Combo Solicitation Fire Extinguisher BPA 20 Nov Final.pdf

Department of the Air Force 316th Contracting Squadron - Joint Base Andrews, MD

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Requirement Title: Joint Base Andrews Halon Fire Extinguisher Inspection, Maintenance & Service for Flight Line

Solicitation Number: FA286025Q4002

Solicitation Issue Date: Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Response Deadline: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 no later than 4:30 PM EST

Contract Specialist (CS): Lauren B. Williams / lauren.williams.34@us.af.mil / 240-612-3719

Contracting Officer (CO): Heather L. Roe/ heather.roe.1@us.af.mil / (240) 612-3964

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; this is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and a written solicitation will not be issued.

2. This solicitation is being issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ).

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

Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-07 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Public Notice 10/10/2024 Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular 10/16/2024

4. This acquisition is 100 % set aside for small businesses.

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

The Small Business Size Standard associated with this NAICS is $12.5 million.

Description:

This requirement is to establish a non-personal services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Joint Base Andrews Fire Department to provide inspections, maintenance, repairs, and service to portable wheeled 150lb halon fire extinguishers on Joint Base Andrews (JBA). This BPA will also include extinguisher recharge services using Government-provided Halon 1211, as well as new Amerex 600k Halon 1211 fire extinguishers. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to maintain, inspect, and service Amerex 600 Halon 1211 wheeled fire extinguishers as identified in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) and per the manufacturer’s specifications.

The Government intends to establish a firm-fixed price BPA for the following:

Quotes in response to this solicitation must reflect CLIN structure identified in Attachment 2 Price List. Offeror shall complete the Government provided BPA firm fixed price sheet by inserting the proposed price(s) in accordance with (IAW) the BPA Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

Delivery, inspection, and acceptance shall be to:

Point of Contact-To Be Determined 1558 Alabama Ave.

Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762

Any questions must be emailed to the CS and CO no later than Friday, 22 November 2024 at 1000. All questions and answers will be posted on SAM.Gov.

Requirement Information

General Information

All instructions, templates, and formats contained herein shall explicitly be adhered to; otherwise, a quote is determined to be incomplete and shall not be considered for award.

If you are the apparent awardee, the Government will notify you by sending a copy of the contract for your signature. The signed contract shall be returned to the Government within 48 hours of receipt. If you do not meet the required deadline, the Government reserves the right to award to the next technically acceptable offeror.

FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(b)(1), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

1. Quotes in response to this solicitation must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer listed above no later than the response deadline listed above.

2. Quotes must be valid for 90 days.

3. Questions must be email to the contract specialist and contacting officer by 1000 on Friday, November 22, 2024.

4. Complete the below contractor identification information.

Company Name:

Address:

Discount Terms:

SAM Registered: Yes/No

CAGE #:

UEI #:

Small Business: Yes/No

Woman-Owned: Yes/No

Veteran-Owned: Yes/No

Point of Contact:

Telephone Number:

Printed Name:

Date:

Signature:

Estimated Period of Performance/Delivery:

5. Submit a statement acknowledging contractor has the technical capabilities to perform the requirements as stated in the Performance

Work Statement and provide proof to be compared to the performance work statement in order to determine technical acceptability.

This statement will be used to evaluate for technical acceptability.

6. Quote is to include a completed Attachment 2 Extinguisher BPA Price List and a brief technical summary in accordance with the

Performance Work statement.

Instructions to Offerors

FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(c), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror 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:

- Price (Attachment 2 Extinguisher BPA Price List)

- Technical acceptability o See Instructions to Offerors, number 5 for what information is necessary to be determined technically acceptable.

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

Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement Attachment 2: Extinguisher BPA Price List Attachment 3: Ordering Guide Extinguisher BPA Attachment 4: Wage Determination 22 Jul 2024 Attachment 5: Redacted Brand Name Justification

Evaluation Criteria

Attachments

FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with alternate I applies to this acquisition; the offeror verifies by submission of their quoter that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation.

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

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (Dec 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Nov 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Mar 2023) ( 31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801).

(6) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(7) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78 ( 19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

The following checked clauses are hereby included by reference:

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside

52.219-28, Post Award SB Representation Program

52.222-3, Convict Labor

52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons

52.223-23, Sustainable Products and Services

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

Clauses and Provisions https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.203-19#FAR_52_203_19 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-23#FAR_52_204_23 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-25#FAR_52_204_25 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.209-10#FAR_52_209_10 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.232-40#FAR_52_232_40 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3903&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.233-3#FAR_52_233_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.233-4#FAR_52_233_4

52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

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

52.232-36, Payment by Third Party

52.240-1, Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by America Security Drone Act-Covered Foreign Entities

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. All provisions and clauses are available at www.acquisition.gov.

The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by full text or by reference as prescribed:

52.204-7, System for Award Management 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications 52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.209-11, Representation by Corporations regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law 52.223-5, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information 52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-Representation.

52.225-25, Prohibition on contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran –Representation and Certification 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.247-34, F.O.B Destination

The following DFARS clauses and provisions cited are applicable to this solicitation:

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials 252.203-7002, Requirement to inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights.

252.204-7004, Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors 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 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation 252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation 252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System 252.223-7008, Prohibition on Hexavalent Chromium 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and balance of Payments Program 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items 252.225-7055, Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime 252.225-7056, Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea

The following AFFARS clauses cited are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.201-9101, Ombudsman 5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations http://www.acquisition.gov./

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