COMBOSYNOPSIS_VTE_AMENDMENT_01.docx

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures as supplemented with FAR 13.1 and 13.5 and additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is Request for Proposal numbered FA2823-15-R-6009 for Vertical Transportation Equipment Services (VTE) at Eglin AFB, FL.

This is a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside only acquisition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 238290, with small business size standard of $15M. Please identify your business size in your response based upon this standard. Prospective offerors must be registered on the System for Award Management (SAM) website at www.sam.gov to be eligible. Please provide DUNS and/or Cage Code and description of your company’s delivery terms and any charges for shipping on the response to this Request for Proposal. Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offer Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items and provision 252.209-7999, Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under and Federal Law, with their offer.

Evaluation will be based on Trade-Off Procedures. In accordance with the FAR Subpart 13.106-1(a)(2) offerors are notified that the award will be made to the offer that provides the best value to the Government after consideration of technical, price, and delivery aspects of the offer.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 October 2015 through 30 September 2016 for the base period and three (3) one-year options from 1 October 2016 through 30 September 2019.

CLIN STRUCTURE:

See Attachment 2 - Bid Schedule

Questions and requests for clarifications regarding this Request for Proposal are due no later than 3:00 PM CST on 9 June 2015. Responses to questions and requests for clarifications will be posted as an amendment to this solicitation no later than 3:00 PM CST on 11 June 2015. Responses to the Request for Proposal must be received no later than 3:00 PM CST on 19 June 2015. Respondents shall include a Point of Contact (POC) in include name, position, telephone number, and email address. Please forward any questions and responses to Anquanette Figueroa at 850-882-9120 or anquanette.figueroa@us.af.mil. Email is preferred. Faxes are not accepted. Mailing Address is:

AFTC/PZIOC (OL-EGLIN)

Each person requesting a base pass must provide a completed Attachment 3 - Request for Base Access Memo and Attachment 4 - Affidavit to this office (AFTC/PZIOC) no later than 4 business days prior to the date that base access is needed. Criminal background checks will be conducted from the information given on the Affidavit. The Request for Base Access Memo and Affidavit are Attachments 3 and 4 of this Request for Quotation. Completed documents shall be sent to anquanette.figueroa@us.af.mil or cynthia.smith.19@us.af.mil, for request of base passes.

When reporting to the Ease Gate (Valparaiso) Visitor’s Center, the authorized contractor individual(s) should provide a valid driver’s license, current vehicle registration, valid vehicle insurance certificate and social security card to obtain a vehicle pass.

Wage Determination 2005-3033, Revision 15, dated 30 December 2014 will be incorporated in the contract. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov in order to be eligible for contract award.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items.

a. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, Offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Offerors are required to meet the Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and requirements as defined in the Performance Work Statement. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the RFP terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The response shall consist of three (3) separate parts; Volume I – Price Proposal, Volume II – Past Performance Information, and Volume III – Past Performance References and accompanying completed Past Performance Questionnaires. For all volumes you must submit an original and two (2) hard paper copies and also place all volumes on a Compact Disc (CD). Offerors are cautioned to follow the detailed instructions fully and carefully, as the Government intends to make an award based on the initial offers received, without discussion of such offers.

In proposal volumes, follow the quantity and page limits as follows:

Volume Copies Page Limits

Volume I - Price Proposal Original + (2) copies No page limit

Volume II – Past Performance Information Original + (2) copies 10 pages

NOTE 1. Provide the form at Attachment 5 of not more than five (5) references of the most relevant contracts performed for federal agencies and commercial customers within the last three (3) years as part of Volume III. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture, in addition to the five (5) references for the prime, the Offeror may provide up to five (5) additional references for the Joint Venture. In addition, the Offeror is responsible for providing the Government the completed Attachment 6 questionnaires provided back to the Offeror by their references as part of Volume III.

NOTE 2. Joint venture - Concerns submitting offers on a particular acquisition as joint ventures are considered as affiliated and controlling or having the power to control each other with regard to performance of the contract. i.e. Joint profit, for which purpose they combine their efforts, property, money, skill, or knowledge, but not on a continuing or permanent basis for conducting business generally. Joint Ventures are characterized as two or more business entities that have been merged to create one business entity with equal responsibility during the course of the contract. Will have a single Cage Code identified by SBA—joining the two companies.

2. Proposal Organization: The paper files will be checked to determine the number of pages and compliance with proposal instructions. Those pages in excess of the limit of Volume II will be removed from the back and returned by the PCO to ensure they are not evaluated. The Government will not keep any pages in excess of the limit. If Evaluation Notices (EN’s) are required, page limits may be placed on any responses. Any page limits for responses to ENs will be identified in the letter forwarding the ENs to you. Excess pages submitted in response to EN’s will be removed in the same manner as above by the PCO.

3. Format for all proposal Volumes shall be as follows:

a. Proposals shall be neat, indexed (cross-indexed as appropriate) and assembled in an orderly manner.

b. Page Set-Up/Font Size/Lines on Page: Only 8 ½ x 11 inch, portrait format pages are acceptable for text-oriented material. Landscape (8 ½ x 11 inch) pages are permitted for charts or graphs. Foldout pages are limited to 11 x 17 inch and may be portrait or landscape (limit 5). Text shall be written in full text. Text font shall be Times New Roman (No “narrow” font versions acceptable). Font size shall be 12 point with proportional spacing permitted. Type size for figures and tables must be no smaller than 8-point with proportional spacing permitted. Text may be wrapped around figures and tables. Margins on all four (4) edges of each page shall be at least 1 inch. Include: RFP number, Volume and/or subdirectory title and page number in the margin on the upper right of all pages. Single spacing may be used for figures and tables. Company name and proprietary information notices shall be placed on top and/or bottom margins. Use single column formatting only; multi-column formatting is not allowed. Graphics are allowed in either color or black and white with an 8-point minimum on embedded text except where data is only being used as a sample and readability is not intended. Proposals shall not be supplemented by a package or supplemented by reference documents. Elaborate formats, bindings or color presentations are not desired or required.

c. Page Definition: A page is defined as one face of a sheet of paper containing information.

d Page Numbering: Pages in each volume must be numbered sequentially and consecutively. The cover page, table of contents, list(s) of tables and drawings, and blank pages are excluded from the page count.

e. Text and graphics portions of the electronic copies shall be in a format readable by Microsoft (MS) Word 2003 or higher or Adobe PDF. Data submitted in spreadsheet format shall be readable by MS Excel 2003 or higher. In case of conflict between the paper copy and the electronic copy of the proposals submitted, the paper copy shall take precedence. Offerors are cautioned to follow the detailed instructions fully and carefully, as the Government intends to make an award based on the initial offers received, without discussion of such offers.

f. It is preferred that the volumes are not submitted in hard cover binders or spiral bound.

4. Specific Instructions for Volume I – PRICE PROPOSAL

a. Insert proposed prices on the bid schedule (Attachment 2) for the base period, option periods one (1), two (2), three (3), and a price for an optional six (6) month extension with a combined total price of the base period, three (3) option periods, and optional six (6) month extension. A breakout of the real property locations for the Vertical Transport Equipment (VTE) can be found in Appendix B of the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment 1).

b. The Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition. Upon examination of the initial offers, the Contracting Officer will review this determination and if, in the Contracting Officer’s opinion, adequate price competition exists no additional cost information will be requested and certification under FAR 15.406-2 will not be required. However, if at any time during this competition the PCO determines that adequate price competition no longer exists, offerors may be required to submit information to the extent necessary for the PCO to determine the reasonableness and affordability of the Price. In accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b) and 15.403-3(a), data other than cost or pricing data may be required to support price reasonableness. Data shall be provided in accordance with FAR 15.403-5. If, after receipt of proposals, the PCO determines that there is insufficient information available to determine price reasonableness and none of the exceptions in FAR 15.403-1 apply, the Offeror shall be required to submit certified cost or pricing data.

5. Specific Instructions for Volume II – PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Only information for recent contracts that meet the definitions of Somewhat Relevant, Relevant or Very Relevant in Table 1 below are desired. Provide any information available (i.e. descriptive language, letters, metrics, customer surveys, independent surveys, etc.) which demonstrates customer satisfaction with overall job performance and quality of completed projects for same or similar type contracts completed within the last three years as well as current projects nearing completion. In addition, explain corrective actions taken in the past, if any, for substandard performance and any current performance problems such as missed refuse pickups. Provide comments regarding any known performance deemed unacceptable to the customer or not in accordance with the contract terms and conditions. If applicable, provide a letter from all subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement, consenting to the release of their Past Performance information to the prime Offeror.

For the purpose of this RFP, the following definitions apply:

a. Recent contracts are ongoing contracts with a performance history and contracts completed within three (3) years from the issue date of this RFP.

b. Relevancy definitions are provided in Table 1.0 below:

Table 1.0 Past Performance Relevancy Definitions Very Relevant

Present/Past Performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude (efforts with Total Contract Value greater than or equal to $1M) of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant

Present/Past Performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude (efforts with Total Contract Value greater than $500K and less than $1M) of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant

Present/Past Performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude (efforts with Total Contract Value greater than $250K and less than $500K) of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant

Present/Past Performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude (efforts with Total Contract Value less than $250K) of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

6. Specific Instructions for Volume III – PAST PERFORMANCE REFERENCES

a. Only references for same or similar type contracts are desired.

b. The Government will evaluate the quality and extent of Offeror’s performance deemed recent and relevant to the requirements of this RFP. The Government will use information submitted by the Offeror on the Attachment 5 and Attachment 6 forms, the Past Performance Proposal, and other sources such as other Federal Government offices and commercial sources, to assess performance. The Government may also use other information available that is determined relevant to this effort, such as, but not limited to, the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS).

c. Joint Venture: If the Offeror intends to fulfill the requirements of this RFP in a teaming arrangement or joint venture, the Offeror must provide complete information as to the arrangement, including a list of any relevant and recent past/present performance information on previous joint ventures with the same joint venture partner (NOTE: Arrangement is not counted as part of the page count). If this is a first-time joint effort, each party to the arrangement must provide a list of past and present contracts.

7. Additional Instructions

a. Deviations. Deviations from these instructions will be reviewed by the Contracting Officer to ensure that no Offeror receives a competitive advantage. Deviations resulting in a competitive advantage for an Offeror will result in the proposal being determined noncompliant with the RFP requirements. Offerors unconditionally assume the risk that a clear quantitative deviation will be deemed qualitatively advantageous to the Offeror and determined noncompliant with the RFP.

b. Disposition of Unsuccessful Proposals. The Government will retain one copy of all unsuccessful proposals. Unless the Offeror requires otherwise, the Government will destroy extra copies of unsuccessful proposals.

c. Proposal Delivery. Anticipate a three (3) to five (5) day lead time for Security Forces to process the documents and conduct the required background check. To get base access in time to submit proposal by due date of 19 June 2015 base access forms MUST be submitted no later than 12:00 PM CST on 12 June 2015.

For base access see para 7d. Offerors are advised that delays can be experienced entering the installation when proposals are hand carried to the base. See below instructions for specific requirements to access the installation. In addition to the specific instructions below; vehicle registration, proof of insurance and proper identification are required to enter the installation. Proposals must be either hand delivered or mailed to arrive at the following address by the required dates:

AFTC/PZIOC

ATTN: ANQUANETTE FIGUEROA

308 WEST D AVENUE, BUILDING 260, SUITE 130

EGLIN AFB FL 32542

Hand carried proposals must be submitted to Building 260, Room 130, Eglin AFB, FL. Please call the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer to notify once your delivery is made. All Offerors' proposals must then be date/time stamped listed on the proposal envelope/package by the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer. Outside the front door of the Contracting Office, Suite 130 is a table that contains all of the telephone numbers of personnel in Operational Contracting. The envelope used in submitting your proposal must be plainly marked with the RFP number, and the date and local time set for proposal closing. NOTE) It is imperative that an Offeror intending to deliver their proposal by commercial carrier, e.g. Federal Express, DHL, UPS, etc., insure that the outer envelope of the commercial carrier’s package identifies the contents as a proposal. This outer package must clearly show the RFP number and the date and local time set for proposal closing.

d. BASE ACCESS FOR SITE VISIT AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: If requesting base access, the Offeror must submit a completed Eglin AFB Form 90 (Attachment 4) and a written request, i.e. Memorandum (Template-Attachment 3) on company letterhead to the Contract Specialist (anquanette.figueroa@us.af.mil) and the Contracting Officer (cynthia.smith.19@us.af.mil) listing the following: the RFP number FA2823-15-R-6009, date of entrance, complete name and SSN/Date of Birth /Driver’s License #/State of employee needing access to the base. Please note that anybody modifications or tattoos must be described on the affidavit, along with the location of the body modification or tattoo. The written request must specify the individual authorized to sign for a request for base identification credentials or temporary pass. The Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist will endorse the pass request memorandum and then send it with the affidavit to Security Forces for processing.

To gain base access in time for the site visit the Offeror must submit base access forms no later than 12:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST) to this office (AFTC/PZIOC) no later than seven (7) business days prior to the date base access is needed for Security Forces to process the documents and conduct the required background checks. Criminal background checks will be conducted from the information given on the Affidavit. Access on both forms should only be for Eglin AFB North Gate on 02 June 2015 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Please do not alter the location or the date/time on the Memorandum Template (Attachment D) for base access in order to attend the site visit; access will be limited to the aforementioned times only. *Please make sure that the above location and date/time are on the affidavit(s) submitted. When reporting to the visitor’s center to pick up the pass, the authorized individual(s) should provide a valid photo ID in order to obtain the temporary pass. Offerors are notified that they should not expect to get on base with a retired military or dependent ID card; Security Forces does not allow the use of these cards when contractors are doing business on the base.

e. Site Visit: The site visit will be held on Tuesday, 02 June 2015 at 8:00 AM. Offerors will go to the Eglin AFB East Gate Visitor’s Center (Valparaiso) at least a half hour before to pick up base access passes. Offerors will meet at the Eglin North Gate at 7:30 AM CST. Offerors will pick up passes at the East Gate Visitor’s Center (Valparaiso) and drive through the base to get to the North Gate, see Attachment 7 for driving directions.

f. Electronic Reference Documents. All referenced documents for this RFP are available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Potential Offerors are encouraged to subscribe for real-time email notifications when information has been posted to the website for this RFP.

g. Formal Communications: Offerors shall submit formal communications such as questions, requests for clarifications, and/or information concerning this RFP, in writing (email is considered the recommended method) to the following address NO LATER THAN TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE PROPOSAL DUE DATE to allow processing an amendment to the RFP with the Offeror’s questions and answers.

ATTN: ANQUANETTE FIGUEROA

308 WEST D AVENUE, BUILDING 260, SUITE 130

EGLIN AFB FL 32542

Email: anquanette.figueroa@us.af.mil

8. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAR 52.212-1 - INSTRUCTIONS / ADDENDUM AND EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Your attention is directed to the functional relationship between FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offeror – Commercial Items and its Addendum above and Evaluation – Commercial Items below of this RFP. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offeror – Commercial Items and its Addendum provides information for the purpose of organizing the proposal and is not intended to be all-inclusive. Evaluation – Commercial Items describes evaluation factors for award, to include the evaluation procedures for responsiveness to the RFP, ranking of the Price proposal, and the assessment of Past Performance information. PROPOSALS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFEROR – COMMERCIAL ITEMS AND ITS ADDENDUM MAY BE REJECTED. Since there is a functional relationship between FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offeror – Commercial Items and its Addendum and Evaluation – Commercial Items the proposals must address all areas identified for both sections.

EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS

a. BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD:

1. This is a competitive best value acquisition utilizing the tradeoff process in accordance with FAR 15.3, Contracting by Negotiation, as supplemented by DoD Source Selection Procedures, AFFARS 5315.3, MP5315.3, and the evaluation process and criteria set forth in this Request for Proposal (RFP). This procurement will be conducted as a 100% total small business set-aside. The Government will award a contract resulting from the RFP to the acceptable, responsible Offeror whose proposal, conforming to this RFP, offers the best-value to the Government. The evaluation factors are: Factor 1: Price and Factor 2: Past Performance. Past Performance is approximately equal to Price. Evaluation criteria are the same for all competing offerors.

2. Offerors shall assure that proposals are submitted in accordance with the instructions provided in clause FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items and its Addendum of this RFP. By submission of its offer, the offeror accedes to all RFP requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, exhibits, attachments, drawings, and specifications.

3. Offerors shall propose prices for all CLINs. Any offer that fails to cite a price for each item, or fails to make an entry, may be rejected as nonconforming to this RFP.

4. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the RFP terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. Failure to meet a requirement risks rejection.

5. Only Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) offers will be evaluated for FFP Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs). An offer using a sliding price scale, or subject to escalation based on any contingency for FFP designated CLINs, will not be accepted. Only one contract will be awarded for this requirement.

b. EVALUATION PROCESS:

1. Price Evaluation: Initially, offers will be ranked according to their Total Evaluated Prices (TEPs).

The Offeror’s proposed CLIN prices will be determined by multiplying the “Unit Price” by the Government provided ”Quantity” identified to determine the “Amount” for each CLIN. As part of the Price evaluation, all CLIN “Amounts” will be added together (summed) to establish an Offeror’s overall TEP for the acquisition. Price will be evaluated for reasonableness based on prices submitted from competitive proposals, current market conditions, and comparison to the Government estimate.

The Offeror's Price proposal will be evaluated, using one or more of the techniques defined in FAR 15.404, in order to determine if it is reasonable. Once the Contracting Officer has determined that adequate price competition exists within this source selection price fair and reasonableness will be evaluated, at a minimum, based on the comparison of the offeror’s overall TEP with all other competitive offerors’ overall TEPs received in response to the solicitation.

After the proposals are ranked by Price, the Past Performance evaluation will proceed as defined in Section B.

2. Past Performance Evaluation: Using the information provided in Volume II, Past Performance Proposal and Volume III, Past Performance References (Attachment 5) and completed Past Performance Questionnaires (Attachment 6) and other available information, the Contracting Officer will evaluate past performance information based on (1) the past and present efforts provided by the offeror and (2) data independently obtained from other Government, commercial and other sources. For each effort provided by the offeror, the Contracting Officer will evaluate whether the effort is recent, as that term recent is defined in paragraph (a)(5) above.

If an effort is determined to be recent, then the Contracting Officer will assign the effort one of the four relevancy ratings in Table 1.0 in paragraph (a)(5) above. After evaluating each effort for recency and relevancy, the Contracting Officer will assign the offeror one of the following Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings:

Table 2.0 – Performance Confidence Assessments Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings

c. The Government reserves the right to seek information on higher priced offerors if none of the lower priced offerors receive a Substantial Confidence performance confidence assessment. The purpose of the Past Performance evaluation is to allow the Government to assess the offeror’s ability to perform the effort described in this RFP, based on the offeror’s demonstrated present and Past Performance. The Government will conduct a performance confidence assessment based upon Past Performance of the offerors as it relates to the probability of successfully performing the solicitation requirements. This evaluation will include the offeror’s record of (i) conforming to the Performance Work Statement, (ii) management of the project, (iii) reasonable and cooperative behavior and performance and commitment to customer satisfaction, and (iv) quality control. This assessment represents the Government evaluation team’s judgment of the probability of an offeror successfully accomplishing the proposed effort, based upon the offeror’s demonstrated present and Past Performance. The rating may be determined initially or as a result of discussions. The assessment process will result in an overall performance confidence assessment rating of Substantial Confidence, Satisfactory Confidence, Limited Confidence, No Confidence, or Unknown Confidence, as defined in Table 1.0.

d. Offerors submitting Past Performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel, or subcontractors, are highly encouraged to provide sufficient details regarding them to allow the Government to fully evaluate the relative value of the information. For example, but not limited to, how is the Past Performance of a predecessor company, key personnel, or subcontractor recent and relevant to the determination of this offeror’s ability to perform this contract. What will the level of involvement of key personnel be on this contract effort? Provide full details of any subcontractor’s involvement on this work effort.

The offeror shall provide past performance from subcontractors that will perform major (25% or more of the total contract effort) aspects of the requirement and outline what percentage of the work this subcontractor will accomplish on this effort.

e. In evaluating Past Performance, the Government reserves the right to give greater consideration to information on those contracts deemed most relevant to the effort described in this RFP.

f. Offerors with no recent and relevant past or present performance history or the offeror’s performance record is so limited that no confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned shall receive the rating "Unknown Confidence," meaning the rating is treated neither favorably nor unfavorably. Definitions for Performance Confidence Assessments and Relevancy are as defined below:

c. BEST VALUE DETERMINATION: Offerors will be initially be ranked from lowest TEP to the highest TEP. Next, past performance will be evaluated and a confidence rating assigned.

1. If the proposal with the lowest TEP is determined to be reasonable and is judged to have an overall Substantial Confidence performance rating, and the offeror is determined to be responsible, 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.

2. IF THE LOWEST TEP OFFER IS NOT JUDGED TO HAVE AN OVERALL SUBSTAINIAL CONFIDENCE PEFORMANCE RATING THE EVALUATION WILL CONTINUE AS FOLLOWS:

a. If the lowest TEP offer is reasonable but does not have a confidence rating of Substantial Confidence, the next lowest TEP offer will be evaluated and the process will continue until an offeror whose Price is reasonable receives a confidence rating of Substantial Confidence overall for Past Performance.

b. The Source Selection Authority shall then make an integrated assessment Best Value award decision by determining if the Best Value to the Government is to pay a higher cost for a higher Past Performance assessment rating. The Government reserves the following rights:

i. To award a contract to the lowest TEP offeror who has Substantial Confidence Rating;

ii. To award to higher TEP offeror who has Substantial Confidence Rating;

iii. To award a contract to the lowest TEP offeror who has at least a Satisfactory Confidence Rating.

3. Offerors are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items and its Addendum of this solicitation. Offeror’s may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their proposal (for example, the relevance of Past Performance information) or respond to adverse Past Performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond. Adverse Past Performance is defined as Past Performance information that supports a less than satisfactory rating on any evaluation element or any unfavorable comments received from sources without a formal rating system. Communication 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 proposal revision.

4. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offerors. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer determines this to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers, if such, is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in received offers.

5. Offerors are cautioned to follow the detailed instructions fully and carefully, as the Government reserves the right to make an award based on initial offers received, without discussion of such offers. The offeror's initial proposal should reflect their best effort.

6. If the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) determines that discussions are necessary, offerors may be required to participate in telephone discussions or in face-to-face oral discussions at the Operational Contracting Division, 308 West D Avenue, Suite 130, Bldg. 260, Eglin AFB FL.

The following provisions and clauses are incorporated by reference and in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-80 (2 Mar 15) and DFARS Publication Notice 20150326. They may be accessed via the internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. The following provisions and clauses are applicable:

FAR 52.202-1, Definitions (C);

FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities (C);

FAR 52.203-5, Covenant Against Contingent Fees (C);

FAR 52.203-7, Anti-kickback Procedures (C);

FAR 52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions FAR 52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (C);

FAR 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (C);

FAR 52.204-4, Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Recycled Paper FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (P);

FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (C);

FAR 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items.

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (C);

FAR 52.215-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Competitive Acquisition.

FAR 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations (C);

FAR 52.223-2 -- Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service And Construction Contracts.

FAR 52.223-5 -- Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information.

FAR 52.223-6 Drug-Free Workplace MAY 2001 FAR 52.223-17 Affirmative Procurement of EPA-Designated Items in Service and Construction Contracts FAR 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications;

FAR 52.227-1 Authorization and Consent;

FAR 52.228-5 Insurance - Work On A Government Installation FAR 52.228-11 Pledges Of Assets FAR 52.229-3 Federal, State And Local Taxes FAR 52.232-17 Interest FAR 52.232-23 Assignment Of Claims FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors FAR 52.233-1 Disputes FAR 52.233-1 Alt I Disputes (May 2014) - Alternate I FAR 52.237-1 Site Visit FAR 52.237-2 Protection Of Government Buildings, Equipment, And Vegetation FAR 52.242-13 Bankruptcy FAR 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order FAR 52.242-17 Government Delay of Work FAR 52.243-1 Changes--Fixed Price FAR 52.243-1 Alt I Changes--Fixed Price (Aug 1987) - Alternate I FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Items FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies--Fixed Price FAR 52.246-4 Inspection of Services--Fixed Price FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination;

FAR 52.249-2 Termination For Convenience Of The Government (Fixed-Price) FAR 52.249-4 Termination For Convenience Of The Government (Service) FAR 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply & Service) APR 1984 FAR 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses (C);

DFARS 252.201-7000, Contracting Officer’s Representative;

DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (C);

DFARS 252.203-7001, Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Fraud or Other Defense-Contract-Related Felonies (C);

DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (C);

DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (P);

DFARS 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product (C);

DFARS 252.204-7004, Alt A, System for Award Management (P);

DFARS 252.204-7006, Billing Instructions, in Solicitations and Contracts (C);

DFARS 252.204-7011, Alternative Line Item Structure (C);

DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information (C);

DFARS 252.209-7004, Subcontracting with Firms That Are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Terrorist Country;

DFARS 252.223-7004, Drug-Free Work Force DFARS 252.223-7006 Prohibition on Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous Materials.

DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program (C);

DFARS 252.226-7001, Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns DFARS 252.227-7000, Non-Estoppel (C);

DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (C);

DFARS 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government’s Obligation DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments (C);

DFARS 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications (C);

DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (C);

AFFARS 5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (C);

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— “Administrative proceeding” means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings). This includes administrative proceeding at the Federal and State level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract or grant. It does not include agency actions such as contract audits, site visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables.

“Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000” means—

(1) The total value of all current, active contracts and grants, including all priced options; and

(2) The total value of all current, active orders including all priced options under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, 8(a), or requirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award Schedules).

“Principal” means an officer, director, owner, partner, or a person having primary management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity (e.g., general manager; plant manager; head of a division or business segment; and similar positions).

(b) The offeror [_] has [_] does not have current active Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000.

(c) If the offeror checked “has” in paragraph (b) of this provision, the offeror represents, by submission of this offer, that the information it has entered in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) is current, accurate, and complete as of the date of submission of this offer with regard to the following information:

(1) Whether the offeror, and/or any of its principals, has or has not, within the last five years, in connection with the award to or performance by the offeror of a Federal contract or grant, been the subject of a proceeding, at the Federal or State level that resulted in any of the following dispositions:

(i) In a criminal proceeding, a conviction.

(ii) In a civil proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in the payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more.

(iii) In an administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in—

(A) The payment of a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more; or

(B) The payment of a reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of $100,000.

(iv) In a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, a disposition of the matter by consent or compromise with an acknowledgment of fault by the Contractor if the proceeding could have led to any of the outcomes specified in paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), or (c)(1)(iii) of this provision.

(2) If the offeror has been involved in the last five years in any of the occurrences listed in (c)(1) of this provision, whether the offeror has provided the requested information with regard to each occurrence.

(d) The offeror shall post the information in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (c)(1)(iv) of this provision in FAPIIS as required through maintaining an active registration in the System for Award Management database via https://www.acquisition.gov (see 52.204-7).

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2013)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-- Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC) is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

Document type means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

Local processing office (LPO) is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall--

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.acquisition.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this Web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the "Web Based Training" link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via Web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s).

Combined (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable document type(s). Note: If a "Combo" document type is identified but not supportable by the Contractor's business systems, an "Invoice" (stand-alone) and "Receiving Report" (stand-alone) document type may be used instead.)

(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer.

(Contracting Officer: Insert inspection and acceptance locations or "Not applicable".)

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table* Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC F03000 Issue By DoDAAC FA2823 Admin DoDAAC FA2823 Inspect By DoDAAC FA2823 Ship To Code F1T2AF Ship From Code ____ Mark For Code ____ Service Approver (DoDAAC) ____ Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) ____ Accept at Other DoDAAC ____ LPO DoDAAC ____ DCAA Auditor DoDAAC ____ Other DoDAAC(s) ____ (*Contracting Officer: Insert applicable DoDAAC information or "See schedule" if multiple ship to/acceptance locations apply, or "Not applicable.")

(4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request.

(5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the email address identified below in the "Send Additional Email Notifications" field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.

cynthia.smith.19@us.af.mil (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable email addresses or "Not applicable.")

(g) WAWF point of contact. (1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact.

anquanette.figueroa@us.af.mil (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable information or "Not applicable.")

(2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988.

FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)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: https://farsite.hill.af.mil (End of Provision) (P).

FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference, which reads as follows: 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: http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (NOV 2012)

(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 proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the 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/or recommendations 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, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA ombudsmen, Col Evan C. Dertien, AFTC/CV, 1 South Rosamond Blvd, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-3784, phone number (661) 277-2810, facsimile number (661) 277-7593. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU or ARISRA 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) 256-2397, 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.

52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MARCH 2015) The offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site accessed through http://www.acquisition.gov . If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (p) of this provision.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision-- “Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern” means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

“Forced or indentured child labor” means all work or service—

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

“Highest-level owner” means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

“Immediate owner” means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control…