Solicitation FA8751-18-Q-0063 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ.
This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Change Notice (DCN) 20180629. See http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein.
This procurement is being issued as small business set-aside under NAICS code 334516 and small business size standard 1,000 employees.
Notice to Offeror(s)/Suppliers(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an Offeror for any costs.
The contractor shall provide the following items on a firm fixed price basis including the cost of shipping FOB Destination. Brand Name only will be accepted. (Attachment 1)
CLIN 0001
Quantity: 2 (UID's are required)
Product Description: Finisar - WaveShaper 1000A Programmable Optical Filter, C-Band, Benchtop, FC-APC Connectors
SPECIFICATIONS:
OPERATING WAVELENGTH: 1526NM TO 1565NM
FILTER BANDWIDTH: 10GHZ TO 5.3THZ
FILTER SHAPE: ARBITRARY
FREQ. SETTING RESOLUTION: +- 1GHZ
FREQ. SETTING ACCURACY: +- 2.5GHZ
BANDWITH SETTING RESOLUTION: +- 1GHZ
BANDWITH SETTING ACCURACY: +- 5GHZ
ATTENUATION RANGE: 0 TO 30DB
ATTENUATION ACCURACY:+- 10%
SETTING TIME < 500MS
INSERTION LOSS < 5 DB
RETURN LOSS> 25DB
COM INTERFACE: USB 2
CONNECTOR: FC/APC
Offerors shall provide at least the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public in customary commercial practice.
The required delivery date is 6 Weeks After Receipt of Order (ARO). All deliveries shall be made in accordance with FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination. The place of delivery, acceptance and FOB destination point is Rome, NY .
The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Addenda to the following paragraphs of 52.212-1 are:
(b) Written quotes are due at or before 3PM, (Eastern Time) 30 July 2018 Submit to: AFRL/RIKO, Attn: Jennifer Calandra-Willson, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514 or by facsimile to: 315-330-2555 or by email to [email protected]. Offerors are encouraged to submit their quotes using the SF 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items.
(b)(4) Submit a technical description of the items being offered.
(b)(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.
(g) Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without interchanges 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 interchanges if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.
(k) SAM. Offerors must be registered in the SAM database to receive a contract award. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database within 4 days after receiving notification from the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror.
The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items applies. In addition to the information within Paragraph (a), the following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
(i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; and
(ii) price;
All evaluation factors when combined are equal.
Offerors are required to complete representations and certifications found in the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items; Alternate I
DFARS 252.225-7020, Trade Agreements Certificate- Basic
For your convenience all referenced certifications are attached to this solicitation. (Attachment No. 2)
The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.
The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to this acquisition:
52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
52.209-6, Protecting the Government Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside
52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation
52.222-3, Convict Labor
52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies
52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-26, Equal Opportunity
52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers With Disabilities
52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons
52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-33, Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer-System For Award Management
The following additional FAR and FAR Supplement provisions and clauses also apply:
52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting
52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance
52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications
52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems
52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal
52.232-18, Availability of Funds
52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
52.247-34, FOB Destination
252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls
252.204-7011, Alternative Line Item Structure
252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting
252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support
252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation
Para. (c)(1)(i): N/A
Para. (c)(1)(ii): N/A
Para. (c)(1)(iii): N/A
Para. (c)(1)(iv): N/A
Para. (f)(2)(iii): N/A
252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System-Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations
252.225-7000, Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate
252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program
252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium
252.225-7031, Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel
252.227-7015, Technical Data--Commercial Items
252.227-7037, Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data
252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports
252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions
252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments
252.239-7017, Notice Of Supply Chain Risk
252.239-7018, Supply Chain Risk
252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items
252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea - Basic
252.247-7024, Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea
5352.201-9101, Ombudsman is hereby incorporated into this solicitation. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Ms Lisette K. LeDuc, 1864 4th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7130 COM: 937-904-4407, email: [email protected]. Alternate Ombudsman: Ms Kimberly L. Yoder, 1864 4th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7130 COM: 937-255-4967, email: [email protected]
Note that the clause at 252.232-7003 is included in this solicitation. DoD requires all payment requests (with a few exceptions) to be submitted and processed electronically. All vendors/contractors must familiarize themselves with this clause and DFAR 232.7003 for specific procedures. The DoD preferred electronic form for transmission is Wide Area Workflow - Receipt and Acceptance (see website - https://wawf.eb.mil). Wide Area Workflow Training may be accessed online at http://www.wawftraining.com.
Please confirm in your proposal that your company is able to submit electronic invoices as set forth in the clause.
Note that the clause at 252.211-7003 is included in this solicitation. Agency specific guidance is provided below:
For the proposed CLIN 0001, vendors will be expected to supply Unique Item Identifier (UII/ UID) labels for each item (2 UIDs).
UII/ UID component data elements should be marked on an item using two dimensional data matrix symbology that complies with ISO/IEC International Standard 16022, Information technology - International symbology specification - Data matrix; Error Checking and Correction 200 (ECC200) data matrix specification.
(A)LABEL:
If using Construct 1: Encode the two dimensional data matrix with CAGE CODE (Enterprise ID) and Serial #.
If using Construct 2: Encode the two dimensional data matrix with CAGE CODE, Serial #, and Part/Lot/Batch #.
Any costs associated in complying with these terms should be included as part of the firm fixed priced offer herein.
The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating DO-C9 has been assigned to this effort.
All responsible organizations may submit a quote, which shall be considered.