172 AW Lab Services IDIQ

Best Value Trade-Off Using FAR 13.5 and FAR Part 12 Procedures

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services 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 combined synopsis is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) under solicitation number: W50S7H-26-R-A001

This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC)

Small Business Set-Aside: 100%; Applicable Size Standard is $41.5M

NAICS Code: 621511 Medical Laboratories

Product or Service Code (PSC): Q301 Medical Laboratory Testing

Posting Date: July 23, 2026

Response Date: August 26, 2026

Contracting Office: 172 MSG/MSC, 141 Military Dr., Jackson, MS 39232

Government Points of Contact: Contracting Officer: Lt Col Donna Phillips and Contract Specialist: MSgt Adam Surkin
 

Line item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure:

Pricing shall be submitted utilizing the attached Price Schedule/Ordering Catalog. Quantities listed are estimated ordering quantities for evaluation purposes only.

Description of requirements for the services to be acquired:
The contractor must be able to provide services that allow for the completion of laboratory services as needed. This contract is to provide support that the 172nd Medical Group is unable to accomplish. The Performance Work Statement (PWS) identifies the full scope of medical laboratory services that the Government may order under this IDIQ. Offerors shall propose pricing for all services/tests listed in the PWS.

Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point:
The Period of Performance will be for five years. Place of performance will be at a licensed medical facility or its laboratory sites that are no greater than 30 minutes from the 172d Airlift Wing and still within the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. The services must be available Sunday through Saturday 0730-1600.

Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and addendum applies to this acquisition.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services with its quote.

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition.

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. See clause below, in full text, for list of additional applicable clauses.

Additional contract provisions and clauses are applicable and included below.

Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems (DPAS) Rating: Not rated.

Special Contract Requirements: Contract Structure and Ordering Procedures (Addendum to FAR 52.212-4)

The 172d Airlift Wing hereby provides notice of its intent to solicit and award a firm-fixed-price Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

Contract Duration: The contract will feature a five (5) year ordering period from the date of award.

Pricing Structure: All items/services under this IDIQ will be priced in accordance with the established contract price schedule.

Ordering Procedures: The Government may place orders against the IDIQ contract award via issuance of a Delivery Order by the 172d Contracting Office or Government Purchase Card (GPC) Ordering Procedures.

To streamline administrative processes and accelerate payment processing times, the Government intends to utilize the Government Purchase Card (GPC) as the primary means of execution and payment for low-value orders that do not exceed $25,000.

Any task/delivery orders exceeding $25,000 will be issued using a Delivery Order (DD Form 1155) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payment through invoicing in WAWF as designated in DFARS Clause 252.232-7006 (Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions). Note: WAWF instructions apply only to orders paid via EFT and not to orders placed with a GPC.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): An authorized GPC Cardholder(s) will be designated from the 172d Medical Group upon contract award. If required by DFARS 201.602-2, they will be formally appointed as the COR. Only authorized cardholders are permitted to place orders up to the $25,000 threshold.

Contractor Acceptance: By submitting an offer, the contractor agrees to accept either a Delivery Order or GPC as the method of payment for all orders valued under the $25,000.00 threshold.

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2023)

(Standard provision text omitted for brevity - refer to full FAR text)

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1

QUOTE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Submission Due Date: 26 August 2026 at 11:00 AM (local time).

Submission: Electronically to the 172nd Contracting Office, MSgt Adam Surkin, adam.surkin@us.af.mil  

Proposal Acceptance: Not less than 60 days from the date of the solicitation closing.

Single Proposal Submission: Offerors are limited to submitting one proposal with one approach.

PROPOSAL CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION

The offeror shall prepare the proposal so that the Government can identify that all required tests listed and supplies required in the performance work statement are priced individually for all 5 years in the IDIQ Price Schedule.

PRICE, shall include:

Price Quote Format: Electronic file formatted in MS Excel or PDF. Under no circumstances is price information and documentation to be included elsewhere in the quote.

The offeror shall submit data substantiating the price proposed to complete the requirements identified in the solicitation.

GPC Transaction Fees: Any additional transaction fees or surcharges assessed to the Government for using GPC transactions shall be clearly and separately identified in the price proposal. If no fees are listed, the Government will assume no such fees will be charged.

In accordance with FAR 13.106-3(a), the Government reserves the right to request additional or more detailed information to support its evaluation of price reasonableness.

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD (Addendum to FAR 52.212-2)

1. Basis for Contract Award

The Government will award a single, firm-fixed-price Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government, utilizing the Best Value Trade-Off process under FAR 13.5 and FAR Part 12.

An award will be made to the offeror who provides the overall best value based on an integrated assessment of the evaluation factors listed below. The Government reserves the right to accept other than the lowest-priced proposal, or other than the highest technically rated proposal, to achieve the best value.

2. Evaluation Factors and Relative Importance

The Government will evaluate proposals based on the following three (3) factors:

Factor 1: Technical Capability

Factor 2: Past Performance

Factor 3: Price

Relative Importance: Factor 1 (Technical Capability) is significantly more important than Factor 2 (Past Performance). Factors 1 and 2, when combined, are significantly more important than Factor 3 (Price). While the Government will not make an award at a significantly higher price to achieve marginal technical superiority, the Government is willing to pay a reasonable price premium for a technically superior proposal or a superior past performance confidence rating.

3. Detailed Factor Evaluations

FACTOR 1: Technical Capability

The Government will evaluate the offeror's technical proposal to assess the soundness of their technical approach and capability to perform the required laboratory services. To be considered for award, the offeror’s proposal must clearly demonstrate compliance with the following three (3) critical subfactors:

Subfactor A: Facility Licensing and Certifications (Pass/Fail Gate) The offeror must submit proof of current licensing and certification in accordance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and/or College of American Pathologists (CAP) for all testing locations proposed.

Subfactor B: Technical Approach and Turnaround Time The offeror must present a clear, detailed approach outlining sample collection, transport protocols, and processing times. The proposal must demonstrate the capability to meet the Sunday through Saturday, 0730–1600 service window, with emergency turnaround times clearly outlined.

Subfactor C: Location and Geographic Accessibility The offeror's testing facilities/laboratory sites must be verified as being no greater than thirty (30) minutes driving time from the 172d Airlift Wing, and located strictly within the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

Technical Rating Methodology: The Technical Capability factor will be assigned one of the following adjectival ratings:

Adjectival Rating

Description

Outstanding

Proposal meets all solicitation requirements and demonstrates an exceptional approach. Contains multiple strengths that significantly benefit the Government. Risk of unsuccessful performance is extremely low.

Good

Proposal meets all solicitation requirements and demonstrates a thorough approach. Contains strengths that benefit the Government. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Acceptable

Proposal meets all basic solicitation requirements and demonstrates an adequate approach. Any weaknesses are minor and can be easily corrected. Risk of unsuccessful performance is moderate.

Marginal

Proposal does not meet some solicitation requirements or demonstrates a shallow, high-risk approach. Significant corrections are required to make it acceptable. Risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Unacceptable

Proposal fails to meet critical solicitation requirements (e.g., lacks CLIA/CAP certifications, or falls outside the 30-minute geographic limit). Cannot be made acceptable without major revision.

FACTOR 2: Past Performance

The Government will evaluate the offeror's record of recent and relevant performance to assess confidence in the offeror's ability to successfully execute this contract.

Recency: Performance must have occurred within three (3) years of the date of issuance of this solicitation.

Relevance: Performance will be evaluated based on the similarity of scope, magnitude of effort, and complexity to the medical laboratory requirements described in this PWS (e.g., multi-year contracts supporting military or comparable clinical entities).

Past Performance Confidence Ratings:

Confidence Rating

Description

Substantial Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral Confidence

No recent/relevant past performance record is available, or the performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence rating can be reasonably assigned. This rating is treated neither favorably nor unfavorably.

Limited Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

FACTOR 3: Price

The Government will evaluate price proposals using one or more of the price analysis techniques outlined in FAR 13.106-3. Price will not be adjectivally rated but will be evaluated for the following:

Total Evaluated Price (TEP) Calculation: The TEP will be calculated by multiplying the proposed unit prices in the contractor's Price Schedule/Ordering Catalog against the Government's estimated annual ordering quantities for each of the five (5) ordering periods (Base Year plus Years 2, 3, 4, and 5). The sum of all five periods will constitute the TEP.

Price Reasonableness: Proposed unit prices will be evaluated to ensure they are fair, reasonable, and represent what a prudent businessperson would pay in a competitive market environment.

Unbalanced Pricing: The Government will analyze proposals to detect any unbalanced pricing between individual line items or between ordering periods. Unbalanced pricing exists when the price of one or more items is significantly overstated or understated. Proposals determined to contain significantly unbalanced pricing may be rejected as unacceptable.

GPC Fees Assessment: Any GPC transaction fees or surcharges declared by the offeror will be added to the TEP for evaluation purposes. If no GPC fee structure is explicitly disclosed, the contractor will be contractually bound to accept GPC transactions with $0.00 in surcharges.

Additional Clauses and Provisions

52.219-1

52.232-39

52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (Oct 2022) (Full text incorporated by reference)

FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party (MAY 2014)

FAR 52.216-18 Ordering (AUG 2020) - Orders may be issued from the effective date of award through the end of the 5-year ordering period.

FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations (OCT 1995) - Minimum Order: $100.00; Maximum Order: $150,000.00 (subject to contracting officer finalization).

FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995)

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (JAN 2023)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause— “Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization. “Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF)... (Abbreviated for formatting)

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall— (1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and (2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(f) WAWF payment instructions.
(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below:

Field Name in WAWF

Data to be entered in WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC

F87700

Issue By DoDAAC

W50S7H

Admin DoDAAC

W50S7H

Ship To Code

F7G3MD

Service Approver (DoDAAC)

TBD

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC)

F7G3MD

(g) WAWF point of contact.
(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact. adam.surkin@us.af.mil
(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

(Other standard DFARS clauses incorporated by reference: 52.204-23, 52.204-24, 52.212-3, 52.212-5, 252.204-7016, etc.)