Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation_FeNb.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

1) Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials is seeking offers from manufacturers that are able to produce one or more of the three grades of ferroniobium: Low-Alloy Steel Grade, Stainless Steel Grade and High-Purity Grade, defined by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Specification for Ferrocolumbium [Designation:

A550 – 06 (Reapproved 2010)]. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice and file attachments. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. All offerors must be registered with the System Award Management (SAM) to be considered for award. The web site for registration is https://sam.gov.

2) SP8000-15-R-0004 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). DLA Strategic Materials intends to competitively award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) with Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) contract. Standard Form (SF) 1449 will be used as the award document for the commercial contract. This acquisition could result in multiple awards.

Offerors may offer on one or multiple materials. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations.

Offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government will determine the lowest overall price to determine the awardee(s). The Government reserves the right to make a single award.

Because this the award will be a Firm Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment contract, the clause at FAR 52.216-2, Economic Price Adjustment- Standard Supplies, applies to this acquisition. The aggregate of the increases in any contract unit price under this clause shall not exceed 10 percent of the original contract unit price per contract period.

3) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-82, effective May 07, 2015; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) DPN 20150420 edition, effective April 20, 2015, and Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD) Current to Revision 5, and PROCLTR 2015-08. The complete text of any of the clauses and provisions may be accessed in full at https://farsite.hill.af.mil/.

This acquisition is UNRESTRICTED. The applicable NAICS: 212299, “All Other Metal Ore Mining”, with a size standard of 500 employees.

https://sam.gov/ https://farsite.hill.af.mil/

4) All Offerors are permitted to offer on one of the materials or the entire requirement.

Submit your offer on the attached CLIN structure.

Table 1. Planned procurement quantities and schedule for: Low-Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel and High-Purity Grades of Ferroniobium. MT refers to metric ton in the table below.

Fiscal Year (FY) Low-Alloy Steel Grade (MT)

Stainless Steel Grade (MT)

High-Purity Grade (MT) Total (MT)

Base Period 50 5.0 3.0 58 Option Year 1 90 6.0 4.0 100 Option Year 2 110 9.5 6.5 126 Option Year 3 110 9.5 6.5 126 Total (MT) 360 30 20 410

5) Period of Performance of the contract is 365 calendar days from contract award and 365 days from the exercise of each option year.

6) Payment Terms: Net 30

7) Delivery and Acceptance of the material will be Destination. All deliveries must be made to the DLA Strategic Materials Storage Depot in Hammond, Indiana.

8) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

9) Evaluation Procedures A. Basis for Award

1) The Government reserves the right to eliminate from consideration for award all offers that do not meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation, at any time prior to award of the contract; to negotiate with offerors in the competitive range;

and to award the contract(s) to the offeror(s) submitting the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) proposal. The determination of the competitive range will include all proposals which are considered to have a reasonable chance of being selected for award. A proposal is considered acceptable if it (i) it addresses itself to all the essential requirement of the RFP, (ii) shows the Offeror understands all essential requirements of the RFP, and has demonstrated a full capability to perform the prospective requirements, (iii) meets the technical requirements, and (iv) the proposal is complete to the extent that an award could be made on its present terms.

2) The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications). The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer determines them to be necessary.

3) The Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedure is appropriate for this acquisition because the best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable proposal(s) with the lowest evaluated price.

4) Reverse Auctions will be considered with this requirement.

5) An overall technical rating must be at least “ACCEPTABLE” in order to be eligible for award. An “UNACCEPTABLE” rating in any factor results in the overall technical proposal being rated “UNACCEPTABLE”. A final overall technical rating of “UNACCEPTABLE” makes the proposal ineligible for award.

B. Evaluation factors for Award

1) Factor 1: Technical Approach

2) Factor 2: Past Performance

3) Price

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL APPROACH

The Technical Team of the Evaluation Team (ET) will evaluate the Offeror’s proposal to ensure the Contractor possess the experience, expertise, facility capability, and approach necessary to deliver the supplies and perform the work successfully. The proposal shall describe how the contractor will deliver material which meets the technical requirements defined in the Statement of Work (SOW). The proposal must contain an example of a Certificate of Analysis (COA).

The COA must be recently, within the last three years.

Based on this evaluation, the Factor will be rated using the Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings.

FACTOR 2: PAST PERFORMANCE

The ET will evaluate the Offeror’s past performance. In doing this, the Government will review responses to the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment C). The Government may consider information in the Offeror’s proposal and information obtained from other sources, including past and present customers and their employees, subcontractors, and any other sources that may have useful information. This assessment is based on the Offeror’s record of relevant and recent past performance (within the last 3 years) information that pertains to the products and/or services under a similar contract as outlined in the solicitation requirements. See Table A-2.

Offerors without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the Offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the Offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.”

PRICE

The ET will perform the evaluation of the offered prices. A fair and reasonable price will be determined first by adequate price competition. Should adequate price competition not be available to determine a fair and reasonable price then data other than certified cost or pricing data will be used. This information will come first from sources other than the offeror, such as the IGCE or other Government sources. If necessary, information from the offeror for the same or similar items will be required. Price will also be evaluated for completeness in that it: (1) reflects a thorough understanding of the Statement of Work (SOW); (2) is submitted in accordance with the contract line item numbers (CLINs) on a firm-fixed price with economic price adjustment basis; and (3) provides a total price on a firm-fixed price with economic price adjustment basis. Price will be evaluated to determine the total evaluated price to support the selection of the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror.

ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD

To be considered acceptable and eligible for award, an Offeror must address separately all the factors set forth in accordance with the instructions of the solicitation. A major item and/or gross omission which preclude meeting solicitation objectives which cannot be corrected prior to or during discussions without major revision or complete resubmission of the proposal will cause a proposal to be found technically unacceptable.

C. Basis of Evaluation and Submittal Requirements for Technical Acceptability and Recent Past Performance and Relevant Material Experience.

(a) Solicitation Submittal Requirements- The proposal/offer must document;

(1) Successful capability to deliver material which meets the technical requirements defined in the Statement of Work (SOW).

(b) Recent and Relevant Past Performance –

(1) Past Performance Questionnaire, evaluations and all other Recent and Relevant Past Performance information reviewed by the Government (e.g., PPIRS, past performance documents, and information obtained for any other source) reflect a trend of satisfactory performance.

(2) Experience providing similar product/services under a similar contract in the last three (3) years. At a minimum, the documentation must include the contract number, award date, delivery date(s), and quantity.

In addition to the above, the Government may review any other sources of information for evaluating past performance. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, past performance information retrieved through Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) using all CAGE/DUNS numbers of team members (partnership, joint venture, teaming arrangement, or parent company/ subsidiary/ affiliate) identified in the offeror’s proposal, inquiries of owner representative(s), and any other known sources not provided by the offeror.

Offerors are reminded to utilize Small Businesses to the maximum extent practicable in the performance of this effort. Pursuant to FAR 19.7/DFARS 219.7, a Subcontracting Plan detailing the extent of subcontracting opportunities, covering direct and/or indirect support, planned for each socio-economic category will be required. The following links are provided to assist offerors promoting Small Business subcontracting opportunities:

• Subcontracting Plan, the Basics: http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/docs/subcontracting_the_basics.pdf

• Doing Business with the DoD: http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/doing_business/index.htm

• Commercial Market Representative:

http://www.sba.gov/content/government-contracting-field-staff-directory/

• SUB-Net:

http://web.sba.gov/subnet/

10) A completed copy of FAR 52.213-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items shall be submitted with proposal if not available through SAM at https://sam.gov.

11) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

12) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

13) This procurement is not rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System

(DPAS).

14) Please review all attachments for requirements determined necessary for this acquisition.

15) All responsible sources may submit inquiries to be answered by the agency. All inquiries should be submitted by email, by August 14, 2015 no later than 3:00 pm EDT. All http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/docs/subcontracting_the_basics.pdf http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/doing_business/index.htm http://www.sba.gov/content/government-contracting-field-staff-directory/ http://web.sba.gov/subnet/ https://sam.gov/ inquiries regarding this requirement shall be directed in writing to Alisia Goree-Martin (703-767-5496) at alisia.goree-martin@dla.mil. Solicitation number SP8000-15-R-0004 must be included in the Subject line. Responses will be posted to the solicitation on Federal Business Opportunities by close of business August 19, 2015.

16) This Combined/Synopsis/Solicitation will be available at http://fbo.gov on, July 29, 2015.

If you intend to submit a proposal/offer, please ensure that you provide all required submittals (Technical Approach, and Price) and complete all applicable fill-in clauses per the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, including signatures where applicable. Submit your proposal/offer electronically by email to SMContracting@dla.mil with solicitation number SP8000-15-R-0004 in the Subject line no later than 08:00 am EDT August 31, 2015.

Offerors are strongly encouraged to confirm receipt of their proposals after submission.

Proposals submitted by US mail and facsimile will not be accepted. All Past Performance Questionnaires must be submitted by email directly to the contracting office from the company or manufacturer that completes the questionnaire.

ATTACHMENTS

A. CLIN Structure B. Evaluation Procedures C. Past Performance Questionnaire D. Provisions and Clauses E. Statement of Work mailto:alisia.goree-martin@dla.mil http://fbo.gov/ mailto:SMContracting@dla.mil