FA2521-16-Q-B315_Protestant_Musician_Music_Director.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

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.

The solicitation number FA2521-16-Q-B315 shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this request for quote.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-89.

This is a set-aside for 100% Small Business.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 561990 with a size standard of $11M.

Item Description Qty Unit Issue Unit Price Total Amount

One Base Year + Four Option Years + 6 Months Extension

Base Year, 1 Oct 16 - 30 Sep 17

Item Description Qty Unit Issue Unit Price Total Amount

0001 Protestant Musician/Music Director 12 Months

Total

Option Year, 1 1 Oct 17 – 30 Sep 18

Item Description Qty Unit Issue Unit Price Total Amount

1001 Protestant Musician/Music Director 12 Months

Total

Option Year 2, 1 Oct 18 - 30 Sep 19

Item Description Qty Unit Issue Unit Price Total Amount

2001 Protestant Musician/Music Director 12 Months

Total

Option Year 3, 1 Oct 19 – 30 Sep 20

Item Description Qty Unit Issue Unit Price Total Amount

3001 Protestant Musician/Music Director 12 Months

Total http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/FAR12.DOC#s126

Option Year 4, 1 Oct 20 – 30 Sep 21

Item Description Qty Unit Issue Unit Price Total Amount

4001 Protestant Musician/Music Director 12 Months

Total

6 month extension

Item Description Qty Unit Issue Unit Price Total Amount

5001 Protestant Musician/Music Director 6 Months

Total

Total Amount of Quote including Base + options $____________________________

Performance Work Statement attached.

Ship to address: 45 SW/HC Base Chapel

Bldg 440

Patrick AFB, FL 32925.

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Oct 15) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

For RFQ only: 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 offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm until 1 Oct 16.”

Pricing Information: All dollar amounts provided in response to these instructions shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

Past Experience

Document evidence of the offeror’s successful performance of the same or similar services as those required in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Evaluation will be on a pass/fail basis. Please provide proposed staffing, to include their experiences. Resume are acceptable.

State previous or current Government contracts with the contract number, contract name, Government entity, dollar amount, brief description of service, point of contact (to include email address, name phone number), and other pertinent information. Contracts shall be recent and relevant. Recent is with the past three (3) years.

Technical Capability

The proposal must demonstrate an effective approach that demonstrates the offer’s technical capability to obtain and maintain the requirement of the PWS. The Government shall evaluate http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1070_147634 technical capability on a pass/fail basis.

The requirements specified in the solicitation are mandatory. By your proposal submission, you are representing that your company will perform all of the requirements specified in the solicitation.

It is not necessary or desirable for you to tell us so in your proposal. Do not merely reiterate the objectives or reformulate the requirement specified in the solicitation. It is your responsibility to ensure the completeness of your proposal. The Government will evaluate based on the information provided in your proposal. The Government shall not assume that an offeror possess any capability unless specified in the proposal. Technical narrative shall not exceed five (5) pages.

RFQ due date: 17 Sep 16

RFQ due time: 2:00 P.M. EST

Email to 45cons.lgcb.e-bids@us.af.mil or mail to:

45th Contracting Squadron

Attn: FA2521-16-Q-B315

1201 Edward H. White II Street, MS 7200

Patrick AFB, FL 32925-3238

THIS MUST BE SENT TO 45 CONS E-BIDS AS STATED ABOVE, OR THE ADDRESS

IF MAILING. ANYTHING OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED

NONRESPONSIVE. YOU MAY WISH TO PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT.

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

All questions regarding this solicitation must be email to 45cons.lgcb.e-bids@us.af.mil by 1:00

P.M. EST 12 Sep 16.

Please provide the following information with your quote:

DUNS Number: ____________

Cage Code: _______________

Tax ID Number: ___________________

*Number of Employees_____________

*Total Yearly Revenue_______________

*Information required determining size of business for the NAICS referenced above

Estimated Delivery Time: ____________

Payment Terms: _________________________

Warranty: ________________

FOB (Select): ____ Destination _____ Origin

Shipping Cost included? ____ Yes _____ No

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. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of award.

52.209-11 – Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a

Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016)

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that--

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the

Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that—

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability; and

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(End of provision)

52.219-28 – Post-Award Small Business Program Representation.

Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

Long-term contract means a contract of more than five years in duration, including options.

However, the term does not include contracts that exceed five years in duration because the https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ period of performance has been extended for a cumulative period not to exceed six months under the clause at 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, or other appropriate authority.

Small business concern means a concern, including its affiliates that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and the size standard in paragraph (c) of this clause. Such a concern is “not dominant in its field of operation” when it does not exercise a controlling or major influence on a national basis in a kind of business activity in which a number of business concerns are primarily engaged. In determining whether dominance exists, consideration shall be given to all appropriate factors, including volume of business, number of employees, financial resources, competitive status or position, ownership or control of materials, processes, patents, license agreements, facilities, sales territory, and nature of business activity.

(b) If the Contractor represented that it was a small business concern prior to award of this contract, the Contractor shall represent its size status according to paragraph (e) of this clause or, if applicable, paragraph (g) of this clause, upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) Within 30 days after execution of a novation agreement or within 30 days after modification of the contract to include this clause, if the novation agreement was executed prior to inclusion of this clause in the contract.

(2) Within 30 days after a merger or acquisition that does not require a novation or within

30 days after modification of the contract to include this clause, if the merger or acquisition occurred prior to inclusion of this clause in the contract.

(3) For long-term contracts—

(i) Within 60 to 120 days prior to the end of the fifth year of the contract; and

(ii) Within 60 to 120 days prior to the date specified in the contract for exercising any option thereafter.

(c) The Contractor shall represent its size status in accordance with the size standard in effect at the time of this representation that corresponds to the North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) code assigned to this contract. The small business size standard corresponding to this NAICS code can be found at http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards .

(d) The small business size standard for a Contractor providing a product which it does not manufacture itself, for a contract other than a construction or service contract, is 500 employees.

(e) Except as provided in paragraph (g) of this clause, the Contractor shall make the representation required by paragraph (b) of this clause by validating or updating all its representations in the Representations and Certifications section of the System for Award

Management (SAM) and its other data in SAM, as necessary, to ensure that they reflect the http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards

Contractor’s current status. The Contractor shall notify the contracting office in writing within the timeframes specified in paragraph (b) of this clause that the data have been validated or updated, and provide the date of the validation or update.

(f) If the Contractor represented that it was other than a small business concern prior to award of this contract, the Contractor may, but is not required to, take the actions required by paragraphs

(e) or (g) of this clause.

(g) If the Contractor does not have representations and certifications in SAM, or does not have a representation in SAM for the NAICS code applicable to this contract, the Contractor is required to complete the following representation and submit it to the contracting office, along with the contract number and the date on which the representation was completed:

The Contractor represents that it [ ] is, [ ] is not a small business concern under NAICS Code

_561990_____ assigned to contract number _FA2521-16-Q-B315.

Authorized signer's name and title Date

[Contractor to sign and date and insert authorized signer's name and title].

(End of clause)

FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 14), 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, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i) Technical capability of the service offered to meet the Government requirement; the offeror must meet the minimum qualifications outlined in the PWS.

(ii) Price

(iii) Past Performance-Pass/Fail

The offeror must be considered technically acceptable, not have any negative past performance to be considered for the award. The offeror meeting those two requirements with the overall lowest price will be the awardee.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1130_159445

Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

52.225-18 – Place of Manufacture.

Place of Manufacture (Mar 2015)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Manufactured end product” means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-

9999, except—

(1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) FSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables;

(5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) FSC 9610, Ores;

(9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

“Place of manufacture” means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

(b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly—

(1) [ ] In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or

(2) [ ] Outside the United States.

(End of provision)

Discussions: The government intends to award a purchase order without discussions with respective vendors/quoters. The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest.

FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Jul

16), with its Alternate I (May 14), applies to this acquisition. All vendors must be registered in

System For Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at the time of

Quote submittal.

FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (May 15), applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum: Paragraph (c) of this clause is tailored as follows: Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of administrative changes, such as changes in the paying office, appropriations data, etc., which may be changed unilaterally by the Government.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the quote or proposal’s terms and conditions and/or agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) and other Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or

Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (DEV) (Jun 16), Additionally, the following FAR clauses cited in 52.212-5 are applicable:

52.204-10 Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 15)

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Nov 14)

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractor's

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 15)

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporation (Nov 15)

52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (Jul 90)

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 99)

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 00)

52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 11)

52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 03)

52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 15)

52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Apr 15)

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 15)

52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 14)

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (Oct 15)

52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards (May 14) http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1145_161469 https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1405_194946 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1595_233379

52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 14)

52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price

Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 14)

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (May 15)

52.222-53 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services—Requirements (May 14)

52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 11)

52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 08)

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 13)

52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 96)

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 04)

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 13)

DFARS Clauses:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 11)

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov 11)

252.203-7996 -PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE

CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS—

REPRESENTATION (DEVIATION 2016-O0003)(OCT 2015)

(a) In accordance with section 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L.

114-53) and any subsequent FY 2016 appropriations act that extends to FY 2016 funds the same restrictions as are contained in section 743 of division E, title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), none of the funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) by this or any other Act may be used for a contract with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or contactors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it does not require employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or contactors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(End of provision)

252.203-7997 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements (Deviation 2016-O0003)(Oct 15)

(a) The Contractor shall not require employees or subcontractors seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or contactors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The Contractor shall notify employees that the prohibitions and restrictions of any internal confidentiality agreements covered by this clause are no longer in effect.

(c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(d)(1) Use of funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) by the Continuing

Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-53) or any other FY 2016 appropriations act that extends to FY 2016 funds the same prohibitions as contained in sections 743 of division E, title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) may be prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause.

(2) The Government may seek any available remedies in the event the Contractor fails to perform in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract as a result of Government action under this clause.

(End of clause)

252.204-7008 Compliance with Safegarding Defense Information Controls (Aug 15)

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

(Dec 15)

252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel (Jun 05)

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Jun 12)

252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (May 13)

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 06)

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial items (Jun 13)

The following AFFARS clauses are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (JUN 16) with the following fill-in: AFICA/KS SCO 150

Vandenberg Street, Peterson AFB, CO 80914, (P) 719-554-5300, (F) 719-554-5299, afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil.

5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (Nov 12)

5352.242-9001, Common Access Cards (CAC) for Contractor Personnel (Nov 12)

The full text of these clauses and provisions may be assessed electronically at the website:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

In addition, the government may further extend the performance period for up to six months under FAR 52.217-8.

mailto:afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

The full text of these clauses and provisions may be assessed electronically at the website:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

Attachments: 1

Name of document: Performance Work Statement (PWS), dated 24 Aug 16 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/