FA442724Q0102 - Protestant Gospel Service Director.pdf

2 July 2024

MEMORANDUM FOR ALL PROSPSECTIVE OFFERORS

FROM: 60TH CONTRACTING SQUADRON

350 HANGAR AVE, BLDG. 549

TRAVIS AFB, CA 94535-2632

SUBJECT: Request for Quotation (RFQ), FA4427-24-Q-0102, Protestant Gospel Service

Director

1. The 60th Contracting Squadron at Travis Air Force Base intends to establish a Firm Fixed Price contract for Protestant Gospel Service Director for the 60th Air Mobility Wing..

2. General Information:

Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

FA442724Q0102

MFT 24-112 Protestant Gospel Service Director 2 July 2024 30 July 2024 12:00PM PST 17 July 2024 4:00 PM PST Total Small Business Set-Aside 711510 – Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers Paula Rodriquez paula.rodriquez.1@us.af.mil Maekyla Rosendo maekyla_jane.rosendo.3@us.af.mil

Solicitation Number:

Title:

Posted Date:

RFQ Response Date:

Questions Due Date:

Set Aside:

NAICS Code:

Point of Contract:

“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.

3. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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 written solicitation will not be issued.

Additionally, the Government will utilize simplified procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13.

4. This combined synopsis/solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) with solicitation number FA442724Q0102.

5. A statement that the solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05 effective 22 May 2024, Defense Federal Acquisition Circular 2024221 effective 22 January 2024, and Air Force Acquisition Circular 2023-0707 effective 7 July 2023.

mailto:paula.rodriquez.1@us.af.mil mailto:maekyla_jane.rosendo.3@us.af.mil http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/12.htm#P297_49561

6. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is 711510 – Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers. Small Business Size Standard is $9M.

7. The contractor shall provide an Protestant Gospel Service Director under a Firm Fixed Priced contract in accordance with (PWS) attached Performance Work Statement. The following table contains the description of requirements for the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) items to be acquired and the date and place of the delivery and acceptance and FOB point.

CLIN

Description Qty

Unit Cost per

Unit Total

(USD $) (USD $)

0001 Protestant Gospel Service Director IAW PWS.

(Base Year: 15 Sep 24 – 14 Sep 25) 12 Mo

1001 Protestant Gospel Service Director IAW PWS.

(Option Year 1: 15 Sep 25 – 14 Sep 26) 12 Mo

2001 Protestant Gospel Service Director IAW PWS.

(Option Year 2: 15 Sep 26 – 14 Sep 27) 12 Mo

3001 Protestant Gospel Service Director IAW PWS.

(Option Year 3: 15 Sep 27 – 14 Sep 28) 12 Mo

4001 Protestant Gospel Service Director IAW PWS.

(Option Year 4: 15 Sep 28 – 14 Sep 29) 12 Mo

5001 Protestant Gospel Service Director IAW PWS.

(6 Month Extension: 15 Sep 29 – 14 Mar 30) 6 Mo

TOTAL (US Dollars $) All CLINS

FOB Destination Place of Performance:

Travis AFB, CA

By submitting a quote using this RFQ form, I confirm that the price quoted reflects that I have fully read and acknowledged all documents related to this RFQ and confirm that the company I am quoting on behalf of is able to meet all the requirements of this solicitation. INITIAL: ________

Vendor Information

Business Name:

Address:

CAGE Code: SAM UEI:

SAM Registration Expiration Date: Quote Expiration Date:

Socioeconomic Status (Check all that apply):

( ) Small Business ( ) SDB ( ) HUBZone ( ) Woman-Owned SB ( ) SDVOSB ( ) 8(a) ( ) EDWOSB ( ) Other – Please State:

Point of Contact Name/Phone Number:

Point of Contact Email:

8. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offeror – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023) and the addendum, applies to this acquisition

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, (b) Instructions to Offeror Commercial Items. Offeror shall include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with the terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Quotes shall also contain all other documentation specified herein.

Supporting documentation shall not exceed 15 pages. The government reserves the right to evaluate the quotes and award without interchanges.

Addendum to FAR 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.”

9. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

(Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition.

(a) 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 shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i) Technical Capability

(ii) Price

(b) Options. 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.

Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) 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.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-2(a) Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY:

The offeror’s technical capability will be evaluated to determine if it is acceptable or unacceptable in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in this RFQ. If a offeror’s technical capability is determined to be unacceptable, the Quoter will no longer be considered for award. Award will be made to the Offeror providing a quote that is deemed most advantageous to the Government, whose technical capability has been determined to be “Acceptable”.

All prices will be determined by multiplying the quantities by the proposed unit price for all CLIN to confirm the extended amount or the total amount. The Government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2 (b) (3), where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The

Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s).Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Responses should contain your best terms and conditions.

The Government intends to award based on Lowest Price Technically acceptable. Notwithstanding this intent, the Contracting Officer reserves the right to conduct exchanges if it is within the best interest of the Government, a matter within their discretion.

FACTOR 2: PRICE:

The Government will evaluate the quoted price for price reasonableness. The following price analysis techniques may be used to ensure a fair and reasonable price: Comparison of quoted prices received in response to the solicitation. Comparison of quoted prices with the independent Government estimate. Comparison of quoted prices with available historical information. The quoted price will be evaluated for the entire effort, inclusive of all options. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). Price must be determined fair and reasonable in order to be eligible for award.

10. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (May 2024) Alternate I (Feb 2024), with their offer, or the offeror shall complete paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-3, if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://www.sam.gov.

Vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM); the website is https://sam.gov/content/help. Contact SAM at US Calls: 866-606-8220, International Calls: 1-334-206-7828.

11. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Nov 2023), applies to this acquisition.

12.The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (May 2024) applies to this acquisition; additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are:

FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Jun 2020) FAR 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023) FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Nov 2023) FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021) FAR 52.223- 18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) FAR 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (Nov 2023) FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds (Apr 1984) FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-system for Award Management (Oct. 2018) http://www.sam.gov/

13. CLAUSES/PROVISIONS BY FULL TEXT

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented that it “does not provide covered 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” in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

“Covered telecommunications equipment or services”, “critical technology”, and “substantial or essential component” have the meanings provided in clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Prohibition. Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

Contractors are not prohibited from providing—

(i) A service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award

Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for “covered telecommunications equipment or services”.

(c) Representation. The Offeror represents that it □ will, □ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation.

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

(e) http://www.sam.gov/

(1) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment and services offered

(include brand; model number, such as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

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

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

(4) For equipment, the entity that produced the covered 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)

FAR 52.204-26 COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES-

REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision, "covered telecommunications equipment or services" and "reasonable inquiry" have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) ( https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services".

(c) (c)(1) Representation. The Offeror represents that it □ does, □ does not provide covered 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.

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry for purposes of this representation, the offeror represents that it □ does, □ does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services.

(End of Provision)

FAR 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES. (NOV 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days of contract expiration.

(End of clause)

FAR 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT. (MAR 2000)

(a)The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days of expiration of contract; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b)If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c)The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 66 months.

(End of clause)

14. CLAUSE/PROVISIONS BY REFERENCE:

FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014) FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment, Nov 2021 FAR 52.242-17, Government Delay of Work (Apr 1984) FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination (Nov 1991) FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) (https://www.acquisition.gov) FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) (https://www.acquisition.gov) DFARS 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services— Representation (Dec 2019) DFARS 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (May 2021) DFARS 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services (Jan 2023) DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 2018) DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Jan 2023) DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services (Nov 2023) DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (Jan 2023) DAFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Jul 2023) (Mrs. Susan R. Madison, AFICA OL AMC, 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5022, 618-229-0267, fax 618-256- 6668, email:

susan.madison@us.af.mil)

15. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not applicable to this acquisition.

16. Offerors shall provide quotes no later than 30 July 2024 at 12:00PM PST to both of the POCs below:

Paula Rodriguez paula.rodriguez.1@us.af.mil Maekyla Rosendo maekyla_jane.rosendo.3@us.af.mil https://www.acquisition.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/ mailto:susan.madison@us.af.mil mailto:paula.rodriguez.1@us.af.mil mailto:maekyla_jane.rosendo.3@us.af.mil