Peak Current Study for 45WS

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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the
format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This
announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written
solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation number FA2521-17-Q-B120 shall be used to reference any written quote provided
under this request for quote.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through
Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-95, Effective: 19 Jan 2017.

This is a set-aside for 100% Small Business.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 541690 with a
size standard of $15.000,000.

Item    Description                                                     Qty      Unit    Unit Price   Total Amount
0001    Contractor shall provide for the                          1        each 
           development of an improved method of                         
           detecting the peak current from
           cloud-to-ground lightning strokes. This
           study will be performed in accordance with the
           Performance Work Statement (PWS) for
           Improved Detection of Lightning Peak
           Current, Dated: 13 Jun 2017

Performance Work Statement: Attached
Wage Determination: WD 15-4555 (Rev.-1) Dated 02/07/2017, Attached

Ship to address:  45 SW/WXT
                          1201 Edward H. White II MS 7302
                          Patrick AFB, FL 32925

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Jan 17) applies to this
acquisition and the following addendum applies:

The following words stating "offer", "offeror", and "proposal" are replaced with "quotation",
"vendor", and "quote".

Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows:  "The NAICS code and small business size standard
for this acquisition appear above."
RFQ due date:  7 August 2017
RFQ due time: 3:00 P.M. EST
Email to 45cons.lgcb.e-bids@us.af.mil, or mail to:

45th Contracting Squadron Attn: FA2521-17-Q-B120
1201 Edward H. White II Street, MS 7200 Patrick AFB, FL  32925-3238

THIS MUST BE SENT TO 45 CONS E-BIDS AS STATED ABOVE, OR THE ADDRESS IF MAILING. ANYTHING OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE.  YOU MAY WISH TO PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT.

Note:  .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through
our email system.

All questions regarding this solicitation must be email to 45cons.lgcb.e-bids@us.af.mil by 1:00
P.M. EST, 1 August 2017.

Please provide the following information with your quote: Company Name:                        
DUNS Number:_______________                         
Cage Code:_________________                              
*Number of Employees_________________                         
*Total Yearly Revenue _________________                            
*Information required determining size of business for the NAICS referenced above

Estimated Delivery Time:______________                         
Payment Terms: _________________                                   
Warranty: ______________________                                
FOB (Select): ______Destination______Origin
Shipping Cost included? _______Yes  _______No

All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at 
https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be considered for award. The Government will not provide
contract financing for this acquisition.  Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of award.

52.209-11 - Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony
Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 16)

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent
appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that--

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely
manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability,
where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered
suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment is
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless an agency has considered
suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not
necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that-

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been
assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed,
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority
responsible for collecting the tax liability; and

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a
Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition and
the following evaluation is applicable:

(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:

(i) Technical acceptability
(ii) Price

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for
all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an
offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options
shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the
successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding
contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the
Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after
its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

The item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description
reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The
salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are
specified in the solicitation. To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including
"equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must meet the salient physical, functional, or
performance characteristic specified in this solicitation, clearly identify the item by brand name
and make or model number.  Include descriptive literature such as illustrations and drawings.
The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the
offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The
Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in
the offer.  Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an
"equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. 

FAR Provision 52.225-18 - Place of Manufacture.
As prescribed in 25.1101(f), insert the following solicitation provision:

Place of Manufacture (Mar 2015)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-

"Manufactured end product" means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000- 9999,
except-

(1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) FSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables;

(5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) FSC 9610, Ores;

(9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

"Place of manufacture" means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or
otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to
the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the
place of manufacture.

(b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of
the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly-

(1) [ ] In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products
manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products
manufactured outside the United States); or

(2) [ ] Outside the United States.

(End of provision)

Discussions: The government intends to award a purchase order without discussions with respective
vendors/quoters.  The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in
its best interest.

Include descriptive literature such as illustrations and drawings.

FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Jan 17),
with its Alternate I (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition. All vendors must be registered in
System For Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at the time of Quote
submittal.

Alternate I (Oct 2014). As prescribed in 12.301(b)(2), add the following paragraph (c)(11) to the
basic provision:
(11) (Complete if the offeror has represented itself as disadvantaged in paragraph (c)(4) of this
provision.)
[The offeror shall check the category in which its ownership falls]:
___  Black American.
___ Hispanic American.
___ Native American (American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Native Hawaiians).
___  Asian-Pacific American (persons with origins from Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Singapore, Brunei, Japan, China, Taiwan, Laos, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Vietnam, Korea, The
Philippines, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Samoa, Macao, Hong Kong, Fiji, Tonga,
Kiribati, Tuvalu, or Nauru).
___ Subcontinent Asian (Asian-Indian) American (persons with origins from India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives Islands, or Nepal).
___  Individual/concern, other than one of the preceding.

FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Jan 17) applies to this
acquisition with the following Addendum:  Paragraph (c) of this clause is tailored as follows: Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by
written agreement of the parties with the exception of administrative changes, such as changes in
the paying office, appropriations data, etc., which may be changed unilaterally by the Government.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the quote or proposal's terms and conditions and/or
agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other
Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and
Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable
and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive
Orders -- Commercial Items (DEV) (Jan 17), Additionally, the following FAR clauses cited in
52.212-5 are applicable:

52.203-19       Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements
(Jan 2017)
52.204-10       Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 16)
52.204-16       Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 16)
52.204-18       Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Jul 16)
52.204-21       Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (Jun 16)
52.209-6         Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractor's Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 15)
52.209-10       Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 15)
52.219-6         Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 11)
52.219-28       Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 13)
52.222-3         Convict Labor (June 03)
52.222-17       Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 14)
52.222-19       Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Oct 16)
52.222-21       Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 15)
52.222-26       Equal Opportunity (Sep 16)
52.222-35       Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 15)
52.222-36       Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 14)
52.222-37       Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 16)
52.222-41       Service Contract Labor Standards (May 14)
52.222-42       Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 14)
52.222-50       Combating Trafficking in Persons (May 15)
52.222-55       Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 15)
52.222-62       Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706)
52.223-18       Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 11)
52.225-13       Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 08)
52.232-29       Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 02)
52.232-33       Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- System for Award Management (Jul 13)
52.233-3         Protest After Award (Aug 96)
52.233-4         Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 04)
52.239-1         Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 96)
52.242-5         Payments to Small business Subcontractors (Jan 17)
52.247-64       Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels  (Feb 06)
52.247-64       Alternate I (Apr 03)

DFARS Clauses:
252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 11)
*252.204-7008 Compliance with Safegarding Defense Information Controls (Oct 16)
252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (Oct 16)
252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors
(May 16)
252.204-7015 Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors (May 16)
*252.209-7998 Representation Regarding Conviction of a Felony Criminal Violation Under Any Federal
or State Law (Deviation 2012-0007) (Date 12)
*252.209-7999 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a
Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Deviation 2012-O0004) (Jan 12)
*252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel (Jun 05)
252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data--Noncommercial Items (Feb 14) 252.227-7015 Technical
Data--Commercial Items (Feb 14)
252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Jun 12) 252.232-7006
Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (May 13)
252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 06)
252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel (Jun 13)
*252.239-7009 Representation of Use of Cloud Computing (Sep 15) 252.239-7010 Cloud Computing
Services (Sep 15)
252.239-7017 Notice of Supply Chain Risk (Nov 13) 252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk (Oct 15)
252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial items (Jun 13)
The following AFFARS clauses are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Apr 14) with the following fill-in: AFICA/KS SCO 150 Vandenberg Street,
Peterson AFB, CO 80914, (P) 719-554-5300, (F) 719-554-5299, afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil

5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (Nov 12)

The full text of these clauses and (*)provisions may be assessed electronically at the website: 
http://farsite.hill.af.mil. NOTE: ALL PROVISIONS WILL BE REMOVED AT TIME OF AWARD BUT SHALL REMAIN
PART OF THE CONTRACT FILE.
Attachments:  Two (2)
Performance Work Statement; PWS-Peak Current-Ver 2
Wage Determination; WD 15-4555 (Rev.-1) Dated 02/07/2017