12 September 2024 - Q&A document is added as an attachment to this solicitation posting.

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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 FA875124Q0098 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) 2024-06 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Publication Notice (DPN) 20240815.

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 is 334515 and small business size standard 750 employees.

The contractor shall provide brand name or equal on the items listed on the Specification attachment (Attachment 1) on a firm fixed price basis including the cost of shipping FOB Destination.

The identified items reflect the physical, functional, and performance characteristics that reflect the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the minimum level of quality or reliability desired; however the offeror may provide a solution equivalent to or exceeding the functional and performance characteristics of the identified items and it will be considered for technical acceptability. The items listed may be offered on a "brand name or equal basis" pursuant to FAR 52.211-6; part numbers are provided for reference only. Technical information must be provided in sufficient detail to allow adequate and thorough technical evaluation of the proposed equal solution.

SHIP HARDWARE TO:

DoDAAC: F4HBL1

CountryCode: USA

AFRL RIOLSC

AF BPN NO MILSBILLS PROCESSES

120 ELECTRONIC PKWY

ROME, NY 13441-4503

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.

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.

DELIVERY

The anticipated delivery date is nine (9) weeks 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 Rome, NY 13441.

INSTRUCTIONS

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 3:00pm ET Monday, 16 September 2024. Submit by email to leenawattie.budhu.1@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.

(b)(12) Include a statement verifying that your firm is capable of conforming to the requirements of DFARS clause 252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation.

(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; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(k) SAM. Offerors must be registered in the SAM database to receive a contract award. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database within 5 days after receiving notification from the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror.

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:

1. Price and
2. Technical Capability

The Government intends to award to the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable Offeror. In determining required technical acceptability, the Government will evaluate the items offered for compliance with the salient physical, functional and performance characteristics and level or quality of the products listed in Attachment 1. All evaluation factors when combined are approximately equal.

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

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 (May 2024), as well as the following:

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications And Video Surveillance Services Or Equipment

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 – Basic

For your convenience all referenced certifications are attached to this solicitation (Attachment 2).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (May 2024), 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 (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))

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

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

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

52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Section 102 of Division R of Pub. L. 117-328).

52.209-6, Protecting the Government Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside

52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation

52.222-3, Convict Labor

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

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

52.225-13, 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

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

52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal

52.247-34, FOB Destination

52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated 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

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

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

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

252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation

Para (c)(1)(i). Insert Contract Line, Subline, or Exhibit Line Item Number and Item Description: N/A

Para (c)(1)(ii). Identify Contract Line, Subline, or Exhibit Line Item Nr and Item Description: N/A

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

Para (c)(1)(iv). Attachment Nr.: 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

252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

252.225-7055, Representation 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. (DEVIATION 2020-O0015)

252.225-7973, Prohibition on The Procurement Of Foreign-Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems—Representation (Deviation 2020-O0015)

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

252.244-7000, 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 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

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 https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/wawf/index.xhtml. Please confirm in your proposal that your company is able to submit electronic invoices as set forth in the clause.

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.

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