Optimizing the Human Weapon System (OHWS) Equipment

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with (IAW) 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. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) number FA489720QA084 shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this RFQ. The RFQ document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2020-07; Effective 3 Aug 2020. This is a set-aside 100% for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 339920 with a size standard of 750 employees. The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitation is for Optimizing the Human Weapon System (OHWS) IAW the attached Specifications (attachment 1). The bid schedule and contract line item number (CLIN) schedule is attached (attachment 2). Ship to address: Mountain Home AFB ID, 83648 *FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Jun 2020) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies: FAR 52.212-1 Addenda: A firm fixed price contract is anticipated. Due to fiscal constraints the quote shall not exceed $200,000.00. See attached brand name justifications. The Government reserves the right to award to multiple vendors based upon vendors ability to quote all/some items. The following words stating - offer, - offeror, and - proposal are replaced with - quotation, - vendor, and - quote. Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear above. Paragraph (b) (4) is revised as follows: Descriptive literature of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in this solicitation are required with submission of quote. Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes. RFQ due date: 19 Aug 2020 RFQ due time: 1:30 P.M. MST THIS MUST BE SENT TO contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov AS STATED BELOW, OR THE ADDRESS IF MAILING. ANYTHING OTHERWISE CAN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE. YOU MAY WISH TO PLACE A READ/DELIVERY RECEIPT. Note: .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through our email system. All questions regarding this RFQ must be email to contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov by 1:30 P.M. MST on 14 Aug 2020. Please provide the following information with your quote: Company Name: ____________ DUNS Number: ____________ Cage Code: _______________ Shipping Costs shall be included in this solicitation. All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be considered for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of contract award. FAR Provision *52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition and the following evaluation is applicable: 1. Basis for Award (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this RFQ to the responsible vendor whose quote conforming to the RFQ will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Evaluation Factors and steps: Price Factor, meeting requirements of the attached Salient Characteristics (Conformance) and Past Performance: Step 1: Evaluate all quotations for acceptability. Step 2: Rank all acceptable quotations based upon offeror's Total Evaluated Price (TEP) in ascending order from lowest price to highest price. Step 3: Evaluate the lowest three (3) offeror's conformance to the attached specifications by verifying the quoted products will satisfy all aspects of the Specifications Sheet. Step 4: Evaluate past performance beginning with the lowest priced offoror until a rating of acceptable is received; then move to step five (5). See FAR 13.106-2(b)(3) for more information on evaluating past performance. Step 5: Make a Best-Value decision based on meeting requirements of the attached Salient Characteristics (Conformance), performance evaluation and a determination the price is fair and reasonable. (a) A written notice of award or acceptance of a quote, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful vendor within the time for acceptance specified in the quote, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the quote's specified expiration time, the Government may accept a quote (or part of a quote), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of Provision) 52.225-18 - Place of Manufacture (Aug 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause - Manufactured end product means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except (1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) FSG 88, Live Animals; (4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables; (5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials; (6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible; (7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products; (8) FSC 9610, Ores; (9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and (10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials. - Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture. (b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly (1) [ ] In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or (2) [ ] Outside the United States. (End of provision) Discussions: The government intends to award a purchase order without discussions with respective vendors/quoters. The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest. FAR Provision *52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Jun 20), with its Alternate I (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition. All vendors must be registered in System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at the time of Quote submittal. FAR clause at *52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Oct 18), applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum: Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the quote terms and conditions and/or agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract. FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Jul 20), additionally, the following FAR clauses cited in 52.212-5 are applicable: (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)). 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91). 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (AUG 2019) (Section 89(a)(1)(A) 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015). 52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31U.S.C.3553). 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78 (19U.S.C.3805 note)). (b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jun 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Jun 2020) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Mar 2020) (15 U.S.C.644). 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (May 2020) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O.11755). 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2020) (E.O.13126). 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015). 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O.11246). 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (29 U.S.C.793). 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627). 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) (E.O. 13513). 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332). (c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: N/A (d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records-Negotiation. (1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor's directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract. (2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved. (3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law. (e) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause- (i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Jun 2020) (41U.S.C.3509). (ii) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)). (iii) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91). (iv) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2018) (15U.S.C.637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $700,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities. (vi) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015). (vii) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O.11246). (viii) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020) (38U.S.C.4212). (ix) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (29U.S.C.793). (x) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38U.S.C.4212) (xi) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40. (xii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug2018) (41U.S.C.chapter 67). (xiii) (A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019) (22U.S.C.chapter78 and E.O 13627). (B) Alternate I (Mar2015) of 52.222-50(22U.S.C.chapter78 and E.O 13627). (xiv) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements (May2014) (41U.S.C.chapter67). (xv) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-Requirements (May2014) (41U.S.C.chapter67). (xvi) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015) (E.O. 12989). (xvii) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015). (xviii) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2017) (E.O. 13706). (xix) (A) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (Jan 2017) (5U.S.C.552a). (B) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.224-3. (xx) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10U.S.C. 2302 Note). (xxi) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (Jun 2020) (42U.S.C.1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6. (xxii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46U.S.C. Appx.1241(b) and 10U.S.C.2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64. (2) While not required, the Contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations. (End of Clause) The following additional *FAR Clauses are applicable to this solicitation: 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting. (Aug 2020) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance. (Aug 2020) 52.204-7 System for Award Management. (Oct 2018) 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. (Oct 2018) 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Dec 2019) 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation. (Jan 2017) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. (Dec 2013) 52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-Representation. (Dec 2016) The following *DFARS Clauses are applicable to this solicitation: 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials. (Sep 2011) 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights. (Sep 2013) 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials. (Nov 2011) 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product. (Apr 1992) 252.204-7006 Billing Instructions. (Oct 2005) 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support. (May 2016) 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation. (Mar 2016) 252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors. (Jan 2018) 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium. (Jun 2013) 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program. (Dec 2017) 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors. (Dec 2017) 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items. (Jun 2013) 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. (Dec 2018) 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions. (Dec 2018) 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments. (Dec 2006) 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications. (Dec 1991) 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items. (Jun 2013) The following *AFFARS clauses are applicable to this solicitation: 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Oct 2019) The full text of these clauses and (*) provisions may be assessed electronically at the website: https://www.acquisition.gov/. NOTE: ALL PROVISIONS WILL BE REMOVED AT TIME OF AWARD BUT SHALL REMAIN PART OF THE CONTRACT FILE. Attachments: 1. Specifications Sheet 2. Pricing Sheet 3. Brand Name Justifications