Hangar Door Maintenance Services

The 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) of the 22d Air Refueling Wing announces the solicitation for Hangar Door Maintenance Services at McConnell AFB, Kansas 67221.

**This requirement was previously listed under a Sources Sought Notice posted on 8 Feb 2019 under solicitation number: FA4621RA007, and a pre-solicitation notice posted on 3 July 2019 under solicitation number FA462119RA013. Due to change in a new contract writing system, solicitation reference number was changed for this requirement. The new solicitation number for this requirement is FA462119RA015. Please reference this solicitation number for all future notices/actions regarding this requirement.

This is a 100% Total Small Business Set-aside. The NAICS code for this requirement is 238290, Other Building Equipment Contractors. The Small Business Size Standard is $15,000,000.00.

The closing date and time for submission of quotes are contained in the solicitation package. The entire solicitation package shall be made available only on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at www.fbo.gov. Requests for copies of the solicitation package, or any cumulative parts thereof, by any other means shall not be honored. Firms are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website for any amendments for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package and for downloading their own copy of each associative amendment, if any.

All firms wishing to submit a quote subsequent to the solicitation described herein MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database, or risk their otherwise timely proposal being considered nonresponsive regardless of its completeness, timeliness or other salient considerations. Information on SAM registration can be obtained at the web site, http://www.sam.gov.

The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. This announcement does not obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs.

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (JUN 2016)

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Ms. Susan Madison, AFICA/KM (OL-AMC), 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB IL 62225-5022, phone number (618) 229-0267, facsimile number (618) 256-6668, email: susan.madison@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer.