F1F3B16181A001-Solicitation_Move_Project-2_August_2016.doc

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

31st Contracting Flight (USAFE)

Bldg. 600

Aviano AB, Italy

Request for Quote

SOLICITATION #FA5682-16-Q-5029

Furniture design floor plan solution, move, and installation service for building 430, building 407 and building 410

Purchase Request No: F1F3B16181A001 Quotes are due by: 12 September 2016 @ 1600 am central European time

I. GENERAL

(i)This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; it serves as both notice to offerors and the solicitation therefore responses (quotes) should be developed based upon this announcement are being requested since a formal written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation FA5682-16-Q-5029 (RFQ). Submit written quotes (oral quotes will not be accepted) on RFQ reference number.

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-89, (Effective 14 Jul 2016), DFARS DPN 20160630 (Effective 30 Jun 2016), and AFFARS AFAC 2016-0603 (Effective 03 Jun 2016).

(iv) Due to the overseas location of this solicitation, no set-aside will be used.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 337 (Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing).

(v) Quotes are due to this office no later than 1600 hrs., Central European Time, 12 September 2016 sent via e-mail to alexander.newman@us.af.mil or melissa.maurhart.it@us.af.mil. All quotes must include the following information: Company’s complete mailing address, discounts for prompt payment, if any, CAGE Code, Dun & Bradstreet number (DUNS), and Taxpayer ID number (if a US vendor) and SAM Registration. In order to be eligible for this award the company must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of offer submission. Failure to be registered will result in dsqualification for consideration of award. Please visit www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to register. Quotes must be valid for a period of no less than 60 days and shall be submitted in Euro currency. Vendors’ quotation shall indicate the number of business days needed to deliver the items described in the below paragraph.

II. LINE ITEMS

(vi) Potential offerors are to quote on the following line items:

All quotes will be submitted in accordance with attached Performance Work Statement, which is included as an attachment to this solicitation; (Attachment #1 Performance Work Statement, Attachment #2 Technical Specifications, and Attachment #3 Floor Plans). An organized pre-proposal site-visit is scheduled at Aviano Air Base (PN). Failure to attend the pre-proposal site-visit shall not constitute ground for a claim after the award. The pre-proposal site-visit at Aviano Air Base is scheduled on 25 August 2016 @ 0930 hrs. Place of convene shall be the Aviano Air Base LVIS GATE, Località Tornielli, 17, 33080, Roveredo in Piano (PN); Please send an e-mail to alexander.newman@us.af.mil and melissa.maurhart.it@us.af.mil by close of business, 24 August 2016, if you will attend the pre-proposal site-visit.

This solicitation will be using FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items. This solicitation, in accordance to FAR 15.101-2(b)(1), Past Performance will not be an evaluation factor.

Federal Acquisition Regulation Provision:

(vii) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items (Oct 2015), applies to this acquisition. Addendum 52.212-1(c). Period of Acceptance of Offerors. The paragraph is tailored as follows: “The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers”.

III. PROPOSAL CONTENTS

1. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Proposals must be completed and self-sufficient. The response shall consist of two (2) parts:

1. Technical Capability

2. Price Proposal (this solicitation document duly completed);

1. Technical Capability:

(a) Submit a design project office furniture solution for each of the three building floor plans with a detailed specification of the furniture in order to fulfil the Government’s requirements as per attached PWS. The design project office furniture solution must include:

a. design and size of each of the building floor plans with furniture illustration drawn to scale on them;

b. design, size, color, material, descriptive literature and image picture of the needed furniture (listing of all furniture products); in addition to the design project office furniture solution, a 3D realistic colored rendering office furniture solution for each of the three building floor plans may be submitted. The design project office furniture solution will have to demonstrate points a and b of Section IV paragraph 2 entitled “Technical Evaluation Process” of this Combined Synopsis Solicitation. Offerors who fail to submit all of the specified information set forth in the solicitation will not be considered for award.

(End of provision)

2. Price Proposal:

Insert price for CLINS 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0006, 0007, 0008, 0009 and 0010 above.

Complete all applicable spaces of 52.212-3 (Representations and Certifications) and sign and stamp each page of the proposal.

(viii) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items (Oct 2014), applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a firm-fixed price 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. Far Part 13 will be used. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Technical Acceptability

(2) Price

IV. EVALUATION PROCESS

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-2– EVALUATIONS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) General Information: All proposals received will be subject to an evaluation by a team that includes Government personnel experienced in the technical part of the offer. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award without discussions. The offerors initial offer should contain the offers best terms from a technical part; price standpoint, however the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if it is in its best interest.

(b) Basis for Award: The award will be made to the vendor whose quotation represents the best value to the Government. As allowed by FAR 13.106-2(b)(1), the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) selection process shall be applied. Award will be made to the vendor who is deemed responsible and responsive that reflects a complete understanding of the requirement and represents the best value to the Government based on selection of the technically acceptable quotation with the lowest evaluated price. The best value is represented by the lowest priced technically acceptable quotation. To be eligible for award, a quotation must meet all technical requirements, conform to all required terms and conditions, and provide all of the information required. The technical area will be evaluated on an “acceptable” or “unacceptable” basis. While the Government will strive for maximum objectivity, the technical go/no go process, by its nature, is subjective; therefore, professional judgment is implicit throughout the evaluation process. The Government intends to make an award based on the initial quotations. If further questions are required, the contracting officer may contact the offeror or offerors. Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal offers the best value to the Government.

(c) Proposal Uniformity: Uniformity of the proposal submitted is essential to ensure fair and accurate evaluation. For this reason, proposals which do not conform to all the terms and conditions of this solicitation shall be considered unacceptable.

1. Price

a. Price Evaluation Factor: for award purposes, the offeror will be evaluated on the TOTAL price of all the CLINS contained in the Schedule. Failure to include all prices will exclude the offer from further consideration for award. The Contracting Officer shall determine that prices are fair and reasonable based on competitive offers in accordance with FAR 13.106-3.

2. Technical Evaluation Process The Government shall evaluate the proposals submitted by email or hand-carried (no receipt released):

a. Verify that the technical solution demonstrates that all required documentation listed in the Addenda to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors and technical information has been submitted by each Offeror. Offers incomplete shall receive no further consideration for award of the contract.

b. Verify that the technical solution demonstrates the company capability to fulfil the US Government’s requirements as per attached PWS.

Upon completion of this evaluation step, one of the following ratings shall be assigned to each offer.

(End of provision)

V. CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS

(ix) Offerors must submit, along with their offer, a copy of the completed representations and certifications as prescribed in FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (Mar 2016).

(x) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (May 2015) applies to this acquisition. The following addendum is made to this clause. Paragraph (o) Warranty is added to read: The contractor shall provide all standard commercial (including manufacturer) warranties to the United States Government.

(xi) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (Mar 2016).The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable:

52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractors Sales to the Government (Sep 2006) 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2015) 52.209-6 Protecting the Governments Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) 52.222-19 Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb2016) 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standard (May 2014) 52.222-50 Combat Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015)

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management (Jul 2013) 52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 1996)

(xii) The following clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation and are filled in as follows:

FAR 52.233-2, Service of Protest (Sep 2006)

31 CONS/LGCB

Via Pordenone 89/b 33081 Aviano PN ITALY DFARS 252.229-7001, Tax Relief (Sep 2014)

NAME OF TAX: _________________ RATE (PERCENTAGE): ________________

DFARS 252.229-7003 Tax Exemptions (Italy) (Mar 2102) The following fiscal code(s): 91000190933.

AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman, (Apr 2014) Primary Command Ombudsman:

Mr. Douglas Guldan

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

AFICA/KU, Geb 404, Flugplatz Ramstein, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany E-mail: douglas.guldan@us.af.mil Tel: DSN: (314)480-2209 Fax: (49)-6731-47-2025 Alternate Command Ombudsman:

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

(xiii) The following clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation and are included by reference:

FAR

52.202-1 Definitions (Nov 2013) 52.203-3 Gratuities (Apr 1984) 52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double Sided on Recycled Paper (May 2011) 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Jul 13) 52.215-5 Facsimile Proposal (Oct 1997)

52.223-18 Encouraging Contract Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) 52.225-14 Inconsistency Between English Version and Translation of Contract (Feb 2000) 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran- Representation and Certification (Oct 2015) 52.229-6 Taxes-Foreign fixed Price Contracts (Feb 2013) 52.237-1 Site Visit (Apr 1984)

52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (APR 1984)

52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination (Nov 1991) 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) 52.252-4 Alterations in Contract (Apr 1984) 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (Apr 1984) 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984) 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms (Jan 1991)

DFARS

252.203-7002

Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013) 252.203-7005 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov2011) 252.204-7003

Control of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 1992) 252.204-7004

Alternate A, System for Award Management (Feb 2014) 252.209-7001

Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government (Jun 2010) 252.209-7004

Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism (Oct 2015)

252.215-7007

Notice of Intent to Resolicit (Jun 2012) 252.215-7008

Only One Offer (Oct 2013) 252.225-7012

Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Feb 2013) 252.225-7041

Correspondence in English (Jun 1997) 252.225-7042

Authorization to Perform (Apr 2003) 252.229-7000

Invoices Exclusive of Taxes or Duties (Jun 1997) 252.232.7003

Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (Jun 2012) 252.232-7006

Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (May 2013) 252.232-7008

Assignment of Claims (Overseas) (Jun 1997) 252.233-7001

Choice of Law (Overseas) (Jun 1997) 252.243-7001

Price of Contract Modifications (Dec 1991) 252.243-7002

Requests For Equitable Adjustment (Dec 2012) 252.247-7023

Transportation of Supplies by Sea Basic (Apr 2014) 252.247-7023

Transportation of Supplies by Sea Alternate I (Apr 2014) 252.247-7024

Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea (Mar 2000)

AFFARS

5352.223-9000 Elimination of Use of Class 1 Ozone Depleting Substances (Nov 2012) 5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations (Nov 2012) 5352.225-9004 Submission of Offers in Other Than United States Currency (Jun 2006) 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (Nov 2012) The full text of the FAR, DFARS and AFFARS can be accessed on the Internet at:

http://www.farsite.hill.af.mil/ and http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFDFARA.HTM

(xiv) A Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating will not be assigned to this acquisition.

(xv) Any responsible vendor can submit an offer to this agency. Offers received will be reviewed and considered for award.

(xvi) The points of contact for this combined synopsis/solicitation are TSgt Alexander L. Newman (Contract Specialist) who can be reached at 011-39-0434-308311 or by email at alexander.newman@us.af.mil or Ms. Melissa Maurhart who can be reached at 011-39-0434-30-4318 or by email at: melissa.maurhart.it@us.af.mil

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