Combo ABAV Plate Carriers.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

27TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS CONTRACTING SQUADRON (SOCONS)

General Information

Requirement Information

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Requirement Title: ABAV Plate Carriers

Solicitation Number: FA485525Q0026

Solicitation Issue Date: 21 April 2025

Questions Due Date: 25 April 2025 prior to 1:00 P.M. (MT)

All questions regarding this solicitation shall be emailed to the Contract Specialist and Officer identified herein and the responses published by the Contracting Office will be the only official responses.

Solicitation Response Deadline: 30 April 2025 prior to 2:00 P.M. (MT)

All quotes must be received prior to the Response Due Date and Time to be considered. Late quotes WILL NOT be accepted. A quote is considered late if it is not received in the email inbox of the Contract Specialist and Officer listed herein prior to the due date and time. A quoter may request a DoD Safe Upload Link from the Contract Specialist listed herein. The DoD Safe Link with the quote must be received as specified herein to be considered timely.

Point(s) of Contact:

Contract Specialist: TSgt Tamarcus Turner -tamarcus.turner@us.af.mil 575-784-2607 Contract Officer: SrA Logan Gaib -logan.gaib@us.af.mil 575-784-2607

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

2. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation number is FA485525Q0026 and shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this RFP.

3. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect:

Federal Acquisition Circular 01/17/2025

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 01/17/2025

Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 10/16/2024

4. This requirement is being set aside for: 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

The North American Industry Size Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this requirement is 339999 which has a small business size standard of 550 Employees.

Instructions to Offerors

Description:

Cannon AFB has a requirement for First Spear Aviation Body Armor Vests (ABAV), 5 x ABAV Plate Carriers plus 15 x ABAV Pool Variant Plate Carriers. Funds for this requirement are currently unavailable but are subject to change.

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance:

Cannon AFB, NM 88103 (Exact address will be provided in the purchase order) FOB Destination

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price 0001 ABAV chest

Rigs supplies 1 Lot $ $

0002 Shipping 1 Lot $ $ Total $

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Sep 2023) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

Paragraph (a) – North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard first sentence revised as follows: “The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear above.”

Paragraph (c) – Period of Acceptance of Offers is revised as follows: “The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm until 30 September 2025 from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.”

1. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

a. The purpose of these instructions is to prescribe the format of the Request for Quotation (RFQ) and describe the approach for the development and presentation of the RFQ data. This is designed to ensure the essential information required for evaluation is submitted.

b. The Contracting Officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this solicitation so offeror’s are cautioned to submit their best pricing and technical information up-front. Upon examination of the initial offer’s, the Contracting Officer will review this determination and if, in the Contracting Officer’s opinion, adequate price competition exists, no additional cost information will be requested and certification under FAR 15.406-2 is not required. However, if at any time during this competition the Contracting Officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists, offeror’s may be required to submit information, “Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data”, to the extent necessary for the Contracting Officer to determine the reasonableness and affordability of the price.

c. To assure the timely and equitable evaluation of quotes, offeror’s shall follow the instructions contained herein. Offeror’s are required to meet and address all requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being deemed ineligible for award. Offeror’s must clearly identify any exception to the terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. Offeror’s are cautioned that failure to furnish required representations or information or rejection of the terms and conditions of the solicitation may exclude the offeror from competition. The quote when submitted, shall be comprehensive, complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of the RFQ. Elaborate artwork and visual aids are neither necessary or desired.

d. Representations and Certifications. Complete the required Representations and Certifications or indicate if the information is contained in the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://sam.gov/content/home.

e. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure its quote is received prior to the submission due date and time specified. Offerors are required to submit their quote electronically and offerors shall not lock, or password protect any file included in their submission. .ZIP files are not an acceptable format and will not be processed through our email system.

f. Late quotes. All quotes must be received prior to the Response Due Date and Time to be considered. Late quotes WILL NOT be accepted. A quote is considered late if it is not received in the email inbox of the Contract Specialist listed herein prior to the due date and time. An offeror may request a DoD Safe Upload Link from the Contract Specialist listed herein. The DoD Safe Link with the offeror’s quote must be received as specified herein to be considered timely.

g. To avoid rejection of a quotation, the offeror shall make every effort to ensure its electronic submission is virus free. Submissions or portions thereof submitted and which the automatic system detects the presence of a virus, or which are otherwise unreadable will be treated as unreadable pursuant to FAR 15.207(c).

h. Discrepancies. If an offeror believes the requirements in this solicitation contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the offeror shall immediately notify the Contract Specialist herein in writing with supporting rationale as well as the remedies the offeror is asking the Contracting Officer to consider as related to the error or omission.

i. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/content/home at the time of submission to be considered for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instructions shall be provided at the time of award.

Company Name: ________________ UEI Number: ___________________ Cage Code: ____________________ *Number of Employees: ________________ *Total Yearly Revenue: ________________

Estimated Delivery Time: _____________ Payment Terms: _______________ Warranty: ________________ FOB Destination Shipping Cost included? Yes/No

2. FORMAL COMMUNICATIONS

Evaluation Criteria

a. Any formal communication shall be submitted in writing (via email) to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer specified herein. It is the offeror’s responsibility to confirm receipt of all formal communications. Offeror’s quotes to this solicitation shall be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist, with a copy to the Contracting Officer.

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the quote.”

RFQ due date: 30 April 2025 RFQ due time: 2:00 P.M. MT Email to: TSgt Tamarcus Turner –tamarcus.turner@us.af.mil &

SrA Logan Gaib -logan.gaib@us.af.mil

THIS MUST BE SENT TO: –tamarcus.turner@us.af.mil and logan.gaib@us.af.mil AS STATED BELOW.

ANYTHING OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE. YOU MAY WISH TO

PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT.

Note: .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through our email system.

All questions regarding this RFQ must be emailed to tamarcus.turner@us.af.mil and -logan.gaib@us.af.mil by 25 April 2025 at 1:00 PM MT.

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offer responsible, 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:

a. Technical

b. Past Performance

c. Price

The Government will award a contract resulting from this RFQ to the responsible vendor whose quote conforming to the RFQ will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

1.Technical:

Quote must be rated as technically acceptable to be eligible for the award. To be deemed technically acceptable, the following evaluation criteria must be met:

(a) To be deemed acceptable, the proposed quote must adhere to the attached specifications.

(i) Include specification sheets with the quote.

2. Past Performance:

Awardswill not be made to any offeror that has relevant negative past performance.

(a) Past performance information may be obtained from any other sources available to the Government, to include, but not limited to, the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), or other databases.

3. Price:

Award will be made to the lowest priced vendor meeting all other evaluation criteria.

a. All complete offers will be sorted in order from lowest to highest based on Total Evaluated Price (TEP)

b. All prices shall be provided in USD.

c. The Offeror's total offered price will be determined by multiplying the quantities identified in the Combined Synopsis by the unit price, limited to two decimal places for each line item, to confirm the extended total amount for each line item. The sum of all extended amounts will be the Offeror's total offered price.

d. The Government will confirm all calculations.

(b) A vendor must be determined to be responsible by the Contracting Officer in order to be eligible for award.

Responsibility is described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.1, “Responsible Prospective Contractors.” Part of the determination addresses financial capability. Please provide the names, addresses and points of contact for all financial institution organizations utilized to determine if contractor has adequate financial resources to perform the contract or the ability to obtain them to include written authority to contact the provided financial institution.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of a quote, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful vendor within the time for acceptance specified in the quote, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the quote’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept a quote (or part of a quote), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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Attachment 1 – Salient Characteristics Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clause Attachment 3 - Brand Name JA ABAV plate carrieres

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