Heavy Equipment Operator Training RFQ_Signed.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE INSTALLATION CONTRACTING CENTER

FA805126Q0001 Heavy Equipment Operator TRNG

2 Feb 2026

Solicitation. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart

12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. 772 ESS/PKD intends to utilize this RFQ, under solicitation number FA805126QXXX1, to award multiple Firm Fixed Price

Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03; Defense Federal

Acquisition Circular Notice DPN 01/17/2025; Department of the Air Force Acquisition Circular

10/16/2024.

1. Description of Requirement. The intended training objectives to be purchased will provide

Pavements and Construction Equipment Operators exposure and relevant hands-on experience on asphalt pavers, excavators and graders to support the individual's Continuum of Learning and base operations. This training shall instruct and provide hands-on training for a maximum of forty-eight

(48) students annually on the fundamentals of asphalt paving and advanced paving techniques and a maximum of forty-eight (48) students annually on excavators and graders IAW the Statement of

Work (SOW) dated 7 April 2025 (attachment 1).

For this acquisition, the PSC is U006, the North American Industry Classification System Code

(NAICS) is 611519, Other Technical and Trade Schools, with a small business size standard of 21M employees. The prospective offerors must have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov.

Provision FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(Sep 2023), applies to this acquisition. Additionally, provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-

Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021), shall be used; and the specific evaluation criteria shall be included in paragraph (a) of that provision.

Provision FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and

Commercial Services (MARCH 2025) (Deviation O0003), applies to this solicitation. Offerors are required to have a completed version within their SAM profile located at https://www.sam.gov.

FAR clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial

Services (Nov 2023), and 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MARCH 2025) (Deviation

O0004), apply to this solicitation. All provisions and clauses are listed in Attachment 3 of this RFQ.

Additionally, all clauses and provisions may be found in full text at the following site:

https://www.acquisition.gov/.

2. Basis for Award. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s proposal for technical acceptability and price for reasonableness and balance.

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror http://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/ 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:

a. Price: Price will be evaluated for reasonableness and balance. Complete the CLIN pricing sheet

(attachment 2). If after receipt of quote, there is insufficient information available to determine price reasonableness and/or balance, the offeror may be required to submit other than certified cost or pricing data. The FAR does not preclude the requirement for obtaining other than certified cost or pricing data and the Government reserves the right to obtain data as appropriate.

b. Technical: Technical proposal must adequately demonstrate how all the requirements of the attached SOW (attachment 1) will be provided.

3. Quote Formatting Instructions.

• Cover, no more than 1 page

• Technical, no more than 10 pages

• Specifications, Table of Contents, Glossaries, Tabs, and List of Acronyms do not count against the page limit.

• Supporting documentation that does not fit into a section identified above does not count against the page limit but cannot be more than 15 pages.

• One page is 8.5 x 11-inch, Foldout pages (count as one side of a page) may only be used for large tables, charts, graphs, figures, and schematics and not for pages of text.

• Pages shall be typed with at least single line spacing with no less than 1-inch margins.

• The font shall be no smaller than 10 point for general text, text in tables, charts, graphs, and figures.

• No condensed fonts allowed; Times New Roman or Arial font preferred.

• If page limits are exceeded, the excess pages will not be read or considered in the evaluation of the

Quote.

• Due to Tyndall AFB email size limitations, recommend all offerors confirm the receipt of all emailed quotes to the appropriate Government POC. DoD SAFE is an approved alternative.

• Any deviation from the RFQ requirements and format may result in non-consideration of the quote.

4. Additional Instructions to Offerors. Quotation is due March 5, 2026 by 1400 (CDT). Any questions shall be submitted no later than February 11, 2026 by 1400 (CDT). Submit offers or questions to the Contracting Specialist, SSgt Dominic Donato at dominic.donato.1@us.af.mil and

Contracting Officer, Tommy Leos at tommy.leos.2@us.af.mil. All questions must be submitted via e-mail. Any quote, modification, or revision of a quote received after the exact time specified for receipt of quotes is “late” and may not be considered.

Offeror shall complete all applicable provisions provided in attachment 3, including 52.222-52, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain

Services-Certification. All clauses and provisions may be found in full text at the following site:

https://www.acquisition.gov/.

Quote must list UEI number, CAGE code, and Federal TIN with Company name, POC, and phone number. To obtain or renew a UEI number or CAGE code, please visit https://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for award.

Vendors 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:dominic.donato.1@us.af.mil mailto:tommy.leos.2@us.af.mil http://www.acquisition.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/ https://wawf.eb.mil/

5. Organizational Conflicts of Interest. All offerors shall identify any conflict of interest or appearance issues that might be a potential organizational conflict of interest.

6. Notice to Offerors. The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFQ, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. Submitted quotes shall be valid for 60 days after the closing date of the RFQ. The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under the BPAs.

TOMMY G. LEOS, NH-03, USAF

Contracting Officer

List of Attachments:

1: Equipment and Paver Operator Training SOW

2: CLIN Pricing OP BPA

3: Provisions & Clauses

4. BPA Terms and Conditions