IMUL License Support

Added: Mar 30, 2016 4:40 pm  

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial service prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, - streamlined procedures for evaluation and solicitation for commercial service - as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.  The Government's notice to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302.  Sole source will be to Abstract Solutions LTD for a basic year and four (4) option years.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposal is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.  This combined synopsis solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-66.  This notice is not a request for competitive proposals.  However, information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

 

The Air Force intends to place a Single, Firm-Fixed Price contract with discussions to the responsible offeror.  The offer must conform to the Purchase Specification and will be Best Value to the Government. Best Value is the most advantageous offer, price and other factors considered with the Government's stated importance of evaluation criteria. It is the Government's intent to award on an "all-or-none" basis to satisfy this requirement.  This acquisition is for Sole Source, under NAICS code 511210, Size Standard $38,500,000.

 

Schedule Of Items:

Responsible quote shall provide Firm Fixed Price (FFP) pricing for the items below:

 

0001:    iMUL License Support (Licenses 1-5).       Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

12 Months Period Of Performance     32 Each

 

0002:    ICCG Invocation Support (Licenses 6-10).       (FFP)

            12 Months Period Of Performance     5 Each

 

0003:    Recertification Fee.       Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

            One Time Fee   1 Each

 

0101:    iMUL License Support (Licenses 1-5).       Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     32 Each

 

0102:    ICCG Invocation Support (Licenses 6-10).       (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     5 Each

 

0201:    iMUL License Support (Licenses 1-5).       Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     32 Each

 

0202:    ICCG Invocation Support (Licenses 6-10).       (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     5 Each

 

0301:    iMUL License Support (Licenses 1-5).       Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     32 Each

 

0302:    ICCG Invocation Support (Licenses 6-10).       (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     5 Each

 

0401:    iMUL License Support (Licenses 1-5).       Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     32 Each

 

0402:    ICCG Invocation Support (Licenses 6-10).       (FFP)

Option  12 Months Period Of Performance     5 Each

 

0501:    iMUL License Support (Licenses 1-5).  FAR 52.217-8 Option To Extend Services.  Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

Option  6 Month Period Of Performance     32 Each

 

0502:    ICCG Invocation Support (Licenses 6-10).  FAR 52.217-8 Option To Extend Services.  Firm Fixed Price

             (FFP)

Option  6 Month Period Of Performance     5 Each

 

 

Period Of Performance

Basic Year:              April 2016 thru April 2017

Option Year 1:          April 2017 thru April 2018

Option Year 2:          April 2018 thru April 2019

Option Year 3:          April 2019 thru April 2020

Option Year 4:          April 2020 thru April 2021

6 Month Extension:  April 2021 thru October 2021

 

Delivery: N/A

 

FOB:  Destination - Deliverables will be inspected upon arrival

 

Proposal must include Contractors Name, Cage Code, DUNS Number, Tax ID Number, Contact Name, Number and email address.

The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:

Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s).

 

Evaluation Factors:

 

1. Price - Offeror's must provide firm fixed pricing for all CLIN's. 

2. Technical Acceptability - Means the quote is the manufacturer or an authorized reseller, and can provide all required parts/services.

 

Evaluation and Basis for Award:

 

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

 

This acquisition will utilize the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. Technical tradeoffs will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability.  Award will be made to the acceptable offeror with the lowest evaluated price, that is deemed responsible in accordance with the FAR and whose proposal conforms to the solicitation requirements.  Note: If a proposal receives an "Unacceptable" rating after initial evaluation and will require revisions in order to meet the technical requirement, the Government reserves the right to exclude the offeror from the competitive range.

 

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers in the following relative order of importance:  1. Price,  2. Technical Acceptability.

 

1) Price:  Offers will be ranked by price from lowest to highest then beginning with the lowest they will be evaluated to ensure they meet the technical requirements (including ARC).  As soon as an offer is found that meets the requirements, the evaluation will end, and no more expensive proposals will be evaluated. 

 

2) Technical Acceptability: Technical acceptability will be rated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis. Acceptable ratings will be given when the offerors proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of this combined synopsis solicitation. An unacceptable rating will be given when offerors proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the combined synopsis solicitation.   Technical requirements means the quoter is the manufacturer or an authorized reseller, and can provide all required parts/services.

 

Applicable Provisions and Clauses

 

This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-06.

 

FAR

52.202-1            Definitions
52.203-3            Gratuities

52.203-6 Alt I     Restrictions On Subcontractor Sales To The Government (Sep 2006) - - Alternate I

52.204-4            Printed or Copied Double-=Sided on Recycled Paper

52.204-9            Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel

52.209-6           Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended,

                        or Proposed for Debarment

52.212-1            Instructions to Offerors - - Commercial Items

52.212-2            Evaluation - - Commercial Items

52.212-3            Offeror 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

52.217-8            Option To Extend Services

52.217-9            Option To Extend The Term Of The Contract

52.222-12          Contract Termination - Debarment

52.222-19          Child Labor - - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

52.222-21          Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities

52.222-26          Equal Opportunity

52.222-35          Equal Opportunity for Veterans

52.222-36          Affirmative Action For Workers With Disabilities

52.222-37          Employment Reports on Veterans

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

52.228-5            Insurance - Work On A Government Installation

52.232-18          Availability Of Funds

52.232-33          Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - - Central Contractor registration

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

52.242-13          Bankruptcy

52.252-2            Clauses Incorporated By Reference

52.252-6            Authorized Deviations In Clauses

252.201-7000     Contracting Officer's Representative

252.203-7000     Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7000     Disclosure Of Information

252.204-7003     Control Of Government Personnel Work Product

252.204-7008     Compliance With Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

252.204-7009     Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information

252.204-7012     Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

252.209-7004     Subcontracting With Firms That are Owned or Controlled By The Government of a Terrorist

Country

252.211-7003     Item Unique Identification And Valuation

252.212-7001     (Dev)    Contract Terms and Conditions Required to implement Statutes or executive Orders

Applicable to defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (Deviation)

252.232-7003     Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving reports

252.232-7006     Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions

252.232-7010     Levies on Contract Payments

252.237-7023     Continuation of Essential Contractor Services

252.237-7024     Notice Of Continuation Of Essential Contractor Services

252.239-7009     Representation of Use of Cloud Computing

252.239-7010     Cloud Computing Services

252.243-7001     Pricing Of Contract Modifications

252.243-7002     Requests for Equitable Adjustment

252.247-7023     Transportation of Supplies by sea

5352.201-9101   Ombudsman

5352.223-9001   Health and Safety On Government Installations

5352.242-9000   Contractor Access To Air Force Installations

5352.242-9001   Common Access Cards (CAC's) For Contractor Personnel

 

 

SAM Registration

All prospective offerors must obtain a DUNS number, have an "active" Cage Code, and maintain Online Representations and Certifications Application at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ in order to transact business with the Government. Failure to comply with the above mentioned regulations will result in an award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror.

Question SUBMISSION: Questions related to this RFQ shall be received, via email, to William Sholler william.sholler@us.af.mil no later than April 08, 2016 4:00 PM MST. It is the Contractor's responsibility to ensure that questions are received by the Contracting Department within the required timeframe. Any questions received after the time and date listed above will not be addressed.

Offers are due on April 08, 2016 4:00 pm MST. 

Offers shall be received by April 08, 2016, 4:00 pm MST to be considered for award.

All offers shall be emailed directly to William Sholler william.sholler@us.af.mil with a cc copy to kenneth.tilby@us.af.mil 

The offeror shall ensure the Contracting point of contact acknowledge receipt of their electronic proposal for verification of delivery and acceptance in either email inbox.  It is solely the Contractor's responsibility to ensure quotes are received within the required timeframe.

FAX COPIES CANNOT BE ACCEPTED

 

All current and/or future information about this acquisition, i.e, amendments, purchase specification, and Q &A's will be distributed through FBO. Therefore, interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation.