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This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. This combined synopsis/solicitation WILL be posted to SAM https://sam.gov/.

THE RFQ number is N4215824Q0017. This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2024-04 effective 22 Dec 2023, and DFARS Change Notice 20231222. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at this address: https://www.acquisition.gov/.

The NAICS CODE is 611430 and the size standard is $15M.

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) requests responses from qualified sources capable of providing (2) 3.5 day curriculum training covering the subject and application of Root Cause and Human Factors Analysis combined and tailored to NNSY as identified in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The Government intends to procure this requirement as a total small business set-aside.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and submit quotes. Determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Period of Performance (POP): 28 May 2024 through 28 Jun 2024

The completion and submission of the above items will constitute a quote and will be considered the vendor's unconditional assent to the terms and conditions of this solicitation and any attachments and/or exhibits.

Failure to provide all of these documents by the required date and time may preclude a quotation from award consideration at the discretion of the Government.

Quotations shall be valid for 30 days.

System for Award Management (SAM). Quoting vendors must be registered in the SAM database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed on-line at http://sam.gov/.

To be considered for this opportunity, all quotes shall be submitted in either Microsoft Word, Excel spreadsheet or Adobe PDF. Quote must include price(s), FOB Destination, a point of contact, name and phone number, business size, and payment terms. An award will be made based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). Each quote must clearly indicate the capability of the vendor to meet all specifications and requirements in the PWS/SOW. Vendors shall provide a detailed (unpriced) capabilities statement for review and acceptance by the technical team. Responses to this solicitation are due by 12:00pm EST on 25 April 2024. Email quotes to roshanda.l.sansom.civ@us.navy.mil.

Quotes shall be valid for sixty (60) days (at minimum).

This announcement will close on 25 Apr 2024 at 1200 PM Eastern Standard Time.

The following FAR provision and clauses are applicable to this procurement (supplementary provisions and clauses may be added prior to award):

EVALUATION

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation — Commercial Items is applicable to this procurement. The Government will award a contract resulting from this Request for Quotation (RFQ) to the responsible quoter whose quotation conforms to the RFQ and will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations:

1. Technical Capability;

2. Delivery dates as shown in attached SOW.

3. Price

Technical acceptability will be determined by reviewing the technical certifications submitted for each item to ensure that all of the technical requirements identified are met. Technical acceptability will be defined as follows:

Technical Evaluation Ratings

Rating Description

Acceptable Quote meets all of the requirements identified

Rating Description

Unacceptable Quote does not meet all of the requirements identified.

Note: Contractors who fail to possess acceptable technical capability will not be considered for award and the other elements of their quotation will not be evaluated.

Price: The vendor’s proposed price will be evaluated on the basis of price reasonableness. All prices must be considered fair and reasonable as determined by the Government.

For purposes of award amongst all of the technically acceptable quotations, delivery schedule will be considered to be of equal importance when compared to price.

NOTE: Quotations determined to be technically unacceptable shall not be further evaluated for award. Of the technically acceptable quotations, the Government reserves the right to award to other than low based upon a selection determined to be the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered.

Although price is considered to be equal in importance to delivery, it has the potential to become more significant during the evaluation process. The importance of price will increase as the degree of equity in a respondent’s non-cost quotations rise. The importance of price will also increase when a quotation’s price is so significantly high as to diminish the value to the Government that might have been gained under the other aspects of the quotation. If at any point in the evaluation all respondents are determined to have submitted equal or generally equivalent non-cost quotations, price may become the factor in determining the contractor selected for award.

The following FAR provisions and clauses are applicable to this procurement (supplementary provisions and clauses may be added prior to award):

52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2018

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting AUG 2020

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance AUG 2020

52.204-22 Alternate Line Item Proposal. JAN 2017

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Products and Commercial Services NOV 2023

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management OCT 2018

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations JUN 2013

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials SEP 2011

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DEC 2022

252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items NOV 2023

(Attachment 1: ARCA-HFACS Training SOW)

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