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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 07, 2006 FBO #1654
MODIFICATION

24 -- AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR AND ACCESSORIES

Notice Date

6/5/2006
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

333111 — Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area Office, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA, 19038
 

ZIP Code

19038
 

Solicitation Number

RFQ07-3615-06
 

Response Due

6/6/2006
 

Archive Date

12/30/2006
 

Point of Contact

Lisa Botella, Contract Specialist, Phone 215-233-6551, Fax 215-233-6558, - Eileen LeGates, Procurement Assistance Officer, Phone 215-233-6551, Fax 215-233-6558,
 

E-Mail Address

lisa.botella@ars.usda.gov, eileen.legates@ars.usda.gov
 

Description

Modification No. 01 is issued to provide a response to a question received on the solicitation and to extend the response due date from June 5, 2006 to June 6, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Question 1: Does the bid require 3 hyd valves that come in set of two, which equals 6 hyd outlets or are you looking for 6 valves of 2 for a total of 12 outlets. ANSWER: We require 3 hyd valves in a set of two, which equals 6 hyd outlets. All other information remains unchanged. The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), requires the Contractor to provide all labor and equipment to furnish and deliver a New Holland (TL90A) All Purpose Agriculture Tractor (or equivalent) to the USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), New England Plant, Soil and Water Laboratory field site located in Newport, Maine in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this document. The USDA, ARS, NEPSWL will use this equipment for field research. 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; Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation number 07-3615-06 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-08. This procurement is unrestricted. The NAICS is 333111 with a size standard of 500 employees. Any documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the Internet site http://www.fbo.gov. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the site for release of the solicitation and any related documents. SCHEDULE OF ITEMS ? Brand Name or equal ? ITEM 01, New Holland All Purpose Tractor and Accessories (Model TL90A); QTY:1; UNIT: EA; UNIT PRICE: $____; AMOUNT:$___. Training, installation and set-up are not required. ALL THIS FOR A TOTAL OF $ . Delivery is FOB Destination. Contractors must include shipping in each line item. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: LINE ITEM 01: A New Holland All Purpose Tractor, Model TL90A (or equivalent) with the following specifications: 1) 7.50-16 Front Tires and 13.65 X 38" Rear Tires; 2) Automatic Engine, 90 HP, 77 PTO HP 2, 4 Cylinder, Turbo; 3) Cab with Heat and Air Conditioning; 4) 2WD, Power Steering; 5) Power Shuttle 24 X 24 Transmission; 6) Rear Remote Hydraulic valves. CONTRACTOR'S BRAND NAME AND INFORMATION AND LITERATURE ?Offeror's are required to identify the brand and type of equipment offered in the space below: ITEM DESCRIPTION: ______; BRAND NAME: _________; MAKE/MODEL: ______. The Contractor shall provide one set of the descriptive literature and the Design Drawing for each type of tank even if literature has been submitted previously. Failure to submit this literature may render the offer non-responsive on the Technical evaluation criteria and ineligible for contract award. SECTION 508 ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE CLAUSE does not apply to this acquisition. DELIVERY INFORMATION - The Contractor shall furnish and deliver F.O.B. Destination, the equipment and accessories to USDA, ARS, NAA, NEPSWL, Field Site located on Williams Road, across the street from Nokomis High School, in Newport, ME. Delivery shall be between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excl. Federal holidays. Deliveries must be made within sixty (60) days after contract award. The Contractor shall coordinate the delivery date and time with the David Torrey, Technical Representative, at (207) 581-3372 at least 1 week prior to delivery. PACKING AND SHIPPING - The Contractor shall be responsible for shipping the materials and equipment. The Contractor shall pack each item for shipment in a new container in such a manner that will ensure acceptance by common carrier and safe delivery at the destination. Containers and closures shall comply with the Interstate Commerce Regulation, Uniform Freight Classification Rules, or regulation of other carriers as applicable to the mode of transportation. The items to be furnished hereunder shall be labeled with the purchase order number and delivered, all transportation charges paid by the Contractor in accordance with the F.O.B. Destination clause to the delivery address above. WARRANTY - The Contractor shall provide a two year, parts and labor warranty on the equipment. The period of the warranty shall begin upon acceptance. The Contractor shall provide a copy of the warranty for each item with their offer. DOCUMENTATION - The Contractor shall provide one (1) copy each of the operations, repair, maintenance manuals, lubrication and service instructions to the COR upon delivery of the equipment. All documentation shall include the P.O. number. Final payment shall not be made unless and until such documentation is received and accepted by the COTR. DESIGNATION OF CONTRACTING OFFICER'S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE - The Contracting Officer shall designate the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) at the time of contract award. The COTR is responsible for administering the performance of work under this purchase order. In no event, however, will any understanding, agreement, modification, change order, or other matter deviating from the terms of this purchase order be effective or binding upon the Government unless formalized by proper contractual documents executed by the Contracting Officer prior to completion of the purchase order. The Contracting Officer should be informed as soon as possible of any actions or inactions by the Contractor or the Government which will change the required delivery or completion times stated in the purchase order so that the contract may be modified accordingly. (This does not apply to individual task assignments which were issued by the COTR; provided they do not affect the delivery schedule or performance period stated in the purchase order.) On all matters that pertain to the purchase order terms, the Contractor must communicate with the Contracting Officer. Whenever, in the opinion of the Contractor, the COTR requests efforts outside the scope of the purchase order, the Contractor should so advise the COTR. If the COTR persists and there still exists a disagreement as to proper contractual coverage, the Contractor should notify the Contracting Officer immediately, preferably in writing if time permits. Proceeding with work without the proper contractual coverage could result in nonpayment or necessitate submittal of a purchase order claim. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition and is amended as follows: 1. Item (b) Submission of Offers is amended to include the following: Item (b) Submission of Offers is amended to include the following: Submit your offer, acknowledgment of amendments (if any), Standard Form 1449-Page 1: Blocks 12 and 17a; Page 2: Block 17b; Page 3: Blocks 30a, 30b and 30c; the Schedule of Items and provide information required in the following Sections: Contractor's Brand Name and Information; Descriptive Literature and price list; Warranty; Documentation; Other Offeror's Information, Evaluation Information, Pricing Data, and the Certifications at FAR 52.212-3 to Lisa M. Botella, USDA, ARS, North Atlantic Area, Contracting Office, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038. FAILURE TO SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION MAY RENDER THE OFFER NONRESPONSIVE. 2. Item (c) Period for acceptance of offers is amended to include the following: The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 days after offer due date. 3. OTHER OFFEROR'S INFORMATION: A. Please complete the following: i. Our company [ ] does, [ ] does not accept a Government Visa Credit Card. Our company [ ] does, [ ] does not accept a Government Purchase Order (PO). 4. 52.215 20 REQUIREMENTS FOR COST OR PRICING DATA OR INFORMATION OTHER THAN COST OR PRICING DATA (OCT 1997) ALTERNATE IV (OCT 1997)-(a) Submission of cost or pricing data is not required. (b) Provide information described below: 1.For catalog items, a copy of or identification of the catalog and its date, or the appropriate pages for the offered items, Provide a copy or describe current discount policies and price lists (published or unpublished), e.g., wholesale, original equipment manufacturer, or reseller. Also explain the basis of each offered price and its relationship to the established catalog price, including how the proposed price relates to the price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities. 2. For market-priced items, the source and date or period of the market quotation or other basis for market price, the base amount, and applicable discounts. In addition, describe the nature of the market; 3. The offeror grants the Contracting Officer or an authorized representative that right to examine, at any time before award, books, records, documents, or other directly pertinent records to verify the reasonableness of price. For items priced using catalog or market prices, or law or regulation, access does not extend to cost or profit information or other data relevant solely to the offeror=s determination of the prices to be offered in the catalog or marketplace. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following evaluation criteria are included in paragraph (a) of that provision: 1) Technical Capability, 2) Past Performance and 3) Price. (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer is technically acceptable, conforming to the solicitation and the lowest priced offer inclusive of all line items price. Past performance shall only be checked on the technically acceptable, lowest priced offeror. A) TECHNICAL CAPABILITY OF THE FIRM. Technical capability will be based on product literature and includes: 1) Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government's requirement. Manufacturer or brand name and model of the item and price lists; 2)Product Literature-Each offeror is required to furnish for each component the above items or other documentation which shows how the offered product meets or exceeds the requirements as specified in the Specifications; and 3) Warranty provisions. B) PAST PERFORMANCE. Past performance history may be based on the Contracting Officer's knowledge of any previous history of this type of work, customer surveys or any other verifiable information available to the Contracting Officer. In order to be considered for a contract award, Contractors shall provide a list of three (3) contracts of a similar nature and complexity that were awarded within the past three (3) years or that is/are currently in force. This information must be submitted with your offer. For each contract, list the following: 1. Name, address, and telephone number of the contracting organization, the Government's Project Officer and Contracting Officer. 2. Contract number, description, contract type, period of performance, warranty and price. 3. List any contract(s) terminated for convenience or default (partial or complete) within the past three (3) years. Include the contract number, name, address, and telephone number of the terminating officer. The offeror's lack of performance history will not result in disqualification, but will result in a neutral past performance rating of "pass". C. PRICE - will be based on: 1. Labor, supervision, materials, equipment, supplies, shipping costs, delivery, warranty, discount terms, and does not include taxes. Offerors shall include a complete copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror/Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items, with their offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions ? Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and is amended to include the following clauses by reference: 1. Item a: AGAR 452.246-70, Inspection and Acceptance shall be made at: i) Destination. 2. Item (g) A. An original invoice shall be submitted after acceptance of all items and includes at a minimum the following information: 1. Name of business concern, invoice number and invoice date; 2. Tax Identification Number; 3. Contract number; 4. Description, price, and quantity of item(s) actually delivered; 5. Shipping and payment terms; 6. Name, title, phone number, and complete mailing address of responsible official to whom payment is to be sent. B. All invoices shall be submitted to: USDA, ARS, NAA, NEPSWRL, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, ORONO, ME 04469. ATTN.: S. BARTLEY. C. PAYMENT - The Contractor must be registered for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments in the Central Contractor?s Registration (CCR) database to receive payment. Payment may be made by a Government purchase order or Government Credit Card. Final payment shall not be made unless and until items have been received and are accepted by the Technical Representative. 3. Item (h)-Patent indemnity is revised to include clause 52.227-3. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implements Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items applies. The following FAR clauses cited in 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition for supplies: 52.203-6(Alt 1); 52.219-14; 52.222.3; 52.222-19, 52.222-21; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36; 52.222-37; 52.225-3 (Alt.1); 52.225-13; 52.225-15; 52.232-33; 52.232-36; 52.204-4; 52.211-5; 52.214-21; 52.214-31; 52.214-34; 52.214-35; 52.225-8; 52.227-3; 52.227-19; 52.242-17; 52.247-34; 452.204-70. The full text of these clauses, incorporated by reference, may be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ and AGAR Provisions and Clauses can be located at http://www.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar.html. ADDITIONAL QUOTATION INFORMATION - This solicitation and any other documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the Internet site http://www.fbo.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the site for release of any information related to this requirement. Questions may be faxed to the Contracting Officer at (215) 233-6558 and reference Solicitation No. RFQ 07-3615-06. QUOTATIONS SENT BY E-MAIL ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. Responses are due on JUNE 5, 2006 by 2:00 p.m. local time, at the USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Contracting Office, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038.
 

Place of Performance

Address: USDA, ARS, NAA, NEPSWL, Field Site located on Williams Road, across the street from Nokomis High School, in Newport, ME.

Zip Code: 04953

Country: United States
 

Record

SN01062361-W 20060607/060605220111 (fbodaily.com)
 

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