FA481924QA031 - NAF School Bus - Tyndall AFB.pdf

6 March 2024

Request for Quote (RFQ)

Solicitation #: FA4819-24-Q-A031

Air Combat Command (ACC)

325th Contracting Squadron

Tyndall AFB, FL

Non-appropriated Fund (NAF) School Bus

DESCRIPTION. The 325th Contracting Squadron is seeking qualified vendors to fulfill a requirement for a School Bus with the attached Salient Characteristics document.

CLIN Description Qty Unit Part Number Unit Price

Extended Price

0001 School Bus 1 Each

Total Amount

If any request for information below does not apply to your company, please annotate the space with “N/A”.

PLEASE REVIEW/PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION BELOW:

Shipping/Transportation will be FOB: DESTINATION

Pricing Quoted: (GSA, Open Market Only, etc.) ______________________________________

Payment Terms: Net 30 (The Government has 30 days to pay once an invoice is received)

Delivery Date: _________________________________________________________

Company Name:

DUNS #: ________________________ Cage Code Number: _________________________

POC: ___________________________________

Telephone #: _______________________________

Address:

E-Mail Address: __________________________________

Tax ID #: ___________________________

Warranty Information:

Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and Free on Board (FOB) point are as follows:

a. Delivery Terms: Must be no later than 01 August 2024.

b. Inspection/Acceptance Terms: Destination/Destination

c. Delivery Location: Tyndall AFB, FL 32403

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. An award, if any, will be made to the responsible offeror who submits a quotation that conforms to the requirements of this Request for Quote (RFQ), complies with the minimum requirements as outlined within this RFQ and with the attached Specification Sheet and NAF Clauses.

The following factors will be used to evaluate offers:

a. Technical capability of the item/service offered to meet the Government requirement; and

b. Price

Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on this Combination Synopsis/Solicitation, Company Letterhead Stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show—

1. The solicitation number;

2. The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

3. The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

4. A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, to demonstrate the products ability to meet the salient characteristics required for evaluation;

5. Terms of any express warranty;

6. Price and any discount terms;

7. "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address;

8. Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; and

9. Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information).

Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items or alternative commercial products or commercial services for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

1. Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due.

REQUEST FOR QUOTE. Any reference to the Federal Acquisition Regulation made in this combined synopsis/solicitation is contingent upon Contracting Officer discretion and shall be regarded by general principle; the procurement of this acquisition shall align with AFI 64-301 Nonappropriated Fund Contracting Policy, Attachment 2 [Two], Mandatory NAF Contracting Requirements, paragraph A2.7, “Public Law 85-536, Small Business Act of 1958 and FAR guidance relative to small business and other award-preference programs do not apply to NAF contracting. NAF contracts shall be awarded to the firm whose proposal is most advantageous to the NAFI [Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality].”

In accordance with AFMAN 64-302 Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Contracting Procedures, section 2.8 NAF Procurement Exemptions, the following regulations, and similar directive publications have been directly referenced from the aforementioned document and do not apply to NAF procurements:

2.8.1. Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, or DoD Component supplements to the same.

2.8.2. The 15 U.S.C. § 631 et seq., also known as the “Small Business Act,” as amended, and Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance relative to small business along with other award-preference programs.

NAF contracts are awarded to the firm whose proposal is most advantageous to the NAFI.

2.8.3. Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Act of 1979, do not apply to NAFI purchases of resale items.

This acquisition is a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) acquisition and will therefore be competed in accordance with the procedures that promote for full and open competition.

This solicitation is conducted as a commercial product procurement. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon the quality of quotations received and whether proposed prices are determined to be fair and reasonable.

Offerors shall complete and include in quotations all representations and certifications, as well as all fill-in provisions and clauses, contained within this solicitation. Additionally, quotations that contain pricing only with no description/detail of the equipment that will be provided will not be accepted or considered for award. Offerors shall submit a detailed response to the solicitation explaining the products being proposed and how the offeror is able to fulfill all requirements of the solicitation.

RESPONSES. Responses shall be submitted via e-mail to A1C Fernando Zamora Amezcua at fernando.zamora_amezcua@us.af.mil, and to TSgt Justin Merritt at justin.merritt.1@us.af.mil no later than Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 1:00 PM CST. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information.

Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Request for Quote (RFQ)

2. NAF Clause Set

3. Salient Characteristics

4. Tyndall-Logos

5. DAFMAN_64-119

mailto:fernando.zamora_amezcua@us.af.mil mailto:justin.merritt.1@us.af.mil