FA286026QA004_ANGRC Static Display Refinishing_20260911.pdf

Department of the Air Force 316th Contracting Squadron - Joint Base Andrews, MD

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Requirement Title: ANGRC Static Display Refinishing

Solicitation Number: FA286026QA004

Solicitation Issue Date: Friday, 11 September 2026

Response Deadline: Wednesday, 23 September 2026 no later than 14:00 PM EST

Contract Specialist: LeAndrea Beyal-Tejeda / leandrea.beyal-tejeda@us.af.mil

Contracting Officer: George Halley / george.halley.3@us.af.mil

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in RFO Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; this is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and a written solicitation will not be issued.

2. This solicitation is being issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ).

3. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through:

Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Public Notice 05/07/2026

4. This acquisition is set aside for 100% small businesses.

The North American Industry Size Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this requirement is 488190.

The Small Business Size Standard associated with this NAICS is $40.0M.

Description:

This requirement is for museum level restoration and refinishing services for two (2) outdoor static display heritage aircrafts (F-4 Phantom II and F-100 Super Sabre) and their respective display stands located at the Air National Guard Readiness Center (ANGRC), Joint Base Andrews, MD IAW the Statement of Work (SOW). Quote must provide separate pricing for one base and one option.

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

Delivery, inspection, and acceptance shall be to:

Air National Guard Readiness Center 3500 Fetchet Ave.

Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762

Requirement Information

General Information

All instructions, templates, and formats contained herein shall explicitly be adhered to; otherwise, a quote is determined to be incomplete and shall not be considered for award. If you are the apparent awardee, the Government will notify you by sending a copy of the contract for your signature. The signed contract shall be returned to the Government within 48 hours of receipt. If you do not meet the required deadline, the Government reserves the right to award to the next technically acceptable offeror.

RFO 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(a) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. As a minimum, offers shall include—

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The name, address, telephone number of the Offeror;

(3) The Offeror’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and, if applicable, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator;

(4) Information necessary to evaluate the factors contained in the provision at 52.212-2 or as described in the solicitation;

(5) Responses to provisions that require Offeror completion of information, representations, and certifications (other than those collected via the System for Award Management (SAM)); and

(6) A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments.

(b) Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm until 22 December 2026 unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(c) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers and any modifications or revisions to the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

(2) Any offer, modification, or revision received after the time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made and the CO determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition. However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer that makes its terms more favorable to the Government will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(4) Offerors may withdraw their offers by written notice to the Government received at any time before award.

(d) Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without interchanges with Offerors.

Therefore, the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges, if necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest, accept other than the lowest offer, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(e) Debriefings. If a post award debriefing is given to requesting Offerors, the Government will disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed Offeror’s offer.

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful Offeror and the debriefed Offeror and past performance information on the debriefed Offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all Offerors when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of the rationale for award.

(5) For acquisitions of commercial products, the make and model of the product to be delivered by the successful

Offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed Offeror as to whether the agency followed source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities.

Instructions to Offerors

(End of provision)

ADDENDUM TO RFO 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL SERVICES

1. The following is tailored to this acquisition and is hereby added via addendum. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the quote, the offeror shall follow the instructions contained herein. The offeror is required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements.

Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offeror being ineligible for award. The offeror must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale in the cover letter.

2. Quotes in response to this solicitation must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer listed above no later than the response deadline listed above.

3. Email submissions shall include the subject line: FA286026QA004 – ANGRC Static Display Refinishing.

4. Quotes must be valid for 90 days, through no earlier than 22 December 2026.

5. Questions must be emailed to the contract specialist and contracting officer by Friday, 23 September 2026.

6. The offeror is required to submit the following volumes in response to this solicitation:

ADMINISTRATIVE (COVER LETTER)

The Cover Letter shall include the Offeror’s company name, address, points of contact with e-mail addresses and phone numbers who are authorized to contractually obligate the company, CAGE Code, UEI Number, and large/small business status/categories.

The Cover Letter must contain a statement that the company understands the specified requirements and will meet the performance standards and requirements therein.

The Cover Letter must also contain a statement that the company does or does not take exception to any of the requirements of this RFQ. Any exceptions shall be clearly outlined with supporting rationale.

Finally, the Cover Letter must provide the following administrative information:

• Expiration Date of Quote (must be valid through at least 22 December 2026)

• Proposed Payment Terms or Discount (i.e., Net 30, 1% 10 days)

• Performance Period Start and Completion Dates (Performance must begin prior to 30 September 2026)

VOLUME 1 – FACTOR I: TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

Please provide a summary of your technical approach on how you will perform the ANGRC Static Display Refinishing in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). Offerors shall not simply copy and paste directly from the Statement of Work but shall provide their proposed approach for accomplishing the required service. The summary must include a timeline for work or material and supply ordering to begin prior to 30 September 2026. This Technical Proposal must explicitly demonstrate how the offeror will approach the work required to accomplish the requirement as specified in the Statement of Work.

VOLUME 2 – FACTOR II: PAST PERFORMANCE

Provide three (3) past performance examples of recent and relevant work. Recent is defined as work performed within the past five (5) years. Relevant is defined as work involving similar scope to the ANGRC Static Display Refinishing requirement attached. Each past performance example must contain the following information:

• Customer name and contact information

• Dollar value of the work performed

• Contract number (if applicable)

• Period of performance

• Brief description of the work performed

• Customer assessment of performance (e.g., CPARS rating, letter of recommendation, and point of contact willing to be interviewed)

VOLUME 3 – FACTOR III: PRICE

The offeror shall submit pricing by completing the pricing tables provided within the solicitation package (CLIN structure in the table below). The proposed pricing must be complete, reasonable, and fully support the requirements. Pricing must be submitted for all CLINs. Additional pricing breakdown may be provided to support in evaluation of price, not to exceed two (2) pages.

The pricing information submitted shall fully support the Statement of Work (SOW) requirements for each element specified.

Information shall be segregated by the total price for each CLIN as specified in the solicitation. The extended amounts must equal the unit price multiplied by the number of units (e.g., 1 Lot). All proposed pricing shall be inclusive of all costs necessary to perform the services described in the Statement of Work (SOW), including any required brand name equipment, hardware, software licenses, labor, shipping, materials, and overhead.

VOLUME 4 – SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

The offeror shall submit completed copies of all standard solicitation provisions and contract clauses that require representations, certifications, or fill-in information from the offeror, unless those representations and certifications are up-to-date within the offeror's SAM.gov profile.

CLIN DESCRIPTION Qty Unit Unit Price Total Price

Refinishing of the F-4 Phantom II and its display stand 1 EA

Option

Refinishing of the F-100 Super Sabre and its display stand. 1 EA

Total

RFO 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(a) Evaluation factors. 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 will be used to evaluate offers: Technical, Past Performance, and Price.

(b) Options (if applicable). 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. The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) Notice of award. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer 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 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)

Addendum to RFO 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Award will be made to the offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with the RFO, as supplemented, whose quote conforms to the solicitation's requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by the 52.212-1 addendum of this solicitation) and is judged, based on an integrated assessment of Technical, Past Performance, and Price, to represent the best value to the Government.

The Government seeks to award to the offeror who gives the Air Force the greatest confidence that it will best meet, or exceed, the requirements. This may result in an award to a higher rated, higher priced offeror, where the decision is consistent with the evaluation factors, and the requirement owner and CO reasonably determine that the superior past performance outweighs the cost difference.

The following factors will be used to evaluate the contractor’s quote:

FACTOR 1 – TECHNICAL

This factor will be evaluated on an Acceptable or Unacceptable basis. To be rated Acceptable, the technical approach must provide a detailed methodology describing how the offeror will perform the requirement in accordance with the SOW. The technical approach must include a date at which the offeror is available to begin work.

Definitions:

Acceptable: The submitted proposal is compliant with RFQ and SOW requirements.

Unacceptable: The submitted proposal is non-compliant with RFQ and SOW requirements, rendering it ineligible for award due to the presence of one or more deficiencies.

FACTOR 2 – PAST PERFORMANCE

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s Past Performance to determine whether the offeror’s past performance is recent and relevant as defined in RFO 52.212-1. The Government will also evaluate how well the offeror performed on prior contracts/projects and assess an acceptable, neutral or unacceptable confidence rating.

To be considered relevant, the submitted past performance references must demonstrate work involving exterior painting and restoration of historical aircraft and/or historical military equipment.

In addition to the submitted Past Performance Information provided by the contractor, the government reserves the right to use other sources of past performance information in determining a confidence rating.

Step 1: Recency Assessment The Government will first review the past performance information sheets provided by the vendor and those found in other sources (e.g., CPARS) to determine if they are recent. A past performance reference is considered recent if the work was performed within five (5) years prior to the issuance date of this RFQ. References that are not recent will not be evaluated further.

Evaluation Criteria

Step 2: Relevancy Assessment For all recent past performance references, the Government will assess their relevance to the work required by the Statement of Work (SOW). The Government will consider the scope, magnitude, and complexity of the prior work specifically as it relates to the ANGRC Static Display Refinishing requirement. Past Performance Information that is not relevant will not be evaluated further.

Step 3: Performance Quality and Reliability Assessment The Government will evaluate the quality of performance on contracts deemed recent and relevant to assign an overall Acceptable, Neutral or Unacceptable confidence rating as defined below:

Acceptable: Based on the vendor’s performance quality on recent and relevant efforts, the Government has an acceptable degree of confidence that the vendor will successfully perform the required effort. The vendor's record indicates performance was of acceptable or higher quality.

Neutral: No recent and relevant performance record is available for review, or the record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment can be made. This rating is not viewed favorably or unfavorably.

Unacceptable: Based on the vendor’s performance quality on recent and relevant efforts, the Government has a low expectation that the vendor will be able to successfully perform the required effort. The record may indicate performance issues on one or more contracts.

FACTOR 3 – PRICE

The Total Evaluated Price (TEP) will be calculated as the sum of the Offeror’s proposed prices for all Firm-Fixed-Price Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) to include Option CLINs. The Government's intent is to award all CLINs; however, the Government reserves the right to award all, some, or none.

The Government will evaluate the quote submitted in response to this solicitation to ensure that the proposed price is complete, reasonable, and balanced. The Government reserves the right to reject an offer if the CO determines that the proposed price does not meet the criteria of completeness, reasonableness, and balance.

Completeness: The offeror's price and other supporting information will be evaluated to ensure continuity and traceability of prices to the proposed technical plan and between initial quotes and any revisions thereto. The review will determine the adequacy of the offeror's quote in addressing and fulfilling the solicitation requirements.

Reasonableness: The quote will be reviewed to determine the reasonableness of price and the offeror's understanding of and ability to perform the requirement. Price reasonableness will be determined through the use of competition. In the event adequate price competition is not received, the CO may use one or more of the price analysis techniques described at RFO 15.404-1.

Balance: In accordance with RFO 15.404, unbalanced pricing may increase performance risk and could result in payment of unreasonably high prices. All separately priced line items will be analyzed to determine if the prices are unbalanced. The offer may be rejected if the CO determines the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

BASIS OF AWARD

Award will be made IAW the procedures specified in this Request for Quote (RFQ). A contract may be awarded to the offeror who is deemed responsible IAW RFO Subpart 9.1, as supplemented, whose quote conforms to the solicitation requirements and is judged to represent the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

The quote must comply in all material respects with the requirements of law, regulations, and conditions set forth in the solicitation. To be eligible for award, the offeror must be determined responsible as defined in RFO 9.104-1.

By submission of your quote, the offeror agrees to all solicitation requirements including terms and conditions and representations and certifications. The offeror shall clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation with no obligation to the offeror.

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 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.

The Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges with offerors. These interchanges may be used to clarify aspects of quotes, resolve minor deficiencies, or allow offerors to revise their quotes (including price). The Government is not obligated to conduct interchanges with all offerors and may award without conducting interchanges.

Attachment 1: Statement of Work Attachment 2: Wage Determination

The provisions and clauses listed below have been determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. All provisions and clauses are available at www.acquisition.gov.

The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by full text or by reference as prescribed:

Clauses included by reference:

52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation. Jan-17

52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements. Jan-17

52.204-7 System for Award Management-Registration. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.204-13 System for Award Management-Maintenance. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

Feb-26

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.212-4 Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options. Apr-84

52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-3 Convict Labor. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

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

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors. (Deviation 2026-O0040, Revision 1) Apr-26

52.223-23 Sustainable Products. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving. May-24

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management. Oct-18

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. Mar-23

52.233-3 Protest after Award. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

Attachments

Clauses and Provisions http://www.acquisition.gov./

52.240-91 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Feb-26

52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038) Apr-26

252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative. Dec-91

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

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights. Dec-22

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials. Sep-22

252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls. Oct-16

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. May-24

252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services. Jan-23

252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System. Mar-23

252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime. May-22

252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime. Jan-23

252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region-Representation. Jun-23

252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Jun-23

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. Dec-18

252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions. Jan-23

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments. Dec-06

252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel. Jan-23

252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea. Oct-24

5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations

5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations

Clauses included by full text:

252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services— Representation. (MAY 2021) The Offeror is not required to complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented in the provision at 252.204-7016 , Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation, that it “does not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument.”

(a) Definitions. “Covered defense telecommunications equipment or services,” “covered mission,” “critical technology,” and “substantial or essential component,” as used in this provision, have the meanings given in the 252.204-7018 clause, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services, of this solicitation.

(b) Prohibition. Section 1656 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91) prohibits agencies from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service to carry out covered missions that uses covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov for entities that are excluded when providing any equipment, system, or service to carry out covered missions that uses covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, unless a waiver is granted.

(d) Representation. If in its annual representations and certifications in SAM the Offeror has represented in paragraph (c) of the provision at 252.204-7016 , Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation, that it “does” provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument, then the Offeror shall complete the following additional representation:

https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/part-252-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#DFARS_252.204-7016 https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/part-252-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#DFARS_252.204-7018 https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/part-252-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#DFARS_252.204-7016

The Offeror represents that it [ ] will [ ] will not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to DoD in the performance of any award resulting from this solicitation.

(e) Disclosures. If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) of this provision that it “will provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services,” the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(1) A description of all covered defense telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand or manufacturer; product, such as model number, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable).

(2) An explanation of the proposed use of covered defense telecommunications equipment and services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition referenced in paragraph (b) of this provision.

(3) For services, the entity providing the covered defense telecommunications services (include entity name, unique entity identifier, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, if known).

(4) For equipment, the entity that produced or provided the covered defense telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known).

(End of provision)

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (JUL 2023)

(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 interested 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, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, [Insert names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail addresses of Center/MAJCOM/FLDCOM/DRU/DAFRCO ombudsman/ombudsmen]. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/FLDCOM/DRU ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Department of the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, 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.

(End of clause)