SPECIAL NOTICE
36 -- Broom and Brush Making Materials and Equipment
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2002
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR, Procurement Branch, 320 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20534
- ZIP Code
- 20534
- Solicitation Number
- Auction13717
- Response Due
- 6/13/2002
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2002
- Point of Contact
- John Huotari, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-305-7258, Fax 202-305-7353,
- E-Mail Address
-
jhuotari@central.unicor.gov
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis solicitation for the sale of Raw Materials, Broom Making Machinery, and Finished goods that are being liquidated as a result of the closure of the UNICOR Broom and Brush factory at FCI La Tuna, Texas Hwy 20, Anthony, Texas. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation: Bids are being requested and a written solicitation will NOT be issued. The solicitation number is Auction 13717 and this solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotes for a definite priced definite quantity definite delivery (pickup) purchase. The Standard Industrial Classification code is 3559, Special Industry Machinery. The Classification Code is 3695 Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery. The NAICS number is 333298. The buyer must register online with FreeMarkets assetauction.freemarkets.com. If you need assistance registering, please contact the Asset Auction Support Team at 1-800-939-3261. Or, if you have further asset specific questions, please contact Collyn Diehl at 412-297-8115 referencing Auction 13717. All items and lots will be viewable on the Internet site assetauctions.freemarkets.com. Descriptions of the Materials, not Equipment have been placed for reference only, not for bidding as lots, on the UNICOR Website www.unicor.gov. The materials for sale are under MT614-02 for Paint and Varnish Raw Materials, MT 615-02 for Paint and Varnish Finished Goods, MT619-02 for Sweep Broom Finished Goods, MT620-02 for Sweep Broom Raw Materials, and MT621-02 for Maintenance Broom Raw Materials. The buyer must offer prices for each designated lot the contractor is interested in on an all or none basis. Buyers will have an opportunity to see the equipment and materials by making arrangements with Pat Miranda in La Tuna, Texas at 915-886-3422 x394 to visit. Offerors must bid their prices through the FreeMarkets Online Auction process to be considered responsive. The awardee shall be responsible for making transportation arrangements and picking up the equipment and materials within 15 days after the completion of the auction. The awardees must send payment via certified check to UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, PO Box 9000, Anthony, New Mexico, 88021 for the amount of the auction winning bid prior to pickup. The awardee will be responsible for all transportation costs from the UNICOR La Tuna Institution property. Failure to fulfill the terms of this auction as stated in this solicitation will result in a Termination for Default and an opportunity for award of the auction the next best priced Offer. Pickup Hours at La Tuna are Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 10:00am and 11:45am to 1:30pm excluding Federal Holidays. A receipt will be given by La Tuna staff at pickup. The primary pricing competition for this solicitation will be through the online auction. FreeMarkets will explain this process in detail and train each qualified offeror prior to the auction event. Offerors will have the ability to submit revised pricing during the duration of the auction in response to prices submitted by other offerors. The identity of offerors will not be revealed to each other during the auction. The final such revision during the auction will be considered the offeror?s final proposal. During the auction, offerors may revise their prices through submission of electronic offers during the anonymous auction. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to suspend or cancel the auction at any time. Offerors will submit pricing only through the online mechanism supplied by FreeMarkets. Offerors will not submit pricing via any other mechanism including but not limited to post, courier, fax, e-mail or orally unless specifically requested by the Contracting Officer. At the conclusion of the auction, UNICOR intends to award the sale, to the eligible, best-priced, responsible offeror. Interested offerors must register for the auction at FreeMarkets and must accept the terms provided by FreeMarkets in order to participate. Proposals or modifications to proposed prices received after the exact time specified may not be considered. Questions regarding requirement may be addressed in writing to M. John Huotari or emailed to jhuotari at central.unicor.gov(see above). No Telephone requests or prices will be accepted. The terms and conditions stated in SF114C will be used in this auction. The SF114C can be obtained from the gsa.gov site or by using the website at contacts.gsa.gov webforms.nsf. Any offering from the Federal Prison Industries and respectively the FreeMarkets Internet Website, is subject to the following General Sales Terms and Conditions. When responding to this auction by submitting a bid, the bidder agrees to the Terms and Conditions of sale and to pay for and remove the property, if the bid is accepted, by the dates and times specified. Bidders Indebted to the Government. The bidder warrants, by accepting the sale Terms and Conditions and submitting a bid, that he/she is not delinquent in paying for previous purchases of Federal personal property and any related charges. Indebted bidders will be ineligible for contract awards. Bidders will not be able to bid on items specified on this website until all debts have been cleared. Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. In accordance with Public Law No. 104-134, Section 21001, The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the Tax Identification Number (TIN) must be provided by anyone conducting business with the Federal Government, from which a debt to the Government may arise. Individuals cannot successfully register to bid on items without providing a TIN. A TIN is defined as an individual's Social Security Number (SSN) or business entity's Employer Identification Number (EIN). Contract Disputes. Contracts resulting from the sale of any offer in the unicor.gov website are subject to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 USC 601-613), as amended.Condition of Property is not warranted. Deficiencies, when known, have been indicated in the property descriptions. However, absence of any indicated deficiencies does not mean that none exists.Description Warranty and Refunds Description Warranty. The Government warrants to the original purchaser that the Federal Prisons Industries property listed in the FreeMarkets website will conform to its description. If a misdescription is determined before removal of the property, the Government will keep the property and refund any money paid. If a misdescription is determined after removal, the Government will refund any money paid if the purchaser takes the property at his/her expense to a location specified by the Contracting Officer following the Refund Claim Procedure described below. No refunds will be made, after property is removed, for shortages of individual items within a lot. This warranty is in place of all other guarantees and warranties, expressed or implied. The Government does not warrant the merchantability of the property or its purpose. The purchaser is not entitled to any payment for loss of profit or any other money damages - special, direct, indirect, or consequential. Refund Claim Procedure. To file a refund claim for misdescribed property, (1) submit a written notice to the Contracting Officer within 15 calendar days from the date of removal that the property was misdescribed, (2) maintain the property in the purchased condition until it is returned, and (3) return the property at your own expense to a location specified by the Contracting Officer. Refund Amount. The refund is limited to the purchase price of the misdescribed property. Inspection. Bidders are invited, urged and cautioned to inspect the property prior to bidding. Bidders must contact the custodian indicated in the item description for inspection dates and times. Reporting Discrepancies/Hazardous Materials. Prospective purchasers are asked to inform the sales office of any discrepancies in the property descriptions discovered while inspecting the property and of any lots in this sale that contain hazardous material/waste not indicated in the property descriptions. Submission of Bid. Bidding will begin and end at the dates and times specified for each lot in the FreeMarkets website. Please note: The times displayed at FreeMarkets Auctions are in Eastern Daylight Savings time. In addition, certain auctions are designed to extend the closing time if there is bidding activity. See the bidding rules of FreeMarkets for details on auction's close time. Condition No. 17 of the Standard Form 114C applies to an item(s)/lot(s) where the total bid exceeds $25,000. See Code of Federal Regulations (CFR, Title 41, Section 101-45.313.3). Consideration of Bid. The Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Oral Statements and Modifications. Any oral statement or representation by any representative of the Government, changing or supplementing the offering or contract or any condition thereof, is unauthorized and shall confer no right upon the bidder or purchaser. Further, no interpretation of any provision of the contract, including applicable performance requirements, shall be binding on the government unless furnished or agreed to, in writing by the Contracting Officer or his designated representative.Notification of Sale Results. Successful bidders will be notified by email and must contact the regional sales office within 48 hours from the date the email notification was sent. Bid results will not be furnished via telephone or fax.Payment and Removal. Property must be paid for within 7 calendar days and property removed within 15 days from the time & date of the email notification of sale results, unless otherwise specified in contract. Forms of Payment. Payment is restricted to the following instruments: U.S. currency; bank cashier's check; credit union cashier's check issued by a Federal or State chartered Credit Union; U.S. Postal Service or commercial money order; travelers' checks; properly endorsed United States Federal, State, or local government checks; MasterCard, VISA, Discover (Novus) and American Express. Certified checks and bank drafts are not acceptable. If payment is made by credit card, all sales are final.A personal or company check will be accepted only when accompanied by a bank letter guaranteeing payment. This letter must be on bank letterhead and must state (1) that payment is guaranteed, (2) that the guarantee is valid for 30 days after the bid opening date, and (3) that the guarantee covers the purchase of U.S. Government personal property only. The letter must be dated, include the bidder's name, the amount the guarantee is for, date of sale and signed by a bank official authorized to guarantee payment. Removal. SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOADING AND REMOVAL OF ANY AND ALL PROPERTY AWARDED TO THEM FROM THE EXACT PLACE WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, AS INDICATED FOR EACH ITEM ON THE FREEMARKETS WEBSITE. The Purchaser will make all arrangements and perform all work necessary to effect removal of the property, to include loading, packing and transportation of the property. Buyers of property other than motor vehicles will receive only the GSA Form 27A Please Note: The way an individual registers will determine how their information is displayed on their paperwork. Either an individual's name and address, or their name, company name, and address entered must be completed as they wish it to appear on all subsequent paperwork. You can only select one option to indicate registering as an individual or company. Changes will not be permitted after award. If bidders wish to participate as an individual and a representative of a company, they must register separately for each and place bids accordingly. Default. Bidders are cautioned to bid only on items they are prepared to pay for and remove in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of this sale. Failure to pay for and remove all items awarded within the specified time could result in termination of the contract. The bidder also may be subject to paying liquidated damages. The following supersedes Clause No. 9 of the SF 114C. If, after the award, the Purchaser breaches the contract by failure to make payment within the time allowed by the contract as required by Condition No. 6, or by failure to remove the property as required by Condition No. 8, the Purchaser shall lose all right, title, and interest which he/she might otherwise have acquired in and to such property as to which a default has occurred. The Purchaser agrees that in the event he/she fails to pay for the property in the prescribed period(s) of time, the Government shall be entitled to retain (or collect) as liquidated damages a sum equal to the greater of (a) 20 percent of the purchase price of the item(s) as to which the default has occurred, or (b) $200 whichever is greater, or in the event he/she fails to remove the same within the prescribed period(s) of time, the Government shall be entitled to retain as liquidated damages a sum equal to the greater of (a) 20 percent of the purchase price of the item(s) as to which the default has occurred, or (b) 200 dollars, or full purchase price of such item(s) less than 200 dollars: Provided, That in the event of multiple awards of items under a single Invitation for Bids, the amount to be charged, if the minimum charge provided for in (b) above is applicable, shall be determined by the total purchase price reflected in the award documents: Provided further, That the maximum sum which may be recovered by the Government as damages for failure of the Purchaser to pay for and remove the property shall be the formula amount. The Government shall specifically apprise the Purchaser, either in its notice of default (or in separate subsequent written notice), that upon the expiration of the period prescribed for curing the default, the formula amount will be retained (or collected) by the Government as liquidated damages. However, if the property was sold on a per lot basis and the Purchaser removes a portion of the lot but fails to remove the balance, no portion of the purchase price will be refunded. If the Purchaser otherwise fails in the performance of his/her obligations, the Government may exercise such rights and may pursue such remedies as are provided by law or under the contract.Blocked from Bidding. In the event bidders default for non-payment, they will lose all rights to place bids for other items. They will only be allowed to "browse" the items. At such time the bidder cures his/her default, they will be unlocked and be given access to begin bidding on items. State Sales and/or Use Tax. Purchasers of Federal personal property may be subject to payment of a State sales and/or use tax. The U.S. Government is not responsible for collection of State taxes. Purchasers may obtain information from a State tax office. Sales and/or use tax officials are permitted to examine records of Federal personal property sales to determine tax liability. Sales to Government Employees. DOJ employees or spouse or minor child of DOJ employees, or their agents, may not bid on Federal personal property. An employee of another agency may bid if he/she is not prohibited from doing so by his/her employing agency's rules or regulations. Modification of Bids. The following replaces Clause No. 3.(b) of the SF 114C. Bids received for items offered in the FreeMarkets website may be raised before the closing date and time, as specified in the offering. Bids cannot be lowered or canceled.Terminated Auctions. It may be necessary to withdraw items from bidding due to technical errors or uncontrollable circumstances. Auctions may be terminated because the property is no longer available due to federal agency or state needs; property becomes damaged; property is stolen, or property was improperly described. In most cases, these items will be reoffered at a later date. Requirements to Comply with Applicable Laws & Regulations. It is the purchaser's responsibility to ascertain and comply with all applicable Federal, State, local, multi-jurisdictional and export laws, ordinances, and regulations pertaining to the registration, licensing, handling, possession, transportation, transfer, export, processing, manufacture, sale, use or disposal of the property listed in the Invitation. Purchasers or users of this property are not excused from any violation of such laws or regulations either because the United States is a party to this sale or has had any interest in the property at any time.
- Place of Performance
- Address: FCI La Tuna, Hwy 20, Anthony, Texas,
- Zip Code: 79821
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 79821
- Record
- SN00085179-W 20020601/020530213229 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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