SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- books
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Us Embassy Moscow, Apo, AE 09721
- ZIP Code
- 09721
- Solicitation Number
- 051625
- Response Due
- 8/18/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 051625 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular . The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is with a small business size standard of 0 employees. This requirement is unrestricted and only interested offerors may submit a quote. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 15:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Apo, AE 09721 The Department of State requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, 594200297 Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism, Cornell West, Penguin, 2004,, 28, EA; LI 002, 031233849, Weapons of Mass Distraction: Soft Power and American Empire, Matthew Fraser, Thomas Dunne BKs, 2005, 28, EA; LI 003, 0312325436, The American Revelation: Then Ideas That Shaped Our Country from Puritans to the Cold War, Neil Baldwin, St.Martin's, 2005, 28, EA; LI 004, 18829226935, The American Cause, Russell Kirk, ISI Books, 2003, 28, EA; LI 005, 0316277665, They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centures of Innovators, Harold Evans, Brown, Little, 2004, 28, EA; LI 006, O375414576, My Life, Bill Clinton, Alfred A. Knopf, , 2004,, 28, EA; LI 007, O375756450, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, Edmund Morris, Random House Publishing Group , 2000, 28, EA; LI 008, O812966007, Theodore Rex, Edmund Morris, Random House Publishing Group, 2002, 28, EA; LI 009, O743223136, John Adams, David McCullough, Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 2002,, 28, EA; LI 010, O394720954, Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro, Vintage Books, 2003, 28, EA; LI 011, 1400040310, His Excellency: George Washington, Joseph J. Ellis, Knopf , 2004,, 28, EA; LI 012, 1401352081, Big Russ and Me, Tim Russert, Miramax Books, 2004, 28, EA; LI 013, 159071038X, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage, Chris, 28, EA; LI 014, . OO60731583, American Soldier, Tommy Franks, HarperCollins, 2004,, 28, EA; LI 015, 0781808324, Wedded StraNgers: The Challenge of Russian-American Marriage, Lynn Vission, Hippocrene,, 28, EA; LI 016, O618197249, Somewhere in America:Under the Radar With Chicken > Warriors, Left-Wing Patriots, Angry Nudists, and Others, Mark Singer, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005, 28, EA; LI 017, O670033057, Ten Minutes from Normal, Karen Hughes, Viking, 2004, 28, EA; LI 018, OO60090251, Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, Cokie Roberts, HarperCollins, 2004, 28, EA; LI 019, O805074422, Freethinkers : A History of American Secularism, Susan Jacoby, Metropolitan Books, 2004, 28, EA; LI 020, O742529533, Citizen Democracy: Political Activists in a Cynical Age, > Stephen Frantzich, Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, 28, EA; LI 021, O742542343, The Internet in Public Life, Verna Gehring, Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, 28, EA; LI 022, O742535401, Educating for Democracy: Paideia in an Age of Uncertainty, Alan Olson, David Steiner, , Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, 28, EA; LI 023, . O742508269, Intellectuals and the American Presidency: , Tevi Troy, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, 28, EA; LI 024, O393060411, The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National > Commission on Terrorist Attacks, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, W. W. Norton & Company, 2004,, 28, EA; LI 025, O399151753, The Pentagon's New Map, Thomas P. M. Barnett, Putnam , 2004,, 28, EA; LI 026, O374292884, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Thomas L. Friedman, Farrar, Straus and Girou, 2005, 28, EA; LI 027, 1583226281, Voices of A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn , Seven Stories Press, 2004, 28, EA; LI 028, O679775447, Pragmatism: A Reader, Louis Menand, Vintage, 1997, 28, EA; LI 029, O807827940, Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the > Index of American Design, Virginia Tuttle Clayton, Elizabeth Stillinger, University of North Carolina Press, 2003, 28, EA; LI 030, O765680459, Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (4 volumes), Immanuel Ness, Sharpe Reference, 2004, 28, EA; LI 031, Oxford Digital Reference Shelf( 12 CD set) , www.oxfordline.com/digitalreference, Oxford Univers, 2005, 28, EA; LI 032, O890599718, Encyclopedia of the Libarary of Congress, John Cole, Jane Aikin, Bernan Press, 2005,, 28, EA; LI 033, 1400052564 The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do, Samantha Ettus, ClarksonPorter, 2005, 28, EA; LI 034, Economics, Business, Marketing 185788213X, Business Beyond the Box: Applying Your Mind for Breakthrough Results, John O'Keeffe, Nicholas Brealey, 1999, 28, EA; LI 035, O684841487, COMPETITIVE STRATEGY : TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING INDUSTRIES AND COMPETITORS, Michael Porter, Free Press, 1998, 28, EA; LI 036, OO607773132X, Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Stephen Levitt, William Morrow, 2005, 28, EA; LI 037, 68981384 The Architecture of American Embassies: Building Diplomates, Joan Loeffer, Princeton, 2004, 28, EA; LI 038, O4665081436, Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One, Thomas Sowell, Basic Books, 2003,, 28, EA; LI 039, O13145501X, The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future > Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities, Bernard Baumohl, Wharton School, 2004, 28, EA; LI 040, O131435264, SCORE!:A Better Way to Do Business:Moving from Conflict to Collaboartion, Thomas Stallkamp, Wharton , 2005, 28, EA; LI 041, O471213268, Designing Brand Identity:A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining , Alina Wheeler, Wiley, 2003, 28, EA; LI 042, 1581150784, Emotional Branding:The New Paradigm for Connecting Brands to People, Marc Gobe, Watson-Guptill, 2001, 28, EA; LI 043, 0609610880 MBA in a box, Joel Kurtzma, CrpwnBusiness, 28, EA; LI 044, 0910965668 The Sceptical Business Searcher, Robert Berkman, CyberAge Books,, 28, EA; LI 045, Female and Islamic . 0807082836 Living Islam out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak, Saleemah Abdul-Gh, Beacon, 28, EA; LI 046, 1566565693 Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out, Fawza Afzal-Khan, Olive Branch, 28 EA http://www.docurama.com Documentaries, 28, EA; LI 047, Best Boy (DVD), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 048, Decade Under the Influence (DVD) the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 049, Paradise Lost 2:Revelations (VHS) the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 050, Climb Against the Odds (VHS the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 051, Go Tigers! (VHS),the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 052, Shaolin Ulysses (DVD)the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 053, Roots of Rhythm (VHS)the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 054, The 11th of September:Moyers Conversation (VHS), the latestversion of movies, 28, EA; LI 055, See How They Run (DVD), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 056, Farmingville (VHS) the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 057, Atomic Cafe (VHS), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 058, Silverlake Life:The View From Here (VHS), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 059, Sound and Fury (VHS), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 060, The Weather Underground (VHS), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 061, Southern Comfort (VHS), 28, EA; LI 062, Primary (VHS) the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 063, Crisis, (VHS), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 064, John Lee Hooker:That's My Story (VHS), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 065, On the Road with Duke Ellington (VHS) the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 066, Pie in the Sky:the Brigid Berlin Story (VHS), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 067, The True Meaning (DVD), the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 068, Main Stream (VHS), 28 EA the latest version of movies, 28, EA; LI 069, Hester Street (VHS), 28, EA; LI 070, Billy Collins: On the Road with poet Laureate (DVD), 28, EA; LI 071, JFK: A Presidency Revealed (DVD), 28, EA; LI 072, Slam Nation: The Sport of Spoken World (DVD), 28, EA; LI 073, The World's Greatest Fair (DVD), 28, EA; LI 074, Trails of the Midnight Sun (DVD), 28, EA; LI 075, Broadway: The American Musical (DVD), 28, EA; For this solicitation, Department of State intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Department of State is taking this action in a an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time offers. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their offer using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith offers, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, contact Marina Sigidina at Sigidinamv@state.gov or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Use of FedBid.com - Buyers and Sellers agree to use FedBid.com as an independent Venue for buying and selling goods or services, respectively. It is understood that FedBid ranks all bids by price, regardless of the evaluation criteria used by the buyer. Buyers and Sellers understand that a Buyer always maintains all rights assigned under their contracting authority and/or applicable acquisition regulations, and may select the most advantageous bid for the governments purpose while considering offline factors such as delivery, past performance, socio-economic classifications, and source rotation. CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) directly to Sigidinamv@state.gov (NOT THROUGH FEDBID.COM) so that they are received at that email address no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. Delivery shall be made within 30 days or less after receipt of order (ARO).
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (a-19910, n-1282)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Apo, AE 09721
- Zip Code: 09721-9998
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 09721-9998
- Record
- SN00870411-W 20050817/050815211747 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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