Fiber Optic Connectivity

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Naval Information Warfare Center
Pacific
(NIWC PAC) commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional
information
included in this notice.
This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested
and a
separate written solicitation will not be issued.
Competitive quotes are being requested under Request for Quote (RFQ) #
N66001-19-Q-
6251.
The NAICS code applicable to this acquisition is 238210 and the Small business
size
standard is $15.0(millions of dollars).
The proposed contract action is for commercial services, which NIWC Pacific
intends to
solicit this requirement as a 100% Small business Set-Aside basis.
To be considered acceptable and eligible for award, quotes must provide all of
the items
and quantities listed below. The Government will not consider quotes or offers
for partial
items or quantities.
Anticipated contract line items are as follows:
CLIN:0001 Fiber Optics Installation at Naval Station Norfolk, Unit of Issue:
LOT, Unit
Price: $, Total Price: $
Extended Description:
See attached Statement of Work.
Offeror Instructions:
Notice: The Government may consider quotes that fail to follow all instructions
to be
unacceptable and ineligible for contract award.
Quotes shall:
1. Include a separate concise, clear, and descriptive narrative technical
approach (not to exceed one page) on how they will provide all of the supplies.
Quoter's
are encouraged to submit pictures, brochures, or and other pertinent technical
information of the quoted CLIN 0001 to facilitate the evaluation;
2. Include pricing for each individual unit and a total price in US Dollars
($);
3. Be written in English and show the offeror name, address, DUNS and CAGE
code, business size and type of small business, and telephone and e-mail
address of an
Offeror point of contact;
4. Stay within the page limitations indicated below;
5. Be submitted in electronic PDF or Excel format; and
6. Include the following certification and supply chain information. The
certification statement below applies to line item CLIN 0001.
Certification: "To be considered for award, the offeror certifies that the
product(s) being
offered is an original, new and Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant product,
and that
the subject products are eligible for all manufacturer warranties and other
ancillary
services or options provided by the manufacturer. Offeror further certifies
that it is
authorized by the manufacturer to sell the products that are the subject of
this action in
the US (i.e., that the products are TAA compliant and that the offeror is
authorized to sell
them in the US)." Certification is not limited in pages.
Offerors are required to submit documentation with the offer identifying its
supply chain
for the product, and certifying that all products are new, TAA compliant, and
in their
original packaging. By making an offer, offeror also consents to no cost
cancellation of
the non-compliant awarded items if, upon inspection after delivery, any
products
provided are not recognized or acknowledged by the manufacturer as new and
original
products that are eligible for warranties and all other ancillary services or
options
provided by the manufacturer or that offeror was not authorized by the
manufacturer to
sell the product in the US, or that the product is in some manner not TAA
compliant.
All text shall be formatted on an 8 by 11 inch page in 12 point Times New
Roman font.
All pages of the Technical File shall be numbered and shall not exceed ten
pages.
The technical acceptability shall include the following: Factor I
Specifications:
Technical acceptability specifications * See CLIN items 0001. The price quote
shall
include the following:
Factor II Price:
The price quote shall include the following and is limited to one page:
Offerors shall
provide a unit price for each item and a total firm-fixed-price for all line
items. The total
firm-fixed-price shall include all applicable taxes, shipping, and handling
costs to the
shipping address listed above.
Evaluation Factors for Award:
Factor I Technical Specifications:
The Government will evaluate the quote to see if the following specification
requirements
are met: Required Services stated in the Statement of Work for CLIN 0001 of
this
solicitation.
Factor II- Price:
The Government will evaluate the total price to determine if it is fair and
reasonable.
Notice: Any offer rated "Unacceptable" under any one of the above factors may
be
determined to be ineligible for contract award.
Basis For Award:
This procurement will use the lowest price technically acceptable source
selection
methodology. The Government intends to award a contract as a Firm Fixed Price
and
lowest price Technically acceptable quote received in response to this
solicitation.
Any quote evaluated as unacceptable will not receive an award.
This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses in effect
through Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) Publication Notice 20180615.
It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable
clauses and
provisions. The clauses can be accessed in full text at www.farsite.hill.af.mil
or
https://acquistion.gov/far/.
The following provisions apply to this acquisition:
FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2016);
FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (Jan 2017); FAR
52.212-2,
EvaluationCommercial Items(Oct 2014);
FAR 52.212-3 and Alt I, Offeror Representations and CertificationsCommercial
Items
(Jan 2017);
FAR 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain
Activities or
Transactions Relating to IranRepresentation and Certifications (Oct 2015);
252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
(Nov
2011); and 252.247-7022, Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea (Aug
1992).
The following clauses, incorporated by reference or Full text, apply to this
acquisition:
52.203-3, Gratuities (Apr 1984)
52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 2016);
52.204-23-Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services
Developed or
Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018)
52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform
Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Apr 2014).
52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Jul 2016);
52.211-6
Brand Name or Equal(Aug 1999);
52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Jan 2017).
FAR Clause 52.212-5-Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement
Statutes or
Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to acquisition and includes:
52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES
OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017)
(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition
Regulation
(FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to
implement
provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial
items:
(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality
Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of
the
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235)
and its
successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in
continuing
resolutions)).
(2) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations
(Nov 2015). (3) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).
(4) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public
Laws 108-
77 and 108-78 (19
U.S.C. 3805 note)).
(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that
the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by
reference
to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions
of
commercial items: (Contracting Officer check as appropriate.)
X (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (July
2013)
(15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).
X (24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to,
Women-Owned
Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program
(Dec
2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).
X (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).
X (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies
(Oct
2016) (E.O. 13126).
_X (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).
__X (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O. 11246).
_X (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C.
4212).
_X (33)(i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (March 2, 2015) (22
U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O.
13627).
Note to paragraph (b)(35): By a court order issued on October 24, 2016,
52.222-59 is
enjoined indefinitely as of the date of the order. The enjoined paragraph will
become
effective immediately if
the court terminates the injunction. At that time, DoD, GSA, and NASA will
publish a
document in the Federal Register advising the public of the termination of the
injunction.
X (44) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging
While
Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).
X (51) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008)
(E.O.'s,
proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the
Department of the Treasury).
X (57) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds TransferSystem for Award
Management (July 2013) (31
U.S.C. 3332).
(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c),
applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated
as being
incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or
Executive
orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (Contracting Officer
check as
appropriate.)
(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply
with the provisions of this paragraph
(d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of
the
simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2,
Audit and
Records--Negotiation.
(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized
representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to
examine any
of the Contractor's directly pertinent records involving transactions related
to this
contract.
(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times
the
records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction,
until 3
years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period
specified in FAR
Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this
contract. If this
contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the
work terminated
shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination
settlement.
Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the
settlement of
claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until
such
appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.
(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting
procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of
form. This
does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the
Contractor does
not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of
law.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b),
(c), and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any
FAR clause,
other than those in this paragraph (e)(1)in a subcontract for commercial items.
Unless
otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by
the
clause
(xii) _X (A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (March 2, 2015) (22
U.S.C.
chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).
(xiv) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor
Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C.
chapter 67)
(xv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015) (E. O. 12989).
(xvi)52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O.
13658).
(xvii) 52.222-59, Compliance with Labor Laws (Executive Order 13673) (OCT
2016) (Applies at $50 million for solicitations and resultant contracts issued
from October
25, 2016 through April 24, 2017; applies at $500,000 for solicitations and
resultant
contracts issued after April 24, 2017).
Note to paragraph (e)(1)(xvii): By a court order issued on October 24, 2016,
52.222-59
is enjoined indefinitely as of the date of the order. The enjoined paragraph
will become
effective immediately if the court terminates the injunction. At that time,
DoD, GSA, and
NASA will publish a document in the Federal Register advising the public of the
termination of the injunction.
(xviii) 52.222-60, Paycheck Transparency (Executive Order 13673) (OCT 2016)).
(xix) (A) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (JAN 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).
(B) Alternate I (JAN 2017) of 52.224-3.
(xx) 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O.
13706).
(xxi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the
United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).
(xxii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations.
(May
2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of
FAR
clause 52.226-6.
(xxiii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels
(Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in
accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.
(2) While not required, the Contractor may include in its subcontracts for
commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy
its
contractual obligations.
(End of clause)
The following additional FAR and DFARS clauses, incorporated by reference,
apply to this
solicitation: 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun
2013);
52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec
2013); 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004);
52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference(Feb 1998); 52.252-2
Clauses
Incorporated by Reference(Feb 1998);
252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
(Sep
2011); 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights
(Sep
2013); 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 1992);
252.204-7006, Billing Instructions (Oct 2005);
252.204-7011, Alternative Line Item Structure (Sep 2011);
252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information
(Oct 2016);
252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation (Mar 2016);
252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium(Jun 2013);
252.225-7001, Buy American And Balance Of Payments ProgramBasic(Dec 2016);
252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items(Jun 2013);
252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports
(Jun
2012); 252.232-7006, Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions (May 2013);
252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006); 252.239-7018, Supply
Chain
Risk (Oct 2015);
252.243-7001, Pricing Of Contract Modifications (Dec 1991); 252.244-7000,
Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jun 2013); and, 252.247-7023, Transportation
of
Supplies by Sea (Apr 2014).
(End of Clauses)
This RFQ closes on 27 March 2019 at 04:00 PM, Pacific Time. Questions and
quotes must
be uploaded on the SPAWAR e-Commerce website at https://e-
commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil, under NIWC Pacific/Simplified
Acquisitions/N66001-19-Q-
6251. E-mail quotes or offers will not be accepted. Late quotes will not be
accepted. For
e-Commerce technical issues, contact the SPAWAR Paperless Initiatives Help Desk
at 858-
537-0644 or paperless.spawar@navy.mil.
The point of contact for this solicitation is Carl Odom at
carl.n.odom1@navy.mil. Please
include RFQ# N66001-19-Q-6251 on all inquiries. The due date for questions is
22 March
2019. Questions may be addressed afterward at the discretion of the Government.
All responding vendors must have a completed registration in the System for
Award
Management (SAM) website prior to award of contract. Information can be found
at
https://www.sam.gov/. Complete SAM registration means offerors shall have a
registered
DUNS and CAGE Code..