Mid Range Balance

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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 solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS). These regulations are available electronically at the Air Force FAR site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation for which a Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any).

The RFQ number is FA226319QA011 and shall be referenced on any offer submitted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 and the business size standard is 1000 employees. This RFQ is being solicited as unrestricted.

AFMETCAL at Heath OH intends to award a firm fixed price contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) in accordance with FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, for the purchase of Mid Range Balance with technical manual and an extended 3-year warranty(attachment 3).

Products offered shall be commercial items or commercially available off-the shelf (COTS) items meeting the definitions in FAR Part 2. Items proposed shall be new units. Reconditioned, remanufactured, or used items are not acceptable and shall not be proposed. The units must meet the requirements of Purchase Description 19M-227A-MA, Rev. 0, dated 8 November 2018, included in List of Attachments, Attachment 1, to the RFQ. The RFQ with applicable documents are available for download at this site. Please review ALL documents carefully.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OFFERORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at SAM and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payment (invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) through Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at no cost to the contractor. Contractors must complete vendor training, which is also available at no cost at https://wawf.eb.mil. Prior to submitting invoices in the production system, contractors must register for an account at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

Offers MUST:
(1) be valid for a period of 90 days,
(2) be for the item described in the purchase description (List of Attachments, Attachment 1),
(3) be for a new unit (not reconditioned, remanufactured, or used unit),
(4) be FOB Destination,
(5) include a delivery schedule, if unable to meet delivery schedule in Deliveries and Performance section,
(6) include copy of commercial price list,
(7) include name of and be signed by an authorized company representative along with telephone number, facsimile number, and email address,
(8) include taxpayer identification number (TIN), CAGE Code Number and DUNS Number,
(9) include a technical proposal that includes a written response to each paragraph of the PD,
(10) include statement of compliance with 3-year warranty ML Warranty (attachment 3),
(11) include completed Supplies or Services and Price/Cost section, which includes pricing for option year quantities,
(12) include a copy of subcontracting plan,
(13) completed FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. Offerors shall ensure information in SAM is current.

The Government reserves the right to incorporate the successful offeror's technical proposal into any contract resulting from this solicitation.

Offers must be received no later than 22 August 2019 at 2:00 PM EDT. Offerors shall submit electronic files to DoD SAFE, https://safe.apps.mil or by email following the instructions provided in List of Attachments - Attachment 5 and 7 (if applicable) of the RFQ, under Electronic Proposal Submission. Offers submitted in forms other than through DoD Safe and email are not permissible and will not be considered.

Please note that the uploaded files must be timestamped by the offer due date and time. Offerors bare the risk for receipt of submitted offers being untimely. Offerors shall allow sufficient time for receipt of electronic submissions by the due date and time. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which if received timely shall be considered by this agency.

Added 16 Aug 19:

Due to the AMRDEC SAFE site being shut down and transitioned to the DoD SAFE site, proposals for this RFQ will be accepted by email or submission to DoD SAFE. Send email proposals to Allen Kurella at allen.kurella@us.af.mil or Michael Hickey at michael.hickey.2@us.af.mil . Offerors are cautioned that some or all documents may be removed due to Air Force network security settings. Upon email submission, offerors are advised to contact Allen Kurella at 740-788-5052 or Michael Hickey 740-788-5043 to verify successful submission of proposals. Instructions for DoD SAFE have been attached to the solicitation (attachment 7). Addendum 52.212-1 (attachment 5) paragraph 1(e) and paragraph 1.3 has been updated to reflect the new proposal submission process. Offerors bare the risk for receipt of submitted offers being untimely. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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This amendment revises Attachment 5 Addendum 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Items of the RFQ. Table 1.2 - Proposal Organization has been revised to change the page limits for the Technical and Proposal Documentation volumes. The Technical volume page limit has been revised such that technical manuals, if offerors desire to submit them, do not count toward the 40 page limit. The Proposal Documentation volume page limit has been revised from 75 pages to N/A, and offerors may submit any number of pages necessary to be considered responsive for this volume. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged..

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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 solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS). These regulations are available electronically at the Air Force FAR site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation for which a Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any).

The RFQ number is FA226319QA011 and shall be referenced on any offer submitted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 and the business size standard is 1000 employees. This RFQ is being solicited as unrestricted.

AFMETCAL at Heath OH intends to award a firm fixed price contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) in accordance with FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, for the purchase of Mid Range Balance with technical manual and an extended 3-year warranty(attachment 3).

Products offered shall be commercial items or commercially available off-the shelf (COTS) items meeting the definitions in FAR Part 2. Items proposed shall be new units. Reconditioned, remanufactured, or used items are not acceptable and shall not be proposed. The units must meet the requirements of Purchase Description 19M-227A-MA, Rev. 0, dated 8 November 2018, included in List of Attachments, Attachment 1, to the RFQ. The RFQ with applicable documents are available for download at this site. Please review ALL documents carefully.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OFFERORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at SAM and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payment (invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) through Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at no cost to the contractor. Contractors must complete vendor training, which is also available at no cost at https://wawf.eb.mil. Prior to submitting invoices in the production system, contractors must register for an account at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

Offers MUST:
(1) be valid for a period of 90 days,
(2) be for the item described in the purchase description (List of Attachments, Attachment 1),
(3) be for a new unit (not reconditioned, remanufactured, or used unit),
(4) be FOB Destination,
(5) include a delivery schedule, if unable to meet delivery schedule in Deliveries and Performance section,
(6) include copy of commercial price list,
(7) include name of and be signed by an authorized company representative along with telephone number, facsimile number, and email address,
(8) include taxpayer identification number (TIN), CAGE Code Number and DUNS Number,
(9) include a technical proposal that includes a written response to each paragraph of the PD,
(10) include statement of compliance with 3-year warranty ML Warranty (attachment 3),
(11) include completed Supplies or Services and Price/Cost section, which includes pricing for option year quantities,
(12) include a copy of subcontracting plan,
(13) completed FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. Offerors shall ensure information in SAM is current.

The Government reserves the right to incorporate the successful offeror's technical proposal into any contract resulting from this solicitation.

Offers must be received no later than 22 August 2019 at 2:00 PM EDT. Offerors shall submit electronic files to AMRDEC SAFE, https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/Welcome.aspx following the instructions provided in List of Attachments - Attachment 5 of the RFQ, under Electronic Proposal Submission. Offers submitted in forms other than through AMRDEC Safe are not permissible and will not be considered.

Please note that the uploaded files must be timestamped by the offer due date and time. Offerors bare the risk for receipt of submitted offers being untimely. Offerors shall allow sufficient time for receipt of electronic submissions by the due date and time. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which if received timely shall be considered by this agency.

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