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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/ SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services 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 requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) This solicitation/synopsis reference number is FA4418-20-Q-0030 and is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). A Pricing Sheet and Wage Determination 2015-4427 are attached to this combined synopsis/solicitation and shall be used to submit pricing.

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, Effective 31 Aug 2020.

(iv) This acquisition is 100% small business set-aside. The associated NAICS code is 562991 with a size standard of $8 million.

(v) Contractors shall submit a quote for all labor, supervision, equipment, tools, supplies, materials and transportation necessary to deliver, set-up, relocate, and perform weekly periodic servicing of standard portable restrooms and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant portable restrooms as identified in attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). Portable restrooms will be located on Joint Base Charleston (JB CHS) locations in North Charleston (Air Base), Goose Creek (Weapons Station), and Short Stay Recreational Facility, Moncks Corner, South Carolina. All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered. A fixed price contract is contemplated.

(vi) The following clauses and provisions are incorporated and will remain in full force in any resultant award: (full text of clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at this website: https://www.acquisition.gov / content/regulations)

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial.

The response will consist of two separate parts:

Part I – Price: Contractors shall complete and submit Attachment 1 – Pricing Sheet. The Contracting Officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition for this acquisition.

Part II – Past Performance: Complete and return attached Past Performance Questionnaire; provide three references for same or similar type services.

(End of Clause)

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items Evaluation.

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 in the following relative order of importance:

1. Price - The Government will evaluate the total price of the offer for award purposes. Unrealistically low or high prices may be grounds for eliminating a quote from consideration.

2. Past Performance - Verification of satisfactory past performance on same or similar type services.

(End of Clause)

(x) All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Item or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at http//www.sam.gov

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Condition—Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items (May 2015), applies to this acquisition.

(xiii) The following clauses are applicable to this procurement:

· FAR 52.202-1, Definitions

· FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities

· FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government

· FAR 52.203-7, Anti-Kickback Procedures

· FAR 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements—Representation

· FAR 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements

· FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management

· FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

· FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

· FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

· FAR 52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal

· FAR 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities

· FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

· FAR 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation

· FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the governments interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

· FAR 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

· FAR 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

· FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations

· FAR 52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law

· FAR 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities

· FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

· FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns

· FAR 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Asides of Orders

· FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting

· FAR 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Representation

· FAR 52.219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule

· FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities

· FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity

· FAR 52.222-35- Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era

· FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers With Disabilities

· FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports On Veterans

· FAR 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act

· FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965

· FAR 52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act – Price Adjustment

· FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons.

· FAR 52.222-55, Minimum Wages under Executive Order 13658

· FAR 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706

· FAR 52.223-11 -- Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons.

· FAR 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products, in solicitations and contracts when energy-consuming products listed in the ENERGY STAR® Program or FEMP will be—(a) Delivered;(b) Acquired by the contractor for use in performing services at a Federally–controlled facility;(c) Furnished by the contractor for use by the Government; or (d) Specified in the design of a building or work, or incorporated during its construction, renovation, or maintenance. (End of Clause)

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

· FAR 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-Representation

· FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act - Supplies Offerors are reminded that the Buy American Act restricts the purchase of supplies that are not domestic end products.

· FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

· FAR 52.227-1, Authorization and Consent

· FAR 52.228-5, Insurance—Work on a Government Installation

· FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration

· FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

· FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

· FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award

· FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

· FAR 52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation

· FAR 52.237-3, Continuity of Services

· FAR 52.242-13, Bankruptcy

· FAR 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order

· FAR 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

· FAR 52.246-4, Inspection of Services-Fixed-Price

· FAR 52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms

· FAR 52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms

· DFARS 252.201-7000, Contracting Officer’s Representative

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

· DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

· DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

· DFARS 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product

· DFARS 252.204-7004, Alternate A, Required Central Contractor Registration; Contractors not registered in the SAM will be ineligible for award (register at http://www.sam.gov/ or call 1-800-334-3414)

· DFARS 252.204-7005, Oral Attestation of Security Responsibilities

· DFARS 252.204-7006, Billing Instructions

· DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

· DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information

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

· DFARS 252.205-7000, Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders

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

· DFARS 252.209-7991 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law—Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations.

· DFARS 252.215-7008, Only One Offer

· DFARS 252.215-7013, Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors

· DFARS 252.223-7006, Prohibition on Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous Materials

· DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

· 252.225-7974, Representation Regarding Persons that have Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

· DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

· DFARS 252.225-7001, BAA - Balance of Payments Program

· DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors

· DFARS 252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items

· DFARS 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism

· DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Contractor shall submit payment requests and receiving reports using WAWF, in one of the following electronic formats that WAWF accepts: Electronic Data Interchange, Secure File Transfer Protocol, or World Wide Web input. Information regarding WAWF is available on the Internet at https://wawf.eb.mil/. The WAWF routing information will be provided upon award.)

· DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions

· DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

· DFARS 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel

· DFARS 252.237-7012, Instruction to Offerors (Count of Articles)

· DFARS 252.237-7016, Delivery Tickets

· DFARS 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications

· DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment

· DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

· DFARS 252.245-7000, Government-Furnished Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Property

· 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (July 2017)

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, [Insert names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail addresses of Center/MAJCOM/DRU/AFRCO/SMC ombudsman/ombudsmen]. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

(End of clause)

· AFFARS 5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations

(vii) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS): N/A

(viii) Response to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email, by 22 Sep 2020 no later than 2: 00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Requests should be marked with solicitation number FA4418-20-Q-0030. Submit quotes to Roger “Dale” Crews at roger.crews@us.af.mil and Tricia Esannason at tricia.esannason@us.af.mil.

(ix) Address questions to Roger “Dale” Crews, Contract Specialist, at (843) 963-3568, email roger.crews@us.af.mil.

For more opportunities, visit http://www.airforcesmallbiz.org (see Contract Opportunities at the right side-bar. Direct link: http://airforcesmallbiz.org/opportunities/index.php Also see http://www.sba.gov

Attachments:

1) Pricing Sheet

2) Wage Determination 2015-4427

3) Performance Work Statement

4) Past Performance Questionnaire