*UPDATED NOTICE* *THIS SOLICITATION WAS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS FA4621-16-R-0004 AND HAS BEEN UPDATED TO THE NEW SOLICITATION NUMBER OF FA4621-17-R-0002* The 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) of the 22d Air Refueling Wing announces the projected solicitation for Integrated Solid Waste Management Services at McConnell AFB, Kansas 67221. The 22d Contracting Squadron (AMC), intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a 100% competitive set-aside to SBA certified 8(a) concerns on or about 20 December 2016 for the acquisition of Integrated Solid Waste Management Services to be performed at McConnell AFB KS. The Government anticipates evaluation factors to be a subjective tradeoff between technical, past performance, and price with technical and past performance being significantly more important than price. The technical evaluation will be limited to the Mission Essential Contractor Services Plan which must meet the requirements established in DFARS Provision 252.237-7024 and will be analyzed on an acceptable/unacceptable basis. The Government intends to issue an award to a single SBA certified 8(a) concern under a Firm-Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment (FFP-EPA), Requirements Type contract on or about 1 Feb 2017. Services will be procured pursuant to the regulatory direction of FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The expected award shall consist of one base period of performance (1 year in duration starting 1 March 2017 through 28 February 2018) and may include up to four optional periods of performance (each 1 year in duration, running consecutively from the expiration of the base period of performance). The NAICS code for this requirement is 562111, Solid Waste Collection. The Small Business Size Standard is $38,500,000.00. The successful contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, and all other items necessary (excluding Government Furnished Property) to perform Integrated Solid Waste Management services at McConnell AFB in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations and commercial standards as set forth in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for said services. Integrated solid waste management services includes Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collection and recycling services. The contractor shall perform refuse/recycling services base- wide, Monday through Friday, 0600 through 1800, excluding federal holidays, or as stated in the PWS for facilities other than normal duty hours. The closing date and time for submission of offers shall be contained in the solicitation package. The entire solicitation package shall be made available only on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Web Site at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ . Requests for copies of the solicitation package, or any cumulative parts thereof, by any other means shall not be honored. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website for the release of the solicitation package, which should be on or about 20 December 2016, for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package and for downloading their own copy of each associative amendment, if any. All firms wishing to submit a proposal subsequent to the solicitation described herein MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database or risk their otherwise-timely proposal being considered non-responsive regardless of its completeness, timeliness or other salient considerations. Information on SAM registration can be obtained at the following web site: http://www.sam.gov . No response to this announcement is required. The government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled. After solicitation and prior to award the possibility exists to reject all offers when cancellation is clearly in the public interest. This announcement does not obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs. Per AFFARS 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (JUN 2016), the following applies: (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Mr. Gregory S. Oneal, AFICA/KM OL-AMC, 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB IL 62225-5022, (618) 229-0267, fax (618) 256-6668, email:
[email protected]. 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. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer.