1_RFQ-Lifting_Lug_Components.pdf

Lifting Lug Components

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial supplies 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 is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number for this requirement is FA9101-18-Q-2001.

Please be advised, 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.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal

Acquisition Circular 2005-95 effective 19 Jan 2017, DFARS DPN 20161222 effective 22 Dec 2016, and

AFFARS AFAC 2017-0127 effective 27 Jan 2017.

The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) is 331110, Iron and Steel Mills and

Ferroalloy Manufacturing, with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,500 employees. A firm fixed price purchase order will be awarded.

DESCRIPTION: See attached requirements document. Domestic products ARE required. Offerors are to provide all or none, a partial quote will not be accepted.

BASIS FOR AWARD: The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this request 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 received in response to this action: Price and Technical. Reference below Addenda to 52.212-2, Evaluation --

Commercial Items for more information.

DELIVERY ADDRESS: Holloman AFB, NM 88330; delivery must be completed no later than 10 weeks after receipt of the purchase order. This date is non-negotiable due to follow-on program requirements.

QUOTE DEADLINE: Receipt of quotes are due 5 Oct 2017, 12:00 p.m. (MST). Quotes may be emailed to

Kyle Hunter, Contracting Officer, at william.hunter.9@us.af.mil. For any questions, please call the

Contracting Officer at 575-572-1245. Quotes received after this date and time will not be reviewed.

QUOTE SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Quotes can be e-mailed to the address or number identified above. If you e-mail your quote, page 2 (or equivalent*) must be scanned so we have a signed quote. Your quote shall include but is not limited to the following:

1. Complete (must be signed) Page 2 of Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (or contractor equivalent*)

2. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, or verification in SAM.

*The offeror is not required to use Page 2 of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation; however, if you choose not to use it, all of the information on Page 2 must be included in your quote.

SAM/DUNS/WAWF: All quotes must list your DUNS number, CAGE code, and Federal TIN with

Company name, POC, and phone number. If you need to obtain or renew a DUNS number or CAGE code, please visit https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Vendor must also be registered in Wide Area Workflow to receive payment through electronic funds transfer. If you are not currently registered, please visit the following website https://wawf.eb.mil/ to complete your registration.

mailto:william.hunter.9@us.af.mil https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ https://wawf.eb.mil/

Offeror’s Information

Offeror Name & Address: POC:

CAGE: Phone:

DUNS: Fax:

Tax ID: E-Mail

ITEM

NUMBER

DESCRIPTION*

See requirements document attached

QUANTITY UNIT

UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

PRICE

0001 6"x18"x40" 4130 Plate cut per

Drawing X20172263

4 EA

0002 6"x15.75"x16" 4130 Plate cut per

Drawing X20172264

4 EA

0003 8"x32"x129" 4130 Plate cut per

Drawing X20172265

4 EA

0004 Shipping 1 EA

DELIVERY DATE:

The contractor shall deliver all items NLT 10 weeks ARO.

This performance period is mandatory, negotiable.

Shipping: FOB Destination

NOTE: If the “negotiable” block is checked, please complete the following if you disagree with aforementioned performance period:

Request performance period be changed to:

PAYMENT TERMS:

The Government shall consider your “DISCOUNT TERMS” to be NET 30 unless following block is marked and filled-in completely:

Use the following DISCOUNT TERMS for this offer:

days; Net 30

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (for Offeror Use):

{Insert Name} DATE

{Insert Title}

By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation in accordance with FAR 52.204-7 – System for Award Management. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting

Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Processing time, which normally takes 48 hours, should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation.

PROVISIONS/CLAUSES: Provisions and clauses may be obtained via the internet through the following websites: http://farsite.hill.af.mil, http://www.arnet.gov/far/, or http://safaq.hq.af.mil/contracting.

The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by full text:

ADDENDA TO 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this 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

Price – Received quotes will be ranked and arranged by price (lowest first) before the Government assesses technical capability. Rankings/arrangement will based on total price inclusive of transportation charges from the shipping point of the supplier to the delivery destination.

Technical - An offeror must provide specific evidence that they are capable of fulfilling the steel requirement, including machining, within the time requested. Evidence may be in the form of previous performance history, technical plan demonstrating a unique process, machining equipment list, etc. Technical criteria will be evaluated by a technical advisor for correct steel and ability to meet the timeline.

Documents submitted in response to this solicitation must be fully responsive to and consistent with the following (if applicable): (1) Requirements of the solicitation, requirements document, and government standards and regulations pertaining to this requirement.

If the lowest priced offer is determined to be technically acceptable, that offer represents the best value for the

Government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award shall be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers. If the lowest priced offeror is evaluated to be technically unacceptable the next lowest priced offeror will be evaluated and the process will continue (in order by price) until an offeror is determined to be technically acceptable, or until all offerors are evaluated.

(End of Provision)

FAR 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 offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil

(End of Provision)

FAR 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

Table A-1. Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

Rating Description

Acceptable Quote clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Quote does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ http://www.arnet.gov/far/ http://safaq.hq.af.mil/contracting http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil, http://www.arnet.gov/far/, or http://safaq.hq.af.mil/contracting.

(End of Clause)

The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference:

- FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management

- FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance

- FAR 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

- FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – 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

Within FAR 52.212-5, the following provisions and clauses are incorporated by text:

FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest

FAR 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Representation

FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor

FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity

FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans

FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans

FAR 52.222-50, Combat Trafficking in Persons

FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

FAR 52.225-3, Buy American – Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act

FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management

- FAR 52.219-1, Alternate 1, Small Business Program Representations

- FAR 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions

Relating to Iran—Representations and Certifications.

- FAR 52.232-1, Payments

- FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds

- FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

- FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

- FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award

- FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

- FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination

The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and Air Force Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference:

- DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

- DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

- DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

- DFARS 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product

- DFARS 252.204-7004, Alt A, System for Award Management, Alternate A

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

- DFARS 252.205-7000 Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders

- DFARS 252.215-7008, Only One Offer

- DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

- DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ http://www.arnet.gov/far/ http://safaq.hq.af.mil/contracting http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_232.htm#P998_183599

- DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program

- DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors

- DFARS 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items

- DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests

- DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

- DFARS 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications

- DFARS 252.243-7002, Request for Equitable Adjustment

- DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

- DFARS 252.247-7023, Alt III, Transportation of Supplies by Sea

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

The following FAR clauses apply and are incorporated in full text:

52.225-18, Place of Manufacture (Mar 2015)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Manufactured end product” means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except—

(1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) FSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables;

(5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) FSC 9610, Ores;

(9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

“Place of manufacture” means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

(b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly—

(1) [ ] In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or

(2) [ ] Outside the United States.

(End of provision)

The following AFFARS clause applies and is incorporated in full text:

AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (Jun 2016)

(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, Air Force Test Center Vice Commander, 1 South Rosamond Blvd, Edward AFB, CA 93524-3784, Phone

Number (661) 277-2810, Facsimile Number (661) 277-7593. 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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