Combined Synopsis Welding.pdf

N00244-24-Q-0231

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures and 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a Request for Quotation (RFQ) is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation number is N00244-24-Q-0231. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through latest Federal Acquisition Circular and DFARS change notices. This solicitation is issued as full and open competition.

NAICS Code 333992 Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing is applicable and business size is 1,250 employees. The solicitation will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 18 June 2024 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time.

Contractor must complete all Representations and Certifications found in the provisions listed below within their profile in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for this solicitation.

Requirements ACU-5 need to procure custom built WeldTec 25’ and 50’ TIG torch, ProFax Finger Tip control with 14 pin connection, Profax 52’ finger control with 14 pin connection, Custom built WeldTec 50’ TIG torch leads to support Maintenance and Operations department’s welding shops at ACU-5.

Purpose: These welding accessories are required for proper operation of Miller Dynasty 350 and 400 welding machines operating under high amperage while welding on Landing Air Craft Cushioning (LCAC). Currently Maintenance and Operations have 23 welding machines currently not in use due to lack of materials. Items being requested below are required IAW S6240-A9-MAN-10.

(a) Manufacturer Name: WeldTec, TIG Welding Products

Manufacturer Part Number: TEC-SPWT-20FH-25RB

Description – Custom built 25’ Tig Torch; package includes 25’ power cable-vinyl, 25’ Gas hose vinyl, 25’ water hose-vinyl, 3” Nylon cable cover with zipper closure spanning 24’.

Quantity and Unit of Issue: 24 Each

(b) Manufacturer Name: ProFax

Manufacturer Part Number: PROPXMFTC-14

Description – 27’ Finger Tip Control with 14 pins designed for Miller Welding Machines

Quantity and Unit of Issue: 24

(c) Manufacturer Name: Profax

Manufacturer Part Number: PROPXMCTC-14-52

Description– 52’ Fingertip Control with 14 pins designed for Miller Welding Machines

Quantity and Unit of Issue: 24

(d) Manufacturer Name: WeldTec, TIG Welding Products

Manufacturer Part Number: TEC-SPWT-20FH-50RB

Description – Custom built 50’ Tig Torch; package includes 50’ power cable-vinyl, 50’ Gas hose-vinyl, 50’ water hose-vinyl, 3” Nylon cable cover with zipper closure spanning 50’.

Quantity and Unit of Issue: 24 Each

All must be compatible with Miller Dynasty 350 and 400 welding machines.

Delivery Date: 30-45 days after award

Delivery: FOB Destination.

ACU-5

Donald Cook Road Bldg. 31916 Camp Pendleton CA 92055.

Inspection and acceptance: At Destination by the Government.

Contract Type: Order/ Contract resulting from this solicitation will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP).

Additional

NOTE 1: NAVSUP Fleet Logistic Center San Diego is planning to purchase the stated brand name using simplified acquisition procedures from Lowest Price Technically Acceptable offerors, IAW FAR 13.106-

2(b).

NOTE 2: Failure to provide specifications will result in rejection of quotation. The Buy American Act applies to this procurement, unless an exception applies.

NOTE 3: New equipment only; No remanufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

NOTE 4: No partial bids allowed. No partial shipments permitted, unless specifically authorized at the time of award.

NOTE 5: The contract award will include award/points of contact/invoicing or payment information.

NOTE 6: The method of payment for this procurement shall be Wide Area Work Flow WAWF system in

Accordance with DFAR 252.232-7006

NOTE 7: FOB Destination.

NOTE 8: Quotes shall include lead-time, assembly, place of manufacture, shipping, freight, and other related delivery expenses.

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This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through the latest FAR and DFARS change notices. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov

Post Award Contract Administration will be performed by NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, Code 250.

Payment: The US Navy anticipates using Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) to pay invoices IAW DFAR 252.232-7003 and DFARS 252.232-7006.

Requests for technical and or contractual clarification are to be submitted in writing. TECHNICAL

QUESTIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL to janet.y.nunez.civ@us.navy.mil received no later than 17 June 2024 12:00:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. Answers to questions will be provided in the form of an amendment to this solicitation.

THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE APPLICABLE AND ARE HEREBY

INCORPORATED INTO THE SOLICITATION BY REFERENCE AND BY FULL TEXT.

It is the responsibility of the interested contractors to obtain copies of the necessary provisions and or clauses that are required as a part of this solicitation. Required clauses/provisions that are not submitted may render a quote not to be accepted by the Government.

REVIEW OF AGENCY PROTESTS

The contracting activity, Fleet Logistics Center San Diego (FLCSD) will process agency protests in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 33.103(d).

Pursuant to FAR 33.103(d)(4), agency protests may be filed directly with the appropriate reviewing authority; or, a protester may appeal a decision rendered by a contracting officer to the reviewing authority.

The reviewing authority for FLCSD is the Director, Regional Contracts Department, Fleet Logistics Center San

Diego at 3985 Cummings Road, San Diego, CA 92136-4200. Agency procurement protests should clearly identify the initial adjudicating official, i.e., the "contracting officer" or "reviewing official".

Offerors should note this review of the Contracting Officer's decision will not extend GAO's timeliness requirements. Therefore, any subsequent protest to GAO must be filed within 10 days of knowledge of initial adverse agency action.

SUPTXT 203.1106-1 (3-18) NAVY USE OF ABILITYONE SUPPORT CONTRACTOR - RELEASE OF

OFFEROR INFORMATION

NAVSUP FLC San Diego may utilize contractor support through the AbilityOne Program, as needed, to perform contract closeout functions for this acquisition. Information, including business sensitive/confidential or proprietary data, that the offeror provides to the Government or information already in the possession of the Government may be viewed and utilized by the AbilityOne Program support contractor personnel during the course of its contract performance. The information that may be made available to the support contractor may include, for example, pricing and technical proposals, historical contract, pricing and performance information, Commercial Asset

Visibility (CAV) reporting information and similar data/information.

https://www.acquisition.gov/

By submission of a proposal in response to this solicitation, the offeror and its subcontractors consent to a release of their business sensitive/confidential or proprietary data to the Government's AbilityOne Program support contractor personnel in order to perform close out services. Prior to the release of any such information to the support contractor, the support contractor will have in place with the Government a Non-Disclosure/Non-Use Agreement in accordance with the terms of the AbilityOne Program support contract.

Offerors may execute their own Non-Disclosure Agreement with the AbilityOne Program (AbilityOne contact information available from the contracting point of contact). The support contractor must provide copies of the executed agreements to the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for the support contract; and the offeror/contractor for this acquisition must provide copies of the executed Agreement to the

Contracting Officer for this acquisition. If the offeror/contractor seeks such a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the

AbilityOne Program support contractor, the Agreement must be executed no later than the date of final delivery under the resulting NAVSUP FLC San Diego contract.

UNIT PRICES

Contractor unit prices, when incorporated into a Government contract, may be releasable under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) in the event NAVSUP FLCSD receives a FOIA request.

For supplies: New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

No partial shipments are permitted unless specifically authorized at the time of award.

PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2018

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting AUG 2020

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and

Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

NOV 2021

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

SEP 2023

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services NOV 2021

52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax

Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law

FEB 2016

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items FEB 2024

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial

Products and Commercial Services--Alternate I

FEB 2024

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD

Officials

SEP 2022

252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information

Controls

OCT 2016

252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services-- Representation

DEC 2019

252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services--Representation

MAY 2021

252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements NOV 2023

252.204-7024 Notice on the use of the Supplier Performance Risk System MAR 2023

252.225-7000 Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate--

Basic

FEB 2024

252.225-7020 Trade Agreements Certificate--Basic NOV 2014

252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial

Satellite Services—Representations

DEC 2018

252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro

Regime

MAY 2022

252.225-7973 Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-Made Unmanned

Aircraft Systems—Representation. (DEVIATION 2020-O0015)

MAY 2020

252.239-7098 Prohibition on Contracting to Maintain or Establish a Computer

Network Unless Such Network is Designed to Block Access to Certain Websites - Representation (DEVIATION 2021-O0003)

APR 2021

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Items (NOV 2021)

The Government will award on the basis of price and technical, unless the contracting officer is aware of past performance information related to the low price quote/offer which indicates that quote/ offer may not represent best value. In that case, the Government reserves the right to consider the past performance of other quotes/ offers, conduct a price, past performance tradeoff, and award to other than the lowest price quote/offer.

(End of clause)

52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions.

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any Defense Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 2) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(End Provision)

252.225-7000 Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate. (FEB 2024)

(a) Definitions. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, component, critical component, critical item, domestic end product, foreign end product, qualifying country, qualifying country end product, and United States, as used in this provision, have the meanings given in the 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments

Program--Basic clause of this solicitation.

(b) Evaluation. The Government--

(1) Will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 225 of the Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement; and

(2) Will evaluate offers of qualifying country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute or the Balance of Payments Program.

(c) Certifications and identification of country of origin.

(1) For all line items subject to the Buy American and Balance of Payments Program--Basic clause of this solicitation, the Offeror certifies that--

(i) Each end product, except those listed in paragraphs (c)(2) or (3) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c)(4) of this provision contains a critical component or a critical item; and

(ii) For end products other than COTS items, components of unknown origin are considered to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or a qualifying country. For those end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select "no".

(2) The Offeror certifies that the following end products are qualifying country end products:

Line item No. Country of origin

(3) The following end products are other foreign end products, including end products manufactured in the United

States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select "no".

Exceeds 55%

Line item No. Country of origin domestic content

(If known) (yes/no)

(4) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component or a critical item (see Federal Acquisition Regulation 25.105).

Domestic end products containing a critical component or a critical item:

Line Item Number

[List as necessary]

(End of provision)

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code

Maintenance

AUG 2020

52.204‐19 Incorporation By Reference Of

Representations And Certifications

DEC 2014

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial

Items

NOV 2023

52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services MAY 2024

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations JUN 2013

52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies-Fixed-Price AUG 1996

52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination NOV 1991

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated By Reference FEB 1998

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of

Former DoD Officials

SEP 2011

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of

Whistleblower Rights

DEC 2022

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work

Product

APR 1992

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

JAN 2023

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of

Information for Litigation Support

JAN 2023

252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered

Defense Telecommunications Equipment or

Services

JAN 2023

252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment

Requirements.

JAN 2023

252.204-7022 Expediting Contract Closeout MAY 2021

252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation JAN 2023

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium JAN 2023

252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as

Subcontractors

MAR 2022

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic

Commodities

APR 2022

252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements--

Balance of Payments Program--Basic

JAN 2023

252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements--

Balance of Payments Program--Alternate I

JAN 2023

252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed

Forces Deployed Outside the United States

OCT 2023

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items JUNE 2013

252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

JAN 2023

252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

JUN 2023

252.225-7061 Restriction on the Acquisition of Personal

Protective Equipment and Certain Other Items from Non-Allied Foreign Nations

JAN 2023

252.225-7972 Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-

Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

(DEVIATION 2020-O0015)

MAY 2020

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DEC 2018

252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions JAN 2023

252.232-7007 Limitation of Government’s Obligation APR 2014

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DEC 2006

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items NOV 2023

252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea--Basic JAN 2023

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required

To Implement Statutes or Executive

JUN 2023 Pursuant to CD 2018-O0021, DoD may deviate from the requirements in 12.301(b)(4)

Orders—Commercial Items (CD 2023-

O0008) and the clause at 52.212-5 when using the SPS.

Clauses below are contained within FAR 52.212-5

52.203-19* Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements or Statements

JAN 2017

52.204-10* Reporting Executive Compensation and First-

Tier Subcontract Awards

JUN 2020

52.204-23* Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or

Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other

Covered Entities

NOV 2021

52.204-25* Prohibition of Contracting for Certain

Telecomunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment

NOV 2021

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered

Application

Jun 2023

52.209-6* Protecting the Government’s Interest When

Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

NOV 2021

52.209-10* Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted

Domestic Corporations

NOV 2015

52.219-6* Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside NOV 2020

52.219-14* Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION

2021-O0008)

SEP 2021

52.219-28* Post-Award Small Business Program

Rerepresentation

MAR 2023

52.222-3* Convict Labor JUNE

52.222-19* Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

NOV 2023

52.222-21* Prohibition of Segregated Facilities APR 2015

52.222-26* Equal Opportunity SEP 2016

52.222-36* Equal Opportunity for Workers with

Disabilities

JUN 2020

52.222-41* Service Contract Labor Standards AUG 2018

52.222-42* Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal

Hires

MAY 2014

52.222-50* Combating Trafficking in Persons NOV 2021

52.222-55* Minimum Wages Under Executive Order

13658

JAN 2022

52.222-62* Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order

13706

JAN 2022

52.223-18* Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text

Messaging While Driving

JUN 2020

52.225-13* Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FEB 2021

52.232-33* Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—

System for Award Management

OCT 2018

52.232-40* Providing Accelerated Payments to Small

Business Subcontractors

MAR 2023

52.233-3* Protest after Award AUG 1996

52.233-4* Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim OCT 2004

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Defense Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

(End of clause)

End of Clauses/Provisions.

Contractor must complete all Representations and Certifications found in the provisions listed below within their profile in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for this solicitation.

Quotation information may be submitted via email. Submit responses to: janet.y.nunez.civ@us.navy.mil

Reference solicitation number: N00244-24-Q-0231 on all documents and requests for information.

Quotes must be received no later than 18 June 2024 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time.

http://www.sam.gov/