Attachment 1 - RFQ - Bassoon - FA251723Q0005.docx

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE

SPACE BASE DELTA 1

9 August 2023

21st Contracting Squadron/PKB 135 Dover Street Suite 2225, Peterson SFB, CO 80914

SOLICITATION NUMBER: FA2517-23-Q-0005

SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR QUOTE, USAFA BAND CONTRAFORTE BASSOON

All communications with the requiring activity concerning this solicitation shall cease until the award is announced. During this period, interaction is only allowed with the Contracting Officer.

Quote Submission: Quotes are due NLT 14 August 2023, 10:00 A.M. Mountain Time: All quotes must be submitted to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist, please see email addresses in the table below.

Points of Contact Information:

The 21st Contracting Squadron, Peterson Space Force Base (SFB), intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order for a brand name, Contraforte Bassoon that meet the brand name requirements and salient characteristics to be delivered to Colorado Springs, CO. The detailed address will be provided at time of award.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-04 dated 02 June 2023.

This effort is being solicited 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 459140 – Musical Instrument and Supplies Retailers. The size standard is $20M.

Please provide a quote that lists part number, description, unit price, and the extended price for each item. Please also total line item and provide a bottom-line price. Product specifications and salient characteristics are provided in the table below.

Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) Information Table

Brand Name Contra Forte Bassoon – Delivery: 30 months ADA

CLIN

Number

CLIN 0001

Custom built Guntram Wolf Contra Forte Bassoon meeting the following characteristics:

seasoned sycamore maple body, connectors with conical clamping and O-ring -wear free bearing system, stainless steel axles and spring and customized with keys, rollers, flageolet cables, and condensation tubes, peg stand, and sturdy cases.

As well as the following characteristics:

- Left hand front, half-hole key, E/F# trill key, rollers on left second and third finger keys and little finger low Eb key, Sub-contra A key, Automatic first and second octave key, right front hand Bb key, Left thumb: Low D-C-B-B flat key, c# key, octave key (first octave and second octave automatic switching), flageolet 1 and flageolet 2 key with additional c# double roller button

- Right hand in front: alternative Eb thumb, Front Bb key

- Right little finger: F key with roller, A flat key with roller and front F sharp key with large double rollers

- Right thumb: 3rd flageolet pusher, bb pusher with roller, E pusher, back F# pusher with roller, back Ab pusher

- Adjustment screws for low D-C-B-Bb pushers

- Flap transmissions by new play-free, ball-bearing, adjustable ball-head push rods

- Automatic condensation drainage and additional conventional water valve

- Stable, infinitely adjustable spike with a rubber end ball, which ensures a secure footing at all times

- High-gloss silver-plated keys

- Tecon Covercraft “Lightcase” case with transport wheels

- "Hardcase” case with wheels

- Brass (M10) S-bocal (#2 length)

- Adapter sleeve for normal contrabassoon reeds

- Contra-forte tube with tube box

- Silver cleaning cloth

- Replacement felt set for automatic condensate drainage

- Fingering chart

- 3rd harmonic key

- Brilliant gloss finish (dark red-brown tone)

- Extension spike (for playing while standing)

- Game stand

Total Price

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (March 2023) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies: The Government will award a contract resulting from the solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government.

Evaluation and Award Criteria The Government will review all quotes for compliance with the RFQ, to include compliance with all instructions, provisions and clauses, and submission dates.

The compliant quotes will then be evaluated using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) approach in accordance with the following factors:

· Factor 1: Technical

· Factor 2: Price

Technical Acceptability: The Government will evaluate quotes for technical acceptability in the following way:

Verification that quotes include the correct quantity, part number and description/configuration and meets the brand and salient characteristics listed in the CLIN Information Table.

Definition: Acceptable or Unacceptable.

· Acceptable is defined as the quote clearly meets the correct quantity, part number and description/configuration and meets the brand and salient characteristics listed in the CLIN Information Table

· Unacceptable is defined as the quote does not clearly meet the correct quantity, part number and description/configuration. The quote does not meet the brand and salient characteristics listed in the CLIN Information Table

AWARD PROCESS:

The Government will first review all quotes for compliance and then order the Offerors from lowest to highest total price. The lowest priced quote will then be evaluated for Factor 1, Technical Acceptability on acceptable/unacceptable basis. If the lowest priced quote is deemed technically acceptable the evaluation will stop and award will be made. If the lowest priced quote is deemed technically unacceptable no further consideration will be given to that offeror and the next lowest priced quote will then be evaluated, the Government will continue the evaluation process until reaching a technically acceptable quote. Quotes that are technically unacceptable are un-awardable. The Government reserves the right to award without exchanges. Prior to award, the quoted price of the lowest priced technically acceptable offer will be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness in accordance with FAR 13.106-3.

Interchanges: The government intends to award a purchase order without conversations with respective vendors. The Government however, reserves the right to conduct conversations if deemed in its best interest of the Government. The Government may conduct conversations with one, some, none or all Vendors at its discretion.

If the price is determined to be fair and reasonable, the lowest priced responsible Offeror who is technically acceptable will receive the award. The award will be made to that Offeror without further consideration to any other Offerors.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the quote 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.

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