Combined Synopsis-Solicitation RFP - Machine Shop JO-B-BFD 24JUN2025.pdf

SUBJECT: Solicitation: W91CRB-25-R-JO-B-BFD; Request for Quote (RFQ)

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (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.

This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2025- 03 and DFARS Change Notice 2025-0117. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far and http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/change_notices.html.

This solicitation is a Request for Quote (RFQ). This action is posted as a competitive 100% small-business set-aside under NAICS Code: 333515 “Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Manufacturing”. The size standard for the NAICS Code is 500 employees. Quotes must be valid for 90 days. The Product Service Code (PSC) are listed on the spreadsheet.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), an agency of the Government, intends to procure brand name or equal equipment to supply a machine shop. This effort is in support of the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) located in New Cumberland, PA. The Government anticipates the issuance of one or more commercial, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracts, IAW FAR 13.106, as a result of subject solicitation. The anticipated date of award to be determined.

The Government will evaluate the total offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all line items. Evaluation of all line items will not obligate the Government to award all line items.

The Government reserves the right to award one line, all line items or any combination thereof.

If multiple line items are awarded, costs/prices for each line item will be totaled and award amount will be based on that total.

Brand name or equal supplies are requested to be proposed upon and specified by the offeror as seen on the attached spreadsheet, please note there are several tabs within the spreadsheet. New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

Destination is equipped with a 3-phase electrical supply. There is no requirement for phase converters.

Moreover, they will use industrial-grade Frequency Voltage Regulators (FVRs) to adapt the electrical supply from the source (3-phase, 400V, 50Hz) to the required voltage and frequency for the machines (3-phase, 220V, 60Hz).

Provide the datasheets for the machines ensuring they indicate the rated power.

The interested parties bear full responsibility to ensure their submission demonstrates to the government that they can provide the Brand name equipment being requested or Equal http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/Regs/FAR2AFMCFARS/FARDFARS/FAR/12.htm#P306_50177 for Equivalent substitutions. If an alternate model is quoted, a side-by-side comparison of characteristics must be provided. If this information is not provided, quotes will be considered nonresponsive and ineligible for award.

Delivery: Vendor will NOT be responsible for shipping the equipment. Specific information required for packaging preparation will be provided on the contract.

Other Information/Requirements:

1. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure that their Offer is compliant with ALL provisions of the FAR and its supplements. The Government MAY, but is not obligated to, consider an Offer 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 Offer to comply with any provision of the FAR and its supplements may result in the Offeror being deemed non-responsive to the solicitation.

2. No shipping costs are to be included in the quote. Vendor will not be required to ship the goods.

3. All responsible sources may submit a quote which will be considered by the Contracting

Officer. The offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and include the assigned CAGE Code and Unique Entity ID (UEI) with quote.

4. ** Offerors SHALL include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with their response.

Additionally, Offerors shall provide a copy of 52.204-24 and 52.204-26 with their response. **

5. The Government requires that all supplies are prepared for shipment as soon as possible.

Contractors shall propose a delivery date for all items. Requests can be made to consolidate the shipment of multiple items according to the suggested delivery timeline.

6. Items cannot originate from a Chinese Military Company In Accordance With (IAW) DFARS 225.770 Prohibition on acquisition of certain items from Communist Chinese military companies. Buy American is not applicable as the items are not for use within the US, but where applicable IAW DFARS 225.7002 Restrictions on food, clothing, fabrics, hand or measuring tools, and flags; items must be Berry Amendment compliant.

7. The offeror shall submit their quote via email to Andrea Seaman, Andrea.L.Seaman.civ@army.mil by 10:00AM – EST-U.S. Wednesday, 16 July 2025.

Contact Information:

Andrea Seaman mailto:Andrea.L.Seaman.civ@army.mil

Contract Specialist Army Contracting Command –Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Email – Andrea.L.Seaman.civ@army.mil

BASIS FOR AWARD:

Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2, “Evaluation of Quotations or Offers”. Award will be made based on the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation approach. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions.

Additionally, the Contracting Officer reserves the right to make one, multiple, or no awards under this solicitation. Quotes must clearly indicate what items from the attached spreadsheet can, and cannot, be provided.

Price will be evaluated based upon the total proposed price for the items on the spreadsheet.

To be considered technically acceptable, an offeror MUST demonstrate that they can meet the specifications provided in the solicitation. The technical element of the evaluation will be based solely on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information which is not provided in the quote.

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES applicable to this acquisition are as follows:

FAR 52.201-1 Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial

Services

FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services

FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items, for Paragraph (b) the following clauses apply: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government; 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; 52.204-27, mailto:Andrea.L.Seaman.civ@army.mil

Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application; 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment;

52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters; 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns;

52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans; 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans; 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act; 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services; 52.225-13, Restrictions on certain foreign purchases; 52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; AND 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management; 52.240-1 Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act-Covered Foreign Entities

FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest FAR 52.242-13 Bankruptcy FAR 52.246-15 Certificate of Conformance FAR 52.247-29 F.O.B. Origin FAR 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service) FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference

DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DFARS 252.203-7005 Representations Relating to Compensation of Former DoD

Officials DFARS 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A Annual Representations and Certifications DFARS 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information

Controls 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 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation DFARS 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services DFARS 252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements

DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements DFARS 252.205-7000 Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders DFARS 252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the

Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation DFARS 252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense

Contractors DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium DFARS 252.225-7005 Identification of Expenditures in the United States DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities DFARS 252.225-7027 Restriction on Contingent Fees for Foreign Military Sales – See full text below.

DFARS 252.225-7028 Exclusionary Policies and Practices of Foreign Governments DFARS 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel DFARS 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items DFARS 252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro

Regime DFARS 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro

Regime DFARS 252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur

Autonomous Region—Representation DFARS 252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur

Autonomous Region DFARS 252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic

Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving

Reports DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications DFARS 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment.

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

Full text of these provisions and clauses, with noted exceptions regarding local clauses, may be obtained by accessing the following internet website: https://www.acquisition.gov

Clauses Incorporated by Full Text from list above:

252.225-7027 Restriction on Contingent Fees for Foreign Military Sales.

As prescribed in 225.7307 (a), use the following clause.

RESTRICTION ON CONTINGENT FEES FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (APR 2003)

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this clause, contingent fees, as defined in the Covenant Against Contingent Fees clause of this contract, are generally an allowable cost, provided the fees are paid to—

(1) A bona fide employee of the Contractor; or

(2) A bona fide established commercial or selling agency maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business.

(b) For foreign military sales, unless the contingent fees have been identified and payment approved in writing by the foreign customer before contract award, the following contingent fees are unallowable under this contract:

(1) For sales to the Government(s) of Jordan, contingent fees in any amount.

(2) For sales to Governments not listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this clause, contingent fees exceeding $50,000 per foreign military sale case.

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