Joint Strike Fighter F35 Tools

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst (NAWCAD LKE) has a requirement to procure brand name RFD Beaufort Inc. tools through a Firm-Fixed Price contract. The Government intends to procure the the required items under a limited competition between RFD Beaufort Inc. and their authorized distributors. 

 (i)  THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for Commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, 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.  (ii)  This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 & FAR Part 13 under combined synopsis/solicitation number N68335-24-Q-0208.  (iii)  The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-01.  (iv)   NAICS is 332216 with a size standard of 750 employees. (v) Please see Attachment 001_Price Sheet for a list of the line item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure. (vi) The description of the requirements for the items to be acquired are provided in the description above and Attachment 001_Price List attached below. (vii) FOB point is destination to NAWCAD LKE. Any applicable shipping costs shall be factored into the unit price(s) of each item. Do not include a separate line item for shipping charges. (viii) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition. (ix) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition. 

(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: 

Award will be made to the lowest price responsible Offeror that is deemed Eligible for award. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following criteria: 1) Award Eligibility; and, 2) Price. 

AWARD ELIGIBILITY

Award Eligibility shall be determined by the following:

1. Demonstration that the Offeror is an authorized distributor of the identified brand name manufacturer. Acceptable demonstration is as follows: Prime level Offerors shall provide written documentation from the Original Equipment Manufacturer that their company or their subcontractor is authorized to distribute the required equipment. If the prime Offeror's subcontractor is the authorized distributor, then the prime-level Offeror shall include in the documentation a statement guaranteeing the Government will receive the same benefits when contracting with the prime as if the prime Offeror was the authorized distributor; AND

2. Offeror provides an exact match of the part numbers listed in Attachment 001 of this combined synopsis/solicitation.

If an Offeror does not provide the entire list of equipment, or is not an authorized distributor, the Offeror will be deemed Ineligible for award. If an Offeror manipulates the Attachment 001 spreadsheet, the Offeror will be deemed Ineligible for award. If the Offeror provides the entire list of equipment and is an authorized distributor, the Offeror will be deemed Eligible for award.

PRICE EVALUATION

An Offeror’s Total Evaluated Price will be determined by multiplying the proposed unit prices, by the required quantities identified in each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN). For competitive evaluation purposes, the evaluated price for this procurement will be based on a sum of all CLINs. Offerors must provide pricing for all CLINs. All CLINs will be included in the total evaluated price. Each Offeror’s price proposal shall be evaluated to determine if it is complete.

In accordance with FAR 15.305(a)(1), competition establishes price reasonableness. Therefore, when contracting on a firm-fixed-price basis, comparison of the proposed prices will usually satisfy the requirements to perform a price analysis, and a cost analysis need not be performed. Since this will be conducted using competitive procedures, adequate price competition is expected as the basis for determining the fair and reasonableness of the selected Offeror’s price.

In the event that there is only one satisfactory offer, the Government reserves the right to request additional cost or pricing data as necessary from both the Offeror and subcontractors, and may conduct negotiations with the Offeror, pursuant to FAR Part 15.403-4 in order to ensure a reasonable and realistic price.

A Competitive Fair and Reasonable Price Determination will be reviewed and approved by the Procuring Contracting Officer. The Competitive Fair and Reasonable Price Determination will establish price reasonableness and determine responsibility (FAR 9.103) and financial stability (FAR 9.104-1(a)).

(x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items with its offer or a statement that its Representations and Certifications was completed in the System for Award management (SAM). (xi) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. (xii)  FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –Commercial Items applies to this acquisition; the following provisions apply:  52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jun 2020); 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021);  52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023);  52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Nov 2021); 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003); 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2024); 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015);  52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016); 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020); 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020); 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jun 2020); 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015);  52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020);  52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022);  52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (NOV 2023); 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021);  52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018). (xiii) Additional clauses and provisions and requirements:

FAR 52.204-7: System for Award Management

FAR 52.204-13: System for Award Management Maintenance

FAR 52.204-16: Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

FAR 52.204-21: Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems

FAR 52.204-24: Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

FAR 52.204-27: Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

FAR 52.225-18:  Place of Manufacture

FAR 52.225-25: Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation

FAR 52.227-1:  Authorization and Consent

FAR 52.227-2: Notice And Assistance Regarding Patent And Copyright Infringement and Certifications.

FAR 52.229-3: Federal, State And Local Taxes

FAR 52.232-39: Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

FAR 52.232-40: Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

FAR 52.252-2: Clauses Incorporated By Reference

DFARS 252.203-7000: Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

DFARS 252.203-7002: Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

DFARS 252.203-7005: Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

DFARS 252.204-7003: Control Of Government Personnel Work Product

DFARS 252.204-7007: Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications

DFARS 252.204-7008: Compliance With Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

DFARS 252.204-7009: Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information

DFARS 252.204-7016: Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services – Representation

DFARS 252.204-7017: Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services – Representation

DFARS 252.204-7018: Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services

DFARS 252.211-7003: Item Unique Identification and Valuation

DFARS 252.211-7008: Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

DFARS 252.215-7013: Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors

DFARS 252.217-7026: Identification of Sources of Supply

DFARS 252.223-7008: Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

DFARS 252.225-7001: Buy American And Balance Of Payments Program—Basic

DFARS 252.225-7002: Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors

DFARS 252.225-7007: Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist Chinese Military Companies

DFARS 252.225-7012: Preference For Certain Domestic Commodities

DFARS 252.225-7013: Duty-Free Entry—Basic

DFARS 252.225-7048: Export-Controlled Items

DFARS 252.232-7003: Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DFARS 252.232-7006:  Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions

DFARS 252.232-7010: Levies on Contract Payments

DFARS 252.243-7001: Pricing Of Contract Modifications

DFARS 252.244-7000: Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services

Additional requirements: Responses must be received by 24 June 2024 at 5:00PM EDT via email only.  Questions may be submitted no later than 24 June 2024 at 5:00PM EDT.  The Point of Contact is Clement Slavick, clement.m.slavick.civ@us.navy.mil.  All quotations shall be in accordance with this solicitation and Attachment 001_Price Sheet.