***AMENDMENT 1 - The purpose of this amendment is to: 

• Add Attachment 3 - Questions & Answers (cao 17Jan25)

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SOLICITATION

RFQ FA487725QA149

FY25 ELECTRIC PALLET TRUCK

i. Solicitation FA4877‐25-Q-A-149 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

ii. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses of those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-02, effective 3 Jan 2025, DFARS provisions and clauses, effective 18 Dec 2024, and DAFFARS provisions and clauses, effective 16 Oct 2024.

iii. This procurement is being issued as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 333924 with a size standard of 900 Employees.

iv. The right to make multiple or no award is reserved in the event it is advantageous to the Government to do so.

v. Davis‐Monthan Air Force Base intends to issue a firm‐fixed price purchase order for the following:

1. CLIN 001:  Qty of 1 - Electric Pallet Truck/Jack with the requested features listed within the attached salient characteristics document.  

• Include in Quote:  Manufacturer Make/Model
• Include in Quote: Country of Origin
• Include shipping costs within CLIN 0001 – Do not separately list.

vi. Shipping/Delivery Type:  FOB – Destination

vii. The government will issue a purchase order to the offeror whose quote meets lowest price and technical capability. Technical acceptability is defined and referred to within this solicitation document as the offeror’s capability statement to meet defined products within Salient Characteristics document. See FAR Clause 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) under section xiii for further details.

viii. Important Dates/Times:

a. All questions must be submitted via email no later than 20 January 2025, 2:00 PM EST

b. All quotes must be submitted via email no later than 22 January 2025, 2:00 PM EST

ix. It is the responsibility of the offeror to review the posting for any changes or amendments that may occur concerning this RFQ.

x. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure all quotes and/or questions are submitted no later than the specified due date.

xi. Point of Contacts:

a. Primary: Elisa Montoya, elisa.montoya@us.af.mil, (520) 228-2377

b. Alternate: Erick Millan, erick.ramirez_millan@us.af.mil, (520) 228-4967

xii. Attachments

1. Attachment 1 – Salient Characteristics Document
2. Attachment 2 – Provisions & Clauses
3. Attachment 3 - Questions & Answers (cao 17Jan25)

xiii. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors is incorporated by reference within the attached Provisions & Clauses document. Please refer to Acquisition.Gov for full text. Quote submission must include, at minimum, those outlined in FAR 52.212-1 as well as a projected delivery timeline.  

xiv. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021)

(a) 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:

(i) technical capability of the product offered to meet the Government requirement;

(ii) price;

The lowest priced offer will be evaluated for technical acceptability. If found technically acceptable award will be made without further consideration. If found technically unacceptable the government will evaluate the next lowest offer for technical acceptability until award can be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror. Past Performance will not be evaluated. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. This will be a lowest price technically acceptable purchase. Technical acceptability – at a minimum – will consist of meeting all characteristics, including those above and all items listed in Attachment 1 – Salient Characteristics Document.  

(b) Options. Not Applicable to this requirement.

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