SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Network Services task supports transition of local network services from a primarily switch-based infrastructure to digital and analog centrex services
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 517910
— Other Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), Information Technology Services Acquisition Division (1TE), 10 Causeway Street, Boston, MA, 02222, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- R1DM47007002
- Response Due
- 4/18/2007
- Archive Date
- 10/20/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
- Description
- 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is R1DM47000701 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-06. This solicitation is 100% set aside for service disabled veteran owned small business concerns. The associated NAICS code 517910 - Description of Work: SEE ATTACHMENT. Any questions shall be directed to the Contracting Officer Siobhan Frongillo (617-565-5770) at Siobhan.frongillo@gsa.gov. This Network Services task supports transition of local network services from a primarily switch-based infrastructure to digital and analog centrex services. The Government anticipates that this task will involve the provisioning of phone sets; the set-up, staging, labeling, installation and testing of phone sets; the possible installation and termination of station cable; and the cross-connecting, testing and verification of new service coordinated with the new local services provider for up to 550 phone lines in the following locations in the State of Rhode Island. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors Commercial Items (Jan 2005)* applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. (* (c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items (Jan 1999) applies to this solicitation. Award will be made to the lowest total price quotation that meets all delivery requirements. Delivery requirements include the following: (1) Delivery terms shall be FOB destination; (2) Delivery of all items shall take place not later than ninty (90) calendar days from the date of award; (3) There shall be no partial deliveries. Offerors are to provide quotations for all items to be considered responsive. Only one award will be made in response to this solicitation. Multiple awards will not be made. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Mar 2005), with its offer and/or verify by the ORCA website. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Sep 2005), applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Sep 2005), applies to this acquisition. The following additional clauses are incorporated by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items or components: [None] The Due Date for receipt of quotations is 18 April 2007 at 4:00 pm EST. Quotation shall be provided by email to Siobhan.forngillo@gsa.gov or by mail to GSA FTS Region 1, Attention Siobhan Frongillo, 10 Causeway Street, Room 1085, Boston, MA 02222. Faxed quotations will not be accepted. RFQ/PROJECT NO. R1DM47007002 TELEPHONE INSTALLATION CROSS-CONNECT AND TESTING RHODE ISLAND LSA TRANSITION SUPPORT This requirement is for the General Services Administration. If you are interested in this acquisition, you may participate by submitting your response in accordance with the following instructions. Submission shall be via email. Due to e-mail server and bandwidth limitations, please limit the size of each e-mail with attachments to 3 MB. Offerors are required to submit both a written technical quote and a price quote to Siobhan Frongillo, Contracting Officer, for the purposes of assuring that the prospective Contractor is fully cognizant of the scope of this contract and has the capability to complete all Statement of Work (SOW) requirements. If you have questions regarding this requirement, please submit your inquiries immediately via email but no later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Wednesday, April 11, 2007 to Ms. Frongillo. Questions with the Government?s responses will be posted as an amendment to the project on FedBizOpps. Please be advised that the Government reserves the right to transmit those questions and answers of a common interest to all prospective Offerors. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Offers must include the tax identification number (TIN), Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Product Code. Please ensure that your firm is CCR Certified (http://www.ccr.gov). ASSUMPTIONS, CONDITIONS, OR EXCEPTIONS Offerors must submit, under separate cover, all (if any) assumptions, conditions, or exceptions with any of the terms and conditions of this solicitation including the SOW. If not noted in this section of your quote, it will be assumed that the offeror proposes no assumptions for award, and agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein. TECHNICAL QUOTE (VOLUME 1): Offerors shall provide a technical quote that includes the following: ? Factor 1: Discussion of the background, objectives, and work requirements of the statement of work as analyzed by the offeror; ? Factor 2: Discussion of proposed methods and techniques for completing each task, ? Factor 3: Discussion which supports how each task will be evaluated for full performance and acceptability of work from the offeror's viewpoint ? Factor 4: Discussion of any anticipated major difficulties and problem areas, along with potential recommended approaches for their resolution The Offeror must define its management and technical approach that satisfies the requirements defined in this document. ? Factor 5: The Offeror shall identify three (3) contracts/task orders with the Federal Government and/or commercial customers that demonstrate recent and relevant past performance. Recent is defined as within the last three years. Relevant is defined as work similar in complexity and magnitude of the work described in this Statement of Work. The Government may also consider information obtained through other sources. Past performance information will be utilized to determine the quality of the contractor?s past performance as it relates to the probability of success of the required effort. Past Performance is the offeror?s history of successful completion of projects; history of producing high-quality reports and other deliverables; history of staying on schedule and within budget; and the organization?s specific past performance on prior similar efforts specified within this SOW. PRICE QUOTE (VOLUME 2) The price quote shall include prices for commodities and services and be a separate volume from the technical quote. The Price Quote shall be submitted as a Time and Materials (T&M), Indefinate Delivery Indefinate Quantity (IDIQ) price. CLIN Description Qty* Price Total 001 Nortel M5316 Meridian Digital Set 100 002 Nortel M5216 Meridian Digital Set 100 003 Nortel M9316CW Meridian Analog Single Line Set 100 004 Nortel M9417 Meridian Dual Line Analog Set 100 005 Materials A 1 006 Materials B 1 007 Labor Category A 100 008 Labor Category B 100 009 010 TOTAL AWARD $__________ *Quantities are estimates only for the purposes of comparison. EVALUATION Quotes will be reviewed and evaluated based upon the information provided in the Technical and the Price Quotes. The five (5) factors comprising the Technical Quote, when combined, are more important than the Price Quote. Each sub-factor of the Technical Quote is of equal importance to each other. CONTRACT AWARD Contract award shall be made to the responsible Offeror whose offer, in conforming to this RFQ, provides an overall best value to the Government, technical evaluation factors, and price considered. The Government's objective is to obtain the highest technical quality considered necessary to achieve the project objectives at a realistic and reasonable price. In the event Technical Quotes are evaluated equally, price will become a major consideration in selecting the successful Offeror; therefore, the importance of the Price Quote should not be minimized. QUOTE DUE DATE AND TIME Due to the critical schedule for this effort, the due date for responses to this RFQ, i.e, the Technical Quote and Price Quote, is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time, Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Responses to this RFQ shall be sent via email to: siobhan.frongillo@gsa.gov STATEMENT OF WORK 1.0 Introduction This Network Services task supports transition of local network services from a primarily switch-based infrastructure to digital and analog centrex services. The Government anticipates that this task will involve the provisioning of phone sets; the set-up, staging, labeling, installation and testing of phone sets; the possible installation and termination of station cable; and the cross-connecting, testing and verification of new service coordinated with the new local services provider for up to 550 phone lines in the following locations in the State of Rhode Island. Locations by City: Providence: 1 Exchange Terrace 1 State Street 10 Dorrance Street 10 Weybosset Street 100 Hartford Ave. 2 Exchange Terrance 380 Westminster Street 400 Westminster Street 50 Kennedy Plaza 200 Dyer Street Riverside: 1275 Wampanoag Trail E. Providence: 20 Risho Blvd 2224 Pawtucket Ave Pawtucket: 55 Broad Street Warwick: 2000 Post Road 60 Quaker Lane 2.0 Key Assumptions 2.1 The awardee shall coordinate and schedule all transition activities between the GSA, the customers and the local services vendor. 2.2 The Government shall make workspace available to the awardee during the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, with exception of National Holidays when the Federal Building will be closed. 2.3 Two weeks after award the awardee shall satisfactorily complete the GSA Contractor Suitability Adjudication process for every worker in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) prior to being allowed to work in any federally owned or leased space. 2.4 The awardee shall provide certified, competent workers, per industry standards, in a quantity adequate to complete the work tasks on schedule. 2.5 The awardee shall meet all EIA/TIA Industry Standards regarding materials and methods of installation used. 2.6 If required, the awardee shall utilize existing conduit and cable racks to complete the cable runs to and from the IDFs. 3.0 Awardee Responsibilities 3.1 Task Definitions 3.1.1 The awardee shall provide new telephone instruments 3.1.2 The awardee shall install both new and/or CPE telephone instruments where requested by a GSA Governent Designated Representative (GDR). 3.1.3 The awardee shall clearly label each phone set as required by the customer 3.1.4 The awardee shall cross-connect and test each new and/or CPE phone line as they are transitioned by the new Local Services vendor. 3.1.5 The awardee shall conduct phone sweeps to test all phone lines per attachment J.1 of this RFQ. 3.1.6 The awardee shall devise a cable labeling and records management system in accordance with ASNI/TIA/EIA 606. The system shall include a numbering scheme for each cable pair, and place unique identification numbers on each 110-type termination block strip to ease individual cable tracing, and future cable system management. 3.1.7 The awardee shall leave all work areas free of rubbish and broom swept at the close of business each day. 3.1.8 The awardee shall handle all Government furnished information on a strictly ?need to know? basis. No Government Furnished Information shall be shared with individuals or vendors outside the scope of this project without the written permission of the GDR. 3.1.9 The awardee shall always be professional and curtious while on Government faculities. 3.2 Deliverables 3.2.1 The awardee shall provide accurate written phone sweeps records to the GSA GDR within 5 business days of completion at each location. See Attachment 1. 3.2.2 The awardee shall provide accurate cable management records to the GSA GDR within 5 business days of completion of each location. 3.2.2 The awardee shall accurately type and label (eg.Desi Strips) each new phone set installed under this contract. 3.2.3 The awardee shall provide service-maintenance support on the cable and terminations placed by the awardee for a period of six (6) months from the project completion date. 3.2.4 The awardee shall provide labor and material Warranty Information. 4.0 Government Responsibilities 4.1 The Government will identify GDRs after award. 4.2 The Government may furnish floor plans where available. 4.3 The Government shall provide temporary building passes for the awardee?s workers. 4.2.2 The Government shall provide one set of floor plans with locations of the MDF and IDFs. 5.0 Schedule Awardee may begin project immediately upon contract acceptance by awardee and Government (GSA-FTS). The project must be completed not later than June 30, 2007. Invoice Requirements (Sep 1999) (a) Invoices shall be submitted in an original only, unless otherwise specified, to the designated billing office specified in this contract or order. (b) Invoices must include the Accounting Control Transaction (ACT) number provided below or on the order. ACT Number [From SF 1449] (c) In addition to the requirements for a proper invoice specified in the Prompt Payment clause of this contract or order, the following information or documentation must be submitted with each invoice: Task order number: (SF 1449) (d) Invoices shall be submitted in an original to the Government office designated in this Contract or on the Task order to receive invoices. To constitute a proper invoice, the invoice must include the following information and/or attached documentation: (1) Name of the business concern and invoice date. (2) Contract number. (3) Task order number or other authorization for delivery of property or services. (4) Item number, national stock number (NSN) or other product identification number, description, price, and quantity of property or services actually delivered or rendered. (5) Shipping and payment terms. (6) Name (where practicable), title, phone number, and complete mailing address of responsible official to whom payment is to be sent. The "remit to" address must correspond to the remittance address in the Contract. (7) Information necessary to enable the Government to make payment by wire transfer shall be furnished in accordance with the Method of Payment clause of this Contract. (e) To assist the Government in making timely payments, the Contractor shall furnish the following additional information either on the invoice or on an attachment to the invoice: (1) Paying Number (ACT/DAC NO.) (from SF 1449) (2) Order No. (from SF 1449) (3) Project Title (4) Name (where practicable), Title, version, date, and the Section F paragraph reference of the specific deliverable(s) in firm-fixed price Task Orders (5) Shipping and payment terms (f) The Contractor shall submit invoices as follows: (1) Send Original Invoice To: General Services Administration Finance Division (299X) P. O. Box 17181 Fort Worth, TX 76102 Mark Invoice: ORIGINAL (g) The finance customer service can be reached by calling 817-978-2408, by sending a fax to 817-978-7413 or by visiting their web site at www.finance.gsa.gov. (h) The contractor shall attach copies of invoices to the ?Reports Section? of this order at: https://it-solutions.gsa.gov
- Place of Performance
- Address: 10 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02222
- Zip Code: 02222-1117
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 02222-1117
- Record
- SN01266562-W 20070406/070404221547 (fbodaily.com)
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