Combo Bi-Fuel Final.pdf

The 375th Contracting Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, IL is seeking to award for install of new bi-fuel/dual fuel/blended fuel system and associated equipment for the proper operation of existing generator in accordance with the below minimum specifications defined in paragraph (vi), Description of Requirement.

This is a commercial purchase using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and Part 13 procedures. The following information, as required per FAR 12.603(c)(2) applies:

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Part 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.

(ii) Solicitation number FA440720Q0018 issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation document incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-08, effective 08-13-2020, and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Publication Notice 20200605.

(iv) This acquisition is being solicited as a 100% Small Business Set Aside via beta.SAM.gov under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 238220, Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning Contractors. The small business size standard is $16.5 Million. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) is 4530, Fuel Burning Equipment Units.

(v) Contract Line Item Number(s) CLINS:

Item

# Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Price

Bi-Fuel/Dual Fuel/Blended Fuel System to Emergency Generator at Bldg. P-5.

This includes all parts, tools, material and equipment.

1 LO

0002 Installation and Freight 1 LO

GRAND TOTAL $

(vi) Description of requirement:

The Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials and equipment to deliver and put into place one (1) bi-fuel/dual fuel/blended fuel system and associated equipment for the proper operations of existing generator in building P-5, Scott AFB IL. The bi-fuel/dual fuel/blended fuel contractor shall supply the following requirements to the system:

1) be of the following design principles:

i. gas delivered to diesel engine at a regulated and monitored “zero” or “negative” pressure relative to ambient conditions – inherent level of safety

ii. use of a primarily supervisory control scheme (“gas ON” or “gas OFF”, no primary “active” gas flow control) –inherent level of safety and greater stability

iii. primary gas flow is derived by the direct physical relationship of combustion air flow through a true venture air-gas mixer, thus maintaining a single engine control point for the delivery of both fuels while in bi-fuel mode of operation – inherent level of safety and greater stability

iv. use of dedicated sensors (bi-fuel system supplied) to monitor critical engine parameters related to bi-fuel operation – inherent level of safety and reliability

v. operate autonomously, without any required interface with diesel engine ECM or other control source – inherent level of safety and reliability

The contractor shall abide by Scott AFB, local, county, state and federal laws under this contract.

The Contractor shall use innovative industry/commercial standards/procedures and equipment to minimize the expenditure or time and funds while ensuring the highest of quality work.

See attached Minimum Specifications document for complete details.

(vii) The Government desires FOB Destination to Scott AFB, IL.

(viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Jun 2020), is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

In addition to the following addendum, all terms and conditions of FAR 52.212-1 remain in effect. The following is tailored to this acquisition and are hereby added via addendum:

1. SITE VISIT

A site visit will be held for all interested parties on 26 Aug 2020 at Scott AFB, IL, at 9:00 a.m.

CST. Offerors shall contact Ms. Judy Jennings at email judith.jennings@us.af.mil and/or Ms.

Marcia Wuebbels at 618-256-9308 or email marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil by 3:00 p.m. CST on 25 August 2020 to confirm attendance and allow the Government sufficient time to assure your Base Pass is processed. The site visit begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. CST. Please allow sufficient time to obtain the pass from the Visitor Control Center for access to the Installation. All interested parties will meet at Bldg. P-5.

mailto:judith.jennings@us.af.mil mailto:marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil

2. REAL ID ACT Version 39

Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the Federal Government "set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses." The Act established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for official purposes licenses and identification cards from states that do not meet these standards.

The following states/territories has an extension for REAL ID enforcement, allowing Federal agencies to accept driver's licenses and identification cards from at Federal facilities and nuclear power plants until

7 Aug 2020 Oregon

18 Sep 2020 Oklahoma

Under Review A. Samoa N. Marianas

The following states/territories are compliant with the REAL ID Act.

Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware DC Florida Georgia Hawaii Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maryland Michigan Mississippi Nebraska Nevada New Mexico New York N. Carolina Ohio S. Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming S. Carolina Idaho N. Dakota Puerto Rico Washington N. Hampshire Massachusetts Guam Virginia Minnesota Illinois Virgin Islands California Rhode Island Alaska Montana Missouri Pennsylvania Kentucky Maine New Jersey

Below are acceptable forms of identification for identity proofing for access to Scott AFB if you do not have an Enhanced Driver’s License:

-Driver's licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)

-U.S. passport -U.S. passport card -DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST) -U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents -Permanent resident card -Border crossing card -State-issued Enhanced Driver’s License -Federally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID -HSPD-12 PIV card -Foreign government-issued passport -Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and -Northern Affairs Canada card -Transportation worker identification credential -U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766) -U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential

Please contact Pass and Registration at 256-3020/ 2008 if you have any questions or need additional information.

3. PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTOR INFORMATION WITH YOUR QUOTE:

a. Contractor Name: _______________________________________________________

b. Contractor Address: _____________________________________________________

c. Point of Contact: ________________________________________________________

d. Phone Number: __________________________________________________________

e. Email Address: __________________________________________________________

f. DUNS Number: ___________________________________________________________

g. CAGE Code: ______________________________________________________________

h. Business Type (i.e. Small, Women-Owned, SDVOSB, etc.): ________________________

i. Date of Quote and Expiration Date of Quote: _____________________________________

j. Proposed Payment Terms or Discount: _______________________________________

k. Delivery Date: ________________________

l. FOB (Destination or Origin): ___________________________________

(End of Provision)

(ix) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Items (Oct 2014), applies to this acquisition.

(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: Price and ability to install the required equipment to accomplish the Government’s need. Evaluation of offers will be conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-2. The Government intends to make award to the lowest priced offeror meeting the Government’s requirement.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

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

(End of Provision)

(x) Offerors must include with their offer a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (Jun 2020), unless this information has been submitted electronically as part of its annual representations and certificates at https://www.sam.gov.

As prescribed in 52.212-3, an Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v) of this provision.

(xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Oct 2018), applies to this acquisition.

(xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (Aug 2020), applies to this acquisition.

The following additional Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses cited in 52.212-5(b) are applicable to the acquisition:

FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Mar 2020) https://www.sam.gov/

FAR 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (May 2020) FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003) FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2020)

(E.O. 13126) FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019) FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

(Jun 2020) FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

(xiii) The following FAR, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) clauses/provisions are determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and are incorporated by reference.

FAR 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements – Representation (Jan 2017) - Provision FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018) - Provision FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011) FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) – Clause FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) - Provision FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020) – Clause FAR 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014) -

Clause FAR 52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal (Jan 2017) - Provision FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment (Dec 2019) – Provision FAR 52.223-5, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information (May 2011) – Clause FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) – Clause FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013)

– Clause FAR 52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (Apr 1984) -

Clause FAR 52.247-34, F.o.b. Destination (Nov 1991) – Clause FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) – Provision FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) - Clause FAR 52.252-5, Authorized Deviations in Provisions (Apr 1984) – Provision FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984) - Clause FAR 52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms (Jan 1991) – Clause DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

(Sep 2011) – Clause

DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013) - Clause

DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov 2011) – Provision

DFARS 252.204-7003, Control Of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 1992) – Clause DFARS 252.204-7006, Billing Instructions (Oct 2005) - Clause DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (Oct 2016) – Provision DFARS 252.204-7009, Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information (Oct 2016) – Clause DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident

Reporting (Dec 2019) – Clause DFARS 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

(May 2016) – Clause DFARS 252.209-7998, Representation Regarding Conviction of a Felony Criminal Violation Under any Federal or State Law (March 9, 2012) – Provision DFARS 252.209-7999, Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax

Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (January 23, 2012) - Provision DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation (Mar 2016) – Clause DFARS 252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers (Sep 2010) – Clause DFARS 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Supplier Performance Risk

System in Past Performance Evaluations (Sep 2019) – Provision DFARS 252.215-7013, Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors (Jan 2018) - Provision DFARS 252.223-7006, Prohibition on Storage, Treatment, And Disposal Of Toxic Or Hazardous

Materials—Basic (Sep 2014) - Clause DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Jun 2013) – Clause DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American-Balance of Payments Program Certificate-Basic

(Nov 2014) – Provision DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program-Basic (Dec 2017) –

Clause DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors (Dec 2017) – Clause DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Dec 2017) - Clause DFARS 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items (June 2013) – Clause DFARS 252.225-7974 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (Feb 2020) - Provision DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

(Dec 2018) - Clause DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018) - Clause DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006) – Clause DFARS 252.232-7011, Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations

(May 2013) - Clause DFARS 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel

(Jun 2013) – Clause DFARS 252.243-7001, Pricing Of Contract Modifications (Dec 1991) - Clause DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jun 2013) – Clause

DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea-Basic (Feb 2019) – Clause AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (Oct 2019) - Clause AFFARS 5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

(Oct 2019) - Clause AFFARS 5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations (Oct 2019) – Clause AFFARS 5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations – (Oct 2019) - Clause

(xiv) N/A

(xv) Quotes Are Due NLT: 02 September by 3:00 p.m. CST

(xvi) Quotes are due via email to:

Primary: Judy Jennings - email only judith.jennings@us.af.mil Secondary: Ms. Marcia Wuebbels – Phone - 618-256-9308 Marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil

Interested parties with questions by phone will be directed to ask questions in writing to the email address listed above.

The point of contact for this acquisition is Judy Jennings - E-Mail – judith.jennings@us.af.mil.

In the event this individual is not available, contact Ms. Marcia Wuebbels: phone 618-256-9308 e-mail marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil mailto:judith.jennings@us.af.mil mailto:Marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil mailto:judith.jennings@us.af.mil mailto:marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil