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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

52D CONTRACTING SQUADRON (USAFE)

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Requirement Title:

Solicitation Number:

Solicitation Issue Date:

Response Deadline:

Fire Extinguisher Maintenance, 480 FGS

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Monday, 16 March 2026

Friday, 17 April 2026 no later than 13.00 CEST (Central European Summer Time)

Point(s) of Contact: nadine.sondermann.de@us.af.mil, +496565 61 9548 christine.zacchetti. l .de@us.af.mil, +496565 61 9505

General Information

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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(n) Request for Quote (RFQ).

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

Federal Acquisition Circular

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Public Notice

Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular

10/01/2025

11/10/2025

10/16/2024

4. Due to the overseas location of this requirement, no set-aside will be used in accordance with FAR 19.000(b).

The North American Industry Size Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this requirement is 811310

Requirement Information

Description:

This is the Governments requirement to have Inspection and Maintenance and Hydrostatic/Ultrasonic Testing on AMEREX model 775 and 776 1501b flight-line fire extinguishers (due in a 12 year-cycle) performed.

Please see attached PWS, Salient Characteristics and AMEREX Manual and all other Attachments for further information.

Place of Delivery/Performance/ Acceptance/FOB Point:

Spangdahlem Air Base, GERMANY

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

Maintenance and Inspection (12-year-cycle maintenance)

0001 including Pick-up and Delivery as needed from/to

Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany

Instructions to Offerors

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS (Addendum to 52.212-1)

QUOTE SPECIFICS:

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1. System for Award Management (SAM).

2. Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)

3. Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quote which is deemed responsible.

4. Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment/Electronic Data Access (PIEE/EDA); and/or

5. The Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) at https://www.cpars.gov

e. If the quoter is determined responsible, then the evaluation process will stop and the award will be made to that vendor. If the lowest priced quote is found to be technically unacceptable or non-responsible, the second lowest priced proposal will be evaluated for technical acceptability and the process will continue until the lowest priced technically acceptable quote.

EVALUATION FACTORS:

PRICE EXHIBIT

a. A quote's Total Evaluated Price (TEP) will be determined by the sum of all separately priced CLINs as presented on the combined synopsis/solicitation. If separate CLIN prices AND a TEP ( as applicable) are not included, not clearly stated, miscalculated and/or not understandable, the offer may be rejected as non- responsive and the Government is under no obligation to hold interchanges with that quoter.

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT

a. Each technical factor will be evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis and assigned a rating on whether the quote meets the solicitation requirements. Extra credit will not be assigned for exceeding the acceptable/ unacceptable criteria.

A rating of "Acceptable" will be required in the factor to be eligible for award.

b. Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

1. Rating Descriptions:

Acceptable: Quote meets the requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable: Quote does not meet the requirements of the solicitation.

c. Technical Factor 1

Description: Specifications Compliance

Measure of Merit: Contractor provided, in sufficient detail, a description of the products being provided, as well the accompanying commercial product literature (Drawings, Security features, Materials Used, etc.) that met the specifications cited in the above Description block.

(End of Provision)

Clauses and Provisions

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FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

The provisions and clauses listed below have been determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by reference:

52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions

52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or StatementsRepresentation.

52.204-7, System for Award Management

52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel

52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

52.204-90, Offeror Identification

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded.

52.217-5, Evaluation of Options

52.222-18, Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products.

52.222-48, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Certification.

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons

52.222-52, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Strandards to Contracts for Certain Service-Certifications.

52.222-56, Certification regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

52.225-14, Inconsistency Between English Version and Translation of a Contract

52.226-3, Disaster or Emergency Area Representation.

52.232-18, Availability of Funds

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications.

52.242-13, Bankruptcy

52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms 252.201-7000, Contracting Officer's Representative

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

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252.203-7002, Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistle blower Rights

252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work

Product

252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

252.204-7009, Limitations on the use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

252.209-7004, Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of

Terrorism

252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

252.222-7002, Compliance with Labor Laws (Overseas)

252.223-7001, Hazard Warning Labels

252.223-7008, Prohibition ofHexavalent Chromium

252.225-7041, Correspondence in English

252.225-7043, Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense

252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items

252.229-7000, Invoices Exclusive of Taxes or Duties

252.229-7002, Customs Exemptions (Germany)

252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions

252.232-7008, Assignment of Claims (Overseas)

252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

252.233-7001, Choice of Law (Overseas)

252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations

5352.242-9001, Common Access Cards (CAC) for Contractor Personnel

The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by full text:

252.204-7004 Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors.

As prescribed in 204.7203, use the following clause:

Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors (JAN 2023)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause -- "Military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department or, in the case of an activity in a foreign country, under the operational control of the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Defense (see 10 U.S.C. 280l(c)(4)).

(b) Training. Contractor personnel who require routine physical access to a Federally-controlled facility or F A560626QA008 Page 5 of 11 military installation shall complete Level I antiterrorism awareness training within 30 days of requiring access and annually thereafter. In accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 0-2000.16 Volume 1, DoD Antiterrorism (AT) Program

Implementation: DoD AT Standards, Level I antiterrorism awareness training shall be completed --

( 1) Through a DoD-sponsored and certified computer or web-based distance learning instruction for Level I antiterrorism awareness; or

(2) Under the instruction of a Level I antiterrorism awareness instructor.

(c) Additional information. Information and guidance pertaining to DoD antiterrorism awareness training is available at https://jko.jten.mil/ or as otherwise identified in the performance work statement.

(d) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph ( d), in subcontracts, including subcontracts for commercial products and commercial services, when subcontractor performance requires routine physical access to a Federally-controlled facility or military installation.

(End of clause)

252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipmentor Services --Representation.

As prescribed in 204.2105 (b), use the following provision:

PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR

SERVICES --REPRESENTATION (MAY 2021)

The Offeror is not required to complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented in the provision at 252.204-7016 , Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services --Representation, that it "does not provide covered defense 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."

(a) Definitions. "Covered defense telecommunications equipment or services," "covered mission," "critical technology," and

"substantial or essential component," as used in this provision, have the meanings given in the 252.204-7018 clause, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services, of this solicitation.

(b) Prohibition. Section 1656 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91) prohibits agencies from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service to carry out covered missions that uses covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

( c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https:/ / www.sam.gov for entities that are excluded when providing any equipment, system, or service to carry out covered missions that uses covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, unless a waiver is granted.

Representation. If in its annual representations and certifications in SAM the Offeror has represented in paragraph ( c) of the provision at 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services --Representation, that it "does" provide covered defense 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, then the Offeror shall complete the following additional representation:

The Offeror represents that it [ ] will [ ] will not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to DoD in the performance of any award resulting from this solicitation.

(e) Disclosures. If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) ofthis provision that it "will provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services," the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(1) A description of all covered defense telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand or manufacturer;

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(2) If the offeror has been involved in the last five years in any of the occurrences listed in (c)(l) of this provision, whether the offeror has provided the requested information with regard to each occurrence.

(d) The offeror shall post the information in paragraphs (c)(l)(i) through (c)(l)(iv) of this provision in FAPIIS as required through maintaining an active registration in the System for Award Management, which can be accessed via https:// www.sam.gov (see 52.204-7).

(End of provision)

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference.

As prescribed in 52.107(a), insert the following provision:

Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address( es):

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference.

https ://acquisition.gov/far-overhaul

(End of provision)

As prescribed in 52.107(b), insert the following clause:

Clauses Incorporated By Reference (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address( es):

52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses.

https:/ /acquisition.gov/far-overhaul

(End of clause)

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 Federal 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)

252.229-7001 Tax Relief.

TAX RELIEF --AL TERNA TE I (APR 2020)

(a) Prices set forth in this contract are exclusive of all taxes and duties from which the United States Government is exempt by virtue of tax agreements between the United States Government and the Contractor's government. The following taxes or duties have been excluded from the contract price:

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