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Contracting Office Address

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL – Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

Description   

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Offers are being requested and a written solicitation (paper copy) will not be issued.  Further, offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation.  

Solicitation FA875125Q0121 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-04 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Change Notice (DCN) 20250117.

Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Act (FASCSA) Orders: As of the date of this solicitation, there are no applicable FASCSA orders.

See https://www.acquisition.gov/ for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein.

This procurement is being issued as small business set-aside under NAICS code 334111 and small business size standard 1,250 employees.

The contractor shall provide the following Performance Desktop with the following specifications on a brand name or equal, firm fixed price basis including the cost of shipping FOB Destination: 

-CPU: 24 cores minimum, 4.2 GHz clock speed minimum (ex: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X)

-CPU cooler: must cool CPU above, liquid cooling. (ex: Asetek 836S-M1A 360mm Threadripper CPU Cooler) with fans

-RAM: DDR5 RAM, ECC. must have 64 GB of RAM minimum

-Video card: 8 GB minimum, 4000 minimum CUDA cores, 2.5 GHz clock minimum, GDDR6 or GDDR7 memory

-Motherboard: must support RAM, CPU, video card, and cooling specified above. Must have onboard sound, ethernet, wifi, bluetooth.

-Hard Drive: PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD hard drive, 1 TB minimum size

-Power supply: 1.2 kW or more, should power all above components under maximum load

-Computer case: ATX mid tower or ATX full tower, should be compatible with and hold all above parts. Should include case fans to cool system

Quantity:  2

SHIP HARDWARE TO:

DoDAAC: F4HBL1

CountryCode: USA

AFRL RIOLSC

AF BPN NO MILSBILLS PROCESSES

120 ELECTRONIC PKWY

ROME, NY 13441-4516

UNITED STATES

Name, Email address, and Phone number of the end user POC associated with the delivery will be provided via Section F of any award resulting from this solicitation. 

Offerors shall provide at least the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public in customary commercial practice.

The delivery date is 30 Days After Receipt of Order (ARO). All deliveries shall be made in accordance with FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination (NOV 1991). The place of delivery, acceptance and FOB destination point is 120 Electronic Parkway Rome, NY 13441-4514.

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (SEP 2023), applies to this acquisition. 

Addendum to the following paragraphs of 52.212-1 are:

(b) Written quotes are due at or before 3PM, (Eastern Time) 16 July 2025.  Submit to by email to tiffany.slopka@us.af.mil. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposals/quotes using the SF 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

(b)(4) Submit a technical description of the items being offered.

(b)(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations, information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(g) Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021) applies. In addition to the information within Paragraph (a), the following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement

(ii) price

All evaluation factors other than price, when combined, are approximately equal to price.

Offerors are required to complete representations and certifications found in the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION 2025-O0003 and 2025-O0004) (MAR 2025) as well as the following:

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021)

252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (MAY 2021)

252.225-7020, Trade Agreements Certificate – Basic (NOV 2014)

For your convenience all referenced certifications are attached to this solicitation. (Attachment No. 1). 

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2023), applies to this acquisition.

Addenda to the following paragraphs of 52.212-4 are:

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION 2025-O0003 and 2025-O0004) (MAR 2025) applies to this acquisition.

The following additional FAR clauses cited are incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

(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 products and commercial services:

(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) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (DEC 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment . (Nov 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) 

(6) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) ( 31 U.S.C. 3553).

(7) 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 products and commercial services:

52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

52.204-29, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Representation and Disclosures

52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside

52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation

52.222-3, Convict Labor

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

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons

52.223-23, Sustainable Products and Services

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.232-33, Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer—System For Award Management

52.240-1, Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act-Covered Foreign Entities

The following additional FAR and FAR Supplement provisions and clauses also apply:

52.204-7 System for Award Management

52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal

52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems

52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal

52.240-1, Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act-Covered Foreign Entities

52.247-34, FOB Destination

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporate by Reference

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product

252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services

252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.204-7024, Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System

252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation (JAN 2023)  

Para. (c)(1)(i): N/A

Para. (c)(1)(ii): N/A

Para. (c)(1)(iii): N/A

Para. (c)(1)(iv): N/A

Para. (f)(2)(iii): N/A

252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors.

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.225-7013 Duty Free Entry

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

252.225-7055, Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

252.225-7056, Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

252.225-7059, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region–Representation

252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

252.225-7972, Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems

252.225-7973, Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems—Representation

252.227-7015, Technical Data--Commercial

252.227-7037, Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data

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

252.239-7017, Notice Of Supply Chain

252.239-7018, Supply Chain Risk

252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

 252.246-7008, Source of Electronic Parts

252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea – Basic

5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (JUL 2023) is hereby incorporated into this solicitation.  The Ombudsman for this acquisition is: Ombudsman: AFRL/PK Director, Alternate Ombudsman: AFRL/PK Deputy Director, 1864 Fourth Street, WAFB OH 45433, Phone: (937) 904-9700, FAX: (937) 656-7321, Email: afrl.pk.workflow@us.af.mil

Note that the clause at 252.211-7003 is included in this solicitation.  Agency specific guidance is provided below:

For proposed Line Item Numbers with a unit price ≥ $5,000. Vendors will be expected to supply Unique Item Identifier (UII/ UID) labels.

UII/ UID component data elements should be marked on an item using two dimensional data matrix symbology that complies with ISO/IEC International Standard 16022, Information technology - International symbology specification - Data matrix; Error Checking and Correction 200 (ECC200) data matrix specification.

(A)LABEL:

If using Construct 1: Encode the two dimensional data matrix with CAGE CODE (Enterprise ID) and Serial #.

If using Construct 2: Encode the two dimensional data matrix with CAGE CODE, Serial #, and Part/Lot/Batch #.

Any costs associated in complying with these terms should be included as part of the firm fixed priced offer herein.

All responsible organizations may submit a quote, which shall be considered.