C-UAS_Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation_-_Final.docx

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

FA6800-16-Q-S005

Portable Drone Defense

Dated 7 January 2016

(i) The enclosed Request for Proposal (RFP) is to provide support for the AFGSC/A4S (Security Forces) Directorate. This is an urgent requirement to acquire a commercial product that can provide an interim solution to counter potential emerging threats to Government resources. The Government is issuing a competitive solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Simplified procedures as outlined in FAR Part 13.5 will be used for the acquisition of this commercial item. Interested parties should submit their proposal in accordance with the following instructions.

(ii) This solicitation is issued as a RFP. Submit written proposals (oral quotes will not be accepted) on RFP reference number FA6800-16-Q-S005.

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-86.

(iv) After extensive market research including analyzing the results of a Sources Sought notice posted to FBO on 22 Dec 15, the Contracting Officer, with concurrance from the Small Business Administration, has determined this solicitation will be unrestricted (i.e. full and open). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334511 – Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing with a Small Business Size Standard of 750 employees.

(v) The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitation is for support in providing and training the capability of Counter-Unmaned Ariel Systems (cUAS) in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW).

The bid schedule and the contract CLIN schedule are:

IAW the SOW

IAW the SOW

(vi) Refer to the attached SOW for a detailed description of requirements for the product/service being acquired.

(vii) Period of Performance is as follows:

Delivery of CLIN 0001 must be NLT 30 days after contract award. Any offers that cannot meet this delivery requirement will be determined as “technically unaaceptable.”

(viii) 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. With the following addendum:

52.212-1 Addendum

PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the proposal, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The proposal must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. The response shall consist of two (2) separate parts: Part I – Price Proposal, Part II –Technical Proposal.

B. The contracting officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition. Upon examination of the initial offers, the contracting officer will review this determination and, if in the contracting officer’s opinion adequate price competition exists, no additional cost information will be requested and certification under FAR 15.406-2 will not be required. However, if at any time during this competition the contracting officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists offerors may be required to submit information other than cost or pricing data to support a determination of price reasonableness.

C. Specific Instructions:

Documents submitted in response to this solicitation must be fully responsive to and consistent with the following:

1. Requirements of the solicitation and SOW, and government standards and regulations pertaining to the SOW.

2. Evaluation Factors for Award.

1. PART I – PRICE PROPOSAL

(a) Complete the Solicitation Bid Schedule on page 2 of this RFP. Any offer received without the completed schedule will be determined nonresponsive and will not be considered for award.

(b) Insert proposed unit and extended prices in the Bid Schedule. Unit prices must be whole dollar values (e.g. $10.00). The extended amount must equal the whole dollar unit price multiplied by the number of units.

(c) Complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications in provisions. The provision 52.212-3 shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer as part of the offeror’s price proposal or be available through the Government’s System for Award Management (SAM). The provision 252.209-7991 (included in full text in section xiii of this solicitatation) shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer as part of the offeror’s price proposal.

2. PART II – TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

(a) Proposed Portable Anti-Drone Defense. The offeror will include detailed specifications and product information regarding the proposed Portable Anti-Drone Defense. Portable Anti-Drone Defense must meet the minimum specifications outlined in attached SOW.

(End of Addendum)

(ix) 52.212-2 – Evaluation – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition as follows:

52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999)

(a) The Government will award a 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. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1) Price

2) Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement

Award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable offer (LPTA).

(b) 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.

(End of Provision)

52.212-2 Addendum

a. Basis for Contract Award

This is a LPTA source selection conducted in accordance with FAR 12, 13, and 15, as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS), DoD Source Selection Procedures, Appendix A, 04 March 2011 and Air Force Mandatory Procedures 5315.3, 6 April 2015. These regulations are available electronically at the Air Force (AF) FARSite, http://farsite.hill.af.mil. The Government will select the proposal with the lowest evaluated price from among those meeting the acceptability standards for non-price factors. Contract may be awarded to the offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with the FAR Part 9.1, as supplemented, whose proposal conforms to the solicitation’s requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by 52.212-1 of this solicitation) and is judged, based on the evaluation factors and subfactors, to represent the lowest price technically acceptable proposal. While the Government will strive for maximum objectivity, the source selection process, by its nature, is subjective; and therefore, professional judgment is implicit throughout the entire process.

b. Number of Contracts to be Awarded

The Government intends to award one (1) contract for this requirement.

c. Discussions

If, during the evaluation period, it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government to hold discussions, offeror responses to Evaluation Notices (ENs) and the Final Proposal Revision (FPR) will be considered in making the source selection decision. If the offeror’s proposal has been evaluated as acceptable at the time discussions are closed, any changes or exceptions in the Final Proposal Revision are subject to evaluation and may introduce risk that the offeror’s proposal be determined unacceptable and ineligible for award.

d. Solicitation Requirements, Terms and Conditions

Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, such as terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as factors or subfactors. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the solicitation may result in the offeror being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and must provide complete supporting rationale. The Government reserves the right to determine any such exceptions unacceptable.

e. EVALUATION FACTORS

The following evaluation factors will be used to evaluate each proposal. The Government will evaluate proposals for technical acceptability, but will not rank the proposals by the non-price factors.

1) Factor 1 - Price

First, the offers will be ranked by price. Each offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated to ensure it is fair and reasonable, pursuant to FAR 15.404. For additional information see FAR 31.201-3. Offerors whose price is determined to be unreasonable may not be considered for award.

2) Factor 2: Technical

After ranking the proposals by price, the Government’s technical evaluation team shall evaluate the technical proposals on an acceptable or unacceptable basis, assigning one of the ratings described below for each factor. Any factor evaluated as “Unacceptable” will render the entire proposal unacceptable and, therefore, unawardable. Only those proposals determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for award. However, the offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussion. Award shall be made to the lowest price technically acceptable offer.

TABLE 1 - TECHNICAL RATINGS

The proposals shall be evaluated against the following technical factor:

Portable Anti-Drone Defense

The offeror will receive an acceptable technical rating when the offeror’s proposed Portable Anti-Drone Defense meets or exceeds the minimum specifications listed in the SOW.

(x) Include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with your offer or indicate they are current and available through the Government’s System for Award Management (SAM).

(xi) Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(xii) Clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition with the following clauses cited within the clause applicable to this acquisition:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2015) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer)(15 U.S.C. 657a) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755) F52.222-19, Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2016) (E.O. 13126) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking In Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513) 52.225-3, Buy American - Free Trade Agreement --- ALT III (May 2014) 52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332)

(xiii) The following additional clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation and are included by reference. Clauses with an asterisk indicate they will be incorporated by full text in the actual contract award (contact the CO with any questions you may have pertaining to the fill-in data if you feel it may have an effect on your proposal):

52.219-1 Alt I, Small Business Programs Representations - Alternate I (Oct 2014) 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certification (Oct 2015) 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment (Feb 2002) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) 52.247-34, F.o.b. Destination (Nov 1991) 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 2011) 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013) 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 92) 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (Dec 2015) 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information (Aug 2015) *252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation (Dec 2013) 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program (Nov 14) 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors (Dec 2012) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Jun 2012)

* 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (May 2013) 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006) 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jun 2013) 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea- Basic (Apr 2014)

* 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (Apr 2014)

* 5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) (Nov 2012) (No substances identified)

The following additional clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation and are included by full text:

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/vffara.htm http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfdfara.htm http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfaffara.htm

(End of Clause)

252.209-7991, Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law—Fiscal 2016 Appropriations (Deviation 2016-O0002) (Oct 2015)

(a) In accordance with section 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-53) and any subsequent FY 2016 appropriations act that extends to FY 2016 funds the same restrictions as are contained in sections 744 and 745 of division E, title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporations that-

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that--

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability,

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(End of provision)

(xiv) Reserved

(xv) Due to the urgency of this requirement, proposals are due NLT 15 January 2016, at 1200 (Noon) Central Time. Proposals are requested to be sent electronically via email to the contracting office, Capt Thaddeus Wright, at: thaddeus.wright@us.af.mil and Capt John Sidor, at: john.sidor@us.af.mil. Offerors are encouraged to verify the Government has received their proposal by calling one of the two numbers below. Any proposal that arrives to the contracting office after 1200 Central Time on 15 January 2016 will not be considered for award.

(xvi) Please contact Capt Thaddeus Wright at 318-456-2487 or thaddeus.wright@us.af.mil or Capt John Sidor at 318-456-8983 or john.sidor@us.af.mil with any questions.