SOLICITATION NOTICE
40 -- Nylon Rope
- Notice Date
- 12/11/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- AB1330-03-RP-0025
- Response Due
- 1/9/2003
- Point of Contact
- Judi Jzyk, Contract Specialist, Phone (206) 526-6039, Fax (206) 526-6025, - Crystina Elkins, Procurement Clerk, Phone (206) 526-4499, Fax (206) 526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
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judi.m.jzyk@noaa.gov, crystina.r.elkins@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are not being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is #AB133R-03-RP-0025. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular No. 2001-10 dated 11/22/02. The resulting contract will be a firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity type contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 314991 with a size standard of 500 employees. This requirement is a small business set-aside (Numbered Note #1). This acquisition will be processed under simplified acquisition procedures (Part 13). SCHEDULE: Contract Line Item #0001 - Base Year: Furnish and deliver, in accordance with the specifications Estimated Quantity of 300 reels of nylon rope: Unit Price = $_______/RL x 300 = Total Price $____________; Option Year One: Contract Line Item #0002 - Furnish and deliver, in accordance with the specifications Estimated Quantity of 300 reels of nylon rope: Unit Price = $_______/RL x 300 = Total Price $____________. Grand Total of items 0001 and 0002 = $___________. To be responsive, offerors must provide the Manufacturer of Nylon Rope Offered; Nylon Rope brand name/model name, number, or other identifying nomenclature. Offerors are required to submit a completed SF-1449, which may obtained upon request. Quantities provided above are for informational purposes only and are not intended to imply that the quantity stated is an exact indication of the total deliverables required. SPECIFICATIONS: 1.0 Specifications Required for Nylon Rope: The contractor shall provide and deliver 3/4" diameter, 8-strand plaited nylon rope in accordance with the following specifications; Type 66 Dupont grade 707 nylon fiber; 8+ grams per denier; Lay, Woods Hole Lay, torque balanced design; Yarns per strand-10; Weight per 100 feet, not to exceed 13.5 lbs.; Strand turn per foot of rope-12; Rope pitch/inches-2.8; Elongation at breaking-minimum 35%; Breaking strength-15,000 lbs. minimum; Rope must be steam stabilized to force approximately 5% shrinkage; Length-500 meters per reel (nominal). Rope shall be furnished on nonreturnable wooden reels, 30"x23'x12'; Reel drive pinhole diameter shall be 1 inch and located 5 inches from center; the reel head shall be 54" boards, two ply with wood laid perpendicular to each other and securely nailed. The nail heads shall be countersunk below the surface of the wood. The headboards shall have a center hole of 3" diameter. The barrel shall consist of 3/4" thick wood staves mortised into the reel head. The reel shall be assembled with three 3/8" or 1/2" diameter steel bolts having cup washers on each end. 2.0 SAMPLES: The contractor shall furnish a 10 meter sample of the proposed nylon rope as part of the offer submission. Samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government and returned only at the offerors request and expense, unless destroyed during pre-award testing. The sample shall be subjected to chemical and mechanical testing to insure compliance with the specifications. The offer may be rejected if the sample fails to conform to the required specifications. Products delivered under any resulting contract must conform to the approved sample and stated specifications. 3.0 SITE VISIT: The Government reserves the right to perform a site visit of the manufacturing facility to inspect the equipment used to force steam stabilization prior to award. 4.0 ORDER AND DELIVERY: Orders will be issued in writing by the Contracting Officer on an as-needed basis. Products are to be delivered FOB to NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, Seattle, WA 98115-6349. Delivery dates will be based on one-day per ordered reel, i.e., 5 reels to be delivered FOB in 5 work days. 5.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The performance period will be effective from the award date of the contract through a one (1) year period. 6.0 OPTIONS: The Government may require continued performance of this contract for one (1) additional one-year period at the rates established under the Schedule. Exercise of this option will be at the discretion of the Government anytime during the current performance period. Full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) can be accessed on the Internet at www.arnet.gov/far; and Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR) clauses can be accessed in full text on the Internet at http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/APP/cartoc.htm, under "local clauses" noted. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial and the following Addenda: Offers must include with their offer an originally signed SF-1449, a completed Schedule, a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, and Past Performance Form. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items, with technical and past performance combined are of equal importance when compared to price. Award will be made to the responsible offeror with the lowest priced and technically acceptable offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial items and the following Addenda: FAR 52.216-18, Ordering - effective date of contract through a one (1) year period.; FAR 52.216-19, Order Limitations - (a) Minimum Order: 50 Reels, (b) Maximum order: The contractor is not obligated to honor (1) Any order for a single item in excess of 300 Reels, (2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of 300 Reels, or (3) A series of orders from the same ordering office with thirty (30) calendar days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (b)(1) or (2) of this provision, and (d) seven (7) calendar days after issuance of the order; FAR 52.216-22, Indefinite Quantity - (d) 90 calendar days of contract completion; FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services - anytime within the current performance period; FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract - (a) anytime within the current period of performance, seven (7) days, (c) two (2) years three (3) months; FAR clauses 52.214-34, 52.214-35, 52.219-4, 52.219-23, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34, CAR clauses 1352.201-70, 1352.201-71, and 1352.233-71. Agency level protest procedures can be found in full text at http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/CONOPS/#REFERENCE. Facsimile or e-mail offers are not acceptable. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders--Commercial Items and the following Addenda: FAR clauses 52.219-8, 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.225-16, 52.232.33, and 52.233-3. Offers are due in the office of NOAA's Acquisition Management Division, address noted above, by 2:00 PM (local time) twenty-eight (28) calendar days after posting or January 9, 2003, whichever is later. All offers received by the due date will be considered by the Government. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (11-DEC-2002). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 26-MAR-2003. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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