Fire Truck Refurbishment
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 and authorized by FAR Subpart 13.5, 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. This requirement is Total Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS Code for this synopsis/solicitation is 336120, Size Standard 1000 Employees.
Solicitation/Purchase Request number F2K3AD4106A001 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This document incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-72 effective 29 April 2014.
The Government contemplates an award of a firm-fixed price contract for the following:
CLIN 0001: Fire Truck Maintenance
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SPECIFICATIONS: The repair and overhaul of several major and minor components of a single high mileage Fire Truck which is regularly used on steep terrain. A reliable loaner apparatus must be provided. The contractor is to pick up the vehicle and transport it to their facility, perform the required maintenance, and return the vehicle to the customer. Contractor personnel must be ASE trained and certified in the overhaul of fire apparatus. The minimum acceptable level of experience must be two years of on-the-job training, one year of factory training, or any two-year combination with documentation of training available upon request. The contractor shall be familiar with NFPA 1912, 1901, 1911, local, state, and federal codes and standards that apply to the overhaul, installation, and operation of emergency fire apparatus.
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<DFARS 252.209-7994 at bottom of solicitation must be completed and returned with quote.>
FOB: DESTINATION Inspection and Acceptance: DESTINATION
Desired Delivery Date: Not to exceed 150 days ARO
In accordance with the FAR 13.106-1(a)(2) offerors are notified that award will be made on the basis that the offer conforms to the statement of work and represents the best value to the government. In determining best value, the government will consider:
1. Price
2. Past Performance
3. Delivery Schedule
4. Warranty Terms
Relevant past performance is defined as "work experience similar to the work in the Statement of Work". The offeror with the lowest price is not guaranteed to receive the award.
In accordance with FAR 13.106(b)(1), offerors are notified that each may be required to provide documentation supporting the price, cost and/or cost realism supporting the quoted prices. Failure to furnish supporting documentation expressly requested and necessary for the agency to perform price, cost and/or cost realism analysis is grounds to reject the quote.
Offers may be submitted via: email to [email protected] (Preferred), by mail to AFNWC/PZIA, ATTN: Ryan LaFever, 8500 Gibson Blvd. SE, Bldg 20202, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117; or fax to (505) 846-4262 ATTN: Ryan LaFever. Offers are due no later than 4:00 pm MT, 28 May 2014. Electronic documents shall be submitted in .pdf, .doc, or .xls and less than 30MB. Communication containing documents in any other format may be blocked or stripped by the Government's server and may not be received by this office. Files in .zip format or file(s) exceeding 30MB will not be received by this office.
The following provisions and clauses apply to this procurement:
FAR 52.202-1, Definitions
FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities
FAR 52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions
FAR 52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions
FAR 52.204-4, Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper
FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management
FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance
FAR 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters
FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items
FAR 52.212-3 Alt I, Offeror Representations and Certification-Commercial Items (all offerors shall include a completed copy of this provision with their quote unless electronically filed in System for Award Management)
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. [in paragraphs (b) and (c) the following clauses apply 52.203-6 Alt I, 52.204-10, 52.209-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-14, 52.219-28, 52.222-3; 52.222-19; 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-40, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, 52.222-51]
FAR 52.222-48, Exemption from application of the Service Contract Act to contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of certain equipment certification
FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
FAR 52.233-1, Disputes
FAR 52.233-2, Service of Protest
FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim
FAR 52.242-13, Bankruptcy
FAR 52.245-1, Government Property
FAR 52.245-9, Use and Charges
FAR 52.246-4, Inspection of Services- Fixed Price
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 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 of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information
DFARS 252.209-7001, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Terrorist Country
DFARS 252.211-7001, Item Identification and Valuation
DFARS 252.211-7001 Alt I, Item Identification and Valuation
DFARS 252.209-7004, Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Terrorist Country
DFARS 252.209-7997, Representation by Corporations Regarding an unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or Felony Conviction under any Federal Law-DoD Appropriations (all offerors shall include a completed copy of this provision with their quote)
DFARS 252.215-7008, Only one Offer
DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium
DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American- Balance of Payments Program
DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American 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 and Receiving Reports
DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions
DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments
DFARS 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modification
DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustments
DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items
DFARS 252.245-7001, Tagging, Labeling, and Marking of Government-Furnished Property
DFARS 252.245-7002, Reporting Loss of Government Property
DFARS 252.245-7003, Contractor Property Management System Administration
DFARS 252.245-7004, Reporting, Reutilization, and Disposal
DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea
The following full text provisions and clauses apply to this procurement:
FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Jan 1999)
(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:
_Price____________________________________________________
_Past Performance__________________________________________
_Delivery Schedule_________________________________________
_Warranty_________________________________________________
Technical and past performance, when combined, are less important than price.
(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).
(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.
FAR 52.233-2, Service of Protest (sep 2006)
(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from Ryan LaFever, 8500 Gibson Blvd SE Bldg 20202, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117
(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.
FAR 52.252-1, 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): http://farsite.hill.af.mil
FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998). This contract incorporates one or more clauses 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. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil
AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsmen
(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 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, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM, AFISRA ombudsmen, or
AFNWC Ombudsmen:
Ms Jeannine Kinder AFNWC/PK E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: (505) 846-1924 Fax: (505) 846-0122
Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU, AFISRA level, or AFNWC level may be brought by the concerned 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.
(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.
DFARS 252.209-7994 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations.
REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW-FISCAL YEAR 2014 APPROPRIATIONS
(DEVIATION 2014-00004) (OCTOBER 2013)
(a) In accordance with section 101(a) of Division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub. L. 113-46), none of the funds made available by that Act for DoD (including Military Construction funds) 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; or
(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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Ryan C LaFever, Phone 5058537757, Email [email protected]
