COMBO_CNC_Water_Jet.doc

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

48th Fighter Wing (USAFE)

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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

RFQ – CNC Water Jet Reference FA5587-17-Q-0093 Requesting Agency:

100 MXS

RAF Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8NF, United Kingdom Purchasing Agency:

48th Contracting Squadron – 48 CONS/LGCA

RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 9PN, United Kingdom

SOLICITATION DATE: 23 August 2017 QUOTES DUE: NLT 1700 BST, 06 September 2017

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.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item 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.

This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation IAW FAR Part 12 and 13. Submit written quotes in reference to Request for Quote (RFQ) reference number FA5587-17-Q-0093. This solicitation is a requirement for brand name or equal items. As such only quotes with items that meet the identified specifications will be accepted.

Due to the overseas location of this solicitation, no set-aside will be used. The NAICS code for this requirement is 33517- Machine Tool Manufacturing This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95 effective 19-Jan-2017, & Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation PN 20161222 Effective 22 Dec 2016.

To be considered for award, note that you or your company must be registered in SAM and if awarded the contract, must subsequently enroll in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) for purpose of invoice/payment.

Please note that WAWF is the ONLY ACCEPTABLE means of invoicing for payment. Offerors should provide their DUNS number, CAGE/NCAGE code, and confirmation of their registration in WAWF along with their quote.

Primary point of contact:

Contract Administrator: A1C Tyler Seabourn TEL: 01638-52-2353 or EM: tyler.seabourn@us.af.mil

Secondary Point of contact:

Contracting Specialist: TSgt Samuel Lopez TEL: 01638-52-3091 or EM: samuel.lopez.4@us.af.mil Description of Requirement: Salient Characteristics listed or Brief Description and

Potential offerors are to provide a quote for a CNC Water Jet In Accordance With the essential characteristics, which is included as Attachment 1 to this solicitation.

Customer Address for delivery

100 MXS-RAF Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8NF, United Kingdom

Attachments:

Attachment 1- Essential Characteristics Attachment 2- Quote Sheet The following clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation and are included by reference:

52.212-1

Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items

52.212-3

Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items.

52.212-4

Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors

As prescribed in FAR 12.302(d) the following addendum is provided for solicitation provision FAR 52.212-1 and hereby amends any language therein:

Quote Specifics:

Quotes are due to this office NLT 1700 British Summer Time (BST), 06 September 2017. It is preferred that quotes be sent via e-mail to A1C Tyler Seabourn, tyler.seabourn@us.af.mil samuel.lopez.4@us.af.mil; or TSgt Samuel Lopez, . Please reference the solicitation number FA5587-17-Q-0093.

Price Information: Offeror must complete the Quote Sheet (Attachment 1). The Government will evaluate the offeror’s quote with competitive quotes received from other interested parties.

Technical Acceptability: The offeror will be evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis. An offeror’s quotation will be deemed acceptable if all the criteria outlined in Evaluation Factors below are satisfied. The quote shall provide specific information on how the offeror meets the requirements.

(End Addendum)

Evaluation of Quotes:

The sections of the quote will be evaluated in the following manner:

52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

1. BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: The Government’s evaluation of offeror’s quotes will be conducted utilizing the evaluation factors of: 1. Price and 2. Technical Capability. Evaluation of these factors will utilize a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation approach utilizing procedures in FAR 13.5.

The Government intends to award a contract without formal discussions. Upon completion of the Government’s initial evaluation of quotes, exchanges with offerors may occur, for purpose of clarifications and communications.

2. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: The Government’s evaluation of offeror quotes will be conducted as follows:

i. PART I – PRICE EVALUATION. The offeror’s price quote shall be evaluated in the following manner

a. Each offeror’s line item price will be verified by multiplying the quantities identified at the contract line item number (CLIN) level by the proposed unit price to confirm the extended amount for CLINS.

b. Comparisons of proposed pricing by offerors received in response to the solicitation will be evaluated by aggregate totals.

c. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all CLINS for the total price for the basic requirement.

ii.

PART II – TECHNICAL CAPABILITY EVALUATION. Technical acceptability shall be evaluated against the following sub-factors:

a.

The offeror shall demonstrate their ability to meet the requirements within the quote sheet in Attachment 1. The offeror shall provide specific documentation with the quote to describe how the requirement will meet the salient characteristics.

Measure of Merit: This requirement is met when the offeror’s quotation includes:

· Specific documentation on how the offeror intends to meet the requirement in Attachment I.

b.

System for Award Management Registration or Offeror’s Representations and Certifications: The offeror’s quotation will be evaluated for completeness in submitting required documentation verifying the offeror’s registration with the System for Award Management or a completed copy of FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror’s Representations and Certifications.

Measure of Merit: This requirement is met when the offeror’s quotation includes:

· Copy of registration confirmation from SAM.gov, or documentation confirming that registration has been initiated and FAR clause 52.212-3 is completed. Please note that registration must be completed prior to contract award.

Technically Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

Unacceptable

Quotation does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Each sub-factor must pass the evaluation in order for the technical factor to pass. Failure to address any sub-factor will deem a quotation technically unacceptable.

3. AWARD DETERMINATION: As a result of the Government’s evaluation, only those offerors whose quotations are assigned acceptable ratings will be considered for award. Under the LPTA evaluation process trade-offs will NOT be permitted between price, and non-price factors.

- End of Provision – FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEVIATION 2013-O0019) (JAN 2017)

(a) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (a) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(b)

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of any other clause in this contract, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (b)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d) (2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

(iv) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

(v) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246).

(vi) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vii) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(viii) 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706).

(ix) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(x) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(xi) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014), (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xii) _X_ (A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (B) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 E.O. 13627).

(xiii) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.)

(xiv) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

(xv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015).

(xvi) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O. 13658).

(xvii) 52.222-59, Compliance with Labor Laws (Executive Order 13673) (Oct 2016) (Applies at $50 million for solicitations and resultant contracts issued from October 25, 2016 through April 24, 2017; applies at $500,000 for solicitations and resultant contracts issued after April 24, 2017).

Note to paragraph (b)(1)(xvi): By a court order issued on October 24, 2016, 52.222-59 is enjoined indefinitely as of the date of the order. The enjoined paragraph will become effective immediately if the court terminates the injunction. At that time, DoD, GSA, and NASA will publish a document in the Federal Register advising the public of the termination of the injunction.

(xviii) 52.222-60, Paycheck Transparency (Executive Order 13673) (Oct 2016).

(xix) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xx) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xxi) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

(End of Clause)

52.225-17 -- Evaluation of Foreign Currency Offers (Feb 2000)

If the Government receives offers in more than one currency, the Government will evaluate offers by converting the foreign currency to United States currency using The Bureau of Fiscal Service (March 2017) https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/treasRptRateExch/currentRates.htm in effect as follows:

(a) For acquisitions conducted using sealed bidding procedures, on the date of bid opening.

(b) For acquisitions conducted using negotiation procedures—

(1) On the date specified for receipt of offers, if award is based on initial offers; otherwise

(2) On the date specified for receipt of proposal revisions.

The following DFARS/AFFARS provisions and clauses are hereby applicable to this solicitation and any resultant contract award:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

252.222-7002 Compliance with Labor Laws (Overseas)

252.225-7042 Authorization to Perform

252.225-7043 Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense

252.229-7000 Invoices Exclusive of Taxes or Duties

252.229-7006 Value Added Tax Exclusion (United Kingdom)

252.229-7007 Verification of United States Receipt of Goods

252.229-7008 Relief from Import Duty (United Kingdom)

252.232-7008 Assignment of Claims (Overseas)

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments

252.233-7001 Choice of Law (Overseas)

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions (May 2013)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.acquisition.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self- registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s).

Combo

(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer.

F3B2M1

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC F78900

Issue By DoDAAC FA5587

Admin DoDAAC FA5587

Inspect By DoDAAC F3B2M1

(4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request.

(5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the e-mail address identified below in the “Send Additional Email Notifications” field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.

N/A

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact.

tyler.seabourn@us.af.mil

(2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at +1 866-618-5988.

(End of clause)

AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman

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 timelines 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, Primary:

Mr. Erik Symanski

AFICA/KU, UNIT 3103, APO, AE 09094-3103

AFICA/KU, Geb 404, Flugplatz Ramstein, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany

E-mail: erik.symanski@us.af.mil

Tel: DSN: (314)480-2209 Fax: (49)-6731-47-2025

Alternate:

Ms. Heidi Hoehn

AFICA/KU, UNIT 3103, APO, AE 09094-3103

AFICA/KU, Geb 404, Flugplatz Ramstein, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany E-mail: heidi.hoehn.de@us.af.mil

Tel: DSN: (314)480-9330 Fax: (49)-6731-47-2025

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.

(End of clause)

AFFARS 5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations

(a) In performing work under this contract on a Government installation, the contractor shall:

(1) Comply with the specific health and safety requirements established by this contract;

(2) Comply with the health and safety rules of the Government installation that concern related activities not directly addressed in this contract;

(3) Take all reasonable steps and precautions to prevent accidents and preserve the health and safety of contractor and Government personnel performing or in any way coming in contact with the performance of this contract; and

(4) Take such additional immediate precautions as the contracting officer may reasonably require for health and safety purposes.

(b) The contracting officer may, by written order, direct Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) Standards and/or health/safety standards as may be required in the performance of this contract and any adjustments resulting from such direction will be in accordance with the Changes clause of this contract.

(c) Any violation of these health and safety rules and requirements, unless promptly corrected as directed by the contracting officer, shall be grounds for termination of this contract in accordance with the Default clause of this contract.

(End of clause)

In accordance with FAR 13.004 -- Legal Effect of Quotations the following information is provided in regards to quotations.

A quotation is not an offer and, consequently, cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Therefore, issuance by the Government of an order in response to a supplier’s quotation does not establish a contract. The order is an offer by the Government to the supplier to buy certain supplies or services upon specified terms and conditions. A contract is established when the supplier accepts the offer.

When appropriate, the contracting officer may ask the supplier to indicate acceptance of an order by notification to the Government, preferably in writing. In other circumstances, the supplier may indicate acceptance by furnishing the supplies or services ordered or by proceeding with the work to the point where substantial performance has occurred.

If the Government issues an order resulting from a quotation, the Government may (by written notice to the supplier, at any time before acceptance occurs) withdraw, amend, or cancel its offer.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the following:

Primary point of contact:

Contract Specialist: A1C Tyler Seabourn

TEL: +44(0)1638-52-2353

Email: tyler.seabourn@us.af.mil For Official Use Only (FOUO)

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