Request for Oral Quote.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE TEST CENTER

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA

10 April 2026

SOLICITATION

FROM: AFTC/PZIA

Arnold Engineering Development Complex 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A332 Arnold AFB, TN 37389

SUBJECT: Request for Oral Quote (RFQ) for Hardware Fabrication

In accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.201-1(d), innovative approaches will be used when soliciting quotations.

This is an oral solicitation notice. This announcement is the only formal solicitation. Offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This solicitation is not authorization to begin performance, and in no way obligates the Government for any costs incurred by the vendor associated with developing an offer. The Government reserves the right not to award a contract in response to this RFQ. Prior to commencement of any activities associated with performance of this requirement, the Government will issue a written directive or contractual document signed by the Contracting Officer with appropriate consideration established.

The purpose of this solicitation is for the Government to obtain commercial products for hardware fabrication with a 100% compatibility threshold and 100% inter-functional operations in parallel with the facility hardware manufactured by Tri Models, Inc. with delivery to White Oak, Maryland. The Government anticipates this will be awarded to Tri Models, Inc. due to the nature of the compatibility and inter-functional operations with the parallel manufacturing with facility hardware.

The Statement of Work can be provided upon request and with the eligibility to receive Distro E information by emailing the Point of Contacts below. All responsible sources may submit information to be considered for the oral solicitation by the requested date below and provide a time windows on the anticipated oral solicitation date.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: System 332510, Hardware Manufacturing

Federal Supply Code (FSC): 1680, Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components

Defense Priorities and Allocations System Rating: DO-C9

Small Business Set-aside: No

Delivery: FOB Destination

Delivery Period: Not to Exceed 10 Weeks

Anticipated Award Date: May 2026

Provided below are the anticipated Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs), Product Description, Quantities, and Unit of Measure (UOM):

CLIN Product Description Quantity UOM

0001 Hardware Fabrication IAW Statement of Work

1 Each

The solicitation’s full provisions and clauses can be provided upon request prior to the oral solicitation date.

*FAR RFO Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (FEB 2026) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

The first sentence of paragraph (b) is revised to read: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for the due date, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to this solicitation.”

Oral Solicitation Request Date: 14 April 2026 Oral Solicitation Request Due Time: 1:00 P.M. Central Time Anticipated Oral Solicitation Date: 16 April 2026 Email to: paytonne.szatkowski@us.af.mil and erica.anglin@us.af.mil

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

The Vendor shall identify any exception to the RFQ terms and conditions with supporting rationale. The Government reserves the right to determine any such exceptions are unacceptable. Any exception determined unacceptable by the Government may result in the Vendor’s quote being determined unacceptable and ineligible for award. If no exceptions are made, include a statement stating so with the quote otherwise a lack of a formal statement will be assumed that no exceptions are asserted.

All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be considered for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition.

mailto:paytonne.szatkowski@us.af.mil mailto:erica.anglin@us.af.mil https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

The oral solicitation will evaluate the following:

Factor 1: Technical Solution

Under this factor, the Government will assign the factor an adjectival rating of Acceptable or Unacceptable, as defined in Table 1 below.

Table 1 – Factor 1 Ratings

Rating Definition

Acceptable Quote meets the measure of merit for Factor 1.

Unacceptable Quote does not meet the measure of merit for Factor 1.

For this factor, the Government will evaluate the quote using the following measure of merit: Meets the entire requirement and provides a delivery timeframe within the limitations.

Factor 2: Price

The Government will evaluate the quote to determine if the total proposed price is fair, reasonable, complete, and balanced.

For evaluation purposes, the Total Evaluated Price will be calculated by adding the total price for all option periods to the total price for the basic requirement. The price quote will be evaluated, but it will not be assigned an adjectival rating.

The Government reserves the right to hold discussions or negotiations to arrive at a final price that is fair and reasonable. The evaluation will consider the following aspects:

Completeness: The quote will be reviewed to ensure a price has been provided for all required CLINs and that the prices are traceable to the technical approach.

Reasonableness: In accordance with FAR 12.209, the Government will determine if the proposed price is fair and reasonable using the price analysis techniques defined in FAR RFO 15.404-1.

Unbalanced Pricing: The Government will analyze the quote to determine if the pricing is unbalanced.

Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items is significantly over or understated. The Government may determine that a quote is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced, as this may pose an unacceptable risk to the Government.

Information obtained from sources available to the Government will be used as part of the responsibility determination made in accordance with FAR RFO 9.104-1, FAR RFO 9.105-2(a)(1), and R-DFARS 9.104-

1. The Government reserves the right to obtain information relative to present and past performance on its own.

All vendors must be registered in System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at the time of quote submittal.

FAR RFO clause at 52.212-4, Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (FEB 2026) applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum:

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

Paragraph (c) of this clause is tailored as follows: Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of administrative changes, such as changes in the paying office, appropriations data, etc., which may be changed unilaterally by the Government.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the proposed terms and conditions and/or agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

For additional FAR RFO provisions and clauses not referenced specifically in this document that apply to this acquisition, request the provisions and clauses. Likewise, for R-DFARS provisions and clauses that are applicable to this acquisition, request the provisions and clauses. The full text of these clauses and (*) provisions may be assessed electronically at the website acquisition.gov. NOTE: ALL PROVISIONS

WILL BE REMOVED AT TIME OF AWARD BUT SHALL REMAIN PART OF THE CONTRACT

FILE.

Lastly, the following DAF Contracting Compass Parts are applicable to this acquisition and will be incorporated into any resulting purchase order:

DAF Contracting Compass, Part 1: Section OMBUDSMAN Ombudsman

a. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of quotes, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

b. Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

c. If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, AFTC Vice Commander 1 S Rosamond Blvd Edwards AFB CA 93524COMM: (661) 277- 2810 aftc.workflow@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/FLDCOM/DRU ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Department of the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

d. The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

e. Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

DAF Contracting Compass, Part 23: Section ELIMINATION OF USE OF CLASS I OZONE

DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS)

Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

a. Contractors shall not:

1. Provide any service or product with any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that requires the use of a Class I ODS in the test, operation, or maintenance of any system, subsystem, item, component, or process; or

a. Provide any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that establishes a test, operation, or maintenance requirement that can only be met by use of a Class I ODS as part of this contract/order.

2. For the purposes of Department of the Air Force policy, the following products that are pure (i.e., they meet the relevant product specification identified in AFI 32-7086[AR2]) are Class I ODSs:

a. Halons: 1011, 1202, 1211, 1301, and 2402;

3. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs): CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-111, CFC-112, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CFC-211, CFC-212, CFC-213, CFC-214, CFC-215, CFC-216, and CFC-217, and the blends R-500, R-501, R-502, and R-503; and

a. Carbon Tetrachloride, Methyl Chloroform, and Methyl Bromide.

ERICA A. ANGLIN

Contracting Officer

Attachments:

Justification Statement of Work (upon request) Provisions and Clauses (upon request)