Railroad Mx IDIQ Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/ SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (IAW RFO

12.202(b)(1)).

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Part 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.

Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number FA441826Q0022 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) for Railroad Maintenance and Repair Indefinite-delivery Indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)

This acquisition is set-aside for 8(A) small business concerns. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 237990 with a $45 million size standard. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

This is not a Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rated acquisition.

(ii) Description of Requirement: The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, transportation, supervision, and testing for railroad maintenance and repair at Joint Base Charleston, Naval Weapons Station (JB CHS NWS) in Goose Creek, South Carolina in accordance with Attachment 1 - Specifications, Attachment 2 - UFC 4-860- 03, and Attachment 3 - Sample Project Statement of Work.

(iii) For a list of line-item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure (including option(s), See Attachment 4 - RFQ Pricing Sheet.

(iv) This IDIQ is anticipated to have a 12-month base year, plus three 12-month options, and a 6-month extension option, for a total of 54 months.

(v) For a list of provisions and clauses that apply to the acquisition, See Attachment 5.

(vi) Wage Determination SC20260049 01022026 applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 6.

(vii) A Pre-Proposal Site Visit will NOT be scheduled.

(viii) Questions concerning the solicitation shall be submitted via email, no later than 10 days after the solicitation is posted. Answers to all questions will be returned no later than 20 days after the solicitation is posted. Remarks and explanations provided shall NOT qualify the terms of the solicitation and statement of work. Unless the solicitation is amended in writing, it will remain unchanged. Should an amendment be issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of solicitation amendments shall apply.

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(ix) Response to this combined synopsis/solicitation must include a completed RFQ Pricing Sheet (Attachment 4) and no more than 5 completed Past Performance Questionnaires (Attachment 7) and must be received via email to joshua.starks.4@us.af.mil, david.mendoza.4@us.af.mil and bryan.coppage.1@us.af.mil by 15 May 2026, no later than 2:00 PM ET. Requests should be marked with solicitation number FA441826Q0022.

(x) RFO FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition with the following Addenda:

(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.

(B) The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Price

(2) Past Performance

Past Performance is significantly more important than price.

(C) Price - The Government will evaluate offers by adding the total price of

CLIN’s for all options to the total price for the basic requirement in order to determine the total quoted price for each offer (Base + 3 option years + 6-month extension). Offerors will then be arranged according to price, from lowest priced offer to the highest priced offer. The Government may determine 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) Past Performance – The government will begin evaluating past performance starting with the lowest priced offeror based on (1) the references provided by the offeror and (2) data independently obtained by the government from other government and commercial sources. Evaluation of the offerors past performance is subjective and will result in a rating of (See table below) Substantial, Satisfactory, Neutral, Limited, or No Confidence. Offerors who do not have recent and relevant past performance relating to this requirement will receive a rating of Neutral Confidence.

Rating Description

Substantial Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation the offeror will mailto:joshua.starks.4@us.af.mil mailto:david.mendoza.4@us.af.mil mailto:bryan.coppage.1@us.af.mil successfully perform the requirement.

Satisfactory Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation the offeror will successfully perform the requirement.

Neutral Confidence

No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse, no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.

The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation the offeror will successfully perform the requirement.

No Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation the offeror will successfully perform the requirement.

The Government will evaluate past performance for recency and relevancy.

Recency is defined as performance of similar services within the past three (3) years from the issue date of the solicitation. Relevancy is defined as services of the same complexity and/or magnitude/similar dollar value.

(E) If the lowest priced offer, receives a Substantial Performance Confidence

Rating, that offer represents the best value for the Government and the evaluation process stops at this point; an award shall be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers. In the event the lowest priced offeror, does not receive a Substantial Performance Confidence Rating, the evaluation process will continue with the next lowest priced offeror until an offeror receives a Substantial Performance Confidence Rating or all offers are evaluated. In the event an offeror other than the lowest priced offeror received a Substantial Performance Confidence Rating, the Contracting Officer will perform an integrated best value evaluation to determine the eventual awardee.

The Government reserves the right to award to a Substantial Performance Confidence Rated offeror, and reserves the right to award to other than the lowest priced offeror.

(xi) All responsible sources may submit a quotation and will be considered.

(xii) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer 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.

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