50 GHz Power Standard

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-57, DAC 91-13, and Defense Publication Notice (DPN) 20120312. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are being requested and a written request for proposal (RFP) will not be issued. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any). AFMETCAL at Heath OH intends to award a firm fixed price contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, for the purchase of 50 GHz Power Standards with Five-year extended warranty, and technical manuals. The RFP number is FA2263-12-Q-0003 and shall be referenced on any offer submitted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334515 and the business size standard is 500 employees. This solicitation is being solicited as unrestricted. Offerors are requested to provide pricing for 13 units. It is anticipated that 8 units will be purchased in FY 12 with a FY 13 option for up to 5 units. The best estimate is that a total of 13 units will be ordered, however, there is no guarantee that an option will be exercised. The units must meet the requirements of Purchase Description 12E-108A-RF Rev. 1 dated 15 June 2011, with a Five-year extended warranty and data in accordance with DD Form 1423. The Purchase Description, warranty description, and requirements for data delivery on the contract data requirements list are available for download at this site. Please review all documents carefully and note TM8601 requires calibration procedures and an illustrated parts breakdown be included in the manuals. Products offered shall be commercially available. Delivery of the first production quantity of 1 each shall be due 180 days after receipt of award notification and can arrive at the destination no sooner than 7 days before the required delivery date. Upon delivery, offeror will be required to perform installation, set-up, and training at the AFMETCAL site. Once the installation, set-up, and training are completed, AFMETCAL has an additional 45 days to complete acceptance testing. Delivery of the production units shall continue at a rate of a min of 3 max of 4 each due 90 days after acceptance of the first production unit and continue at the rate of 3 to 4 every 30 days thereafter until complete. Acceptance testing of the production units will begin when they are delivered and will be completed within 45 days after receipt at AFMETCAL in Heath Ohio. Accelerated delivery is not permitted unless authorized by the contracting officer. Units will be shipped to AFMETCAL in Heath Ohio. Delivery shall be FOB destination. Contingent upon the availability of funds, delivery of option quantities of a min 3 max 4 each will be due 30 days after completion of CLIN 0004 basic quantity - production units or 90 days after exercise of option whichever is later and continue at that rate every 30 days thereafter until all units are delivered. Invoices may not be submitted in WAWF until the unit has passed acceptance testing. Offerors will be required to provide pricing for a total of 13 units. Please include any quantity break discounts. The current versions of the following clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities; FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Governments Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment; FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation--Commercial Items - (a) 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 and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. Technical, Capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirements as stated in the purchase description; 2. Past Performance, Expectation the Government has that the offeror will be able to successfully complete the required effort; and 3. Price. Award will be made to the responsible technically acceptable offeror who conforms to all of the solicitation requirements, has the lowest total evaluated price, and has affirmatively demonstrated responsibility through past performance. Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. All offeror's shall provide with their proposal, descriptive literature, brochures, and technical proposal response. Offerors must submit sufficient technical literature, documentation, etc., in order for the Government to make an adequate technical assessment of the proposed unit. Award will be based on technical acceptability (acceptable or not acceptable), past performance (confidence or no confidence), and price. Technical acceptability will be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted in response to this request for proposal. The technical proposal response shall include a written line-by-line response to each paragraph number of the purchase description. A simple statement of compliance is not acceptable. Where the technical literature demonstrates that the proposed unit meets the requirement of a specific purchase description paragraph you may reference that page and paragraph of the technical literature in your technical response in lieu of restating it. Past performance will be evaluated based on information submitted (3 recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items) in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(b)(10) and information obtained from the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), including information linked to FAPIIS such as from the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) and the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS). The Government reserves the right to use performance information from other sources such as Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Fee Determining Officials, or commercial sources. Offerors shall be given an opportunity to address adverse past performance information if the offeror has not had a previous opportunity to respond to the information. The total evaluated price will be calculated as follows: (1) The evaluated price will be the unit price proposed multiplied by the specified unit quantity (e.g. 1 EACH), (2) For the option units where there is a quantity range, the evaluated price will be the unit price proposed multiplied by the maximum quantity in that range. (3) The sum of all CLINs (Basic Year and Options) will represent the total evaluated price. (4) Offeror's are advised that the evaluation of options shall not obligate the government to exercise such options. FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, with Alternate I. Each offeror shall include a completed copy of this provision. Offerors shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov . If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (DEVIATION); FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation; FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers With Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans; FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act; FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration; FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award; FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; FAR 52.247-34 F.o.b. - Destination; DFAR 252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Terrorist Country; DFAR 252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation; DFAR 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items; DFAR 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (DEVIATION); DFAR 252.225-7013 Duty Free Entry; DFAR 252.225-7020 Trade Agreements Certificate; DFAR 252.227-7015 Technical Data - Commercial Items; DFAR 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Request and Receiving Reports; DFAR 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments; DFAR 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea; AFFAR FAR 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman - When appropriate, potential offerors may contact Ombudsman Kim McDonald, WR-ALC/PKC at Phone 478-222-1088, Fax 478-222-1121. To view provisions and clauses in full text see website (http://farsite.hill.af.mil). All offers must be valid for a period of 90 days. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The government reserves the right to limit the number of offers reviewed for award, for efficiency purposes. The offer must: (1) be for the item described in the purchase description, (2) be FOB Destination, (3) include a delivery schedule and discount/payment terms, (4) include copy of commercial price list, (5) include name of and be signed by an authorized company representative along with telephone number and facsimile number, (6) include taxpayer identification number (TIN), CAGE Code Number and DUNS Number, (7) include a technical proposal that follows the PD line-by-line, (8) include three recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and (9) include a statement of compliance with extended 5-year warranty, (10) be sure to include pricing for option year quantities, the option may be exercised anytime from date of award up through 30 Sept 2013, (11) include FAR 52.212-3 reps and certs and be sure ORCA and CCR are current. The government reserves the right to incorporate the successful offeror's technical proposal into any contract resulting from this solicitation. CLINs should be priced as follows: FY 2012 Basic Contract, First Production Unit CLIN 0001 50 GHz Power Standard, First Production Unit, 1 each ELIN 0002 Data Requirements CLIN 0003 Five-year warranty, 1 each FY 2012 Basic Contract, Production Units CLIN 0004 50 GHz Power Standard, Production Units, 7 each CLIN 0005 Data Requirements CLIN 0006 Five-year warranty, 7 each FY 2013 Option (1 Oct 2012 to 30 Sept 2013) CLIN 1001 50 GHz Power Standard, 1-5 each CLIN 1002 Data Requirements CLIN 1003 Five-year warranty, 1-5 each This will be a DO-A70 rated contract. Offers are due by 13 April 2012 at 4:00 PM EST to: Tom Carson, AFMETCAL, 813 Irving-Wick Dr W, Bldg. 2, Heath OH 43056-1199. Facsimile submissions to 740-788-5157 are permissible with the follow-up of an original sent by mail. Electronic submissions to [email protected] are permissible. E-mail may be used to transmit offers only if email can be sent encrypted and due to current Air Force requirements shall not include ZIP files. Otherwise offers shall be submitted via direct mailing or facsimile. In order to facilitate the sending and receiving of encrypted emails, offerors must use MS Outlook email configured to support encryption or a different email product that is S/MIME compatible and configured to support encryption. If you intend to submit your offer via encrypted email, you will need to contact the buyer identified in this solicitation posting prior to that first submittal in order to exchange certificates used for encryption. To ensure the process is working correctly, send a test encrypted message first (without including any offer information). Offerors bare the risk for receipt of submitted offers being untimely. Offerors shall allow sufficient time for receipt of electronic submissions by the due date and time. Any offer or modifications to the offer received after the exact time specified for receipt of offers/proposals may not be considered. All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database and must put their reps and certs in the ORCA website at http://ORCA.bpn.gov. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which if received timely shall be considered by this agency.

The purpose of this amendment is to add the revised Purchased Description and to extend the closing date for receipt of offers. Purchase Description 12E-108A-RF Rev. 2 dated 27 March 2012 is hereby added and supercedes Purchase Description 12E-108A-RF Rev. 1 dated 15 June 2011. The closing date for receipt of offers is revised to 4:00 PM EST on 26 April 2012.

The purpose of this amendment is to add the revised Purchased Description and to extend the closing date for receipt of offers. Purchase Description 12E-108A-RF Rev. 3 dated 24 April 2012 is hereby added and supercedes Purchase Description 12E-108A-RF Rev. 2 dated 27 March 2012. The closing date for receipt of offers is revised to 4:00 PM EST on 30 April 2012.