RFQ_SFS Boat 1 Aug 25.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE TEST CENTER (AFMC)

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA

1 August 2025

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

FROM: AFTC/PZIA

Arnold Engineering Development Complex 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A-332 Arnold AFB, TN 37389

SUBJECT: Request for Quote (RFQ) FA9101-25-Q-B065, SFS Tracker Boat and Optional Items

This is a combined synopsis/commercial solicitation set-aside 100% for Small Business. The subject requirement is for a commercial product; as such, this solicitation is prepared in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation is not an authorization to begin performance, and in no way obligates the Government for any costs incurred by the offeror 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 purchase and delivery of one 2025 Tracker 2072 CC with Mercury 150XlL four stroke engine, Bimini top, GPS, and trailer. Currently, the Government anticipates awarding this acquisition to one vendor that is both capable of providing the required product on Atch 1 – SFS Boat Technical Specifications, Atch 2 – Pricing Worksheet, and provides the lowest technically acceptable offer.

Provided below is the anticipated Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN), Item Description, Quantity, and Unit of Measure (UoM) for the contemplated firm-fixed price contract:

CLIN Item Description Quantity UoM 0001 2025 Tracker 2072CC with Mercury 150XL four stroke engine, Bimini top, GPS, and trailer

1 EA

OPTIONAL

CLIN

Mooring Lines 5/8 inch (25’);

Sirius LED Strobe;

Signal Mirror, Starflash;

Premium Anchor Line 200’, 5/8” 12.200 lb Strength Flare Kit Life Ring (Jim Buoy) Marine Portable Power Battery Jump Starter Pro Lite Vest, Manual – Black Life Vest Trailer Chocks Boat Hook 54” Marine Fenders 8” x 27” Smith &Wesson Extreme Ops First Response Folding Knife Marine 110 Fire Extinguisher Part #466627MTL Body Glove Method USCGA PFD Life Jacket for non-DAF Officers First Aid Kit USCG Approved Paddle

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

KIT

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

*FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial

Services (Sep 2023) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

The following words stating “offer”, “offeror”, and “proposal” are replaced with “quotation”, “vendor”, and “quote”.

Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: “The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear below.”

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the quote.”

RFQ due date: Tuesday, 19 August 2025 RFQ due time: 1:00 P.M. Central Time Email to leslie.mcgowan@us.af.mil

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

All questions regarding this RFQ must be emailed to leslie.mcgowan@us.af.mil no later than 1:00 P.M.

Central Time on Monday, 11 August 2025.

Please provide the following information with your quote:

1. Quote that meets all technical requirements IAW Atch 1 – SFS Boat Technical Specifications.

2. Expected delivery date to Arnold AFB, TN, after receipt of order.

3. Completed Pricing Worksheet (Atch 2).

4. Completed Pricing Worksheet for Optional Items (Atch 3).

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5. Statement that total quoted price includes all costs associated with delivery to Arnold AFB, TN.

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. Invoice instructions are provided in Atch 4 – Draft Provisions and Clauses.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular, FAC 2025-04 dated 11 June 2025, Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) Change 01/17/2025 effective 17 January 2025, and Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DAFFARS) Change Number DAFAC 10/16/2024 effective 16 October 2024.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336612-Boat Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,000 employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 1910-Small Craft.

The purpose of this solicitation is for the purchase of approximately one (1) 2025 Tracker 2072CC boat with a Mercury 150XL, four stroke engine, Bimini Top, GPS, and trailer to support safety and security of the installation to be delivered to the USAF Warehouse Receiving #1, 1476 N. Hap Arnold Dr., at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) found in Atch 1 – SFS Boat Technical Specifications. The 2025 2072CC flat bottom boat will require a Mercury 150XL four stroke engine, Bimini top, GPS, and trailer. The SFS 2025 Tracker 2072CC shall reference Attachment (Atch) 1 – Technical Specifications. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) at Arnold Air Force Base located in Tennessee anticipates the use of a firm-fixed price contract with a 90-day Delivery Ordering Period for the procurement of one (1) 2025 Tracker 2072CC boat with Mercury 150XL four stroke engine, The item, CLIN 0001, in this solicitation is identified as “brand name,” the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that “equal” products must meet are specified in the solicitation. To be considered for award, quotes of “equal” products, including “equal” products of the brand name manufacturer, must meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation, clearly identify the item by brand name and make or model number. Include descriptive literature such as illustrations and drawings.

The Contracting Officer will evaluate “equal” products on the basis of information furnished by the vendor or identified in the quote and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the quote. Unless the vendor clearly indicates in its quote that the product being offered is an “equal” product, the vendor shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.

Basis For Award: The Government anticipates issuing a firm-fixed price purchase order resulting from this request to the responsible vendor whose quote conforms to the solicitation and whose quote will be most advantageous and in the best interest to the Government; however, the Government reserves the right to cancel, revise and reissue the solicitation if determined to be in the best interest of the Government.

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The vendor shall conform to the following evaluation factors:

1. Product conformance to the specifications is met when the vendor's quote includes all specified items listed in the performance parameters section of the specifications.

2. The vendor shall price CLIN 0001 in accordance with Attachment 1 - SFS Boat Technical

Specifications and Attachment 2 – CLIN 0001 Pricing Worksheet (Boat).

3. The vendor shall complete Atch 2-CLIN 0001 Pricing Worksheet of the solicitation and provide all requested information. The vendor shall provide pricing that includes all delivery fees and applicable taxes, if any, by detailing the total evaluated price in Atch 2 – CLIN 0001 Pricing Worksheet (Boat).

4. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Nov 2024), the vendor shall be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award.

5. By the vendor submitting a quote, the vendor agrees that all quoted prices shall be valid for 30 days after close of solicitation response date.

6. The award will be made to the perspective and responsible vendor, whose quote conforms to the solicitation, while being most advantageous to the Government, along with negotiated price and other factors considered.

NOTE: Clarifications are fluid interaction(s) between the Contracting Officer (CO) and the Quoter that may address any aspect of the quote and may or may not be documented in real time. The Government intends to make award based on the initial quote submissions without conducting clarifications.

Therefore, each Quote should contain the Quoter’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint.

However, the Government reserves the right to conduct clarifications, during the evaluation, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. Quoter’s responses to clarifications will be considered in making the award selection decision. Clarifications may be conducted with one, some or all Quoters as the Government is not required to conduct clarifications with any or all Quoters responding to this solicitation.

First, for the quotes which conform to the RFQ's requirements, the Government will calculate the offeror’s Initial Total Evaluated Price by computing the average unit price. The Government will then rank the calculated from lowest price to highest price. Next, the Government will evaluate the lowest calculated price for technical acceptability.

If the quote with the lowest calculated initial technically acceptable price is determined technically acceptable and the final technical evaluated price is complete, reasonable, and balanced, this offeror’s quote represents the best value to the Government and award will be made to that offeror. If the quote with the lowest calculated initial total evaluated price requires resolution of minor or clerical errors to any aspect of the quote, including technical or price, the Government will consider the correction potential and may enter into interchanges with that offeror. If, after interchanges to resolve minor or clerical errors with that offeror, the quote is technically acceptable and the calculated initial total evaluated price remains the lowest, the contract will be awarded to that offeror. If the Government deems the quote not easily correctable, or if at any time the quote becomes other than the lowest calculated initially technically evaluated price, the next lowest calculated initial technically evaluated price will be evaluated for technical acceptability, followed by an analysis of the final technically evaluated price to verify reasonableness, completeness, and balanced pricing. Interchanges will take place as necessary or deemed appropriate by the Government. After any interchanges, if necessary, the Government will evaluate the final technically evaluated price. If interchanges do not occur, the initial evaluated price will become the final technically evaluated price. This evaluation process will be repeated until reaching a technically acceptable quote, or until all quotes are evaluated. In order to determine price fair and reasonable, the evaluation process may continue until reaching two technically acceptable quotes (to establish adequate price competition).

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 all measures of merit for Factor 1.

Unacceptable Quote does not meet all measures of merit for Factor 1.

In order to be deemed technically acceptable, the following measure of merit must be met:

1. Offeror provided a Technical Quote and meets all technical requirements IAW Atch 1 – SFS Boat Technical Specifications.

2. Offeror provided a completed Pricing Worksheet, Atch 2 – CLIN 0001 Pricing Worksheet and the total quoted price for CLIN includes shipping costs for delivery to Arnold AFB, TN.

Note - Quote must be rated as technically acceptable to be eligible for award.

Factor 2: Price

Price quotes should be provided in Atch 2 – CLIN 0001 - Pricing Worksheet and should support the offeror’s quote. Each Offeror’s price quote will be evaluated (but not rated). The Government will calculate the offeror’s initial technically evaluated price by computing the average unit price. After any interchanges, if necessary, the Government will evaluate the final technically evaluated price. If interchanges do not occur, the initial technically evaluated price will become the final technically evaluated price.

Under this factor, the Government will evaluate the offeror’s final technically evaluated price for completeness, reasonableness, and balanced pricing. Offerors whose final price is determined to be incomplete, unreasonable, or unbalanced will not be considered for award.

Applicable definitions are outlined below:

Completeness - The offeror’s final technically evaluated price will be reviewed to determine the extent to which all the price elements have been addressed. The offeror’s final price will be evaluated to ensure continuity and traceability of prices to the technical quote and between the initial quote and any revisions. The review will determine the adequacy of the contractor’s quote in addressing and fulfilling the RFQ requirements.

Reasonableness - For the final technically evaluated price to be reasonable, it must represent a price to the Government that a prudent person would pay in the conduct of competitive business.

The Government will determine the final technically evaluated price fair and reasonable through the use of one or more of the price analysis techniques at FAR 13.106- 3(a).

Unbalanced pricing - Contractors are cautioned against submitting an offer that contains unbalanced pricing. Unbalanced pricing may increase performance risk and could result in payment of unreasonably high prices.

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 shall analyze offers to determine whether they are unbalanced with respect to separately priced line items or sub-line items.

An offer that is determined to be unbalanced may be rejected if the Contracting Officer determines that the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

The Government intends to make award based on the initial quote submissions without conducting interchanges. Therefore, each offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to hold interchanges if, during the evaluation, it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. Interchanges are fluid interaction(s) between the Contracting Officer (CO) and the offerors that may address any aspect of the quote, including technical and price, and may or may not be documented in real time. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges using Interchange Notices. Offeror responses to Interchange Notices will be considered in making the order selection decision. Interchanges may be conducted with one, some, or all offerors, as the Government is not required to conduct interchanges with any or all offerors responding to the solicitation.

(End of provision)

*52.225-18 Place of Manufacture

As prescribed in 25.1101 (f), insert the following solicitation provision:

Place of Manufacture (Aug 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except-

(1) FPSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

(b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly-

(1) In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or

(2) Outside the United States.

(End of provision)

FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Feb 2024), applies to this acquisition. 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 clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2023), applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum: 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 quote 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.

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jan 2025), is applicable to this acquisition. For the FAR clauses cited in FAR clause 52.212-5 that are applicable to this acquisition see Atch 4 – Draft Provisions and Clauses.

For additional FAR provisions and clauses not referenced specifically in this document that apply to this acquisition, see Atch 4 – Draft Provisions and Clauses. Likewise, for DFARS and DAFFARS provisions and clauses that are applicable to this acquisition, see Atch 4 – Draft Provisions and Clauses.

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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.

LESLIE R. MCGOWAN

Contracting Officer AFTC/PZIA (Arnold)

Attachments:

Atch 1 – SFS Boat Technical Specifications Atch 2 – CLIN 0001 Pricing Worksheet (Boat) Atch 3 – CLIN 1001 – Pricing Worksheet (Optional Items) Atch 4 – Draft Provisions and Clauses Atch 5 – Brand Name Justification - Redacted