COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation (“synopsitation” hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a Firm Fixed Price contract for a commercial commodity/service, i.e., Low Temperature Viscosity Bath, as described under the attachment titled “Statement of Work”. The synopsitation is 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 announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation is conducted as a commercial service procurement using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13) and is issued as a 100% Small Business set-aside in accordance with FAR Part 19. An award, if any, will be made to the responsible offeror who submits a quotation that:

1. Conforms to the requirements of the synopsitation;
2. Complies with the minimum requirements stated in the Statement of Work (SOW), as evidenced by providing a complete description of the equipment provided; and
3. That submits the quotation with the lowest price technically acceptable, provided that the price is determined to be fair and reasonable. 

The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon: 1) the quality of quotations received, and 2) whether proposed prices are determined to be fair and reasonable.

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 proposal receipt.  In the event the Government cancels this effort, the Government has no obligation to reimburse the Offeror for any costs.

Offerors shall complete and include in quotations all representations and certifications, as well as all fill-in provisions and clauses, contained within this solicitation. Additionally, quotations that contain pricing only with no description/detail of the equipment that will be provided will not be accepted or considered for award. 

Offerors shall submit a detailed response to the solicitation explaining the products being proposed and how the offeror is able to fulfill all requirements of the solicitation. Offerors quotes must be valid for a period not less than 45 days.

Synopsitation Number:  FA8601-22-Q-0052

This acquisition is under North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code: 334516, Small Business Size Standard: 1,000 Employees

Synopsitation Closing Date: Quotations must be received no later than 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time on 17 June 2022. Quotations received after that date and time will not be accepted or considered for award.

Send Quotations To:

AFLCMC/PZIBB

Attn: Yolanda Johnson

1940 Allbrook Drive, Bld. 1, Room 109

WPAFB OH 45433-5309

or

Submit electronic quotations via e-mail to:

• [email protected]; and [email protected]

Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line “FA8601-22-Q-0052, Viscosity Bath.” The entire quotation must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any.  E-mails with compressed files are not permitted.  Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files).  Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson.  If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent.  The email filter may delete any other form of attachments. 

**Due to the Department of Defense Firewall, it strongly advised to call/email the POCs identified in this Synopsitation to verify that proposal was received prior to the cut-off date.**

Address questions regarding this synopsitation to Ms. Yolanda Johnson by phone at (937) 522-4630 or via e-mail at [email protected].

A detailed description of the requirement including delivery date, provisions and clauses, representations and certifications, and specifications are provided in the attached documents.  Upon award, any provisions that were in the draft contract (including representations and certifications) will be removed from the award document.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov

Attachments:

1. Solicitation Document
2. Statement of Work (SOW)
3. Solicitation Amendment 0001
4. Solicitation Amendment 0002