NDI_Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation_27Oct21.pdf

Solicitation #: FA8609-22-R-0001

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

(IAW FAR 12.603)

Solicitation Number: FA8609-22-R-0001

KC-46 Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) Equipment Initial Lay-in

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation (“synopsitation’ hereafter), which is expected to result in a Firm Fixed Price contract for a commercial item, i.e., KC-46 Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) Equipment Initial Lay-in as described under the attachment titled “Bill of Materials”. The synopsitation is prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation is a Request for Quotation and is conducted as a commercial item procurement using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13). An award, if any, will be made to the responsible offeror who submits a quotation that (1) conforms to the requirements of the synopsitation; (2) Complies with the minimum requirements stated in the Bill of Materials (BOM); and (3) that submits the quotation with the lowest total evaluated price (TEP), provided that the TEP is determined to be fair and reasonable. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon (1) the quality of quotations received and (2) whether proposed prices are determined to be fair and reasonable.

Total Evaluated Price: The Offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated based upon the Total Evaluated Price (TEP). Offerors should include pricing for shipping to specified destinations in the BOM in their TEP. Offerors should breakdown total price for each shipping destination separately and also include the overall TEP.

Offerors shall complete and include in quotations all representations and certifications, as well as all fill-in provisions and clauses, contained within this solicitation. Additionally, quotations that contain pricing only with no description/detail of the equipment that will be provided will not be accepted or considered for award.

This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-95, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Change Notice (DPN) 20161222, and Air Force Acquisition Circular

(AFAC) 2017-1003.

The KC-46 Program Office at Wright-Patterson AFB, intends to award one (1) firm-fixed price (FFP) contract for the acquisition of items listed below. AFLCMC/WLC will select the quote with the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA).

NAICS: 334519

Class Code: 6635 Size Standard: 500 employees Set-Aside: None; Full & Open Competition

Quotations are due by: 05:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 29 November 2021.

Quotations received after that date and time will not be accepted or considered for award.

Contact the following for any additional questions regarding this solicitation. Please email quotes to:

Contact Information: Primary Contracting Officer: Kathryn Skaleski Email Address: kathryn.skaleski@us.af.mil

Alternate Contracting Officer: Kari Wedemeyer Email Address: kari.wedemeyer@us.af.mil

Col. Sean Tucker has been appointed as Ombudsman. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, evaluation of proposals or source selection process and does not diminish the authority of the contracting officer. Any questions or concerns about this solicitation should first be directed to the buyer at the e-mail address or phone number listed, or you may contact the Ombudsman.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov

Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs):

Note: All CLINs are Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contractor is required to provide commercial product literature for all items quoted

CLIN ITEM DESCRIPTION

INSTRUCTIONS NOTE

NDI Equipment at Pease AFB, Altus AFB, Tinker AFB, Seymour

Johnson AFB, and McConnell AFB

NDI Equipment IAW Bill of Materials (BOM) and including shipping costs to specified destinations

This will be one CLIN with five different delivery locations

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 – Bill of Materials (BOM)

Attachment 2 – NDT1039-T1 T2

DELIVERY INFORMATION:

The Contractor shall deliver all items described above to the specified delivery locations as detailed in the Bill of Materials (BOM).

FOB Destination. Shipping must be included in price. Net 30.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please note provisions by reference carry the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make the full text available.

The full text of a clause may be retrieved electronically at the addresses below:

Regulations URLs: (Click on the appropriate regulation.)

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/far1toc.htm http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfar1toc.htm http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/af_afmc/affars/affar1toc.htm

52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial items, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, (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: Technical and Price are considered equal.

52.212-3 -- Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items.

The offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site located at http://www.sam.gov/portal (Only complete and return if there are changes to current SAM Registration. If 52.212-3 is not returned the contractor is affirming that the current SAM registration is current, accurate, and complete). If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision.

52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders— Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The following FAR clauses/provisions are included but not limited to:

52.203-3 – Gratuities 52.203-18 -- Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation 52.203-19 -- Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreement or Statements 52.204-5 – Woman-Owned Business (Other Than Small Business) 52.204-7 -- System for Award Management 52.204-13 -- System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-16 -- Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-17 -- Ownership or Control of Offeror 52.204-18 -- Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.204-19 -- Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications 52.204-20 -- Predecessor of Offeror 52.204-24 -- Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment 52.204-25 -- Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

52.204-26 -- Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation 52.209-2 -- Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations—Representation 52.209-5 -- Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters 52.209-7 -- Information Regarding Responsibility Matters 52.209-9 -- Updated of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (don’t believe this clause is needed until Offeror responds to 52.209-7) 52.209-10 -- Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.209-11 -- Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law

52.219-1 -- Small Business Program Representations, Alternate I 52.211-11 – Subcontracts (Labor Standards) 52.222-19 -- Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-22 -- Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports 52.222-25 -- Affirmative Action Compliance 52.222-26 -- Equal Opportunity 52.222-50 -- Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-5 -- Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information 52.223-18 -- Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.223-22 -- Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation 52.225-25 -- Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran— Representation and Certifications 52.232-1 -- Payments 52.232-33 -- Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-- System for Award Management 52.232-39 -- Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.232-40 -- Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.233-1 – Disputes 52.233-2 – Service of Protest 52.233-3 -- Protest after Award 52.233-4 -- Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim 52.237-2 -- Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation 52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions incorporated By Reference 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference 52.252-5 -- Authorized Deviations in Provisions 52.252-6 -- Authorized Deviations in Clauses

The following clauses/provisions within 52.212-5 are included:

52.203-6 Alt I – Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government 52.203-19 – Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements 52.204-10 – Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.204-23 – Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities 52.204-25 – Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment 52.209-6 – Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.209-10 – Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.219-8 – Utilization of Small Business Concerns 52.219-28 -- Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3 -- Convict Labor 52.222-19 -- Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21 -- Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-22 – Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports 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 52.222-40 – Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act 52.222-50 -- Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18 – Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13 -- Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

52.225-18 -- Place of Manufacture 52.229-12 – Tax on Certain Foreign Procuments 52.232-33 -- Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer

The following DFARS clauses/provisions are included:

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 252.204-7006 -- Billing Instructions 252.204-7008 -- Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls 252.204-7012 -- Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting 252.204-7015 -- Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support 252.204-7019 -- Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements 252.204-7020 -- NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements 252.208-7000 -- Intent to Furnish Precious Metals as Government-Furnished Material 252.209-7021 – Trade Agreements Certificate 252.209-7998 -- Representation Regarding Conviction of a Felony Criminal 252.209-7999 -- Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law 252.211-7003 -- Item Unique Identification and Valuation 252.215-7013 -- Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors 252.223-7006 -- Prohibition of Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous Materials 252.223-7008 -- Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium 252.225-7001 -- Buy American and Balance of Payments Program 252.225-7002 -- Restrictions on food, clothing, fabrics, hand or measuring tools, and flags 252.225-7012 -- Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities 252.225-7048 -- Export-Controlled Items 252.226-7001-- Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns 252.232-7003 -- Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7006 -- Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions 252.232-7010 -- Levies on Contract Payments 252.243-7001 -- Pricing of Contract Modifications 252.243-7002 -- Requests for Equitable Adjustment 252.244-7000 -- Subcontracts for Commercial Items 252.246-7008 -- Sources of Electronic Parts 252.247-7023 -- Transportation of Supplies by Sea

The following AFFARS clauses/provisions are included:

5352.201-9101 -- Ombudsman 5352.223-9000 -- Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Substances 5352.223-9001 -- Health and Safety on Government Installations

Standard Commercial warranties apply.