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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Northern Edge 2021 Fishing Vessels

(i) 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;

submissions are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation no. FA5000-21-Q0024 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

(iii) This solicitation document and its incorporated FAR provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-01, effective 20 December 2018. All incorporated DFARS provisions and clauses are those in effect through DPN 20190215, effective 15 Feb 2019. All incorporated AFFARS provisions and clauses are those in effect through AFAC 2018- 0525, effective 25 May 2018.

i. (iv) This is a competitive total small business set-aside requirement under the North America Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code: code 532411, Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing with a size standard limitation standard of $35.0M in annual receipts.

(v) The following table represents the proposed Line items, quantities, and unit of measure,

See Attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) For Additional Details

See Attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) For Additional Details

See Attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) For Additional Details

(vi) This requirement is for the procurement of 5 chartered vessels in support of Exercise Northern Edge 2021 during two weeks of May 2021 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska and the surrounding area. The Contractor shall provide all management, personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to operate the chartered vessels and perform all maneuvers as requested by the exercise participants as defined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

(vii) All items shall be delivered FOB destination and the Period of Performance will be 3 May 2021 through 14 May 2021.

(viii) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items (Oct 2018) is hereby incorporated by reference with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. The following items have been tailored to this procurement and are included via addendum:

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of quotes, Quoters must follow the instructions contained herein. Quoters are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors or subfactors. Quoters must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The response shall consist of three separate parts; Part I - Summary and Miscellaneous Data, Part II - Price Proposal.

B. Specific Instructions:

1. PART I – SUMMARY AND MISCELLANEOUS DATA. Submit original.

(a) The Quoter shall provide a concise summary and master table of contents of the entire proposal.

(b) Complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications in provisions and in the on-line Representations and Certifications at www.sam.gov. Return the provision FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, along with the proposal. For other provisions and clauses in the solicitation, the Quoter is required to submit the pages that require an Quoter fill-in.

(c) Submit an acknowledgment of all solicitation amendments, if issued.

(d) If no Exceptions, Deviations, or Waivers are proposed, submit an Affirmation of No Exceptions, Deviations, or Waivers.

2. PART II – PRICE PROPOSAL - Submit original.

(a) This Part shall contain a completed Schedule of Supplies/Services.

(b) Insert proposed unit price(s) and extended amount(s) in the Attachment 2 – Pricing Schedule for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN). The extended amount must equal the unit price multiplied by the number of units. It is imperative that mathematical calculations are correct. The unit prices and extended amounts are limited to two decimal places.

(c) Extreme care should be exercised to ensure that no price data of any kind are included in any other Part of the proposal.

C. Documents submitted in response to this RFQ must be consistent with the following:

1. Requirements of the solicitation (CLINs and PWS) and government standards and regulations pertaining to the PWS.

2. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, of this solicitation.

(End of Provision Addendum)

(ix) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Items (Oct 2014) is hereby incorporated by reference with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. The following items have been tailored to this procurement and are included via addendum:

(a) The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

(1) Technical acceptability

(2) Price

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an quote, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful Quoter 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 an quote (or part of an quote), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

The following items have been tailored to this procurement and are included via addendum:

“(c) BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: This is a competitive Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12, 13, 15, Department of Defense (DoD) FAR Supplement Procedures, Guidance and Information 215.3, and Air Force FAR Supplement (AFFARS) Mandatory Procedure (MP) 5315.3. By submission of its quote in accordance with the instructions provided in clause FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors –Commercial Items, the quoter accedes to the terms of this model contract. Failure to meet a requirement may result in a quote being determined unacceptable. The government will rank all quotes by price. If the lowest priced quote is found technically acceptable, an award will be made without further consideration. If that quote is found unacceptable, the Government will evaluate the next lowest quote for acceptability until an award can be made to the lowest priced acceptable quoter.

The evaluation process will include the following:

(1) Technical Acceptability Factor. The government will evaluate technical proposals on a pass/fail basis and assign an Acceptable or Unacceptable rating as described in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Technical Ratings

The proposals will be evaluated against the following subfactor(s):

Subfactor 1, Technical Vessels The subfactor is met when the quoter can show availability to provide the vessel and service requirements in PWS section 2. Including but not limited to vessel sizes, meals, antenna, deck area, cabin space, and etc.

Subfactor 2, Technical USCG Inspection sticker The subfactor is met when the quoter can provide proof of current USCG inspection sticker on all vessels required in PWS section 2.1.

(2) Price Evaluation Factor. The Quoter’s separately priced line items or subline items shall be analyzed to determine if the prices are unbalanced in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(g). The government reserves the right to perform price realism analysis.

If the Government elects to perform a price realism analysis, the Government reserves discretion over the method within which it performs its price realism analysis. If the Government elects to perform a price realism analysis and finds a proposal unrealistic, the Government may withhold award to that Quoter.

Quoters are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, of this solicitation. Quoters may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their proposals. Exchanges conducted to resolve minor or clerical errors will not constitute discussions and the contracting officer reserves the right to award a contract without the opportunity for proposal revision. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective Quoters, however, will reserve the right to conduct them if deemed in its best interest.

Award will be made once price fair and reasonable has been determined.

(End of Provision Addendum)

(x) FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (Oct 2018) is hereby incorporated by reference with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

The Quoters shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Quoter has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site located at https://www.sam.gov/portal. If the Quoter has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Quoter shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision.

(xi) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (Oct 2018) is hereby incorporated by reference with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(xii) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms & Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (Jan 2019) is hereby incorporated by reference with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(xiii) Other provisions and clauses incorporated by reference:

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (Dec 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s):

(i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher.

(ii) For fixed price line items—

(A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer.

(B) For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the Contracting Officer.

The Contractor shall use the following document type(s). 2-in-1 Services

(iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request.

(iv) For performance based payments, submit a performance based payment request.

(v) For commercial item financing, submit a commercial item financing request.

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact. justin.baker.1@us.af.mil

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

(End of clause)

(xv) This RFQ closes at 11:00 AM Alaska Standard Time on 16 February 2021. All quotes for this solicitation shall be submitted via email to charmaine.cadua@us.af.mil, justin.baker.19@us.af.mil.

Please direct any inquiries regarding this solicitation to charmaine.cadua@us.af.mil and justin.baker.19@us.af.mil by 11:00 AM Alaska Standard Time on 12 February 2021.

List of Attachments:

1. Performance Work Statement (PWS) – Northern Edge 2021 Exercise Fishing Vessels

2. Price Schedule - Northern Edge 2021 Exercise Fishing Vessels

3. SCA Wage Determinations

4. Location Coordinates