F20113_C6-B-UMF_Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation.doc

Department of the Army

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND

4310 BOOTHBY HILL AVENUE

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD 21005-3013

REPLY TO

ATTENTION OF

CCAP-SCD 23 March 2015 SUBJECT: Solicitation No: W91CRB-16-R-5039; Request for Quote (RFQ)

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for COMMERCIAL ITEMS prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 12.6, 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. The solicitation document and incorporated provision to clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-55, effective 2 February 2012. The word Government in this document refers to the United States Government, its authorized Agencies, Departments, Representatives, Personnel and Assigns Only.

This solicitation is a Request for Quote (RFQ), Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case: C6-B-UMF Country: Tanzania The associated North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) Code is 334220-Satellite Communications Equipment Manufacturing; the Federal Supply Classification (FSC) is 5805-Telephone and Telegraph Equipment.

Basis for Award:

The following factors will be used to evaluate offers in accordance with 52.212-2:

1) The Government will evaluate the items to ensure they are technically acceptable and meet the Government’s requirements.

Offerors shall provide data sheets containing the proposed salient characteristics of each item.

2) The contract type will be Firm Fixed Price. The Government shall evaluate the price for price reasonableness of the proposal and a cost/price realism analysis shall not be conducted. Award will be made to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer.

Other Important information/Requirements:

It is the responsibility of the Offeror to insure that their Offer is compliant with ALL provisions of the FAR and its supplements. The Government MAY, but is not obligated to, consider the offer of any Offeror that is non-compliant with any provision of the FAR and its supplements. Furthermore, the Government is NOT required to inform any Offeror that their Offer is non-compliant with the FAR or any of its supplements. Failure of an Offeror to comply with any provision of the FAR and its supplements can be deemed by the Government as unacceptable and non-responsive to the solicitation.

The parties hereto recognize that any technical data and computer software being purchased hereunder will be provided to a foreign government. The parties further recognize that the clauses in this contract dealing with rights in technical data, computer software and patent indemnity may be drafted in terms of rights flowing to the United States Government. Accordingly, the Offeror agrees to grant, and by incorporation of this clause in the contract document, does grant, that foreign government the same rights in technical data, computer software and patent indemnity as would be granted to the United States Government by operation of those clauses in the contract document dealing with rights in technical data, computer software and patent indemnity, except that no rights to computer software source code for the foreign government are provided in this contract. For purposes of contract administration, the parties agree that the clauses will be administered with the foreign government in such a manner as best approximates that set out with respect to the United States Government.

Accelerated delivery at no additional cost to the Government is accepted and encouraged. Partial shipments are Not Authorized.

Packaging requirements shall be in accordance with Standard Practice for Commercial Packaging (ISPM15) and (ASTM D 3951-98).

Inspection and Acceptance shall be at SOURCE/ORIGIN for Hardware associated with this solicitation.

Warranty

Requirements for No Cost Warranty. The contractor shall provide a warranty for this Foreign Military Sale (FMS) covering workmanship and materials for all items furnished in accordance with this contract or any modification thereof. If the warranty is a commercial warranty and states that the warranty in not in effect outside the continental United States, then the wording of the warranty shall be amended so that the warranty is extended to the final FMS customer. The warranty shall be for a minimum of two years or twenty-four months in duration at time of pick up for shipment.

No Cost Warranty Manual. The contractor shall provide an operational manual and/or an insert to accompany the material, describing the actions to be taken by the user in order to exercise the warranty and obtain repaired/replaced equipment. This guidance shall be provided in both English (and the native language of the FMS customer if specified in the delivery order after negotiation). This warranty will run directly to the benefit of the FMS customer and will not be structured so as to require any actions/administration on the part of the U.S. Government. The contractor shall provide phone number(s) and/or address(es) for customer service representative nearest to the FMS customer location. The customer service representative shall be able to supply information to the FMS customer for the return of the defective equipment for repair or replacement.

No Cost Warranty Procedures. At the exercising of this warranty by the FMS customer, the warranty clock shall be stopped. Upon notification of a failure by the FMS customer to the contractor, the warranty clock shall be stopped relative to the unit in question. The warranty clock will be restarted upon acceptance of the repaired/replaced unit by the FMS customer. Upon arrival at the contractors repair facility, both the contractor and Government representative will determine if failed item is covered under the warranty. The FMS customer shall be responsible for the established contractual cost for items tested and found to be a "False Pull" or "No Evidence of Failure (NEOF)". The contractor shall meet a 30 day turn-around time for repair. This time shall be from the date of receipt by the contractor, to shipment from the contractor's facility. The contractor shall be responsible for transportation cost from the FMS customer to the contractor’s facility and return to the FMS customer.

No Cost Warranty Markings. Warranty markings shall be applied to unit, intermediate and shipping containers. The markings shall be in a conspicuous location to give notice that the item(s) are subject to warranty coverage. These markings shall indicate the time period or condition of the warranty (e.g., days/months, hours of operation, etc.). The warranty markings shall be applied by labeling, tagging, or printing and shall be prefaced by the words “WARRANTY ITEM” in letters approximately two times larger than the letters for the remainder of the required information.

The U.S. Government reserves the unilateral right to make no award.

CLIN Description

Quantity Delivery 0001: Satellite Telephone System

2 (EA) 60 Days ARO Hardware shall be supplied IAW SOW para 3.1 and the salient characteristics listed below and in the Appendix of the SOW.

Inspection and Acceptance

INSPECTION: Origin

ACCEPTANCE: Origin

0002: Pre-Paid Phone Card table

10 (EA) 60 Days ARO

Hardware shall be supplied IAW SOW para 3.1 and the salient characteristics listed below and in the Appendix of the SOW.

Inspection and Acceptance

INSPECTION: Origin

ACCEPTANCE: Origin

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS

Proposed items shall be offered in the quantities as listed above. The Satellite Phone System and Pre-Paid Phone Card must meet or exceed the following characteristics:

Sat Phone System:

· Must include: SMS and email messaging capability; integrated speakerphone; mini-USB data port; at least 18 supported menu languages (including Swahili and English); volume, signal and battery strength meters; illuminated weather-resistant keypad; AC charger; international plug kit; DC travel charger.

· Dimensions: No more than 150 mm (L) x 65 mm (W) x 40 mm (D) in each direction.

· Weight: no more than 300 grams.

· Operating Temperature Range: -10 °C to +55 °C (must be able to operate in this range).

· Minimum max standby time: 25 hours.

· Talk time capacity: at least 3.0 hours.

Pre-Paid Phone Card:

· Must contain at least five thousand (5,000) minutes of global pre-paid satellite phone time

· Must be valid for at least two (2) years.

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES applicable to this acquisition are as follows:

FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors –Commercial Items

FAR.52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications

FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items, for Paragraph (b) the following clauses apply:

FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards;

FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment;

FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns;

FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting

FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (MAR 2009)

FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor;

FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor;

FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of segregated facilities;

FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity;

FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities;

FAR 52.223-18- Encouraging contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving;

FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons

FAR 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases

FAR 52.227-1 Authorization and Consent FAR 52.227-2 Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement

FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

FAR 52.233-3 Protest after Award

FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies-Fixed-Price

FAR 52.247-29 F.O.B. Origin

FAR 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service)

FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

FAR 52.215-6 Place of Performance FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management The following DFARS clauses apply:

DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials

DFARS 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications

DFARS 252.204-7011 Alternative Line-item Structure

DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information

DFARS 252.204-7015 Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors

DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation

DFARS 252.211-7006 Passive Radio Frequency Identification

DFARS 252.215-7007 Notice of Intent to Resolicit

DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent

DFARS 252.225-7027 Restriction on Contingent Fees for Foreign Military Sales;

DFARS 252.225-7028 Exclusionary Policies and Practices of Foreign Governments;

DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data- Commercial Items;

DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data;

DFARS 252.232.7010 Levies on Contract Payments

DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions

DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications

DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items

DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea DFARS 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DFARS 252.204-7004 Alternate A, System for Award Management DFARS 252.225-7048 Export Controlled Items DFARS 252.203-7999 Prohibition On Contracting With Entities That Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements DFARS 252.209-7993 Representation By Corporations Regarding An Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability Or A Felony Conviction Under Any Federal Law DFARS 252.209-7992 Representation By Corporations Regarding An Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability Or A Felony Conviction Under Any Federal Law DFARS 252.203-7998 -Prohibition On Contracting With Entities That Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements--Representation Full text of these provisions and clauses, with noted exceptions regarding local clauses, may be obtained by accessing the following internet website: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/sitemap.html QUOTES SHALL INCLUDE: (1) Solicitation Number (2) Original letter signed by an individual authorized to bind the organization (include Federal Tax Identification Number, Cage Code and DUNS); (3) Schedule of offered items to include quantity, unit, unit price, total price and grand total columns; (4) Representation and Certifications compliant with FARS Clause 52.212-3.

Offerors must have a current registration in the System For Award Management (SAM) prior to award. The Offeror may register in SAM at http://www.sam.gov.

Requirements for Offerors

Offeror shall have a current registration in the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) prior to award. The Offeror may register in WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: Proposals and any applicable attachments shall be submitted NLT 12:00 (noon) Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 07 April 2016, to Contract Specialist, Kevin Dunne by email at kevin.j.dunne4.civ@mail.mil.