Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Combined Synopsis / Solicitation RFQ # 2125405B4200RA003 Contracting Office: USCG, CG 914-2, Kearneysville, WV Responses Due: On or before, Friday, 23 May 2025 at 12:00 PM EST Total Small Business Set... Combined Synopsis / Solicitation RFQ # 2125405B4200RA003 Contracting Office: USCG, CG 914-2, Kearneysville, WV Responses Due: On or before, Friday, 23 May 2025 at 12:00 PM EST Total Small Business Set-Aside Brand Name Only requirement – No substitutions This is a combined synopsis solicitation for a commercial supply prepared IAW the format in FAR subpart 12.6, Acquisition of Commercial Service, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 2125405B4200RA003 and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ), unless otherwise indicated herein. This RFQ is for Stryten Energy Absolyte GP 3-100G17 Battery Kits. Submit written offers only, oral offers will not be accepted. This combined synopsis/solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time a quote is submitted, excluding outlined in FAR 4.1102(a). Registration information can be found at http://www.sam.gov. UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER (UEI) NUMBER, FEDERAL TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND CAGE CODE MUST BE INCLUDED. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03. The complete text of any of the provisions and clauses may be accessed in full at http://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far. The procurement is Firm Fixed Price and is associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 334220 – Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing. The size standard for this NAICS is 1,250 employees. The respective Product Service Code is: 5810 – Communications Security Equipment and Components. The description of the requirement is the purchase of Stryten Energy Absolyte GP 3-100G17 Battery Kits, NSN: 6140-01-627-6177. The Coast Guard currently has over ninety (90) 12 Cell Battery Kits installed throughout the Rescue 21 Alaska Area of Operation (AOR). These Battery Kits provide secondary backup power to critical Rescue 21 communications equipment. Line item 0001: QTY - 4, UNIT - EA, PART NUMBER -100G17, National Stock Number (NSN) 6140-01-627-6177 DESCRIPTION – Stryten Energy Absolyte GP 3-100G17 Battery Kits See “Attachment 1 – Requirements Document” for more details. Period of Performance: 13 weeks delivery time Consignee and Destination: TFSI Attn: Mitchell Mellott (719) 649-7138 2000 W. International Airport Road Unit B1 Anchorage, Alaska 99502 Solicitation Response Due: On or before Friday 23 May 2025 at 12:00 PM EST – A response to the solicitation is due on or before the aforementioned date and time, IN WRITING, to the Contract Specialist Megan Maday, Megan.L.Maday@uscg.mil, and the Contracting Officer, Brian Eichelberger, Brian.J.Eichelberger@uscg.mil Award will be made to the LOWEST-PRICE technically acceptable quote. This is a total Small Business set-aside. This is a Brand Name Only requirement. This solicitation includes the following attachments: Attachment 1: Requirements Document Attachment 2: Brand Name Justification Attachment 3: FAR Clauses and Provisions Attachment 4: Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (invoicing instructions for the United States Coast Guard). USCG Points of Contact: Contracting Officer: Brian J. Eichelberger, Email: Brian.J.Eichelberger@uscg.mil Contract Specialist: Megan L. Maday, Megan.L.Maday@uscg.mil Instructions: The USCG reserves the right not to answer all submitted questions. Written responses to the questions submitted for this solicitation will be provided to all contractors, with due regard to the proper protection of proprietary information. The USCG will not provide information in response to telephone calls. Contacting other USCG personnel regarding this solicitation in an attempt to gain procurement-sensitive information may result in disqualification from the evaluation process. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued and telephone requests or fax requests for the solicitation will not be accepted. UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER (UEI) NUMBER, FEDERAL TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, and CAGE CODE must be included in the Vendors quote. All quotes submitted shall include cost breakdown, unit price, extended price, payment terms and discount offered for prompt payment. All applicable FAR Provisions and Clauses are attached via “Attachment 3: FAR Clauses and Provisions.” Please be sure to acknowledge the Provisions and Clauses in your response - changes or concerns regarding specific clauses should be addressed in your response or prior to. Nonconformance with the instructions provided may result in disqualification or unfavorable evaluation. Evaluation: The resulting purchase order from this solicitation will be issued as a FIRM FIXED PRICE purchase order. The purchase order will be made to the LOWEST-PRICE technically acceptable quote. The USCG intends to award the purchase order based on the initial quote without engaging in exchanges. However, the USCG reserves the right to conduct exchanges with one or more of the vendors if determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary and in the best interests of the USCG. The USCG may reject any or all quotes if such action is in the public interest and waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotes received. Vendors are strongly encouraged to submit their best quote in response to this solicitation. The Government will first review the quotes for completeness/compliance (everything required to be submitted has been submitted). If a quote is found to be incomplete/non-compliant, it may be removed from the evaluation process, and it will not be further evaluated. Then the Government will list the remaining quotes by price, lowest to highest, and will begin the technical quote evaluation with the lowest priced Offeror. Upon finding the Offeror who meets the brand name requirements (i.e. technical acceptability), the Offeror’s price will be evaluated for reasonableness. If the first quote evaluated is technically acceptable with a price that is reasonable, evaluation will stop. If the first quote evaluated is either not technically acceptable or has a price that is not reasonable evaluation will continue. Once the lowest reasonably priced, technically acceptable quote is found evaluations will stop. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time.