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This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for the Brand Name acquisition of Red Hat Licenses. Please see attached Statement of Requirements for further details. (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicita... This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for the Brand Name acquisition of Red Hat Licenses. Please see attached Statement of Requirements for further details. (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13.5) will be used for requirement. (ii) Solicitation Number: FA930224Q0076 **Please provide the full solicitation number on all packages** Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the products described in this synopsis are invited to submit, in writing, a complete quote. Offerors may utilize the attached SF1449 to complete quote information in addition to a separate quote (in PDF format); ensuring the quote contains information and pricing for all contract line items (CLINs) included on the SF1449. Offerors are required to submit with their quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the requirements detailed in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Offerors shall submit quotes via email, please note the maximum file size is 10MB. Emails over this file size will not be received. Submit only written offers; oral offers will not be accepted. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05, DFARS Change 07/29/2024 and DAFAC 2024-0612. (iv) THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE: Brand Name for Red Hat licenses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 513210 “Software Publishers” with a size standard of $47,000,000.00 (v) Delivery: Period of Performance will be 30 Days ARO. (vi) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023), applies to this acquisition. Provisions and clauses can be viewed via internet at Acquisition.gov, https://www.acquisition.gov/. Offerors shall prepare their quotations in accordance with FAR 52.212-1. In addition, the following information shall be included: PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTOR INFORMATION WITHIN YOUR QUOTE: 1. SAM UEI: 2. TIN Number: 3. CAGE Code: 4. Contractor Name: 5. Payment Terms (NET 30) or Discount: 6. Point of Contact Name and Phone Number: 7. Email address: 8. Warranty: 9. Date Offer Expires: 10. FOB Destination: 11. Estimated Delivery Lead Time: 12. Completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Alt I, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Feb 2024) – or - notification that FAR 52.212-3 representations and certifications are available on SAM.gov (vii) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) applies to this acquisition. 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: ***Please read the evaluation criteria closely. If vendor does not provide a full response, it will be found unresponsive*** The solicitation provides that quotations will be evaluated using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LTPA). The award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. The technical acceptability factor contains one non-cost subfactor: (1) Ability to provide the Red Hat Licenses as stated on the Statement of Requirements. The agency will first rank quotations according to price, from lowest to highest, and will evaluate the lowest-priced quotation as either technically acceptable or unacceptable, reserving the right to evaluate additional quotations for technical acceptability if deemed to be in the best interest of the government. Evaluation Factors: 1. Price 2. Technically Acceptability Technically Acceptable Subfactors: 1. Ability to provide Red Hat Licenses. The ability to provide the Red Hat Licenses as stated on the Statement of Requirements will be assigned ratings of satisfactory or unsatisfactory. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from the RFQ to the responsible offeror whose quote is responsive to the RFQ, and considered to be the Best Value based on LTPA. (viii) Offerors shall include completed copies of applicable provisions, which are included in the SF1449. Offers will be considered incomplete if these are not included with the quote. (iv) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2023), applies to this acquisition. (x) The clause at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (May 2024), applies to this acquisition. (xi) Additional Contract Requirement or Terms and Conditions: Please find a contemplated list of additional provisions/clauses in the attachments; the final list of clauses is dependent upon actual dollar value of the contract award and may change from those provided in the attachment. Full text for the clauses and provisions can be accessed via https://www.acquisition.gov/ (xii) Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS): N/A (xiii) Quote Submission Information: It is the government’s intent to award without discussions. Therefore, each initial quote should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer (CO) determines that discussions are necessary. Offers are due by 15 August 2024 at 10:00 AM, Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offers must be sent via email to both Karla Vazquez (Karla_lizette.vazquez_montes@us.af.mil) AND Adam R. Confer (adam.confer.2@us.af.mil). No late submissions will be accepted. (xiv) For additional information regarding this solicitation contact: Primary Point of Contact: Karla Vazquez Contract Specialist Karla_lizette.vazquez_montes@us.af.mil Secondary Point of Contact: Adam R. Confer Contracting Officer Adam.confer.2@us.af.mil QUESTION PERIOD: The period for questions regarding this RFQ will end at 12:00 PM PDT on 13 August 2024. Please send all questions to the buyer via email at Karla_Lizette.Vazquez_Montes@us.af.mil. Phone inquiries are not available currently. All questions and answers will be posted to this RFQ.