SOLICITATION NOTICE
25 -- Seat Belts
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 336360
— Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim 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
- VC0125-06
- Response Due
- 5/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/8/2006
- Description
- The is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Proposals being requested. Solicitation Number for the proposal is VC0125-06, the solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-09. NOTICE: The acquisition will be conducted through the reverse auction process with Global eProcure. All prospective offerors are to contact Ramanjit (Rinki) Singh at (732) 382-6565 ext. 1034 or her e-mail address: rinki.singh@globaleprocure.com. Only those prospective offerors signed up for the reverse auction process will be considered for award. Each offeror will submit their pricing for the requirement through the reverse auction with Global eProcure. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 336360. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., intends to enter into a five (5) year firm-fixed price requirements type contract for the following items: Line item 0001, HWS 6169, Belt, seat, non-retractable, Rel, Push-Button. MATERIAL: Push-button release non-retractable seat belt. Specification: has tongue and buckle with push button release; has two (2) 30 degree anchor ends with 0.470 hole; 60" long; 47 MM width; made of seven (7) panel black webbing; cording in pull tab hem; must meet current federal motor vehicle safety standards. Estimated quantity 100,000 each for Bastrop, TX. Line item 0002, HWS6169, Belt, seat, non-retractable, Rel, Push-Button. MATERIAL: Push-button release non-retractable seat belt. Specification: has tongue and buckle with push button release; has two (2) 30 degree anchor ends with 0.470 hole; 60" long; 47 MM width; made of seven (7) panel black webbing; cording in pull tab hem; must meet current federal motor vehicle safety standards. Estimated quantity 40,000 each for LaTuna, TX. Required delivery will be thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of delivery order. Delivery will be FOB destination to Federal Correctional Institutional, Federal Prison Industries, 1341 Highway 95 North, Bastrop, TX 78602 and Federal Correctional Institution, Federal Prison Industries, 8500 Doniphan Road, Anthony, Texas 79821. All shipments should be labeled as follows: vendor name, purchase order number and/or contract number, item description, item quantity with weight, and a certificate of conformance. In accordance with 52.211-16, Variation In Quantity, Variations per delivery order are plus and minus Zero (0) percent. FAR Clause 52.216-18, Ordering applies. Orders may be issued from date of award through five (5) year thereafter. The contractor will only deliver the items that have been designated by a delivery order. Items shipped without a delivery order will be returned at the contractor?s expense. Any supplies to be furnished under the contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders by the Contracting Officers at FCI Bastrop, TX and FCI LaTuna, TX and Central Office, Washington, DC with the exception of the COTR. Delivery hours are 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, notwithstanding emergencies and Federal holidays. JAR 2852.270-70, Contracting Officer?s Technical Representative, applies. The COTR for the contract will be George Arispe, Factory Assurance Manager. All invoices shall be forwarded to: ATTN: Business Manager, Federal Correctional Institution, Federal Prison Industries, Highway 95 North, Bastrop, Texas 78602; telephone (512) 321-3903. FAR Clause 52.216-21, Requirements applies, contractor shall not be required to make deliveries under the contract thirty (30) calendar days after the expiration of the contract. FAR Clause 52.216-19, Order Limitation ? delivery order limitations are a minimum quantity for one (1) each per delivery order and a maximum delivery order for 1,000 each . THE QUANTITIES SHOWN IN THIS REQUIREMENT ARE ESTIMATES ONLY AND NOT AN ORDER, AND DO NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT. FUNDS WILL BE OBLIGATED BY EACH DELIVERY ORDER AND NOT THE CONTRACT ITSELF. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1 Paragraph: C Period of acceptance of offers; the offeror agrees to hold their proposal prices firm for 60 days from date specified for receipt of offers. Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR provision 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, must be included with your offer. Beginning January 1, 2005, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) will require the use of the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in Federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representation and certification information, at your convenience, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. The following clauses also apply to this solicitation: FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items PARAGRAPH (d) DISPUTES shall be deleted and replaced with ?DISPUTES? THIS CONTRACT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CONTRCT DISPUTES ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED (41 U.S.C. 601-613). DISPUTES ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CLAUSE AT FAR 52.233-1 DISPUTES (JUL 2002)(DEVIATION) and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Any amendments hereby issued to the solicitation will be synopsized in the same manner as the solicitation and must be acknowledged by each offeror. SECTION SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS NOTICE: Offerors will NOT SUBMIT prices with the quote by the closing date. The Contracting Officer has opted to conduct a competitive, anonymous, on-line reverse auction, auction as described herein. The Contracting Entity has retained Global eProcure to conduct the auction for the solicitation. Global eProcure refers to its auction as a Web-based Bidding Events. All prospective offerors are to contact Ramanjit (Rinki) Singh at (732) 382-6565 ext. 1034 and/or e-mail rinki.singh@globaleprocure.com. This acquisition will be conducted through the reverse auctioning process with Global eProcure. During the Event, offerors will provide pricing through submission of electronic offers via the Global eProcure website. The primary pricing competition for the solicitation will be through the online reverse auction. Global eProcure will explain the process in detail and train all interested contractors participating in the acquisition prior to the Event. The identity of offerors will not be revealed during the Event. Offerors must bid on both items to be considered for award. This is an ?All or None? requirement. Offerors will have the ability to revise their pricing during the Event. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to suspend or cancel the Event at any time. If the Contracting Officer cancels the Event, pricing requested by an amendment to the solicitation. Offerors will not submit pricing via any the mechanism, including but not limited to post, courier, fax, E-mail, or orally unless specifically requested by the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to award to other than the low-priced Offeror or to make no award under the solicitation. Further information about the auction, please contact Ramanjit (Rinki) Singh at (732) 382-6565 ext. 1034 and/or e-mail rinki.singh@globaleprocure.com with specific questions and preparation of the Event. Detailed instructions on the bidding event will be forwarded to interested Offerors before May 23, 2006. The practice bidding Event will be held on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 noon (EST). The actual Bidding Event will take place on Wednesday, May 24, 2006, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Past Performance is 50%, price and technical when combined are equal to 50%. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to a responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is considered most advantageous to the Government. Offerors will identify previous federal, state, local government and private contracts, which they are currently performing on or have performed on and that are similar in scope to the requirement being evaluated. (List at least three (3) and no more than five (5) contracts for evaluation. References provided shall be for contracts performed within the past three (3) to five (5) years. All references provided may or may not be used in the evaluation of the contractor?s performance. Each reference must contain the name, address and telephone number of the company or government agency for which the contract was performed as well as a contact person from that company or agency and the contract number if applicable. FAR Subpart 4.11 Central Contractor Registration applies. FAR 52.52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (3)(k) Central Contractor Registration. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the CCR database in the prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-888-227-2423 or 269-961-5757. FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration applies. FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications applies. FAR 52.204-6 Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number applies. FAR Clause 52.232-33, Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. Also, All Contractors MUST be registered in the Contractor Performance System (CPS). To register go to http://cps.od.nih.gov click on the hypertext ?Registration for Existing Contracts? listed under the column labeled ?Contractor Information,? read the information provided on the page and click the hypertext http://cpscontractor.nih.gov/, this will put you on the Login screen of the Contractor Performance System (CPS). On the right hand side of the screen you will see a question ?Registered to the New CPS yet?? Click here to start the process under the word ?BULLETINS.? Click the word ?here? which is in hypertext format. Enter the required information to register. If you have any questions you can contact CPS Support by E-Mail (cps-support-I@list.nih.gov) or call Jo Ann, Paulette or Alex on (301) 451-2771. Taxpayer Identification Number, ACH (electronic payment information) numbers are applicable. This form can be downloaded from our web page http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. All prospective vendors must download this form and fill out in it entirety. FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds applies. If offer is not submitted with a signed Standard Form SF-1449, submit on Company letterhead with a statement specifying agreement with the terms, conditions and provisions included in this solicitation to ATTN: Chyrel McPherson, Contracting Officer, RFP Number VC01225--06, fax your offer to (202) 305-2091 in accordance to FAR 52.215-5, Facsimile Proposal. All Offers must be received on or before Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
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