MODIFICATION
66 -- Solvent Distillation and Flush System
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/WNMRP AFMETCAL, 813 Irving Wick Dr. W. Bldg 2, Heath, Ohio, 43056-6116, United States
- ZIP Code
- 43056-6116
- Solicitation Number
- FA2263-14-Q-0018
- Archive Date
- 4/10/2015
- Point of Contact
- Frank Capuano, Phone: 740-788-5046, Amy I Poling, Phone: 740-788-5045
- E-Mail Address
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Frank.Capuano@us.af.mil, Amy.Poling@us.af.mil
(Frank.Capuano@us.af.mil, Amy.Poling@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-72, DAC 91-13, and Defense Publication Notice (DPN) 20140331. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and a written request for quotation (RFQ) will not be issued. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any). AFMETCAL at Heath OH intends to award a firm fixed price contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) in accordance with FAR Part 13 and FAR Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, for the purchase of a Solvent Distillation and Flush System with a COTS manual. The RFQ number is FA2263-14-Q-0018 and shall be referenced on any offer submitted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334513 and the business size standard is 500 employees. This RFQ is being solicited as unrestricted. Products offered shall be commercially available. Items proposed shall be new units. Reconditioned, remanufactured, or used items are not acceptable and shall not be proposed. The units must meet the requirements of Purchase Description 14M-243A-FL,Rev.2, dated 31 Mar 2014, with a standard commercial warranty and data in accordance with DD Form 1423. The Purchase Description and requirements for data delivery on the contract data requirements list are available for download at this site. Please review ALL documents carefully. Delivery of 1 each shall be due 120 days after receipt of award notification and can arrive at the destination no sooner than 7 days before the required delivery date. Accelerated delivery is not permitted unless authorized by the contracting officer. The unit will be shipped to AFMETCAL in Heath Ohio. Delivery shall be FOB destination. The unit will undergo acceptance testing which will be completed within 45 days after receipt of the unit at AFMETCAL in Heath Ohio. Invoice may not be submitted in WAWF until the unit has been accepted. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date for receipt of offers. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. The current versions of the following provisions and clauses, both by reference or full text, apply to this acquisition and are incorporated herein: FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Governments Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment; FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations; FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation--Commercial Items - (a) 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 factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. Technical. Capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirements as stated in the purchase description and 2. Price. Award will be based on technical acceptability (acceptable or not acceptable) and then lowest total evaluated price. Technical acceptability will be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted in response to this request for quotation. Technical Tradeoffs will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability. All offeror's shall provide with their proposal: descriptive literature, brochures, and a technical proposal response. Offerors must submit sufficient technical literature, documentation, etc., in order for the Government to make an adequate technical assessment of the proposed unit. The technical proposal response MUST include a written line-by-line response to each paragraph number of the purchase description. A simple statement of compliance is not acceptable. Where the technical literature demonstrates that the proposed unit meets the requirement of a specific purchase description paragraph you may reference that page and paragraph of the technical literature in your technical response in lieu of restating it. The total evaluated price will be calculated as follows: (1) The evaluated price will be the unit price proposed multiplied by the specified unit quantity (e.g. 1 EACH), (2) The sum of all CLINs will represent the total evaluated price. FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, with Alternate I. Each offeror shall include a completed copy of this provision. Offerors shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically via http://www.acquisition.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the System for Award Management (SAM) website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (DEVIATION); FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; 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 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds; FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management; FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award; FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; FAR 52.247-34 F.o.b. - Destination; DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials; DFARS 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials; DFARS 252.209-7999 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law; DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation; DFARS 252.225-7035 Buy American - Free Trade Agreements - Balance of Payments, with Alternate IV; DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American - Free Trade Agreements - Balance of Payments Program, with Alternate IV; DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data - Commercial Items; DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data; DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Request and Receiving Reports; DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions; DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments; DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items; DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea, with Alternate III; AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman - When appropriate, potential offerors may contact Ombudsman Jill Willingham, AFLCMC/AQP at Phone 312-785-5472. It is the offeror's responsibility to be familiar with the applicable provisions and clauses. To view provisions and clauses in full text see website (http://farsite.hill.af.mil). Offers need to adhere to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items; and include a completed FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications. The Government's preferred method is Online Representations and Certifications. The reps and certs in FAR 52.212-3 fill-in must be completed and returned with offer. This can be accomplished by registering in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov and completing the on-line Representations and Certifications. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at SAM and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payment (invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Wide Area WorkFlow-Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at no cost to the contractor. Contractors must complete vendor training, which is also available at no cost at http://www.wawftraining.com. Prior to submitting invoices in the production system, contractors must register for an account at http://wawf.eb.mil/. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The government reserves the right to limit the number of offers reviewed for award, for efficiency purposes. The offer must: (1) be valid for a period of 90 days, (2) be for the item described in the purchase description, (3) be FOB Destination, (4) include a delivery schedule and discount/payment terms, (5) include copy of commercial price list, (6) include name of and be signed by an authorized company representative along with telephone number, facsimile number, and email address, (7) include taxpayer identification number (TIN), CAGE Code Number and DUNS Number, (8) include a technical proposal that includes a written line-by-line response to the PD, (9) include copy of offeror's standard commercial warranty, (10) completed FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications. Offerors shall ensure information in SAM is current. CLINs should be priced as follows: CLIN 0001 Solvent Distillation and Flush System, 1 each CLIN 0002 Data Requirements, 1 each The government reserves the right to incorporate the successful offeror's technical proposal into any contract resulting from this solicitation. This will be a DO-A70 rated order. Offers are due by 30 May 2014 at 2:00 PM EDT to: Frank Capuano, AFMETCAL, 813 Irving-Wick Dr W, Bldg. 2, Heath OH 43056-1199. Facsimile submissions to 740-788-5157 are permissible with the follow-up of an original sent by overnight mail. Electronic submissions to frank.capuano@us.af.mil are permissible in a PDF compatible attachment with an original sent by overnight mail. Due to current Air Force requirements emails shall not include ZIP files. Offerors bare the risk for receipt of submitted offers being untimely. Offerors shall allow sufficient time for receipt of electronic submissions by the due date and time. Any offer or modifications to the offer received after the exact time specified for receipt of offers/quotes may not be considered. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which if received timely shall be considered by this agency. This amendment to the solicitation dated 30 April 2014 is to revise FAR clause 52.212-2 Evaluation -Commercial Items, to include On-Site Visit as a factor used to evaluate offers. As a result of this amendment the closing date for receipt of offerors under this solicitation is extended to 30 May 2014 at 2:00 PM EDT. All other solicitation requirements remain unchanged. FAR 52.212-2 is revised to read as follows: (a) 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 factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. On-Site Visit. Offeror shall make an on-site visit to AFMETCAL, Heath, OH to view the Flow Transfer Standard prior to submitting offer; 2. Technical. Capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirements as stated in the purchase description and 3. Price. Award will be based on whether an on-site visit was made to AFMETCAL Heath, OH prior to submission of offer (visit or no visit), technical acceptability (acceptable or not acceptable), and then lowest total evaluated price. On-Site visit will be determined solely on whether offeror made an on-site visit to AFMETCAL, Heath, OH during the time period specified within the solicitation to view the Flow Transfer Standard requiring the Solvent Distillation and Flush System. Offerors wishing to submit an offer shall make an on-site visit to AFMETCAL Heath, OH at no expense to the Government. On-site visits are to be made between the business days of 12-23 May 2014 during the hours of 8am through 1pm EDT. Offerors shall contact the Primary or Secondary Points of Contact, Frank Capuano or Amy Poling, to schedule a on-site visit. On-site visit must be scheduled and confirmed by AFMETCAL Contracting 72 hours or more prior to desired visit. Technical acceptability will be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted in response to this request for quotation. Technical Tradeoffs will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability. All offeror's shall provide with their proposal: descriptive literature, brochures, and a technical proposal response. Offerors must submit sufficient technical literature, documentation, etc., in order for the Government to make an adequate technical assessment of the proposed unit. The technical proposal response MUST include a written line-by-line response to each paragraph number of the purchase description. A simple statement of compliance is not acceptable. Where the technical literature demonstrates that the proposed unit meets the requirement of a specific purchase description paragraph you may reference that page and paragraph of the technical literature in your technical response in lieu of restating it. The total evaluated price will be calculated as follows: (1) The evaluated price will be the unit price proposed multiplied by the specified unit quantity (e.g. 1 EACH), (2) The sum of all CLINs will represent the total evaluated price.
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