RFQ FA441724Q0132 - Bomb Lift Test Weight.pdf

RFQ No. FA441724Q0132

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

Bomb Left Test Weight

From: 1 SOCONS/PKC To: All Qualified Interested Parties

350 Tully St. Your Company Name:______________ Hurlburt Field, FL 32544

Contracting Officer: Swinston B. Abraham, SrA, USAF

E-mail: swinston.abraham@us.af.mil

TEL: (850) 884-1270

Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s):

Submit written offers only, oral offers will not be accepted. Please respond to this RFQ by providing the following information in this document.

Response Date: 7 May 2024 @ 1:00 PM CST

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 333998. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 9640. The Size Standard for this NAICS is 700 Employees. Evaluation of commercial items in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 will be utilized using lowest price technically acceptable.

*This is a Brand Name or Equal Requirement

The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, tools, parts, shipping, and all other items necessary to deliver the following items:

CLIN Description U/M QTY Unit Price Total Price

CUSTOM DESIGN TEST WEIGHT 7000 LB. TEST

WEIGHT …. See Attached docs for more details.

Ea 1

Total Amount: __________ mailto:swinston.abraham@us.af.mil

CLIN price(s) shall include all delivery costs to: Hurlburt Field, FL 32544 (exact location provided at award)

• Offeror must have active SAM registration at time of award.

• Offeror shall quote on all items in order to be considered for award.

• Delivery Schedule: FOB Destination.

• Award shall be based on All or None, Technically Acceptable item, to the Government.

• It is the responsibility of each contractor to ensure that their respective quote has been received by the Government

POC’s identified above.

The following FAR/DFARS provisions and clauses are hereby applicable to this solicitation and any resultant contract award:

PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.211-6 – Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) 52.204-7 – System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors (Jun 2020)

252.203-7005 – Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov 2011)

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.204-25 – Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

(AUG 2019)

52.204-27 – Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023) 252.203-7000 – Requirements Relating to Compensation for Former DoD Officials (SEP 2011) 252.203-7002 – Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (SEP 2013) 252.204-7003 – Control of Government Personnel Work Product (APR 1992) 252.204-7012 – Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information (DEC 2019)

252.209-7004 – Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism (MAY 2019)

252.211-7003 – Item Unique Identification and Valuation (MAR 2016) 252.223-7008 – Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (JUN 2013) 252.225-7001 – Buy American and Balance Of Payments Program (DEC 2017) 252.225-7002 – Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors (DEC 2017) 252.225-7012 – Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (DEC 2017) 252.225-7048 – Export-Controlled Items (JUN2013)

252.232-7003 – Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEC 2018) 252.232-7010 – Levies on Contract Payments (DEC 2006) 252.243-7001 – Pricing of Contract Modifications (DEC 1991) 252.244-7000 – Subcontracts for Commercial Items (JUN 2013) 252.247-7023 – Transportation of Supplies by Sea (FEB 2019)

PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jun 2020)

Addendum to 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jun 2020)

1. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1(b), Submission of offers. Offeror shall submit an electronic copy of their dated offer via e-mail to: swinston.abraham@us.af.mil with the solicitation number in the subject block, with solicitation number FA441724Q0132. Facsimile proposals will not be accepted. In addition to the items required by 52.212-1(b), the offeror shall mailto:swinston.abraham@us.af.mil complete the Vendors Information and Vendors Offer Information at the end of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. This information shall be submitted with the offer.

2. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1(f), Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawal of offers. This paragraph is tailored to read as follows: Offerors are responsible for submitting electronic offers by the solicitation due date and time.

Offers received after the solicitation due date and time are considered late and will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212- 1(f).

3. Offerors shall complete the Vendor’s Offer Information and Vendor Information tables at the end of this Combined Synopsis Solicitation and submit with offer by the established due date and time.

4. Offerors shall provide a representation regarding use of telecommunications equipment or services by completing FAR Provision 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment and submit with offer by the established due date and time.

(End of provision)

FAR 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014) Addendum to 52.212-2 – Evaluation – Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(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: (i) Technical acceptability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement and (ii) Price.

(i) Technical Acceptability will be determined based on the product information provided by the offeror. Items requested shall be the specific brand name provided. Offers will be determined technically acceptable if items quoted are the specific brand name required. Please reference attached brand name justification.

(ii) Price

The Government intends to award a delivery order to the responsible contractor quoting all items listed, that provides the lowest overall price. IAW FAR Provision 52.211-6(c): The Contracting Officer will evaluate “equal” products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. Offerors who do not furnish product information (literature, manufactures websites, etc...) with their quotes, may be eliminated from award consideration.

Not all offers will be evaluated for technical acceptability. The lowest price offeror will be evaluated, if the lowest price offer is technically acceptable, no other offers will be evaluated. If the lowest price offer is not technically acceptable, the next lowest price offer will be evaluated. This process will occur until an offer is found to be technically acceptable. Once an offer is found to be technically acceptable, the other higher priced offers will not be evaluated.

(End of provision)

52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR

EQUIPMENT (DEC 2019)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented that it “does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument” in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation, or in paragraph (v) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— https://acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#id19CAC0P0ESS https://acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#i1060550

“Covered telecommunications equipment or services”, “critical technology”, and “substantial or essential component” have the meanings provided in clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L.

115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Contractors are not prohibited from providing—

(1) A service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements;

or

(2) Telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for “covered telecommunications equipment or services”.

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that it □ will, □ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation.

(e) Disclosures. If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) of this provision that it “will” provide covered telecommunications equipment or services”, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer—

(1) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand; model number, such as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

(2) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b) of this provision;

(3) For services, the entity providing the covered telecommunications services (include entity name, unique entity identifier, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, if known); and

(4) For equipment, the entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known).

(End of provision) FAR 52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): https://www.acquisition.gov/

(End of Provision) https://acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#unique_1968408723 https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions (May 2013)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause— “Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.acquisition.gov;

and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s).

Combo

(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer.

Provided at Award

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table* Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC F87700 Issue By DoDAAC FA4417 Admin DoDAAC FA4417 Inspect By DoDAAC Ship To Code Provided at Award Ship From Code Mark For Code http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/252232.htm https://www.acquisition.gov/ https://wawf.eb.mil/ https://wawf.eb.mil/

Service Approver (DoDAAC) Provided at Award Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) Provided at Award Accept at Other DoDAAC LPO DoDAAC DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Other DoDAAC(s)

(4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g., timesheets) in support of each payment request.

(5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the e-mail address identified below in the “Send Additional Email Notifications” field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.

Provided at Award

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact.

N/A

(2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988.

(End of clause)

FAR 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text.

Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): https://www.acquisition.gov/

AFFARS 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (Jun 2016)

(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 to 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 proposals, 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, Primary: Lt Col Jesse S. Boyter, 427 Cody Ave, Bldg 90333, Suite 220, 850-884-3990, jesse.boyter.1@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to 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.

https://www.acquisition.gov/

(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.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS

Please fill out all requested information. If incomplete, you may be excluded from competition.

To be eligible to receive an award resulting from this solicitation, contractors must be registered in the DoD System for Award Management (SAM) located at the following website: https://www.sam.gov/

In accordance with FAR 52.212-3, 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. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision.

VENDOR’S QUOTE INFORMATION

PAYMENT

TERMS

ESTIMATED

DELIVERY

DATE

QUOTE

EXPIRATION

DATE

WARRANTY QUOTED BY

VENDOR INFORMATION

ORDERING ADDRESS POINT OF CONTACT PHONE NUMBER FAX NUMBER

E-MAIL ADDRESS REMIT TO ADDRESS CAGE CODE TAX ID NUMBER

DUNS NUMBER SIZE OF BUSINESS WEB ADDRESS QUOTE DATE

https://www.sam.gov/

Attachment(s):

1. Item Description

2. Questions for Clarification

3. Product images