Combo RFQ Rota Postal Service Amendment 1.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION ‘COMBO’:

FA5575-20-Q-LL01

Rota Postal Service

Amendment 1

11 August 2020

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

(ii) Solicitation FA5575-20-Q-LL01 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 2019-01, effective 20 December 2018.

(iv) This solicitation is full and open without exclusion; the associated NAICS code is 491110, Postal Service.

(v) The Pricing Schedule is incorporated as Attachment 1 – Rota Postal Service - Price Schedule. Vendors shall complete the attachment in its entirety and return with any other documentation/data as required by this Pricing Schedule.

(vii) Delivery shall be FOB Destination. All services are to be performed at: Rota Naval Station, Spain

(viii) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Jun 2020) is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(i) FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-- Commercial Items (Oct 2014) is hereby incorporated by full text:

a. The Government will award one contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation is determined to be the best value quote utilizing FAR Parts 12 and 13. The Government may award without discussions; however, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in the Government's best interest. In addition, the government may conduct comparative evaluations of quoter's to determine the best value quote.

The Evaluation Factors are:

I. Price;

II. Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement;

III. Past Performance.

b. Options: Yes, 1+4

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.

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(x) Each vendor shall ensure the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Vendors Representations and Certifications-- Commercial Items (Jun 2020), are updated at www.sam.gov. Failure to obtain SAM registration will result in submissions not being considered for award.

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (Oct 2018), is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders – Commercial Items (Deviation 2013-O0019) (Jul 2020), is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. Additionally, the following clauses apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGRAGATED FACILITIES

FAR 52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

FAR 52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – March 2015

FAR 52.223-18 ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLIEIS TO BAN TEXT MESSAGING

WHILE DRIVING

FAR 52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES

FAR 52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER – SYSTEM FOR AWARD

MANAGEMENT

(xiii) Options- Yes, 1+4

(xiv) No Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) assigned rating applies to this acquisition.

(xv) NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:

Start/End Dates: CLIN dates in Attachment 1- Rota Postal Service Pricing Schedule are estimated.

Funding availability (if made available) will determine the actual beginning/end dates of the base year and all option years to align.

Questions and Answers: Questions are due via email to to SrA Lucas Lott (lucas.lott@us.af.mil) NO LATER THAN 2:00PM Local Time on 31 July 2020.

Offers: Quotes are due no later than 2:00PM Local Time on 13 August 2020. Quotes shall include the following:

a. Price – Submit one (1) copy of price schedule;

b. Technical Capability Narrative;

c. Past Performance Information.

(xvi) Quotations shall be submitted electronically via e-mail to SrA Lucas Lott (lucas.lott@us.af.mil). For information regarding this RFQ contact the same.

Quotes submitted electronically are cautioned that Moron has very strict firewall protocols and the government will not be held responsible for timely and complete receipt of quotes by email. If submitting quote by e-mail, only submit one copy and the maximum size of email shall not exceed 4MB. Quote can be split over multiple e-mails and if sending multiple e-mails, ensure subject line contains how many emails have been sent with the text to be used as follows: “E-mail X of Y” (1 of 4, 2 of 4, etc.). Please confirm delivery of your quote by email.

(xvii) List of Attachments:

a. Attachment 1: Rota postal Service Pricing Schedule

b. Attachment 2 – Rota Postal Service - PWS

(xviii) Companies must be registered in SAM.gov: https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/ and invoices shall be submitted thru Wide Area Work Flow website: https://wawf.eb.mil/ mailto:lucas.lott@us.af.mil mailto:lucas.lott@us.af.mil

Addendums:

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1

(m) The offeror shall prepare in narrative format key elements giving an explanation on the procedures that will be used during contract execution providing confidence that the offeror has a complete understanding of the attached Performance Work Statements requirements. The narrative shall not exceed more than 10 pages not including visual aids with the complete technical capability narrative package not exceeding 20 pages.

(n) The Past Performance information may be obtained from the following sources:

(A) Reference List (not to exceed 3 pages);

(B) The contracting officer's knowledge of and previous experience with the supply or service being acquired;

(C) Customer surveys, and past performance questionnaire replies;

(D) The Government wide Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) at www.ppirs.gov; or

(E) Any other reasonable basis.

Offerors with no relevant past performance history are treated neither favorably nor unfavorably, however, the Government may use information obtained from other sources to determine a final past performance rating.

Past performance evaluation will be performed based on the following criteria:

Recency: The Government will confirm whether work submitted by the quoter has been completed within the past 3 years from the solicitation release date or are currently in progress.

Relevancy: The Government will evaluate work submitted by the quoter to determine relevancy. Relevancy is defined as similar services when compared to this solicitation in terms of actual services provided. The Government is not bound by the offeror's opinion of relevancy.

Addendum FAR 52.212-2

Award Process: The Government intends to award to the best value quote. In accordance with 13.106- 2(b)(3), the Government is not required to establish a competitive range, conduct discussions, or score quotes.

Consistent with simplified acquisition procedures, the evaluation process is as follows:

Price:

All quoters' proposed prices will be determined by adding the proposed price for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) to confirm the extended amount and the total amount. The price evaluation will document the reasonableness and completeness of the total evaluated price.

Arithmetic Discrepancies: For the purpose of initial evaluation of quotes, the following will be utilized in resolving arithmetic discrepancies as submitted by the quoter.

(A) Obviously misplaced decimal points will be corrected;

(B) Discrepancy between unit price and extended price, the unit price will govern;

(C) Apparent errors in extension of unit prices will be corrected;

(D) Apparent errors in extended prices per CLIN will be corrected.

The Government will evaluate all quotes for price, ranking the quoters from lowest to highest total evaluated price.

Technical capability Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement;

The Government will evaluate the lowest total evaluated priced quote’s narrative to ensure it meets the requirements set forth in the attached Performance Work Statement as outlined in Addendum to FAR Provision 52.212-1. If the quote is determined NOT to meet the Governments requirement, the evaluation will continue to the next lowest quote until one is determined to meet the Governments requirement.

Past Performance:

The quote with the lowest total evaluated price determined to meet the Government’s requirement will be evaluated for past performance based on subjective assessment of how well the quoter performed on past recent and relevant work, as outlined in Addendum to FAR Provision 52.212-1. Quoter must receive an Acceptable rating to receive an award. This rating is based upon quoter-provided information, or information obtained from any other sources of past performance information, indicating performance of same or similar requirement as follows:

RATING DEFINITION

Acceptable: Based on the quoter's performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the quoter will successfully perform the required effort, or the quoter's performance record is unknown.

Unacceptable: Based on the quoter's performance record, the Government has no reasonable expectation that the quoter will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

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Please be aware, this requirement is currently unfunded. Funding is anticipated, but not guaranteed.

Availability of Funds (Apr 1984)

Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

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