Equipment & Installation of Vehicular Components

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number FA46641228A001 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-30, effective February 17, 2009. This RFQ is issued as a 100% small business set-aside and firm-fixed price acquisition. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 423120 with a small business size standard of 100 employees. Offered facilities should be within 30 miles radius of March Air Reserve Base. The Government reserves the right to do business directly with the staff of the offered facilities. The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, transportation, equipment, tools, materials, and other items and services necessary to provide equipment and installation of various vehicular components on Government owned Security Forces vehicles at March Air Reserve Base, California, in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) which is an attachment to this combined synopsis/solicitation, and will be made part of any resulting contract award. The required period of performance is 30 calendar days after contract award. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items. The following factors shall be used to evaluate proposals: (1) Technical Acceptability and (2) Price. Technical acceptability shall be evaluated as a pass or fail in meeting all requirements of the SOW. Price evaluation shall be based on the lowest overall price offered in the proposal. Evaluation of proposal may be made without discussions with the offerors(s). All interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov for status of this combined synopsis/solicitation and any applicable amendments thereto. To be eligible for award under this combined synopsis/solicitation, offerors must be registered on the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov. Effective January 1, 2005 in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, offerors are required to submit On-line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://www.bpn.gov/. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions required to implement statutes or executive orders-Commercial items; 52.233-2 Service of Protests; 52.233-3 Protest After Award; 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.225-1 Buy American Act--Supplies; 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports; 52.222-25 Affirmative Actions Compliance; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer; FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, and FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. Full text language of provisions and clauses incorporated by reference can be located at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. The Department of Defense requires payment of contractor invoices be made electronically in accordance with DFARS Clause 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Request, with procedures available at http://www.wawf.eb.mil. FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds is hereby incorporated in full text: Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. Deadline for submission of all proposals will be no later than August 25, 2011 at 3:00 PM PST. Proposals may be mailed to 452 MSG/LGC, ATTN: Contracting Officer - FA46641228A001, 1940 Graeber St., Bldg. 449, March ARB, CA 92518-1650, or sent electronically under Subject: RFQ FA46641228A001 Provide Equipment & Installation of Vehicular Components on Vehicles, to the following e-mail address: sissy.widman@us.af.mil. Fax proposal will not be accepted. For further information regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation, please contact Ms. Sissy Widman, Purchasing Agent, telephone (951) 655-5386.