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This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for Chip Off Certification Training for the Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC). This announcement is prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and 13.5 as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ); solicitation number is H92257-23-Q-0014. All interested parties may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency.

This is a non-personal services contract. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over contractor personnel performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to

the Contractor. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-07, (effective August 10, 2022) and the DFARS Publication Notice (DPN) 20221028. The Product Service Code (PSC) for this requirement is U008. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 611430. The proposed acquisition is set aside for Small Business.

TYPE OF CONTRACT. The Government intends to award a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type contract as a result of this solicitation.

The Government reserves the right and may award based solely on information contained in the quote. It is the Government’s intention to award without discussions. Offerors are encouraged to present their best technical and price quote in their initial submission. The contract shall be awarded on an all or none basis, do not submit partial quotes. All quotes submitted shall be the offeror’s Best Quote as it is the Government's intent to entertain one (1) final quote only; this includes any discounts on volume. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors.

Offerors must scrutinize this solicitation and ensure their quotes and submissions comply with all requirements. It is not sufficient to merely state your quote complies with the solicitation requirements. You must clearly identify how your quote meets ALL of the solicitation requirements.

All questions concerning this procurement, either technical or contractual must be submitted in writing, via email, to the Contracting Office. The deadline for submittal of questions regarding this solicitation is 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 9 December 2022. Responses will be provided via solicitation/RFQ amendment. No direct exchanges between the technical representative and a prospective Offeror shall be conducted unless it is deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer. Questions shall be submitted via email to: Betty Gonzalez, beatriz.gonzalez.civ@socom.mil, and Michel Leandre, michel.j.leandre.civ@socom.mil, referencing RFQ number and company full name in email subject line section.

Quotes must be received no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 16 December 2022. Quotes received after this timeframe shall not be considered for award. The Government will award the contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer is conforming to the solicitation and will be the most advantageous to the Government. The prospective offeror must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for award. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes. All quotes must be submitted via email, no other form of submission will be accepted. Quotes shall be emailed to: Betty Gonzalez, beatriz.gonzalez.civ@socom.mil, and Michel Leandre, michel.j.leandre.civ@socom.mil.

Offerors must provide the following information in their quote: UEI #, CAGE CODE #, and TIN #

For email quotes, the Government office designated for receipt of the quote is the email inbox of the addressee indicated above. Notwithstanding the provisions at FAR 52.212-1(c), delivery is not accomplished until the addressee can open the email; delivery to a server or an email inbox on a server is not considered delivery to the designated Government office and the quotation is not under the Government's control until the addressee can open the email. The email shall not be considered delivered unless the entire content of the email and all attachments can be read by the addressee indicated above. Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from the addressee establishes that a record was received but does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received. Email attachments are limited to no more than 10 MB. Vendors are specifically warned that email may be subjected to spam filters or attachment stripping. Recommend Vendors confirm receipt of emailed quotes by contacting the MARSOC Contracting Office (Betty Gonzalez at beatriz.gonzalez.civ@socom.mil) NLT 24 HRS after their emailed quote submittal.

All transmissions must clearly state the solicitation number and the name of the contracting specialist on the first page to ensure proper receipt.

Comprehensive responses to the requirements of this RFQ are required to enable the Government to evaluate the Offeror’s understanding of, capability and approaches to accomplish the stated requirements. Quotes shall be submitted per the instructions herein, and non-conformance with the specified required content may be cause for rejection of the quote. The successful Offeror will be selected based on an evaluation of quotes as outlined in FAR 52.212-2, incorporated below.

Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale in their quote.

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