Combined Synopsis Solicitation - FA442724Q0138.pdf

5 August 2024

MEMORANDUM FOR ALL PROSPSECTIVE OFFERORS

FROM: 60TH CONTRACTING SQUADRON

350 HANGAR AVE, BLDG. 549

TRAVIS AFB, CA 94535-2632

SUBJECT: Request for Quotation (RFQ), FA4427-24-Q-0134, 70 ARS KC-46 Headsests

1. The 60th Contracting Squadron at Travis Air Force Base intends to establish a Firm Fixed Price contract for a 70 ARS KC-46 Headsests in IAW Statement of Need (SON).

2. General Information:

Notice Type:

Solicitation Number:

Title:

Posted Date:

RFQ Response Date:

Set Aside:

NAICS Code:

Point of Contact:

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

FA442724Q0138

70 ARS KC-46 Headsests 5 Aug 2024 14 Aug 2024 12:00 PST 100% Small Business Set-Aside 334290 - Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing TSgt Paula Rodriguez paula.rodriguez.1@us.af.mil Maekyla Rosendo maekyla_jane.rosendo.3@us.af.mil

3. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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.

Additionally, the Government will utilize simplified procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13.

4. This combined synopsis/solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) with solicitation number FA442724Q0138.

5. A statement that the solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05 effective 22 May 2024, Defense Acquisition Circular 05/30/2024 effective 30 May 2024, and Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Circular 2024-0612 effective 12 June 2024.

6. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is 334290 - Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing. Small Business Size Standard is 800 employees.

7. The contractor shall provide 65 Bose Proflight Series II Headsets with 6 pin LEMO adapter and 65 Bose U174 mil-spec adapters under a Firm Fixed Priced contract in accordance with (IAW) attached Statement of Need (SON). The following table contains the description of requirements for the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) items to be delivered, the quantity, the unit of measure, and FOB point.

CLIN Description Quantity Unit Cost per

Unit Total

(USD $) (USD $)

Bose Proflight Series II, Part # 789812-5040, with 6 pin LEMO adapter

65 Each

Bose U174 mil-spec Adapter, Part # 327080-0020

Each

0003 Freight/Shipping 1 Each

TOTAL (US Dollars $) All CLINS

FOB Destination Place of Delivery:

585 Hickam Ave Bldg 181/Upstairs/70ARS Travis AFB CA 94535

Vendor Information Ordering Address Point of Contact Phone Number Fax Number

E-Mail Address Quote Date/Expiration Cage Code Web Address

Socioeconomic Status (Check all that apply):

( ) Small Business ( ) SDB ( ) HUBZone ( ) Woman-Owned SB ( )SDVOSB ( )8(a) ( ) EDWOSB ( ) Other – Please State:

Each offeror shall submit their certifications when submitting a quote.

8. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offeror – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023) and the addendum, applies to this acquisition Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, (b) Instructions to Offeror Commercial Items. Request for Quotation (RFQ) shall contain the following information: RFQ Number; Company Name; Address; UEI Number; Cage Code Number; Point of Contact; Telephone Number; Email Address; Tax ID number; Warranty Information; Delivery Date; Payment Terms. Offeror shall include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with the terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation.

Quotes shall also contain all other documentation specified herein. The government reserves the right to evaluate the quotes and award without interchanges.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1(c), Period for Acceptance of Offers. The paragraph is tailored as follows: “The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.”

9. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

(Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-2(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:

(i) Price. The quoted price will be determined by the total price provided in the pricing schedule.

(ii) Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement in accordance with the Statement of Need. The vendor shall provide a detailed description and specification of the items included in the quote. The information submitted must be sufficient for the Government to assess the technical capability of these items to fulfill the same or similar end results as the solicited specifications.

All prices will be determined by multiplying the quantities by the proposed unit price for all CLIN to confirm the extended amount or the total amount. The Government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2 (b) (3), where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do

so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Responses should contain your best terms, conditions.

10. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Feb 2024), Alternate I (Feb 2024), with their offer, or the offeror shall complete paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-3, if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://www.sam.gov.

Vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM); the website is https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ . Contact SAM at US Calls: 866-606-8220, International Calls: 1-334-206-7828, however, a DUNS number must be known prior to registration. Call Dun and Bradstreet at 1-888-546-0024 to verify or apply for a Duns number;

the website is http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform.

11. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Nov 2023), applies to this acquisition.

12. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Feb 2024) applies to this acquisition; additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are:

FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Jun 2020) FAR 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023) FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2024) FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021) FAR 52.223- 18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) FAR 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (Nov 2023) FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-system for Award Management (Oct.

2018)

13. CLAUSES/PROVISIONS BY FULL TEXT

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation in 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)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

“Covered telecommunications equipment or services”, “critical technology”, and “substantial or essential component” have the meanings provided in clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. 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. Contractors are not prohibited from providing—

(i) 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 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 it □ will, □ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation.

(e) Disclosures. If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) of this provision that it “will” provide covered telecommunications equipment or services”, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer—

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

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

(3) For services, the entity providing the covered telecommunications services (include entity name, unique entity identifier, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, if known); and

(4) For equipment, 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).

(End of Provision)

FAR 52.204-26 COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES-

REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision, "covered telecommunications equipment or services" and "reasonable inquiry" have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) 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".

(c)(1) Representation. The Offeror represents that it □ does, □ 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.

(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 any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services.

(End of Provision)

14. CLAUSE/PROVISIONS by Reference:

FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014) FAR 52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment, Nov 2021 FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal, Aug 1999 FAR 52.242-17, Government Delay of Work, Apr 1984 FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination (Nov 1991) FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) (https://www.acquisition.gov) FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) (https://www.acquisition.gov) DFARS 252.204-7006 Billing Instructions-Cost Vouchers (May 2023) DFARS 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services— Representation (Dec 2019) DFARS 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (May 2021) DFARS 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services (Jan 2023) DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 2018) DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Jan 2023) DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services (Nov 2023) DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (Jan 2023) DAFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Jul 2023) (Mrs. Susan R. Madison, AFICA OL AMC, 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5022, 618-229-0267, fax 618-256- 6668, email:

susan.madison@us.af.mil)

15. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not applicable to this acquisition.

16. All questions for this solicitation are due 8 Aug 2024 at 12:00 PST and must be emailed to both POCs below. Offerors shall provide quotes no later than 14 Aug 2024 at 12:00 PST to the 60th Contracting Office via email:

TSgt Paula Rodriguez paula.rodriguez.1@us.af.mil Maekyla Rosendo maekyla_jane.rosendo.3@us.af.mil

17. If there are any questions on this combined synopsis/solicitation, please contact the individuals below:

TSgt Paula Rodriguez Contract Specialist Email paula.rodriguez.1@us.af.mil

Maekyla Rosendo Contracting Officer Email maekyla_jane.rosendo.3@us.af.mil