.

2. EXTENT OF OBLIGATION: The Government is only obligated to the extent of calls actually placed against this BPA by authorized personnel.

3. PRICING: Prices quoted to the Government must be as low as or lower than those charged your most favored customer for comparable quantities under similar terms and conditions, in addition to any trade discounts or prompt payment discount.

4. PURCHASE LIMITATION: No individual call shall be placed by the Government or accepted by the Contractor that exceeds $25,000.00 without the approval of the Contracting Officer. Calls shall generally be made verbally, except in that informal correspondence may be used where determined by the Contracting Officer to be more convenient.

5. NOTICE OF AUTHORIZED CALLERS AND DOLLAR LIMITATIONS: The Contracting Officer will give the Contractor a listing indicating the name, organization, and dollar limitation for those positions that are authorized to place calls.

6. DELIVERY TICKETS: The contractor agrees to furnish one delivery ticket/sales ticket containing the following information for each call made against this agreement to the address shown in paragraph 10:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/FAR12.DOC#s126

Name of Contractor BPA Number Date of Call Call Number Itemized list of supplies furnished Quantity, Unit Price, and Extended Price of each item, less applicable discounts Date service was performed

7. PAYMENT: Payment will be made by the Government Commercial Purchase Card under authority FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party (May 2014)

8. CANCELLATION: BPA may be discontinued upon thirty (30) days written notice by the vendor or the government.

9. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 15 Apr 2021 – 14 Apr 2026

10. DELIVERY ADDRESS: 920 Operations Group 1225 Jupiter St, Bldg 425, Rm 3-25 Patrick Space Force Base, FL 32925

NOTE TO OFFERORS: In accordance with FAR 8.402(f), an ordering activity Contracting Officer may combine open market items with General Services Administration (GSA) items;

therefore, if any item is applicable to (GSA) Contract Schedule please clearly label the item GSA or open market. Include your GSA contract number for items, as well as expiration date of the GSA contract.

*FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jun 20) applies to this acquisition and the following addendem applies:

The following words stating “offer”, “offeror”, and “proposal” are replaced with “quotation”, “vendor”, and “quote”.

Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: “The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear above.”

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm until one year after award”

RFQ due date: 6 Apr 2021 RFQ due time: 2:00 P.M. EST Email to heather.hanks.2@spaceforce.mil

THIS MUST BE SENT TO HEATHER HANKS AS STATED ABOVE. ANYTHING

OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE. YOU MAY WISH

TO PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT.

Questions can be submitted to heather.hanks.2@spaceforce.mil NLT 30 Mar 21 2:00PM EST.

Note: .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through our email system.

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1070_147634 mailto:heather.hanks.2@spaceforce.mil

Please provide the following information with your quote:

Company Name:____________ DUNS Number: ____________ Cage Code: _______________ *Number of Employees_____________ *Total Yearly Revenue_______________ *Information required determining size of business for the NAICS referenced above Estimated Delivery Time: ____________ Payment Terms: _________________________ Warranty: ________________ FOB (Select): ____ Destination _____ Origin Shipping Cost included? ____ Yes _____ No

All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be considered for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of award.

A BPA is a charge account type instrument which will permit selected activities to place orders directly with your firm or representative, using your agency’s established price list. This agreement will establish a procedure for the fulfillment of our anticipated repetitive requirements from your firm.

In order for this organization to establish a BPA, we request that you furnish us with a price list.

Your price list must have an effective date and an ending date. The Contracting Officer will approve the price list and a copy will be furnished to the using activity. This shows the approved amounts that can be paid to you for services rendered.

A list of authorized callers, by position, will be furnished to you from time to time and only those positions listed are authorized to place calls. It is your responsibility to ensure only calls from authorized individuals are accepted.

If a BPA is awarded to your firm it will be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and standard procedures contained therein will apply.

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

As prescribed in 4.2105(a), insert the following provision:

52.204-4-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Oct 20)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented that it “does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument” in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation, or in paragraph (v) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items.

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-4-administrative-and-information-matters#id1989H0G40RF https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#id19CAC0P0ESS https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#i1060550

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

“Covered telecommunications equipment or services”, “critical technology”, and “substantial or essential component” have the meanings provided in clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Contractors are not prohibited from providing—

(1) A service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(2) Telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for “covered telecommunications equipment or services.”

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that it □ will, □ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation.

(e) Disclosures. If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) of this provision that it “will” provide covered telecommunications equipment or services”, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer—

(1) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand; model number, such as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

(2) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b) of this provision;

(3) For services, the entity providing the covered telecommunications services (include entity name, unique entity identifier, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, if known); and

(4) For equipment, the entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known).

(End of provision)

*52.209-11 – Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 16) https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#unique_1124452424 https://www.sam.gov/

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that--

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that—

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability; and

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(End of provision)

Pursuant to FAR 12.602 contract award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR 13.106. Offeror’s submissions will be evaluated based upon the following:

(1) Technical: quote must be rated as technically acceptable to be eligible for award. In order to be deemed technically acceptable, products must conform to the salient characteristics listed in the attached LOM.

(2) Price: Award will be made to the Best Value to the government.

Technical acceptability is more important than cost or price.

An offeror must be determined to be responsible by the Contracting Officer in order to be eligible for award. Responsibility is described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.1, “Responsible Prospective Contractors.” Part of the determination addresses financial capability.

Please provide the names, addresses and points of contact for all financial institution organizations utilized to determine if contractor has adequate financial resources to perform the contract or the ability to obtain them to include written authority to contact the provided financial institution.

Discussions: The government intends to award a Blanket Purchase Agreement without discussions with respective vendors/quoters. The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest.

FAR Provision *52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Feb 21), with its Alternate I (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition. All vendors must be registered in System For Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at the time of Quote submittal.

FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Oct 18), applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum: Paragraph (c) of this clause is tailored as follows:

Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of administrative changes, such as changes in the paying office, appropriations data, etc., which may be changed unilaterally by the Government.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the quote or proposal’s terms and conditions and/or agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict, the FAR and Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

FAR 52.225-18 Place of Manufacture (Aug 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000- 9999, except-

(1) FPSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

(b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly-

(1) □ In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or

(2) □ Outside the United States.

(End of provision)

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Jan 21). Additionally, the following FAR clauses cited in 52.212-5 are applicable:

52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Jun 20) http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1145_161469 https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1405_194946 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1595_233379

52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 20) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 20) 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (Jun 16) 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 18) 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 15) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov20) 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Nov 20)

52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 03) 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2020) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 15) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Sep 16) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Oct 20) 52.223-11 Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (Jun 16) (E.O.13693) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 20) 52.225-1 Buy American Act—Supplies (Jan 21) 52.225-3 Buy American Act –Free Trade Agreements – Israeli Trade Act (Jan 21) 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 21) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Oct 18) 52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 96) 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 04)

DFARS Clauses:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 11) 252.203-7003 Agency Office of the Inspector General (Aug 2019) *252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov 11) *252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Defense Information Controls (Oct 16) 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Information (Oct 16) 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (Dec 19) 252.204-7015 Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors (May 16) *252.209-7998 Representation Regarding Conviction of a Felony Criminal Violation Under Any Federal or State Law (Deviation 2012-0007) (Mar 12) *252.209-7999 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Deviation 2012-O0004) (Jan 12) 252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation (Mar 16) 252.211-7006 Passive Radio Frequency Identification (Dec 2019) 252.211-7008 Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers (Sep 10) 252.213-7000 Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System—Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluation (Sep 19) 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Jun 13) *252.225-7000 Buy American Statute—Balance of Payments Program Certificate (Nov 14) 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program (Dec 17) 252.225-7008 Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals (Mar 13) 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals (Dec 19) *252.225-7010 Commercial Derivative Military Article—Specialty Metals Compliance Certificate (Jul 09) 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Dec 17) 252.225-7015 Restriction on Acquisition of Hand or Measuring Tools (Jun 05) *252.225-7020 Trade Agreements Certificate (Nov 14)

252.225-7021 Trade Agreements (Sep 19) *252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel (Jun 05) *252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate (Nov 14) 252.225-7036 Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements Balance of Payments Program (Dec 17) 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 18) 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 18) 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 06) 252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk (Feb 19) 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment (Dec 12) 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial items (Oct 20) 237.173-5 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial items, that are for the provision of services.

252.232-7009 MANDATORY PAYMENT BY GOVERNMENTWIDE COMMERCIAL

PURCHASE CARD (MAY 2018)

The Contractor agrees to accept the Governmentwide commercial purchase card as the method of payment for orders or calls valued at or below the micro-purchase threshold in part 202 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, under this contract or agreement.

(End of clause)

The following AFFARS clauses are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Oct 19) with the following fill-in: AFICC/OL-SPC Director or Deputy Director of Contracting, 150 Vandenberg Street, Peterson AFB CO 80914, (P) 719-554- 5300, (F) 719-554-5299,0020 afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil.

5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (Oct 19)

5352.223-9001 HEALTH AND SAFETY ON GOVERNMENT INSTALLATIONS (OCT

2019)

(a) In performing work under this contract on a Government installation, the contractor shall:

(1) Take all reasonable steps and precautions to prevent accidents and preserve the health and safety of contractor and Government personnel performing or in any way coming in contact with the performance of this contract; and

(2) Take such additional immediate precautions as the contracting officer may reasonably require for health and safety purposes.

(b) The contracting officer may, by written order, direct Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) Standards and/or health/safety standards as may be required in the performance of this contract and any adjustments resulting from such direction will be in accordance with the Changes clause of this contract.

(c) Any violation of these health and safety rules and requirements, unless promptly corrected as directed by the contracting officer, shall be grounds for termination of this contract in accordance with the Default clause of this contract.

(End of clause) 5352.223-9000 Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) As prescribed in AFFARS 5323.804-90, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts:

ELIMINATION OF USE OF CLASS I OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) (OCT

2019)

(a) Contractors shall not:

(1) Provide any service or product with any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that requires the use of a Class I ODS in the test, operation, or maintenance of any system, subsystem, item, component, or process; or

(2) Provide any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that establishes a test, operation, or maintenance requirement that can only be met by use of a Class I ODS as part of this contract/order.

[Note: This prohibition does not apply to manufacturing.]

(b) For the purposes of Air Force policy, the following products that are pure (i.e., they meet the relevant product specification identified in AFI 32-7086) are Class I ODSs:

(1) Halons: 1011, 1202, 1211, 1301, and 2402;

(2) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs): CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-111, CFC-112, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CFC-211, CFC-212, CFC-213, CFC-214, CFC-215, CFC-216, and CFC- 217, and the blends R-500, R-501, R-502, and R-503; and

(3) Carbon Tetrachloride, Methyl Chloroform, and Methyl Bromide.

[NOTE: Material that uses one or more of these Class I ODSs as minor constituents do not meet the Air Force definition of a Class I ODS.] (End of clause)

The full text of these clauses and (*) provisions may be assessed electronically at the website:

https://www.acquisition.gov/content/regulations.

Attachment: LOM https://www.acquisition.gov/content/regulations