B-52 Fall Protection

This is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) prepared in accordance with (IAW) Part 12 this announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This RFQ, solicitation number FA460826QS046, is IAW FAR Part 12, This document primarily incorporates provisions and clauses by reference IAW Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2026-01, effective 13 March 2026 and the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) as applicable. Full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

This is 100% set aside for small business and the associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 541330. The small business size standard is $25,500,000.00.

Notice To Offerors

The government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date for receipt of quotes. In the event the government cancels this solicitation, the government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. If funds are not available to fund the entire contract value, the Government reserves the right to re-evaluate quotes by unit price per item and issue an award on a SOME, NONE, or ALL basis for each individual item needed.

Description/Purpose:

This RFQ is for annual fall protection inspections on two fall arrest systems at Hangar one (Bldg. 6604) Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB). The inspection shall be conducted annually in accordance with (IAW) applicable manufacturer requirements, OSHA regulations, and all other relevant industry standards and Attachment 1 - Statement of Work, Dated 26 June 2026.

Period of Performance:

Base Year: 01 October 2026 - 30 September 2027
Option Year 1: 01 October 2027 - 30 September 2028
Option Year 2: 01 October 2028 - 30 September 2029
Option Year 3: 01 October 2029 - 30 September 2030
Option Year 4: 01 October 2030 - 30 September 2031

Contract Line Item Number (CLIN):

CLIN 0001 Fall Protection Inspection 1 EACH; Unit Price:     Total: 

CLIN 1001 Fall Protection Inspection 1 EACH; Unit Price:     Total: 

CLIN 2001 Fall Protection Inspection 1 EACH; Unit Price:     Total: 

CLIN 3001 Fall Protection Inspection 1 EACH; Unit Price:     Total: 

CLIN 4001 Fall Protection Inspection 1 EACH; Unit Price:     Total: 

*** In the event the Government exercises its option under 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, the Contractor shall provide services for a period not to exceed six months. The services shall be provided at the same prices and rates as those established for Option Year 4 of the contract (CLINs 4001 through 4005). Monthly recurring services will be priced per month at the rate established in Option Year 4. Usage-based services will be billed at the per-unit rates established for Option Year 4.***

Best Value Determination:

Award will be based on price/technical to determine best value. 

Due Date and Time:

• Questions must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer listed below by 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT) on Wednesday, 05 August 2026.
• Answers to questions submitted IAW specified due date will be provided on or around Friday, 07 August 2026.
• Quotes must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer listed below by 4:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT) Monday, August 10, 2026.   

Points of Contact (POC):

Contract Specialist: SSgt Tyler Parsons; Telephone: (318) 456-9725; Email: tyler.parsons.3@us.af.mil

Contracting Officer: Thomas Hutchins; Telephone: (318) 456-3729; Email: thomas.hutchins.2@us.af.mil

Applicable Provisions in Full Text: 

52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (28 October 2025)

(a) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. As a minimum, offers shall include—

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The name, address, telephone number of the Offeror;

(3) The Offeror’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and, if applicable, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator;

(4) Information necessary to evaluate the factors contained in the provision at 52.212-2 or as described in the solicitation;

(5) Responses to provisions that require Offeror completion of information, representations, and certifications (other than those collected via the System for Award Management (SAM)); and

(6) A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments.

(7) Quote must include Freight on Board (FOB) Destination as shipping method.

(b) Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for at least 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(c) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers and any modifications or revisions to the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

(2) Any offer, modification, or revision received after the time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made and the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition. However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer that makes its terms more favorable to the Government will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers 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 offers 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.

(4) Offerors may withdraw their offers by written notice to the Government received at any time before award.

(d) Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers based on price and technical and award a contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions, if necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest, accept other than the lowest offer, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

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52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (28 October 2025)

(a) Evaluation factors. The Government will award an order 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 will be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Price: The total evaluated price will include the total price of all line items. The price will be evaluated based upon price and ranked lowest to highest. The price evaluation will determine whether the proposed price is complete, fair and reasonable, and not unbalanced.

(2) Technical: Lowest three (3) offers will undergo technical evaluation. The offers will then be evaluated against the requirements of this solicitation. If any or all three (3) of the lowest offers require a major rewrite or such substantial revision that the Offeror’s prospect for award is not realistic, they may be considered non-responsive and removed from competition, and the Government may evaluate higher-priced offers. If 3 or fewer offers are received, then all quotes received will be sent for technical evaluation. The offeror shall submit a technical plan that provides a comprehensive narrative of the methods and procedures they will use to meet all requirements outlined in the Statement of Work, dated 26 June 2026. The technical evaluation will assess the offeror’s understanding of the requirements and the feasibility of their proposed approach.

(4) The technical plan must, at a minimum, address “Attachment A” from the Statement of Work, Dated 26 June 2026:

*Offers will be evaluated on the thoroughness and quality of their technical plan. A plan that does not adequately address all requirements of the Statement of Work may be considered non-responsive.

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52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

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Applicable Clauses In Full Text: 

252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions (JAN 2023)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause —

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003 , Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement 252.232-7003 , Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s):

(i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher.

(ii) For fixed price line items—

1. That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer
2. For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the Contracting Officer. Invoice 2in1

(iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request.

(iv) For performance-based payments, submit a performance based payment request.

(v) For commercial financing, submit a commercial financing request.

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

  Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF

Data to be entered in WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC

F87700

Issue By DoDAAC

FA4608

Admin DoDAAC**

FA4608

Inspect By DoDAAC

XXXXXX (Will be entered if solicitation results in an award)

Ship To Code

XXXXXX (Will be entered if solicitation results in an award)

Ship From Code

Not Applicable

Mark For Code

Not Applicable

Service Approver (DoDAAC)

XXXXXX (Will be entered if solicitation results in an award)

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC)

XXXXXX (Will be entered if solicitation results in an award)

Accept at Other DoDAAC

Not Applicable

LPO DoDAAC

Not Applicable

DCAA Auditor DoDAAC

Not Applicable

Other DoDAAC(s)

Not Applicable

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request IAW the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF Points of Contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF points of contact.

Northwest Louisiana APEX Accelerator, (318) 677-2519, apex@shreveportchamber.org

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

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Applicable Clauses Incorporated by Reference: 

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 

252.204-7020, DoD Assessment Requirements 

252.204-7021, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Requirements

252.204-7022, Expediting Contract Closeout

252.204-7023, Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services

252.205-7000, Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders

252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation

252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

252.216-7010, Post award Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders

252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

252.225-7021, Trade Agreements

252.225-7036, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7052, Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten

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

252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

252.226-7001, Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns

252.227-7015, Technical Data–Commercial Products and Commercial Services

252.227-7037, Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data

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

252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel

252.237-7019, Training for Contractor Personnel Interacting with Detainees 

252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment

252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea

252.247-7028, Application for U.S. Government Shipping Documentation/Instructions

Air Force Specific Terms and Conditions: 

Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (Jun 2024)

Health and Safety on Government Installations (Jul 2023)

Contractor Access to Department of the Air Force Installations (June 2024)

AFGSC Ombudsman (Jul 2023)

1. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern. 
2. Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).
3. If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, for Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) acquisitions, Director of Contracts, Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC), Operating Location (OL) – Global Strike Command (GSC) (AFICC/KG OL‐GSC) via the following e‐mail workflow address: ig.afica_kg.workflow@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330‐1060, Phone number (571) 256‐2395, Facsimile number (571) 256‐2431.
4. The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.
5. Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Statement of Work, Dated 26 June 2026

Attachment 2 – Wage Determination

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