Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Revision Notice-7/20/2020-Technical Requirement Document (TRD) has been updated, Q&A has been uploaded, and Q&A and solicitation deadline has been extended. Revision Notice-7/22/2020-TRD (v3 dated 7/2... Revision Notice-7/20/2020-Technical Requirement Document (TRD) has been updated, Q&A has been uploaded, and Q&A and solicitation deadline has been extended. Revision Notice-7/22/2020-TRD (v3 dated 7/22) and Q&A (v2 dated 7/22) has been uploaded. Solicitation deadline will remain the same. Revision Notice-7/28/2020- Coolanol-20 Reference Pdf file has been reuploaded, solicitation deadline will be extended in consideration for viewers not having access to this PDF. Revision Notice-8/3/2020-Q&A v3 Pdf has been uploaded. Solicitation deadline will remain the same. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commodities 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will NOT be issued. This is a competitive Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number for this requirement is FA2823-20-Q-9030. The Contracting Squadron at Eglin, AFB, Florida, requires Commodity in accordance with the *REVISED* Technical Requirement Document dated 20 July 2020. This acquisition is under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and FAR Part 13.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, as supplemented. This procurement will be conducted as a 100% Small Business set- aside; please identify your business size in your response based upon this standard. Award will be made to the lowest priced, responsible Offeror whose offer conforms to all solicitation requirements, such as terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements. The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) is 333415, Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,250 Employees. A firm fixed price contract will be awarded. There will be no advance payments. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers. The Government is not responsible for any costs incurred or associated with preparation and submission of an offer in response to this solicitation. NO OFFERORS WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR SUBMITTING AN OFFER. REQUIREMENT: CLIN 0001 FIRM-FIXED PRICE (QTY 2 EA) Cooling Carts FOB Destination The Contracting Officer has determined that there is a high probability of adequate price competition for this acquisition. Upon examination of the initial offers, the Contracting Officer will review this determination and if, in the Contracting Officer’s opinion, adequate price competition exists no additional cost information will be requested. However, if at any time during the evaluation the Contracting Officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists, Offerors may be required to submit information to the extent necessary to determine the price fair and reasonable. BASIS FOR AWARD: In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(a)(2) offerors are notified that the award will be made to the lowest priced offeror that meets the minimum technical requirements. Offeror will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b) Offerors must submit quotations for all items listed. Partial offers will not be considered for award. 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. All offerors are required to complete: The Representations and Certifications (attachment #2). Review contract clauses and complete all applicable contract provisions (in red) that will be incorporated with the contract award. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07 effective 02 July 2020, DFARS effective 24 March 2020, and AFFARS AFAC 2019-1001 (Effective: 1 October 2019) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS SOLICITATION AND ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: SEE ATTACHMENT #3 THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS SOLICITATION AND ARE PROVIDED IN FULL TEXT: SEE ATTACHMENT #3 All offers must list DUNS number, GAGE code, and Federal TIN with Company name, POC, and phone number. If you need to obtain or renew a DUNS number or CAGE code, please visit https://www.sam.gov/. Lack of registration in SAM database with the selected NAICS will make an offeror ineligible for award. Vendor must also be registered in Wide Area Work Flow to receive payment through electronic funds transfer. If you are not currently registered, please visit the following website https://wawf.eb.mil/ to complete your registration. DEADLINE: Offers are due on Wednesday, 07 August 2020 by 04:30PM CDT. Any questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted no later than Wednesday, 22 July 2020. Any questions submitted after this date, may not be answered. Submit offers and questions to the attention of Kangsu Suh by email to kangsu.suh.1@us.af.mil and John P. Miner at john.miner.3@us.af.mil. Attachments: Technical Requirements Document v3 dated 22 July 2020 *UPDATED* Representations and Certification 3.FA2823-20-Q-9030 Contract Clauses and Provisions dated 07 July 2020 Questions and Answers v2 dated 22 July 2020 *UPDATED*

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SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), is currently conducting market resear... SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), is currently conducting market research seeking capabilities statement from all potential sources, including small businesses (SB), 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned (EDWOSB), Woman-Owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) small businesses that are capable of providing the brand name or equal requirement described below: Brand name or equal to the Electro Impulse Lab’s Cooling Cart Model 41030-1 VS2. Comparable equipment must at minimum, conform to the following technical requirements: Temperature: Must be able to maintain pod temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit to 120 degrees Fahrenheit Gallons per Minute (GPM): Flow rate needs to be 2.5 to 6 GPM Supply Pressure: 120-200 PSI Safety Activators with indicators or gauges for: Over Temperature Coolant Low Flow AC Failure All interested vendors shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to provide these items to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government’s discretion. The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 333415, Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,250 Employees. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government’s assessment of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested vendors shall submit a capabilities statement that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed 4 pages. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: kangsu.suh.1@us.af.mil. Correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads “FA2823-20-Q-9030, Cooling Cart” If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted. The Government may or may not use any responses to this sources sought as a basis for a subsequent project/requirement. Any project/requirement developed from the sources sought responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be posted in beta.SAM.gov separately or posted separately on one of the GWAC’s (GSA, NASA SEWP, etc.). Responses to this sources sought will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to the respondents with respect to any of the information submitted under this sources sought. No requests for a bid package or solicitation will be accepted; a bid package or solicitation does not exist at this time. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information will be provided and no appointments for presentations will be made in reference to this sources sought. Only government employees will review submitted responses to this sources sought. Respondents are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract with the Government may be used to administratively process submissions and perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractor’s proprietary information. These administrative support contractors include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 01:00 P.M. NOON (CST) ON 01 July 2020. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to Kangsu Suh at kangsu.suh.1@us.af.mil.