SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Videoconference System
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 423410
— Photographic Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Lackland AFB - 37th Contracting Squadron, 1655 Selfridge Avenue, Lackland AFB, Texas, 78236-5253
- ZIP Code
- 78236-5253
- Solicitation Number
- 8TC929
- Response Due
- 9/17/2008 3:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/2/2008
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth G. Arzola,, Phone: 210-671-1751
- E-Mail Address
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elizabeth.arzola@lackland.af.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Questions - Solicitation 8TC929 - Videoconference System Question 1: Do you want the TV tuner as an external box that can play on a computer screen and the display or is this just for the ability to watch TV on the display? Answer: An external device that is capable of providing both computer-based and LCD display. Question 2: Do you need the equipment rack to be mobile rack with wheels or floor mounted? Answer: The rack will not be permanently mounted to the floor but at the same time will not be wheeled around the room either. A stationary rack will suffice. Question 3: The Crown Amp is not powerful enough to generate voice to the speakers for video-conferencing, would you accept changes? Answer: Please make changes as you feel necessary if you think you can provide a better solution. Question 4: Room Information/Specifications: a. Size (Length x Width) - 14.5" x 26" b. Ceiling Height - 9.75" c. Type of ceiling - Hard Ceiling or Drop tile? Answer: Drop Tile Question 5: Item #3 Ceiling Mics. The part# 2215-23327-001 is not the part# for ceiling Mic Arrays. It is for Polycom Mic arrays just not the ceiling version. Please advise as to which model# is correct. Answer: Ceiling mics are required, please provide parts you are familiar with. Question 6: Item #5 and #6 Adtran ISDN interface and Terminator. Please confirm the part#s for these items. Answer: We require ISDN capability for the VTC. We currently use a Pairgain HRE 420 connected to an Adtran 830 for ISDN access. We have sufficient ports available on the 830 to plug the new unit in. The biggest concern is that the VTC system has ISDN interface capability. Please provide parts that you are familiar with. Question 7: Item #10 - Sony Pro DVD/VCR Combo Unit, what is the model #? Answer: DVD/VCR Combo Unit is required, make & model don't matter. Please quote parts you are familiar with. Question 8: Item #11 - AverMedia Pro Digital/Analog TV Tuner, What is the Model #? Answer: Digital/Analog TV Tuner is required, make & model don't matter. Please quote parts you are familiar with. Question 9: Please explain FAR 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires. Answer: Below is the definition of clause 52.222-42 and 22.1006. Basically it is defining compliance with the Service Contract Act for labor/services. 52.222-42 -- Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires. As prescribed in 22.1006(b), insert the following clause: Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 1989) In compliance with the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR Part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332. This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination Employee Class Monetary Wage -- Fringe Benefit 22.1006 -- Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses. (a) (1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, in solicitations and contracts if the contract is subject to the Act and is- (i) Over $2,500; or (ii) For an indefinite dollar amount and the contracting officer does not know in advance that the contract amount will be $2,500 or less. (2) If the solicitation includes the provision at 52.222-48, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Certification, or 52.222-52, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Certification, the contracting officer shall not insert the clause at 52.222-41 (or any of the associated Service Contract Act clauses prescribed in this section for possible use when 52.222-41 applies) in the resultant contract unless the contracting officer determines, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(3) or (d)(3) of subsection 22.1003-4, that the Service Contract Act applies to the contract. (In such case, do not insert the clause at 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements, or 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements, in the contract, in accordance with the prescription at paragraph (e)(2) or (e)(4) of this subsection). (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, in solicitations and contracts if the contract amount is expected to be over $2,500 and the Act is applicable. (See 22.1016.) (c) (1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts), or another clause which accomplishes the same purpose, in solicitations and contracts if the contract is expected to be a fixed-price service contract containing the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, and is a multiple year contract or is a contract with options to renew which exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. The clause may be used in contracts that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The clause at 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts), applies to both contracts subject to area prevailing wage determinations and contracts subject to the incumbent contractor's collective bargaining agreement in effect during this contract's preceding contract period (see 22.1002-2 and 22.1002-3). Contracting officers shall ensure that contract prices or contract unit price labor rates are adjusted only to the extent that a contractor's increases or decreases in applicable wages and fringe benefits are made to comply with the requirements set forth in the clauses at 52.222-43 (subparagraphs (d)(1), (2) and (3)), or 52.222-44 (subparagraphs (b)(1) and (2)). (For example, the prior year wage determination required a minimum wage rate of $4.00 per hour. The contractor actually paid $4.10. The new wage determination increases the minimum rate to $4.50. The contractor increases the rate actually paid to $4.75 per hour. The allowable price adjustment is $.40 per hour.) (2) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment, in solicitations and contracts if the contract is expected to be a fixed-price service contract containing the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, and is not a multiple year contract or is not a contract with options to renew. The clause may be used in contracts that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The clause at 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment, applies to both contracts subject to area prevailing wage determinations and contracts subject to contractor collective bargaining agreements (see 22.1002-2 and 22.1002-3). (3) The clauses prescribed in paragraph 22.1006(c)(1) cover situations in which revised minimum wage rates are applied to contracts by operation of law, or by revision of a wage determination in connection with (i) exercise of a contract option or (ii) extension of a multiple year contract into a new program year. If a clause prescribed in 16.203-4(d) is used, it must not conflict with, or duplicate payment under, the clauses prescribed in this paragraph 22.1006(c). (d) [Reserved] (e) (1) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.222-48, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Certification, in solicitations that include the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, but the contract may be exempt from the Service Contract Act in accordance with 22.1003-4(c). (2) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements, in solicitations that include the provision at 52.222-48, and resulting contracts in which the contracting officer has determined, in accordance with 22.1003-4(c)(3), that the Service Contract Act does not apply. (3) Insert the provision at 52.222-52, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Certification, in solicitations that include the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, but the contract may be exempt from the Service Contract Act in accordance with 22.1003-4(d). (4) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements, in solicitations that include the provision at 52.222-52, and resulting contracts in which the contracting officer has determined, in accordance with 22.1003-4(d)(3), that the Service Contract Act does not apply. (f) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-49, Service Contract Act -- Place of Performance Unknown, if using the procedures prescribed in 22.1009-4. 22.1003-3 -- Statutory Exemptions. The Act does not apply to -- (a) Any contract for construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works, including painting and decorating; (b) Any work required to be done in accordance with the provisions of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (41 U.S.C. 35-45); (c) Any contract for transporting freight or personnel by vessel, aircraft, bus, truck, express, railroad, or oil or gas pipeline where published tariff rates are in effect; (d) Any contract for furnishing services by radio, telephone, telegraph, or cable companies subject to the Communications Act of 1934; (e) Any contract for public utility services; (f) Any employment contract providing for direct services to a Federal agency by an individual or individuals; or (g) Any contract for operating postal contract stations for the U.S. Postal Service.
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- Address: 1517 Billy Mitchell Blvd, Bldg 954, Lackland AFB, TX, San Antonio, Texas, 78236, United States
- Zip Code: 78236
- Zip Code: 78236
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