Combined Synopsis Solicitation (21QA002).pdf

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 FA252121QA002 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; Effective Jan 19, 2021.

This is set-aside for 100% Total Small Business.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 339950 with a size standard of 500 Employees.

The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitations for the replacement of installation signs.

The bid schedule and contract CLIN schedule are below

Item Description Qty Unit Unit Price Total Amount 0001 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (4' x 10') 2 Each 0002 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (5’x12’) 1 Each 0003 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (3’x10’) 1 Each 0004 Patrick Space Force Base (5’x10’) 1 Each 0005 Patrick Space Force Base (5’x12’) 1 Each

Statement of work and sign design are attached.

Ship to address: Sean Anderson

45 CES/CEOHS

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 labeled the item GSA or open market. Include your GSA contract number for items, as well as expiration date of the contract.

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

*FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jun 2020) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

For RFQ only: 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 April 30, 2021.”

RFQ due date: February 25, 2021 RFQ due time: 3:00 P.M. EST Email quotes to sandra.seman@spaceforce.mil and ray.scott.4@us.af.mil

ANYTHING OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE.

YOU MAY WISH TO PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT.

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

All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted by 2:00 P.M. EST on February 25, 2021.

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://beta.sam.gov/ to be considered for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of award.

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1070_147634 mailto:sandra.seman@spaceforce.mil mailto:ray.scott.4@us.af.mil https://beta.sam.gov/

*52.209-11 – Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016)

(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)

FAR Provision *52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014), applies to this acquisition and the following evaluation is applicable:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(1) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement;

(IAW Attach 1, Attach 2 and Attach 3)

(2) price (Award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror).

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

Discussions: The government intends to award a purchase order 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 (Jan 2021), 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 clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Jan 2021).

The following FAR clauses/provisions cited in 52.212-5 are applicable:

52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or

Statements (Jan 2017) 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.204-10 Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jun 2020) 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020)

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractor's Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Jun 2020)

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015) *52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony

Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016) 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representation (Mar 2020) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020) 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Mar 2020) 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Nov 2020) 52.222-3 Convict Labor (Jun 2003) 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2020) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Oct 2020) 52.223-6 Drug-Free Workplace (May 2001) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021) 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or

Transactions Relating to Iran-- Representation and Certifications (Jun 2020) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Oct 18) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) 52.233-1 Disputes (May 2014) 52.233-3 Protest after Award (Aug 1996) 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004)

DFARS Clauses/Provisions:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation for Former DoD Officials (Sep 2011) 252-203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013) *252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov 2011) *252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Defense Information Controls (Oct 2016) 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

(Dec 2019) 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors (May 2016) 252.204-7015 Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors (May 2016) 252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation (Mar 2016) 252.211-7008 Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers (Sep 2010) 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Jun 2013) *252.225-7000 Buy American Statute—Balance of Payments Program Certificate (Nov 2014) 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program (Dec 2017)

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Dec 2017) 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 2018) 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018) 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006) 252.239-7017 Notice Of Supply Chain Risk (Feb 2019) 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial items (Oct 2020) 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea (Feb 2019)

52.225-18 –Place of Manufacture (Aug 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—“Manufactured end product” means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except—

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

(2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) FSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables;

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

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

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

(8) FSC 9610, Ores;

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

(10) FSC 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)

The following AFFARS clauses are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (OCT 2019) with the following fill-in: Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Policy & Acquisition Support Directorate (AFICC/KP), 1940 Allbrook Drive, Building 1 Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433; Phone: (937) 257-5529;

Fax: (937) 656-0919.

5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations (Oct 2019)

5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (Oct 2019)

(a) The contractor shall obtain base identification and vehicle passes, if required, for all contractor personnel who make frequent visits to or perform work on the Space Force installation(s) cited in the contract. Contractor personnel are required to wear or prominently display installation identification badges or contractor-furnished, contractor identification badges while visiting or performing work on the installation.

b) The contractor shall submit a written request on company letterhead to the contracting officer listing the following: contract number, location of work site, start and stop dates, and names of employees and subcontractor employees needing access to the base. The letter will also specify the individual(s) authorized to sign for a request for base identification credentials or vehicle passes. The contracting officer will endorse the request and forward it to the issuing base pass and registration office or Security Forces for processing. When reporting to the registration office, the authorized contractor individual(s) should provide a valid, REAL ID-compliant driver’s license (will be marked with a star on the upper right corner) or other accepted government-issued photo identification (e.g., U.S. Passport, U.S. Passport Card, Permanent Resident Alien Card, or other acceptable identification card issued by federal, state, or local government agencies), current vehicle registration, and valid vehicle insurance certificate to obtain a vehicle pass. Questions can be addressed to the Patrick SFB Visitor’s Center at 321- 494-0427, or to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Visitor’s Center at 321-853-5261

(c) During performance of the contract, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining required identification for newly assigned personnel and for prompt return of credentials and vehicle passes for any employee who no longer requires access to the work site.

(d) When work under this contract requires unescorted entry to controlled or restricted areas, the contractor shall comply with AFI 31-101, Integrated Defense para 7.2 and 7.15 and 45 Space Wing Integrated Defense Plan 31-1, Annex C to Appendix 6 and 7. At a minimum, Tier-1 investigations is required for unescorted entry into restricted areas and to obtain AF Form 1199, Air Force Entry Control Card (Restricted Area Badge). Contractors requiring unescorted entry into controlled areas will require a background investigation with the 45 SFS Visitor Control Centers and coordination with the servicing unit’s Controlled Area Monitor for EAL placement

(e) Upon completion or termination of the contract or expiration of the identification passes, the prime contractor shall ensure that all base identification passes issued to employees and subcontractor employees are returned to the issuing office.

(f) Failure to comply with these requirements may result in withholding of final payment.

2. CONTRACTOR ACCESS TO AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS - ADDITIONAL

REQUIREMENTS (Jun 2020)

(a) Contractors must have an approved request letter on file at Security Forces with employees name and the required data.

(b) Subcontracts: The contractor shall include this Special Contract Requirement in subcontracts of any tier.

(c) Unescorted Access to Installations:

(1) To request access to Patrick SFB and Cape Canaveral SFS, prior to their proposed business or contract requirements, all contractor personnel shall provide a current completed “45th Security Forces Credential Request Form”.

(2) Contractor personnel must complete and sign the applicable form cited above before the required background check (see d. and e. below) can be performed.

(d) All personnel entering Patrick SFB and Cape Canaveral SFS must provide two forms of identification (one must be a photo ID) and have a background check.

(1) For unescorted entry into non-restricted areas of the installations, personnel must obtain, from AF security personnel, favorable National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) check, and have complete social security employment verifications prior to being issued badges (to include temporary passes.

(2) Prior to being issued restricted area badges for unescorted entry into restricted areas of the installations, U.S. citizens working as contractor employees must obtain a favorable National Agency Check (NAC).

(3) All required information shall be provided to support background checks, and citizenship verification (i.e., birth certificate, passport, voter registration card, resident alien card, or certificate of naturalization).

(e) Escorted Access-Temporary Passes: Personnel may receive a temporary pass, Air Force Form 75/Visitor and Vehicle Pass, for no more than 30 total days in one 365 day period. This pass is issued without a criminal background check, but requires a Wants & Warrants check. Persons with temporary passes receive escorted access rights only, i. e.; they must be escorted at all times by an escort official. Escorted personnel must be with their escort official (the escort official must be in plain view) at all times while on the installation.

f) Personnel Background Checks

(1) The 45th Security Forces Visitor Control Centers will conduct the background check at no cost to the applicant. Refusal to submit to the background check will result in denial of access.

Applicants shall be denied installation access based on an arrest and/or criminal record per the 45th SW Installation Access Policy.

(2) Individuals who do not meet the criteria for unescorted base access may still be granted escorted access on a case-by-case basis. The determination will be made based on the results of the background investigation, totality of the criminal record and the types of crime reported.

(3) For the purposes of this policy, convictions are considered to include the following: Guilty verdicts or a Nolo Contendere plea, disposition of cases resulting in deferred adjudication or pretrial diversion and expunged offenses resulting in convictions of crimes per the 45th SW Installation Access Policy.

(4) Contractors should allow 14 days for background checks to be finalized. The contractor should provide the required form (see c. above) for each of its personnel to the government 14 days before the contract start date whenever possible. Background checks cannot be performed from only a list of names.

(g) The Government will not be held responsible for contractual impacts or delays caused by the contractor’s failure to take prompt action in providing the required information and documentation to obtain access to Patrick SFB and Cape Canaveral SFS.

(End of clause)

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

https://acquisition.gov. NOTE: ALL PROVISIONS WILL BE REMOVED AT TIME OF

AWARD BUT SHALL REMAIN PART OF THE CONTRACT FILE.

Attachments:

Attachment 1. SOW Sign Replacement w/Specs (13 pgs) Attachment 2. CCSFS Skid Strip Sign (2 pgs) Attachment 3. PSFB Sign Display (2 pgs) https://www.acquisition.gov/

DFARS Clauses/Provisions: