Battery Storage Adjustable Racking System

*AMENDMENT 2*: The solicitation has been amended to include the Brand Name or Equal specification under Full and Open Competition to better define the requirements. 

*AMENDMENT 1*: The salient characteristics have been updated, a drawing has been included, and questions have been answered.

(i) This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in RFO Subpart 12.2, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, offers are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation Number: 08032026, Title: Battery Storage Adjustable Racking System **Please provide the full solicitation number on all packages**

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

(iii) This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

(iv) THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE: Full and Open Competition to all who may provide a solution which is Brand Name or Equal to the Stanley Vidmar 2K STAK Adjustable Racking System. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 337215, Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing, with a size standard of 500 employees.

(v) Delivery: On or Before 90 Days ARO

(vi) Contractors must be registered within SAM.gov and be a Small Business under the NAICS code assigned to the solicitation, either via self-certification or completion of RFO 52.219-1. Offerors shall prepare their quotations IAW FAR 52.212-1, in addition the following information shall be included:

PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTOR INFORMATION WITHIN YOUR QUOTE:

1. CAGE Code:
2. Contractor Name:
3. Payment Terms (NET30) or Discount:
4. Point of Contact and Phone Number:
5. Email Address:
6. Warranty:
7. Date Offer Expires:

(vii) Edwards AFB has a requirement for the acquisition and installation of high-density, heavy-duty industrial roll-out shelving systems for battery storage purposes. The solution shall be Brand Name or Equal based on the Stanley Vidmar 2K STAK Adjustable Racking System. The minimum salient characteristics which must be can be found within “Salient Characteristics” attachment.

(viii) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Nov 2021) applies to this acquisition.

(ix) ADDENDUM to 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items (Oct 2014).

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.

Any resulting contract of this RFQ will be awarded as Firm Fixed-Price. Quotes will be evaluated to determine best value. Price, features of the supply, delivery terms, and warranty terms are all factors to be considered when determining best value. To be considered technically acceptable, the submission must display the contractor’s capability to meet all salient characteristics of the Brand Name or Equal requirement.

(x) A written notice of award, or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer, or part of an offer, whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(xi) One award will be made under this solicitation. Awards will be conducted under the provisions of RFO Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. 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).

(xii) The clause at RFO 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Nov 2023), applies to this acquisition.

(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.

PROVISIONS

RFO 52.204-7 System for Award Management

RFO 52.219-1 Small Business Representations

R-DFARS 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials                                                                                                                                          

R-DFARS 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation

R-DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (MAR

R-DFARS 252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime
R-DFARS 252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region–Representation                                                                                                                                                                                       

CLAUSES

RFO 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance

RFO 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

RFO 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

RFO 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
RFO 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation

RFO 52.222-3 Convict Labor

RFO 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

RFO 52.222-20 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment
RFO 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons

RFO 52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors

RFO 52.223-23 Sustainable Products

RFO 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

RFO 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management

RFO 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

RFO 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

RFO 52.233-3 Protest after Award

RFO 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

R-DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

R-DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

R-DFARS 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product

R-DFARS 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services

R-DFARS 252.204-7021 Contractor Compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model

Certification Level Requirements

R-DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation

R-DFARS 252.211-7008 Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

R-DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

R-DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

R-DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

R-DFARS 252.225-7007 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist Chinese Military Companies

R-DFARS 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

R-DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

R-DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions

R-DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments

R-DFARS 252.240-7997 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements

R-DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications

R-DFARS 252.244-7999 Subcontracts for Commercial Items

R-DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea

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

(xv) Quote Submission Information:

QUOTES ARE DUE BY 24 August 2026 at 7:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

All submissions are to be sent via email to Contract Specialist Alexia Del Real at alexia.del_real@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer Suzanna Kussman at suzanna.kussman@us.af.mil, via electronic email. No late submissions will be accepted.