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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 10, 2008 FBO #2418
SOLICITATION NOTICE

65 -- CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Notice Date

7/8/2008
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

339112 — Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Command, Great Plains Regional Contracting Ofc, Great Plains Regional Contracting Ofc, ATTN: MCAA GP L31 9V, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200
 

ZIP Code

78234-6200
 

Solicitation Number

W81NWY8130849
 

Response Due

7/14/2008
 

Archive Date

9/12/2008
 

Point of Contact

Roland Jasso, 210-221-4964
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation W81NWY81308490 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-05. This acquisition is unrestricted under NAICS code 339112 and the business size standard is 500 employees. The requirements in this solicitation are: CLIN 0001, 25 cases Virtuossaph Endoscopic Vein Harvesting System Part #MCVS550. CLIN 0002, 25 cases Shipping and Delivery charges. Base period is from date of award through 1 October 2008 through 30 September 2009, plus one (1) option year 1 October 2009 through 30 September 2010. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal applies to TERUMO Cardiovascular Systems Products as listed above. CLIN 0001 Salient Characteristics are: CO2 at tip; V-Keeper surrounds saphenous vein 360 degrees; Bipolar cutting device: cuts and coagulates simultaneously; dry wiper (akin to windshield wiper); dedicated dissector device; dissector CO2 flow-.5 liters per minute; harvester CO2 flow-1 liters per minute. Vendors shall comply with FAR 52.211-6 if submitting other than the Brand Name product. Clause 52.211-6 (and other clauses throughout this solicitation) can be viewed by accessing website http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. Delivery, 30 days after receipt of order, shipping shall be FOB destination to Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke, Receiving Dock, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6200. If shipping is other than FOB Destination vendor shall provide shipping charges. FAR provision 52.212-1 [Instructions to Offerors Commercial] applies to this acquisition to include the following addenda: All offerors are cautioned that if selected for award, they must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) program. The CCR can be accessed via the internet at www.ccr.gov/. Confirmation of CCR registration will be validated prior to awarding a contract. Evaluation Factors: Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Price. Technical Capability and Past Performance when combined are significantly more important than Price. 1. Technical Capability. If providing an equal, please comply with FAR 52.211-6, Band Name or Equal website listed in this solicitation. NOTE: Statements that the offeror understands, can or will comply with all specifications, or statements paraphrasing the specifications or parts thereof, or phrases such as standard procedures will be used or well known techniques will be used will be considered insufficient. Insufficient explanations of how your company will comply with the above of this solicitation may cause your quote to receive a MARGINAL or UNSATISFACTORY rating. 2. Past Performance. Offerors are required to provide Past Performance Questionnaires from Two (2) firms/entities for which they are currently or have recently provided the same or similar supplies and/or equipment. Provide with your quote, the company names, telephone numbers, and points of contact that will provide the completed questionnaires for your quote. If an Offeror provides more than two past performance references, the Contracting Officer will consider only the first two listed references in the award decision. It is the offerors responsibility to ensure past performance references submit completed questionnaires directly to the Great Plains Regional Contracting Office (see below) by the solicitation closing sate and time., the Contracting Officer may also consider any additional past performance information that is available to the Government. Offerors are reminded that while the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information rests with the offerors. 3. Price. 4. Award will be all or none basis. Evaluation Process: All quotes will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria: 1. each vendor will be evaluated on its overall Past Performance under the existing or prior contracts for the same or similar supplies and/or equipment as well as Technical Capability. Pricing will be evaluated to determine value offered for the price and the extent to which it is fair and reasonable in terms of the Governments requirement. The Government reserves the right to evaluate quoted prices on the basis of price realism and will consider quoted prices as an indication of understanding the scope and complexity of the governments requirement. 2. The award decision will be based on the Best Value offered to the Government and not solely on price related factors. In making the award decision, the Contracting Officer will consider the evaluated rating of all factors. 3. Technical Capability and Past Performance are equal in importance. Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. Price could become the determinative selection factor id the quality of quotes is determined to be essentially equal, or if a quote deemed superior in technical quality is determined not to worth the high price premium. The Trade-off between technical merit and price could result in awarding to other than the low offeror. Vendors shall include a completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3 with their offer. The provision can be downloaded by accessing the FAR clause 52.212-4 [Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items] applies to this acquisition to include the following addenda: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and DFARS 252.211-7003. FAR Clause 52.212-5 [Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items] applies to this acquisition and the following sub FAR Clauses apply: 52.203-6 [Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government]; 52.222-3 [Convict Labor]; 52.222-19 [Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies]; 52.222-21 [Prohibition of Segregated Facilities] 52.222-26 [Equal Opportunity]; 52.222-35 [Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans]; 52.222-36 [Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities]; 52.232-33 [Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration]; and 52.232-36 [Payment by Third Party]. FAR 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT. (a) The Government may extend the term of the contract by written notice to the contractor within 15 calendar days of contract expiration; provided the Government gives the contractor a preliminary written notice of its intend to extend at 60 days before contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any option under this clause, shall not exceed 24 months. The closing date and time of this solicitation is 14 July 2008, 11:00 A.M. Central Standard time. Quotes shall be submitted on company letterhead and signed by a company representative. Fax quotes to Great Plains Regional Contracting Office (210) 221-2539 Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued and telephone requests or FAX requests for the solicitation will not be accepted. Point of contact for this solicitation: Roland Jasso, phone (210) 221-4964; e-mail roland.jasso3@amedd.army.mil Past Performance Questionnaire The Great Plains Regional Contracting Office (GPRCO), Fort Sam Houston, Texas is conducting a commercial item acquisition. Please complete the following questionnaire to assist our evaluation of the contractors past performance and return to the attention of Mr. Roland Jasso at fax number (210) 221-2539, or email completed questionnaire to: roland.jasso3@amedd.army.mil Name of Contractor being evaluated: ______________________________________________________ 1.How long has your company/organization had a contract with this contractor?___________________ 2.Have there been late deliveries or other unsatisfactory performance resulting in additional contractual or administrative costs? Yes _______ No _______ If yes, explain ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.Quality of Service compliance with contract statement of work requirement? (See following page for rating system.) (1) Superior___(2)Satisfactory___(3)Marginal___(4)Unsatisfactory___ If other than Satisfactory, explain how the overall performance exceeds or does not meet contractual requirements. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4.Business/Customer Relations - Effective management; successfully managed services; reasonable/cooperative behavior; flexible; business-like concern for customers interest. (1) Superior___(2)Satisfactory___(3)Marginal___(4)Unsatisfactory___ If other than Satisfactory, explain how the overall performance exceeds or does not meet contractual requirements. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rating System: (1)Superior Overall performance exceeds contractual requirements and gives extra benefits to the customer. Problems, if any, were promptly corrected without negative impact to the customer. (2)Satisfactory Performance meets contractual requirements. The contractual performance contains some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor appear or were satisfactory. (3)Marginal - Performance does not meet some contractual requirements. The contractors proposed actions to correct any problems appear only marginally effective or were not fully implemented. (4)Unsatisfactory Performance does not meet most contractual requirements. The contractual performance contains serious problem(s) for which the contractors corrective actions appear or were ineffective. Signature: _______________________ Date: _____________________________ Print Name: ______________________ Company: _________________________ Title: ___________________________ Telephone: _________________________
 

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Place of Performance

Address: Brooke Army Medical Center . Fort Sam Houston TX

Zip Code: 78234-6200
 

Record

SN01609388-W 20080710/080708222517-00d43ef6451b8e257a3ad100ad22b6f4 (fbodaily.com)
 

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