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THIS SOLICITATION IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY CONSIDER QUOTES SUBMITTED BY SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. Combined Synopsis/Solicitation This is a combined synopsis/solicit... THIS SOLICITATION IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY CONSIDER QUOTES SUBMITTED BY SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. Combined Synopsis/Solicitation This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (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 separate written solicitation will not be issued. This enclosure is an addendum to FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, which applies to this acquisition. Competitive quotes are being requested under Request for Quote (RFQ) Number N66001-23-Q-6402. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this acquisition is 336611, Ship Building and Repair and the small business size standard is 1250 employees. ITEMS REQUIRED: SEE: •ATTACHMENT (1) BOM •ATTACHMENT (2) PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT OFFEROR INSTRUCTIONS The Government intends to award a purchase order to the responsive, responsible vendor, whose quote conforming to the RFQ is most advantageous to the Government as defined in the 'EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD' Section below. A complete quote must be received for consideration. Respond to each item listed below, if the response is "None" or "Not applicable," explicitly state and explain. The Government may consider quotes that fail to address or follow all instructions to be non-responsive and ineligible for contract award. A complete quote includes a response and submission to each of the following: 1.General Information: Offeror Business Name, Address, Cage and UEID (ensure Representation and Certifications are up to date in SAM.gov), Business Size and Type of Small Business based on applicable NAICS Code as provided above, Federal Tax ID, Primary Point of Contract (to include telephone and e-mail address) and provide a GSA contract number if some or all items proposed are on the GSA schedule. FAR provision 52.212-3, Alternate I, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Offerors must include a completed copy of this provision with offer. 2.Technical Documentation: a.Technical Approach or Specifications: Offerors are encouraged to submit product manufacturer specifications, pictures, brochures, or and other pertinent technical information of the required items to facilitate the evaluation. The offer must address and meet the requirements/specifications as defined under Technical Factor I below. b.Sustainable Acquisitions Information and Certification: The contractor shall comply with all sustainable acquisition policies in an effort to minimize the Government's environmental impact and deliver community benefits through better selection and improved usage of products and services. In accordance FAR 23, sustainable acquisition policies apply to both contracts for supplies and services that require the delivery, use, or furnishing of products/services to the Government. Indicate if any the following sustainable acquisition categories apply to any products or services proposed: Energy Efficient, Water Efficient, Recycled, Bio-Based, Environmentally Preferable, Non-ozone depleting substances, Less Toxic and/or Less GHGs. c.Authorized Source Confirmation: The following product certification statement below applies to all CLINs and each offeror must submit supporting documentation, as needed: To be considered for award, the offeror/contractor is required to submit documentation confirming that they are an authorized source. An "Authorized Source" is defined as the original manufacturer, a source with the express written authority of the original manufacturer or current design activity, or an authorized aftermarket manufacturer. 3.Price Quote: Submit complete pricing for each individual item listed in Statement of Work to include the unit of issue, the extended price for each line item and a total price in US Dollars ($). Note: Ensure FOB Destination shipping costs are included in the pricing. 4.Commercial Warranty: If available, provide the terms and length of the Workmanship and/or Manufacturer Warranty on the product(s) and/or services proposed included in the proposed purchase price. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) purchase order to the responsive, responsible vendor, whose quote conforming to the RFQ, is most advantageous to the Government, price and non- price factors considered. Technical, price, and past performance factors will be used to evaluate quotes. The vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Technical Acceptability is defined in Factor I below. Factor I- Technical: The Government will evaluate the technical approach in the vendor's quote to assess the vendor's capability to meet the Government's requirement. The quote must address and meet the requirements/specifications as described in the performance work statement. Factor II- Price: The Government will evaluate the total price to determine if it is fair and reasonable. Quoters shall provide a unit price and a total firm-fixed-price for all line items. The total firm-fixed-price shall include all applicable shipping and handling costs. Quote should include a breakdown of labor involved (to include labor categories, fully burdened labor rate, and number of hours) as well as a breakdown of any other costs included. The total firm-fixed-price shall include all shipping, and handling costs to the shipping location listed in the RFQ, when applicable. Factor III- Past Performance: The Government will evaluate past performance, beginning with the lowest priced quote, by reviewing sources that may include, but are not limited to, information from Government personnel and information from sources such as SAM Responsibility Check, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), and SPRS as stated in the basis of award. DUE DATE AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION Eligible Offerors: All offerors must have a completed registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) website prior to award of contract. Information can be found at https://www.sam.gov/. Complete SAM registration means offerors shall have registered CAGE and IUID Codes. Page Limitations: Ensure to stay within the page limitations as follows: None. Formatting Requirements: Submit quotes in electronic PDF and excel format to facilitate calculations. Text should be formatted on an 8 ½ by 11 inch page in 12 point Times New Roman font. Questions Due Date and Submission Requirements: All questions must be received before the RFQ due date. Questions may be submitted via email to Isabella Busalacchi at isabella.e.busalacchi.civ@us.navy.mil with the subject line: N66001-23-Q-6402. Include RFQ# N66001-23-Q-6402 on all inquiries. Questions may be addressed at the discretion of the Government. RFQ Due Date and Submission Requirements: This RFQ closes on 15 August at 10:00AM, Pacific Time. Quotes must be uploaded on the NAVWAR e-Commerce website at https://e-commerce.dc3n.navy.mil/, under NIWC Pacific/ Open Solicitations/ N66001-23-Q-6402. Email quotes and late quotes may not be accepted. NAVWAR e-Commerce website Assistance: For e-Commerce technical issues, contact the SPAWAR Paperless Initiatives Help Desk at 858-537-0644 or paperless.spawar@navy.mil. Government RFQ Point of Contract: The Contract Specialist point of contact for this solicitation Isabella Busalacchi at isabella.e.busalacchi.civ@us.navy.mil. Reference RFQ# N66001-23-Q-6402 on all email exchanges regarding this acquisition. RFQ ATTACHMENTS – OFFEROR MUST FILL OUT AND SIGN ATTACHMENT 1 AND REUTRN WITH QUOTE. 1.Bill of Materials 2.Performance Work Statement 3.PWS Addendum 4.GFP CDRL 5.Reps and Certs Document – To Be Signed 6.Wage Determination San Diego APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-03 effective 06/02/2023, and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Publication Notice (DPN) 07/20/2023. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses can be accessed in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/content/regulations. The current versions (as of the date of the RFQ) of the following FAR/DFARS provisions, incorporated by reference, apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7System for Award Management 52.204-16Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-24Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Items 52.212-3Alternate 1, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items 252.203-7005Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.204-7008Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls 252.204-7016Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation 252.204-7017Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation 252.204-7019Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements 252.213-7000Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Supplier Performance Risk System in Past Performance Evaluations 252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime 252.225-7059Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region– Representation The current versions (as of the date of the RFQ) of the following FAR/DFARS clauses, incorporated by reference, apply to this acquisition: 52.204-13System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-18Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.212-4Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items 52.225-13Restrictions of Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-39Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.232-40Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 252.203-7000Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 252.204-7012Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting 252.204-7018Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services 252.204-7020NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements 252.204-7022Expediting Contract Closeout 252.211-7003Item Unique Identification and Valuation 252.223-7008Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program – Basic 252.225-7012Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities 252.225-7056Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime 252.226-7060Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 252.232-7003Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7006Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions 252.232-7010Levies on Contract Payments 252.237-7010Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel 252.244-7000Subcontracts for Commercial Items The current versions (as of the date of the RFQ) of the following FAR/DFARS clauses and provisions, incorporated by full text, apply to this acquisition: FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and includes the following clauses by reference: 52.204-10Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract 52.204-27Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application 52.209-6Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.219-6Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-28Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation 52.222-3 Convict Labor 52.222-21Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-36Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management 52.222-41Service Contract Labor Standards 52.222-42Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires 52.222-50Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.222-55Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026 52.222-62Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 52.223-18Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management 52.222-19 CHILD LABOR—COOPERATION WITH AUTHORITIES AND REMEDIES (DEVIATION 2020-O0019) (DEC 2022) (a) Applicability. This clause does not apply to the extent that the Contractor is supplying end products mined, produced, or manufactured in— (1) Israel, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $50,000 or more; (2) Mexico, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $92,319 or more; or (3) Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, or the United Kingdom and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $183,000 or more. (b) Cooperation with Authorities. To enforce the laws prohibiting the manufacture or importation of products mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, authorized officials may need to conduct investigations to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under this contract. If the solicitation includes the provision 52.222-18, Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products, or the equivalent at 52.212-3(i), the Contractor agrees to cooperate fully with authorized officials of the contracting agency, the Department of the Treasury, or the Department of Justice by providing reasonable access to records, documents, persons, or premises upon reasonable request by the authorized officials. (c) Violations. The Government may impose remedies set forth in paragraph (d) for the following violations: (1) The Contractor has submitted a false certification regarding knowledge of the use of forced or indentured child labor for listed end products. (2) The Contractor has failed to cooperate, if required, in accordance with paragraph (b) of this clause, with an investigation of the use of forced or indentured child labor by an Inspector General, Attorney General, or the Secretary of the Treasury. (3) The Contractor uses forced or indentured child labor in its mining, production, or manufacturing processes. (4) The Contractor has furnished under the contract end products or components that have been mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced or indentured child labor. (The Government will not pursue remedies at paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this clause unless sufficient evidence indicates that the Contractor knew of the violation.) (d) Remedies. (1) The Contracting Officer may terminate the contract. (2) The suspending official may suspend the Contractor in accordance with procedures in FAR Subpart 9.4. (3) The debarring official may debar the Contractor for a period not to exceed 3 years in accordance with the procedures in FAR Subpart 9.4. (End of clause) 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference 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): The FAR provisions, clauses and deviations can be accessed in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far (FAR clauses and deviations) and https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/ (DFARS clauses). (End of clause) 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference 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): The FAR provisions, clauses and deviations can be accessed in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far (FAR clauses and deviations) and https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/ (DFARS clauses). (End of clause) 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations In Clauses (a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the clause. (b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation. (End of clause) H-3 LIMITED RELEASE OF CONTRACTOR CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION (a) Definition. "Confidential Business Information," (information) as used in this text, is defined as all forms and types of financial, business, economic or other types of information other than technical data or computer software/computer software documentation, whether tangible or intangible, and whether or how stored, compiled, or memorialized physically, electronically, graphically, photographically, or in writing if -- (1) the owner thereof has taken reasonable measures to keep and protect such information, and (2) the information derives independent economic value, actual or potential from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable through proper means by, the public. Information does not include technical data, as that term is defined in DFARS 252.227-7013(a)(14), 252.227-7015(a)(4), and 252.227- 7018(a)(19). Similarly, information does not include computer software/computer software documentation, as those terms are defined in DFARS 252.227-7014(a)(4) and 252.227-7018(a)(4). (b) The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) may release to individuals employed by NAVWAR support contractors and their subcontractors. Information submitted by the contractor or its subcontractors pursuant to the provisions of this contract. Information that would ordinarily be entitled to confidential treatment may be included in the information released to these individuals. Accordingly, by submission of a proposal or execution of this contract, the offeror or contractor and its subcontractors consent to a limited release of its information, but only for purposes as described in paragraph (c) of this text. (c) Circumstances where NAVWAR may release the contractor's or subcontractors' information include the following: (1) To other NAVWAR contractors and subcontractors, and their employees tasked with assisting NAVWAR in handling and processing information and documents in the administration of NAVWAR contracts, such as file room management and contract closeout; and, (2) To NAVWAR contractors and subcontractors, and their employees tasked with assisting NAVWAR in accounting support services, including access to cost-reimbursement vouchers. (d) NAVWAR recognizes its obligation to protect the contractor and its subcontractors from competitive harm that could result from the release of such information. NAVWAR will permit the limited release of information under paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) only under the following conditions: (1) NAVWAR determines that access is required by other NAVWAR contractors and their subcontractors to perform the tasks described in paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2); (2) Access to information is restricted to individuals with a bona fide need to possess; (3) Contractors and their subcontractors having access to information have agreed under their contract or a separate corporate non-disclosure agreement to provide the same level of protection to the information that would be provided by NAVWAR employees. Such contract terms or separate corporate non-disclosure agreement shall require the contractors and subcontractors to train their employees on how to properly handle the information to which they will have access, and to have their employees sign company non- disclosure agreements certifying that they understand the sensitive nature of the information and that unauthorized use of the information could expose their company to significant liability. Copies of such employee non-disclosure agreements shall be provided to the Government; and (4) NAVWAR contractors and their subcontractors performing the tasks described in paragraphs (c)(1) or (c)(2) have agreed under their contract or a separate non-disclosure agreement to not use the information for any purpose other than performing the tasks described in paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2). (e) NAVWAR's responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act are not affected by this text. (f) The contractor agrees to include, and require inclusion of, this text in all subcontracts at any tier that requires the furnishing of information. (End of Clause)