Combined Synopsis Solicitation - Additional Shuttle Buses.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

377TH AIR BASE WING (AFGSC)

377 MSG/PKB – KIRTLAND AFB, NEW MEXICO

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION NOTICE:

Requirement Title: CY25 Air Show - Additional Shuttle Buses (or Equivalent)

Solicitation Number: FA9401-25-Q-0032

Solicitation Issue Date: Friday, 11 April 2025

Response Deadline: Friday, 25 April 2025 no later than 1200 hours (MST)

Points of Contacts: SrA Samantha Weller / samantha.weller.1@us.af.mil / 505-846-7978

Alternate POC: Amn Tyler Hatfield / tyler.hatfield.2@gmail.com / 505-853-8005

Contracting Officer: MSgt Dakota C. Powell / dakota.powell@us.af.mil / 505-846-4669

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation notice for commercial product/services prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

2. This solicitation is being issued as a: Request for Quotation (RFQ).

3. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through, Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-03, dated 17 Jan 2025.

4. This acquisition is set aside for 100% small business

5. North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 485510 – Charter Bus Services

6. This requirement is currently unfunded. Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

REQUIREMENT INFORMATION

Description:

KAFB Air Show Buses in support of the CY25 KAFB Open House (Air Show). The contractor will provide shuttle bus transportation for Open House attendees between various parking locations in the Albuquerque metro area and Kirtland Air Force Base. The contractor must furnish 24 each, 44 passenger buses on specific dates and ensure passenger safety by maintaining properly maintained buses and qualified drivers. If 24 each 44 passenger shuttle buses cannot be provided, the contractor will provide a suitable and equivalent replacement for a minimum total of 1,056 passenger seats. For example, 48 each 22 passenger vehicles, or 96 each 11 passenger vehicles.

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

F.O.B. Destination: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117 (exact customer address will be provided in the resulting contract).

mailto:samantha.weller.1@us.af.mil%20/ mailto:/%20tyler.hatfield.2@gmail.com%20/ mailto:/%20dakota.powell@us.af.mil%20/

Line Item Description Quantity Unit of Measure 0001 Shuttle Buses, seats 44 (or Equivalent) 24 Ea

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

As prescribed in FAR 12.301(b)(1), the following instructions are additionally included:

1. Questions may be submitted to the POCs and Contracting Officer listed above no later than Friday, 18 April 2025. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered.

2. Quotes in response to this solicitation must be submitted via email to the POCs and Contracting Officer listed above no later than the established deadline.

3. Quotes must be valid through 09 May 2025.

4. All price quotations must be submitted on Attachment 2 - Quote Sheet, and it must be filled in entirely; all technical submissions must be submitted on a separate document.

5. All offerors shall complete the “52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.” as prescribed in 4.2105(a).

The provision and representation can be found in the clause section of this solicitation. (remove if PSC is on the Green List)

6. Complete the below contractor identification information.

Company Name: Point of Contact:

Address: Telephone Number:

Discount Terms SAM Registered: Yes/No Small Business: Yes/No DUNS # CAGE #: Veteran-Owned: Yes/No Woman-Owned: Yes/No Estimated Period of Performance/Delivery:

Signature/Date: Printed Name:

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-4#FAR_4_2105

EVALUATION CRITERIA

52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items.

(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 Acceptability, technical evaluation team will evaluate by assigning a rating of “acceptable” or “unacceptable”. The Government will evaluate a minimum of three (3) lowest priced offers for technical acceptability in accordance with the solicitation. If none of the lowest three (3) are technically acceptable, the

Government will evaluate the next three (3) lowest priced proposals until one proposal is technically acceptable, or until all offers have been evaluated. Only those proposals considered technically acceptable will receive further consideration for award.

2. Price – Price will be evaluated to be determined to be fair and reasonable in accordance with FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.

(c) 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.

CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS

FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with alternate I applies to this acquisition; the offeror verifies by submission of their offer that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation.

FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition; the following checked clauses are hereby included by reference:

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management

The provisions and clauses listed below have been determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. All provisions and clauses are available at https://www.acquisition.gov.

https://www.acquisition.gov/

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The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by full text or by reference as prescribed:

52.204-7, System or Award Management 52.247-34, F.O.B Destination 252.232-7006, Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions

52.232-18 Availability of Funds.

Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

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

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

Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Aug 2020) The Offeror shall not complete the representation at paragraph (d)(1) of 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.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Backhaul, covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, interconnection arrangements, reasonable inquiry, roaming, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition.

(1) 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. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

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

(2) Section 889(a)(1)(B) 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, 2020, from entering into a contract or extending or renewing a contract with an entity that uses 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. This prohibition applies to the use of covered telecommunications equipment or services, regardless of whether that use is in performance of work under a Federal contract. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot 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—

(1) It □ will, □ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-4#FAR_4_2105 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_26 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_25 https://www.sam.gov/

377 MSG/PKB – KIRTLAND AFB, NEW MEXICO

performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(1) of this section if the Offeror responds “will” in paragraph (d)(1) of this section; and

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry, for purposes of this representation, the Offeror represents that— It □ does, □ does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(2) of this section if the Offeror responds “does” in paragraph (d)(2) of this section.

(e) Disclosures.

(1) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded “will” in the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment—

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a distributor, if known);

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

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the Product Service Code (PSC) of the service being provided;

and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(2) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded “does” in the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment—

(A) 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);

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

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

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the PSC of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.

(End of provision)

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 – Statement of Work (SOW) Attachment 2 – Quote Sheet