**NOTICE TO OFFEROR(S)/ SUPPLIERS(S): FUNDS ARE NOT PRESENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THIS EFFORT. NO AWARD WILL BE MADE UNTIL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS REQUEST FOR QUOTES, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE CLOSING DATE. IN THE EVENT THE GOVERNMENT CANCELS THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO OBLIGATION TO REIMBURSE AN OFFEROR FOR ANY COSTS.
This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation/notice; responses/quotes are being requested.
Requirement Description
This requirement is for the procurement of Tool Kits as outlined below AND the attached documents.
Please, see included files for required salient characteristics of the CLIN package requirement:
a)."1. Salient Charcteristics - Cust Tool Kit Inventory - LRS Tool Kits"
b)."1. Salient Charcteristics - Cust tool box details - LRS Tool Kits"
This requirement is being soliciated as a Brand Name or Equal requirement. Snap-On Part Numbers: LASER12, FMTKHUGERAYBM, KWSN2973AST. Alternative brands will be acceptable as long as all of the salient characteristics are met as outlined in the attached documents. It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that enough information is provided to the Government in order to verify that alternative items meet the salient characteristics. The Goverment resevers the right to find any proposal unresponsive if inadequate product information is provided that cannot throughly support review of alternative items. The Government reserve the right to review and make determination of acceptability without discussions.
CLIN STRUCTURE:
CLIN 0001: Etched, Foam-molded Kit, Toolbox
Quantity: 2 Unit of Issue: Package Price: $________________
All CLINs F.O.B. Destination.
Place of Performance: 970 Petercheff Street, Terre Haute, IN 47803
Delivery Period: 90 calendar days
Questions
Solicitation Questions MUST be received by 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, 3 September 2025. All questions must be submitted by email to keith.parker.4@us.af.mil
Solicitation Response/Quotation
All quotations/responses shall be submitted via email to Keith Parker at keith.parker.4@us.af.mil no later than 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Monday, 08 September 2025.
Please include the following information with your response:
(1) FOB: (Destination preferred)
(2) Shipping Cost if applicable (870 Petercheff Street, Terre Haute, IN 47803):
(3) UEI #
(4) Cage Code:
(5) Small Business – Yes ___ No ___
(6) Estimated Delivery Date:
(7) If available on a Price list please provide a copy.
(8)Total Amount: ______________________
Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management Registration (SAM) database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any DoD contract. This may be accomplished electronically at https://www.sam.gov.
This is a firm fixed-price procurement; therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should represent the vendor’s best quote in terms of price and technical acceptability. Solicitation closing date/time is firm; proposals received after the deadline will not be accepted. Your quote must contain enough technical information i.e. data sheet, drawing, specification, etc. for evaluation. Your quote will only be evaluated based on the information provided. The award will be made on the basis of lowest evaluated price of RFQ meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards. A determination by the Government not to accept the proposal for not meeting the minimum requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Any quote, modification, or revision of a quote received after the exact specified in this solicitation shall be determined as late and may not be considered. If a late quote is received before award is made, only the Contracting Officer can make the determination that accepting the late quote would not unduly delay the acquisition
The government intends to award a purchase order without interchanges with respective vendors/quoters. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct interchanges if deemed in its best interest. Under appropriate circumstances, interchanges can be an effective method to improve the Government’s evaluation of Offerors’ quoted approaches and may reduce acquisition cycle time. Interchanges may be written, email, phone call, etc., or any method which would accurately capture the contemporaneous sharing of information between the Government and the Offerors. Interchanges may also be oral conversations between the Government and the Offerors.
Protest Proceedures
NG Agency Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns with the National Guard (NG) as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or other external forum.
Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods as if filed at the GAO. The NG protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 35 calendar days from filing. An agency protest may be filed with either the Contracting Officer or the NG Agency’s Protest Decision Authority, but not both, in accordance with NG protest procedures.
To be timely, the protests must be filed with the periods specified in FAR 33.103. To file a protest under the NG Agency Protest Program, the protest must request resolution under that program and be sent to the address below:
National Guard Bureau
Office of the Director of Acquisitions/ Head of Contracting Activity
ATTN: NGB-AQ-O
111 S. George Mason Dr.
Arlington, VA 22204
Email: ng.ncr.ngb-arng.mbx.ngb-task-order-ombudsman@mail.mil
All other agency-level protests should be sent to the Contracting Officer for resolution at the address in the solicitation. See FAR clause 52.233-2.
NG Public-facing, general Protest information is found at:
https://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/Joint-Staff/Special-Staff/Director-of-Acquisitions/
Directorate of Acquisitions information for the contracting enterprise is found at
https://gko.portal.ng.mil/ngb/STAFF/D01/D01/OI/Protests%20and%20Complaints/Forms/AllItems.aspx
