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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

FA3016-16-N-0006

FA3016-16-N-0006

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate Request for Quote (RFQ) will not be issued. The solicitation number is FA3016-16-N-0006 and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-84 and DFARS change notice 20151001. This is a notice that this order is a total set-aside for a small business concern. Only quotes submitted by a small business concern will be accepted by the Government. Any quote that is submitted by a contractor that is not a small business concern will not be considered for award. This NAICS code is 541350 and the size standard is $7,500,000.00. This is a requirement for services to Inspect, Maintain and Repair of Structural and Aircraft Fire Training Facilities.

Please provide the information below:

Payment Terms:

Net 30 Days

Other (Please specify)

Delivery Date:

Company

Name:

DUNS

Required Cage Code Number:

POC: Telephone #

E-Mail Address:

Tax ID#:

GSA Contract:

______ Warranty Information:

Do you have the capacity to invoice electronically (invoicing through WAWF)?

Business Size (please check all that apply in accordance to named NAICS code):

Large

Small

8(a) Certified

HUBZone

SDVOSB

WOSB

EDWOSB

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Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Structural and Aircraft of JBSA Fire Training Facilities.

(The quote shall be valid for 90 days)

(Please provide a quote for the line items listed below. Failure to quote on all CLINs will render the quote unacceptable and ineligible for award consideration.)

Item Description Qty Unit Unit Price Total Cost

0001 Non-Gas Fired Structural Fire Training Facilities (SFTF) Annual Inspection, for JBSA – Lackland, Randolph, and Ft.

Sam Houston. In Accordance with the performance work statement and IAW NFP 1403 7.2.6.

3 EA

0002 Semi-Annual Compliance Inspection, JBSA – Randolph in accordance with the performance work statement; the contractor shall inspect, test, maintain, and perform preventative maintenance on the JBSA-Randolph SFTF (LPG Burn room on ground floor), to ensure full operation and compliance of standards or when annotated by the

AHJ.

2 EA

Semi-Annual Compliance Inspection, JBSA – Lackland and Randolph. In accordance with the performance work statement, the contractor shall maintain the Aircraft Fire Training Facility (AFTF) by scheduling and conducting semi-annual inspections per location.

EA

General Maintenance STFT & AFTF for JBSA – Lackland, Randolph, and Ft. Sam Houston. (Reimbursable)

LOT

(Not to Exceed)

$8,000.00

GRAND TOTAL

Special Notes and Instructions:

The vendor shall submit the response to this RFQ via email to the Contract Administrator:

Amber A. Molina, Ph: (210) 671-1735, E-mail: amber.molina@us.af.mil no later than 1000 CST on November 16, 2015 – (or sooner if possible) in order to be considered timely. The Contracting Officer for this solicitation is Mrs. Shawna L. Kettell; Ph: (210) 671-3179, E-mail:

Shawna.Kettell@us.af.mil. Questions pertaining to this request for quote are due no later than 1000 CST on November 10, 2015. Any quote, modification, revision, or withdrawal of a quote received after the exact time specified for RFQ is “late” and will not be considered, unless the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late quote would not unduly delay the award and acquisition or it was the only quote received.

mailto:amber.molina@us.af.mil mailto:Shawna.Kettell@us.af.mil

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1. Basis for Award. 502 CONS will issue a purchase order to the offeror who is determined to offer the Best Value to the Government, for performance of all line items listed in the RFQ.

2. Best Value Evaluation. For this procurement, the Best Value determination will be made based on The Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) quote. The

Government intends to award a purchase order resulting from this RFQ to the responsible quoter whose offer conforms to the RFQ. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: quoted price and technical acceptability. Only technically acceptable quotes are eligible for award. Award will be made to the responsive vendor whose quote is the lowest evaluated price and meets the required technical and certification standards.

Factor #1

Offeror shall submit a plan describing your approach to provide sufficient staffing with appropriate qualifications/certifications to perform tasks IAW the entire scope of the Performance Work Statement, to include clearly defined labor mix

(not to exceed 5 pages).

Standard: The proposed plan shall include sufficient detail for ensuring a qualified workforce to perform tasks IAW the entire scope of the Performance Work

Statement.

The standard for Factor #1 has been met when the proposed plan adequately demonstrates a sound and comprehensive approach for ensuring a qualified workforce to perform tasks IAW the entire scope of the Performance Work

Statement.

Factor #2

Quotes shall include completed “Offeror’s Proposed Delivery Schedule” section of

FAR Clause 52.211-9, Desired and Required Time of Delivery.

Standard: The offeror’s proposed delivery schedule shall be complete and meet the required dates established.

The standard for Factor #2 has been met when the offeror’s proposed delivery schedule is complete and meets the required dates established.

3. Mandatory Registrations. To be eligible for award, registration with the System for

Award Management (SAM) must be current (legacy for On-line Registration and

Certifications Application (ORCA) and Central Contractor Registration (CCR) registrations). Must be small business certified under NAICS Code 541350 with a size

FA3016-16-N-0006 Page 4 of 13 standard of $7,500,00.00 . To register or update former CCR and Reps & Certs that are not current go to https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and provide mandatory information.

4. Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.

5. Funding: Funds are not presently available for this requirement. No award will be made until funds are available to make payments under a contract. The Government reserves the right to cancel this purchase request, either before or after suspense date.

In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. The contractor shall not request, nor will the Government make, payments for any preliminary measurement, quotes, bids, site visit, time or proposal cost incurred.

Clauses Incorporated by Reference:

FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration FAR 52.204-13 Central Contractor Registration Maintenance FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside FAR 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons FAR 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data FAR 52.223-18 Ban Text Messaging While Driving FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FAR 52.232-1 Payments FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – Central Contractor Registration FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination DFAR 252.203-7000 Requirements relating to compensation of Former DFAR 252.203-7002 Requirements to inform Employees of Whistleblower DFAR 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Conduct DFAR 252.204-7004 Alt A System for Award Management DFAR 252.204-7008 Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information DFAR 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

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DFAR 252.225-7001 Buy American DFAR 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment DFAR 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DFAR 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications

Clauses Incorporated by Full Text:

252.209-7991 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law—Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations.

REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A

FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW—FISCAL YEAR 2016 APPROPRIATIONS

(DEVIATION 2016-O0002) (OCT 2015)

(a) In accordance with section 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-

53) and any subsequent FY 2016 appropriations act that extends to FY 2016 funds the same restrictions as are contained in sections 744 and 745 of division E, title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that—

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

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

(b) The Offeror represents that—

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

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

(End of Provision)

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52.211-9 -- Desired and Required Time of Delivery.

Desired and Required Time of Delivery (Jun 1997)

(a)The Government desires delivery to be made according to the following schedule:

DESIRED DELIVERY SCHEDULE

[Inspections, maintenance, and repair of JBSA Fire Training Facilities]

ITEM NO. QUANTITY BY DATE PRESCRIBED BELOW

CLIN 0001 3 each (3) 16 April 2016

CLIN 0002 2 each (1) 23 November 2015 & (1) 16 April 2016

CLIN 0003 4 each (2) 23 November 2015 & (2) 16 April 2016

CLIN 0004 1 Lot

(NTE $16,000.00)

16 April 2016

If the offeror is unable to meet the desired delivery schedule, it may, without prejudicing evaluation of its offer, propose a delivery schedule below. However, the offeror’s proposed delivery schedule must not extend the delivery period beyond the time for delivery in the Government’s required delivery schedule as follows:

REQUIRED DELIVERY SCHEDULE

ITEM NO. QUANTITY BY DATE PRESCRIBED BELOW

CLIN 0001 3 each (3) NLT 12 May 2016

CLIN 0002 2 each NLT (1) 12 December 2015 & (1) 12 May 2016

CLIN 0003 4 each NLT 12 December 2015 & 12 May 2016

CLIN 0004 1 Lot

(NTE $16,000.00)

NLT 12 May 2016

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Offers that propose delivery of a quantity under such terms or conditions that delivery will not clearly fall within the applicable required delivery period specified above, will be considered nonresponsive and rejected. If the offeror proposes no other delivery schedule, the desired delivery schedule above will apply.

OFFEROR’SDELIVERY SCHEDULE

ITEM NO. QUANTITY BY DATE PROPOSED BELOW

CLIN 0001 3 each

CLIN 0002 2 each

CLIN 0003 4 each

CLIN 0004 1 Lot

(NTE $8,000.00)

(End of Clause)

52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR

EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEVIATION 2013-O0019) (MAY 2015)

(a) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (a) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

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(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(b)

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of any other clause in this contract, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (b)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

(iv) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

(v) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246).

(vi) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vii) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(viii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(ix) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222- 40.

(x) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014), (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xi)

(A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O.

13627).

(B) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 E.O. 13627).

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(xii) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.)

(xiii) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

(xiv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2013).

(xv) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2014) (E.O. 13658).

(xvi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xvii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xviii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract resulting from this solicitation.

FAR 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (Feb 1998)

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(es):

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ and www.arnet.gov http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ http://www.arnet.gov/

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52.252-6 -- Authorized Deviations in Clauses. (Apr 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter

1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(End of Clause)

252.209-7991 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law—Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations.

(a) In accordance with section 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-

53) and any subsequent FY 2016 appropriations act that extends to FY 2016 funds the same restrictions as are contained in sections 744 and 745 of division E, title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that—

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

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

(b) The Offeror represents that—

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

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

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DFARS 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).

Combo

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.)

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

(i) Inspection location: Destination

(ii) Acceptance location: Destination

(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.

*Info to be completed upon Award.

Pay Official DoDAAC - Issue By DoDAAC - Admin DoDAAC - Inspect By DoDAAC - Ship To Code - Ship From Code Not Applicable Mark For Code Not Applicable Service Approver (DoDAAC) - Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) - Accept at Other DoDAAC Not Applicable LPO DoDAAC Not Applicable DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Not Applicable Other DoDAAC(s) 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 e-mail address identified below in the “Send Additional Email Notifications” field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.

(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.

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

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AFFARS 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (APR 2014)

(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. The ombudsman for AETC Contracting Squadrons is Mr. David E. Jones, Deputy Director of Contracting, AFICA/KT, 2035 First Street West, JBSA Randolph TX 78150-4304, telephone 210-652-1722; facsimile 210-652-8344. The alternate ombudsman for AETC Contracting Squadrons is Mr. Stephen G. Smith, Chief Clearance & Programs Support Division, 2035 First Street West, JBSA Randolph TX 78150-4304, telephone 210-652-7075. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/HQ AFICA/AFISRA/SMC ombudsman 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) 256-2395, 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.