COMBO-RFQ FA489725QC002 Forklifts.pdf

Oral Solicitation/ Request for Quote (RFQ)

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

In accordance with FAR PART 13.106-1(c): This is an official Combined synopsis Solicitation for the rental/lease of ten (10) forklifts for Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, FA489725QC002, is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024- 07.

RFQ Issued By: 366 FAS/PKA Quotes/Offers are Due: Date Issued:

07 Oct 2024 04 October 2024 by 12:00 PM Local time (MST)

Contracting Officer: SSgt Jeremiah Burns Number: (208) 828-3870

Email: jeremiah.burns.1@us.af.mil

Contracting Specialist: SrA Deivid Baez Number: (208) 828-6479

Email: deivid.baez.co@us.af.mil

NAICS: 532490 – Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing

PSC: W099 - LEASE OR RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT- MISCELLANEOUS

SB Size Standard: $40M.

Type of Set- Aside:

None

Small Business

Small Disadvantage Business

Veteran-Owned Small Business

Woman Owned Small Business

HUBZone

Section 8(a)

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

This is a 100% Total Small Business Set-aside. The government intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price Contract

ATTACHMENT(s):

1. SPECS – Forklifts mailto:jeremiah.burns.1@us.af.mil

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

Quote Submission Information

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL

PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES. (SEP 2023)

Offeror’s quotation shall conform to the required CLIN structure as referenced below. Any offer not conforming to the PWS or solicitation may be deemed unacceptable and therefore ineligible for award. It is emphasized that this solicitation is issued in accordance with the procedures of FAR Parts 13 and 13.106-2(b)(3), which are intended to streamline source selection and be minimally burdensome for both the US Government and the quoters interested in competing for this requirement. The procedures of FAR part 15.3 do not apply to this request for quote. A firm fixed price contract is anticipated. The following words stating “offer”, “offeror”, and “proposal” are replaced with “quotation”, “vendor”, and “quote”.

Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear above.

(4) is revised as follows: Descriptive literature of the items being offered in sufficient detail demonstrating you can meet the requirement to evaluate compliance with the requirements in this solicitation are required.

Paragraph (c) Quoter agrees to hold their pricing firm for 30 days from the date specified for receipt of the quotes.

Paragraph (e) is revised as follows: Alternative line items will not be accepted.

(End of Provision Addendum)

Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, quotes shall also consist of the following:

SUBMISSION INFORMATION: The contractor shall submit a signed copy of this Combined Synopsis/Request for Quote. All solicitation amendments must be acknowledged or signed and returned with the quote. Quotes must be e-mailed to the addresses found on page one (1). Please submit all documents to both emails listed by the closing date stated on page one (1). Clearly identify RFQ# FA489725QC002, Forklift Rental, in the subject line. Submissions, including technical proposals, shall not exceed 10 pages.

All quoters are responsible for verifying if their quote was received by the contracting office. You may wish to place a read/delivery receipt. Offerors are advised that delays can be experienced with the Government’s e-mail system.

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

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

System for Award Management (SAM): The Contractor shall be registered in the SAM database and be registered under the chosen NAICS, found on page one (1), prior to the award of this contract.

Further information and guidance regarding SAM can be found at the SAM website: www.sam.gov.

Questions Response Date & Time:

All questions regarding this RFQ must be emailed to the Contracting Officer and Contracting specialist, found on page one (1). Due to the time-frame of this requirement, it is highly recommended that you call the contracting officer with any questions.

Each quote should contain the contractor's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. It is the contractor’s responsibility to ensure that there are no discrepancies presented within the information contained in its quote. Potential quoters are hereby notified that in the event there are discrepancies within information in a quote will be rejected.

Evaluation Information

FAR Provision *52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition and the following evaluation is applicable:

(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 and other factors considered: The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE (LPTA)

Each evaluation criteria will be evaluated on a pass/fail bases as depicted below.

Evaluation Criteria Pass Fail

Technical Capability

Contractor provided descriptive literature demonstrating they conform to the requirements of the provided specification.

And confirmed the ability to meet the delivery date(s)

Contractor failed to provide descriptive literature demonstrating they conform to the requirements of the provided specification.

All Quotes/Offers received in response to this Solicitation/RFQ will be ordered from lowest to highest price. Evaluations will begin with the lowest priced quote for technical capability. Offerors are highly encouraged to provide sufficient technical / product information demonstrating the proposed product meets and complies with the salient characteristics as stated in the Attachment 1 – SPECS document, AND, a statement confirming the capability to deliver the Item(s) by the required delivery date.

(End of Provision Addendum) http://www.sam.gov/

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

Offeror’s Information

Name & Address:

POC:

CAGE: Phone:

UEI:

(Unique Entity Identifier)

Fax:

(Not Required)

Tax ID: (Not required w/ active SAM registration)

E-Mail:

By signing below Offeror is agreeing to the Provisions and Clauses as indicated within this solicitation as well as acknowledging they have submitted all the required submission requirements listed in addendum 52.212-1 located on page two (2) and three (3).

POC

Signature:

Date:

* The offeror is not mandated to use this page of this RFQ; however, if you chose not to use it, all of the information under Offerors information above shall be included in your submitted offer.

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

The following is the proposed Bid Schedule / Contract Line item(s) (CLIN) which will be used in the contract award:

ITEM DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE TOTAL PRICE

0001 Six (6) 8K Forklifts with 6’ Forks.

(Wendover, Utah location). The Contractor shall provide and deliver (6) 8K Forklifts. (08 Oct – 7 Nov 2024).

This includes the rental/lease, transportation/shipping, delivery, and pick up.

1 Month

Four (4) 8K Forklifts with 6’ Forks.

(Twin Falls location). The Contractor shall provide and deliver four (4) 8K Forklifts with 6’ Forks. (08 Oct – 7 Nov 2024).

1 Month $ $

TOTAL PRICE:

PERFORMANCE PERIOD

The contractor shall deliver each item to the designated locations on 08 October 2024 and pick-up the Item(s) on 7 November 2024.

PAYMENT TERMS & DELIVERY

The Government shall consider your “DISCOUNT TERMS” to be NET 30 FOB Destination.

*Offerors May provide a separate price quote, however, the above CLINs / Line-Item Structure will/may be used in the resultant contract award. Prices should include ALL costs, the rental/lease of each item(s), shipping, transportation, delivery/pick-up, and all other costs, etc. associated with each line item.

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

DAFFARS CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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

DAFFARS CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman- ACC

(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, Deputy Director of Contracting, AFICC/KC (OL-ACC), 114 Thompson Street, Bldg 586, Room 129, Langley AFB, VA 23665, telephone (757) 764-5372 (DSN 574-5372) email:

acc.a7k1@us.af.mil. 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)