Alloy Steel Raw Material 4340 IAW AMS 6414

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Lakehurst, NJ, intends to procure, through competition on a Fixed Price basis, Alloy Steel Raw Material 4340 IAW AMS 6414, in accordance with the specifications and dimensions provided in the attached Statement of Work. This material will be used in the manufacture of a critical safety item and will be used as part of a system supporting the launch and/or recovery of aircraft. The Government intends to procure the above items through a full and open competition.

 (i)  THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for Commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.  (ii)  This solicitation number is N68335-24-Q-0193 (iii)  The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05.  (iv) This solicitation is open to all business sizes.  NAICS is 331529.  PSC code is 9530

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.  The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Award shall be made to the offeror whose quotation is deemed technically acceptable and is lowest price.  The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following evaluation criteria: 1) Technical Description; and, 2) Price.

1. Technical Description: The Government will evaluate whether the quoter has included a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. Quotations that do not include a technical description of the items being offered or do not include a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluation compliance with the requirements in the solicitation, will not be considered for award.

2. Price: The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness.

Delivery shall be FOB Destination (FAR 52.247-34). Early deliveries are acceptable at no additional cost to the Government. Payment terms shall be NET 30. The anticipated delivery date is 60 days after receipt of order and ship to address is as follows:

Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division

Highway Route 547

Building 148

Joint Base MDL, New Jersey 08733

(v)  FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, is incorporated.  (vi)  Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items with its offer.  (vii)  FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items is incorporated.  (viii)  FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –Commercial Items is incorporated in this contract by full text; the following provisions apply:  52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015). (ix)  Additional clauses and provisions and requirements:

52.204-13

System for Award Management Maintenance

OCT 2016

52.227-1

Authorization and Consent

DEC 2007

252.204-7004

System for Award Management

FEB 2014

252.204-7012

Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

OCT 2016

252.225-7001

Buy American And Balance Of Payments Program-- Basic (Dec 2016)

DEC 2016

252.225-7008

Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals

MAR 2013

252.225-7009

Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals

OCT 2014

252.225-7012

Preference For Certain Domestic Commodities

DEC 2016

252.246-7007

Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System

AUG 2016

252.232-7003

Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

JUN 2012

252.211-7003

Item Unique Identification And Valuation

MAR 2016  

• Proposals that do not conform with the material specification will be

deemed technically unacceptable.

• Proposals that do not conform with designated testing requirements will be

deemed technically unacceptable.

• Proposals that do not conform with designated inspection requirements will

be deemed technically unacceptable.

• Proposals that do not conform with the Buy American Act will be deemed

Unacceptable.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award the contract without discussions; and, will evaluate each offer on the basis of the Offeror's initial quotation. Therefore, the initial quotation shall contain the Offeror's best terms. The Government reserves the right, however, to conduct discussions if in the Government's best interest. If considered necessary by the Contracting Officer, discussions will be conducted with only those Offerors determined necessary to ensure efficient competition.

Additional requirements: Quotes are due by 4:00pm. EST, 04 October 2024 to Jeff Chelston at jeffrey.m.chelston.civ@us.navy.mil.  Please see attachments for the Statement of Work (SOW) and CLIN Structure (x)  Name and telephone number of individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:  Jeff Chelston, 240-577-5754 e-mail: jeffrey.m.chelston.civ@us.navy.mil.  The Government will accept only electronic proposals. 

Please note that the offeror’s SAM.gov entity registration needs to be active at the time of proposal submission through award in order for the offeror to be able to receive an award.

Attachement I Statement of Work

Attachement II CLIN Structure