Combined Synopsis Solicitation Polaris Discovery Program or equal.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE

SPACE BASE DELTA 1

FROM: 21 CONS/PKA

SUBJECT: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation PROJECT TITLE: 561 NOS- Polaris Discovery Program – Peterson SFB

SOLICITATION: FA251725Q0066

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

The Solicitation number FA251725Q0066 shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation.

The Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-03, effective 1/17/2025.

This is for Combined Synopsis/Solicitation is solicited to Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 611420 – Computer Training. The size standard is $16 million. The quotes will be evaluated IAW FAR 52.212-2, found herein. Please read and comply with all requirements for submitting a quote under the solicitation instructions and the addenda to FAR 52.212-1.

Failure to comply with all instructions contained within this synopsis/solicitation could results in the quote being ineligible for award. It is the quoter’s responsibility to ensure their quote meets all the requirements identified herein. The Government reserves the right to not award this contract to any quoter.

The purpose of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation is for the Global Knowledge Polaris Discovery Program Subscription, listed in Table 1 below, on Peterson Space Force Base (SFB), CO.

Table 1 – Contract Line Items CLIN Line Item Description Unit Quantity Lead

Time Unit Price

Total

Global Knowledge Polaris Discovery + Exam Vouchers (Compliant or similar with characteristics identified in Attachment 1)

– Course number 100785

Including, but not limited to:

Power BI, Azure, Illumio, PowerShell, Intune/ADUC, Palo Alto, CiscoRImplementing and AdministeringCiscoRSolutions v1.0, CiscoRConfiguringBGP on CiscoRRouters v4.0, COMPTIA

NETWORK+ CERTIFICATION PREP

COURSE, COMPTIA CYSA+

EA 1

*FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Product and Commercial Services (Jan 2025) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

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.”

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the quote.”

The Deliver location is Peterson Space Force Base. The required Delivery Date for this

CERTIFICATION PREP COURSE-

CYBERSECURITY

ANALYST, VMWare vSphere plsuTroubleshooting, ACAS/Tenable, and Tanium (TANE)

Exam Vouchers including, but not limited to:

CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Prep Course, CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) Prep Course, CompTIA Network+ Certification Prep, CND - Certified Network Defender, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+), CompTIA Server+ Certification Prep Course, ITF+ - CompTIA IT Fundamentals, CyberSec First Responder: Threat Detection and Response, CCSP Certification Prep Course, MICROSOFT AZURE

ADMINISTRATOR,

Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, Microsoft 365 Endpoint Administrator, Microsoft 365 Administrator Essentials, ITIL4 Foundation, ITIL Specialist:

Create, Deliver and Support, ITIL Specialist: Drive Stakeholder Value, ITIL Specialist: High Velocity IT, ITIL Strategic Leader: Digital and IT Strategy, ITIL Strategist:

Direct Plan and Improve, Certified Scrum Master, and SSCP Certification Prep Course

Total requirement is on or before 72 hours after receipt of award for all CLINS in Table 1.

The resulting award will be a Firm-Fixed Price contract.

Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted to the contracting team no later than (NLT) 3:00 P.M. Mountain Time (MT) Friday, 20 June 2025. All questions must be submitted to both the Contract Specialist, Cami Smith, at lauren.smith.37@spaceforce.mil and Contracting Officer, Brittney Rosenbaum, at brittney.rosenbaum@spaceforce.mil. Questions submitted after this deadline may not be answered.

Quotes and contract documentation shall be provided NLT 12:00 PM (MT), Friday, 27 June 2025 to 21 CONS/PKA. Please submit quotes to both the Contract Specialist, Cami Smith, at lauren.smith.37@spaceforce.mil and Contracting Officer, Brittney Rosenbaum, at brittney.rosenbaum@spaceforce.mil. Submit no more than 20 pages in response to this request. After 20 pages, the Contracting Officer will not evaluate information. One page is considered to be one side of an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper in a minimum of 10 font, single spaced. It is the quoter’s responsibility to complete their reps and certs at SAM.gov for the quote to be evaluated for award.

Late submissions: Quoters are responsible for submitting quotations so as to reach the Government office designated by the time specified in the solicitation. Any quotation received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of quotations is late and may not be considered unless it is received before award is made and the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late quotation would not unduly delay the acquisition.

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

Please provide the following information with your quote:

Company Name:

Contact Name:

Address:

Telephone Number:

Unit Price:

Extended Price:

Cage Code:

Statement the quote is valid for a minimum of 60 days:

Size of Business/Socio Economic Status:

*Number of Employees_____________ *Total Yearly Revenue_______________ *Information required determining size of business for the NAICS referenced above

Payment Terms: _________________________

All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be considered for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition.

The contractor’s quote/response shall consist of three (3) separate parts:

mailto:lauren.smith.37@spaceforce.mil mailto:brittney.rosenbaum@spaceforce.mil mailto:lauren.smith.37@spaceforce.mil mailto:brittney.rosenbaum@spaceforce.mil

Part I - Price Quote Part II - Technical Documentation

2. Format and Specific Instructions.

A. PART I – PRICE QUOTE

The quoter shall either submit on company letterhead a quote identifying the unit price, total line item price, overall price, and guaranteed lead time for all CLINs from Table 1 or fill in Table 1 (seen above).

B. PART II – TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

Quoter shall submit technical information to confirm the items requested will be provided as stated in this combined synopsis/solicitation (see Table 1).

52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (Nov 2021)

This tailored clause takes precedence over the clause incorporated by reference.

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, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Part I - Price Part II - Technical Documentation Award will be made based on the competitive quote with the lowest evaluated price that meets the technical criteria and past performance evaluation criteria on an acceptable/unacceptable basis. If any technical criteria or past performance items are determined to be unacceptable that quote will not be evaluated further and will not be eligible for award.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021).

1. Evaluation:

By submission of its quote, the offeror agrees to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements. Failure to adhere to all solicitation requirements may result in an offer being determined unacceptable and ineligible for further evaluation. The evaluation process follows:

Part I – Price Quote Evaluation Initially, the Government will place all quotes that meet the requirements of the solicitation in order by price, beginning with the lowest evaluated price. The price will be evaluated using either a quote identifying the unit price, total line item price, overall price, and guaranteed lead time for all CLINs identified in Table 1 provided in Addendum to FAR 52.212-1.

The Government will then evaluate the lowest evaluated priced offer to determine if it is reasonable and Complete. If there is a conflict between the unit price and the overall price, the unit price will be used to determine the correct evaluated price. Failure to quote for any price element, may cause the quoter’s quote to be rejected as unacceptable.

Quoters whose evaluated price is unreasonable (in accordance with FAR 13.106-3) may not be considered for award.

Part II – Technical Documentation Evaluation

Next, the lowest evaluated priced offeror, and their guaranteed lead time, will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis for the Technical Requirement. For the lowest evaluated priced offeror to receive a rating of “Acceptable”, they shall submit technical information to confirm the items requested will be provided as stated in this combined synopsis/solicitation (see Table 1). The offeror shall also submit documentation proving that all quoted items meet the minimum salient characteristics identified in Attachment 1 – Transformers Characteristics and are compatible to be integrated into the electrical system as indicated in Attachment 2 -Single Line Diagram Peterson OL-001. Additionally, if an offeror cannot deliver all items in Table 1 as required by Attachment 3 – SOW_Deliver Tranformers, their quote may be found technically unacceptable.

Finally, if a quoter’s provided technical information or completed Table 1 does not state a lead time within 215 weeks, it may be deemed technically “Unacceptable”. If the lowest evaluated priced offeror does not provide the complete technical information, it will receive an “Unacceptable” rating and evaluation of that quote will stop.

The technical factors will receive one of the following ratings listed below.

Rating Description Rating Description Acceptable Quote meets the requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Quote does not meet the requirements of the solicitation.

2. Basis of Award:

If the lowest evaluated priced receives an “acceptable” technical rating, that quote represents the most advantageous offer to the Government, evaluation of that quote is complete, award will be made to that offeror, and the evaluation process will stop. If the lowest evaluated price quote receives an “unacceptable” technical rating, evaluation of that quote will stop. In that instance, the next lowest evaluated priced offeror will be evaluated using the methodology above and the process will continue (in order by price) until a quote receives an “acceptable” technical rating, or until all offerors are evaluated.

Conversations 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 a quote revision.

The Government intends to award a contract without conversations (while keeping with FAR Part 12 and 13). The Government, however, reserves the right to conduct conversations if deemed in its best interest.

In the case that a discrepancy exists, procedures will be executed IAW FAR 52.212-4(s).

List of Attachments

1. Attachment 1 - Transformers Characteristics.Rev4

2. Attachment 2 - Single Line Diagram Peterson OL-001

3. Attachment 3 - SOW_Deliver Transformers.Rev1

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