FA301620U0097 RFQ - CO Review Complete.pdf

502 CONS/JBKAE F2MTLE0065AW01

JBSA-Lackland, TX Crucial Skills Training Solutions

Request for Quote: F2MTLE0065AW01

VitalSmarts Crucial Skills

BRAND NAME

(The quote shall be effective for 30 days after submission of quote)

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The vendor shall respond to this RFQ at the beta.sam.gov system or email their response to: Yvonne Miles, E-mail:

yvonne.miles.3@us.af.mil, phone: (210) 671-1769, no later than Wednesday, 9 June 2020 at 1:00 pm CST (or sooner if possible) in order to be considered timely. Any quote, modification, revision, or withdrawal of a quote received after the exact time specified above shall be determined as late and will not be considered unless received before award is made; the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late quote would not unduly delay the acquisition; and it was the only quote received. This is a requirement for: VitalSmarts’ Crucial Conversations (provides skills for communicating when the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong) and VitalSmarts’ Crucial Accountability (provides step by step processes and skills to hold others accountable, improve performance, and ensure execution). This requirement is restricted to 100% set-aside for Small Business (SB) concerns under the NAICS Code 611430, Professional and Management Development Training with a business size standard of $12M. All qualified businesses under this industry are encouraged to submit quotes.

** Please provide a quote for the line items listed below. Failure to quote on all CLINs or failure to submit all documents required by this RFQ with all applicable clauses/provisions filled in will render the quote unacceptable and ineligible for award consideration in the absence of discussions. **

ITEM DESCRIPTION QTY Unit Unit Price Extended

Amount

Crucial Conversations: Participant Suite v4 Crucial Accountability: Participant Suite Crucial Conversations-Focused: Participant Shipping

*BRAND NAME ONLY

EA

EA

EA

EA

**See attached Salient Characteristics on pg. 6**

TOTAL

COST $_____________

Please provide the information below:

FOB Destination

Shipping Cost Included?

Yes

No

Pricing Quoted:

GSA Pricing Only.

Includes Open Market prices.

Payment Terms Delivery Date mailto:the%20beta.sam.gov

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Company Name:

DUNS # Required Cage Code Number:

POC: Telephone #

E-Mail Address: Tax ID#:

GSA Number: Warranty Information:

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

Special Notes and Instructions:

1. This is a notice that this order is a total set-aside for small business concerns. Only quotes submitted by small business concerns holding NAICS Code 611430 and the size standard of $12M will be accepted by the Government. This for VitalSmarts’ Crucial Conversations (provides skills for communicating when the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong), Participant Suite v4, Focused: Participant and VitalSmarts’ Crucial Accountability (provides step by step processes and skills to hold others accountable, improve performance, and ensure execution, Participant Suite. Any quote that is submitted by a contractor that is not a small business concern will not be considered for award.

2. Basis for Award. 502 CONS/JBKAE will issue a delivery Price (FFP). Failure to acknowledge Amendments may result in your quote not being considered for award.

3. Best Value Determination. The Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) quote will be determined to represent the best value. Technical acceptability will be determined by an evaluation of the quoted requirements that meet the technical criteria that is contained in the solicited item description. Quotes initially will be ranked from lowest to highest based on total cost. The Government will then evaluate the three lowest priced quotes for Technical Acceptability. However, the Government reserves the right to evaluate additional quotes for technical acceptability if deemed to be in the best interest of the Government. If additional quotes are evaluated for technical acceptability, they will be evaluated in the order of total cost. Award will be made to the responsible vendor whose quote is the lowest evaluated price among technically acceptable quotes.

4. Discussions. The government intends to award a delivery order without discussions with respective vendors/quoters. The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest.

5. 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). 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. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) requires all contractors and vendors to submit payment requests and receiving reports in electronic form. Invoicing, Receipt, Acceptance and Property Transfer (iRAPT (formerly WAWF)) is the accepted electronic method for the submission of payment requests and receiving reports. Any offeror not having electronic invoicing capabilities will be ineligible for award unless one of the exceptions applies in accordance with

DFARS 232.7002.

6. Brand Name. Only. See Salient characteristics on page 6.

7. Notice to Offeror/Supplier(s). The Government reserves the right to cancel this Request for Quote (RFQ), either before or after suspense date. In the event the Government cancels this RFQ, 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.

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

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8. Delivery: Delivery shall be FOB Destination and include in price of each CLIN noted above unless otherwise and clearly stated by offeror in the submitted offer.

Items must be delivered to the following address:

Defense Language Institute English Attn. Afrika Hairston 2235 Andrews Ave.

Bldg. 7447, Rm. 204 JBSA Lackland, Texas 78236

9. The following FAR/DFARS provisions and clauses are applicable to this solicitation:

(For full text references, go to www.acquisition.gov

52.204-7 System for Award Management 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.212-1 Instructions to Offers 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims 52.233-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.233-1 Disputes 52.233-3 Protest After Award 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim 52.247-34 FOB Destination 52.249-1 Termination for Convenience 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated By Reference 252.203-7002 Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Programs 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions 252.237-7023 Continuation of Essential. Contractor Services 252.237-7024 Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman

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 Work Flow (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.

http://www.acquisition.gov/

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(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

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

F2MTLE

(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 F87700 Issue by DoDAAC FA3016 Admin DoDAAC FA3016 Inspect By DoDAAC F2MTLE Ship to Code F2MTLE Service Approver (DoDAAC) F2MTLE Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) F2MTLE

(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.

Customer Afrika Hairston afrika.hairston@us.af.mil 210-671-3662 https://wawf.eb.mil/ mailto:afrika.hairston@us.af.mil

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(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.

Funding POC/Customer

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

(End of clause)

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STATEMENT OF NEED / SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS

VitalSmarts’ Crucial Conversations (provides skills for communicating when the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong)

Participant Suite v4

Focused: Participant

VitalSmarts’ Crucial Accountability (provides step by step processes and skills to hold others accountable, improve performance, and ensure execution.

Participant Suite