RFQ - Generator Armament Shop 20 EMS SIGNED 20240318.pdf

20 CONS / PKAA 18 March 2024 321 Cullen Street Attn: SrA Tapia-Caballero, Cesar Shaw AFB, SC 29152-2610 Phone: (803) 895-5499 E-Mail Address: cesar.tapia-caballero@us.af.mil

Request For Quotation, FA480324QB024

CLIN Description Unit of Issue Unit Price

0001 ITW GSE 2400 generator or equal Specs: 30SX240V W-ARU 30KVA, VERTICAL, S/O WITH

28VDC

Each

Additional Notes:

⇒ This Requirement is a Commodity Contract.

⇒ NAICS – 335312, Motor and Generator Manufacturing, Size Standard – 1,250 employees.

⇒ F.O.B. Destination to: Shaw AFB SC 29152.

⇒ The Government reserves the right to award on an “All or None” basis.

⇒ The Government reserves the right to award without discussions.

⇒ Quotes are required to be valid for a minimum of 30 September 2024.

⇒ In addition to quotes, make sure to provide pictures and specification sheet of the generator.

⇒ All dollar amounts (unit and extended prices and other price factors) provided shall be rounded to the nearest penny (two decimal places only).

⇒ Failure to round unit prices to two (2) decimals may result in rejection of the proposal.

⇒ Annotate “Quote Expiration Date”, “Best Delivery Date”, and any “Discount Terms” ⇒ Questions and Government Response: All questions concerning this solicitation must be submitted no later than 2:00pm EST, 2 April 2024. Any questions that are received in conjunction with this solicitation and the corresponding responses by the Government will be posted as an Amendment.

⇒ Quotes are due NO LATER THAN 11 April 2024 @ 2:00pm EST. All submitted quotes will include any discounted pricing. For submitted quotes to be considered vendors must be registered in SAM at www.sam.gov. All quotes must be submitted in a format similar to this RFQ. Quotes that fail to include all solicited requirements will be found non-responsive and disregarded.

⇒ Quotes shall be e-mailed to: cesar.tapia-caballero@us.af.mil and madelyn.williams@us.af.mil.

20th Contracting Sq

20 CONS /PKAA

Shaw AFB, S.C.

http://www.sam.gov./ http://www.sam.gov/

Provisions and Clauses

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

The full text of provision and clauses are located at http://acquisition.gov:

52.202-1 Definitions 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of

Whistleblower Rights 52.204-7 System for Award Management 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders

Commercial Items 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition 52.215-6 Place of Performance 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representation 52.219-1 Alt 1 Small Business Program Representation 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3 Convict Labor 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.222-55 Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.232-1 Payments 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.233-1 Disputes 52.233-2 Service of Protest 52.233-3 Protest After Award 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (Jul 2023) http://acquisition.gov/

INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT:

52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021)

(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:

Price

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise 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.

(End of Provision)

52.252-1 – Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses

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):

http://acquitision.gov/

(End of Provision) http://acquitision.gov/

52.252-6 -- Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Nov 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(End of Clause)

252.209-7991 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID

DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY

FEDERAL LAW—FISCAL YEAR 2016 APPROPRIATIONS (DEVIATION 2016-O0002)

(OCT 2015)

(a) In accordance with section 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-

53) and any subsequent FY 2016 appropriations act that extends to FY 2016 funds the same restrictions as are contained in sections 744 and 745 of division E, title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that—

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that—

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, (End of provision)

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

AFFARS 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (Ju1 2023)

(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. 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.

(End of clause)

Point of Contact: SrA Tapia-Caballero, Cesar, 20th Contracting Squadron, 321 Cullen Street, Shaw AFB SC, 29152. Phone: 803-895-5499. Email: cesar.tapia-caballero@us.af.mil.

SSgt Williams, Madelyn, 20th Contracting Squadron, 321 Cullen Street, Shaw AFB SC, 29152. Phone:

(803) 895- 5092 Email: madelyn.williams@us.af.mil.

Note: All quotes must contain the minimum information required under FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items (Sep 2023).

MADELYN WILLIAMS, SSgt, USAF Contracting Officer