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COMBO SYNOPSIS - SOLICITATION

Gate Operator Upgrade Services for 309 AMARG B7011

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation FA4877-23-Q-A149 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2023-01 effective date 12/30/2022, DFARS change 12/30/2022 effective date 12/20/2022, and AFFARS AFAC 12/20/2022 effective date 12/20/2022. The Wage Determination 2015-5473 Revision #19 Dated 12/27/2022 will be incorporated into the final contract award.

(iv) The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 238990 with a small business size standard of $19.0M. This requirement is issued as a Woman Owned Small Business set-aside. **Please note: at this time the SAM.gov system will not allow the selection of NAICS 238990; current solicitation posting reflects 561210 Facility Support Services. Vendors submitting bid SHALL be under NAICS category 238990.**

(v) The contractor shall provide all parts, tools, equipment, materials, transportation, personnel, labor, supervision, and management to perform removal and installation services for the gate operators located at B7011 on the 309 AMARG complex, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (DMAFB) Tucson AZ.

(vi) The government intends to award a firm-fixed price contract for Gate Operator Upgrade Services in accordance with Performance Work Statement as outlined in Attachment 1 – CLIN Pricing Schedule.

(vii) Requested installation services shall be performed at B7011 located on the 309 AMARG Complex. All associated deliveries must be coordinated with the designated AMARG point of contact.

(viii) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021) is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. The following have been tailored to this procurement and are hereby added via addenda:

1. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the proposal, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The pricing proposal must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation.

Technical Acceptability, at a minimum, is defined as providing the requested gate operator replacement and associated services in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award without discussion, but reserves the right to conduct discussions. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a technical and price standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

2. System for Award Management Registration.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

“Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number” means the 9-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. (D&B) to identify unique business entities.

“Data Universal Numbering System+4 (DUNS+4) number” means the DUNS number means the number assigned by D&B plus a 4-character suffix that may be assigned by a business concern. (D&B has no affiliation with this 4-character suffix.) This 4-character suffix may be assigned at the discretion of the business concern to establish additional System for Award Management records for identifying alternative Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) accounts (see the FAR at Subpart 32.11) for the same concern.

“Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database” means that—

(1) The Offeror has entered all mandatory information, including the DUNS number or the DUNS+4 number, the Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) code, as well as data required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (see Subpart 4.14), into the SAM database; and

(2) The offeror has completed the Core, Assertions, and Representations and Certification, and Points of contact sections of the registration in the SAM database;

(3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fields, to include validation of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Offeror will be required to provide consent for TIN validation to the Government as a part of the SAM registration process.

(4) The Government has marked the record “Active”. (b)

(1) By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.

(2) The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “DUNS” or “DUNS+4” followed by the DUNS or DUNS+4 number that identifies the offeror’s name and address exactly as stated in the offer. The DUNS number will be used by the Contracting Officer to verify that the offeror is registered in the SAM database.

(c) If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one.

(1) An offeror may obtain a DUNS number—

(i) Via the internet at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform or if the offeror does not have internet access, it may call Dun and Bradstreet at 1-866-705-5711 if located within the United States; or

(ii) If located outside the United States, by contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office. The offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a U.S. Government contract when contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office.

(2) The offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:

(i) Company legal business name.

(ii) Trade style, doing business, or other name by which your entity is commonly recognized.

(iii) Company physical street address, city, state and Zip Code.

(iv) Company mailing address, city, state and Zip Code (if separate from physical).

(v) Company telephone number.

(vi) Date the company was started.

(vii) Number of employees at your location.

(viii) Chief executive officer/key manager.

(ix) Line of business (industry).

(x) Company Headquarters name and address (reporting relationship within your entity).

(d) If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror.

(e) Processing time, which normally takes 48 hours, should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation.

(f) Offerors may obtain information on registration at https://www.acquisition.gov.

(ix) FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021) is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. The following have been tailored to this procurement and are hereby added via addenda:

(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:

Factor 1: Price – The contractor’s Firm Fixed-Prices under each CLIN shall be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness, pursuant to regulation.

Factor 2: Technical – The offeror’s technical quote will be evaluated based on the Technical Factors stated below. Technical Acceptability will be rated as either Technically Acceptable or Not Technically Acceptable. In order to be considered Technically Acceptable, the contractor’s quote must meet all of the following Technical Factors:

Technical Sub-Factor 1: Adherence to PWS. The offeror must demonstrate its capability to meet requirements within the attached Performance of Work Statement.

Technical Sub-Factor 2: Certification. The offeror’s quote shall provide documentation that shows the contractor overseeing the project is a certified/authorized installer for the manufacturer of the gate operator.

(x) Each offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 and Alternate I, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (Dec 2022); or confirmation of registration in www.sam.gov with access to complete Reps & Certs.

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (Dec 2022), is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders – Commercial Items (Dec 2022), is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text.

(xiii) 52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference.

Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

www.acquisition.gov

Additionally, the following clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition:

**See COMBO Solicitation document attached for applicable clauses**

(xiv) NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: An optional site-visit will be held on Monday, 27 Feb 2023

at 1PM, Arizona Local Time. Interested parties whom would like to attend MUST notify the Points of

Contact no later than (NLT) Friday, 24 Feb 2023 by 1300 to confirm attendance. Site visit attendees

shall meet at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Visitor’s Center outside of the Craycroft Road gate

at no later than 1215 in a non-commercial vehicle.

(xv) Any questions shall be submitted by Tuesday, 28 Feb 2023 at 2 PM Mountain Standard Time to:

355th Contracting Squadron/PK-AMARG, Attn: Patricia Murray via email patricia.murray.6@us.af.mil

and Rachelle Jenkins, via e-mail: rachelle.jenkins.3@us.af.mil . An amendment will be issued

providing the Government’s answers all questions received.

(xvi) Quotations shall be submitted to Contract Administrator Patricia Murray via email

patricia.murray.6@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer Rachelle Jenkins via email

rachelle.jenkins.3@us.af.mil. For information regarding this solicitation, contact Rachelle Jenkins

at (520) 228-3598. Quotes are due no later than 12:00 NOON Mountain Standard Time on Thursday, 2

March 2023; quotes shall include the following:

Part 1- Technical Acceptability - Submit one (1) copy of technical capability narrative, limit to

10 pages. Must include documentation and certifications to support Technical sub-factor 2 as

described in section (ix)(a) above.

Part 2- Price – Submit one (1) copy of price schedule as well as itemized quote so a proper

evaluation can be conducted of parts and service to be provided.

Part 3- Representations And Certifications (Reps/Certs) – Submit IAW para (x) above

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS OR ATTACHMENTS

Attachment #: Item Description: Page(s):

1 CLIN Pricing Schedule 1

2 Performance Work Statement 9

3 Wage Determination 11

4 Cover w/lock Ex 1

5 Operator Box locations 1

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