0120S160022_Synopsis_FirearmTraining.pdf

AG-0120-S-16-0022 Chugach National Forest Firearm Instruction 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;

quotes are being requested based on the requirements outlined in this combined synopsis/solicitation. A written solicitation will not be issued.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), for a firm fixed price requirements contract. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-87, effective 07 March 2016. This requirement is a total (100%) small businesses set aside. The associated NAICS code is 611699 and small business size standard is $11M. The associated product service code (PSC) is U099.

Schedule of Items:

Item Number

Description

Est.

Qty/Year

Unit

Unit Price/ Class– Year 1

Total Price Year 1 (est qty x Unit Price)

001 2-Day New Shooter Training –

Anchorage 1 each class

002 1-Day Refresher Training – Anchorage 2 each class

003 2-Day New Shooter Training – Cooper Landing

2 each class

004 1-Day Refresher Training – Cooper Landing

3 each class

TOTAL PRICE (Total Price for Items

001 + 002+003+004)

The estimated quantity of classes per year shown on the schedule of items is an estimate. The actual quantity ordered may be more or less per year for a period of 5 years. The quoted price shall be inclusive of all labor, materials, travel, overhead, etc. required to conduct the entire class from start to finish.

Annual Price Adjustment: While the quantities are estimated, the Unit Price will become the fixed price for all future orders during the contract period. Quoters wishing to offer revised prices in successive years shall state in the spaces below the price adjustment percentage to be used by the Government to compute future year prices. For instance, a 3% price adjustment factor is shown as 3% (not 103% or 1.03). Note that the price adjustment percentage can be either negative or positive. If no percentage is entered, future year prices will be the same as shown for year 1 in the schedule.

The same price adjustment percentage shall be used each year of the contract to adjust prices for the following year.

ANNUAL PRICE ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE* ____________ %

*The quoter warrants that the prices in this contract (including the annual price adjustment percentage) do not include any allowance for contingency to cover increased costs for which adjustment is provided in FAR Clause 52.222-43.

Description of Requirement:

This requirement is for firearms training for the U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Region, Chugach National Forest. The successful contractor will be required to provide two different classes. They are:

1. New Shooter Instruction for Forest Service Employees (2-day)

2. Refresher Firearms Instruction for Forest Service Employees (1-day)

Descriptions of the class content is included with this notice as attachment 2, Firearms Safety Training and Range Qualification Course Standards. Chugach Bear and Firearm Policy is attachment 1. New Shooter class description is attachment 3 and Refresher Shooter class is attachment 4. Classes are required to be held in Anchorage and Cooper Landing. In the past, classes have been held at the Rabbit Creek Shooting Park, Anchorage and the Cooper Landing Rod and Gun Club, Cooper Landing. The Forest Service will provide the facility for the training.

The Government will provide the following:

• Training Facility including firing range (commercial facility)

• Firearms for Students

• Ammunition for Students

• Hearing Protection for Students

• Eye Protection for Students

• Paper Targets for Instructor Demonstration and Students

Deliverables:

The contractor shall provide to Chugach National Forest, within 10 days of completion of the course, a report containing, at a minimum, a student roster of those employees who successfully completed the classroom and range qualification, a roster of students who did not meet the qualifications, class critiques, and instructor comments and observations.

Contractor Minimum Requirements: The Contractor (instructor(s) providing training) is required to have one of the following instructor qualifications:

1. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Firearms Instructor Training

2. National Rifle Association Instructor Training

3. Military Firearms Instructor Training

4. Gunsite Institute Instructor Training

5. Police Instructor Training

Period of Performance: The period of performance is 5 years from the date of award.

Required Delivery Date: Classes are normally held annually during the months of April and May. Class dates will be specified on individual orders.

Contract Clauses that will be applicable to resulting award:

52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (Feb 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil/farsite.html):

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (May 2015)

52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. (Mar 2016)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015)

(2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

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(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2015) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644).

52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2016) (E.O. 13126).

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246).

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014).

52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards – Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 2014) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(e)

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items.

Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $700,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

(iv) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

(v) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246).

(vi) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vii) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(viii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(ix) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(x) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014), (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xi) ____ (A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (B) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 E.O. 13627).

(xii) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.)

(xiii) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-- Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

(xiv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015) (E. O. 12989).

(xv) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015).

(xvi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xvii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xviii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the Contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

52.216-18 Ordering (Oct 1995). (a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from date of award for 5-years.

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered “issued” when the Government deposits the order in the mail.

Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule.

FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations (Oct 1995). (a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than one full day of training, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract.

(b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor --

(1) Any order for a single item in excess of $25,000;

(2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $25,000; or

(3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 365 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section.

(c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 2 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor’s intent not to perform the services called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the services from another source.

52.216-21 Requirements (Oct 1995). (a) This is a requirements contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. Except as this contract may otherwise provide, if the Government’s requirements do not result in orders in the quantities described as “estimated’’ or “maximum” in the Schedule, that fact shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment.

(b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause.

Subject to any limitations in the Order Limitations clause or elsewhere in this contract, the Contractor shall furnish to the Government all supplies or services specified in the Schedule and called for by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.

(c) Except as this contract otherwise provides, the Government shall order from the Contractor all the supplies or services specified in the Schedule that are required to be purchased by the Government activity or activities specified in the Schedule.

(d) The Government is not required to purchase from the Contractor requirements in excess of any limit on total orders under this contract.

(e) If the Government urgently requires delivery of any quantity of an item before the earliest date that delivery may be specified under this contract, and if the Contractor will not accept an order providing for the accelerated delivery, the Government may acquire the urgently required goods or services from another source.

(f) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor’s and Government’s rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract’s effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after July 31 in the year the contract expires.

Solicitation provisions applicable to the request for quote.

52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil/farsite.html):

Provision 52.212-1 Instructions to Offers-Commercial (OCT 2014) is incorporated by reference with the following addenda: To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of all quotes, quoters shall follow the instructions contained herein.

Quotes shall be submitted to the Primary Point of Contact no later than the date and time identified within this notice. The quote shall be complete and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation.

The quote response shall contain the following information:

• Price Quote: Completed Schedule of Items (Table with Prices on Page 1) and Annual Price Adjustment Percentage (fill in at top of page 2) is considered the entire price quote.

• Past Performance: List of at least two (2) Customer references for customers for whom you have done similar work within the past 2 years

• Copy of Instructor Qualification Certificate http://farsite.hill.af.mil/farsite.html

• Completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial items (MAR 2016) or a statement that the quoter’s online representations and certifications are current as of the date of the quote.

Evalution of Quotes: The Government will evaluate quotes in response to this solicitation in accordance with FAR 13.106-2. Quotes will be evaluated based on price and past performance. Price will be evaluated based on the total price for the estimated quantity for a 5 year period (including application of the offered annual price adjustment percentage).

Past performance will be based on an assessment of the quality of the contractor’s work with past customers – including previous work done for the Forest Service. This will be done by contacting the contractor’s previous clients or by the Forest Service’s own experiences.

Quote Information (emailed quotes are preferred): Quotes shall be submtted to R10 AQM Chugach National Forest Forest Service, 161 East 1st Avenue, Door 8, Anchorage AK 99501 by 2pm Alaska time, on May 12, 2016 by email or by fax.

Primary Point of Contact R10 AQM Chugach National Forest, Bette Welch, Contract Specialist Phone: 907-743-9566 Fax: 907-743-9492 e-mail: bewelch@fs.fed.us