COMBO_Solicitation - C5 Rudder Removal.pdf

COMBO SYNOPSIS - SOLICITATION

C5 Rudder Removal

(i)This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation FA4877-24-Q-A298 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-04 effective 05/01/2024. The DFARS provisions and clauses are those in effect to DPN 04/25/2024 effective 04/25/2024. The DAFFARS provisions and clauses are those in effect to DAFAC 2023-0707 effective 07/07/2023.

(iv) The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 238990 with a small business size standard of $19M. This requirement is issued as a 100% small business set-aside.

(v) The Pricing Schedule is incorporated as Attachment 2. Offerors shall complete Attachment 2 in its entirety and return with any other documentation/data as required by this Combo.

(vi) The government intends to award a firm-fixed price contract for the following:

Vendor shall provide the following but not limited to; spotters, rigging, lifting straps, lift/load equipment, transportation vehicles and management to remove (16) Damaged Rudders from C-5 Aircraft that are currently in an unsafe configuration and cannot be removed by normal procedures. Once removed rudders will be placed on to a government prebuilt wooden pallet for 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) complex at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (DMAFB), Arizona.

(vii)FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Sep 2023) is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. The following have been tailored to this procurement and are hereby added via addenda:

1. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the proposal, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The pricing proposal must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation.

Technical Acceptability, at a minimum, is defined and referred to within this solicitation document as the offeror’s capability statement to meet the requirement of the Performance Work Statement for the rudder removal services. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award without discussion, but reserves the right to conduct discussions. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

3. System for Award Management Registration.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

“Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database” means that—

(1) The offeror has entered all mandatory information, including the unique identifier and the EFT indicator, if applicable, the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, as well as data required by the Federal Funding Accountability and transparency Act of 2006 into SAM

(2) The offeror has completed the Core, Assertions, and Representations and Certification, and Points of contact sections of the registration in the SAM;

(3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fields, to include validation of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Offeror will be required to provide consent for TIN validation to the Government as a part of the SAM registration process.

(4) The Government has marked the record “Active”.

(b)(1) An offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.

(2) The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “Unique Entity Identifier” followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror’s name and address exactly as stated in the offer. The Offeror also shall enter its EFT indicator, if applicable. The unique entity identifier will be used by the Contracting Officer to verify that the Offeror is registered in the SAM.

(c) If the offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishment of the unique entity identifier directly to obtain one. The Offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:

(1) Company legal business name.

(2) Trade style, doing business, or other name by which your entity is commonly recognized.

(3) Company physical street address, city, state and Zip Code.

(4) Company mailing address, city, state and Zip Code (if separate from physical).

(5) Company telephone number.

(6) Date the company was started.

(7) Number of employees at your location.

(8) Chief executive officer/key manager.

(9) Line of business (industry).

(10)Company Headquarters name and address (reporting relationship within your entity).

(d) Processing time should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered in SAM should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. See https://www.sam.gov for information on registration.

http://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/

(viii)FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021) is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. The following have been tailored to this procurement and are hereby added via addenda:

(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 of providing the rudder removal service as outlined in the

Performance Work Statement.

(ii) Price

This will be a technically acceptable purchase.

The offers will be evaluated for technical acceptability. If multiple offers are found to be technically acceptable award will be made to offeror presenting the lowest price without further consideration. Past Performance will not be evaluated. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(ix)Each offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 and Alternate I, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (Feb 2024); or confirmation of registration in www.sam.gov with access to complete Reps & Certs.

(x)The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (Nov 2023), is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(xi)The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders – Commercial Items (Feb 2024), is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(xii)52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference.

Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

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):

www.acquisition.gov

Additionally, the following clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition:

http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.acquisition.gov/

FAR 52.204-7 (P) System for Award Management Oct 2018

FAR 52.204-8 (P) Annual Representation and Certifications Mar 2023

FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards June 2020

FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance Oct 2018

FAR 52.204-16 (P) Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting Aug 2020

FAR 52.204-17 (P) Ownership or Control of Offeror Aug 2020

FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance Aug 2020

FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations Nov 2015

FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside Nov 2020

FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns Oct 2022

FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation Mar 2023

FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor Jun 2003

FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies Dec 2022

FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities Apr 2015

FAR 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports Feb 1999

FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity Sep 2016

FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers With Disabilities Jun 2020

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 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases Feb 2021

FAR 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims May 2014

FAR 52.232-25 Prompt Payment Jan 2017

FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management Oct 2018

FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations Jun 2013

FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors Mar 2023

FAR 52.233-1 Disputes May 2014

FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award Aug 1996

FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim Oct 2004

FAR 52.247-34 F.O.B. – Destination Nov 1991

DFARS 252.203-

7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials Sep 2011

DFARS 252.203-

7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials Sep 2022

DFARS 252.204-

Control of Government Personnel Work Product Apr 1992

DFARS 252.225-

Export Controlled Items Jun 2013

DFARS 252.223-

Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium Jan 2023

DFARS 252.232-

Electronic Submission of payment Requests and receiving reports Jun 2012

DFARS 252.232-

Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions Dec 2018

DFARS 252.232-

Levies on Contract Payments Dec 2006

DFARS 252.243-

Pricing of Contract Modifications Dec 1991

DFARS 252.244-

Subcontracts for Commercial Items Jan 2023

DAFFARS 5352.201-

Ombudsman Jul 2023

(xiii)NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: This is a TIME SENSITIVE competitive acquisition, to be considered for award interested vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management. A SITE VISIT will be conducted on Tuesday, 3 June 2024 @ 1pm local AZ time. Interested vendors must confirm interest in attending the SITE VISIT directly with both the Contract Specialist, Mrs. Patricia Murray via email patricia.murray.6@us.af.mil and the Contracting Officer, Mrs. Rachelle Jenkins via email rachelle.jenkins.3@us.af.mil no later than NOON on 30 May 2024.

(xiv)Questions shall be submitted via e-mail to: patricia.murray.6@us.af.mil and rachelle.jenkins.3@us.af.mil no later than Thursday, 5 June 2024 by Noon MST. Quotes are due no later than 8 AM MST on Friday, 7 June 2024; quotes shall include the following:

a. Part 1- Price – Submit one (1) copy of completed Attachment 2 Price Schedule or company quote.

b. Part 2 – Capability Statement – Must show capability/familiarity in working aircraft salvage and knowledge of safe rigging.

c. Part 3- Representations And Certifications (Reps/Certs) – Submit IAW para (x) above

BASIS OF CONTRACT AWARD: This is a competitive action in which award shall be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offer.

(xv)Quotes shall be submitted via email to BOTH - Patricia Murray patricia.murray.6@us.af.mil and Rachelle Jenkins rachelle.jenkins.3@us.af.mil. For information regarding this solicitation, contact Patricia Murray at (520) 228-3095.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS OR ATTACHMENTS

Attch #: Item Description: Page(s):

1 COMBO Synopsis/Solicitation 6

2 CLIN Pricing Schedule 1 3 Performance Work Statement 3 4 Wage Determination 11 mailto:patricia.murray.6@us.af.mil mailto:rachelle.jenkins.3@us.af.mil mailto:patricia.murray.6@us.af.mil mailto:rachelle.jenkins.3@us.af.mil