sypopsis and solicitation finderscope.pdf

Request for Quote: FA7000-22-Q-007

Center for Space Situational Awareness Research Finder Telescopes

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Quotes are being requested as a result of this written solicitation.

This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) in accordance with FAR part 12 & part 13 under solicitation number FA7000-22-Q-007. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-01, effective

December 6, 2021, DFARS change notice October 29, 2021, effective October 29, 2021, and the Air

Force Acquisition Circular (AFAC) 2021-0726, effective

July 26, 2021.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 334516 the Product

Service Code (PSC) is 6650. This is a brand name requirement, but the vendor is not specified. This product is a foreign acquisition, the procurement process must be in accordance with (IAW) FAR

Part 25. It is anticipated that a purchase order will be established with one quoter. All responsible sources may submit a quote, which if received in timely manner, will be considered by the 10th Contracting

Squadron, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA).

The Government bears no legal liability for the costs associated with preparing a quote. Vendors should not submit a quote unless they are willing to absorb all costs associated with submitting a quote. The Government will not consider any quotes that contain used, reconditioned, refurbished, gray market, or liquidated stock.

Before submitting a quote, please read the instructions in the addenda to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, listed below. It is the quoter’s responsibility to ensure their quote meets all the requirements identified herein.

I. Description of Requirement

REQUIRMENT DESCRIPTION: A finder scope is an auxiliary telescope used for locating celestial objects before observing the celestial objects in the main telescope. The telescopes with the requested capabilities will allow the Center for Space Situational Awareness Research to be able to track objects and increase the speed of target acquisition more accurately. This allows more objects to be observed each night and with greater fidelity in the observations.

The new finder telescope shall be a refracting finder telescope with the similar form fit characteristics as our current finder telescope. The resulting image shall be flat without additional optical correction necessary between the optical assembly and the camera. Adjustable back focus shall be included as well. Optical tube assembly (OTA) only is acceptable for this telescope as the mount and/or tripod are not necessary for this purchase due to the finder scope being mounted to existing Falcon Telescope mounts.

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS/REQUIRMENTS

• Shall be a refracting telescope

• Minimum aperture size of 106mm

• Maximum focal ratio of f/5

• Minimum limiting magnitude of 11.5

• Maximum mass of 7.5 kg

• Minimum telescope field of view of 9 degrees

• Maximum resolution 1.1 arc second

• Shall have an integrated image flattener

• Shall have an adjustable back focus

Delivery: Delivery must be F.O.B. Destination to U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 80840.

It is USAFA’s preference/intent to acquire only domestic end products per the Buy American Statute

(41 USC Chapter 83), except as provided in FAR 25.103. Foreign offers will be evaluated per

DFARS 225.502 when comparing domestic and foreign offers. This requirement is for commercial off-the-shelf items; therefore, the manufacturing country of origin will determine if the quoted product is foreign or domestic. The Buy American – Balance of Payments Program Certificate

(DFARS 252.225-7000) must be completed and submitted with the quote.

Inspection/Acceptance: The Government will inspect and accept supplies at the Government’s location, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 80840. Payment on invoices cannot be made until the

Government has accepted the supplies.

II. SOLICITATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. In all instances throughout this solicitation, to include the applicable provisions and clauses, any use of the word “proposal” shall be understood as “quote”. All instances of the word

“offeror” shall be understood as “quoter”. All instances of the word “award” shall be understood as “purchase order”.

2. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1. Instructions to Offerors—Commercial (Jul 2021), and the addenda list below applies to this acquisition.

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-1:

a. Submission of offers. FAR 52.212-1(b) is amended to include the following:

(1) Submit signed and dated quotes via e-mail to:

10th Contracting Squadron

10 CONS/PKB

Attn: Robert Loughman

8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200 USAF Academy, CO

80840-2315.

Email address:

Robert.loughman@us.af.mil

Phone numbers:

Robert Loughman 719-333-2799

(2) Quotes must be submitted by September 13, 2022, 2:00 p.m. (MDT)

b. Late submissions. FAR 52.212-1(f) is amended as follows

1. Quoters are responsible for submitting quotations so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 1:00 p.m., local time, for the designated

Government office on the date that quotations are due.

2. Any quotation received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of quotations is late and will not be considered.

3. If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that quotations cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of quotations by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of quotations will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal

Government processes resume.

c. Quotation Preparation Instructions:

1. General Instructions: The quoter shall submit their quote on company letterhead to include the following: solicitation number, contact name, address, e-mail, and telephone number of the offeror, CAGE code, DUNS number, size of business, and warranty information. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the quote. If applicable, provide a written statement that the quote incorporates all amendments to the solicitation.

2. Specific Instructions: Quotes shall consist of three parts, as identified as below.

a. PRICE QUOTATION. Submit the price quote in accordance with the line-item structure listed in this solicitation (Attachment 02 – Solicitation -

FA700022Q0077). Price quotes must be firm-fixed price. Price quotes must include unit prices and extended amounts for each line item (i.e., multiply the unit price and quantity for each line item). Include the total price (i.e., sum of all extended amounts) in the price quote. Include delivery terms and schedule, any discounts, and payment terms (e.g., Net 30) with the price quote.

b. DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE. In order for the quote to be considered by the Government, it must meet the salient functional, or performance characteristics specified in this solicitation.

Include any applicable descriptive literature, such as illustrations, specification sheets, or product brochures that clearly identify that the quote meets the Government’s requirements.

c. CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION.

I. Quoters are required to be registered in the System of Award

Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) at the time the quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Quoters that are not registered in SAM at the time the quotation is submitted will not be considered.

II. Quotes must include a completed copy of the following provisions that require fill-intext:

• FAR 52.212-3 --- (“The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management

(SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u)) of this provision”).

• FAR 52.209-11 --- Representation by Corporations Regarding

Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction Under Any Federal

Law

• FAR 52.223-22 --- Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals- Representation https://www.sam.gov/

• DFARS 252.225-7000 --- Buy-American - Balance of Payments

Program Certificate.

3. The addenda listed below at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Items (Oct 2014) applies to this acquisition. The evaluation factors to be included in paragraph (a) of this provision are Price and Technical.

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-2:

BASIS FOR OFFER.

a. This is a competitive acquisition in accordance with FAR part 12 and part 13. The

Government will submit an offer in the form of a purchase order to the quoter that represents the best value to the Government. All quotes submitted will be reviewed for completeness. Quotes that are incomplete or missing information may be considered non-responsive and excluded from the evaluation. Quotes will be evaluated as described below.

1. Price Evaluation. The government will rank all offers by Total Evaluated Price

(TEP). The TEP will be calculated by multiplying the unit price by the quantity to confirm the extended amount quoted for each CLIN. Next, all extended amounts will be added together to get to the total price proposed. All pricing shall be rounded to the nearest dollar. The total proposed price will be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness IAW FAR 13.106-3(a). If there is a conflict between the quoted unit prices and extended amounts, the unit price shall be used to determine the total evaluated price. Any discounts identified in the quote will be included in the evaluation of the total evaluated price. The lowest price quote may not necessarily be selected.

Next, the quote that has the lowest TEP, the quote will be evaluated for Technical

Acceptability and assigned a rating of “Acceptable” or “Unacceptable”.

2. Technical Evaluation. The evaluation team will review the descriptive literature to determine if quote meets the salient characteristics/requirement specifications identified in this solicitation. The technical information will be evaluated on an

Acceptable/Unacceptable basis. To be considered “Acceptable,” the quote shall clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. If a quote DOES NOT clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation, the quote will be rated

“Unacceptable.”

If the Quoter’s Technical rating is determined to be “Unacceptable”, the Quoter will no longer be considered for award and evaluation for that Quoter will stop.

b. If the lowest priced acceptable offer is judged to have an “Acceptable” technical rating and is determined to be responsible, that offer represents the best value for the government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award shall be made to that Quoter without further consideration of any other quotes.

If the lowest priced Quoter is not judged to have an “Acceptable” Technical, the next lowest priced Quoter will be evaluated utilizing the methodology above, and the process will continue (in order by price) until a Quoter is judged to have an

“Acceptable” Technical rating or until all Quoter are evaluated.

c. The Government reserves the right to award on an "All or None" basis.

d. The Government intends to award a contract without interchanges with respective

Quoter. The Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges or cancel the solicitation.

4. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (Oct

2018), and the addenda listed below applies to this acquisition.

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-4:

Text in paragraph (c) is deleted and replaced with the following:

c) Changes. Changes in terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of certain changes such as administrative changes including changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc. authorized by the Federal

Acquisition Regulation and its supplements that may be made unilaterally by the Contracting

Officer (for a complete list of changes that may be made unilaterally, see FAR 43.103(b)).

ATTACHMENTS TO THIS SOLICITATION

1. Attachment 01 – Solicitation FA700022Q0077