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The 28th Contracting Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, has issued this Solicitation, FA469023Q0056, to compete and award a single award Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract using FAR Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, for the 28th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Under Vehicle Inspection System (UVIS) requirement. See the attached statement of work and brand name JA for more information.

This will be 100% Small Business set aside solicited under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 334310 with a size standard of 750 employees. To be eligible to compete for Small Business set-aside awards, vendors must be certified in accordance with current Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations.

Attached to this solicitation notice is Attachment 1 Standard Form 1449, and Attachment 2 the statement of work for this requirement.

All questions and comments regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing to taylor.peeples.1@us.af.mil and jonathan.allen.36@us.af.mil no later than 08 September 2023 by 01:00pm MDT. Please title all emails with questions with the following subject line: “FA469023Q0056 – Solicitation Questions – Under Vehicle Inspection System (UVIS)”. Questions will be answered only via posting of an amendment to this solicitation on www.sam.gov.

A site visit will be held on 06 September 2023 at 1:00 pm MDT. If access to Ellsworth AFB is required, access must be coordinated at least 5 business days in advance. Interested parties should contact 2d Lt Taylor Peeples via email taylor.peeples.1@us.af.mil and Jonathan Allen via email at jonathan.allen.36@us.af.mil for details.

All interested and responsible entities are invited to submit a quote that will be considered by the 28th Contracting Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The award will be based on the criteria established in the solicitation.

Vendor quotes and all items required as listed within the Addendum to 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors, are due to be submitted no later than 12 September 2023 by 01:00pm MDT to taylor.peeples.1@us.af.mil jonathan.allen.36@us.af.mil. Please title all submissions with the following subject line: “Quote – FA469023Q0056 – Solicitation – Under Vehicle Inspection System (UVIS)”.

Small Business contractors submitting a quote must have and list within the quote the vendors assigned Cage Code and be registered and ACTIVE in the System of Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov in order to receive an award for this procurement.