Synopsitation.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation (“synopsitation” hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a Firm Fixed Price contract for a commercial commodity/service, i.e., Platinum Dishes, as described under the attachment titled “Statement of Work”.

The synopsitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is conducted as a commercial service procurement using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13).

An award, if any, will be made to the responsible offeror who submits a quotation that

(1) Conforms to the requirements of the synopsitation;

(2) Complies with the minimum requirements stated in the Statement of Work (SOW), as evidenced by providing a complete description of the equipment provided; and

(3) That submits the quotation with the lowest price technically acceptable, provided that the price is determined to be fair and reasonable.

The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon: 1) the quality of quotations received, and 2) whether proposed prices are determined to be fair and reasonable.

Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation either before or after proposal receipt. In the event the

Government cancels this effort, the Government has no obligation to reimburse the Offeror for any costs.

Offerors shall complete and include in quotations all representations and certifications, as well as all fill-in provisions and clauses, contained within this solicitation. Additionally, quotations that contain pricing only with no description/detail of the equipment that will be provided will not be accepted or considered for award.

FA8601-22-Q-0057

Offerors shall submit a detailed response to the solicitation explaining the products being proposed and how the offeror is able to fulfill all requirements of the solicitation.

Synopsitation Number: FA8601-22-Q-0057

This acquisition is under North American Industry Classification (NAICS)

Code: 334516, Small Business Size Standard: 1,000 Employees

Synopsitation Closing Date: Quotations must be received no later than 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time on 11 April 2022. Quotations received after that date and time will not be accepted or considered for award.

Send Quotations To:

AFLCMC/PZIBB

Attn: Melanie Crump

1940 Allbrook Drive, Bld. 1, Room 109

WPAFB OH 45433-5309

or

Submit electronic quotations via e-mail to:

melanie.crump@us.af.mil; and joseph.sbarra@us.af.mil

Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line “FA8601-22-Q-0057, Platinum Dishes.” The entire quotation must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-

Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments.

**Due to the Department of Defense Firewall, it strongly advised to call/email the

POCs identified in this Synopsitation to verify that proposal was received prior to the cut-off date.**

Address questions regarding this synopsitation to Melanie Crump by phone at (937)

344-6884 or via e-mail at melanie.crump@us.af.mil.

A detailed description of the requirement including delivery date, provisions and clauses, representations and certifications, and specifications are provided in the attached documents. Upon award, any provisions that were in the draft contract

(including representations and certifications) will be removed from the award document.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov

Attachments:

1. Solicitation Document

2. Statement of Work (SOW) mailto:melanie.crump@us.af.mil https://www.sam.gov/

Attachment 1 – Statement of Work FA860122Q0057

Statement of Work

Platinum Dishes

21 March 2022

BACKGROUND: The Air Force Petroleum Agency’s Aerospace Fuels Laboratories (AFPET) located at Vandenberg Space Force Base has a requirement for procurement and delivery of five

(5) 99.95% pure platinum dishes to be utilized for oxidizer testing.

I. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The platinum dishes shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1. Be 99.95% pure platinum with a capacity between 150 and 200 mL

2. Be suitable for evaporation on a hot place and have the ability to be handled with tongs

3. Be reinforced and weighing at least 50g each

II. QUALIFYING COUNTRY PRODUCTS

All products delivered to satisfy this requirements shall be manufactured in a qualifying country source in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)

225.872. Products from other than qualifying countries will not be accepted, and any costs associated with products from other than qualifying countries, including shipping, etc., shall be at the contractor’s expense.

III. INSPECTION/ACCEPTANCE AND DELIVERY

Aerospace Fuels Laboratory, AFPET/PTPLE, is designated as the office responsible for inspection and final acceptance of the supplies or services provided in this order. A receiving report shall be accomplished immediately upon receipt and acceptance of supplies.

The platinum dishes shall be delivered at the location noted below within, but no later than, six

(6) weeks after the date of contract award.

Location of Delivery:

Aerospace Fuels Laboratory

AFPET/PTPLE

1747 Utah Avenue, Bldg. 6670

Vandenberg SFB, CA 93437

Attachment 1 – Statement of Work FA860122Q0057

At contract award, a point of contact (POC) at Vandenberg SFB will be identified and the contractor shall contact that POC to arrange delivery and to discuss any special instructions concerning base access, commercial deliveries, etc.

IV. INVOICE AND PAYMENT

The contractor shall be paid upon submission of a properly prepared invoice and after final inspection and acceptance has been made. A proper invoice shall cite the contractor’s name and address, invoice number, invoice date, order number, contract line item number (CLIN), description of the supplies or service, unit of issue, unit price and extended price, terms of any prompt payment discount offered, and who to notify in the event that the invoice is defective.

The invoice shall be submitted to the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) in accordance with the terms of the final contract award.