Life Skills Instruction

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/ SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (i) 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. Proposals are requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation/synopsis reference number F1MTGT3183A001 and is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-70 dated 30 September 2013. (iv) This acquisition is being solicitated on an unrestricted basis. The associated NAICS code is 611710 with a $7,000,000.00 size standard. (v) Contractors shall submit a quote for: Life Skills Instruction at NAVCON Brig IAW Performance Work Statement, 1 base year (12 Months) + l option year (12 Months). All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered. A firm fixed price contract is contemplated. (vi) Life Skills Instruction at NAVCON Brig on Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. (See attached statement of work) (vii) ) Base performance period is 2 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2015; 1st option is 2 Jan 2015-01 Jan 2016. (viii) The following clauses and provisions are incorporated and will remain in full force in any resultant award: (full text of clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at this website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial. (ix) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items Evaluation. 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. The following evaluation criteria shall be used to evaluate offers in the following relative order of importance: Past performance and Price, where Past Performance is significantly more important thanPrice. If the lowest priced evaluated responsible offer is judged to have a Substantial Confidence Performance Assessment Rating that offer represents the best value for the Government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award shall be made without further consideration of any other offers. Offers shall provide1-3 RECENT AND RELEVANT REFERENCES FOR LIFE SKILLS INSTRUCTION. "Recent" is defined as; projects within the past three years. "Relevant" is defined as; performance effort involved essentially the same magnitude of effort and complexity this RFQ requires. (x) All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Item or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at http//orca.bpn.gov. (xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Condition-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (DEVIATION), applies to this acquisition. - FAR 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities - FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (May 2009) (Deviation) are incorporated by reference, however, the following clauses apply: - FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities - FAR 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports - FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity - FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers With Disabilities - FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act - Supplies Offerors are reminded that the Buy American Act restricts the purchase of supplies that are not domestic end products. - FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration (xiii) The following additional clauses are applicable to this procurement. - FAR 52.203-7, System for Award Management - FAR 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options - FAR 52.222-41 Services Contract Act of 1965 and current Wage Determination # WD 05-2473 (Rev.-15) - FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. The government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the contractor within 15 DAYS. - FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. (a) The government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the contractor within 15 DAYS; provided that the Government gives the contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 DAYS before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) Lf the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 30 MONTHS. - FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award - FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside - FAR 52.2 19-14, Limitations on Subcontracting - FAR 52.219-17, Section 8(a) Award - FAR 52.2 19- 18, Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(a) Concerns - FAR 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside - FAR 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Representation - FAR 52.219-29, Notice of Total Set-Aside for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) Concerns - FAR 52.219-30, Notice of Total set-Aside for Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program - FAR 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires In compliance with the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR Part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332. This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination. Employee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits - 15060 - Educational Technologist WG-9 $20.93 + 32.45% - FAR 52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act - Price Adjustment. - FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons - FAR 52.228-5 Insurance-Work on a Government Installation, 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-6 Superintendence by the Contractor - FAR 52.232-99, Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors (DEVIATION) - FAR 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms - DFARS 252.204-7004, Alternate A, System for Award Management - DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American Act (BAA) - Balance of Payments Program Certificate - DFARS 252-225.7001, BAA - Balance of Payments Program DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors - DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Contractor shall submit payment requests and receiving reports using WAWF, in one of the following electronic formats that WAWF accepts: Electronic Data Interchange, Secure File Transfer Protocol, or World Wide Web input. Information regarding WAWF is available on the Internet at https://wawf.eb.mil/. The WAWF routing information will be provided upon award.) - DFARS 252.246-7000, Material Inspection And Receiving Report - AFFARS 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (NOV 2012) (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 interested 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, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Mr. Gregory ONeal, HQ AMC/A7K, 042 Scott Drive, Unit 2A2, Scott AFB, IL, 62225, (618) 229-0267, fax (618) 256-6668, email: Gregory.Oneal@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested 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 (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431. (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. (End of clause) . - AFFARS 5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations - AFFARS 5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations See 23.804(a) -- Contract Clauses: Except for contracts that will be performed outside the United States and its outlying areas, insert the clause at: (xv) Response to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email, fax, mail, or delivery by 16 December 2013 no later than 0900 Eastern Standard Time. Requests should be marked with solicitation number F1MTGT3183A001. (xvi) Address questions and quotes to A1C Randy Brittingham at (843) 963-3337 or email randy.brittingham@us.af.mil. For more opportunities, visit http://www.airforcesmallbiz.org (see Contract Opportunities at the right side-bar. Direct link: http://airforcesmallbiz.org/opportunities/index.php Also see http://www.sba.gov