Delivery of Liquid Propane and Inspection of Propane Storage Tanks

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation ("synopsitation" hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a pre-priced blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for commercial items, i.e. Delivery and Inspection of Propane Storage for the Fire Training Facility at Wright Patterson, AFB, as described under the paragraph below titled "Requirement." The synopsitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This acquisition uses simplified acquisition procedures IAW FAR part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals and price lists are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price BPA pursuant to this solicitation to the offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation requirements, represents the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government intends to award without discussions and the Government reserves the right to make no award at all depending upon the quality of offers received.

Synopsitation Number: FA8601-15-R-0037.

NAICS Code: 484220 - Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local

Small Business Size Standard: $27.5M;

Requirement: Wright-Patterson AFB requires the delivery of liquid propane and inspection of the liquid propane storage system for the fire training facility of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio in accordance to the standards set forth in the Statement of Work (SOW), as well as, all local, state, and federal regulations.

A BPA arrangement will involve the below listed requirements:
a. The BPA is written for a period of 5 years and during this period the government is only obligated for actual purchases made under the BPA. Therefore, the BPA will not include a minimum dollar limitation during this five (5) year period. The Air Force is not obligated to make any award or call against this BPA.
b. The Contracting Officer must approve the price lists your company submits prior to establishing the BPA. Price lists are valid for a specific period of time (normally one year); i.e. 5 Sep 2014 through 4 Sep 2015.
c. All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov. Prior to BPA award your company must be registered with SAM.
d. All Contractors must also have a DUNS number. The DUNS number is a nine-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information Services. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. A DUNS number will be provided immediately by telephone at no charge to the offeror. For information on obtaining a DUNS number, the offeror, if located within the United States, should call Dun and Bradstreet at 1-800-333-0505. The offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:
(1) Company name.
(2) Company address.
(3) Company telephone number.
(4) Line of business.
(5) Chief executive officer/key manager.
(6) Date the company was started.
(7) Number of people employed by the company.
(8) Company affiliation.
The government will award a BPA resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The factors that shall be used to evaluate proposals are Technical, and Price, as expounded below. The Technical factor will be rated on an "acceptable" or "unacceptable" basis using the rating and descriptions in the table below:

Rating Description

Acceptable
Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable
Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirement of the solicitation.

An acceptable technical proposal shall clearly demonstrate that the offeror is capable fo meeting all of the performance standards specified in the Statement of Work including a Liquid Propane Gas (LGP) Certificate.

Synopsitation Closing Date: Proposals must be received not later than 2:00pm, local time, on 19 May 2015.

Send Proposals To:

AFLCMC/PZIOBA
Attn: Charles Bowers
1940 Allbrook Drive
WPAFB OH 45433-5344

Submit electronic proposals via e-mail to: charles.bowers.6@us.af.mil

Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line "Synopsitation FA8601-15-R-0037." The entire proposal must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Address questions regarding this synopsitation to either SrA Charles Bowers telephonically at (937) 522-4638 or via e-mail at charles.bowers.6@us.af.mil

A detailed description of the requirement including a draft BPA with period of performance, other terms and conditions, provisions and clauses, representations and certifications, statement of work, and wage determinations are provided in the attached documents. Upon award, any provisions that were in the draft BPA, as appropriate (including representations and certifications) will be removed from the award document.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation ("synopsitation" hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a pre-priced blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for commercial items, i.e. Delivery and Inspection of Propane Storage for the Fire Training Facility at Wright Patterson, AFB, as described under the paragraph below titled "Requirement." The synopsitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This acquisition uses simplified acquisition procedures IAW FAR part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals and price lists are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price BPA pursuant to this solicitation to the offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation requirements, represents the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government intends to award without discussions and the Government reserves the right to make no award at all depending upon the quality of offers received.

Synopsitation Number: FA8601-15-R-0037.

NAICS Code: 484220 - Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local

Small Business Size Standard: $27.5M;

Requirement: Wright-Patterson AFB requires the delivery of liquid propane and inspection of the liquid propane storage system for the fire training facility of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio in accordance to the standards set forth in the Statement of Work (SOW), as well as, all local, state, and federal regulations.

A BPA arrangement will involve the below listed requirements:
a. The BPA is written for a period of 5 years and during this period the government is only obligated for actual purchases made under the BPA. Therefore, the BPA will not include a minimum dollar limitation during this five (5) year period. The Air Force is not obligated to make any award or call against this BPA.
b. The Contracting Officer must approve the price lists your company submits prior to establishing the BPA. Price lists are valid for a specific period of time (normally one year); i.e. 5 Sep 2014 through 4 Sep 2015.
c. All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov. Prior to BPA award your company must be registered with SAM.
d. All Contractors must also have a DUNS number. The DUNS number is a nine-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information Services. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. A DUNS number will be provided immediately by telephone at no charge to the offeror. For information on obtaining a DUNS number, the offeror, if located within the United States, should call Dun and Bradstreet at 1-800-333-0505. The offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:
(1) Company name.
(2) Company address.
(3) Company telephone number.
(4) Line of business.
(5) Chief executive officer/key manager.
(6) Date the company was started.
(7) Number of people employed by the company.
(8) Company affiliation.
The government will award a BPA resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The factors that shall be used to evaluate proposals are Technical, and Price, as expounded below. The Technical factor will be rated on an "acceptable" or "unacceptable" basis using the rating and descriptions in the table below:

Rating Description

Acceptable
Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable
Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirement of the solicitation.

An acceptable technical proposal shall clearly demonstrate that the offeror is capable fo meeting all of the performance standards specified in the Statement of Work including a Liquid Propane Gas (LGP) Certificate.

Synopsitation Closing Date: Proposals must be received not later than 2:00pm, local time, on 15 May 2015.

Send Proposals To:

AFLCMC/PZIOBA
Attn: Robert Fahrney
1940 Allbrook Drive
WPAFB OH 45433-5344

Submit electronic proposals via e-mail to: robert.fahrney@us.af.mil

Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line "Synopsitation FA8601-15-R-0037." The entire proposal must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Address questions regarding this synopsitation to either Robert Fahrney telephonically at (937) 522-4638 or via e-mail at robert.fahrney@us.af.mil.

A detailed description of the requirement including a draft BPA with period of performance, other terms and conditions, provisions and clauses, representations and certifications, statement of work, and wage determinations are provided in the attached documents. Upon award, any provisions that were in the draft BPA, as appropriate (including representations and certifications) will be removed from the award document.