F-35 Fitted Racks

Amendment 001 - Added RFI Responses on 3 June 2025

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

(IAW FAR 12.603)

The Air Force 301st Operational Contracting Flight at NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX is issuing this combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, F-35 Fitted Racks. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), and the solicitation number is FA667525Q0008. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03, DFARS Change 17 January 2025, and DAFFARS Change 16 October 2024.

SET ASIDE: This solicitation is being issued as a competitive, 100% Local Small Business Set-Aside under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 336413, Product/Service Code 4920, with a size standard of 1250 Employees.

DESCRIPTION: This solicitation is for the purchase of the following commercial items to include delivery to the destination:

CLIN Item Quantity

0001 F35 Fixed Rack - 192" Long IAW Attachment 1 –Drawings 5 EA

0002 F35 Fixed Rack- 180" Long IAW Attachment 1 –Drawings 3 EA

0003 F35 Mobile Cart IAW Attachment 1 –Drawings 1 EA

See Attachment 1 – Drawings for product requirements.

AWARD TYPE: Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order

DELIVERY TERMS: FOB Destination.

Specific delivery address will be provided upon contract award. All quotes must include an estimated delivery period for each item of supply.

Address: Naval Air Station / JRB, TX 76127

FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

FAR 52.212-1 ADDENDA:

Offerors’ quotation shall conform to the required CLIN structure shown on the Offeror’s Information attachment. Also, any offeror not conforming to the required minimum salient characteristics listed within the Drawings attachment and to this solicitation may be deemed unacceptable and therefore ineligible for award.

The following words stating “offer”, “offeror”, and “proposal” are replaced with “quotation”, “vendor”, and “quote”.

Paragraph (b) (4) is revised as follows: A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in this solicitation are required with submission of quote.

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes.

BEST VALUE SOURCE SELECTION APPROACH: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)

EVALUATION CRITERIA: Evaluation for award will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, Commercial Items. The lowest price quote will be reviewed for technical acceptability. Technical acceptability is to be based on conformance to the requirements detailed. If found technically acceptable, no further reviews will be conducted. If found to be unacceptable, the next lowest priced response will be evaluated.

FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with alternate I applies to this acquisition. The offeror verifies by submission of their offer that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically in the System for Award Management have been entered or updated in the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation.

Contractors must have either SAM account updated with FAR 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services Representation; date Oct 2020 or later. If your SAM account is not updated, then the National Defense Authorization Act Section 889 Form must be completed with your RFQ submission.

PROVISIONS / CLAUSES: See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses and Appendix A – Supplemental Provisions and Clauses (DAFFARS) below.

FUNDING STATUS: This acquisition is currently FUNDED.

REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATIONS: In order to be considered for this requirement, you MUST have an active company profile in System for Award Management (SAM.gov).

INVOICING: In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3332, electronic funds transfer (EFT) is required for payments. All payments are to be paid via the Internet through the Wide Area Workflow (now called PIEE) system. WAWF/PIEE may be accessed at https://piee.eb.mil/. Payment information may be accessed using the DFAS website at https://www.dfas.mil.

POINTS OF CONTACT:

Contracting Officer: Nicholas Fyffe - nicholas.fyffe.4@us.af.mil

Contract Administrator: Lydia Carlton – lydia.carlton@us.af.mil

QUESTIONS: Submit questions by e-mail to BOTH POCs listed above utilizing Attachment 4 - RFI. The cutoff to submit questions is May 30, 2025 @ 10AM CDT. Answers to questions will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation on SAM.gov by June 10, 2025 @ 10AM CDT. No phone calls will be accepted.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Submit quotes by e-mail to BOTH POCs listed above no later than Friday, June 20, 2025 @ 10AM CDT. It is the offeror’s responsibility to get the proposal in on time and should allow sufficient time to clear any and all email servers. Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF files are the accepted forms of files to be submitted. Please limit file size to 3MB or less and include your company’s CAGE, DUNS, Delivery Period, and any discount payment terms. Quotes submitted prior to close date are welcome.

Your quote must include but is not limited to the following:

1. Completed (must be signed) Attachment 3 – Offeror’s Information

2. Product data sheets or any other technical information necessary for technical evaluation of the offered product.

3. Complete all appropriate and applicable Representations and Certifications in Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses.

4. Quotes must be valid for at least 90 days.

5. All price quotations must be submitted via the Offeror’s Information attachment. Separate quotes on company letterhead can be provided for supplemental information, but all technical submissions must be submitted on a separate document.

Appendix A – Supplemental Provisions and Clauses (DAFFARS)

5352.201-9101 AFRC Ombudsman

5352.223-9000 Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations

5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ACCESS TO NAS FORT WORTH JRB 11 Sep 2015 NOTICE

NAS Fort Worth JRB has opened the new commercial vehicle gate facility. The gate operational hours will be 0630 to 1400, Monday through Friday, and will serve as the sole entry point for commercial deliveries to the installation. Hours are subject to change. The gate entrance is located at the intersection of Alta Mere Drive (State Road 183) and Ridgmar Meadows Road. To ensure safety, personally owned vehicles (POVs) are not authorized to use this gate.

Specific types of vehicles will no longer be allowed to use the Main Gate on Pumphrey Lane and must now enter the installation via the new Commercial Gate Facility. These types of vehicles are all commercial deliveries (regardless of vehicles size), commercial vehicles towing trailers and commercial vehicles with enclosed sides (such as commercial panel vans). These vehicles

will no longer be authorized entry at the Main Gate. The required documentation for installation access will remain unchanged. Unannounced delivery attempts outside of normal delivery hours will be turned away. Mission Essential/Emergency after hour deliveries must be pre-coordinated with the Security Department. Contractors in personally owned vehicles (POVs) and company passenger vehicles (without trailers) will still use the Main Gate on Pumphrey.

FEDERAL HOLIDAYS

New Year’s Day - 1 January

Martin Luther King’s Birthday - Third Monday in January

Presidents Day - Third Monday in February

Memorial Day - Last Monday in May

Juneteenth – 19 June

Independence Day - 4 July

Labor Day - First Monday in September

Columbus Day - Second Monday in October

Veterans Day - 11 November

Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November

Christmas Day - 25 December

Ombudsman HQ rep:

Mr. Dean D. Sniegowski, AFRC /DS, 555 Robins Parkway, Suite 250C, Robins AFB, GA 31098. Comm: 478-327-1008. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to 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.

ATTACHMENTS:

1.) Drawings Sheet

2.) Provisions & Clauses

3.) Offerors Information

4.) RFI

5.) National Defense Authorization Act Section 889 Form