ISU 90 Cargo Rack

AMENDMENT 1: 02 September 2025

-- Added Questions and Answers word document.-- 
-- Added Geophysical Survey Report dated 27 May 2015 (Revision 1)--

This will be periodically updated with newly answered questions. Question submissions will close on 05 September 2025.

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION
RFQ FA487725QA503
FY25 ISU 90 CARGO RACK SYSTEM

i. Solicitation FA4877-25-Q-A-503 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

ii. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses of those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03, effective 17 Jan 2025, DFARS provisions and clauses, effective 17 Jan 2024, and DAFFARS provisions and clauses, effective 16 Oct 2024.

iii. This procurement is being issued as Total Small Busines Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 332999 with a size standard of 750 Employees. (PSC 5450)

iv. The right to make multiple or no award is reserved in the event it is advantageous to the Government to do so.

v. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base intends to issue a firm-fixed price purchase order for the following:

• -- CLIN 0001: One (1) Each (EA) Modular cabinet system
• -- CLIN 0002: One (1) Each (EA) All Material and Install Modular Cabinet System

vi. The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. See FAR Clause 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) under paragraph xiii for further details.

vii. Important Dates/Times:

• A site visit is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, September 3rd. Please notify the POCs listed within this posting no later than Friday, August 29th, 2025 if your company is interested in attending a site visit. A calendar invite will only be sent to those who respond within deadline.
• All questions must be submitted via email no later than Friday, 05 September 2025, 3:00pm ET
• All quotes must be submitted via email no later than Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 3:00pm ET

viii. It is the responsibility of the offeror to review the posting for any changes or amendments that may occur concerning this RFQ.

ix. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure all quotes and/or questions are submitted no later than the specified due date.

x. Point of Contacts:

1. Primary: Kody Jose McPherson, kody.mcpherson.1@us.af.mil, (520) 228-1922
2. Alternate: Adam Lynn, adam.lynn@us.af.mil, (520) 228-4183

xi. Attachments:

• Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement (PWS)
• Attachment 2 – Provisions & Clauses
• Attachment 3 – SCA Wage Determination
• Attachment 4 – Layout of where CARGO RACK Must be at 
• Attachment 5 – Photos of Site 
• Attachment 6 – QnA ISU 90 QA503
• Attachment 7 – Geophysical Survey Report dated 27 May 2015 (Revision 1)

xii. FAR 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors is incorporated by reference (IBR) within the attached Provisions & Clauses document. Please refer to Acquisition.Gov for full text of IBR provisions and clauses. Quote submission must include, at minimum, those items outlined in FAR 52.212-1. Also, quotation must be provided in a PDF or Word format with company information clearly identified. Quotations submission limited to no more than 4 pages.

xiii. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021)

• The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Additionally, the evaluation shall include a best value assessment between the quotes for conformance to formatting/informational requirements identified herein as well asFAR 52.212-1. Past Performance will not be Evaluated for this requirement.
• Best value factors that will be considered:
  • Technical: Offerors must provide sufficient technical information in order to fully demonstrate capability of providing the requested service(s) as identified in the Performance Work Statement and other attached documentation.
  • Price: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s quotation for price completeness ans reasonableness.
    • Completeness - Offeror’s price quotation will be evaluated for completeness by confirming the offeror has provided unit and total price for all CLINs.
    • Reasonableness - Offeror’s price will be evaluated for reasonableness through one or more of the methods specified in FAR 13.106-2 & 13.106-3.
  • Responsiveness & Conformance to Formatting/Informational Requirements: Quote submission must include, at minimum, those items outlined in FAR 52.212-1. Also, quotation must be provided in a PDF or Word format with company information clearly identified. Finally, quotation submission should be limited to no more than 4 pages.
  • Options: Not applicable to this requirement:
  • A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is
    received before award.

(End of Provision)

DAFFARS 5352.201-101 OMBUDSMAN (JUL 2023)

1. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.
2. Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).
3. If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, [Insert names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail addresses of Center/MAJCOM/FLDCOM/DRU/DAFRCO ombudsman/ombudsmen]. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/FLDCOM/DRU ombudsman level, may bebrought by the interested party for further consideration to the Department of the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.
4. The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.
5. Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

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DAFFARS 5352.223-9000 ELIMINATION OF USE OF CLASS I OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) (JUN 2024)

1. Contractors shall not:
   1. Provide any service or product with any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that require the use of a Class I ODS in the test, operation, or maintenance of any system, subsystem, item, component, or process; or
   2. Provide any specification, standard, drawing, or other document that establishes a test, operation, or maintenance requirement that can only be met by use of a Class I ODS as part of this contract/order.
   3. For the purposes of Department of the Air Force policy, the following products that are pure (i.e., they meet the relevant product specification identified in AFI 32-7086) are Class I ODSs:
   4. Halons: 1011, 1202, 1211, 1301, and 2402;
   5. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs): CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-111, CFC-112, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CFC-211, CFC-212, CFC-213, CFC-214, CFC-215, CFC-216, and CFC-217, and the blends R-500, R-501, R-502, and R- 503; and
   6. Carbon Tetrachloride, Methyl Chloroform, and Methyl Bromide.

[NOTE: Material that uses one or more of these Class I ODSs as minor constituents do not meet the Department of the Air Force definition of a Class I ODS.]

(End of clause)