N6833524R0497.pdf

The Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division, Lakehurst (NAWCAD LKE) has a requirement for the procurement, assembly, and installation of furniture in support of the NAWCAD LKE Building 678 SEAMLESS

Work Area Build, in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW). The Government intends to award a

Firm-Fixed-Price contract. The Period of Performance (PoP) for the resultant award shall be ninety (90) days after contract award.

*Site visit attendance shall be a requirement for award. Any offeror attending a site visit shall do so at its own expense. The Government will not compensate or be responsible for any costs associated with a site visit. A guided site visit will be conducted on 5 June 2024 and commence at 09:30AM EDT. Attendees shall contact

Francine Main, email: francine.a.main.civ@us.navy.mil, to confirm attendance and arrange base access.

Attendees shall confirm attendance no later than forty-eight (48) hours prior to commencement of the site visit.”

*Attachment 001, “Statement of Work” references a Statement of Work Diagram. Interested offerors may request a copy of the Diagram via email no later than 12 June 2024, 5:00PM EDT. The Point of Contact is

Mark Schnittman, email: mark.a.schnittman.civ@us.navy.mil.

(i) This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR

Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial

Services, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and constitutes a formal Request for

Quotations (RFQ). Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. All vendors must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) Database in order to be eligible for award.

(ii) This solicitation is issued as an RFQ in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 & FAR Part 13 as Combined

Synopsis/Solicitation number N6833524R0497.

(iii) The RFQ and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05.

(iv) This RFQ is 100% Small Business set-aside and is open to Small Business concerns only. The NAICS is

337214 with a size standard of 1,100 (# of employees).

(v) The items to be procured are outlined in Attachment 001, “Statement of Work”, and Attachment 002, “Price

Sheet”. Please see Attachment 002, “Price Sheet” for a list of the line item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure.

(vi) As stated above, this requirement is for the procurement, assembly, and installation of furniture in support of the

NAWCAD LKE Building 678 SEAMLESS Work Area Build, in accordance with the attached SOW. FAR 52.211-

6 Brand Name or Equal: To be considered for award, offers of “equal” products, including “equal” products of the brand name manufacturer, must meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The salient characteristics of the requested products can be found within Section 4.0 of the Statement of

Work. Offers must clearly identify the item by brand name, if any, and make or model number. The Government will evaluate “equal” products on the basis of information furnished by the Offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Government. The Government is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured or “gray market” items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer’s warranty.

(vii) FOB point is destination to NAWCAD LKE. Any applicable shipping costs shall be factored into the unit price(s) of each item. Do not include a separate line item for shipping charges. As stated above the PoP for the resultant award shall be ninety (90) days after contract award. Early delivery is acceptable and encouraged at no additional cost to the Government. Inspection and acceptance shall occur at destination by representatives of the

Government.

(viii) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this requirement.

(ix) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this requirement.

(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:

Award will be made to the lowest-priced, responsible Offeror that is deemed technically acceptable with acceptable past performance. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following criteria: 1) Price; 2) Technical

Description; and 3) Past Performance.

1) Price.

The Government will evaluate price per Item No(s) to determine price fairness and reasonableness in accordance with FAR 13.106-3. In accordance with FAR 13.106-3, the Contracting Officer must determine the proposed price fair and reasonable before making an award. Since this solicitation will be conducted using competitive procedures, adequate price competition is expected as the basis for determining the fair and reasonableness of the selected

Offeror’s price. In the event that there is only one satisfactory offer, the Government reserves the right to request additional cost or pricing data as necessary from both the Offeror and subcontractors, and may conduct negotiations with the Offeror in order to ensure a reasonable and realistic price.

2) Technical Description.

The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s quotation to determine the extent to which the Offeror’s quotation provides a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation and demonstrates the Offeror’s ability to meet the Government’s requirements as outlined in Attachment 001, “Statement of Work”. Each Offeror will be evaluated for technical acceptability based on a review of its verification of installer’s qualification and warranty coverage (SOW paragraph 2.1.3), proposed furniture plans (SOW paragraph 2.1.4), furnishings list (SOW paragraph 2.1.5), and milestone schedule (SOW paragraph 2.1.7), by Government subject matter experts. The Government’s review will focus on whether the

Offeror’s submission clearly demonstrates its ability to meet the technical specifications set forth in the Statement of

Work, and whether an Offeror’s Milestone Schedule clearly delineates a sequence of events that include all procurement-related activities necessary to accomplish the tasking within the specified PoP.

To determine the technical acceptability, the Government will consider all quotations on an “Acceptable” or

“Unacceptable” basis.

Acceptable: Based on the Offeror’s technical description in its submission, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the Offeror is capable of meeting the technical specifications set forth in the SOW within the specified PoP.

Unacceptable: Based on the Offeror’s technical description in its submission, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the Offeror is capable of meeting the technical specifications set forth in the SOW within the specified PoP.

Each quotation will be reviewed independently and must be found to be acceptable in all the areas to be considered

“Technically Acceptable” and eligible for award. If an Offeror does not provide technical description in its offer of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation and demonstrates the Offeror’s ability to meet the Government’s requirements the offer may not be considered for award.

3) Past Performance.

Each Offeror will be evaluated on its past performance based on recent and relevant contracts or subcontracts currently ongoing or completed within the last three (3) years for similar efforts, as required by SOW paragraph

2.1.2. The Government will focus on information that demonstrates quality of performance relative to size and complexity of the procurement under consideration and relevance of the performance to the requirements of the

SOW of the solicitation. Sources other than those identified by the Offeror may be contacted by the Government.

There are three aspects to the past performance evaluation:

Recency of the past performance, which will only consider work performed within three (3) years of the solicitation release date in relation to the functional area being proposed to;

Relevancy of the Past Performance, which will consider similarity of scope in terms of requirements within the statement of work in relation to the functional area being proposed to;

Quality of the recent, relevant, past performance, which will focus on requirements, schedule, managing the effort being proposed to.

A separate quality rating will not be assigned. However, a past performance assessment rating of Acceptable or

Unacceptable will be based on the Offeror’s overall record of past performance taking into account the recency, relevancy, and quality of performance. Sources of past performance evaluation information include information provided by the Offeror in response to the solicitation, information obtained from questionnaires, and any other sources available to the Government, to include, but not limited to, the Past Performance Information Retrieval

System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information Systems, Electronic Subcontract

Reporting System, or other databases; the Defense Contract Management Agency; and interviews with Program

Managers, Contracting Officers, and Fee Determining Officials.

Past Performance Relevancy Ratings:

Relevant: Present/past performance effort involved similar scope of effort this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant: Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope of effort this solicitation requires.

Past Performance Acceptability Ratings:

Acceptable: Based on the Offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the Offeror will successfully perform the required efforts, or the Offeror’s performance record is unknown.

Unacceptable: Based on the Offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the Offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

NOTE: In the case of an Offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the

Offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the Offeror shall be determined to have unknown (or "neutral") past performance. In the context of Acceptability/Unacceptability, a neutral rating shall be considered "acceptable."

Quotes MUST be valid for 60 calendar days after close of buy.

(x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and

Certifications - Commercial Items, with its offer, or shall provide a statement that its Representations and

Certifications were completed in the System for Award management (SAM).

(xi) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this requirement.

(xii) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –

Commercial Items applies to this requirement. The following apply:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I;

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

52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment ;

52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application;

52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or

Proposed for Debarment;

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside;52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting

52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation;

52.219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule;

52.222-3, Convict Labor;

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

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities;

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity;

52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans;

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities;

52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans;

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons;

52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies;

52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act;

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases;

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

(xiii) The following additional clauses and provisions apply to this requirement:

52.204-7: System for Award Management;

52.204-13: System for Award Management Maintenance;

52.204-16: Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance;

52.204-21: Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems;

52.204-24: Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment;

52.204-27: Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application;

52.219-6: Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside;

52.223-5: Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information;

52.225-18: Place of Manufacture;

52.225-25: Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to

Iran—Representation;

52.227-1: Authorization and Consent;

52.227-2: Notice And Assistance Regarding Patent And Copyright Infringement and Certifications.;

52.229-3: Federal, State And Local Taxes;

52.232-39: Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations;

52.232-40: Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors;

52. 236-17: Layout of Work;

52.252-2: Clauses Incorporated By Reference;

252.203-7000: Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials;

252.203-7002: Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights;

252.203-7005: Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials;

252.204-7003: Control Of Government Personnel Work Product;

252.204-7007: Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications;

52.204-7009: Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information;

252.204-7016: Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services – Representation;

252.204-7017: Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services –

Representation;

252.204-7018: Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services;

252.211-7003: Item Unique Identification and Valuation;

252.211-7008: Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers;

252.215-7013: Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors;

252.217-7026: Identification of Sources of Supply;

252.223-7008: Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium;

252.225-7001: Buy American And Balance Of Payments Program—Basic;

252.225-7002: Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors;

252.225-7007: Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist Chinese Military Companies;

252.225-7012: Preference For Certain Domestic Commodities;

252.225-7013: Duty-Free Entry—Basic;

252.225-7048: Export-Controlled Items;

252.232-7003: Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports;

252.232-7006: Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions;

252.232-7010: Levies on Contract Payments;

252.243-7001: Pricing Of Contract Modifications;

252.244-7000: Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services

(xiv) This requirement has not been assigned a Defense Priorities and Allocations rating.

(xv) Responses must be received by 19 June 2024, 5:00PM EDT, via email. Questions and requests for the

Statement of Work Diagram may be submitted no later than 12 June 2024, 5:00PM EDT.

(xvi) The Point of Contact is Mark Schnittman, email: mark.a.schnittman.civ@us.navy.mil.

All quotations shall be in accordance with this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation and Attachment 002, “Price Sheet”.

*By providing an offer in response to the combined synopsis/solicitation offers self-certify that they can meet the following requirements as part of the Government’s responsibility determination and can provide justification/substantiation if requested: The vendor does have adequate resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them (see FAR 9.104-3(a)); the vendor does have the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills, or the ability to obtain them (including, as appropriate, such elements as production control procedures, property control systems, quality assurance measures, and safety programs applicable to materials to be produced or services to be performed by the prospective contractor and subcontractors). (See FAR 9.104-3(a)); the vendor does have the necessary production and technical equipment and facilities, or the ability to obtain them (see FAR 9.104-3(a)); and, the vendor is able, to comply with the required or proposed performance schedule, taking into consideration all existing commercial and governmental business commitments.

**This request neither implies nor requests the commencement of any effort. Furthermore, the Government shall incur no obligation whatsoever as a result of this proposal request if a contract is not executed**