B.08 (23R3015) Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf

NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU

UNITED STATES PROPERTY AND FISCAL OFFICE

5410 BISHOP BLVD.

CHEYENNE, WY 82009

Combined Synopsis Solicitation

Role Player Support

W912L3-23-R-3015

April 24, 2023

1. Purpose: This is a combined synopsis solicitation notice for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6; as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This notice constitutes the only solicitation, and a further written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation will be posted to the https://sam.gov website and will exclusively be set aside for Small Businesses.

The Wyoming Army National Guard is issuing this combined synopsis/solicitation as a Request for Quote using FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Item, & FAR Part 13, Simplified

Acquisition Procedures. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 611710, with a small business standard of $21.0M.

The Wyoming Army National Guard intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price Commercial Award.

The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-02, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DPN 20230322. Requests for Information will only be accepted via e-mail addressed to Marc

Zurasky, Contracting Officer at marc.r.zurasky.civ@army.mil with the following firm deadline of

April 28, 2023, 09am MT.

Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.

2. Description of services: See attached Performance Work Statement for detailed description.

3. Period of Performance: Contractor performance from June 11, 2023 – June 15, 2023.

4. Place of Performance: See attached Performance Work Statement for detailed description.

5. Basis for Award: The Wyoming Army National Guard will consider price and technical nonprice factors to determine the quotation that represents the Lowest Priced Technically

Acceptable quotation. The Wyoming Army National Guard will not use the formal source selection procedures described in FAR part 15. The Wyoming Army National Guard will evaluate quotations utilizing the procedures of FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.

6. Evaluation Criteria: The quotations will be evaluated under two factors: Price, and Technical

Capability.

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a. Technical Capability: Evaluation of Technical Capability will be based on the information provided in the quotation. Documentation submitted in the quotation shall be evaluated to determine that the proposed services meet the Wyoming Army National

Guard’s minimum required specifications. Failure to clearly and unambiguously demonstrate this will result in an unacceptable technical rating.

b. Price: Price will be evaluated for reasonableness.

The Wyoming Army National Guard intends to evaluate quotations and issue a purchase order based on the initial quotations received. The initial quotation should contain the best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Contracting Officer will not establish a competitive range, conduct discussions, or otherwise use the procedures described at FAR 15.306. The Wyoming

Army National Guard reserves the right to make a full or partial award on any item(s). The

Wyoming Army National Guard reserves the right to request revised quotations from, or negotiate final purchase order terms with, one or more, but not all, quoters’ if later determined by the

Contracting Officer to be necessary. All contractors are required to have an active registration in

System for Award Management (SAM). Please visit https://sam.gov/SAM/ to create a new registration if you are not already registered or renew your registration if it is not expired.

7. Applicable FAR Clauses: Incorporated by Reference (may be accessed in full text at:

https://www.acquisition.gov

FAR 52.203-15 Whistleblower Protections Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (June 2010). (C)

FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (JAN 2017). (P)

FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or

Statements (JAN 2017). (C)

FAR 52.204-6 Unique Entity Identifier (Oct 2016). (P)

FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018). (P)

FAR 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011). (C)

FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018). (C)

FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020). (C)

FAR 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014) (C)

FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021) (C)

FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021). (C)

FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020)

(P)

FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015) (C)

FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Nov 2021) (P)

FAR 52.212-3 (Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (JAN 2017)

a. Offers/Quotes must include completed copy of provision at FAR 52.212-3 or indication that offeror representations and certifications are in System for Award Management

(SAM). (P)

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

(Nov 2021). (C)

FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive

Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jan 2022). (C)

FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. (NOV 2011). (C)

FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Sep 2021) (C)

FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun

2020). (C)

FAR 52.225-1 Buy American-Supplies (Nov 2021). (C)

FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021). (C)

FAR 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or

Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certifications (Jun 2020). (P)

FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) (C)

FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Nov 2021).

(C)

FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons

FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004). (C)

FAR 52.245-1 Government Property (Sep 2021). (C)

DFARS 252.232- 7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (JUN

2012). (C)

FAR Incorporated by Full Text:

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (P)

Award will be made to the offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and whose offer represents the lowest priced technically acceptable offer using the following evaluation.

(a) Technical Capability: Evaluation of Technical Capability will be based on the information provided in the quotation. Documentation submitted in the quotation shall be evaluated to determine that the proposed services meet the Governments minimum required specifications.

Failure to clearly and unambiguously demonstrate this will result in an unacceptable technical rating.

(b) Price: No additional information from the offeror will be required if the price is based on adequate price competition. In the event adequate price competition does not exist, the contracting officer will obtain information to the extent required to determine the reasonableness of the offered prices.

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FAR 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 addresses:

(End of Provision)

FAR 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) (C)

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.

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8. Applicable DFAR Clauses: Reference (may be accessed in full text at:

https://www.acquisition.gov.

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six-position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in

Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic

Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving

Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-

Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

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(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s):

(i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher.

(ii) For fixed price line items—

(A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer.

(B) For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the Contracting Officer.

(iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request.

(iv) For performance-based payments, submit a performance-based payment request.

(v) For commercial item financing, submit a commercial item financing request.

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of

DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact.

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988 if assistance is needed.

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