Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf

Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services 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; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels the solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. The Government has proposed several CLINs for potential vendors to provide quotes for. The Government will evaluate quotes submitted on each CLIN for technical acceptability. A resulting award will be done so on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis.

The 21st Contracting Squadron, Peterson Space Force Base (SFB), intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order for the purchase of the Global Knowledge Polaris Discovery Subscription Course# 100785 OR EQUAL. Subscriptions/licenses are to be valid for 12 months after award.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-01 (dated 30 Dec 2022), the Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement (dated 30 Dec 2022), and the Air Force Federal Acquisition Supplement (dated 20 Dec 2022).

This effort is being solicited as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 611430 – Professional and Management Development Training. The size standard is $15,000,000.00.

Product specifications are provided in the table below. Offerors can submit multiple quotations in the event they can offer access to this product suite, or equivalent, under different circumstances (example GSA schedule vs. Open Market). Regardless of multiple quotations, please indicate open market pricing on your quote if applicable.

CLIN 0001 QTY:

Global Knowledge’s Polaris Discovery subscription course 100785 OR

EQUAL

- 24/7 Live Virtual Classroom and Digital Content Learning subscription good for 12 months

- Include unlimited access per student to over 200+ instructor-led live virtual classes including AWS, Microsoft, CyberSecurity, ITIL, Cloud and additional topics*

- Include unlimited access per student to over 200+ digital classes including AWS, Microsoft, CyberSecurity, ITIL, Cloud and additional topics

- AWS and Microsoft content for both virtual and digital courses must be Authorized vendor materials

- Include Challenge Based lab activities available on demand

- At a minimum content should align to over 50 industry known certifications in the Cloud, CyberSecurity and other related areas

- Include exam vouchers for over 50 known certifications in the

Cloud, CyberSecurity, and other related areas

- Include the Global Knowledge Polaris Accelerate and Polaris

Launch subscriptions OR EQUAL for the duration of 12 months

All training must meet the requirements established under the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework, DoDM 8570.01, and DoDI 8140.02.

77 Each

*See Attachment #1 – Requirements for an example of additional training topics.

Request for Quotation (RFQ): FA251723Q0020 - IT Subscriptions

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

• Please provide a Firm Fixed Price quote.

• All quotes should include:

1. The solicitation number

2. Quote number

3. Name, address, Unique Entity ID Number, CAGE Code, Business Size and telephone number

4. Please provide a quote that lists delivery platform, subscription course number, description, unit price, and the extended price (if applicable). Quantity, Unit Price, Total Price and any discount terms

5. Include a statement to the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Note: Offers that fail to furnish required representations, or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation will be excluded from consideration.

6. Please provide a 30-day acceptance period for your quote.

7. Acknowledgement of solicitation and any applicable amendments

8. Terms of any express warranty and/or prompt payment discounts.

9. Specify if proposed pricing is open market or otherwise.

10. Pricing must contain all associated costs including any shipping and/or handling fees.

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FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS:

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. 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 a proposed product solution that meets or exceeds the current performance characteristics listed within CLIN 0001 extended description AND Attachment #1, Requirements.

Definition: Acceptable or Unacceptable.

• Acceptable is defined as the quote clearly meets the requirements of the solicitation (in terms of quantity, product description, and performance specifications).

• Unacceptable is defined as the quote does not clearly meet the requirements of the solicitation

(in terms of quantity, product description, and performance specifications).

AWARD PROCESS:

The Government will first review all quotes for compliance with this solicitation 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.

Interchanges: The government intends to award a purchase order without interchanges with respective vendors. The Government, however, reserves the right to conduct interchanges if deemed in its best interest.

The Government may conduct interchanges with one, some, none, or all offerors 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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The following provisions incorporated by reference apply:

FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements--Representation FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror FAR 52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation FAR 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items FAR 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting With Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certifications.

DFARS 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials DFARS 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls DFARS 252.222-7007, Representation Regarding Combating Trafficking in Persons

The following provisions incorporated by full text apply:

FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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 address (es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

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The following clauses incorporated by reference apply:

FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representation and Certifications FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance or Equipment FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Services FAR 52.232-1 Payments FAR 52.232-11 Extras DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Official DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DFARS 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product DFARS 252.204-7006 Billing Instructions.

DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support.

DFARS 252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program DFARS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors.

DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities DFARS 252.225-7036, Buy American – Free Trade Agreements – Balance of Payments Program DFARS 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items.

DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions (full text provided at award) DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments DFARS 252.232-7017Accelerating Payments to Small Business Subcontractors-Prohibition on Fees and Consideration. 2020-04 DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications.

DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items applies with the following clause incorporated by reference:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarrment 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Hydroflourocarbons

The following clauses incorporated by full text apply:

FAR 52.204-1 APPROVAL OF CONTRACT

This contract is subject to the written approval of the Contracting Officer and shall not be binding until so approved.

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FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address (es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

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The following AFFARS clauses apply:

AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman, AFICC/OL-SPC Director or Deputy of Contracting, 250 S Peterson AFB, CO 80914, 719-554-5300, fax 719-554-5299, afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil AFFARS 5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

Questions related to this solicitation shall be sent via email to eric.wienke@spaceforce.mil no later than 27 Sep 2023 at 10:00 AM, Mountain Time.

Quote Submission: Quotes are due NLT 31 Jan 2023 at 10:00 AM 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:

Contracting Officer Contract Specialist Justin Parrish Eric Wienke

(719) 556-4192 (719) 556-5386 justin.parrish.2@spaceforce.mil eric.wienke@spaceforce.mil https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far mailto:afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil mailto:justin.parrish.2@spaceforce.mil mailto:eric.wienke@spaceforce.mil