Solicitation - Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Emergency Bottled Water
Contact and place of performance
Timeaki McPhee
Ellsworth AFB, SD 57706
USA
********************************************* AMENDMENT 0001 - 09 March 2026 *************************************************** The purpose of this Amendment 0001 is to incorporate one (1) missing clause into the solicitation and to extend the response deadline. Summary of Changes: CLAUSE ADDITION: The following clause is hereby added to the solicitation and is included in the conformed solicitation document a...
View moreThis is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) issued by the 28th Contracting Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, to compete and award one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) for emergency bottled water.
Geographic and Response Time Requirements
This BPA is for the provision of emergency bottled water. As such, the following mandatory requirements apply:
Basis for Agreement Award
a. This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. The Government intends to award one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to the responsible offeror(s) whose quote, conforming to this Request for Quotation (RFQ), is determined to be the most advantageous to the Government.
b. The Government intends to award a BPA without interchanges. Therefore, the offeror’s initial quote should contain its best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges with any or all quoters at its discretion if it is determined to be in the Government’s best interest.
c. The Government will use the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. To be eligible for award, a quote must be rated as "Acceptable" for the Technical Acceptability factor. The award will be made to the offeror with the lowest evaluated price among all technically acceptable quotes.
Evaluation Factors
The following two factors, listed in descending order of importance, will be used to evaluate quotes:
FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY
This factor is evaluated on a pass/fail basis. The Government will evaluate each quote to ensure it is technically acceptable. A quote will be rated as either "Acceptable" or "Unacceptable." A rating of "Unacceptable" will render the entire quote ineligible for award.
To receive an "Acceptable" rating, the offeror’s quote must clearly meet all of the following minimum requirements:
FACTOR 2: PRICE
The prices of all quotes rated "Acceptable" under Factor 1 will be evaluated. The Total Evaluated Price (TEP) will be calculated based on the sum of all firm-fixed-prices listed in Table A: Base Year of the Attachment 2 Price List.
The Government will rank all technically acceptable quotes from lowest to highest based on their TEP. The lowest-priced quote will be evaluated for price reasonableness in accordance with RFO procedures. The evaluation of option year pricing may be performed to determine if prices are unbalanced but will not be included in the TEP for the initial award decision.
Award Decision
The BPA will be awarded to the responsible offeror who submits the lowest-priced, technically acceptable quote. The Government reserves the right to award multiple BPAs if it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. A responsibility determination will be made prior to award, which includes verifying the offeror's active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov).
Solicitation Questions
a. All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer, Timeaki McPhee, at [email protected].
b. The deadline for submitting questions is 17 March 2026 is at 2:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Questions received after this time may not be answered.
c. The subject line of the email must state. "Questions for Solicitation FA4690-26-Q-0015 - Emergency Bottled Water".
Instructions for Submitting a Quote
a. Quote Submission Deadline: Quotes must be received no later than 25 March 2026 at 2:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Quotes received after this date and time may be considered late and may not be evaluated.
b. Submission Method: Quotes must be submitted electronically via email to Timeaki McPhee at [email protected] copy or facsimile submissions will not be accepted.
c. Email Subject Line: The subject line of the email must state: "Quote for Solicitation FA4690-26-Q-0015 -Emergency Bottled Water".
Your quote package must include:
To be eligible for award, vendors must have an assigned CAGE code and be registered and ACTIVE in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov at the time of quote submission.
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The Department of the Air Force, 28th Contracting Squadron, is issuing this request for quotation to establish one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements for emergency bottled water at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. This procurement is classified under NAICS code 312112 for Bottled Water Manufacturing and PSC code 8960 for nonalcoholic beverages. The acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside SBA (SBA). The projected five-year performance period is scheduled to run from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031.
To meet critical response requirements, offerors must maintain a physical business location, such as an office or distribution warehouse, within a 50-mile radius of Ellsworth Air Force Base and demonstrate the capability to deliver water within four hours of a call. All bottled water must comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration quality and safety standards as set forth in 21 CFR Part 165. The government intends to award the agreements to the responsible offerors whose quotes are determined to be the lowest price technically acceptable. Technical acceptability is evaluated on a pass/fail basis according to the submission of a complete quote package, unconditional agreement to solicitation terms, and proof of geographic and response time capabilities.
The response deadline for solicitation FA469026Q0015 is March 25, 2026, following an extension and the addition of FAR 52.217-8 via Amendment 0001. Quotations and any questions must be submitted electronically to the primary point of contact, Timeaki McPhee. The notice includes four attachments: the original solicitation, a price list in .xlsx format, and two amendment documents in .pdf format. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management and an assigned CAGE code at the time of submission.
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