SOLICITATION NOTICE
84 -- Night Vision, Riot Equipment, GPS
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, FedBid.com -- for Department of State procurements only., FedBid.com, 1701 N. Ft. Meyer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- 1015815086
- Response Due
- 4/15/2008
- Point of Contact
- Name: Erica Gray-Beope, Title: Contract Specalist, Phone: 7038754227, Fax:
- E-Mail Address
-
gray-beopeel@state.gov;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- CANCELLATION 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 1015815086 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 2005-24. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 333314 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. 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 2008-04-15 11:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Lorton, VA 22079 The Department of State requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following: LI 001, ATNMO2-1 NIGHT VISION MONOCULARS W/400 BATTERIES and 25 CHARGERS:Night Vision Monoculars with six elements all infra-red sensitive glass front lens system and an all glass three element eye-piece allowing wide field of view with excellent clarity.A powerful infra-red illuminator to give "Total Darkness" capability.A Professional IR illuminator allowing viewing up to 100 yards. Adjustable, built-in, and simple to use IR illuminator.Removable front lens and C-mountable.Total darkness IR-.. StandardMagnification- 3XLens system- F1:1.7, F90mmFOV-15 Diopter adjustment- 5Power supply-3 volt lithiumRange of focus-1.5m to infinityControls-1.5m to infinityBattery life-12 hoursDimensions-200mm X 50mm X60mm /8" X 2.5" X 2.5" Batteries type is CR123A- Line Item Comments: Brand name or equal., 120, EA; LI 002, RIOT SHIELDS BODY:TOUGH POLYCARBONATE SHIELDFULL TORSO PROTECTION ALUMINUM HANDLE WEB ARM STRAP 40" x 20" x 1/8" THICK WEIGHS JUST 6 LBS. ITEMS MUST MEET OR EXCEED MILITARY SPECS, 90, EA; LI 003, HELMET: Level IIIA GROUND TROOPS-PARACHUTISTS, ARAMID SIZE: LARGE. ITEMS MUST MEET OR EXCEED MILITARY SPECS, 200, EA; LI 004, RIOT FACE SHIELD: Ballistics riot control face maskPolicarbonate Designed to protect against impact splash and fragmentation hazard. ITEMS MUST MEET OR EXCEED MILITARY SPECS, 90, EA; LI 005, WORLD MAP CD SOFTWARE COMPATIBLE WITH GARMIN ETREX VISTA GPS, 10, EA; LI 006, VEHICLE INSPECTION MIRROR12" DIAMETER, 10, EA; LI 007, BATON, RIOT CONTROLWOOD 36" LONG, 40, EA; LI 008, BATON HOLDER, RIOT CONTROL, 40, EA; 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, competed, 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, notify the point of contact 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. In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) directly to ClientServices@FedBid.com so that they are received at that email address no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. 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. *** To have a bid considered for award on a Brand-Name-or-Equal or Meet-or-Exceed Buy, all vendors must provide Manufacturer, Part#, and extended specifications of the exact item(s) being offered. Failure to provide this information will result in a non-responsive bid and removal from award consideration. *** The Buy American Act (1) Restricts the purchase of supplies, that are not domestic end products, for use within the United States. A foreign end product may be purchased if it is determined that the price of the lowest domestic offer is unreasonable or if another exception applies, and (2) Requires, with some exceptions the use of only domestic construction materials in contracts for construction in the United States (3) Buy American Act uses a two-part test to define a domestic end product. (a) The article must be manufactured in the United States; and (b) The cost of domestic components must exceed 50 percent of the cost of all the components. 52.225-2 Buy American Act Certificate: (a) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. The terms component, domestic end product, end product, foreign end product, and United States are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled Buy American ActSupplies. TO COMPLY, SELLERS MUST LIST THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN EACH LINE ITEM. FOB Destination CONUS (CONtinental U.S.) New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products No partial shipments unless otherwise specified by Contracting Officer at time of award. The Contractor and its employees shall exercise the utmost discretion in regard to all matters relating to their duties and functions. They shall not communicate to any person any information known to them by reason of their performance of services under this contract which has not been made public, except in the necessary performance of their duties or upon written authorization of the Contracting Officer. All documents and records (including photographs) generated during the performance of work under this contract shall be for the sole use and become the exclusive property of the U.S Government. Furthermore, no article, book, pamphlet, email, recording, broadcast, speech television appearance, film or photograph concerning any aspect of work performed under this contract shall be published or disseminated through any media without the prior written authorization of the Contracting Officer. These obligations do no cease upon the expiration or termination of this contract. The Contractor shall include the substance of this provision in all contracts of employment and in all subcontracts hereunder.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Lorton, VA 22079
- Zip Code: 22079
- Zip Code: 22079
- Record
- SN01563888-W 20080502/080430221241-7e763e3a617c62aeb3037af714972c0f (fbodaily.com)
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