Bomb Suits IDIQ

18 October 2017
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION
1. Solicitation. 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.
772 ESS/PKD intends to issue this solicitation as a Request for Proposal (RFP), under number FA8051-
18-R-3006, to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP)/Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type
contract for the acquisition of explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) bomb suit ensembles (helmet, suit, and
accessories). The Government intends to award one contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal
represents the Best Value to the Government.
This document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition
Circular 2005-95, Defense Acquisition Circular DPN 20161222, and Air Force Acquisition Circular
2017-0127.
This requirement is being solicited as full as and open competition. The NAICS code for this acquisition
is 315990. All prospective offerors must have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and
be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov.
Each offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations
and Certifications-Commercial Items (Jan 2017) Alternate 1 (Oct 2014), or ensure the Representations
and Certifications are updated at www.sam.gov. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial
Items, FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, and 52.212-5, Contract Terms
and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, apply to this
RFP and are listed in Attachment 1. Attachment 1 identifies the applicable clauses and provisions to this
RFP.
Berry Amendment. In accordance with DFARS 225.7002.1 Restrictions, 10 U.S.C. 2533a (the "Berry
Amendment") applies to this acquisition. Consequently, DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain
Domestic Commodities is applicable and is listed in Attachment 1.
Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Other than Small Businesses Only). Other than Small Businesses
shall provide a clear, detailed and realistic Small Business Subcontracting Plan that complies with FAR
52.219-9 and DFARS 252.219-7003 and satisfies all of the requirements of FAR 19.704, DFARS
219.704, and AFFARS 5319.704(a)(1) in order to be determined acceptable by the CO prior to contract
award. An approved Subcontracting Plan is required for contract award to an other than Small Business
offeror and will be reviewed as a part of the CO's responsibility determination.
The apparently successful Offeror's Small Business Subcontracting Plan shall be assessed in accordance
with FAR 52.219-9 requirements and must be determined as ‘acceptable' by the Contracting Officer in
the event of an award. Goals provided by the offerors will be incorporated into and become a part of the
contract. The successful offeror will be required to provide reports on small business participation IAW
FAR 52.219-9. The Subcontracting Plan is a materiel requirement of the solicitation and any resultant
contract. A Small Business Subcontracting Plan deemed as ‘unacceptable' may preclude an offeror from
being eligible for contract award.
All clauses and provisions may be found in full text at the following site: http://farsite.hill.af.mil.
2. Description of Requirement - The purpose of this requirement is to purchase EOD bomb suit
ensembles in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) (Attachment 2) to accomplish the Air Force
(AF) EOD mission. This equipment must meet the requirements as outlined in National Institute of
Justice (NIJ) Standard 0117.01 - Public Safety Bomb Suit and must be certified in accordance with NIJ
CR-0117.00, Public Safety Bomb Suit Certification Program Requirements.
3. Delivery - Bomb suit ensembles will require delivery within 90 days after receipt of a fully executed
delivery order. The delivery terms are FOB destination and will be delivered to the following address:
775 CES/CED-EMF
7360 Wardleigh Road, BLDG 21
Hill AFB, UT 84056-5129
4. Basis for Award. The Government intends to award without discussions a single award FFP/IDIQ
contract. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the government
based on a subjective tradeoff process. The Government intends to select one offeror; however, the
Government reserves the right to award no contract at all.
Since award will be based on initial responses, offerors are highly encouraged to propose their most
advantageous pricing in their initial response. The responses to this RFP are intended to be evaluated, and
award made, without discussions unless discussions are deemed to be necessary.
5. Estimated Contract Amount - The total program quantity for this acquisition is estimated at 305
bomb suit ensembles. Delivery Orders will be placed in accordance with the terms of the contract
awarded as a result of this solicitation.
For the contract duration, the minimum award guaranteed amount shall be 5 bomb suit ensembles. The
Government expects to meet the minimum guarantee of 5 bomb suit ensembles within the first twelve
(12) months of the ordering period after contract award.
The projected Ordering Period will be for the duration of 5 years after the award of contract.
6. Subjective Trade-Off Evaluation. A subjective trade-off methodology will be used to select the
successful offeror for this procurement. The evaluation criteria will be based on the following areas: A)
Technical Capability, B) Price, and C) Past Performance. For the tradeoff, technical capability will be
considered significantly more important than price. Past Performance will be evaluated as Acceptable
or Unacceptable and will not be included in the trade-off process.
The following evaluation process will be followed:
Evaluation Area 1 - Technical Capability: This area will be determined through Government
evaluation of the proposed bomb suit ensemble and the evaluation of how well the proposal meets or
exceeds the criteria outlined in the SOW (Attachment 2) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Standard 0117.01 - Public Safety Bomb Suit. If a proposed bomb suit ensemble does not meet the
minimum criteria of the SOW, the ensemble will not be eligible for award. The government may
trade off price for technical capability where the proposed bomb suit ensemble exceeds the minimum
criteria in areas such as Fragmentation Protection, Overall Ensemble Weight, Ensemble Donning, and
Emergency Ensemble Doffing. Technical capability will be rated using the combined technical/risk
rating methodology in accordance with the following table:
Color
Rating
Adjectival
Rating
Description
Blue Outstanding
Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the
requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful
performance is low.
Purple Good
Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the
requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of
unsuccessful performance is low to moderate.
Green Acceptable
Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and
understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful
performance is no worse than moderate.
Yellow Marginal
Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and
understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful
performance is high.
Red Unacceptable
Proposal does not meet requirements of the solicitation, and thus,
contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful
performance is unacceptable. Proposal is unawardable.
Evaluation Area 2 - Price: Total evaluated price will be determined by multiplying the quantities
identified in the CLIN Price Sheet (Attachment 3) by the proposed unit price for the Contract Line
Item Number (CLIN) and adding the total of all CLNS together.
Offerors are required to fill in the unit price and only the unit price for the CLIN identified in the
CLIN Price Sheet. Failure to fill in the unit price in the CLIN Price Sheet will render the proposal
unacceptable and the Government will not consider the proposal for award, in the absence of
discussions. The unit price should be rounded to the penny to avoid rounding errors. Prices shall be
consistent with the pricing submitted in the proposal, including any discounts. Since the Government
intends to award without discussions, offerors are encouraged to propose their most advantageous
pricing. Failure to comply with instructions may render the proposal unacceptable and ineligible for
award, in the absence of discussions.
Evaluation Area 3 - Past Performance: The offeror shall provide examples of Past Performance
(contract number, location, POC, contact information) for similar contracts in the last three (3) years.
Recent and relevant Past Performance will be evaluated based on an assessment of performance under
previous contracts. Relevant Past Performance is defined as the efforts involving similar scope and
magnitude of effort and complexities that this solicitation requires. Recent Past Performance is
defined as efforts executed within the last three (3) years. In conducting the Past Performance
evaluation, the Government reserves the right to use both the information provided in the offeror's
provided Past Performance and information obtained from other sources available to the Government,
to include Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Performance
and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), or
other databases; interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officers and Fee Determining
Official; the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and commercial sources. The
Government will evaluate Past Performance as it relates to the requirements outlined in the SOW.
Past Performance will be evaluated as either Acceptable or Unacceptable. A rating of Unacceptable
will render a proposal ineligible for award. Note: A lack of or unknown Past Performance will not be
evaluated favorably or unfavorably and will therefore be evaluated as Acceptable.
Adjectival Description
Acceptable Based on the offeror's performance record, the Government has a reasonable
expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the
offeror's performance record is unknown. (See note above)
Unacceptable Based on the offeror's performance record, the Government does not have a
reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the
required effort.
7. Additional Requirements. The Offeror shall provide a priced list of all accessories and individual
components (e.g. foot protection, batteries w/ chargers, helmet visors) for the bomb suit ensemble.
8. Proposal Formatting Instructions. See table 1 below:
Table 1
Section Evaluation Area Title/RFP Reference Page Limit
Volume I 1. Technical Capability Technical Capability 20
Volume II 2. Price CLIN Price Sheet - (Attachment 3) 1
Volume III 3. Past Performance Past Performance N/A
Proposal Format and Submittal Requirements:
 Specifications, Table of Contents, Glossaries, Tabs, and List of Acronyms do not count against
the page limit.
 Supporting documentation that does not fit into a section identified above does not count against
the page limit, but cannot be more than 60 pages.
 One page is 8.5 x 11-inch, Foldout pages (count as one side of a page) may only be used for large
tables, charts, graphs, figures, and schematics and not for pages of text.
 Pages shall be typed with at least single line spacing with no less than 1-inch margins.
 The font shall be no smaller than 10 point for general text, text in tables, charts, graphs, and
figures.
 No condensed fonts allowed; Times New Roman or Arial font preferred.
 If page limits are exceeded, the excess pages will not be read or considered in the evaluation of
the proposal.
 Due to Tyndall AFB email size limitations, the total size of a proposal submission shall not
exceed five megabytes (5-MB) of data; recommend all offerors confirm the receipt of all emailed
offers via telephone call to the appropriate Government POC.
 Any deviation from the RFP requirements and format may result in non-consideration of the
proposal.
9. Additional Instructions to Offerors. Vendors shall respond to this RFP via email by 17 November
2017 at 1600 hours (4:00 pm) Central Daylight Time (CDT). All offers should be sent to the
Contracting Officer, Mr. Joseph Willard, at joseph.willard@us.af.mil phone number: (850) 283-6942 and
MSgt Flavio Ely at flavio.ely@us.af.mil phone number: (850) 283-6758 before the due date and time
specified. Any proposal, modification, or revision of a proposal received after the exact time specified for
receipt of offers is "late" and may not be considered.
All offers must list DUNS number, CAGE code, and Federal TIN with Company name, POC, and phone
number. To obtain or renew a DUNS number or CAGE code, please visit https://www.sam.gov. Lack of
registration in the SAM database will make an Offeror ineligible for award.
Vendor must also be registered in Wide Area Work Flow to receive payment through electronic funds
transfer. If you are not currently registered, please visit the following website https://wawf.eb.mil/ to
complete your registration.
10. Questions. All questions regarding the RFP package must be submitted to the above e-mail
addresses by 1 November 2017 at 1400 (2:00 pm) Central Daylight Time (CDT). Any questions asked
over the telephone will not be answered. Any questions received after this date and time may not be
answered.
11. Organizational Conflicts of Interest: All offerors shall identify any conflict of interest or
appearance issues that might be a potential Organizational Conflict of Interest.
12. Notice to Offerors: The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFP, either before or after the
closing date. In the event the Government cancels this RFP, the Government has no obligation to
reimburse an offeror for any costs. Submitted offers shall be valid for 60 days after the closing date of the
RFP.
JOSEPH WILLARD, GS-12, USAF
Contracting Officer
Attachments:
1. Clauses and Provisions
2. Statement of Work
3. CLIN Price Sheet