I. Description of Requirement
*Please note this is a re-post of combined synopsis/solicitation N68335-25-Q-0132. This combined synopsis/solicitation, N68335-25-Q-0132, includes an updated Statement of Work, CLIN Structure and FAR 52.240-1. (5/21/2025). Please note, two additional attachment have been added, on 05/22/2025 (Attachment 5) and on 5/28/25 (Attachment 6) responding to questions from interested vendor(s).
The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ has a requirement to procure the furnishing and installation of laboratory furniture to support the operations Navy’s Lakehurst Depot Calibration Lab in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW). The Contactor shall remove the existing test benches and dispose of it in a rental dumpster utilizing a rental forklift. The manufacturer shall provide the minimum commercial warranty for the calibration standard of at least one (1) calendar year from date of shipment. Each calibration standard shall have a sticker affixed to the outside of the unit enclosure. The Government intends to procure the above items under a total small business set aside through a Firm-Fixed Price Contract. The Period of Performance (PoP) for the resultant award shall be one hundred and eighty (180) days after contract award.
Please see the following Attachments:
Attachment 1 Statement of Work (SOW)
Attachment 2 Lakehurst Calibration Laboratory Test Bench Requirements List
Attachment 3 Lakehurst Calibration Laboratory Floor Plan
Attachment 4 Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) Structure
Attachment 5 Response to Questions from Interested Vendor_5-22-2025
Attachment 6 Response to Questions from Interested Vendor_5-28-2025
Attachment 7 Response to Questions from Interested Vendor_6-18-2025
Attachment 8 Response to Questions from Interested Vendor_6-24-2025
II. Solicitation Instructions
- This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Commercial items prepared in accordance with 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. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 and FAR Part 13 under combined synopsis/solicitation number N68335-25-Q-0132.
- The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03.
- This will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 337127 Institutional Furniture Manufacturing with a size standard of 500 employees. The Product Service Code is 6640.
- Please see Attachments 1 through 4 for requirement specifications and CLIN Structure for a list of the line-item number(s), quantities and units of measure.
- The description of the requirements for the items to be acquired are provided in the description above and Attachments 1 through 4. Inspection and Acceptance is destination to NAWCAD LKE. Any applicable shipping costs shall be factored into unit price(s) of each item. Do not include a separate line item for shipping charges.
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 will be used to evaluate offers:
BASIS OF AWARD
1.0 GENERAL
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; 2) Technical Description; and, 3) Price.
1. Award Eligibility: The Government will verify eligibility conforms with a total small business set aside.
2. Technical Description: The Government will evaluate whether the quote has included a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. Quotations that do not include a technical description of the items being offered or do not include a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with requirements in the solicitation, will not be considered for award. The quotation shall conform with the CLIN structure included in the SOW. Respondents are encouraged to provide their best delivery lead time. However, no preference shall be provided for advanced delivery; only compliance with the required delivery schedule as described in SOW shall be evaluated. The Offeror shall provide the required quantities as specified in the CLIN Structure, Attachment 4.
Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings
Rating Description
Acceptable Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.
Unacceptable Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.
3. Price: The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness and award will be made to the lowest price responsible Offeror that is deemed Eligible for award. 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 in accordance with the CLIN Structure (Attachment 4). Each Offeror’s proposal shall be evaluated to determine if it is complete.
4. Past Performance: Evaluation of each supplier’s past performance history in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) for the PSC of the supplies being purchased. In the case of a supplier without a record of relevant past performance history in SPRS for the PSC of the supplies being purchased, the Offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably for its past performance history. SPRS assigns each contractor a color based on the high five percent in the commodity (Dark Blue), next 10 percent (Purple), next 70 percent (Green), next 10 percent (Yellow), and last five percent (Red). Past performance, ratings are as follows:
Past Performance Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings
Rating Description
Acceptable Offeror has a rating of Dark Blue, Purple, Green or Yellow in SPRS
Unacceptable Offeror has a rating of Red in SPRS
Neutral Offeror has no rating in SPRS
The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award the contract without discussions as described in FAR 52.212-1(g); and will evaluate each offer on the basis of the Offeror’s initial offer. Therefore, the initial offer shall contain the Offeror’s best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
1.0 PROPOSAL CONTENT
The proposal shall be separated into the following Volumes:
Volume Number Volume Title
I Technical
II Price
Volume I, Technical Proposal - This Volume shall not contain any reference to price aspects of the offer. This Volume shall include all information requested in Basis for Award, “2.0 TECHNICAL.”
Volume II, Price Proposal - This Volume shall include the information requested below and shall include a completed Attachment 4, CLIN structure Excel file, with total prices filled in for evaluation purposes.
Offers that do not comply with the line items specified in this solicitation may be determined to be nonresponsive or unacceptable.
As this is a competitive acquisition with adequate price competition anticipated, any price documentation requested shall not be certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.406-2. However, in the event that adequate price competition does not exist after receipt of proposals, 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 price. Further, the Offeror may be required to provide a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data prior to award, pursuant to FAR 15.406-2. Offeror shall acknowledge the requirement to provide additional cost or pricing information and certify the data prior to award if/when requested by the Government.
(x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items Alternate I 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 is incorporated.
(xii) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –Commercial Items is incorporated in this contract by full text; the following provisions apply: FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons , FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards, FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application, FAR 52 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside , FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation, 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans, FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities, FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans, FAR 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases, FAR 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving, FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management.
(xiii) Additional clauses and provisions and requirements:
FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities
FAR 52.203-12: Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions
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 Reporting
FAR 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror
FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance
FAR 52.204-19: Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications
FAR 52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror
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 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation
FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
FAR 52.209-11: Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law
FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services
FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor
FAR 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information
FAR 52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation
FAR 52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services
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 and Certifications.
FAR 52.227-1: Authorization and Consent
FAR 52.227-2: Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement
FAR 52.229-3: Federal, State and Local Taxes
FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
FAR 52.240-1 Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act
FAR 52.246-2: Inspection Of Supplies--Fixed Price
FAR 52.247-34: F.O.B. Destination
FAR 52.252-2: Clauses Incorporated By Reference
FAR 52.252-5: Authorized Deviations In Provisions
FAR 52.252-6: Authorized Deviations In Clauses
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 252.204-7008: 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 252.204-7012: Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting
DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support
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 252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements
DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements
DFARS 252.204-7024: Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System
DFARS 252.211-7003: Item Unique Identification and Valuation
DFARS 252.211-7008 Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers
DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting
DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the use of the Supplier Performance Risk System
DFARS 252.211-7008: Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers
DFARS 252.215-7008: Only One Offer
DFARS 252.215-7013: Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors
DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium
DFARS 252.225-7001: Buy American and Balance of Payments Program
DFARS 252.225-7002: Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors
DFARS 252.225-7012: Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities
DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty Free Entry
DFARS 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items
DFARS 252.225-7052: Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten.
DFARS 252.225-7055: Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime
DFARS 252.225-7056: Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime
DFARS 252.227-7015: Technical Data--Commercial Items
DFARS 252.227-7037: Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data
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 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services
DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate—Basic
DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program—Basic
DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements—Basic
DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities
DFARS 252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime
DFARS 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime
DFARS 252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
DFARS 252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports
DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions
DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing Of Contract Modifications
DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea—Basic
2.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
It is advised that all potential prime Offerors ensure the proper company points of contact are registered in the site based on their CAGE codes and have the proper roles assigned well in advance of the solicitation closing date.
Clearly mark all files with the solicitation and volume number. The submission date for all Volumes of the proposal shall be no later than the date and time specified in the solicitation. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to obtain written confirmation of receipt of all electronic files of the full proposal by the Contracting Office. The Government is not obligated to search for incorrectly submitted proposals in SAM.gov.
In the event that SAM.gov is not operational, experiences technical difficulties, or a Contractor is temporarily unable to access or use the system, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer. This Notification must occur prior to the proposal submission deadline and shall be in writing. The Offeror shall obtain written approval from the Contracting Officer to submit the proposal via an alternate method. Offerors are responsible for ensuring electronic copies are virus-free and shall run an anti-virus scan before submission. Electronic copies of each volume shall be compatible with the following software products: Adobe Acrobat Reader 11 and Microsoft Office Suite 2016. Narrative portions of the proposal shall be in Adobe Acrobat portable document file (PDF) searchable text format. The Offeror shall not embed sound or video (e.g., MPEG) files into the proposal files. The Contractor shall submit all volumes of its proposal electronically to the Points of Contact listed below under the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Solicitation Number N68335-25-Q-0132. In order to compete for the requirement, a submission must be received by the date and time specified in solicitation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Responses shall be submitted by 27 June 2025 at 4:00 PM to Mr. Juan Carlos Belmonte, juancarlos.r.belmonte.civ@us.navy.mil and Mr. Terrence Shearer, terrence.d.shearer.civ@us.navy.mil. Please ensure both Points of Contacts are included on any correspondence. All quotations/proposals shall meet all requirements as outlined in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Only electronic proposals will be accepted by the Government.
