SOLICITATION NOTICE
53 -- Drawer Hardware
- Notice Date
- 11/16/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 332510
— Hardware Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR, Procurement Branch, 320 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20534
- ZIP Code
- 20534
- Solicitation Number
- FN1215-05
- Response Due
- 12/2/2004
- Archive Date
- 2/15/2005
- Description
- UNICOR intends to enter into a five (5) year firm fixed price requirements type contract for hardware items for FOB Destination Allenwood, Montgomery, Pa, Sheridan, Or, Ashland, KY and Forrest city, AR . Solicitation number is FN1215-05 and this solicitation is issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP). Item 0001 - UNICOR PART NUMBER: HAP2021, DRAWER PULL,MATTE, BLACK, SIZE: 9MM X 96MM, Estimated Qty: 35,000, U/I: Each, Item 0002 - UNICOR PART NUMBER: HAP2022, KNOB, MATTE BLACK, SIZE: 32MM TO 35MM DIA.X20MM.TO 22MM H, Estimated Qty: 17,500, U/I: Each, Item 0003 - UNICOR PART NUMBER: HWS0590, ROD,CLOTHES,1-1/4"X14-3/8, BLK, COAT ROD, SIZE: 1-1/4"DIA X 14-3/8"L, Estimated Qty: 5,000, U/I: Each, Item 0004 - UNICOR PART NO: FLG0011, FLANGE, Estimated Qty: 5,000, U/I: Each, Item 0005 - UNICOR PART NO: FLG0012, FLANGE, Estimated Qty: 5,000, U/I: Each, Item 0006 - UNICOR PART NUMBER: LTH0017, SINGLE MAGNETIC TOUCH LATCH, SIZE: 1-11/16" X 1-1/8" X 9/16", Estimated Qty: 1,000, U/I: Each Item 0007 - UNICOR PART NUMBER:LTH0018, DESCRIPTION:DOUBLE MAGNETIC TOUCH LATCH, SIZE: 1-11/16" X 2-9/16" X 11/16", Estimated Qty: 1,500, U/I: Each, Item 0008 - UNICOR PART NUMBER:KIT1310, HARMONY,MENDING-PLATE, Estimated Qty: 7,000, U/I: Each , Item 0009- UNICOR PART NUMBER:HAP0196, KNOB,1"DIA,P412-LP-FINISH,#N12383, SIZE:1" DIAMETER, Estimated Qty: 100,000, U/I: Each, Item 0010 - UNICOR PART NUMBER:HAP0197, BACK PLATE SIZE:5"L., Estimated Qty: 50,000, U/I: Each, Item 0011 - UNICOR PART NUMBER:HAP0199, DESCRIPTION:BAIL, PULL,W/MNT-RINGS, SIZE:3-1/2"CENTER PART NUMBER P8079-LP, Estimated Qty: 185,000, U/I: Each Item 0012 - UNICOR PART NUMBER:HAP0196, DESCRIPTION:KNOB, SIZE:1" DIAMETER, Estimated Qty: 25,000, U/I: Each, Item 0013 - UNICOR PART NUMBER:HAP0197, BACK PLATE, SIZE:5"L, Estimated Qty: 12,500, U/I: Each Item 0014 - UNICOR PART NUMBER:HAP0199, DESCRIPTION:BAIL, PULL,W/MNT-RINGS, SIZE:3-1/2"CENTER, Estimated Qty: 60,000, U/I: Each Item 0015 - UNICOR PART NO: HAP0207, DESCRIPTION: CABINET DOOR/DRAWER/HANDLE, CAST ALUMINUM, Estimated Qty: 27,500, U/I: Each, Item 0016 - UNICOR PART NO: HAP0208, CABINET DOOR/DRAWER/KNOB, CAST ALUMINUM, Estimated Qty:10,000, U/I: Each, Item 0017 ?UNICOR Part # . FLG0011, C,891,OPEN-END,BLK, DESCRIPTION: FLANGE, Estimated Qty: 50,000, U/I: Each, Item 0018 ? UNICOR Part #FLG0012, # C,30,CLOSED-END,BLK DESCRIPTION: FLANGE, Estimated Qty: 50,000, U/I: Each, Item 0019 - UNICOR Part # HAP2021, DESCRIPTION: DRAWER PULL,MATTE BLACK, DRAWER-PULL,96MM,BLACK,HRM, SIZE: 9MM X 96MM, Estimated Qty: 750,000, U/I: Each, Item 0020 - UNICOR PART # HAP2022, DOOR-PULL,32MM-DIA,BLACK,HRM, DESCRIPTION: KNOB, MATTE BLACK, SIZE: 32MM TO 35MM DIA.X20MM.TO 22MM H. FLAT TOP, Estimated Qty: 300,000, U/I: Each, Item 0021 - UNICOR PART # HWS0590, ROD,CLOTHES,1-1/4"X14-3/8,BLK, DESCRIPTION: COAT ROD SIZE: 1-1/4"DIA X 14-3/8"L, COLOR: BLACK POWDER COAT, Estimated Qty: 50,000, U/I: Each, Item 0022 - UNICOR PART # PLT1023, C ,661, MENDING, 3/4"X2"X.060,BLK, ,500-PCS, COUNTERSUNK FOR #8 SCREW, Description MENDING PLATE, SIZE:3/4"X 2"X .060", COLOR, BLACK, Estimated Qty: 225,000, U/I: Each. Items 0001 -0008 are to be delivered FOB Destination Ashland, KY, Items 0009 -0011 are to be delivered FOB Destination Allenwood, PA, Items 0012 -0016 are to be delivered FOB Destination Sheridan,OR and Items 0017 -0022 are to be delivered FOB Destination Forrest City, AR. Additional specification information will be provided in solicitation document. Delivery is 21 days after receipt of each delivery order. The minimum delivery order quantity and maximum delivery order quantity will be listed in solicitation document. Variation in quantity is +/- 5%. An economic price adjustment will be given once every 12 months after contract award date. Offerors will be required to submit a sample of each item with proposal by the offer closing date and time. Samples sent shall contain the solicitation number and UNICOR stock number. Offerors are advised that the Government intends to evaluate offers and award on an all or none basis. Offerors shall submit signed and dated offers to the Office Furniture Group, 320 First Street NW, 400 Building, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20534, ATTN: Bid Custodian. This information shall be displayed on the outside of the envelope with the solicitation number and offer closing date. All offerors must complete the Business Management questionnaire in Section L of solicitation document with three references. References must be for same or similar items. Offerors who have not done business with UNICOR shall complete the ACH form, which can be found on UNICOR?s webpage. Fax proposals are accepted at 202-353-7794, Attn: Bid Custodian, the fax cover sheet shall reference the solicitation number and offer closing date and time. All offerors must be registered in the CCR database to be considered eligible for award. If you have not registered in the CCR you may do so by logging onto www.ccr.gov and click on start new registration. Original proposal must be received within two (2) days of submitting fax proposal. All offerors must acknowledgment all amendments. Offers received after the exact time and date specified will not be considered. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer represents the best value to the government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate proposals: Past Performance, Ability to met specification and provide a sample of product that meets specification, and price. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer will be mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. The solicitation will be available on UNICOR?s website at www.unicor.gov and eps.gov on or about November 18, 2004. No copies of the solicitation will be mailed. All responsible offerors may submit an offer, which will be considered. This acquisition will be conducted through the reverse auction process with Global eProcure. Only those offerors participating in the reverse auction process will be considered for award. Offerors are not to submit pricing with written proposal. Pricing will be submitted during the Auction. All offerors are required to submit their written proposal in accordance with the procedures in the solicitation document. Offerors may contact Vishnu Sukumaran of Global eProcure to register for the reverse auction at (732) 382 6565 x1068 or his email address vsuku@globaleprocure.com . All questions concerning the reverse auction shall be addressed to Vsuku and all other questions shall be directed to Tatea Cavanaugh. REVERSE AUCTION - GENERAL The Contracting Officer has opted to conduct a competitive, anonymous, on-line reverse auction as described herein. UNICOR has contracted with Global eProcure to conduct the reverse auction for this solicitation. However, use of this phrase shall not be construed to imply that this solicitation is being conducted under the procedures set forth at FAR Part 14, Sealed Bidding. Rather, this solicitation is being conducted under the procedures set forth at FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award prescribed in FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. During the reverse auction, offerors will provide pricing through submission of electronic offers the Global eProcure website. The primary pricing competition for this solicitation will be through the online reverse auction. Global eProcure will explain this process in detail and train each qualified offeror prior to the reverse auction through a simulated reverse auction. Offerors will have the ability to submit revised pricing during the reverse auction in response to prices submitted by other offerors. The identity of offerors will not be revealed to each other during the reverse auction. The final such revision during the reverse auction will be considered the Offeror's final revised proposal. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to conduct verbal or written discussions with respect to factors other than price with the offerors at anytime prior to award. Only those offerors who are determined to be in the competitive range will be allowed to participate in the reverse auction. REVERSE AUCTION - TRAINING Of OFFERORS, Training. Global eProcure will train designated employees of each offeror using real time ?mock? auction to familiarize the offerors' employees with the online auctioning system. Detailed bidding event guidelines and directions will be emailed to interested offerors prior to the practice and the live bidding event. The date of the practice reverse auction will be provided in the solicitation document. REVERSE AUCTION - THE AUCTION. UNICOR reserves the right to suspend or cancel the reverse auction at any time. If the Contracting Officer cancels the reverse auction, Final Revised Proposals will be requested by an amendment to the solicitation. Notwithstanding FAR 52.215-5, offerors will submit revised pricing only through the online mechanism supplied by Global eProcure. Offerors will not submit revised pricing via any other mechanism including but not limited to post, courier, fax, E-mail, or orally unless specifically requested by the Contracting Officer. The reverse auction bidding period shall be set by the Contracting Officer as indicated in Section IV, paragraph (a). Electronic offers shall be submitted by offerors during the reverse auction period. The reverse auction is designed to extend the closing time of a bidding lot if there are any bids placed in the final 2 minutes of the bidding lot. If a bid is placed within the last 2 minutes of the closing time, the time period shall be extended for two additional minutes beyond the scheduled closing. Any offeror experiencing difficulties during a reverse auction must notify Global eProcure immediately. ?Difficulties? include any event or problem, which interferes with the offerors ability to participate in the reverse auction and may include, but is not limited to: data entry errors, software problems, or hardware problems. Offerors will have five minutes after a Lot goes into ?Verifying? status to notify Global eProcure of any problems. If the Contracting Officer judges that any offeror has been disadvantaged by a problem, they may direct Global eProcure to address the problem and return the Lot to ?Open? status. Any and all offeror contact with Global eProcure is for the sole purpose of facilitating the reverse auction and shall not be considered discussions with the offeror within the meaning of FAR Part 15. For purposes of FAR 52.203-2, and in accordance with subparagraph (c) thereof, submission of a proposal by the offeror shall be considered certification by the Offeror that the only knowing disclosure by the offeror of its prices to any other offeror will be during the reverse auction. The offeror further certifies that disclosure by the offeror of its prices during the reverse auction shall not be for the purposes of restricting competition. UNICOR reserves the right to reject any or all offers received for any or all lots. REVERSE AUCTION ? RULES. The date of the practice and reverse auctions will be provided in the solicitation document. The reverse auction shall be designated as reverse auction # 1215. Only offerors in the competitive range will be permitted to submit electronic offers through the reverse auction. Offers submitted through the reverse auction are legally binding offers without qualification. Offers may not be cancelled or withdrawn except for data entry errors. Offerors must submit their offers through the online bidding mechanism supplied by Global eProcure and not through any other mechanism including but not limited to post, courier, fax, e-mail, or orally. All questions must be sent via email or fax. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer represents the best value to the government. Tradeoff Process: It may be in the government best interest to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technical rated offeror. This process may include tradeoffs among cost/price and non cost factors and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest prices proposal if the perceived benefits of the higher priced proposal are determined to merit the additional cost.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Multiple UNICOR Funiture Factories
- Record
- SN00708740-W 20041118/041116211723 (fbodaily.com)
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