Propane and Diesel Fuel

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 FA8751-23-Q-0011 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) 2022-05 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Publication Notice (DPN) 20220929.

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

This procurement is being issued as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 457210 and small business size standard of 100 employees.

The contractor shall provide the following items on a firm fixed price basis in accordance with the Performance of Work Statement dated 11 May 2022 (ATTACHMENT #1) including the cost of shipping FOB Destination:

ITEM: DF-1 DIESEL FUEL OIL (P8M026)

QTY: 1600 GL (EST)

ITEM: LIQUID PROPANE (P8M027)

QTY: 24,000GL (EST)

Used, pre-owned, refurbished, or remanufactured goods will not be accepted. Items must be factory new.

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

Anticipated Period of Performance will be 24 November 2022 to 23 November 2023

DELIVERY

All deliveries shall be made in accordance with FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination.

The place of delivery, acceptance and FOB destination point is Rome, NY 13441, Stockbridge, NY 13409 and Newport, NY 13416

INSTRUCTIONS

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

Addendum to the following paragraphs of 52.212-1 are:

(b) Written quotes are due at or before 3 PM Eastern Time, Friday 15 November 2022.  Submit by email to Tabitha.Haggart@us.af.mil Offerors are encouraged to submit their 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 or 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.

EVALUATION

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;

The Government intends to award to the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable Offer. In determining required technical acceptability, the Government will evaluate the items offered for compliance with the items listed above.  All evaluation factors when combined are approximately equal.

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 as well as the following:

FAR52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

DFARS 252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services – Representation

252.225-7000, Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate

DFARS 252.225-7055, Representation Regarding Business Operations With the Maduro Regime (May 2022)

For your convenience all referenced certifications are attached to this solicitation. (Attachment No. 2) 

****OFFERS SHALL INCLUDE THE COMPLETED REPS AND CERTS (Attch 2) IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD.  OFFERS THAT DO NOT PROVIDE ATTCH #3 IN THEIR RESPONSES MAY  BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE. ****

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. 

(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:

52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements 

52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities

52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment 

52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations 

52.233-3, Protest After Award 

52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim 

 (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:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract

Awards

52.209-6, Protecting the Government Interest When Subcontracting with

Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation

52.222-3, Convict Labor

52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (DEVIATION 2020-O0019)

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers With Disabilities

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons

52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

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

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

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

52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal

52.228-5, Insurance-Work on a Government Installation

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation

52.247-34, FOB Destination

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

252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

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

252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Supplier Performance Risk System in Past Performance Evaluations

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

252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

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

252.225-7972, Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MAY 2020) (DEVIATION 2020-O0015)

252.225-7973, Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems—Representation (MAY 2020) (DEVIATION 2020-O0015)

252.225-7974  Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (FEB 2020) (DEVIATION 2020-O0005)

252.227-7015, Technical Data--Commercial Items

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

252.232-7017, Accelerating Payments to Small Business Subcontractors—Prohibition on Fees and Consideration

252.239-7017, Notice of Supply Chain Risk

252.239-7018, Supply Chain Risk

252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications

252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items and Commercial Components

252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea – Basic

5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations

5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (OCT 2019) is hereby incorporated into this solicitation.  The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Ombudsman: Mr. Steven L. Ewers (Primary), AFRL/PK, 1864 Fourth Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7130, COMM (937) 904-9700, FAX (937) 656-7321, email: afrl.pk.workflow@us.af.mil

5352.242-9000, CONTRACTOR ACCESS TO AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS (OCT 2019)

(a) The contractor shall obtain base identification and vehicle passes, if required, for all contractor personnel who make frequent visits to or perform work on the Air Force installation(s) cited in the contract. Contractor personnel are required to wear or prominently display installation identification badges or contractor-furnished, contractor identification badges while visiting or performing work on the installation.

(b) The contractor shall submit a written request on company letterhead to the contracting officer listing the following: contract number, location of work site, start and stop dates, and names of employees and subcontractor employees needing access to the base. The letter will also specify the individual(s) authorized to sign for a request for base identification credentials or vehicle passes. The contracting officer will endorse the request and forward it to the issuing base pass and registration office or Security Forces for processing. When reporting to the registration office, the authorized contractor individual(s) should provide a valid driver s license, current vehicle registration, valid vehicle insurance certificate, and to obtain a vehicle pass.

(c) During performance of the contract, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining required identification for newly assigned personnel and for prompt return of credentials and vehicle passes for any employee who no longer requires access to the work site.

 (d) When work under this contract requires unescorted entry to controlled or restricted areas, the contractor shall comply with  with AFI 31-101, Integrated Defense, and DODMAN5200.02_AFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program.

(e) Upon completion or termination of the contract or expiration of the identification passes, the prime contractor shall ensure that all base identification passes issued to employees and subcontractor employees are returned to the issuing office.

(f) Failure to comply with these requirements may result in withholding of final payment.

 (End of clause)

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

Note that the clause at 252.232-7003 is included in this solicitation. DoD requires all payment requests (with a few exceptions) to be submitted and processed electronically. All vendors/contractors must familiarize themselves with this clause and DFAR 232.7003 for specific procedures. The DoD preferred electronic form for transmission is Wide Area Workflow - Receipt and Acceptance (see website - https://piee.eb.mil/). Wide Area Workflow Training may be accessed online at this location.

In accordance with DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) Payment Instructions- Vendors will be expected to have WAWF system capabilities. Guidance will be provided to the vendor with award of an order that will provide applicable codes for proper invoice submission.

The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating C9 has been assignedto this effort.

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