Ciena OTN   2

Amendment 2:

The purpose for amendment 2, is to incorporate an updated part list (UPDATED PART LIST EDWARDS PHASE 3 9.21.2022) and extend the solicitation closing date to 9/26/2022.

Amedment 1:

The purpose for this amendment is to incorporated questions received by industry, include a complete list of materials, include the SOW and extend the closing date to 9/21/2022.

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13) will be used for requirement.

(ii) Solicitation Number: F1S0AG2221A001 **Please provide the full solicitation number on all packages**

Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the items described in this synopsis are invited to submit, in writing, a complete quote including delivery FOB Destination Edwards AFB CA 93524.

Offerors are required to submit a quote with enough information for the Government to evaluate the requirements detailed in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Offerors shall submit quotes via email, please note the maximum file size is 10MB. Emails over this file size will not be received. Submit only written offers; oral offers will not be accepted.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-08 and Regulation Supplement Change Notice (DPN) 20220826 and AFAC 2022-0701.

(iv) THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE: Full and Open Competitive. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 517311 with a size standard of 1,500 Employees.

(v) CLIN Nomenclature

The requirement is for the purchase of Ciena OTN products for a turn-key Network Bandwidth Expansion solution with the following specifications (SOW attached):

1. Ciena 3926 (core, shelves, cables, software, licenses, etc.)

170-0014-900/170-3926-904

170-0063-900/170-0114-900

S71-3926-900

S71-3926-904

S71-3926-905

S71-3926-906

S71-3926-910

170-0131-900

XCVR-S10V31

XCVR-A10Y31

1. Ciena 5160 (core, shelves, cables, software, licenses, etc.)

170-0070-900/170-5160-900

170-0063-900/170-0114-900

S71-0204-900

S71-5160-900

S71-5160-901

S71-5160-904

S71-5160-905

XCVR-S10V31

XCVR-A10Y31

1. Ciena 5171 (core, shelves, cables, software, licenses, etc.)

170-0311-900/170-5171-900

170-0063-900/170-0114-900

S71-5171-900

S71-5171-904

S71-5171-905

S71-5171-906

S71-5171-910

170-0312-900

160-9401-900

XCVR-S10V31

1. Ciena 6500 (core, shelves, cables, software, licenses, etc.)

NTK603AB

NTK607AAE5

NTK609CAE5

NTK609CZ

NTZF99XG

NTK505YAE5

NTK605GA

NTK605MAE5

NTK605XAE5

NTZF06M5V4

500-0100-004

NTK605MZE5

160-9401-900

NTK540BC

S74-LIC-NTK560TB

NTK508FAE5

NTK552FAE5

NTK552GAE5

NTK553GB

NTK553LB

NTK554BAE5

NTK592NGE5

NTK560BZ

NTK560FT

S74-LIC-NTK560JR

S74-LIC-NTK569MU

174-0094-900

184-0011-901

184-0014-900

184-0021-900

184-0023-900

184-0027-900

184-0030-901

184-0055-900

441-4085-001

NTK509NZE6

NTK599ZAE6

NTRU6328

NTRU6501SIF

NTRU6522

NTRU6530

NTRU6531

NTRU6550

NTT899BCE6

NTT899BFE6

NTTC08BFE6

1. Ciena MCP (hardware, licenses, etc.)

S16-LIC-MCPPLET0500

S16-RTU-MCPPLET

S16-RTU-MCPPLET

S16-RTU-MCPPLET

S16-RTU-MCPPLET

S16-RTU-MCPPLET

S16-RTU-MCPPLET

S16-RTU-MCPPLET

182-X8L4-001

182-X8S6-001

(6) Deployment Services

(7) Design Audit & Operation Services

(8) Freight/Shipping

(9) Maintenance Services

(10) On-Site Training

** Services will be in accordance with the SOW attached.

** Vendors need to Provide Authorize Reseller and Integrator Certificate

(vii) Period of Performance (PoP/Delivery): Anticipated Delivery:

Estimated Delivery/Project Completion is 8-12 months

(viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Provisions and clauses can be viewed via internet at Acquisition.gov, https://www.acquisition.gov/

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items

Offerors shall prepare their quotations IAW FAR 52.212-1, in addition the following information shall be included:

PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTOR INFORMATION WITH YOUR QUOTE:

1. DUNS Numbers:
2. TIN Number:
3. CAGE Code:
4. Contractor Name:
5. Payment Terms (net30) or Discount:
6. Point of Contact and Phone Number:
7. Email address:
8. FOB: Destination
9. Warranty (if applicable):
10. Date Offer Expires:
11. Shipping:
12. Delivery Lead Time:

(x) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

(a) ADDENDUM to 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. 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 shall be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement

(2) Past performance: Offerors shall submit at least two (2) recent past performance work within the last three (3) years along with their proposal. (Provide Contract Number, Agency of performed work, and Agency's Point of Contact (Email/Phone Number)

(3) Price: In the integrated assessment, upon which the award assessment will be made, Past Performance is of more importance than Price when being evaluated. Technical factor will be rated as Acceptable or Unacceptable.

In the integrated assessment, upon which the award assessment will be made, Past Performance is of more importance than Price when being evaluated. Technical factor will be rated as Acceptable or Unacceptable.

(b) BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: This is a competitive solicitation using simplified acquisition procedures and Best Value in which competing offerors' past and present performance history will be evaluated as more important than price.

By submission of its offer in accordance with the instructions provided in provision FAR 52.212-1 "Instructions to Offerors" the offeror accedes to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, the model contract, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors. All technically acceptable offers will be treated equally except for their prices and performance records. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being determined technically unacceptable. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The evaluation process shall proceed as follows:

(1) Technical Acceptability (Step 1) - Quotes must be rated as technically acceptable to be eligible for award. In order to be deemed technically acceptable, the following evaluation criteria must be met: Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement of the PWS.

(2) Past Performance (Step 2) Provide at least two (2) recent past performance work within the last three (3) years.

(3) Price Evaluation (Step 3) - Next, offerors will be ranked according to overall price. Included as part of the price evaluation is a review for price reasonableness. An offeror's proposed Total Price will be determined by as called for in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Offerors whose total evaluated price is unreasonable, unbalanced, or unaffordable may be considered unacceptable and may be rejected on that basis. To reiterate for reasonableness the total evaluated price will be evaluated.

Up to one award will be made under this solicitation. Awards will be conducted under the provisions of FAR Part 12, Commercial Items, and FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Submit only written offers via e-mail; oral offers will not be accepted. All offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM).

(xi) Offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Alt I, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer. Completion of FAR 52.212-3 electronically at sam.gov is acceptable.

(xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(xiv) The clause at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The following clauses cited in FAR 52.212-5 apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013)

FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003)

FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015)

FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016)

FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014)

FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (JAN 2019)

FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011)

FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008)

FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

(xiii) Additional Contract Requirement or Terms and Conditions: The following is a contemplated list of provisions/clauses; the final list of clauses is dependent upon actual dollar value of the contract award and may change from the list provided below. Full text clauses can be accessed via https://www.acquisition.gov/

PROVISIONS

FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (Jan 2017)

FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management

DFARS 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Nov 2011)

DFARS 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (Oct 2016)

CLAUSES

FAR 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of covered Contractor Information Systems (Jun 2016)

FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013)

DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 2011)

DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (Oct 2016)

DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support (May 2016)

DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Dec 2017)

DFARS 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (May 2022)

DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data Commercial Items (Feb 2014)

DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data (Sep 2016)

DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 2018)

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018)

DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006)

DFARS 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations (May 2013)

DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jun 2013)

DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea (Feb 2019)

AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (JUN 2016)

(xiv) Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS): N/A

(xv) Proposal Submission Information:

Please submit any questions regarding this solicitation, in writing to the POC email listed below. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SOLICITATION ARE DUE 15 September 2022 on or before 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Offers are due by 19 September 2022 at 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offers must be sent to Susana Dryer at susana.dryer@us.af.mil and Lisa Davis at lisa.davis.6@us.af.mil via electronic mail. No late submissions will be accepted.