ESG Tractor Trailer Training Course

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 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 solicitation is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is FA8051-13-RFQ-Tractor Trailer Training. The 772 ESS/PKH Contracting Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Florida, requires the following: Tractor Trailer Training for ten (10) Air Force Civil Engineer Equipment Operators. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-67 effective 22 Jul 2013, Defense Federal Acquisition Circular Notice DPN 20130710 effective 10 Jul 2013, and Air Force Acquisition Circular AFAC 2013-0327 effective 27 March 2013. This acquisition is competitive Full and Open under the North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 611519, Other Technical and Trade Schools, the small business size standard is $14 million. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: CLIN 0001 - Tractor Trailer Training Course Qty: 10 EA Tractor Trailer Training Course for ten (10) Air Force Civil Engineer Equipment Operators. The 2-3 week course (160 hours) includes as a minimum: performing operational checks, performing operator's maintenance, couple/uncouple, backing (4 hrs/day), over the road driving (4 hrs/day), and securing materials and construction equipment. The curriculum must be recognized by PTDI, CTVA, or equivalent. The contractor shall provide all management, tools, supplies, equipment, vehicles, and labor necessary to provide a 2-3 week (160 hours) training course that covers the following tasks at a minimum: -Perform Operational Checks -Perform Operator's Maintenance -Couple/Uncouple -Backing (4 hours per day) -Over the Road Driving (4 hours per day) -Securing Materials and Construction Equipment The curriculum must be recognized by the Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI), Commercial Vehicle Association (CTVA), or equivalent. Instructors must have a minimum of 5 years experience teaching tractor trailer operations. Instructors must have the skills to communicate effectively in oral and written form. Core staff should have operational experience in operations of tractor trailer combinations. The purpose of this training is to provide Air Force Civil Engineer Equipment Operators with the knowledge necessary to ensure safe and proper operating procedures when operating tractor trailer combinations. Heavy equipment operators Air Force wide utilize tractor trailer combinations to perform many tasks including transportation of equipment and tool assets to locations inside and outside of installation perimeters. It is crucial that our Airmen are trained in safe operating procedures prior to operating tractor trailer combinations. The equipment operators can be tested by the school for course completion purposes; however, the equipment operators will not be tested for a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) for Department of Motor Vehicle purposes. The awardee must be able to accept the Air Force SG physical and the drug and alcohol screening for the DOT physical and DOT drug and alcohol screening requirements. The classes can be done on two (2) different dates. The first class must start no later than 19 August 2013 and accommodate a minimum of three (3) and up to ten (10) equipment operators. The actual number of equipment operators that will attend the first class and the second class, if needed, cannot be determined until award is made and the actual start date and school location is known. BASIS FOR AWARD: The Government intends to award without discussions one firm fixed price contract for the acquisition of the service listed above. All interested parties must quote on the entire requirement. Award will be made to the lowest price responsible offeror that is determined to be technically acceptable. The Government intends to select one contractor; however, the Government reserves the right to award no contract at all. Since award will be based on initial responses, offerors are highly encouraged to quote their most advantageous pricing in their initial response. All offers must list your DUNS number, CAGE code, and Federal TIN with Company name, POC, and phone number. If you need to obtain or renew a DUNS number or CAGE code, please visit https://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an Offeror ineligible for award. Vendor must also be registered in Wide Area Work Flow to receive payment through electronic funds transfer. If you are not currently registered, please visit the following website https://wawf.eb.mil/ to complete your registration. DEADLINE: Contractors' quotes shall be valid for 30 days after quotation due date. Offers are due on Wednesday, 07 August 2013, by 4:00 p.m. CST to Contract Specialist patrick.backus@us.af.mil and/or Contracting Officer mary.harriott@us.af.mil. PROVISIONS/CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference. It is the offeror's responsibility to be familiar with the applicable provisions and clauses (provisions and clauses may be accessed via the internet at: http://farsite.hill.af.mil, http://www.arnet.gov/far/, or http://safaq.hq.af.mil/contracting): FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors--Commercial Items FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items FAR 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran- Representation and Certificates FAR 52.232-1, Payments FAR 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment FAR 52.232-11, Extras FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated in full text: FAR 52.212-3 ALT I, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items (Offeror must submit a completed copy of this provision with its proposal for the proposal to be considered or it must be completed in the System for Award Management System. See https://www.sam.gov for online submittal) FAR 52.219-1 Alt I, Small Business Program Representation [fill-in: NAICS Code: 611519] FAR 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports FAR 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance FAR 52.232-23, Assignment of Claims FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference [fill-in: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm] FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference [fill-in: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm] FAR 52.252-3, Alterations in Solicitation FAR 52.252-5, Authorized Deviations in Provisions [fill-in: (b) The use in this solicitation of any DFARS (48 CFR Chapter 2) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.] FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses. [fill-in: (b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any DFARS (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.] FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, the following clauses apply: FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations FAR 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities FAR 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FAR 52.232-33, Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration FAR 52.237-11, Accepting and Dispensing of $1 Coin The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by full text: DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product DFARS 252.204-7004 Alternate A, System for Award Management DFARS 252.209-7001, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Terrorist Country DFARS 252.209-7002, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government DFARS 252.209-7004, Subcontracting with Firms That Are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Terrorist Country DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American Statute-Balance of Payments Program Certificate DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities DFARS 252.226-7001, Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, And Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments DFARS 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications. DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment. DFARS 252.247-7022, Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea The following Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) clause applies and incorporated in full text: AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM or AFISRA ombudsmen, Director, Enterprise Sourcing Group, HQ AFMC/ESG, 1940 Allbrook Dr Bldg 1, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, 937-257-8980; facsimile 937-257-7791. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. The following DFARS clause requires the contractor to complete and submit with their offer: DFARS 252.209-7997, Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction Under Any Federal Law - DOD Appropriations (Deviation 2013-O0006) (a) In accordance with section 101 (a) (3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013, (Pub. L. 112-175) none of the funds made available by that Act for general appropriations for DoD may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that- (1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, unless the agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (b) The Offeror represents that- (1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, (2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.