FA527023Q0040 CTS BPA RFQ Amend 1.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Requirement Title:

Solicitation Number:

Solicitation Issue Date:

Response Deadline: no later than 1100 JST

Purchasing Office:

Commercial Trucking Solutions

FA527023Q0040

Thursday, 28 July 2023

Monday, 28 August 2023

18 Contracting Squadron

Point(s) of Contact: SSgt Blia Yang; Email: blia.yang@us.af.mil; DSN: 634-4799

MSgt Jacob Horton; Email: jacob.horton@us.af.mil; DSN: 634-7722

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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

2. This solicitation is being issued as a(n) Request For Quotation (RFQ).

3. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisiton Circular 2023-04 , Defense Federal Regulation Public Notice 06/09/2023 , and Department Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular 07/07/2023

4. Due to the overseas location of this requirement, no set-aside will be used in accordance with FAR 19.000(b).

The North American Industry Size Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this requirement is 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local. Size standard : $34 M

Requirement Information

Description:

Contractor shall provide all management, tools, supplies, equipment, and labor necessary to perform hauling services of General items, Containers, Perishables, Truck Tractor, Chassis Trailer (Low Bed, High Bed or Flat Bed), Ammunitions/Explosives, Wrecker Service and Oversize Cargo.

In order to meet the requirement described above, the Government contemplates establishing multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with local vendors in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. A BPA is is a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for supplies or services by establishing "charge accounts" with qualified sources of supply.

- The estimated program ceiling is $25,000,000 (or Yen equivalent).

- The projected ordering period will be 60 months.

- The projected individual single call limitation for designated non-contracting authorized callers is $25,000 (or Yen equivalent). The projected call limitation for Contracting Officers is $7,500,000 (or Yen equivalent).

Contractor shall state if they are utilizing a Subcontractor and shall submit the Subcontractor's information.

The Government reserves the right to add and remove BPA holders from this requirement.

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Line Item Description Quantity Unit of Measure See Price List

AMENDMENT #1

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:

Quotes submitted in response to this solicitation must be submitted via email no later than 28 Aug 2023 at 1100 hours, Japan Time. To be considered timely and responsive quotes must be sent to blia.yang@us.af.mil and jacob.horton.1@us.af.mil.

Questions must be submitted electronically and no later than 21 August 2023 at 1100 hours Japan Time.

All price quotations must be submitted on Attachment 2; Price List. Vendors are not required to submit pricing for each line item and are instead directed to only submit pricing for line items that represent work they are capable of performing.

Technical documentation submitted by the vendor shall be provided via email in a separate document. Additionally, each document requested by the Government shall be submitted in the vendor's technical quote. Failure to adhere to this requirement may result in the vendor being deemed non-responsive, and subsequently being removed from consideration for award.

Late quotes will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.212(f) - Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdraws of offers.

By submitting a quote in response to this solicitation the vendor agrees to hold the prices provided in Attachment 2 firm for 60 calendar day from the date specified for receipt of quotes.

All quotes should be submitted in Japanese Yen (¥). Failure to adhere to this requirement may result in the vendor being deemed non-responsive, and subsequently being removed from consideration for award.

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:

The Government intends to establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) in accordance with FAR 13.303, with each responsive vendor whose quote, conforming to the solicitation will be advantageous to the Government, considering the factors listed in this provision.

For the purposes of this provision, the Government defines an advantageous quote as one that is; responsive, has met the technical minimum described in this provision, and can be determined responsible.

The Government intends to make an award without conducting discussions with vendors after the close of the solicitation.

Therefore, vendors should provide their best available pricing and technical quotes to the Government in their initial quote. However, the Government reserves the right to enter into discussions with all, some, or none of the offers at any time during the evaluation period if deemed in the best interests of the Government to do so.

Evaluation Factors: The following factors will be used by the Government to evaluate quotes:

the vendor must:

The Contracting Officer intends to evaluate each quote for technical acceptability

Technical Capability: At minimum, the vendor must submit one electronic copy of the following (active) licenses if appropriate:

(Contractor will provide licenses appropriate for type of vehicle they can provide.)

- General Motor Trucking Transportation Business License (一 般貨物自動車運送事業)

- First Class Consigned Freight Forwarding Business License (第一種利用運送事業)

- Large Towing Licenses (大型牽引免許)

(If a Subcontractor will be used vendor shall submit the subcontractor's licenses above.)

Before the quotes specified expiration time, the Government may accept a quote (or part of a quote), whether or not there are discussions conducted after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdraw is received before award is made.

Both parties (Government or Contractor) may discontinue future applicability of the BPA created by this solicitation upon providing an written notice at least 30 days before discontinuation date.

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 currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation.

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✖

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

52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies✖

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities✖

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity✖

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✖ 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party✖

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:

52.203-3, Gratuities (April 1984) 52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (September 2007) 52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (June 2020) 52.204-4, Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper (May 2011)

52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (January 2011) 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (October 2018) 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020) 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (Nov 2021) 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023) 52.222-56, Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan.(October 2020) 52.223-10, Waste Reduction Program(August 2011) 52.228-9 Cargo Insurance (May 1999) 52.228-10 Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance. (Apr 1984) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (December 2013) 52.247-27, Contract Not Affected by Oral Agreement (April 1984) 252.201-7000, Contracting Officer's Representative (December 1991) 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (SEP 2022) 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product (April 1992) 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (October 2016) 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (October 2016) 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (October 2018) 252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipmentor Services—Representation (June 2020) 252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipmentor Services (June 2020) 252.204-7019, Notice of NISTSP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements (Mar 2022) 252.204-7020, NIST SP 800-171DoD Assessment Requirements (Jan 2023) 252.225-7042, Authorization to Perform (April 2003) 252.225-7043, Anti-terrorism/Force Protection for Defense Contractors Outside the United States (June 2020) 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism (December 2022) 252.225-7052, Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten (June 2018) 252.229-7001, Tax Relief (April 2020) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (December 2018) 252.232-7006, Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions (January 2023) 252.232-7008, Assignment of Claims (Overseas) (June 1997) 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services (June 2013) 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (June 2019) 252.247-7003 Pass-Through of Motor Carrier Fuel Surcharge Adjustment to the Cost Bearer (January 2023) 252.247-7022, Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea (June 2019) 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (October 2019) 5352.223-9000 Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) (December 2019) 5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations (October 2019) 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (October 2019)

Attachments

Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement Attachment 2: Price List Attachment 3: Request For Information Form