Inactive 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)

The 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) of the 22d Air Refueling Wing announces the projected solicitation for Integrated Solid Waste Management Services at McConnell AFB, Kansas 67221. The 22d CONS in... The 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) of the 22d Air Refueling Wing announces the projected solicitation for Integrated Solid Waste Management Services at McConnell AFB, Kansas 67221. The 22d CONS intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a 100% competitive set-aside to SBA certified 8(a) concerns on or about 3 August 2022 for the acquisition of Integrated Solid Waste Management Services to be performed at McConnell AFB KS. The Government anticipates evaluation factors for a best value decision, using price, past performance trade-off, and a pass/fail technical factor limited to the Mission Essential Contractor Services Plan, with technical and past performance being significantly more important than price, (the evaluation must meet the requirements in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.237-7023 & DFARS 252.237-7024). All quotations will require completion of a pre-defined price-list. Total evaluated price (TEP), including all options and six month extension pricing (under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52-217-8, Option to Extend Service) will be used. Past performance will be provided through submission of no more than five references and evaluation will be based on recency and relevancy. Other additional past performance sources, such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System, may be used at the Government's discretion. The Government intends to issue an award to a single SBA certified 8(a) concern under a Firm-Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment (FFP-EPA), Requirements Type contract on or about 2 October 2022. Services will be procured pursuant to the regulatory direction of FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The expected award shall consist of one base period of performance (1 Dec 2022- 30 Nov 2023) and may include up to four optional periods of performance (each 1 year in duration, following the Federal Fiscal Year and running consecutively from the expiration of the base period of performance). The North American Industry Classification System code for this requirement is 562111, Solid Waste Collection. The Small Business Size Standard is $41,500,000.00. The successful contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, and other items and services necessary (excluding Government Furnished Property) to perform integrated solid waste management Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collection and recycling services at McConnell AFB in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations and commercial standards as set forth in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for said services. Integrated solid waste management services includes Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collection and recycling services. The contractor shall perform refuse/recycling services base-wide, Monday through Friday 0600-1800, excluding federal holidays, or as stated in the PWS for facilities other than normal duty hours. The closing date and time for submission of offers shall be contained in the solicitation package. The entire solicitation package shall be made available only through the solicitation module contained in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE). A notice of active solicitation will be posted on the System for Award Management (SAM) web site at: https://sam.gov/content/opportunities. The SAM posting will contain a link to the PIEE application to obtain the solicitation and all attachments. Requests for copies of the solicitation package, or any cumulative parts thereof, by any other means shall not be honored. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring the Federal Service Desk (fsd.gov) website (which has replaced the FedBizOpps website) for the release of the solicitation package, which should be on or about 3 August 2021, for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package and for downloading their own copy of each associative amendment, if any. All firms wishing to submit a quotation subsequent to the solicitation described herein MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database or risk their otherwise-timely quotation being considered non-responsive regardless of its completeness, timeliness or other salient considerations. Information on SAM registration can be obtained at the following web site: https://sam.gov. No response to this announcement is required. The Government will not compensate any entity for any information submitted in response to this announcement. The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled. After solicitation and prior to award, the possibility exists to reject all offers when cancellation is clearly in the public interest. This announcement does not obligate the Government to reimburse for any bid/quotation preparation costs. Per AFFARS 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN, the following applies: (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 quotations, 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, Ms. Susan Madison, AFICC OL AMC, 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB IL 62225-5022, (618) 229-0267, fax (618) 256-6668, email: susan.madison@us.af.mil. 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.