BD Affirm Reagent Purchase Agreement
The Air Force Test Center, Installation Operational Contracting Division, Eglin AFB, Florida intends to solicit and award a firm-fixed price contract for a BD Affirm Reagent Purchase Agreement. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures 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.
This is Request for Quotation numbered FA2823-17-Q-6034. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 with a size standard of 1000 employees. Please identify your business size in your response based upon this standard.
In accordance with the FAR Subpart 13.106-1(a)(2) offerors are notified that the award will be made to the lowest priced offeror that meets the minimum requirement or presents the best value to the government. Offer will be evaluated in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.106-2(b).
•1. Requirement:
CLIN 0001: AFFIRM VPIII 24 Test Kit -Baseline Year (Qty. 117 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2017 - 16 Apr 2018
CLIN 0002: AFFIRM VPIII ATTS Transport - Baseline Year (Qty. 28 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2017 - 16 Apr 2018
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CLIN 1001: AFFIRM VPIII 24 Test Kit - Option Year 1 (Qty. 117 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2018 - 16 Apr 2019
CLIN 1002: AFFIRM VPIII ATTS Transport - Option Year 1 (Qty. 28 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2018 - 16 Apr 2019
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CLIN 2001: AFFIRM VPIII 24 Test Kit - Option Year 2 (Qty. 117 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2019 - 16 Apr 2020
CLIN 2002: AFFIRM VPIII ATTS Transport - Option Year 2 (Qty. 28 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2019 - 16 Apr 2020
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CLIN 3001: AFFIRM VPIII 24 Test Kit - Option Year 3 (Qty. 117 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2020 - 16 Apr 2021
CLIN 3002: AFFIRM VPIII ATTS Transport - Option Year 3 (Qty. 28 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2020 - 16 Apr 2021
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CLIN 4001: AFFIRM VPIII 24 Test Kit - Option Year 4 (Qty. 117 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2021 - 16 Apr 2022
CLIN 4002: AFFIRM VPIII ATTS Transport - Option Year 4 (Qty. 28 EA)
PoP: 17 Apr 2021 - 16 Apr 2022
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•· The contractor shall deliver AFFIRM VPIII 24 Test Kits in the approximate quantity of 10 EA per month. The quantity is subject to vary based on the customer's needs that month.
•· The contractor shall deliver AFFIRM VPIII ATTS Transports in increments of 7 EA per quarter. The dates of the quarter shall be determined by the customer.
•· The offeror must be an authorized distributor designated by the manufacturer to distribute the specialty items specific to this requirement.
In accordance with, FAR 52.212-1(b)(4), offerors are reminded that as a minimum, offers must show a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary.
Quoted price should include FOB Destination and be valid through 17 May 2017.
The following provisions and clauses are incorporated in this notice and are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95 effective 19 Jan 2017. The following provisions and clauses are applicable:
Incorporated by Reference:
•· FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities
•· FAR 52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions
•· FAR 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights
•· FAR 52.204-4, Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper
•· FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management
•· FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items
•· FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications:
Offerors are reminded that an offeror shall complete only paragraphs (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 Statues or Executive Orders -
Commercial Items.
The following clauses cited within this clause are applicable:
•Ø FAR 52.203-6; Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government with Alternate I
•Ø FAR 52.204-10; Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
•Ø FAR 52.209-6; Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
•Ø FAR 52.219-8; Utilization of Small Business Concerns
•Ø FAR 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Re-representation
•Ø FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor
•Ø FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation With Authorities and Remedies
•Ø FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
•Ø FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity
•Ø FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veteran
•Ø FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities
•Ø FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans
•Ø FAR 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act
•Ø FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons
•Ø FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
•Ø FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
•Ø FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - System for Award Management
•· FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services
•· FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract
•· FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
•· FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
•· FAR 52.247-34, FOB Destination
•· FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/;
•· 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 Alt A, System for Award Management
•· DFARS 252.204-7011, Alternative Line Item Structure
•· DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting
•· DFARS 252.204-7015, Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors
•· DFARS 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System - Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations
•· DFARS 252.215-7008, Only One Offer
•· DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium
•· DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program
•· DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors
•· DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities
•· DFARS 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items
•· DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests
•· 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, Request for Equitable Adjustment
•· DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items
•· DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea
Incorporated by full text:
•· DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (DEVIATION 2016-O0001):
(a) Definitions. As used in this provision-
"Controlled technical information," "covered contractor information system," and "covered defense information" are defined in clause 252.204-7012, Safeguarding
Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (DEVIATION 2016-
O0001)(OCT 2015).
(b) The security requirements required by contract clause 252.204-7012,
Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting
(DEVIATION 2016-O0001)(OCT 2015) shall be implemented for all covered defense information on all covered contractor information systems that support the performance of this contract.
(c) If the Offeror anticipates that additional time will be necessary to implement derived security requirement 3.5.3 "Use of multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged accounts and for network access to non-privileged accounts" within National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171, "Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations (see http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-171), the Offeror shall notify the Contracting Officer that they will implement the requirement within 9 months of contract award.
(d) If the Offeror proposes to deviate from any of the security requirements in NIST SP 800-171that is in effect at the time the solicitation is issued or as authorized by the Contracting Officer, the Offeror shall submit to the Contracting Officer, for consideration by the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO), a written explanation of-
(1) Why a particular security requirement is not applicable; or
(2) How an alternative, but equally effective, security measure is used to compensate for the inability to satisfy a particular requirement and achieve equivalent protection.
(e) An authorized representative of the DoD CIO will approve or disapprove offeror requests to deviate from NIST SP 800-171 requirements in writing prior to contract award. Any approved deviation from NIST SP 800-171 shall be incorporated into the resulting contract.
(End of Provision)
•· DFARS 252.209-7998 (Dev), Representation Regarding Conviction of a Felony Criminal Violation under any Federal or State Law: In accordance with section 514 of Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, none of the funds made available by that Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that was convicted of felony criminal violation under any Federal or State 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 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government.
(b) The offeror represents that it is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal or State law within the preceding 24 months.
(End of provision)
•· DFARS 252.209-7999 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW (DEVIATION 2012-O0004) (JAN 2012)
•(a) In accordance with sections 8124 and 8125 of Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012,(Pub. L. 112-74) none of the funds made available by that Act 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, where the awarding 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.
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•· AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (C):
(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, [Insert names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail addresses of Center/MAJCOM/DRU/AFRCO/SMC ombudsman/ombudsmen]. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC 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 5352.223-9000 Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
Contractors shall not:
(1) Provide any service or product with any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that requires the use of a Class I ODS in the test, operation, or maintenance of any system, subsystem, item, component, or process; or
(2) Provide any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that establishes a test, operation, or maintenance requirement that can only be met by use of a Class I ODS as part of this contract/order.
[Note: This prohibition does not apply to manufacturing.]
(b) For the purposes of Air Force policy, the following products that are pure (i.e., they meet the relevant product specification identified in AFI 32-7086) are Class I ODSs:
(1) Halons: 1011, 1202, 1211, 1301, and 2402;
(2) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs): CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-111, CFC-112, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CFC-211, CFC-212, CFC-213, CFC-214, CFC-215, CFC-216, and CFC-217, and the blends R-500, R-501, R-502, and R-503; and
(3) Carbon Tetrachloride, Methyl Chloroform, and Methyl Bromide.
[NOTE: Material that uses one or more of these Class I ODSs as minor constituents do not meet the Air Force definition of a Class I ODS.]
(End of clause)
To view the provisions and clauses in full text, visit the web site http://farsite.hill.af.mil
Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) invoicing instructions will be incorporated in the contract document at award.
Vendors must be registered in System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) before award can be made. All responses must be received no later than 12:00 P.M., Central Standard Time on 14 April 2017. Send all packages via email to Jennifer Travis at Jennifer.Travis.1@us.af.mil. For questions, contact Jennifer Travis at 850-882-0203 or by e-mail at Jennifer Travis.1@us.af.mil. ;
Jennifer Travis, Phone 8508820203, Email jennifer.travis.1@us.af.mil - Jason Ward, Contracting Offiicer, Phone 8508824418, Email jason.ward.9@us.af.mil
