LCSW - Combo (v2).pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

27TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS CONTRACTING SQUADRON (SOCONS)

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Requirement Title: 43rd IS Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Solicitation Number: FA485524Q0006

Solicitation Issue Date: 26 April 2024

Questions Due Date: 08 May 2024 at 12:00 A.M Mountain Daylight Time

Response Deadline: 10 May 2024 at 2:00 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time

Point(s) of Contact: 1st Lt KYLIE BLUMHAGEN – Kylie.blumhagen@us.af.mil, (575) 904-5825 TSgt Matthew Lorance – Matthew.Lorance.1@us.af.mil, 575-784-2815

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

2. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The Request for Quotation (RFQ) number FA485524Q0006 shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this RFQ.

3. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through:

Federal Acquisition Circular 02/23/2024 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 03/26/02024 Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 07/07/2023

4. This requirement is being set-aside for: 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

The North American Industry Size Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this requirement is 621330 which has a small business size standard of $9,000,000.

5. [X] If this box is selected, then the procedures of FAR 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services are being followed for this acquisition.

Description:

This requirement is for a full-time Licensed Clinical Social Worker to the 43d Intelligence Squadron (43 IS) and obtain credentialing and system access from the 27th Special Operations Medical Group (27 SOMDG) no later than 60 days after award of contract or employee replacement. This program will provide readiness, recovery, and resiliency support by optimizing and sustaining resiliency against physical and mental stressors.

These contractors will help close that gap and provide meaningful services to unit members.

Requirement Information

General Information mailto:Kylie.blumhagen@us.af.mil

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

All services are to be performed in accordance with (IAW) the attached Performance Work Statement.

The contractor shall provide the services listed below.

Period of Performance (PoP): 15 May 24 – 14 May 29

Location(s): Cannon AFB, NM 88103 (Exact address will be provided in the purchase order.)

Base Year: (15 May 24 – 14 May 25)

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

0001 Licensed Clinical Social Worker 1920 HR $ $

BASE YEAR TOTAL $

OPTION YEAR ONE (1)

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

1001 Licensed Clinical Social Worker 1920 HR $ $

TOTAL $

OPTION YEAR TWO (2)

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

2001 Licensed Clinical Social Worker 1920 HR $ $

TOTAL $

OPTION YEAR THREE (3)

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

3001 Licensed Clinical Social Worker 1920 HR $ $

TOTAL $

OPTION YEAR FOUR (4)

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

4001 Licensed Clinical Social Worker 1920 EA $ $

TOTAL $

OPTION YEAR FIVE (5) (6MO EXT)

Line Item Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Extended Price

5001 Licensed Clinical Social Worker 960 EA $ $

TOTAL $

1. This solicitation is being solicited as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside firm fixed-price (FFP) Contract.

To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the quote, offerors must comply with the instructions contained herein. Noncompliance may raise doubt regarding an offeror’s performance capabilities and may be grounds to eliminate the quote from consideration for the Contract.

Instructions to Offerors

2. Quotes must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of the Request for Quote (RFQ). Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

3. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award this FFP Contract without discussions. Therefore, the offeror’s initial quote should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price standpoint. The proposal shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements but, rather, shall provide convincing rationale to address how the Offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities or experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the Offeror’s proposal.

4. The offeror’s quote response shall consist of two (2) separate parts: Part I – Technical Quote and Part II – Price List/Quote (and/or anything else applicable for your specific requirements.)

QUOTE CONTENT

PART I – TECHNICAL QUOTE:

1. Offerors must submit quotes by email as response to this solicitation. Typing shall be double spaced, in Times New Roman, and no less than 12 pitch. The offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

2. Interested parties capable of satisfying the requirement must submit a written price list/quote to include discount terms, tax identification number, cage code, and DUNS.

3. To be eligible to receive an award resulting from this RFQ, contractors must be registered in the DoD Systems for Award Management database, no exceptions. To register, please visit http://www.sam.gov or by calling 1-866- 606-8220. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of award.

4. If offerors SAM Representations and Certifications are not current, then they must include a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, and Alternate I, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items. Incomplete or expired Representations and Certifications will render a quote as non-responsive and it will not be considered.

5. The Technical Proposal should be specific and complete. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in Section “Evaluation Factors” below.

Provide, as specifically as possible, the actual methodology you would use for accomplishing/satisfying the factor. Address your technical solution for meeting or exceeding the Government’s minimum performance or capability requirements of each technical subfactor. All the requirements specified in the solicitation are mandatory. By your proposal submission, you are representing that your firm will perform all the requirements specified in the PWS. Do not merely reiterate the objectives or reformulate the requirements specified in the solicitation.

5. PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

Company Name:

Company Address, Phone, Fax, Email and Point of Contact:

Cage Code / UEI:

Type of Business:

*Number of Employees:

*Total Yearly Revenue:

*Information required determining size of business for the NAICS referenced above

Estimated Delivery Time:

Payment Terms:

Warranty:

FOB: Destination

Shipping Cost included? Yes

PART II – PRICE LIST/QUOTE:

(a) Complete Section III – Schedule of Supplies/Services (see above). The offeror must submit proposed unit and total extended prices for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), for the following Base and Option Years. In doing so, the offeror accedes to the Contract terms and conditions as written in the solicitation, including the PWS and takes no exception to the requirement of this synopsis/solicitation, including specification. The price factor will be evaluated for reasonableness.

(b) Pricing shall be firm-fixed price for the CLIN and the price list/quote shall be submitted on a company letterhead.

Late price lists/quotes will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f) “Late submission, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.” THIS MUST BE SENT TO Kylie.blumhagen@us.af.mil AND Matthew.Lorance.1@us.af.mil AS STATED ABOVE. ANYTHING

OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE. YOU MAY WISH TO

PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT.

Note: .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through our email system.

TO Kylie.blumhagen@us.af.mil AND Matthew.Lorance.1@us.af.mil by 10 May 24 at 2:00 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time.

Basis of Award mailto:Matthew.Lorance.1@us.af.mil mailto:Matthew.Lorance.1@us.af.mil

1. This is a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection. Pursuant to FAR 12.602 contract award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR 13.500(a) and in accordance with (IAW) with FAR 9.104-1. Vendor’s submissions will be evaluate based upon the following:

- The government will evaluate all submitted proposals for technical acceptability on an acceptable or unacceptable basis following the evaluation criteria listed below. If the proposal is determined technically acceptable, the government will then rank those technically acceptable proposals from lowest to highest price. The government will award to the lowest priced technically acceptable proposal.

- The government intends to make an award based on the initial proposal submissions without conducting interchanges. Therefore, each offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to hold interchanges if, during the evaluation, it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. Interchanges are fluid interaction(s) between the CO and the offeror’s that may address any aspect of the proposal and may or may not be documented in real time. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges using Interchange Notices (IN). Offeror responses to Ins will be considered in making the award selection decision. Interchanges may be conducted with one, some or all offerors as the Government is not required to conduct interchanges with any or all offeror’s responding to this solicitation.

FAR Provision *52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition and the following evaluation is applicable:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this RFQ to the responsible vendor whose quote conforming to the RFQ will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

1. Technical: Quote must be rated as technically acceptable to be eligible for award. To be deemed technically acceptable, the following evaluation criteria must be met:

- Capability Statement meet all required qualifications as stated in para 1.3 of the Performance Work Statement at a minimum.

- Facility Clearance Requirement: Contractor shall have a Secret Clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Facility Clearance and Secret safeguarding capabilities within 9 months of start.

- The ideal candidate is an LCSW with 3+ years post-licensure experience working with adults.

Additionally, experience working with military populations is strongly desired, but is not mandatory.

- CV Submission: This will not be a sole factor to disqualify a vendor. We will have the ability to award if the company meets/exceeds capes to recruit capable contractors for the requirement.

Evaluation Criteria http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1130_159445

2. Past Performance: Award will not be made to any offeror that has relevant negative past performance.

- The offeror must show at least 3 years of satisfactory relevant work experience and/or contracts. We will evaluate submitted past performance, as well as CPARs if needed.

3. Price: Award will be made to the lowest priced vendor meeting all other evaluation criteria.

Responses to this solicitation will be evaluated against the following factors:

Factor 1: Technical Acceptability Factor 2: Past Performance Factor 3: Price (Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price)

(b) A vendor must be determined to be responsible by the Contracting Officer in order to be eligible for award.

Responsibility is described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.1, “Responsible Prospective Contractors.” Part of the determination addresses financial capability. Please provide the names, addresses and points of contact for all financial institution organizations utilized to determine if contractor has adequate financial resources to perform the contract or the ability to obtain them to include written authority to contact the provided financial institution.

(c) 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).

(d) A written notice of award or acceptance of a quote, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful vendor within the time for acceptance specified in the quote, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the quote’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept a quote (or part of a quote), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

*FAR Provision 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

*FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Please see “Provision and Clauses” attachment for all applicable clauses.

Attachments https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_4 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_5

Attachment 1 – Provisions & Clauses

Attachment 2 – Performance Work Statement

Attachment 3 – Wage Determination