Center Barrel Plus Aircraft Fall Protection Stands for FA-18s

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in FAR Subpart 12.6, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for commercial items found at Far 13.5, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. This combined synopsis/solicitation shall be posted on both FEDBIZOPPS and NECO (http://www.neco.navy.mil/). The RFQ number is N00244-14-R-0032. This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2005-58 and DFARS Change Notice 20120420.

It is the contractor’s responsibility to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: www.acqnet.gov/far and http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/index.htm. The NAICS Code is 332312- Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing and the Small Business Standard is 500 employees. This is 100% small business set-aside procurement per FAR 52.219-6.



The Fleet Logistics Center, San Diego, Regional Contracts Department requests responses from qualified sources capable of providing fabrication, First Article Testing (FAT) , delivery, assembly, functionality check and on-site training for the Center Barrel Plus (CBR+) F/A-18 military fall protection stands per the following CLINs listed below:



CLIN 0001 –CBR+ F/A-18 MILITARY AIRCRAFT FALL PROTECTION WORKSTAND; (QTY 7 EA – See attached SOW and Drawing for details)



CLIN 0002 –CBR+ F/A-18 MILITARY AIRCRAFT FALL PROTECTION WORKSTAND FIRST ARTICLE INSECTION AND FIRST ARTICLE TESTING (FAI and FAT); (QTY 1 EA – See attached SOW and Drawing for details)



APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED : ASME; Y14.100 Engineering Drawing Practices, Code of Federal Regulations Title 29 Part 1910 Subpart D;AWS D.1.1 Structural Steel Welding Code for Steel; AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code for Aluminum; ASTM A36 Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel; ASTM A500 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes; ASTM A513 Standard Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Mechanical Tubing; OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration Subpart M; ANSI A 10.32 American National Standards Institute; FRCSW Drawing (91145) E97483 – See SOW and PDF drawing attachment for details)



DELIVERY SCHEDULE: Delivery shall be completed within 205 working days (not calendar days) from date of contract award.

(See Statement of Work for details)



DELIVERY TERMS: FOB DESTINATION TO FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTH WEST (FRC SW), NAVAIR, North Island, San Diego, CA 92135-7058.



RESPONSIBILITY AND INSPECTION: Unless otherwise specified in the order, the supplier is responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements and quality control.





The following FAR provision and clauses are applicable to this procurement:



The following FAR provision and clauses are applicable to this procurement:

52.204-7 System for Award Management

52.212-1 Instructions to Contractors - Commercial Items;

52.212-3 and its ALT I, Contractor Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items;

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items;

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items [Applicable clauses: 52.203-6 Alt I; 52.204-10; 52.209-6; 52.209-10; 52.219-6; 52.219-8; 52.219-14; 52.219-28; 52.222-3;52.222-37; 52.222-40; 52.225-13; 52.232-33].



52.209-4 First Article Approval-Government Testing (SEPT 1989)

52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended,

or Proposed for Debarment

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans

52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities

52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data

52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and right-to-know Information

52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

52.232-18 Availability of Funds (APR 1984)

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management

52.233-3 Protest after Award

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim.

52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation

52.246-17 Warranty of Supplies of noncomplex nature

52.247-34 F.o.b.

– Destination (NOV 1991)

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference

52.225-25 -- Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certifications



Quoters are reminded to include a completed copy of 52.212-3 (Contractor Representations and Certifications_ Commercial Items) and its ALT I with quotes. All clauses shall be incorporated by reference in the order. Additional contract terms and conditions applicable to this procurement are the following DFARS provision and clauses:



252.203-7000 Requirements Relating To Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7005 Representation Relating To Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product (APR 1992)

252.204-7011 Alternative Line Item Structure

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (JUN 2013)

252.225-7000 Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate (JAN 2014)

252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program (DEC 2012)

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (FEB 2013)

252.232-7010 Levies On Contract Payments

252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment (DEC 2012)

252.244-7000 Subcontracts For Commercial Items And Commercial Components (DoD Contracts)

252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea – Basic (APR 2014)

252.232-7003WAWF

252.232-7006WAWF









UNIT PRICES (OCT 2001)

Contractor unit prices, when incorporated into a Government contract, will be released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) without further notice to the contractor submitter.

If the Contractor takes issue with the release, it should submit its proposal data with the appropriate legends and explain in detail why such data cannot be released as a public record under the Freedom of Information Act.





THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE APPLICABLE AND ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED INTO THE SOLICITATION BY REFERENCE AND BY FULL TEXT. THE FULL TEXT OF THE CLAUSES/PROVISIONS FROM THE FAR AND DFARS CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE INTERNET USING THE FOLLOWING WEB-SITE ADDRESS:



https://acquisition.gov/far/index.html and www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/



It is the responsibility of the interested contractors to obtain copies of the necessary provisions and clauses that are required as a part of this solicitation.

Required clauses/provisions that are not submitted may render a quote not to be accepted by the Government.







The following provisions and clauses are applicable:



FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERICAL ITEMS (JUN 2008)



1.0 GENERAL PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Contractor whose offer conforming to the solicitation in accordance with FAR 15.101-2 Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process, price and other factors considered.



Contractors shall prepare a quote as set forth below. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired.

Failure of a quote to comply with these instructions may be grounds for exclusion of the quote from further consideration.





FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial items is applicable to this procurement.

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Contractors 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 the offers.



AWARD WILL BE MADE BASED ON:

Technical Capability and Sub-Factors Located in () of this Solicitation/RFQ

Delivery

Past Performance

Price



The Government reserves the right to make an award to other than the lowest price Contractor if the Contracting Officer determines that to do so would result in the greatest value to the Government.



A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful Contractor within the time acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party.

Before the Contractor’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.





ELECTRONIC QUOTE SUBMISSION IS ACCEPTABLE:



Each Contractor must submit a quote in accordance with the instructions herein. When evaluating a Contractor, the Government will consider how well the Contractor complied with both the letter and spirit of these instructions. The Government will consider any failure on the part of a Contractor to comply with the letter and spirit of these instructions to be an indication of the type of conduct it can expect during contract performance.

Therefore, Contractors are encouraged to contact the Contract Specialist at E-mail: SHERI.BUNNMARKRYD@NAVY.MIL.



This announcement will close at 1:00pm PST, 13 November 2014. Submit offers (quotes) via NECO or e-mail to: SHERI.BUNNMARKRYD@NAVY.MIL. Quotes submitted as an attachment to an email should be sent in Word Version 6.0 higher. Do not send via U.S. Mail.



System for Award Management (SAM). Contractor must be registered in the SAM database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed on-line at http://www.sam.gov/.



PDF ATTACHMENTS:



1. Instructions to Contractors and - Evaluation Criteria

2. SOW

3. Drawing

4. Past Performance Form (PPI)