Chemical_Analyzer_Combo.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

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Requirement Title: Chemical Analyzer

Solicitation Number: FA4855-19-Q-0001

Solicitation Issue Date: Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Response Deadline: Monday, 12 November 2018 no later than 1100 hrs, Mountain Standard Time

Point(s) of Contact: Tyler Spiess, SSgt, Contracting Specialist at tyler.spiess@us.af.mil

Jesse Schwarztrauber, MSgt, Contracting Officer at jesse.schwarztrauber@us.af.mil

General Information

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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.

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:

2005-100 20181001

Federal Acquisition Circular Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Public Notice Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular 2018-0525

Requirement Information

Description:

Chemistry Analyzer (Vitros 4600 Chemistry system or equivalent) and Reagents for a period of performance of 11/19/18 to 09/30/19 plus two option years. For detailed information on the Chemistry Analyzer and Reagents requirement see Solicitation Attachment 1: Statement of Work and Solicitation Attachment 2: Product Pricing Table.

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

224 West D. L. Ingram Ave. Bldg. 1408 Cannon AFB, NM, 88103

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price 0001 Chemistry Analyzer Base year 10.5 Mo 0002 Reagent 1st quarter delivery 1 Lot 0003 Reagent 2nd quarter delivery 1 Lot 0004 Reagent 3nd quarter delivery 1 Lot 1001 Chemistry Analyzer option year one 12 Mo 1002 Reagent 1st quarter delivery option year one 1 Lot 1003 Reagent 2nd quarter delivery option year one 1 Lot 1004 Reagent 3rd quarter delivery option year one 1 Lot 1005 Reagent 4th quarter delivery option year one 1 Lot 2001 Chemistry Analyzer option year two 12 Mo 2002 Reagent 1st quarter delivery option year two 1 Lot 2003 Reagent 2nd quarter delivery option year two 1 Lot

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2004 Reagent 3rd quarter delivery option year two 1 Lot 2005 Reagent 4th quarter delivery option year two 1 Lot

Instructions to Offerors

FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(b)(1), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

- Quoted amounts need to be net prices to include local, state and federal taxes

- Quotes shall be submitted by filling out the table above and completing Solicitation Attachment 2: Product Pricing Table

- The Government reserves the right to award on an "All or None" basis

- Provide Quote Expiration Date, Best Delivery Date, and any Discount Terms

- Quotes, attachments, and all other correspondence as listed in this solicitation must be emailed to both points of contact (POCs)

- All questions are to be submitted in writing by 02 November 2018, 1100 hrs, Mountain Standard Time

- Quotes are required to be valid until 01 January 2019

Evaluation Criteria

FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(c), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible contractor whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

1. Price. The total evaluated price for each vendor will consist of the total price of the base year and all options to include the six

(6) month option to extend services at the same rate as the last option year. The offers will then be sorted by the total evaluated price in order from the lowest price to the highest.

2. The Government will evaluate quotes as follows: The lowest priced quote will be evaluated first for conforming to the solicitation. If deemed acceptable, further evaluation of quotes will stop and award will be made to this contractor. If deemed unacceptable, the next lowest quote will be evaluated for acceptability and so on. This will continue until an acceptable quote is determined.

(b) A written notice of award will be e-mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful contractor after evaluation is complete and a successful quote has been identified. The successful contractor must confirm by signing the SF 1449 in blocks 30a, 30b, and 30c and e-mail the document back to both the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist.

Clauses and Provisions

FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with alternate I applies to this acquisition;

the offeror verifies by submission of their offer that the representation and certifications posted at FAR 52.212-3 have been entered or updated electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site located at http://www.sam.gov/portal in the last 12 months, and are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation. Alternatively, if the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision and include a completed copy with its offer.

FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition; the following checked clauses are hereby included by reference:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government with Alternate I ✖

52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards ✖

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52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment ✖

52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies✖

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities ✖

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity ✖

52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans ✖

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities ✖

52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans✖

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons✖

52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification ✖

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving ✖

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases✖

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management✖

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. The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by reference:

52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements

52.204-7, System for Award Management

52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

52.225-18, Place of Manufacture

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.233-1, Disputes

52.233-3, Protest after Award

52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim.

52.246-16, Responsibility for Supplies

52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination

52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002, Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product

252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation

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252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium.

252.225-7043, Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense

252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items

252.229-7000, Invoices Exclusive of Taxes or Duties

252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions

252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by full text:

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services

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 Contracting no later than 30 days prior to contract expiration.

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor no later than 30 days prior to contract expiration; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend no later than 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 5 years 6 months.

52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions 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. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): https:// farsite.hill.af.mil

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

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.

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

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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 timeliness 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, Mr. Jeffrey Lowman, AFICA/KO, 427 Cody Avenue (Bldg 90333), Hurlburt Field, FL 32544-5407, Phone: (850) 884-2022, DSN: 579-2022, Fax: (850) 884-2476, Email: jeffrey.lowman@us.af.mil. 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.

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5352.242-9000 CONTRACTOR ACCESS TO AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS (NOV 2012)

(a) The contractor shall obtain base identification and vehicle passes, if required, for all contractor personnel who make frequent visits to or perform work on the Air Force installation(s) cited in the contract. Contractor personnel are required to wear or prominently display installation identification badges or contractor-furnished, contractor identification badges while visiting or performing work on the installation.

(b) The contractor shall submit a written request on company letterhead to the contracting officer listing the following: contract number, location of work site, start and stop dates, and names of employees and subcontractor employees needing access to the base.

The letter will also specify the individual(s) authorized to sign for a request for base identification credentials or vehicle passes. The contracting officer will endorse the request and forward it to the issuing base pass and registration office or Security Forces for processing. When reporting to the registration office, the authorized contractor individual(s) should provide a valid driver's license, Social Security Card, current vehicle registration, and a valid vehicle insurance certificate to obtain a vehicle pass.

(c) During performance of the contract, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining required identification for newly assigned personnel and for prompt return of credentials and vehicle passes for any employee who no longer requires access to the work site.

(d) When work under this contract requires unescorted entry to controlled or restricted areas, the contractor shall comply with AFI 31-101, Integrated Defense, and AFI 31-501, Personnel Security Program Management.

(e) Upon completion or termination of the contract or expiration of the identification passes, the prime contractor shall ensure that all base identification passes issued to employees and subcontractor employees are returned to the issuing office.

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(f) Failure to comply with these requirements may result in withholding of final payment.

(End of clause) Attachments

Attachment 1 - Statement of Work Attachment 2 - Product pricing table

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