Purchase Type II Trailer Tires

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 AND ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED.

THE SOLICITATION NUMBER IS F2DCBA3023A002. IT IS ISSUED AS AN INVITATION FOR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ).
 
THIS SOLICITATION DOCUMENT AND INCORPORATED PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE THOSE IN EFFECT THROUGH FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR 2005-55.

THIS ACQUISITION IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE.

THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE UNDER NAICS CODE 326211 WITH A STANDARD SIZE OF 1000 EMPLOYEES.
 
DESCRIPTION: The requirement is to purchase trailer tires for the US Government. Please refer to the table below for all equipment specifications. FOB is Destination - Hill AFB, Utah. Delivery shall be within 3 weeks from the receipt of the order.

CLIN Description
0001 PK Type II Trailer Tire, 10R17.5 equal to or equivalent of XTA, Load Range - H, Radial Tubeless, including shipping to Hill AFB, Utah

Qty Unit Pricing Structure
125 EACH Firm Fixed Price

The following provisions and clauses are incorporated into this acquisition:
(Full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at http://farsite.hill.af.mil)
FAR 52.204-7 CCR Registration
FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial
FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items Evaluation. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers in the following relative order of importance: 1)Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; 2) Price. The Government will evaluate the total price of the offer for award purposes.

All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Item or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items
FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (Deviation) applies to this acquisition and a statement regarding which, if any, of the additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition.
DFARS 252.204-7004 Alternate A Central Contractor Registration
DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A Annual Representations and Certifications

AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman - (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern.
(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).
(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center ombudsmen, Mr. Kevin Flinders, at (801) 777-6549 or kevin.flinders@hill.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU or ARISRA level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067.
(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.
(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer.

TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE PROVIDE A PROPOSAL VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO brett.simpson@hill.af.mil IN PDF OR MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT, BY 8:00AM 27 FEBRUARY, 2013.

For information regarding this solicitation contact: Brett Simpson (801) 777-5081.