SOLICITATION NOTICE
61 -- Solar Chargers (Battery)
- Notice Date
- 12/5/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR, Procurement Branch, 320 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20534, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- VC0140-07
- Response Due
- 12/13/2006
- Archive Date
- 12/28/2006
- Description
- This 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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation being requested. Solicitation Number for the Quote is VC0140-07; the solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The RFQ document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-14. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 334413, size status 500 employees. This requirement is set aside for small businesses. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., FCI Bastrop, TX and FCI LaTuna, TX, intends to enter into a five (5) year firm-fixed price requirements type contract for the following: Line item 0001, Charger, solar, 2-watt material: 2 watt solar charger. Specifications: Twelve (12) volt industrial battery maintenance system two (2) matt solar panel Electrical input: One (1) high pulsing to desulfate electrical output: Twenty-Two (22) to Twenty-eight (28) KHz pulse frequency red LED for indication that unit is energized and pulsing; solar panel dimensions: 5.6" X 2.5" X 0.35"; Black plastic enclosure ABS rated UL 94-VO; enclosure dimensions: 3.4" X 2.375" X 1.5"; leads: eighteen (18) AWG RED/BLACK 72" from solar panel to box, 36" from box to ring terminal; termination: ring terminal for 3/8" bolt two (2) screw mounting hole in case for #8 screw restrictions: plastic enclosure; maximum operating temperature is 65 degrees Celsius: maximum storage temperature 85 degrees Celsius; estimated quantity 10,000 each (FCI BASTROP, TX). Line item 0002, Charger, solar, 2-Watt Material: 2-Watt solar charger specifications: twelve (12) volt industrial battery maintenance system two (2) matt solar panel electrical input: One (1) high pulsing to desulfate electrical output: Twenty-two (22) to twenty-eight (28) KHz pulse frequency red LED for indication that unit is energized and pulsing; solar panel dimensions: 5.6" X 2.5" X 0.35"; black plastic enclosure ABS rated UL 94-VO; enclosure dimensions: 3.4" X 2.375" X 1.5"; leads: eighteen (18) AWG Red/black 72" from solar panel to box, 36" from box to ring terminal; termination: ring terminal for 3/8" bolt two (2) screw mounting hole in case for #8 screw restrictions: plastic enclosure; maximum operating temperature is 65 degrees Celsius; maximum storage temperature 85 degrees Celsius. Estimated Quantity 10,000 Each (FCI LATUNA, TX). VENDOR IS REQUIRED TO SPECIFY THE ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT PROVIDED IN THIS REQUIREMENT. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT NOTICE: Other Fleet Group factories may be added a later date at which time prices will negotiate for those factories. 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 Industries, Federal Prison Industries, 8500, Anthony, TX 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. FAR Clause 52.216-18, Ordering applies. Orders may be issued from date of award through five (5) years 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 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, notwithstanding emergencies and Federal holidays. JAR 2852.270-70, George Arispe. All invoices are to be mailed to directly to Centralized Accounts Payable (CAP). The invoice must reference the delivery order number and a four-letter plant code designation should be incorporated in the mailing address: Centralized Accounts Payable (BSBM and LAVH), P.O. Box 4000, Butner, NC 27509-4000. 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) per delivery order and a maximum delivery order for a single item is one (1); and maximum delivery order for combination of line items are one-thousand (1,000) each per delivery order. 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 quote firm for 60 days from date specified for receipt of offers. Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Quoters-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 Quote 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). 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 vendor. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Past Performance is 50%; price and specification/technical when combined are equal to 50%. The quote conforms to the solicitation and is considered most advantageous to the Government. Vendors 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) 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 Quoters-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 VENDOR DOES NOT BECOME REGISTERED IN THE CCR AND ORCA DATABASE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL PROCEED TO AWARD TO THE NEXT OTHERWISE SUCCESSFUL REGISTERED VENDOR. VENDOR SHALL SUBMIT WITH THEIR QUOTE A COPY OF THEIR REGISTRATION ALONG WITH THEIR QUOTE. Vendors 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. ALL VENDORS MUST BE REGISTED 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. 52.217-2 Cancellation Under Multi-year Contracts and FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds applies. If quote 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, RFQ Number VC0140-07, fax your offer to (202) 305-2091. All Offers must be received on or before Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. See Note 1.
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