MODIFICATION
V -- Courier Services for daily deliveries between OPM Boyers PA, and OPM Washington DC
- Notice Date
- 5/10/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 492210
— Local Messengers and Local Delivery
- Contracting Office
- Office of Personnel Management, Center for Contracting, Facilities & Administrative Services, Contracting Group, 1900 E Street, N.W., Room 1342, Washington, DC, 20415-7710, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL070000062
- Response Due
- 5/29/2007
- Description
- This is an admendment to Admentment 1 of Solicitation number SOL070000062. The first part of the announcement was inadvertently placed on FedBizOpps twice. What follows is the 2nd part of this announcement. CONTINUATION PAGE FROM SOL070000062 COMBINED SYNOPSIS PARAGRAPHS 8 - 21 8. CONTRACTOR/DELIVERY DRIVER RESPONSIBILITIES: The contractor will provide drivers who will be responsible for loading and unloading at origin and destination and must be insured and bonded at the contractor s expense. The contractor delivery driver will be given no more than 30 minutes to unload and load from each facility for on time deliveries. The contractor s drivers will be issued appropriate picture identification. Such identification must be in the driver s possession at all times when handling OPM lockboxes, sealed cardboard boxes and/or investigative materials. Additionally, the picture identification must be worn on the employee s person, above the waist, and visible at all time when in a Government facility. The contractor must assure that each individual under this contract is trained and in compliance with each area outlined in paragraph 11. Training Plan below. The contractor will be required to submit a manifest log upon the award of the contract for approval by OPM. The manifest log will be used by each driver under this contract for complete, precise accuracy of each OPM lockbox and sealed box. Furthermore, the contractor must submit both the manifest log records along with the invoice for that billing month. 9. STAFFING PLAN: The Contractor shall provide an adequate, suitable, and qualified courier staff with the skills necessary to perform all functions under this contract. The contractor must submit the names of personnel that will be working under this contract (Paragraph 16. Background Investigations). 10. TRAINING PLAN: The contractor shall provide an adequate training plan for its employees. The contractor is required to provide at least four (4) hours of training semi-annually for employees working under this contract. This training will stress the importance of the following: - Security of OPM material - Security/Emergency Plan - Route structure - Point of Contacts - Driver Responsibilities - Performance Requirements - Monthly Reporting - Reporting Requirements for Contractor Employees - Negligence or Misconduct by Contractor Employees - Grooming - Proper attire and the importance of professionalism and courtesy in day-to-day contacts with each facility under this contract. OPM representatives will attend and observe this training and provide feedback. The contractor must provide OPM with a training plan in their proposals for all of the following areas explained above. 11. VEHICLE SPECIFICATION: The contractor must ensure their courier vehicle(s) is/are secure in a manner to protect sensitive, but unclassified materials from theft, lost or destruction. The courier(s) must be above average in reliability, safety, and energy efficiency for courier in their class. Courier(s) that are vans must have their cargo area separated from the cab by 16-guage steel mesh or steel grating. Cargo doors must be secured with two high-security locking devices. Additionally, courier must be minimally equipped with the following: - Two-way mobile radio or cellular telephone communications - Lockable passenger compartment cab - AM/FM radio - Hidden fuel shut-off valves - Auxiliary ignition switches, or other disabling devices. NOTE: PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND CAMERA CELLULAR PHONES ARE PROHIBITED WITHIN THE BOYERS, PA FACILITY. The contractor must SUBMIT A DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND VIN NUMBER OF THE COURIER VEHICLE(S) it plans to use under this contract in its proposal. The courier vehicle(s) are required to be in compliance with State inspection laws. In addition, the courier vehicle(s) shall not be larger than 12 ft. 6 in. high and 40 ft. long. Trucks exceeding this size cannot access loading docks. OPM will provide security appraisals to ensure courier vehicle(s) are acceptable. Only OPM may grant one-time authority to use a temporary closed-type replacement vehicle to prevent mission degradation. The contractor will be notified by OPM of any situation that may cause the contractor to store OPM material in contractor s approved secure warehouse/holding area. 12. WAREHOUSE/ SECURE HOLDING AREA: The contractor must identify and submit the location of a secure holding area or warehouse in its proposal for the rare situations outlined in paragraph 9 below when OPM material cannot be delivered to the approved OPM location. The secure holding area or warehouse must be inspected and approved by OPM officials. 13. CONTACTS: The contractor will be provided points of contact for each facility under this contract. These points of contact will serve as the main contact during unexpected circumstances such as inclement weather, accidents, breakdowns, etc. Should these situations do occur, the contractor must immediately contacts the COR and the point of contact immediately. 14. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL: OPM is responsible for the protection for all investigative materials received, distributed, or retained by the Federal Investigative Service Division (FISD). To ensure fulfillment of this responsibility, OPM requires their Contractors to adhere to all policies and procedures specified in the OPM-FISD Security Manual and the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). As specified in the NISPOM, contractors must also be compliant with our security agency s requirements, currently the Department of Energy, including the Foreign Ownership, Control, or influence requirements for companies handling national security work. The Contractor must be in complete compliance with all security requirements prior to starting work under this contract and must maintain compliance throughout the life of the contract. OPM will review appropriate documentation to determine compliance. All contractor employees working under this contract must be citizens of the United States of America, cannot hold dual citizenship, and must have a completed, current investigation that qualifies them for a clearance at the secret level. The investigation must be adjudicated favorably by the OPM-FISD Security Officer prior to the contractor employee working under this contract. OPM may require the contractor to remove individuals from work on this contract, at any time, as a result of individual security violations, traffic violations, and misconduct. In addition, all contractor personnel must report any charge related to a misdemeanor, felony, bankruptcy, etc to the OPM security office during the life on this contract. If at any time during contract performance it is determined that the contractor is not in full compliance with the security requirements of this contract, the Government may immediately suspend or revoke performance under this contract. Any work suspension resulting from a security lapse will not be subject to reasonable adjustments and all costs incurred will be borne by the contractor. 15. BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS: All drivers, personnel, and passengers in the Courier Vehicle(s) who could/would handle or have access to the freight or trucks must pass the appropriate level of OPM approved background investigation. The contractor must submit the properly completed background investigation paperwork, Standard Form 86, and fingerprint cards for each proposed driver with their proposals to enable OPM to schedule the appropriate background investigations prior to the contract award. The contractor shall provide names and identification information on potential cleared drivers already possessing a clearance. In addition, OPM will compensate all costs of the investigation for the first two contractor personnel under this contract. Any investigations submitted afterward, the contractor will be charged the appropriate agency FIN price (BI FIN price). OPM will offset the cost of the investigations against the contractor s invoice. 16. INSURANCE: The contractor assumes responsibility for all damage or injury to persons or property occasioned through the use, maintenance, and operation of the contractor s vehicles or other equipment by, or the action of, the contractor or the contractor s employees and agents. The government shall in no way be liable for the contractor s action under this contract. The contractor, at the contractor s expense, shall maintain adequate public liability and property damage insurance during the continuance of this contract, insuring the contractor against all claims for injury or damage. The cost of repairing any property damage caused by the contractor will be deducted from the contractor s invoice; it will be the contractor s responsibility to file claims with its own policy holder. 17. PERFORMANCE: The contractor deliveries must be at or above 97% on time for all facilities through the life of this contract. OPM may, at its sole discretion, deduct funds from the contract or remove the contractor if performance is below 97% at any time under this contract. 18. MONTHLY REPORTS: The contractor will submit monthly reports on performance under this contract. The contractor must report the following areas: -All delays preventing on-time deliveries -All issues of unsecured handling of material -All accidents or breakdowns preventing on-time deliveries -All issues of contractor employee misconduct -Any potential changes (personnel, vehicles etc.) 19. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: Offeror must provide in detail the technical/management plans by which it intends to provide the services described in this combined synopsis. The following are significant evaluation factors: - The Contractor s complete understanding of the service description. - The Contractor s Security of material plan - The Contractor s security/emergency plan - The Contractor s Training plan - The contractor driver s responsibilities and the ability to provide names and identification information on potential cleared drivers already possessing a clearance. - The Contractor s Past performance submitted 20. PAST PERFORMANCE: The contractor shall provide recent (past 3 years) and relevant (same or similar) work performed. For each contract/subcontract, include the following: - Client agency or company name and address; - Type, description and scope of service provided; - Contract number, start and end date, Contract type and dollar amount; 21. PRICING PROPOSAL: The pricing proposal shall be completely separate from the technical proposal and shall contain: - The names and telephone numbers of the persons authorized to conduct oral discussions/negotiations for the offeror; - A representation of the offeror s intent to be bound by the offer if the Government chooses to award without discussions; - An executed copy of all representations and certifications - A completed schedule of prices for each contract line item contained in Attachment B. Due to space limitations per document for combined synopsis/solicitations in FedBizOpps this DOCUMENT is CONTINUED ? (ALL FAR AND OPM CLAUSES) ON ADMENDMENT 2 and ADMENDMENT 3 (OPM CLAUSES CONTINUED)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Federal Investigative Service Division (FISD), 1137 Branchton Road, Boyers, PA 16018
- Zip Code: 16018
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 16018
- Record
- SN01292158-W 20070512/070510221800 (fbodaily.com)
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