COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

FOR

MATERIALS AND TEXTILES LAB TENSILE TESTER

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products prepared in accordance with part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. This solicitation is expected to result in the award of a firm-fixed-price contract. The solicitation document, FA8606-26-Q-B0001 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The associated NAICS code is 334519.

Small business size standard is: 600. This solicitation primarily incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

Notice to Offerors:

The government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date for receipt of quotations. In the event the government cancels this solicitation, the government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. If funds are not available to fund the entire contract value, the Government reserves the right to re-evaluate quotations by unit price per item and issue an award on a SOME, NONE, or ALL basis for each individual item needed.

Award will be made to the lowest price, technically acceptable, responsible offeror.

Description of Requirement:

The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitation is for the purchase and delivery of the necessary labor, materials, equipment and tools required to provide and install one (1) Tensile

Tester and remove the current tester (Instron 5584) in accordance with Attachment 1 – Salient

Characteristics.

Schedule of Supplies:

Submit pricing to include shipping in accordance with table below.

CLIN # Product/Service

Description

Quantity /

Unit

Delivery Location Delivery

Date

0001 Tensile Tester 1 EA 2060 Monohan Way, Bldg 17

Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

45433

0002 Installation 1 EA 2060 Monohan Way, Bldg 17

0003 Removal of

Existing Tester

1 EA 2060 Monohan Way, Bldg 17 http://www.acquisition.gov/

Delivery Schedule:

Shipments shall be delivered to the following address:

2060 Monahan Way, Bldg 17

Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 45433

Points of Contact:

Contract Specialist: Capt Krystal Ruiz-Velez, email: krystal.ruiz-velez@us.af.mil

Contracting Officer: Ben Heath, email: ben.heath.2@us.af.mil

Due Date and Time:

Questions must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer listed below by:

10:00 am EDT on Friday, 24 April 2026

Answers to questions submitted in accordance with (IAW) specified due date will be provided on or around:

Monday, 27 April 2026

Quotes must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer listed below by:

4:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Provision and Clauses:

All FAR clauses may be viewed in full text by viewing the Federal Acquisition Regulation Table of Contents via the Internet at https://www.acquisition.gov/

The following listed FAR clauses apply to this solicitation and are hereby incorporated:

Applicable Provisions In Full Text:

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items-Commercial Products and

Commercial Services (Feb 2026) (Deviation 2026-O0038) applies to this Request for Quote.

• Offerors must follow the instructions contained herein and are required to meet all requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors or subfactors.

Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offeror being ineligible for award.

• Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

• At a minimum, quote must be valid for 45 calendar days from date quotes are requested by.

• Quote must contain company’s SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number and/or

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code.

https://www.acquisition.gov/ http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1362_186295

• Quote must contain expiration date, proposed delivery date, and any discount terms.

• Offerors shall provide detailed information on the product(s) being offered, including product/model number(s), comprehensive product description(s), and any other relevant details necessary for technical evaluator(s) to fully understand what is being quoted. This information is critical to ensure that the offered product(s) meet the government's requirements that are stated within Attachment 1 – Salient Characteristics.

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Feb 2026)

(Deviation 2026-O0038)

(a) Evaluation factors. 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 will be used to evaluate offers:

• Price: Offerors will be evaluated based upon price and ranked lowest to highest.

• Technical: Lowest three (3) offerors will undergo technical evaluation. The quotes will then be evaluated based upon ability to furnish the items requested, as well as any other attachments associated with this solicitation. If any or all three (3) of the lowest quotes are deemed unacceptable, the next lowest quote(s) will be evaluated, and the process will continue until three (3) quotes are found to be technically acceptable. If three (3) or less quotes are received, then all quotes received will be sent for technical evaluation.

(b) Notice of award. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer 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)

Applicable Provisions Incorporated by Reference:

FAR 52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal

Transactions (SEP 2024)

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

Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (JAN 2017)

FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management—Registration

FAR 52.204-90, Offeror Identification

DFARS 252.203-7005, Forms at on Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

DFARS 252.204-7019, Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements

DFARS 252.204-7024, Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System

DFARS 252.225-7055, Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

DFARS 252.225-7059, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur

Autonomous Region-Representation

Applicable Clauses In Full Text:

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions (JAN 2023)

(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.

(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. N/A

(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. Invoice 2in1

(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 financing, submit a commercial 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.

Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC TBD

Issue By DoDAAC FA8606

Admin DoDAAC** FA8606

Inspect By DoDAAC FA8606

Ship To Code FA8606

Ship From Code Not Applicable

Mark For Code Not Applicable

Service Approver

(DoDAAC)

Not Applicable

Service Acceptor

(DoDAAC)

Not Applicable

Accept at Other DoDAAC Not Applicable

LPO DoDAAC Not Applicable

DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Not Applicable

Other DoDAAC(s) Not Applicable

(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 Points of Contact.

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

Not Applicable

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

(End of clause)

Applicable Clauses Incorporated by Reference:

FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management—Maintenance

FAR 52.204-91, Contractor identification

FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

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

FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor

FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans

FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans

FAR 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires

FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons

FAR 52.223-23, Sustainable Products and Services

FAR 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies

FAR 52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management

FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award

FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

FAR 52.240-91, Security Prohibitions and Exclusions

FAR 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

DFARS 252.204-7022, Expediting Contract Closeout

DFARS 252.205-7000, Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders

DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation

DFARS 252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

DFARS 252.225-7056, Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

DFARS 252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur

Autonomous Region

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

DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

DFARS 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel

DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment

DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea

DAFFARS 5352.223-9000 Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (Jun

2024)

DAFFARS 5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations (Jul 2023)

DAFFARS 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Department of the Air Force Installations (June

2024)

OMBUDSMAN (JUL 2023)

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution.

Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Col Sean Tucker, AFLCMC/AQ-AZ at (937)255-5512 or sean.tucker.1@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/FLDCOM/DRU ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Department of the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force

Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571)

256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

(End of clause)

Solicitation Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Salient Characteristics, dated 20 April 2026