Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

MEMORANDUM FOR ALL INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) Property & Fiscal Office for Maryland Contracting Division ATTN: Lilani Bantum Lilani.Bantum.civ@army.mil 301 Old Bay ... MEMORANDUM FOR ALL INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) Property & Fiscal Office for Maryland Contracting Division ATTN: Lilani Bantum Lilani.Bantum.civ@army.mil 301 Old Bay Lane, State Military Reservation Havre De Grace, MD 21078 SUBJECT: Combined Synopsis/ Solicitation, Request for Quotation (RFQ) Classification Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) Product Service Code: 7710 - Musical Instruments NAICS Code: 339992 - Musical Instrument Manufacturing (i)This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial product and services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii)Solicitation Number W912K6-24-Q-0035 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). (iii)Solicitation W912K6-24-Q-0035 and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-05, dated 10 April 2024. (iv)This acquisition will be issued as a small business 100% set-aside under NAICS 339992 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.(v)Product or Service Description: The 229th Army Band requires 2 Miraphone 1291 Series 5-Valve 4/4 BBb Tubas Lacquer with Hard Case that can be used in garrison and deployment environments to support and enhance mission readiness of its musician Soldiers. Current on-hand musical instruments include 60+ instruments that have exceeded the prescribed “life-cycle” of the instrument of 10-15 years. The serviceability of the current instruments lacks optimum performance and requires replacing to keep pace and perform at the level defined in AR 220-90. (vi) Specifications: • Model 1291 • Key: BBb • Size: 4/4 • Bore: .835" • Bell: 18.5" • Bell Position: Upright • Number of Valves: 5 • Valve Position: Front • Valve Type: 4 Piston and 1 Rotary • Valve Material: Brass • Features: Nickel Silver Leadpipe • Mouthpiece: Miraphone TU33 • Finish: Lacquer • Case: MTS 1207V Tuba Case (Hard) (vii) Place And Performance of Services: Delivery Location: All musical instruments and equipment will be delivered to: 229th Army Band; 3727 Putty Hill Avenue, Nottingham, MD 21236-3509 (viii) Period of Performance (PoP): NLT 1 OCT 24 (viiii)Evaluation Criteria: The Government will award a contract resulting from thiscombined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror conforming to the solicitation will bemost advantageous to the government. This is Firm Fixed Price contract award.Basis of Award is Price Only. a) Price: Pricing shall be submitted complete and error free within the offer. The Unit Price,Amount, and Net Amount shall be completed for every item/CLIN. Pricing submittedwith errors may be removed from consideration for award. b) Eligibility for Award: Offeror shall meet all the criteria listed on the Statement of Workand comply with FAR part 9.1 to be consider eligible for this contract. The offer evaluation and discussion procedures at FAR 15.3 Source Selection do not apply to this acquisition. Offerors are hereby instructed that, regardless of any language that may be used in this solicitation, the Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) is not conducting this procurement under FAR. Part 15 procedures. This procurement is being conducted under "Small Businesses Set-aside Competition" using FAR part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and FAR part 13- Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Although the Government does not intend to engage in exchanges with offerors after the receipt of offers, the Government does reserve the right to negotiate with one or more, but not necessarily all, offerors for any reason. (x)ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS A.Prospectives offerors or respondents’ important information to be considered beforesubmitting your proposal. 1.Quote must be Firm-Fixed-Price and valid for at least 30 days. 2.Prospective offerors must have an active registration in SAM.gov 3.Each Offeror’s record in SPRS will be reviewed prior to award. 4.Questions must be submitted to contract specialist no later than August 10, 2024 by 11:00AM, Eastern Standard Time. The government will not take any more questions after this date. Answers will be posted in sam.gov no later than August 11, 2024. 5.Quote must be submitted by email no later than August 17, 2024 by 11:00AM, EST to Point of Contact (PoC): Contract Specialist for this Combined Synopsis is Ms. Lilani Bantum at ng.md.mdarng.list.uspfo-arpc@army.mil B.Instructions to Offerors: 1.The submission of the documentation specified below will constitute the Offerors acceptance of the terms and conditions of this RFQ combined synopsis solicitation. 2.It is the Government’s intention to award without interchanges. Offerors are encouraged to present their best prices in their initial submission. The Government reserves the right to hold interchanges if deemed necessary. 3.Quote Content: (a)Offerors shall provide prices for the items specified in the schedule. Failure to propose theCLIN/items specified will result in elimination from consideration for award. In addition toproviding pricing in the Schedule, pricing may also be provided in an excel spreadsheet (MSExcel 2017 or greater). b)The Government does not assume the duty to search for data to cure problems we find inquotes. The burden of providing thorough and complete information remains solely with the Offeror. The Government may reject a quote if the quote fails to provide the requiredinformation. c)Quote must provide your company Cage Code, UEI number and company representativephone number and email. C.Administrative Information State Sales Tax Exemption Number is 3000500-4