SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Advertising Services
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Acquisition and Property Management Division, 650 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Room 3290, Washington, DC, 20226
- ZIP Code
- 20226
- Solicitation Number
- BATF0612
- Response Due
- 6/19/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/4/2002
- Point of Contact
- Brian Wilkins, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 927-7715, Fax (202) 927-8688, - April Lowe, Sup. Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 927-7718, Fax (202) 927-2986,
- E-Mail Address
-
bkwilkins@atfhq.atf.treas.gov, aalowe@atfhq.atf.treas.gov
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in his notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. No RFQ will be prepared or made available for distribution. The solicitation document and all incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-07. Statement of Work is as follows: SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION/WORK STATEMENT SCOPE OF WORK: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) requires the publication of legal advertisements for the purpose of announcing property seizures. ATF is mandated by law to publish all property that is seized for forfeiture. This has been further defined by the Asset Forfeiture Law and Practice Manual as, Notice of the seizure of property and the intent to forfeit must be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district in which the proceeding is brought. In addition, it has been determined this requirement can be met by publication in a national newspaper that meets certain circulation requirements. ATF is mandated by Congress to publish all administrative seizures in a newspaper of general circulation in all 92 judicial districts of the United States and its territories. The advertisement must be published in a newspaper once a week for three consecutive weeks. The purpose of these advertisements is to give notice to all interested parties such as a lien holder or other unknown individuals who may have a vested interest in the property. C.1 REQUIREMENTS: The contractor shall publish the legal advertisements in a newspaper of general circulation. That is, a newspaper that publishes news of general interest and character to the public, to include political and business events, circulating among the general public in each of the Federal judicial districts of the United States and its territories. The advertisement shall include at a minimum specific descriptive information regarding the property and its seizure by ATF. In addition the advertisement will include instructions as to how parties with an interest in the property seized can file a claim to contest the seizure and intended forfeiture of the property. The boundaries of the following Federal judicial districts correspond to the state or territorial boundaries. Therefore, circulation figures for these states or territories will demonstrate circulation for the judicial district. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Island, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam, In the following cases, more than one Federal judicial district is located within a state. These judicial districts are given, along with the United States Code (U.S.C.) citation, which lists the counties that comprise the district. Offerors may satisfy that it publishes in substantial quantities in the Federal judicial district, by demonstrating that it sells at least the minimum number of copies in the counties that comprise the district. 1. Alabama, Northern -28 U.S.C. 81(a) 2. Alabama, Middle -28 U.S.C. 81(b) 3. Alabama, Southern -28 U.S.C. 81 (c) 4. Alaska -28 U.S.C. 81A 5. Arizona -28 U.S.C. 82 6. Arkansas, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 83(a) 7. Arkansas, Western -28 U.S.C. 83(b) 8. California, Northern -28 U.S.C. 84(a) 9. California, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 84(b) 10. California, Central -28 U.S.C. 84 (c) 11. California, Southern -28 U.S.C. 84(d) 12. Colorado -28 U.SC. 85 13. Connecticut -28 U.S.C. 86 14. Delaware -28 U.S.C. 87 15. District of Columbia -28 U.S.C 88 16. Florida, Northern -28 U.S.C. 89(a) 17. Florida, Middle -28 U.S.C. 89(b) 18. Florida, Southern -28 U.S.C. 89 (c) 19. Georgia, Northern -28 U.S.C. 90(a) 20. Georgia, Middle -28 U.S.C. 90(b) 21. Georgia, Southern -28 U.S.C. 90 (c) 22. Hawaii -28 U.S.C. 91 23. Idaho -28 U.S.C. 92 24. Illinois, Northern -28 U.S.C. 93(a) 25. Illinois, Middle -28 U.S.C. 93(b) 26. Illinois, Southern -28 U.S.C. 93 (c) 27. Indiana, Northern -28 U.S.C. 94(a) 28. Indiana, Southern -28 U.S.C. 94(b) 29. Iowa, Northern -28 U.S.C. 95(a) 30. Iowa, Southern -28 U.S.C. 95(b) 31. Kansas -28 U.S. C. 96 32. Kentucky, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 97(a) 33. Kentucky, Western -28 U.S.C. 97(b) 34. Louisiana, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 98(a) 35. Louisiana, Middle -28 U.S.C. 98 (a) 2 36. Louisiana, Western -28 U.S.C. 98(b) 37. Maine -28 U.S.C. 99 38. Maryland -28 U.S.C. 100 39. Massachusetts -28 U.S.C. 101 40. Michigan, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 102(a) 41. Michigan, Western -28 U.S.C. 102(b) 42. Minnesota -28 U.S.C. 103 43. Mississippi, Northern -28 U.S.C. 104(a) 44. Mississippi, Southern -28 U.S.C. 104(b) 45. Missouri, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 105(a) 46. Missouri, Western -28 U.S.C. 105(b) 47. Montana -28 U.S.C. 106 48. Nebraska -28 U.S.C. 107 49. Nevada -28 U.S.C. 108 50. New Hampshire -28 U.S.C. 109 51. New Jersey -28 U.S.C. 110 52. New Mexico -28 U.S.C. 111 53. New York, Northern -28 U.S.C. 112(a) 54. New York, Southern -28 U.S.C. 112(b) 55. New York, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 112 (c) 56. New York, Western -28 U.S.C. 112(d) 57. North Carolina, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 113(a) 58. North Carolina, Middle -28 U.S.C. 113(b) 59. North Carolina, Western -28 U.S.C. 113(c) 60. North Dakota -28 U.S.C. 114 61. Ohio, Northern -28 U.S.C. 115(a) 62. Ohio, Southern -28 U.S.C. 115(b) 63. Oklahoma, Northern -28 U.S.C. 116 (a) 64. Oklahoma, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 116 (b) 65. Oklahoma, Western -28 U.S.C. 116 (c) 66. Oregon -28 U.S.C. 117 67. Pennsylvania, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 118(a) 68. Pennsylvania, Middle -28 U.S.C. 118(b) 69. Pennsylvania, Western -28 U.S.C. 118(c) 70. Puerto Rico -28 U.S.C. 119 71. Rhode Island -28 U.S.C. 120 72. South Carolina -28 U.S.C. 121 73. South Dakota -28 U.S.C. 122 74. Tennessee, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 123(a) 75. Tennessee, Middle -28 U.S.C. 123(b) 76. Tennessee, Western -28 U.S.C. 123(c) 77. Texas, Northern -28 U.S.C. 124(a) 78. Texas, Southern -28 U.S.C. 124(b) 79. Texas, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 124(c) 80. Texas, Western -28 U.S.C. 124(d) 81. Utah -28 U.S.C. 125 82. Vermont -28 U.S.C. 126 83. Virgin Island -28 U.S.C. 118 (a) 84. Virginia, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 127(a) 85. Virginia, Western -28 U.S.C. 127(b) 86. Washington, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 128(a) 87. Washington, Western -28 U.S.C. 128(b) 88. West Virginia, Northern -28 U.S.C. 129(a) 89. West Virginia, Southern -28 U.S.C. 129(b) 90. Wisconsin, Eastern -28 U.S.C. 130(a) 91. Wisconsin, Western -28 U.S.C. 130(b) 92. Wyoming -28 U.S.C. 131 C.2 The Contractor shall publish the advertisements in a newspaper, which has a circulation of substantial quantities in the judicial districts set forth above. The contractor shall furnish evidence that it publishes a newspaper of general circulation in these judicial districts. Substantial quantities means a minimum total PAID circulation of 2,500 or more copies or it must have at least one newspaper in circulation by subscription per 4,000 people in that judicial district. It DOES NOT include distribution of unsolicited copies. C.3 The contractor shall publish the advertisements at least once a week in the newspaper. Other printed media such as periodicals, magazines and books are not acceptable. C.4 The contractor shall accept from the ATF, Seized Property Section, Five (5) working days prior to publication, the text for ad publication, i.e. Monday submission for next Monday publication. C.5 Each advertisement shall be placed in sufficient time in order to be published on a specified date. The advertisements shall be published at (1) week intervals. C.6 For each weekly advertisement, new text will be added to the advertisement under the caption FIRST NOTICE, which will be inserted in the advertisement immediately after the introductory paragraph. C.7 After the advertisement is run, new additional text will be provided to run under the caption FIRST NOTICE, with the text previously run under the caption FIRST NOTICE, repeated under the caption SECOND NOTICE, and the text run under the caption SECOND NOTICE, repeated under the caption THIRD NOTICE. Text previously run under the caption THIRD NOTICE will be dropped from succeeding advertisements. C.8 The Contractor shall be capable of receiving the data that is to be published via electronic transmission from ATF. The preferred method is via Internet e-mail as a Word Attachment. The Contractor shall be capable of receiving the data manually (via fax or by disk) if ATF is unable to transmit data electronically. C.9 The Contractor shall provide draft copies of each new weekly advertisement to ATF so the data may be examined for accuracy and layout approved before the actual publication of the advertisement. The Government will inspect ad within one (1) day after the date of delivery/performance and will make acceptance or rejection within that one (1) day. Included in the draft should be the font size used and the cost of the advertisement. The Contractor shall provide copies of the actual publication of the advertisement so immediate verification of the publication can be made. C.10 Errors are made which are not the fault of the Government, will be corrected and re-publicized, at no additional cost to correct necessary errors. The period of performance will be from July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, with four (4) possible option years. ATF has estimated the number of lines annually range between 30,000 and 50,000 lines. Offerors quote must include the following: award year, number of lines priced, and unit price per lines; 1st option year, number of lines priced, and unit price per lines; 2nd option year, number of lines priced, and unit price per lines; 3rd option year, number of lines priced, and unit price per lines and 4th option year, number of lines priced, and unit price per lines. Offer to be firm-fixed-price. The following provisions are applicable to this acquisition: (a) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, (b) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, (c) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Offerers must be registered with the Central Contracting Registry (CCR) (web address for registration: http://www.ccr.gov). Award will be made to the offeror that can meet the technical requirement and price. Offers shall be submitted to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 3290, Washington, DC 20226 no later than June 19, 2001, 3:00PM Washington, DC local time. Quotes maybe faxed to 202-927-8688 or e-mailed bkwilkins@atfhq.atf.treas.gov. The quoted items must include price.. Questions concerning this procurement should be addressed to Brian Wilkins, Contracting Officer, e-mail bkwilkins@atfhq.atf.treas.gov.
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- SN00092526-W 20020614/020613084953 (fbodaily.com)
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