Combined Synopsis-Solicitation RFP W91CRB-25-R-Mounts.pdf

SUBJECT: Solicitation: W91CRB-25-R-MOUNTS; Request for Quote (RFQ)

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, 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. The RFQ document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-07.

This solicitation is a Request for Quote (RFQ) under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 333310 “Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing”.

The size standard for the NAICS Code is 1000 employees. Quotes must be valid for 90 days.

This requirement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside and only qualified sellers may submit bids. The Product and Service Code (PSC) is 1240 “Optical Sighting And Ranging Equipment”.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), an agency of the Government, intends to procure brand name or equal Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight Mounts for the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC). The Government anticipates the issuance of a commercial, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract, in accordance with (IAW) FAR 13.106, as a result of the subject solicitation. The anticipated date of award is to be determined.

Brand name or equal supplies are requested to be proposed upon and specified by the offeror as seen below:

Description:

Description NSN / P/N QTY ACOG 4x32 Tritium Only, Center Illuminated, Color: Amber, Size: .223, Crosshair Reticle w/ Back Iron Sights, TA51 Mount Brand name or equivalent

TA01NSN 335 EA

The interested parties bear full responsibility to ensure their submission demonstrates to the government that they can provide the Brand name equipment being requested or Equal For Equivalent substitutions. If an alternate model is quoted, a side-by-side comparison of characteristics must be provided. If this information is not provided, quotes will be considered nonresponsive and ineligible for award.

Delivery: Vendor will not be responsible for shipping the equipment. Specific information required for shipment preparation will be provided on the contract.

Other Information/Requirements:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/Regs/FAR2AFMCFARS/FARDFARS/FAR/12.htm#P306_50177

1. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure that their Offer is compliant with ALL provisions of the FAR and its supplements. The Government MAY, but is not obligated to, consider an Offer that is non-compliant with any provision of the FAR and its supplements. Furthermore, the Government is NOT required to inform any Offeror that their Offer is non-compliant with the FAR or any of its supplements. Failure of an Offer to comply with any provision of the FAR and its supplements may result in the Offeror being deemed non-responsive to the solicitation.

2. All responsible sources may submit a quote which will be considered by the Contracting Officer. The offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and include the assigned CAGE Code or Unique Entity Identifier with quote submission.

3. **Offerors SHALL include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, or completed SAM representation, with their response.**

4. The Government requires offerors shall provide sustainable proposed delivery dates for all items.

5. Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): 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.

6. The offeror shall submit their quote via email to Antoinette Coward, antoinette.w.coward.civ@army.mil by 10:00AM – EST-U.S. Friday, 08 November 2024.

Contact Information:

Antoinette Coward Contract Specialist Army Contracting Command –Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Email: antoinette.w.coward.civ@army.mil

BASIS FOR AWARD:

In accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), comparative evaluation procedures will be utilized.

Comparative evaluation is the comparison of all offers received in response to this solicitation against each other. An item-by-item comparison of each offer to one another will be performed to determine which offer provides the most benefit to the Government. Award will be made to the offer that is most advantageous to the Government. The Government may award to the lowest priced offeror that meets the Government’s minimum requirements; however, the Government reserves the right to award to a higher priced offeror exceeding the minimum requirements if it is most advantageous to the Government. To be considered for award, an offer mailto:antoinette.w.coward.civ@army.mil mailto:antoinette.w.coward.civ@army.mil must meet the Government’s minimum technical requirement contained in this solicitation. The below evaluation factors will be utilized during evaluation (in no order of relative importance):

Price Technical Capabilities/Specification Past Performance Delivery Time

The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Additionally, the Contracting Officer reserves the right to make no award under this solicitation.

Price will be evaluated based upon the total proposed price. Please indicate if your pricing includes any contingent fees, including agents’ fees and sales commissions. If the pricing does include such fees, please indicate the total dollar value of the contingent fees.

To be considered technically acceptable, an offeror MUST demonstrate that they can meet the specifications provided in this combined synopsis/solicitation. The technical element of the evaluation will be based solely on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information which is not provided in the quote.

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES applicable to this acquisition are as follows:

FAR 52.201-1 Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management FAR 52.204-12 Unique Entity Identifier Maintenance FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment FAR 52.207-4 Economic Purchase Quantity-Supplies FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders- Commercial Items For Paragraph (b) the following clauses apply: 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 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- 37 Employment Reports on Veterans; 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management; 52.203-6 Restrictions on

Subcontractor Sales to the Government with Alt I; 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application; 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside;

52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation; 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule; 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act; 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; AND 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving;

FAR 52.225-18 Place of Manufacture FAR 52.242-13 Bankruptcy FAR 52.246-15 Certificate of Conformance FAR 52.247-29 F.O.B. Origin FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated By Reference DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DFARS 252.203-7005 Representations Relating to Compensation of Former DoD

Officials DFARS 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation

Support DFARS 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—

Representation DFARS 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation DFARS 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System 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 252.215-7008 Only One Offer DFARS 252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense

Contractors DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium DFARS 252.225-7005 Identification of Expenditures in the United States DFARS 252.225-7007 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist

Chinese Military DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities DFARS 252.225-7027 Restriction on Contingent Fees for Foreign Military Sales DFARS 252.225-7028 Exclusionary Policies and Practices of Foreign Government

DFARS 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel DFARS 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items DFARS 252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro

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

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

Autonomous Region–Representation 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 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications DFARS 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment.

DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontract for Commercial Items

The solicitation document and anticipated contract award incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. Full text of these provisions and clauses, with noted exceptions regarding local clauses, may be obtained by accessing the following internet website: https://www.acquisition.gov https://www.acquisition.gov/