DRUM MAJOR MACE (STAFF) AND BALDRIC (SASH)

OPEN MARKET REQUEST FOR QUOTATION 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 this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is not a small business set-aside, therefore, any responsible source may submit a quote. This is an OCONUS requirement: FAR 19.000(b) applies. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-01 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement Publication Notice (DPN) 20190215. THIS NOTICE CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. Basis for Award. *ONLY OPEN MARKET PRICING WILL BE CONSIDERED* Addendum to 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors. Offerors shall submit their response to this RFQ and all questions via email to contact@example.gov no later than the posted Response Date of 29 May 2019 1600 EST in this listing. SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS 1. All materials awarded under this contract are expected to be delivered 30 days after the date of award. 2. Shipping terms shall be F.O.B. Origin - Freight Prepaid in accordance with FAR 52.247-32. In order for your quote to be considered responsive, any associated prepaid shipping costs must be identified in the quote, and will be evaluated as part of the overall price. The offeror may submit a ZERO shipping cost; however, ZERO cost must also be clearly specified in the quote. Failure to fill in the required information may result in your quote being considered non-responsive by the Government. 3. The Government prefers shipment via the United States Postal Service (USPS) to the Fleet Postal Office (FPO) address listed below. Orders ineligible for shipment via USPS due to size, weight, or other restriction, shall be delivered via Defense Logistics Agency Container Consolidation Point (DLA CCP) at Tracy, California, for trans-shipment to its ultimate OCONUS destination via Defense Transportation System. Additional marking and packing instructions apply and will be provided upon award. ? 4. USPS SHIPMENT: a. Unit (TBD), Box (TBD) FPO AP 96373-0286 DLA CCP SHIPMENT D.O. # M67400-XX-P-XXXX Defense Logistics Agency Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin Tracy Depot, Bldg. 30 CCP 25600 Chrisman Road Tracy, CA 95376 OVERSEAS SHIPMENTS: CLIN0001: COMMAND DRUM MAJOR STAFF (MACE) - Shall measure 60 inch overall in length (including head and cane staff) and consist of a hand spun gold head to No 1. Military polishing pattern in gold (shown as gold below) and fitted to a Malacca cane (type of wood), adorned with a handmade collar, long ferrule and double plated trace chain crossed. - The head features a deep engraved title head " III MEF BAND OKINAWA". - The head shall be between 4 and 5 inches in diameter with a gradual decrease in slope to fit the cane. - The head is topped by a final gold plate inscribed " UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS" and mounted with the United States Marine Corps badge in silver (as shown in Enclosure 1). - The head shall be hard gold plate and is also adorned with the Silver United States Marine Corps badge (2 inches wide to 3 inches tall, shown in Enclosure 1) to the front and the Iwo Jima Memorial badge (shown in Enclosure 1) to the reverse, both above a 10mm plain band in sterling silver, deep engraved with " SEMPER FIDELIS" - Shall have a 1 inch tall silver coronet of Acanthus leaves at its base. - When complete the head shall be between 7 and 9 inches tall. - Shall have all mounts to be highly polished and hard gold plate to .5 microns with all badges in sterling silver. - Shall include a heavy duty carrying case. Qty: 0001 EA CLIN0002: COMMAND DRUM MAJOR SHASH (BALDRIC) - Shall be fully embroidered in gold and silver bullion and colored silks to the U.S. Marine Corps facings, campaign honors in black, edged in gold wire and gold wire returns, inscribed " III MEF BAND", "OKINAWA". - The sash shall be 32 inches Long and 6.5 inches Wide. - Shall contain a set of 16 continuous campaign honors (listed with correct spellings and order shown in Enclosure 1) in black superfine material and gold wire returns and edged in gold wire. - Each Campaign Honor (specifically listed in Enclosure 1 in order) shall be 4 inches wide by 5/8 inch long with gold lettering on black cloth and gold edging. - Last Campaign Honor (Global War on Terror) shall be 2 inches from the bottom of the "front" of the sash. - All on a superfine cloth ground of mid scarlet. - Superfine cloth shall be backed and mated to a straight grained black color resistant leather backing. - The total materials shall not exceed the maximum of (1/4 inch) thickness. - The sash shall be edged in two rows of 1/2 inch wide gold Bias and Strand (B&S) lace separated with black superfine cloth, fitted with hardwood gold tipped mini drumsticks, gold plated mounts, on straight grained black color resistant leather backing. - Shall include lockable carrying case. - Current III MEF Logo (as shown in Enclosure 1) will be centered on the front of the sash 3 inches above the first Campaign Honors (measured from top of Honors to center of logo). - The continuous title " III MEF BAND" and "OKINAWA" shall be 3 inches above the Current III MEF Logo (Shown in Enclosure 1) and shall have 1/2 inch of spacing between "III MEF BAND" and "OKINAWA". - Back-Side of the Sash shall contain the following: Shisa Dogs notes - The top left Shisa has a closed mouth, the bottom right one has an open mouth. The heads need to be parallel with the ground when the baldric is being worn. Please shrink design to make it fit correctly. Both Shisa Dogs will be embroidered in Gold; with the bottom Shisa Dogs mouth black (as pictured in Enclosure 1). Bottom Shisa Dog must be 6 inches from the bottom of the back of the sash and the top Shisa must be 4 inches from the top of the sash; both centered horizontally in the middle of the sash. Qty: 0001 EA The following FAR and DFAR provisions apply: FAR 52.252-1: Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), Full text of each provision may be accessed electronically at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ FAR 52.204-7: System for Award Management (Oct 2018), FAR 52.204-13: System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018), FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors (Oct 2018), Addendum - see section above entitled: Addendum to 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors, DFARS 252.203-7005: Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov 2011), DFARS 252.204-7008: Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (Oct 2006), DFARS 252.209-7999: Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Class Deviation 2012-O0004) (Oct 2018), DFARS 252.213-7000: Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System'Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations. (Mar 2018), The following FAR and DFAR clauses apply: FAR 52.252-2: Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), Full text of each clause may be accessed electronically at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ FAR 52.204-19: Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014), FAR 52.209-10: Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015), FAR 52.212-4: Contract Terms and conditions - Commercial Items (Oct 2018), FAR 52.212-5: Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items DEVIATION (Jan 2019), FAR 52.222-19: Child Labor -- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018), FAR 52.223-18: Encouraging contractor Policies to Ban Text messaging While Driving (Aug 2011), FAR 52.232-33: Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer -System for Award Management (Oct 2018), FAR 52.232-40: Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013), FAR 52.233-1: Disputes (May 2014), FAR 52.233-3: Protest After Award (Aug 1996), FAR 52.233-4: Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004), FAR 52.243-1: Changes- Fixed Price (Aug 1987), FAR 52.247-1: Commercial Bill of Lading Notations (Feb 2006), FAR 52.247-32: F.O.B. Origin, Freight Prepaid (Feb 2006), DFARS 252.203-7000: Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 2011), DFARS 252.203-7002: Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013), DFARS 252.204-7003: Control of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 1992), DFARS 252.204-7012: Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (Oct 2016) , DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support (May 2016), DFARS 252.211-7003: Item Unique Identification and Valuation (Mar 2016), DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Jun 2013), DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Dec 2017), DFARS 252.225-7043: Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense Contractors Outside the United States (Jun 2015), DFARS 252.232-7003: Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 2018), DFARS 252.232-7006: Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018), (f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order: (1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s): COMBO Report (2) (2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract. (3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system. Routing Data Table* Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC M67443 Issue By DoDAAC M67400 Admin DoDAAC M67400 Inspect By DoDAAC Ship To Code M20380 Ship From Code Mark For Code M20380 Service Approver (DoDAAC) Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) M20380 Accept at Other DoDAAC LPO DoDAAC DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Other DoDAAC(s) This contract is intended for ultimate shipment overseas. Therefore, the vendor is required to preserve, package and pack all items. The vendor shall use the best commercial practice for export shipment, to ensure safe delivery to overseas consignee. All items shall be given the degree of preservation and packing to afford protection against corrosion, deterioration, and damage during shipment to its ultimate destination. Any shipping container or palletized load exceeding 200 pounds gross weight shall be provided with skids with a minimum of 3 7/8" clearance for the purpose of handling with a forklift device or lifting lugs that allows for ease in loading/unloading . Loads in excess of 200 pounds must have 3 7/8" minimum clearance skids . Wood packaging materials must be ISPM certified . Truckload shipments greater than 10,000 pounds and/or 800 cubic feet must be palletized (END SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS) Please see the below for the requirement's details: The quote shall contain all requested products as the contract award will be made in aggregate. Therefore, any quote received without all products priced will be considered non-responsive. Offerors are instructed to completely fill out the attached coversheet and return it along with your quote. Quotes submitted without the required coversheet will not be evaluated nor considered for award. The Government intends to issue a single purchase order, and will award to the responsible offeror with satisfactory past performance, who provides the lowest price quote conforming to the solicitation and the specifications identified. Solicitations for supplies valued less than $1 million will use the past performance evaluation procedures outlined in DFARS 213.106-2 and described in clause 252.213-7000, incorporated herein. Price evaluation will typically be conducted through price competition, as authorized in FAR 15.4. The offeror's quoted shipping costs, if any, will be included in the price evaluation.