Aviator Breathing Oxygen (ABO) and Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) for Multiple Locations in Europe (9.1F)- Amendment 0001
The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to: 1. Provide revised Attachment "9.1F-A6 Price Form". 2. Notify the Offeror's the soliciation closing date remains the same as 15 October 2025 at 3:00 PM Central Day... The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to: 1. Provide revised Attachment "9.1F-A6 Price Form". 2. Notify the Offeror's the soliciation closing date remains the same as 15 October 2025 at 3:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT). NOTICE TO OFFERORS: 1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy), as the Department of Defense (DOD) Integrated Material Manager (IMM) for Aerospace Energy products and related services has a 5-year requirement for delivery of Aviator Breathing Oxygen (ABO), Type II (NSN: 6830-01-644-2463) and Liquid Nitrogen (LN2), Type II, Grade B, (NSN: 6830-01-644-2557) to multiple locations in the Europe Region (PPN: 9.1F) into Government-owned and/or Contractor-provided tanks. Product(s): Aviator Breathing Oxygen (ABO) (NSN 6830-01-644-2463), Type II, shall meet the requirements of the most current version of MIL-PRF-27210. Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) (NSN 6830-01-644-2557), Type II, Grade B shall meet the requirements of the most current version of Commercial Item Description A-A-59503. The requirement is for an estimated quantity of 1,175,000 UG6 for Aviator Breathing Oxygen (ABO) and 670,000 UG6 for Liquid Nitrogen (LN2). The following associated service CLINS will be included for: Expedited/Emergency Delivery, Detention Fee, Fill Line Restriction Orifice, Tank Hot Fill, Tank Usage Fee, Installation of Equipment, and Removal of Equipment. The contractor shall provide all product, materials, supplies, management, tools, equipment, transportation, and labor necessary for the delivery of the requested products F.O.B. Destination to the following 12 Europe Region customers: LOCATIONS: 1.RAF Fairford, United Kingdom 2.RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom 3.RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom 4.Spangdahlem AB, Germany 5.Ramstein AB, Germany 6.NAS Sigonella, Italy 7.Aviano AB, Italy 8.Incirlik AB, Turkey 9.Souda Bay, Greece 10.Naval Station Rota, Spain 11.Moran AB, Spain 12.Lajes Field AB, Portugal Period of performance varies for each location, beginning from 26 April 2026 to 16 September 2026 and ending 25 April 2031 through 15 September 2031. The Government shall have the right to extend the 5-year period of this contract for a maximum of 6 months. 2. TYPE OF CONTRACT. The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price Requirements type contract using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Commercial Acquisition procedures. Award will be made to the offer determined the Best Value to the Government, price and other factors considered, using the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process in accordance with FAR 15.101-2. The offeror is encouraged to submit their best and final offer, the Government reserves the right to award without discussions or negotiations. 3. REFERENCED SOLICITATIONS & CLAUSES. The clauses and provisions shown throughout this solicitation and any resultant contract(s) that have only clause/provision number, title, and date, and as such, are not shown in full text, are hereby considered to be incorporated by reference in accordance with FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE or FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, as applicable. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. The offeror must comply with the requirements listed in attachment, “A1-REQUIREMENTS”, instructions for submitting offers in “ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES”. All offers will be evaluated in accordance with “ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES”. All proposals MUST consist of a Price Proposal and Technical Proposal to be considered for award. When a technical proposal is required, two non-cost factors will be evaluated: 1) Technical Capability and 2) Past Performance. The following information and documents MUST be submitted: a. Complete all Solicitation Fill-Ins for Contractor Information, Pricing, Representations and Certifications in Standard Form 1449, “Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items” and Continuation Pages. On page 1 of the solicitation, please complete blocks 17a (company name, address, CAGE, & phone number), 30a, 30b, and 30c. b. List point of contact(s) authorized to negotiate, see page 15 of attachment “A1-REQUIREMENTS”, section “K0003 K33.01 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS (DLA ENERGY APR 2007)”. c. Submit Price Proposal and Technical Proposal requirements, see pages 8 through 11 of attachment “A1-REQUIREMENTS”, section “ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES”. d. Provide technical capability information for each product, see pages 1 through 5 of attachment “A2-TECHNICAL CAPABILITY DATA SHEET”. e. Provide past performance information, see page 1 of attachment “A3-CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE DATA SHEET”. f. Complete DLA Form 1889, "SUPPLEMENTAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISION (SQAP) E33.10 MANUFACTURING & FILLING POINTS", see attachment “A4-QAPs (QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS)”. The manufacturing point/filling point MUST be provided, so that DLA Energy Aerospace can conduct a Pre-Award Survey of the plant where the product will be manufactured. PLEASE SUBMIT POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE MANUFACTURING FILL-POINT: MANUFACTURER/ COMPANY NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND NAME OF PLANT MANAGER. g. Submit a Letter of Commitment (LOC) and a Certificate of Analysis (COA) from the supplier responsible for manufacturing the product ONLY if the contractor is not the direct manufacturer or is newly engaged in contractual activities with DLA Energy Aerospace. h. Provide price breakdown with product and transportation cost for each product, see attached spreadsheet “A6- Price Form”. FOR LARGE BUYS, SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN i. Submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan, see pages 14 through 15 of attachment “A1-REQUIREMENTS” and for full details reference FAR Clause 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan. 5. TAXES AND FEES: Offerors shall not include in their offer prices: prices of a subcontractor or any taxes from which the United States Government is exempt. 6. EXCEPTIONS: Offerors are advised of the possibility that their proposals may be found unacceptable if exceptions are taken to the solicitation requirements. Clarification of Government requirements should be requested by the Offeror by submitting questions and/or recommended changes no later than 10 calendar days after issuance of the solicitation. All exceptions to the solicitation requirements (including the SOO) and supporting rationale shall be identified as such and consolidated into an overview section of that exception. An overview section is only required if the Offeror takes exception to any requirement in the solicitation. The overview section will not be included in the page count. Exception(s) to solicitation requirements may require the Government to amend the solicitation to reflect requirement change(s). If the Offeror takes no exception to the stated requirements, a statement to this effect shall be included in the respective section. 7. PRE-AWARD SURVEY: The Contracting Officer may request that the DLA Energy Region Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) perform a Pre-award Survey (PAS) in accordance with FAR Part 9.106-1. If requested, the offeror and its employees, including those at the fill point and/or production facility, shall be required to participate full in the PAS process. Offerors must provide the completed DLA FORM 1889-E33.10 Manufacturing & Filing Points, Letter of Commitment (if applicable) and Certificate of Analysis for each product to conduct the Pre-Award Survey. PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE THE DLA FORM 1889, LOC, AND COA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD. The DLA Energy Contracting Officer will discuss any recommendation(s) by the QAR, for a PAS that results on an “other than Full Award,” recommendation with the offeror during negotiations. This will allow the offeror an opportunity to respond or otherwise provide information in its Final Proposal Revision as to how the offeror intends to correct the issue(s) and/or QAR concern(s) that led to an “other than Full Award,” recommendation. 8. QUESTION AND ANSWER (Q&A) PERIOD: To encourage maximum participation on ALL line items of the SF 1449, a Q&A period has been established from issue date of Solicitation SPE601-25-R-0320 to 25 September 2025 by 3:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT). All potential offerors are advised to ask any and as many questions as necessary to gain a clear understanding of the requirements for submission of their proposal. No further questions will be accepted after the closing date/time. All questions should be emailed to Contract Specialist Shanise Mingledolph at shanise.mingledolph@dla.mil and Contracting Officer Kelley Mauldin at kelley.mauldin@dla.mil. Answers to questions received by the closing date will be consolidated and provided via an official amendment to the solicitation and posted in https://sam.gov/, if applicable. Extensions of the closing date to an open solicitation are at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer and will be issued via an amendment, if applicable. 9. ALL OFFERS MUST BE RECEIVED NLT 15 October 2025 by 3:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT). All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. All potential offerors are advised to check https://sam.gov frequently for any solicitation amendments (updates) and are reminded that they shall acknowledge in their prospective submitted proposals by completing the solicitation (SF1449 blocks 17a & 30a-30c) and amendment(s) (SF30 blocks 8 & 15a-15c), and submit to DLA Energy by email to Contract Specialist Shanise Mingledolph at shanise.mingledolph@dla.mil and Contracting Officer Kelley Mauldin at kelley.mauldin@dla.mil, prior to the solicitation closing date/time. Only emailed requests for the solicitation received directly from the requestor are acceptable. Any offer received after the closing date/time will be considered “Late” and will be handled in accordance with FAR52.212-1(f). 10. AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS: Offerors are directed to paragraph(g) of FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS. While the Government intends to evaluate proposals in accordance with ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES, Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process and award a contract(s) without discussion, it reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Therefore, those participating are advised to submit their best prices with their initial offer. If the Contracting Officer determines that discussions are necessary, the Government will then evaluate proposals and award a contract after conducting discussions with Offerors whose proposal have been determined to be within the competitive range. 11. PLACING ORDERS: The Contractor shall use the DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) to receive orders. Contractors must register in DIBBS to obtain a login account at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. The login account will allow a contractor to register a primary and alternate email address for notifications. All contractors must have an active System for Award Management (SAM) account in https://sam.gov/ to register for DIBBS. 12. POINTS OF CONTACT: For any clarification, explanation, or additional information about this solicitation, please contact via email: Contract Specialist, Shanise Mingledolph at shanise.mingledolph@dla.mil and Kelley Mauldin,Contracting Officer at kelley.mauldin@dla.mil. 13. SMALL BUSINESS: For questions regarding Small Business or Small Disadvantage Business, affairs should be addressed to the DLA Energy Small Business Office via email at dla.energy.osbp@dla.mil or phone at (571) 767-9732.
Data sourced from SAM.gov.
View Official Posting »