68 -- Deicer Fluid

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. 2. Solicitation number F1D1096242A300 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). All firms or individuals responding must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), which can be found at http://www.ccr.gov/ . 3. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-12 and DCN 20060814. 4. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. If there are no offers received from a small business concern, this acquisition for small business set-aside may be dissolved and the acquisition open to all responsive bidders. NOTE: This acquisition will not be reposted to the Electronic Posting System if the acquisition is dissolved for 100% small business consideration. The NAICS code is 325199 and the size standard is 1000. 5. This solicitation contains one (1) line item as follows: CLIN 0001: Potassium Acetate based liquid runway deicer with corrosion inhibitor (fluid to contain no other chemicals) to be used to clean/flush aircraft lavatory systems. QTY-16,000 Gallons to be delivered in four (4) shipments of 4,000 gallons. Fluid must be pumped into a Government furnished storage tank upon each 4,000 gallon delivery. Deicer fluid must be in compliance with all Federal, State, and Commercial Standards. 6. Delivery date: Approximate delivery is once per quarter. Place of delivery: 89 APS/TRX 1245 Arnold Avenue, Andrews AFB, MD 20762. 7. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, applies to this acquisition. Multiple offerors and awards are hereby deleted from this solicitation. All quotes must be for all items, as stated, partial quotes will not be considered. Award will be made to a single vendor. All inquiries or questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted in writing by the concern party at least 2 business days prior to closing date. 8. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items applies. Price and delivery are the evaluation factors. Addendum to Paragraph (a), The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this RFQ to the most responsive, responsible offers whose offer represents the best value in terms of the following factors in descending order. 1. Price 2. Delivery: Offers will be evaluated for completeness, reasonableness and competitiveness and ability to deliver IAW the required delivery terms (Four 4,000 Gallon deliveries). An offeror?s proposed price would be determined by multiplying the quantities identified in the pricing schedule by the proposed fixed unit price by contractor line item number to confirm the extended amount. The Government reserves the right to enter into an agreement with other than lowest offeror. The Government intends to enter into an agreement without discussions, nevertheless, the Government may communicate with an offeror in order to clarify or verify information submitted in its offer 9. Offerors must submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications Commercial, with its offer. FAR 52.212-3 can be downloaded from the internet: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. Offerors that fail to furnish the required representation information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation, may be excluded from consideration. 10. All FAR clauses and provisions incorporated by reference may be viewed in full text via the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ or http://www.arnet.gov/far/ . The following provisions are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; 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; FAR 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports; FAR 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance; FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. The following clauses are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations; FAR 52.219-2, Equal Low Bids; FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers With Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference. The clause at DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, and specifically the following clauses under paragraph (b) are applicable: 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program; 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests; 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration. 11. If interested, e-mail, fax or mail your offer to the POC stated herein. Quotations must be received no later than 9:00am EST, October 10, 2006. The Government prefers that all offers are e-mailed to the point-of-contact below with solicitation number (F1D1096242A300) and contractors name listed in the subject block. Facsimile proposals will be accepted at 301-981-1910. Mail offers/proposals should be mailed to: 316 CONS/LGCBA, 1419 Menoher Drive, Andrews AFB MD 20762 (Attn: Base Support/2dLt Jennifer Roesch- F1D1096242A300). 12. The Government Primary point-of-contact is 2dLt Jennifer Roesch. Commercial: 301-981-2302 (jennifer.roesch@andrews.af.mil). Alternate point-of-contact is Capt Thomas Maffei. Commercial: 301-981-2301 (thomas.maffei@andrews.af.mil).