FA5706-18-Q-0003._GPS_Surveying_Equipment.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

380th CONTRACTING SQUADRON

Al Dhafra Air BASE, United Arab Emirates

***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

Offeror receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting

Officer.

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REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ)

FA570618QWR02 – GPS Surveying Equipment for Al Dhafra, Air Base

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Al Dhafra Air Base (ADAB) for a GPS Surveying

Equipment under Solicitation FA570618QWR02 and is being issued as a Request for Quote

(RFQ). It has been prepared in accordance with (IAW) the format in the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notification. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. The solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC)

2005-97, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Public Notice

20180323, and Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) Air Force

Acquisition Circular (AFAC) 2017-1003. The North American Industry Classification System

Code (NAICS) is 334519. The 380th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron (ECONS) intends to award one (1) firm-fixed price contract from this solicitation but reserves the right not to award any contract. This acquisition is unrestricted.

The required delivery date shall be 4-6 weeks after receipt of contract award.. Items to be rendered will be Free On Board (F.O.B.) Destination IAW FAR 52.247-34. The place of performance will be ADAB, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The Offeror shall comply with FAR 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items

(Attachment 2) when preparing and submitting its quote.

Evaluation Criteria is located in FAR 52.212-2 – Evaluation--Commercial Items (Attachment 3)

Price quotations shall remain valid for a period of 90 days from the date quotations are due. For the purpose of this request for quote, any reference to “offers” in the below clauses shall mean

“quote.”

Quotes shall be submitted to martel.surop@adab.afcent.mil and received no later than 1630 hrs Pacific Time Zone, 01 June 2018.

The following provisions and clauses in their latest editions apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.212-1 -- Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-3 -- Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-4 -- Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive

Orders -- Commercial Items

10. This is a notice that this order is unrestricted holding NAICS Code 334519 and the size standard is 500 Employees.

11. This requirement shall be subject to the Buy American Act in accordance with DFARS

252.225-7000, (Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate (JAN 2014)) and

(DFARS 252.225-7001, (Buy American and Balance of Payments Program (DEC 2012)).

A. 52.212-2—Evaluation Commercial Items--Addenda

a. The Contracting Officer will issue a purchase order to the responsible vendor whose quote will be the most advantageous to the Government. The following shall be used to evaluate quotes:

The technically acceptable lowest priced quote will be determined to represent the best value. Technical acceptability will be determined by an evaluation of the quoted requirements that meet the technical criteria that are contained in the solicited item description. Award will be made to the responsible vendor whose quote is the lowest evaluated price among technically acceptable quotes.

B. Awardee will be required to invoice through Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF).

C. Award can only be made to contractors registered in System for Award Management

(http://www.SAM.gov).

D. Delivery/Assembly: Delivery shall be FOB Destination and included in CLIN prices noted above, unless otherwise and clearly noted by offeror in submitted offer.

E. In accordance with AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman,

(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 http://www.sam.gov/ 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, Lt Col Aaron D. Judge

Air Force Installation Contracting Agency, (OL-ACC)

Comm 757-764-5372

DSN 312-574-5372

aaron.judge@us.af.mil

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.

**Before contacting the Ombudsman please contact the Contracting Officer, SrA

Martel Surop, martel.surop@adab.afcent.af.mil, 314-484-7067**

F. Additional FAR clauses cited within the solicitation will be incorporated into the resulting contract http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a076/a76_rev2003.pdf mailto:martel.surop@adab.afcent.af.mil