MODIFICATION
Z -- MAIL/MESSENGER SERVICES FOR CHICAGO PASSPORT
- Notice Date
- 1/17/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Sa-6 Room 200, Washington, DC 20522
- ZIP Code
- 22102
- Solicitation Number
- 1044-799551
- Response Due
- 1/19/2007
- Archive Date
- 7/18/2007
- Point of Contact
- Name: Doug Stuck, Title: Sourcing Agent, Phone: 301.788.3839, Fax: 703.442.7822,
- E-Mail Address
-
Doug.Stuck@fedbid.com;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- AMENDMENT NOTICE: 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, as applicable, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 1044-799551 and is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 05-09. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561790 with a small business size standard of $5M. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2007-01-19 15:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be CHICAGO, IL 60604 The Department of State requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: LI 001, mail/messengers services to the U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs-Chicago Passport Agency located at 230 S. Dearborn Street-Chicago, IL 60604. *** BID MUST COVER ALL ITEMS LISTED IN ATTACHED SCOPE OF WORK : 1044799551SOW.pdf** Work hours will be performed during normal business hours Monday-Friday, excluding Federal holidays. No overtime. Period of Performance is October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007 *** BID MUST COVER ALL ITEMS LISTED IN ATTACHED SCOPE OF WORK #: 1044799551SOW.pdf** TASK/ Services included: Pick up mail from Post Office and deliver to Chicago Passport Agency Pick up mail from Agency and take to Post Office Receive registered/certified/overnight mail, sign and date, log and deliver, maintain copy of log in mailroom Pick up express mail at 2pm and 3:30pm from Agency; Post Office picks up (no postage applied by contractor) Return undeliverable/returned mail to Agency Deliverables: Mailed picked up from Post Office and delivered daily Mail picked up from Agency and taken to Post office Log maintained in mailroom for registered/certified/overnightmail Express mail picked up daily at 2pm and 3:30pm from Agency Undelivered/returned mail returned to Agency, 1, LOT; 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 bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Department of State is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time bids. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid 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 bids, 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 Laberta Smallwood at smallwoodl@state.gov or FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Use of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Buyers and Sellers understand that FedBid ranks all bids by price; however, pursuant to applicable acquisition regulations and/or departmental guidelines, Buyers may use criteria other than price to evaluate offers. Accordingly, please note that, unless otherwise specified herein below, to the extent required by applicable regulations and/or guidelines, award will be made to the responsible Seller whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Buyer on the basis of price, technical capability, delivery, and past performance. 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. 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. 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. REPOST EXPLAINATION: Passport Services requests the location of the contractor to provide mail services to the Chicago Passport Agency be in the same building or near (i.e., less than 5 miles) from PPT/CG's current address: **Chicago Passport Agency *Kluczynski Federal Building 230 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1803 Chicago, IL 60604-1564 NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (17-JAN-2007); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
www.fedbid.com (b-35430_02, n-4941)
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/State/FedBid.com/FedBid1/1044-799551/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: CHICAGO, IL 60604
- Zip Code: 60604
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 60604
- Record
- SN01213235-F 20070119/070117222543 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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