F3N6023142AG02-Rugged Travel Case.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

86th Airlift WING (USAFE)

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

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Requirement Title: Starlink Travel Case

Solicitation Number: F3N6023142AG02

Solicitation Issue Date: 09/5/2023

Response Deadline: 09/11/2023 by 2:00 PM Central European Time Zone

Point(s) of Contact: Primary: TSgt Amanda Jardine (amanda.jardine@us.af.mil)

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

2. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ).

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

Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-04 06/02/2023 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Public Notice 07/20/2023 Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 07/07/2023

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 423730

Description: Rugged Travel Case with integrated mount for Starlink™ High Performance Satellite Internet System and Accessories

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

1CBCS/B2254

East Flightline Road Ramstein-Miesenbach Flugplatz, 66877 Germany

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

Rugged Travel Case with integrated mount for Starlink™ High Performance Satellite Internet System, accessories and dish mount hardware

- Weight 25 lbs

- Dimensions 29X22X12 IN

- Exterior dimensions: 31.75X24.5X12.5IN

- Fits 22.7X21 IN Antenna Dish

- Loaded Weight 62.5lbs

- Solar Battery Backup System

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FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, 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:

- Quoted amounts need to be net prices in EUR or USD without tax

- The Government reserves the right to award on an "All or None" basis

- If re-selling equipment from another vendor, quoter must provide validation that they are an authorized re-seller of that

General Information

Requirement Information

Instructions to Offerors

Updated 26 Feb 21 Page 2 of 5 equipment. If it is determined that the quoter is not an authorized re-seller of equipment they are quoting, the quotation may be summarily rejected and, in the event that occurs, the quoter may not be provided the opportunity to re-quote.

- Provide Quote Expiration Date, Best Delivery Date, and any Discount Terms

- Quotes, attachments, and all other correspondence as listed in this solicitation must be emailed to both points of contact (POCs)

- All questions are to be submitted in writing by 11 September 2023 by 2:00 pm Central European Time

- Quotes are required to be valid until 01 October 2023

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:

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. Award shall be based on all or none and best value to the government. The government may award without discussions; however, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in the Government's best interest. Quotes will be evaluated on price and offeror's ability to meet the delivery and specification requirements of this combined synopsis/solicitation. Only new equipment will be accepted. Re-manufactured or grey market items will not be accepted. All items must include a manufacturer's warranty and be stated in their quote.

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 offer that the representation and certifications posted at FAR 52.212-3 have been entered or updated electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site located at http://www.sam.gov/portal in the last 12 months, and are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation. Alternatively, if the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision and include a completed copy with its offer.

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; the following checked clauses are hereby included by reference:

✖ 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards ✖ 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

✖ 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities ✖ 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity ✖ 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons ✖ 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving ✖ 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases ✖ 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management

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:

52.204-7, System for Award Management

52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel

52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

Evaluation Criteria

Clauses and Provisions http://www.sam.gov/portal

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52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal

52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab or Other

Covered Entities

52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

52.204–27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

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

52.232-18, Availability of Funds

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms

252.201-7000, Contracting Officer's Representative

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

252.203-7002, Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

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

252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product

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

252.222-7002, Compliance with Labor Laws (Overseas)

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

252.232-7003, 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

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

52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

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): https:// farsite.hill.af.mil

52.252-2, 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): http://farsite.hill.af.mil

52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984)

(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 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (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)

5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (Jun 2016)

(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 quotes, 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/orrecommendations 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.

Primary:

Mr. Joe Lyden

AFICA/KU, UNIT 3103, APO, AE 09094-3103

AFICA/KU, Geb 404, Flugplatz Ramstein, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany E-mail: joseph.lyden@us.af.mil Tel: DSN: (314)480-2209 Fax: (49)-6731-47-2025

Alternate:

Ms. Heidi Hoehn

AFICA/KU, UNIT 3103, APO, AE 09094-3103

AFICA/KU, Geb 404, Flugplatz Ramstein, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany E-mail: heidi.hoehn.de@us.af.mil Tel: DSN: (314)480-9330 Fax: (49)-6731-47-2025 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ mailto:eric.symanski@us.af.mil mailto:heidi.hoehn.de@us.af.mil

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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.

5352.242-9000 CONTRACTOR ACCESS TO AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS (NOV 2012)

(a) The contractor shall obtain base identification and vehicle passes, if required, for all contractor personnel who make frequent visits to or perform work on the Air Force installation(s) cited in the contract. Contractor personnel are required to wear or prominently display installation identification badges or contractor-furnished, contractor identification badges while visiting or performing work on the installation.

(b) The contractor shall submit a written request on company letterhead to the contracting officer listing the following: contract number, location of work site, start and stop dates, and names of employees and subcontractor employees needing access to the base.

The letter will also specify the individual(s) authorized to sign for a request for base identification credentials or vehicle passes. The contracting officer will endorse the request and forward it to the issuing base pass and registration office or Security Forces for processing. When reporting to the registration office, the authorized contractor individual(s) should provide a valid driver's license, current vehicle registration, and a valid vehicle insurance certificate to obtain a vehicle pass.

(c) During performance of the contract, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining required identification for newly assigned personnel and for prompt return of credentials and vehicle passes for any employee who no longer requires access to the work site.

(d) When work under this contract requires unescorted entry to controlled or restricted areas, the contractor shall comply with AFI 31-101, Integrated Defense, and AFI 31-501, Personnel Security Program Management.

(e) Upon completion or termination of the contract or expiration of the identification passes, the prime contractor shall ensure that all base identification passes issued to employees and subcontractor employees are returned to the issuing office.

(f) Failure to comply with these requirements may result in withholding of final payment.

- Provision Document

- Tax Relief Clause

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