FA254318T0005_Instructions.pdf

FA2543-18-T-0005

Canine Explosive Training Aid Storage Magazine Solicitation Verbiage

1. The 460th Security Forces Squadron ( 460 SFS) has a need to purchase a Cainine Explosive

Training Aid Storage magazine (CETASM) to store explosive training aids at the kennels.. All work must be approved by the Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board (DDESB). The

Statement Of Work (SOW), dated 24 April 2018, identifies the contractors support required to provide CETASM.

2. The government intends to award a firm fixed price contract to the responsible contractor who provides a reasonably priced, technically acceptable proposal. The offeror has to meet the requirements found in the SOW, dated 24 April 2018.

3. The Contractor shall submit their proposals IAW the attached SF1449, FA254318T0005

4. Only a technically acceptable offer will be considered. The Government intends to evaluate your offer and make award without discussions, however, this does not preclude the Government from having discussions if it is in the best interest of the Government. The Government will not reimburse your company for cost to provide a response to the subsequent solicitation notice.

5. Submit your signed and dated offer at or before the exact specified time in the

FA254318T0005 solicitation. Request for Information must be emailed to john.woods.18@us.af.mil and damaris.raffaeli@us.af.mil NLT Noon (MST) on 10 May 2018.

Proposals are due NLT Noon (MST) on 17 May 2018. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to your company only if your proposal conforming to the solicitation will be advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate your offer:

BASIS OF AWARD: Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Award will be made to your company if found technically acceptable and provides a reasonably priced quote.

In order to be deemed technically acceptable, the product proposed must meet the required salient characteristics listed in the SOW, dated 24 April 2018.

IAW FAR 13.106-1—Soliciting Competition:

(a) Considerations. In soliciting competition, the contracting officer shall consider the guidance in 13.104 and the following before requesting quotations or offers:

(1)

(i) The nature of the article or service to be purchased and whether it is highly competitive and readily available in several makes or brands, or is relatively noncompetitive.

(ii) An electronic commerce method that employs widespread electronic public notice in not available; and mailto:john.woods.18@us.af.mil mailto:damaris.raffaeli@us.af.mil http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/13.htm#P105_14896

FA2543-18-T-0005

Canine Explosive Training Aid Storage Magazine Solicitation Verbiage

(iii) The urgency of the proposed purchase.

(iv) The dollar value of the proposed purchase.

(v) Past experience concerning specific dealers’ prices.

(2) When soliciting quotations or offers, the contracting officer shall notify potential quoters or offerors of the basis on which award will be made (price alone or price and other factors, e.g., past performance and quality). Contracting officers are encouraged to use best value. Solicitations are not required to state the relative importance assigned to each evaluation factor and subfactor, nor are they required to include subfactors.

The evaluation process will proceed as follows:

a) Technical Acceptability: the lowest offeror will then be ranked according to Technically

Acceptable/Unacceptable based on the following technical qualifications:

i. Service(s) with description, specifications, and/or standards

ii. Technical Approach

iii. If the first lowest proposal is determined to be technically acceptable that offer represents the Best Value for the Government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award will be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers. If the first lowest proposal is not deemed technically acceptable, the next lowest offer will be evaluated until an offer is deemed technically acceptable.

The Government reserves the right to seek information on higher priced offerors if none of the lower priced offerors receive a Technically Acceptable rating.

DAMARIS RAFFAELI, CIV, DAFS

CONTRACTING OFFICER