Catholic Religious Education Coordinator

Amendment 1 - Add Questions and Answers dated 17 Nov 2021

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Catholic Religious Education Coordinator IAW Statement of Work dated 1 Nov 21. 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.

The Request for Quote (RFQ) number FA462522Q1004 shall be used to reference any written
quote provided under this RFQ.

The RFQ document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal
Acquisition Circular 2021-07; Effective September 10, 2021.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 813110
Religious Organizations with a size standard of $8.0M.

This requirement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside and will be solicited through SAM.gov as
a Firm Fixed Price contract.

The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitation is for a Catholic Religious Education
Coordinator at the Whiteman AFB, Chapel in accordance with the attached Performance Work
Statement (PWS) document. The bid schedule is attached.

Attachment 1 – PWS
Attachment 2 – Bid Schedule
Attachment 3 – Provisions and Clauses
Attachment 4 –Wage Determination Oct 2021 15-5089

Performance address:
F4E010 - 509 Bomb Wing Chapel
509 BW/HC
Whiteman AFB, MO 65305

FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses are in attachment 3. Utilize FAR 52.212-1 Instructions
to Offerors – Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items for
submission of quotes. Evaluation of quotes will be in accordance with Provision FAR 52.212-2
evaluation criteria outlined in Attachment 3 and via the additional information herein.

*FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jan 2017) applies to this
acquisition and is incorporated by reference. The following are tailored instructions for this
provision. 

The following words stating “offer”, “offeror”, and “proposal” are replaced with
“quotation”, “vendor”, and “quote”.

Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: “The NAICS code and small business
size standard for this acquisition appear above.”

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in
its quote firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless
another time period is specified in an addendum to the quote.”

RFQ due date: 23 November 2021
RFQ due time: 2:00 P.M. CST
Email to 509cons.sollgcb@us.af.mil, ATTN: A1C Regan Laird

THIS MUST BE SENT TO 509cons.sollgcb@us.af.mil AS STATED BELOW. ANYTHING
OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE. YOU MAY WISH
TO PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT.

Note: .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through
our email system.

Please provide the following information with your quote:
Company Name: ____________
Contract #: ________________
DUNS Number: ____________ Cage
Code: _______________

All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at
https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration to be considered for award. The Government will not
provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of
award.

Pursuant to FAR 12.602 contract award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in
accordance with FAR 13.106.

*FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Vendor’s
submissions will be evaluated based upon the following: 
(1) Price: Award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable vendor. All
offerors will be be racked and stacked and the lowest price offer will proceed to technical
evaluation;
(2) Technical: To be eligible for award, the submitted quote must be rated as technically
acceptable. If lowest priced vendor is not found to be acceptable, the next low offer will
be evaluated until an acceptable offeror is found. In order to be deemed technically
acceptable, the following evaluation criteria must be met:
- Must meet all aspects of the PWS document.
- Must submit a resume with quote identifying all experience noted in PWS
paragraph 4.

Discussions: The government intends to award a purchase order without discussions with
respective vendors/quoters. The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions
if deemed in its best interest.

*FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Feb
2021), with its Alternate I (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition. All vendors must be registered in
System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at the time of Quote
submittal.

FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (October 2018),
applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum: Paragraph (c) of this clause is tailored
as follows: Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written
agreement of the parties with the exception of administrative changes, such as changes in the
paying office, appropriations data, etc., which may be changed unilaterally by the Government.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the quote terms and conditions and/or agreement
conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other
Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and
Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are
unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

The applicable FAR & DFARS Clauses are attached under Attachment 3 - Clauses.
The following AFFARS clauses are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman *
5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations (Oct 2019) 
5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (Oct 2019)
5352.242-9001 Common Access Cards (CAC) for Contractor Personnel (Oct 2019)

The full text of these clauses and (*) provisions may be assessed electronically at the website:
acquisition.gov: NOTE: ALL PROVISIONS WILL BE REMOVED AT TIME OF AWARD
BUT SHALL REMAIN PART OF THE CONTRACT FILE.