Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

AMENDMENT 1: ADDING Q&A, ADDING UPDATED ATTACHMENT#1 DIAGRAM, ADDING UPDATED SOW This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with format in FAR subpart 12.6, a... AMENDMENT 1: ADDING Q&A, ADDING UPDATED ATTACHMENT#1 DIAGRAM, ADDING UPDATED SOW This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with 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. Solicitation Number W50S9E21Q0012 is hereby issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-06, Dated 12 July 2021 and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) change notice 20210709. It is the contractor’s responsibility to become familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. This acquisition is under North American Industry Classification Standards (NAICS) code 238210 with annual revenue not to exceed $16.5M. The government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to a qualified Total Small Business deemed responsive in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. Quotes must conform to all requirements outlined in this Request for Quote (RFQ) and will be evaluated based upon technical acceptability, acceptable past performance, and acceptable price. Delivery of requirements will be FOB destination. This office will consider any late quotes or any late revisions of quotes as non-responsive. This acquisition is set aside for 100% small business and is also restricted to the state of WA. This means that in sam.gov your company must be registered within the state of WA. In no event shall any understanding or agreement between the Contractor and any Government employee other than the Contracting Officer on any contract, modification, change order, letter or verbal direction to the contractor be effective or binding upon the Government. All such actions must be formalized by a proper contractual document executed by an appointed Contracting Officer. The Contractor is hereby notified that in the event a Government employee other than the Contracting Officer directs a change in the work to be performed or increases the scope of the work to be performed, it is the Contractor's responsibility to make inquiry of the Contracting Officer before making the deviation from the written terms of the contract. Payments or Partial payments will not be made without being authorized by an appointed Contracting Officer with the legal authority to bind the Government. Description of Requirement: CLIN 0001: Includes all tools, equipment, labor, and all other items to expand the fiber infrastructure at the WADS Bldg. on McChord AFB in accordance with the attached SOW and all other attachments. All work will be in accordance with the Wage Determination dated 21 July 2021. $______________Total Questions and Site Visit: A site visit will be conducted at the 225th Support Squadron McChord AFB, WA, 98430 on 19 Aug at 3:00pm PST. We will meet at the visitor center for McChord AFB. Names of attendees must be submitted to the 194th Contracting Office by 4:30pm PST 18 Aug. All questions must be sent by email to the 194th Contracting Office no later than 4:30pm PST on 23 Aug. Quote Information: Quotes must be submitted and received no later than 4:30pm PST 30 Aug. Electronic offers preferred, telephone quotes will not be accepted. Quotes may be e-mailed to the attention of the points of contact listed below. Buyer: Justin Scherer Alternate Buyer: Matthew Berube Email: 194.wg.fal.msc.contracting@us.af.mil Award will only be made to contractors who have registered with System for Award Management (SAM). Vendors may register at: http://sam.gov. Contractors must be actively registered with the System for Award Management https://sam.gov, and at Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) at http://wawf.eb.mil. Submission of Invoices: In accordance with FAR clause 52.212-4(g) the contractor shall submit all invoices electronically utilizing Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). Procedures for using WAWF are found in DFARS clause 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. Provisions and Clauses: P-FAR 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements - Representation C-FAR 52.203-19, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements P-FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management Registration C-FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel P-FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance C-FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance C–FAR 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems P-FAR 52.204-22, Alternative Line Proposal P-FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment C-FAR 52.204-25, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment C-FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations P-FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items FAR 52.212-2, Commercial Items Evaluation. 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, technical and past performance are the evaluation criteria. Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to price. This is a best value decision. “Best value” means the expected outcome of an acquisition that, in the Government’s estimation, provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirement. In accordance with FAR 12.602 & FAR 13.106-2, technical, price & past performance will be considered in the streamlined evaluation. In the best value decision, the Government may consider any readily available value indicators (examples include special features of the supply or service required for effective program performance, trade-in considerations, probable life of the item, warranty considerations, maintenance availability, environmental and energy efficiency considerations, and delivery terms). This may result in award being made to a higher-rated, higher-priced quote. The Government’s selection of a higher-rated, higher-priced quote will be supported by a determination that the technical/warranty/past performance superiority merits the additional cost involved. This office will consider any late quotes or any late revisions of quotes as non-responsive. The Total Evaluated Price will be evaluated based on the price for CLIN 0001. Technical will be evaluated as acceptable and not acceptable. The technical consists of a detailed parts and material listing, a labor plan/schedule, and a Perfromance Work Statement (PWS) created from the attached Statment of Work (SOW). The Parts listing should detail type and quantity of items. Labor plan/schedule will be a listing of labor hours by tasks and the number of personnel required. The items listed above for the technical factor will be evaluated based on the requirements listed in the attachments. Past performance will be at most a one page document and evaluated based on recency, and relevancy. Recency is within the last 3 years. Relevancy is the installation of fiber optic cable or cable similar in nature. Past performance will be rated as acceptable unacceptable, and neutral. Please ensure your quote includes sufficinet contact infomration and a cage code listed in SAM as a small business and with an address in the State of WA. P-FAR 52.212-3 ALT I, Offerors Representation and Certifications Commercial Item or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at http//orca.bpn.gov C-FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Condition-Commercial Items C-FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Item are incorporated by reference, however, for paragraphs (b) and (c) the following clauses apply C-FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside C-FAR 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Representation C-FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor C-FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies C-FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities C-FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity C-FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards – See Wage Rates located after this Provisions and Clauses section. C*-FAR 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332. This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination Employee Class Monetary Wage -- Fringe Benefits Equivalent Federal Wage Rate 23125 – Cable Splicer $46.94 WG15 Step 5 - $40.67 (End of Clause) C-FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons C-FAR 52.222-55, Minimum Wage Rates Under Executive Order 13658 C-FAR 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Executive Order 13706 C-FAR 52.223-5, Pollution Prevention and Right to Know Information C-FAR 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy Consuming Products C-FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving C-FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases C-FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management C-FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations C-FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors C-FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award C FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim P-FAR 52.237-1, Site Visit C-FAR 52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment and Vegetation P-FAR 52.247-65, F.O.B. Origin, Prepaid Freight-Small Package Shipments C*-FAR 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: http://acquisition.gov C-DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials C- DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights C- DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials C-DFARS 252.204-7015, Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors C* - DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation C-DFARS 252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Number P-DFARS 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System-Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations C-DFARS 252.223-7006, Prohibition on Storage and Disposal of Toxic and Hazardous Materials C-DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium C-DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program C-DFARS 252.225-7031, Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel C-DFARS 252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items. C-DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (WAWF instructions provided at time of award) C*-DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Work-Flow Payment Instructions C-DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments C-DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items P-DFARS 252.247-7023 ALT III, Transportation of Supplies by Sea—Alt III C*-FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (a) Equal opportunity clause. The Contractor shall abide by the requirements of the equal opportunity clause at 41 CFR 60-741.5(a), as of March 24, 2014. This clause prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability, and requires affirmative action by the Contractor to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities. (b) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the terms of this clause in every subcontract or purchase order in excess of the threshold specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 22.1408(a) on the date of subcontract award, unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The Contractor shall act as specified by the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor, to enforce the terms, including action for noncompliance. Such necessary changes in language may be made as shall be appropriate to identify properly the parties and their undertakings. (End of clause) C-FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Governments Interest when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment OMBUDSMAN ARMY 5152.216-5901 OMBUDSMAN B AFARS 5152.216-5901 OMBUDSMAN (JUN 2014) (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. The ombudsman is responsible for reviewing complaints from the contractors under multiple award task or delivery order contracts and ensuring that all the contractors are afforded a fair opportunity to be considered, consistent with the procedures in the contract. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the Contracting Officer for resolution. (c) If resolution cannot be made by the Contracting Officer, concerned parties may contact the CJTSCC Ombudsman at: National Guard Bureau Office of the Director of Acquisitions ATTN: NGB-AQ-O 111 S. George Mason Dr. Arlington, VA 22204 Email: ng.ncr.ngb-arng.mbx.ngb-task-order-ombudsman@mail.mil (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, contract, delivery order, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of Clause)