Solicitation_-15-Q-1057.doc

H92240-15-Q-1057

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in FAR subpart 12.6, using simplified acquisition procedures under the test program for commercial items found at FAR 13.5, 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.

Solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83 and DFARS Change Notice 20150626. Participating vendors must be registered at www.sam.gov, under the NAICS code listed above. This RFQ is solicited as a set aside for small business.

Quotes are due: 08 Sep 15, at 09:00 a.m. Pacific.

Quotes must be valid for 60 days. Email is the only acceptable method of submission. All quotes must be emailed with the RFQ Number in the subject line. Contractors are responsible for verifying receipt of their proposals to this office before quote due date and time.

The following PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES apply to this acquisition and will be incorporated into any resultant contract.

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items ADDENDUM

(m) Quote Preparation and Submission Instructions.

(1) Offerors may submit written questions during the quote preparation period. All questions must be received no later than 3:00pm (Pacific) on 02 Sep 2015 to allow adequate time to prepare and issue responses to all Offerors prior to the date and time set for receipt of quotes. Only written questions will receive a response. It is required that each question should include the document name, document date, specific page, paragraph, clause or other definitive citation requiring clarification. All questions and quotes shall be directed to the Contracting Office by email, citing at a minimum “H92240-15-Q-1057” in the subject line at the following address: WARCOM-contracts@navsoc.socom.mil. No quote may be submitted through www.fbo.gov.

(2) Comprehensive responses to the requirements of this Request for Quote (RFQ) are required to enable the Government to evaluate the Offeror’s understanding of, capability and approaches to accomplish the stated requirements. Quotes shall be submitted in accordance with the instructions herein, and non-conformance with the specified required content may be cause for rejection of the quote. The quote shall be valid for no less than 60 days from the date of RFQ closing. The quote shall provide comprehensive responses to the areas provided for in this section. The quote shall be a complete response to the Attachment 1 Technical Description and the requirements of this RFQ. The successful Offeror will be selected based on an evaluation of quotes as outlined in FAR 52.212-2, incorporated below.

(3) Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale in their quote.

(n) Quote Format And Content. Electronic quotes shall contain separate files for each volume. Individual emails shall not exceed 10 MB. The quote page format will be 8 1/2” x 11” except for fold-outs used for charts, tables, or diagrams, which may not exceed 11” x 17”. A page is defined as one face of a sheet of paper containing information. Type shall not be less than 12 pitch. Elaborate formats or color presentations are not desired or required.

(1) INTRODUCTION: Complete business address of the Offeror, the corporate name to be used on any resultant contract, and the remittance address if different from that above. If this name does not identify a "parent company" or sponsoring "corporation" name, also provide such identity, as appropriate.

· The Offeror’s Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Dun & Bradstreet (DUNs) Number.

· Name, telephone numbers and e-mail address of person(s) to be contacted for clarification or questions to the quote.

· Fill-In Clauses: provide all fill-ins or certifications required by the solicitation, for inclusion in any resulting contract.

· Terms and Conditions: The Offeror must include a statement that it either (a) agrees to the terms and conditions of this solicitation (which consists of the entire RFQ, including all documents, exhibits, and other attachments that are incorporated therein by reference and made a part thereof) and any solicitation amendments; or (b) takes exceptions to any terms or conditions of the solicitation, and clearly identifies those exceptions. Exceptions to any of the terms and conditions of this RFQ may be considered by the Government to be unacceptable.

· Specific Quote validity period.

(2) TECHNICAL SECTION: This section is limited to 10 pages. This section shall address the Offeror’s technical capabilities to accomplish the work to by providing specific narrative details and describing “how” they intend to meet these specification requirements as described in Attachment s 2 and 3, Performance Work Statements (PWS). Offerors quote shall provide a list of all supplies to include brand name or equal, services and all incidental work required to meet the Performance Work Statements for Projects 1 and 2 as described in the (PWS’s). Each Project shall be quoted separately and shall be identified as either Project 1 or Project 2.

(3) CORPORATE EXPERIENCE – offeror shall provide sufficiently detailed information for it to demonstrate that it has at least two years of recent experience (within the last three years) installing the same or very similar services as required in this solicitation; and have resources available to enable the offeror to fulfill requirements.

(4) PRICE: The Offeror shall populate Attachment 4 – Pricing Spreadsheet, There is no page limit to this section. Vendor is authorized per 252.204-7011 to quote with alternative line item, providing all line items are sufficiently detailed to ensure a direct correlation between the product and price. The government may require additional “other than cost and pricing data” prior to award. This section must be submitted in MS Excel format.

(o) Restriction on disclosure and use of data. Offerors that include in their proposals data that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, shall --

(1) Mark the title page with the following legend:

This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed -- in whole or in part -- for any purpose other than to evaluate this proposal. If, however, a contract is awarded to this offeror as a result of -- or in connection with -- the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. This restriction does not limit the Government’s right to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets [insert numbers or other identification of sheets]; and

(2) Mark each sheet of data it wishes to restrict with the following legend:

Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal.

(p) To be considered timely. E-mail quote must be received in its entirety in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time for final quote submission. An E-mail quote that resides on a Government server, but has not appeared in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time for quote submission will be considered late in accordance with FAR 15.208(b). Therefore, it is incumbent upon the Offeror to ensure that its entire quote is received by the Agency by the designated due date.

(End of provision)

52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (JAN 1999):

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror 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 are in descending order of importance:

Technical: The offerors quote will be evaluated to determine whether it can meet or exceed the technical/specification requirements of the PWS’s to include all supplies, services and all incidental work required to accomplish the PWS’s requirements. In addition modular furniture is identified as a brand name or equal to in accordance with the FAR clause52.211-6 and must meet the salient characteristics of the PWS’s.

Corporate Experience: Offerors are expected to have at least two years of experience in providing the same or similar types of services to either a Government or Commercial entity, and will be evaluated on how well the information provided demonstrates its experience in providing the same or similar services.

Price: The evaluated price will be determined using the estimated quantities in Attachment 4.

Technical Capability and Corporate Experience, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options, to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) 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) 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)

(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as “brand name or equal,” the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that “equal” products must meet are specified in the solicitation.

(b) To be considered for award, offers of “equal” products, including “equal” products of the brand name manufacturer, must—

(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;

(2) Clearly identify the item by—

(i) Brand name, if any; and

(ii) Make or model number;

(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and

(4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification.

(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate “equal” products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an “equal” product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.

(End of provision)

52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Dec 2014)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Dec 2014)

(2) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

____ Alternate I (AUG 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

(3) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(4) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(End of Clause)

52.217-7 -- Option for Increased Quantity -- Separately Priced Line Item The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line item, identified in the Schedule as an option item, in the quantity and at the price stated in the Schedule. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within XX (TBD based on quote) days of required delivery. Delivery of added items shall continue at the same rate that like items are called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.

(End of Clause) 52.233-2 Service Of Protest (SEP 2006)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from:

Contracting Officer 2000 Trident Way, Bldg 624

San Diego, CA 92155

Warcom-contracts@navsoc.socom.mil

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

(End of provision)

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/ www.acq.osd.mil (End of clause)

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 (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

(End of clause)

252.209-7992 Representation By Corporations Regarding An Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction Under Any Federal Law—Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations (Deviation 2015-Oo0005) (Dec 2014 ) – Fill-in required

(a) In accordance with 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 corporation 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)

The following SOFARS provision and clauses apply to this acquisition:

5652.201-9001 Technical Representative (2005)

(a) The Contracting Officer may appoint one or more Government employees as a technical representative to assist the Contracting Officer with scientific engineering or field of discipline matters directly related to the contract. The technical representative is not authorized to act on be behalf of the Contracting Officer or to make any commitments or changes that will affect price, quality, quantity, delivery, or any other term or condition of the contract.

(b) The appointments will be in writing, signed by the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

5652.201-9002 Authorized Changes Only by Contracting Officer (JAN 2005) The Contractor shall not comply with any order, direction or request of Government personnel unless it is issued in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer, or is pursuant to specific authority otherwise included as part of this contract. Except as specified herein, no order, statement, or conduct of Government personnel who visit the contractor’s facilities or in any other manner communicates with Contractor personnel during the performance of this contract shall constitute a change under the Changes clause in Section I. In the event the Contractor effects any change at the direction of any person other the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in cost incurred as a result thereof. The address and telephone number of the Contracting Officer is: TBD (End of clause) 5652.204-9003 Disclosure of Unclassified Information and Notification Requirements for Cyber Security Breaches (2013)

(a) On September 21, 2001, the Department of Defense designated Headquarters US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) a sensitive unit, as defined by Title 10 United States Code (USC) Section 130b (10 USC 130b). In keeping with this designation, unclassified information related to USSOCOM military technology acquisitions managed by USSOCOM or any of its component commands, will be designated Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). As such, the contractor hereby unequivocally agrees that it shall not release to anyone outside the Contractor’s organization any unclassified information, regardless of medium (e.g., film, tape, document, contractor’s external website, newspaper, magazine, journal, corporate annual report, etc.), pertaining to any part of this contract or any program related to this contract, unless the Contracting Officer has given prior written approval. Furthermore, any release of information which associates USSOCOM, Special Operation Forces (SOF), or any component command with an acquisition program, contractor, or this contract is prohibited unless specifically authorized by USSOCOM.

(b) Request for approval shall identify the specific information to be released, the medium to be used, and the purpose for the release. The contractor shall submit the request to the Contracting Officer at least 45 days before the propose date for release for approval. No release of any restricted information shall be made without specific written authorization by the Contracting Office.

(c) The protection of sensitive but unclassified data reflecting Special Operations technologies, personnel, plans, and business associations requires due diligence on the part of those in possession of such information. The application of appropriate security measures to ensure the safekeeping of USSOCOM and company proprietary data, intellectual property, and personnel data is the responsibility of all parties who have access to such information. All contractors supporting USSOCOM are required to inform the Contracting Officer within three business days of when there has been a breach or successful penetration of the contractor’s network(s) or information system(s). Breaches include unauthorized intrusions of the contractor’s server(s) from external parties whether through introduction of malware, hacking, the compromise of access passwords, or any other unauthorized access or compromise. Breaches also include the physical loss of storage media such and disks, hard drives, thumb drives, laptops or other devices which contain duplicates of information contained on the contractor’s data systems, or the willful or accidental transmission, copying or posting of contract information which has not been specifically authorized by the Contracting Officer. Estimates of damage and mitigation strategies will be submitted to the Contracting Officer within a period following the breach specified and agreed upon by the Contractor and the Contracting Officer.

(d) The Contractor shall include a similar requirement to this clause in each subcontract under this contract. Subcontractors shall submit request for authorization to release and notifications related to cyber security breaches through the prime contractor to the Contracting Officer.

(e) The Contractor further understands that Title 18 USC Section 701 specifically prohibits the use of the USSOCOM emblem or logo in any medium (e.g., corporate website, marketing brochure, newspaper, magazine, etc.) unless authorized in writing by USSOCOM. Forward any request to use the USSOCOM emblem or logo through the Contracting Officer.

(end of clause)

5652.215-9016 Technical and Contractual Questions Concerning This Solicitation (2000)

All questions concerning this procurement, either technical or contractual must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Office. No direct discussion between the technical representative and a prospective Offeror will be conducted unless it is deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer. Questions shall be sent to the following point of contact: WARCOM-Contracts@navsoc.socom.mil

(End of Clause)

5652.233-9000 Independent Review of Agency Protests (2013) All protests shall be submitted through the Contracting Officer. A request for an independent review of the protest decision shall be made through the Contracting Officer to the HCD/FCO. If the HCD/FCO is the Contracting Officer, submit the request in accordance with FAR 33.103(d)(4) to: Chief, SORDAC-KM or SORDAC-KX as appropriate, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd., MacDill AFB, FL 33621, Fax (813) 826-7504.

(End of clause)

Note: Quotes received without the completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 or corresponding completed SAM FAR and DFARS representations may be considered non-compliant. Vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award.

List of Attachments

Attachment 1 –Solicitation Attachment 2 –Project 1 - Performance Work Statement (PWS), Bldg. 624

Attachment s 3thru 5 Project 2 – 3 Performance Work Statements, Bldgs. 603, 603M, & 401 Attachment 6 – Conference Room Wall Layout

Attachment 7 – Pricing Spreadsheet Attachment 8 – DBA General Decision Number: CA150001 8/14/2015 CA1, _1501778377.unknown