DS3 Line
The solicitation number is FA9302-15-M-L009. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared IAW the format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation for this requirement. This is a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-77 and DFARs Change Notice (DCN) 20141113. Federal Supply Class (FSC)/Product Service Code (PSC) code is D322. NAICS is 517110 and the size standard is 1500 employees.
This acquisition is for full and open competition. The Air Force Flight Test Center Directorate of Contracting, Operational Contracting Division, Edwards Air Force Base, CA is seeking to purchase the following service:
Commercial ISP line for Netherlands (NLD) partners within the Joint Strike Fighter program. The NLD has approval to operate their F-35 ground systems on their national network, called TITAAN. The DS3 line is required to connect the TITAAN enclave at Edwards to the TITAAN cloud in the Netherlands. NLD personnel will use this DS3 line in performance of their daily duties as part of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Operational Test Team (JOTT). See attached the Statement of Requirement (SOR).
Base Year (FY15)
1001: DS3 Installation and Equipment
1002: Monthly recurring cost (First Year/12 Months)
Option Year (FY16)
2001: Monthly recurring cost (2nd Year/12 Months)
Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the items described in this synopsis are invited to submit in writing a complete quote including delivery FOB destination (Edwards AFB, CA 93524). Offerors are required to submit with their quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the minimum requirements detailed in this synopsis.
CONTRACTORS MUST COMPLY WITH FAR 52.204-7 CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION AND DFARS 252.204-7004, ALTERNATE A.
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The following provisions and clauses apply:
FAR52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013)
FAR52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Nov 2014)
FAR52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Nov 2014)
FAR52.209-06 - Protecting the Governments Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment.
FAR52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations (May 2012)
FAR52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Apr 2014)
FAR52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014):
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: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)
FAR52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Nov 2014)
FAR52.212-3 Alt I
FAR52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (May 2014)
FAR52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)
FAR52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013)
FAR52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003)
FAR52.222.21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999)
FAR52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007)
FAR52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers With Disabilities (Jul 2014)
FAR52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011)
FAR 52.225-13 - Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008)
FAR 52.232-33 - Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-- System for Award Management (Jul. 2013)
FAR52.233-3 Protest after Award (Aug. 1996)
FAR52.233-4 Applicable Law For Breach Of Contract Claim (OCT 2004)
DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (SEP 2011)
DFARS 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (NOV 2011)
DFARS 252.204-7011 Alternative Line Item Structure (SEP 2011)
DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information (Nov 2013)
DFARS 252.204-7015 Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors (Feb 2014)
DFARS 252.223-7008 -- Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Jun 2013)
DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (Jun 2012)
DFARS 252.232-7006 -- Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions
DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006)
DFARS 252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel (Jun 2013)
DFARS 252.7017 Notice of Supply Chain Risk (Nov 2013)
DFARS 252.7018 Supply Chain Risk (Nov 2013)
DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jun 2013)
DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea (Apr 2014)
AF 5352.223-9000 Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) (Nov 2012)
AF 5352.201-9101 Ombudsmen (Nov 2012):
If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the Center/MAJ COM/DRU or AFISRA ombudsmen, Air Force Test Center Vice Commander, 1 South Rosamond Blvd, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-3784, phone number (661) 277-28 10, facsimile numbers (661) 277-7593 . Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA 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) 256-2397, facsimile number (571) 256-2431 .
Offers are due at to AFFTC/PZIEB, 5 South Wolfe Avenue, Building 2800, Edwards AFB, CA 93524, not later than 28 November 2014 at 8AM PST. E-mail address: falilou.diouck@us.af.mil
Point of Contact:
Falilou Diouck, Contract Specialist, Phone 661-277-3833, E-mail falilou.diouck@us.af.mil
Thomas Shea, Contract Officer, Phone 661-277-8450, E-mail thomas.shea.3@us.af.mil
Falilou T. Diouck, Contract Specialist, Phone 6612773833, Fax 6612770450, Email falilou.diouck@us.af.mil
