Combo_SynopsisSolicitation_BioTrailer.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Department of the Air Force 52d Fighter Wing (USAFE)

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Requirement Title: Bio Environmental Trailer

Solicitation Number: FA560618Q2007

Solicitation Issue Date: Friday, 29 June 2018

Response Deadline: Thursday, 02 August 2018 no later than 10:00 a.m. Central European Time (CET)

Point(s) of Contact: Anja Weber-Sabo, Tel: 01149-6565-9514, email: anja.weber-sabo.1.de@us.af.mil

Claudia Mans, Tel: 01149-6565-9504, email: claudia.mans.1.de@us.af.mil TSgt. Bobby Green, Tel: 01149-6565-3045, email: bobby.green.3@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; 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 Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-99 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Public Notice DPN 20180601 Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular AFAC 2018-0525

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 336212

Requirement Information

Description:

Bioenvironmental Engineering Trailer - Purchase and customization IAW attached Statement of Need and Trailer Design

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

52 AMDS, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany

Line Item Description Quantity Unit of Measure 0001 Bioenvironmental Trailer 1 Each

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 without tax.

Quotes are required to be valid until 30 September 2018.

The Government reserves the right to award on an “All or None” basis.

Provide “Quote Expiration Date” ___________________________ Provide “Best Delivery Date” ___________________________

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Provide “Discount Terms” ___________________________ All questions are to be submitted in writing by 12 July 2018, 1000 hrs., Central European Time (CET).

Quotes and all other correspondence as listed in this solicitation must be emailed to the points of contact (POCs) Anja Weber-Sabo at anja.weber-sabo.1.de@us.af.mil, Claudia Mans at claudia.mans.1.de@us.af.mil and TSgt.

Bobby Green at bobby.green.3@us.af.mil

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.

2. Technical Acceptability according to attached Statement of Need and Trailer Design (attachment 4 and 5) -has to meet or exceed all item specifications as listed therein. **Vehicle will be operated on German roads and will have to comply with applicable regulations and pass Base Inspection. Specifications and drawings varying from the ones provided with the solicitation shall be submitted with the quotation. After receipt of award and prior to manufacturing, specifications, drawings and visualizations shall be provided to the Contracting Officer**

3. Contractor Responsibility Determination:

A contractor is deemed responsible if they have no negative entries in the following United States Government systems:

a. System for Award Management (SAM).

b. Excluded Parties List System (EPLS).

The Government will evaluate quotes as follows:

The lowest priced quote will be evaluated first for technical acceptability. 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 technical acceptability and so on. This will continue until an acceptable quote is determined.

Award will be made to the lowest priced, technical acceptable quote which is deemed responsible.

(b) A written notice of award will be 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 Anja Weber-Sabo at anja.weber-sabo.1.de@us.af.mil

Clauses and Provisions

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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 enteredor 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 theannual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provisionand 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 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct 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 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters 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 ✖

52.222-35, 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✖

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:

Clauses Incorporated by Reference:

52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

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52.225-14, Inconsistency Between English Version and Translation of a Contract

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

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

252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

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

252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers (Supplies, if applicable)

252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Supplies, applicable services, construction)

252.225-7041, Correspondence in English

252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items

252.229-7000, Invoices Exclusive of Taxes or Duties (Award to foreign vendor)

252.229-7002, Customs Exemptions (Germany) (Import US manufactured products)

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

252.232-7008, Assignment of Claims (Overseas) (Performance in foreign country)

252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

252.233-7001, Choice of Law (Overseas) (Performance outside US)

252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

Clauses Included by Full Text:

52.252-1, 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

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http://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.

(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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252.225-7043 ANTITERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION POLICY FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS OUTSIDE THE UNITED

STATES (JUN 2015)

(a) Definition. United States, as used in this clause, means, the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Contractor and its subcontractors, if performing or traveling outside the United States under this contract, shall--

(1) Affiliate with the Overseas Security Advisory Council, if the Contractor or subcontractor is a U.S. entity;

(2) Ensure that Contractor and subcontractor personnel who are U.S. nationals and are in-country on a non-transitory basis, register with the U.S. Embassy, and that Contractor and subcontractor personnel who are third country nationals comply with any security related requirements of the Embassy of their nationality;

(3) Provide, to Contractor and subcontractor personnel, antiterrorism/force protection awareness information commensurate with that which the Department of Defense (DoD) provides to its military and civilian personnel and their families, to the extent such information can be made available prior to travel outside the United States; and

(4) Obtain and comply with the most current antiterrorism/force protection guidance for Contractor and subcontractor personnel.

(c) The requirements of this clause do not apply to any subcontractor that is--

(1) A foreign government;

(2) A representative of a foreign government; or

(3) A foreign corporation wholly owned by a foreign government.

(d) Information and guidance pertaining to DoD antiterrorism/force protection can be obtained from the appropriate Antiterrorism Force Protection Office at the Command Headquarters. Also see https://atep.dtic.mil.

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5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (Jun 2016)

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(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 quotes, 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. Eric Symanski

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

AFICA/KU, Geb 404, Flugplatz Ramstein, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany E-mail: eric.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/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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252.211-7003, 252.229-7001 Alt 1 and 252.232-7006 apply to this acquisition and are included by full text as attachment 1, 2, and 3.

Attachments

Attachment 1: Clause 252.211-7003 by full text Attachment 2: Clause 252.229-7001 Alt 1 by full text Attachment 3: Clause 252.232-7006 by full text Attachment 4: Statement of Need - Trailer Description Attachment 5: Trailer Design