Synopsis:

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number W912NR-16-R-0008 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This synopsis/solicitation is issued for commercial services in accordance with FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-71 effective December 26, 2013. This acquisition is a total Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) set aside under NAICS 611710 small business size standard is $15,000,000.00. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award management (SAM) to be considered for award. There is no scheduled site visit and all questions must be submitted according to the below defined criteria.

Description of Requirement:
Vigilant Guard (VG-16) Exercise Support requirement. The Contractor shall provide the set/reset of a Structure Venue Collapse System (i.e. Rubble Pile) under this contract in Zachary, Louisiana. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov with the appropriate NAICS code of the intended solicitation and further qualify as a small business under the published size standard. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. To assist potential offerors with questions about this requirement a draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) has been attached for your convenience and offerors are strong encouraged to read through it and submit their questions via email to the Contracting Officer.

Evaluation: The resultant offer by the government will be a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Purchase Order with one (1) base year and four (4) options years awarded using FAR part 13 procedures. The evaluation procedures located at FAR 13.106-2, FAR 15.101-2, FAR 15.305(a)(1) Cost or price evaluation, and FAR 15.305(a)(3) Technical Evaluation, are being utilized for this acquisition. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. Evaluation is based on the lowest priced offer with an acceptable technical and past performance record (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable). Lowest evaluated price will be determined by the Contractor submitting a complete quotation to include total pricing for the requirement and a proposal explaining how you will perform the tasks identified in the Performance Work Statement.

Quotation Submission: Quotations will be submitted electronically via email to MAJ David Bourgeois at [email protected] and SGT Will Howland at [email protected]. The question period will end at 11:59pm CST 25 January 2016 and all answers will be posted NLT 11:59 PM CST 27 January 2016. The solicitation will close at 11:59 PM CST 01 February 2016. The Government intends to award without discussion with the offerors but the Government may request clarifications of quotations submitted. There will not be any allowance for revision of quotations after the solicitation close date therefore submission of the Contractor best possible pricing is encouraged.

Provisions and Clauses:
The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition and there are no addenda to this provision.
Offers must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their offer.
The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and there are no addenda to this clause.
The clause at FAR 52.212-5 Deviation, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues Or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.
The following are the included additional clauses for this action;
52.204-7 System for Award Management
52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation
52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-26 Equal Opportunity
52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards
52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires
52.222-55 Minimum Wages Under Executive order 13658
52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons
52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policy 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
52.233-3 Protest After Award
52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim
52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (http://farsite.hill.af.mil)
52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (DFARS, 48 CFR Chapter 2)
252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative
252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
252.204-7004 Alternate A
252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program
252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports
252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments
252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel
252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea
52.222-3 Convict Labor
52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities
52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans
52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans
52.203-3 Gratuities
52.203-6 ALT.I Restrictions on subcontractor Sales to the Government - Alternate I
52.204-4 Printed or Copied-Double Sided on Post consumer Fiber Content Paper
52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns
52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act
52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act - Price Adjustment
252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities
252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment