FA2823-19-Q-4020_Combo__Modified.pdf

Solicitation Number FA2823-19-Q-4020 Dielectric Load Testing

The Air Force Test Center, Installation Operational Contracting Division, Eglin AFB, FL intends to solicit and award a firm-fixed price (FFP) contract to perform Dielectric Testing, Load Testing and Unit Inspection on Bucket Trucks, Digger Derrick Trucks and Hot Sticks at Eglin AFB, Florida. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 - Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a separate solicitation will not be issued.

All FAR references are based off of FAC 2019-01, Effective 20 Dec 2018.

Set-Aside notice. Who Can Participate? This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under request for offer number FA2823-19-Q-4020. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541380, with a small business size standard of $15 Million. Please identify your business size in your response based on this standard. This solicitation is a total small business set-aside acquisition, pursuant to

FAR 19.5.

Please review this solicitation in its entirety including solicitation attachments provided herein and submit an offer for the requested contractor Dielectric Load Testing for Government mission as outlined in attachment two (2) the Statement of Work (SOW); as indicated in this solicitation.

Specific instructions and instructions for submitting questions, responses, exceptions to terms and conditions, amendment acknowledgement, and discrepancies may be referenced at the Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 provided herein.

Table of Attachments:

Attachment Number

Description Date Number of Pages

1 Provisions and Clauses 12 April 2019 29 pages 2 Statement of Work 12 April 2019 1 page 3 Wage Determination 1 January 2019 11 pages

Addendum to 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offers -- Commercial Items.

THIS SECTION IS FOR SOLICITATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS SECTION WILL BE PHYSICALLY

REMOVED FROM ANY RESULTANT AWARD, BUT WILL BE DEEMED INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE INTO ANY RESULTANT CONTRACT.

Relationship between 52.212-1, Instructions to Offers and Basis for Award Your attention is directed to the functional relationship between FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offers – Commercial Items and the Basis for Award. FAR 52.212-1 provides information for the purpose of organizing and submitting an offer and is not intended to be all-inclusive. The Basis for Award describes evaluation factors and the basis of award, to include the evaluation procedures for responsiveness to the solicitation, ranking of price, and evaluation of non-price factors.

OFFERS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THIS PROVISION RISK

ELIMINATION.

OFFEROR PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Offerors Preparation Instructions– This section of the instructions to offeror prescribes the format of the Offer.

The offeror is required to thoroughly read the Statement of Work, attachment two (2), and submit documentation in accordance with this solicitation. Offer shall submit a clear and complete Offer, and include only information that is relevant to this acquisition. Complete CLINS 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001 in the table below and submit your proposed price by the closing date. The offeror shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience, and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the Offer.

A. GENERAL

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

2) Who Can Participate? This requirement is being solicited as a 100% small business set aside under the NAICS code 541380. Large business offers will not be considered.

3) System for Award Management (SAM): Paragraph (k) of 52.212-1 is revised as follows: By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to the date and time the offer is submitted to the Government, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offers may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov.

4) Adherence to Instructions: The offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. Offers are required to meet all solicitation requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may render an offer being rejected and result in the offer being ineligible for award.

5) Period of Acceptance of offers: Paragraph 52.212-1(c), Period for Acceptance of Offers. The paragraph is tailored as follows: “The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of Offers.”

6) Questions/Inquiries: The contracting officer and contract specialist listed below is the Government’s sole points of contact for this acquisition. All questions, request for clarifications and/or information concerning this solicitation shall be received in writing by email to the following email addresses no later than 10:00AM Central Time on Friday, May 3, 2019. The decision whether to respond to questions and requests for clarification made after 10:00AM Central Time on Friday, May 3, 2019, will be at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer.

Questions received timely and subsequent answers will be posted to www.fbo.gov as an Amendment to the solicitation. Offers are responsible for monitoring www.fbo.gov for updates. If no questions are submitted, the Government will assume that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation. Emails must be received by: Contracting Officer: Nathan McMillen, nathan.mcmillen@us.af.mil and Contract Specialist: Victoria Thomas, victoria.thomas.6@us.af.mil.

7) In accordance with FAR Subpart 4.8 (Government Contract Files), the Government will retain one copy of all unsuccessful offers.

8) Offeror Preparation Instructions– This section of the instructions to offers prescribes the format of the offer.

Respondents are required to thoroughly read the Statement of Work, attachment two (2), and submit documentation in accordance with this solicitation. Offers shall submit a clear and complete offer, and include only information that is relevant to this acquisition. Complete CLINS 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001 in the table below and submit the Offer by the closing date. The offers shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience, and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offer

a) Offer Submission/Delivery. Electronic Submissions are required and shall be received via email by Victoria Thomas, victoria.thomas.6@us.af.mil, Contracting Specialist and Nathan McMillen, nathan.mcmillen@us.af.mil, Contracting Officer no later than (Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 10:00AM, Central Time).

b) Offer Format: All files submitted in response to this solicitation shall be submitted as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe PDF (.pdf) file or Microsoft Excel (.xls) file as applicable. Electronic Submission is required.

c) Email Format: The subject line of all emails that comprise the offer shall be formatted as follows: Subject:

FA2823-19-Q-4020/Company Name/Email X of X (insert number of the email and total number of emails).

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d) File Size. Individual emails shall not exceed 4MB in size. Offers shall submit multiple emails as necessary to stay under the 4MB limit. Failure to stay under this limit may cause a rejection of the email.

(5) Amendment Acknowledgement. The Government reserves the right to revise or amend the solicitation and attachments prior to the Offer closing time. Such amendments will be communicated and posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.FBO.gov). If such amendments require material changes in quantities or prices, the Offer closing date may be postponed by enough days to enable offers to revise their offers. In such cases, the amendment will include an announcement of the new closing date and time. Offers MUST acknowledge all amendments issued. Sign, acknowledge, and submit the original amendment for all amendments issued with the Offer.

Offer Requirements. The following information at a minimum shall be included with each offer:

1. The name, address, telephone number and email address of the offering firm’s point of contact

2. Remittance Address, if different from the offeror’s address

3. Discount Terms (for payments prior to Net 30, if applicable);

4. CAGE Code and DUNS number;

5. Representations/Certifications. Utilizing the provision below (52.212-3 -- Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items) shall complete the necessary fill-ins, representations and certifications as set forth in the solicitation; and Teaming Agreement information (if applicable): Subcontractor Name, Cage Code, DUNS number. NOTE: If the offeror has their representations and certifications completed in the System for Awards Management, this step will not be required. However, an annotation expressing such completion shall be included on the quotation.

6. Technical. In accordance with, FAR 52.212-1(b)(4), Offers shall provide enough documentation to verify compliance with the required specifications in this notice and with the requirements stated in attachment two, the Statement of Work

7. Price. The offeror shall submit a firm-fixed priced Offer for the entire requirement, a partial offer will not be accepted. The offeror shall provide both the unit price and extended amount (total price) in their offer, as seen below. Offer shall include FOB Destination.

CLIN Description QTY UNIT Unit Price

Extended Amount

0001 The contractor shall preform Dielectric Load Testing on 5 Bucket Trucks and 3 Digger Trucks; and all 7 trucks requires load testing. Contractor must provide Inspection Report and Pictures for all 7 trucks. Also contractor is to clean, wax, and test extendable and nonexpendable hot sticks. 10 shot gun and 10 switch sticks.

*IAW Attachment 2 SOW

1 Lot $ $

(Option)

The contractor shall perform Dielectric Load Testing on 5 Bucket Trucks and 3 Digger Trucks; and all 7 trucks requires load testing. Contractor must provide Inspection Report and Pictures for all 7 trucks. Also contractor is to clean, wax, and test extendable and nonexpendable hot sticks. 10 shot gun and 10 switch sticks.

For technical requirement see Attachment 2 Statement of Work

1 Lot $ $

(Option)

The contractor shall perform Dielectric Load Testing on 5 Bucket Trucks and 3 Digger Trucks; and all 7 trucks requires load testing. Contractor must provide Inspection Report and Pictures for all 7 trucks. Also contractor is to clean, wax, and test extendable and nonexpendable hot sticks. 10 shot gun and 10 switch sticks

For technical requirement see Attachment 2 Statement of Work

1 Lot $ $

(Option)

The contractor shall perform Dielectric Load Testing on 5 Bucket Trucks and 3 Digger Trucks; and all 7 trucks requires load testing. Contractor must provide Inspection Report and Pictures for all 7 trucks. Also contractor is to clean, wax, and test extendable and nonexpendable hot sticks. 10 shot gun and 10 switch sticks.

For technical requirement see Attachment 2 Statement of Work

1 Lot $ $

(Option)

The contractor shall perform Dielectric Load Testing on 5 Bucket Trucks and 3 Digger Trucks; and all 7 trucks requires load testing. Contractor must provide Inspection Report and Pictures for all 7 trucks. Also contractor is to clean, wax, and test extendable and

1 Lot $ $ nonexpendable hot sticks. 10 shot gun and 10 switch sticks.

For technical requirement see Attachment 2 Statement of Work

(End of Provision)

BASIS FOR AWARD Pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(a)(2) price will be the Government’s basis for award. By submission of its offer, the offeror accedes to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements.

EVALUATION:

Price. Price will be evaluated for Completeness and Reasonableness.

(a) Completeness. This element is met when the offeror’s prices are determined complete in accordance with the solicitation instructions.

(b) Reasonableness. Price will be evaluated for reasonableness in accordance with FAR 13.106-3. As there is a high probability of competition, reasonableness shall be established through competition in accordance with FAR 13.106- 3(a)(1). In the event that only one offeror is received, reasonableness will be established in accordance with FAR 13.106-3(a)(2).

(c) The lowest priced offer evaluated will be considered to represent the best value for the government, with the evaluation process stopping at that point. Award may be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers.

(End of Provision)

Addendum to 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offers -- Commercial Items.