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AMENDMENT 00002 - Published July 29, 2021

The purpose of this Amendment 00002 is to:

1. Revise Specification requirements 4.1.27, 4.1.28, Table 1, & 4.17.1.3. See attached.
2. Provide revised documents - See attached:
(a) Revised Combined Synopsis Solicitation dated 07/29/2021;
(b) Revised Attachment 2 - HFRS Specification dated 07/27/2021.

The proposal due date has been extended until Wed, August 4, 2021 at 11:00am Eastern Time.

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AMENDMENT 00001 - Published June 8, 2021

The purpose of Amendment 00001 is to:

1. Respond to contractor's questions. Please see attached Consolidated Vendor Questions document.
2. Provide revised documents - please see attached:
(a) Revised Combined Synopsis Solicitation dated 06/08/2021;
(b) Revised Attachment 1 - HFRS Specification dated 06/03/2021_rev1;
(c) Corrected Attachment 9 - PPQ dated 06/03/2021; and
(d) Added new Attachment 12 - HFRS Current Architectures.
The proposal due date has been extended until Tue, June 29, 2021 at 11:00am Eastern Time.

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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION 70Z04421R21000900

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice, to award a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The Solicitation Number is 70Z04421R21000900. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-03/2-16-2021.

(iv) This acquisition is: Unrestricted (no set-asides)
NAICS: 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
Size Standard: 1,250 employees

(v) Contract line item number(s) (CLINS) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s)): See Attachment 1, Price Schedule.

(vi) Description of requirements for the items/services to be acquired: See Attachment 2, HFRS Specification

(vii) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point.
Contract Period of Performance: Ten (10) years
Place of Delivery/Acceptance: See Attachment 6, Markings, Packaging, Delivery, and Inspection/Acceptance. Attachment 6 requirements apply to all delivery orders, except that the delivery location for the first order will be USCG C3CEN, 4000 Coast Guard Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23703 to facilitate integration testing).
FOB Point: Destination

(viii) FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial, applies to this acquisition. See Section 4 for the addenda to the provision.

(ix) FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See Section 5 for the full text of the provision.

(x) FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with Alternate I, applies to this acquisition.

An Offeror shall only complete and submit with their offer (via the Cover Letter) paragraph (b) of FAR Provision 52.212-3 (with Alternate I) if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal. (By completing only paragraph (b), the offeror verifies by submission of their offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically (on the SAM website) at FAR 52.212-3 have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of their offer.)
If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of FAR Provision 52.212-3 (with Alternate I) and submit with their offer. See Attachment 11 for a copy of FAR Provision 52.212-3 (with Alternate I).

Note: Please note that paragraph (g)(5), Trade Agreements Certificate, of FAR Provision 52.212-3 applies to this procurement.

(xi) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. See Section 2

(xii) FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See Section 2 regarding which of the additional FAR Clauses cited in 52.212-5 are applicable to the acquisition.

(xiii) Additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions: See Section 1.

(xiv) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating: Not Applicable

(xv) The date, time and place offers are due.
Offer Due Date/Time: 4 August 2021 / 11:00 AM (Eastern)
Submit offers utilizing Department of Defense's (DoDs) Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) at https://safe.apps.mil/ to submit offers. External (outside DoD network) users must receive an invitation to transmit files using DoD SAFE. When you are ready to transmit proposal documents, contact Eric St. Pierre at Eric.R.St.Pierre@uscg.mil and Jessica Coltz at Jessica.L.Coltz@uscg.mil to request a file drop-off invitation. When requesting a file drop-off invitation, be sure to provide your company's POC information (name, email address and phone number) for the individual who will directly upload files to SAFE.
(xvi) Questions/Concerns. All questions/concerns regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist at Eric.R.St.Pierre@uscg.mil no later than 21 May 2021, 11:00 AM (Eastern). The Government reserves the right to not accept follow-up/additional questions after that date. Offerors shall reference the solicitation number and provide enough information in their e-mail so the Government can easily respond to their questions/concerns. All questions/concerns and the Government's responses will be included in a solicitation amendment and posted to https://beta.sam.gov/.

Note: For security reasons, attachments to e-mails should be less than 10MB and USCG policy does not allow receipt of WinZip files via e-mail.

*** PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR COMPLETE AMENDMENT 00002, COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. ***