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1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 in conjunction with Part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is SP3300-19-Q-0061.

2. This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-01 effective 22 January 2019 (updated with Class Deviation: 2019-O0005), and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) DPN 20181221 (effective 21 December 2018) edition, and Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive (DLAD) Current to Revision 5 and PROCLTR 19-05 (Revised February 27, 2019). The complete text of any of the clauses and provisions are available electronically from the following sites:

FAR- http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ FAR- https://www.acquisition.gov/browsefar DFARS - https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/ DLAD - http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/DLAD.aspx

3. DLA Distribution Norfolk, VA (DDNV) has a requirement for a contractor to provide a firm-fixed price contract for Pipe Cradle.

CLIN 0001 – PIPE CRADLE, 2 SIDED

PIPE CRADLE, 2 SIDED

40" X 3 1/2" X 3 1/2" TREATED HARD WOOD PIPE CRADLE (OAK)

NOTCHED ON TWO SIDE, NOTCHES ARE 4 1/2" W X 1" D. THE NOTCHES

ARE 5" APART

SHALL BE PACKAGED STANDARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D 3951.

Ship To: SW310Y

QUANTITY 1,560 @ $_______________ EACH= $_______________ TOTAL

NOTE:

All prices must be rounded to two decimal places.

FAR 52.212-3 Evaluation – Commercial Items and its addenda.

4. This solicitation is 100% Set Aside for Small Business Concerns. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) for this acquisition is 8145 (Specialized http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/FAR12.DOC#s126 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

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Shipping and Storage Containers), and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 321920 (Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing) with a size standard of 500 employees.

5. Offerors shall quote Firm Fixed Unit Prices for all line item shown on CLIN 0001 Pricing shall be quoted as FOB Destination, with all shipping, packing and packaging charges included in the Firm Fixed Unit Prices for each item. All prices must be rounded to two decimal points. SHIP TO address: DLA Distribution Norfolk, VA, Pier 8 9551 Decatur Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23511 US

6. Any award resulting from this solicitation will be issued on a Standard Form

(SF) 1449.

7. System for Award Management: IAW FAR 4.1102(a), offerors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Refer to DFARS 204.1103 for helpful information on navigation and data entry in the SAM database.

Registration may be done on line at: www.acquisition.gov or www.sam.gov.

8. Invoicing and Payment: Invoices shall be submitted through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF). The WAWF website is at https://wawf.eb.mil/. The web site contains instructions for registration and use, including how contractors submit invoices via WAWF.

9. Questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted by email to the Contract Specialist, Alexander Ramirez, at alexander.ramirez@dla.mil.

Questions must be received by 3:30 PM Eastern time on April 19, 2019.

Questions received after this date and time may not receive a response.

Answers to questions will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website via an amendment to the solicitation. No information concerning this solicitation will be provided in response to telephone calls.

10. Offerors responding to this announcement shall submit their quotations via email to alexander.ramirez@dla.mil. All quotes must be received by April 30, 2019 at 3:30 PM Eastern time to be considered for award.

11. The following FAR, DFARS and DLAD provisions apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.212-1 – INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS

(DEVIATION 2018-O0018)

Addenda to 52.212-1; the following paragraphs are hereby deleted from this provision: (d) product samples, (e) multiple offers, (h) multiple awards, and (i) availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation.

http://www.acquisition.gov/ http://www.sam.gov/ https://wawf.eb.mil/ mailto:alexander.ramirez@dla.mil

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Addenda to 52.212-1; paragraph (c) period for acceptance of offers, this paragraph is tailored to read as follows “The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers”.

The following provisions are Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors

– Commercial Items and are incorporated by reference:

FAR 52.203-18 – Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements--Representation FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror FAR 52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror FAR 52.209-2 Prohibition On Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations— Representation FAR 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports FAR 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance FAR 52.225-18 Place of Manufacture FAR 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certifications DFARS 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls DFARS 252.225-7002 -- Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors (Dec 2017) DFARS 252.225-7036 -- Buy American—Free Trade Agreements Balance Of Payments Program (Dec 2017)

The following provisions are Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors

– Commercial Items and are incorporated in full text:

FAR 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not 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 an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and

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(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 an 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; and

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

(End of provision)

FAR 52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

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://farsite.hill.af.mil/.

(End of provision)

DFARS 252.213-7000 Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Supplier Performance Risk System in Past Performance Evaluations

(a) The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPSR) application (https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/) will be used in the evaluation of suppliers’ past performance in accordance with DFARS 213.106-2(b)(i).

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/ http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/213_1.htm#213.106-2

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(b) SPRS collects quality and delivery data on previously awarded contracts and orders from existing Department of Defense reporting systems to classify each supplier’s performance history by Federal supply class (FSC) and product or service code (PSC). The SPRS application provides the contracting officer quantifiable past performance information regarding a supplier's quality and delivery performance for the FSC and PSC of the supplies being purchased.

(c) The quality and delivery classifications identified for a supplier in SPRS will be used by the contracting officer to evaluate a supplier’s past performance in conjunction with the supplier’s references (if requested) and other provisions of this solicitation under the past performance evaluation factor. The Government reserves the right to award to the supplier whose quotation or offer represents the best value to the Government.

(d) SPRS classifications are generated monthly for each contractor and can be reviewed by following the access instructions in the SPRS User’s Manual found at https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/pdf/PPIRS-SR_UserMan.pdf.

Contractors are granted access to SPRS for their own classifications only. Suppliers are encouraged to review their own classifications, the SPRS reporting procedures and classification methodology detailed in the SPRS User's Manual, and SPRS Evaluation Criteria available from the references at https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/pdf/SPRS_DataEvaluationCriteri a.pdf. The method to challenge a rating generated by SPRS is provided in the User’s Manual.

(End of provision) https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/pdf/PPIRS-SR_UserMan.pdf https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/pdf/SPRS_DataEvaluationCriteria.pdf https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/pdf/SPRS_DataEvaluationCriteria.pdf

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DLAD 52.233-9001 DISPUTES – AGREEMENT TO USE ALTERNATIVE

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

(a) The parties agree to negotiate with each other to try to resolve any disputes that may arise. If unassisted negotiations are unsuccessful, the parties will use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques to try to resolve the dispute.

Litigation will only be considered as a last resort when ADR is unsuccessful or has been documented by the party rejecting ADR to be inappropriate for resolving the dispute.

(b) Before either party determines ADR inappropriate, that party must discuss the use of ADR with the other party. The documentation rejecting ADR must be signed by an official authorized to bind the contractor (see FAR 52.233-1), or, for the Agency, by the contracting officer, and approved at a level above the contracting officer after consultation with the ADR Specialist and legal counsel.

Contractor personnel are also encouraged to include the ADR Specialist in their discussions with the contracting officer before determining ADR to be inappropriate.

(c) If you wish to opt out of this clause, check here [ ]. Alternate wording may be negotiated with the contracting officer.

(End of Provision)

12. OFFER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS–Quotes must include the following items. Submission of a quote that does not contain all items requested below may result in elimination from consideration for award.

A. Quotations may be submitted in contractor format and shall include:

(1) Company name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

(2) Solicitation number.

(3) Unit Price and extended price for all Contract Line Items (CLINs)

(4) Proposed delivery date.

(5) Contractor DUNS Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code.

(6) Signed acknowledgements of amendments (applicable only if any amendments are issued against this solicitation).

(7) Descriptive literature for the proposed items/products such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer if proposing other than the brand name.

(8) A completed copy of the following statement:

____________________ (Company Name) is an authorized distributor/reseller for ____________________ (Manufacturer Name) products and is free to set our own prices and discounts.

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B. Contractors are required to include a copy of the FAR provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with its quote or may indicate completion of the representations and certifications on the internet at http://www.sam.gov. Failure to include the certifications along with the price quote or to complete the certifications on the internet may result in elimination from consideration for award.

13. FAR 52.212-2 – Evaluation – Commercial Items Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2. The Government intends to award one contract on an all-or-none basis to the responsible offeror who: 1) proposes the products addressed in the requirement description, or demonstrates in their descriptive literature that their proposed a product that meets the salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics addressed in the requirement description; and 2) offers the total overall lowest price for all contract line items.

Offerors must be determined to be responsible according to the standards of FAR Part 9 to be eligible for award.

Although the Government intends to award a purchase order as a result of this solicitation, the Government reserves the right to reject any and all quotes received and not award any item or items from this solicitation.

14. The following FAR, DFARS and DLAD clauses apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The resulting purchase order will incorporate technical and/or quality requirements (identified by an “R” or an “I” number in section B) set forth in full text in the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements found on the web at: http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx. For Simplified Acquisitions, the revision of the Master in effect on the solicitation issue date or the award date controls. For Large Acquisitions, the revision of the Master in effect on the RFP issue date applies unless a solicitation amendment incorporates a follow-on revision, in which case the amendment date controls.

MARK CONTRACT NUMBER ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE

Contractor must mark the contract or purchase order number on all paperwork and shipments. The order number must appear on the exterior of the shipment.

Failure to follow these instructions will hold up payment to you and could result in the return of merchandise at your expense.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST

http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx

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1. The contractor shall be ineligible from participation as a contractor, subcontractor, or consultant in any procurement arising or resulting from any of the services provided to DLA on this contract. This restriction includes providing services to any potential bidders on such procurements. The contractor shall not incorporate its product or services in any statement of work or specification unless directed to do so in writing by the Contracting Officer.

2. If the contractor, in the performance of this contract, obtains access to information such as plans, policies, reports, studies, financial data, internal data, or any other non-public information or information by the Privacy Act, the contractor agrees not to release such information without prior written approval from the Contracting Officer. The use of such information for personal gain is prohibited.

3. In addition, the contractor agrees that to the extent it receives or is given access to proprietary data, or other confidential or privileged technical, business, or financial information under this contract, it shall treat such information in accordance with any restrictions imposed on such information.

The following clauses are Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 – Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items and are incorporated by reference:

FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance FAR 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors FAR 52.247-34 F.o.b. – Destination FAR 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DFARS 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product DFARS 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments program DFARS 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications

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DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea

The following clauses are Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 – Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items and are incorporated in full text:

FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (DEVIATION 2019- O0003)

(a) Definition. “Small business concern,” means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the size standards in this solicitation.

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to—

(1) Contracts that have been totally set aside or reserved for small business concerns; and

(2) Orders set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F).

(c) General.

(1) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected.

(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern.

(d) Agreement.

(1) For a contract at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, a small business concern may provide the end item of any domestic firm. For a contract exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, a small business concern that provides an end item it did not manufacture, process, or produce, shall—

(i) Provide an end item that a small business has manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas;

(ii) Be primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sell the type of item being supplied; and

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(iii) Take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; for example, providing storage, transportation, or delivery.

(2) Paragraph (d)(1) of this clause does not apply to construction or service contracts.

(End of clause)

FAR 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference

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): http://farsite.hill.af.mil/.

(End of Clause)

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions

(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 Central Contractor Registration 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:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/252232.htm https://www.acquisition.gov/ https://wawf.eb.mil/ https://wawf.eb.mil/

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

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

(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 SL4701 Issue By DoDAAC SP3300 Admin DoDAAC SP3300 Inspect By DoDAAC Not Applicable Ship To Code SW310Y Ship From Code Not Applicable Mark For Code Not Applicable Service Approver (DoDAAC) Not Applicable Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) Not Applicable Accept at Other DoDAAC Not Applicable LPO DoDAAC Not Applicable DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Not Applicable Other DoDAAC(s) Not Applicable

(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:

alexander.ramirez@dla.mil

(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: Not Applicable

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

(End of clause)

FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders–Commercial Items.

In paragraph (a) the following clauses apply:

FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements FAR 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

In paragraph (b) the following clauses apply:

FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on subcontracting FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/current/far/html/52_200_206.html#wp1158787 https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/current/far/html/52_200_206.html#wp1159972 https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/current/far/html/52_207_211.html#wp1146366 https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/current/far/html/52_222.html#wp1147630