SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- B – Open Market Cost Items
- Notice Date
- 9/25/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB200000805964
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- Mario A. Checchia,, Phone: 301-975-8407
- E-Mail Address
-
mario.checchia@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a solicitation for commercial services using simplified acquisition procedures prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Parts 12 and 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number NB200000805964 is issued as a request for quotation. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541330. The NIST has a requirement for the below open market items and the NIST intends to contract for these open market items on a best value basis to the Government. A request for quote is being solicited for the following open market items listed below, but not limited to this listing, which may be necessary to provide the necessary technical support services of the attached statement of work. These open market items are as follows: 1)Office related expenses. May include office related costs, such as for, communications and other related items., 2)Exhibit space fees and related items. Specify types of conferences and if any conventions. 3)Trade show booth related expenses. This item may include any shipping, and set-up and breakdown and related cost items. If further information is required, please contact this contract specialist via email at Mario.checchia@nist.gov. Price Quote – The contractor shall submit the best potential price for all open market items which in their opinion is required for necessary completion of the attached statement of work. The quotes must contain sufficient supporting documentation so that the price fairness and reasonableness may be determined for these commercially available items. The period of performance is a one year base period with two(2) one year option periods. The award shall be made on a best value basis. The best value evaluation factors while relatively equal are listed in order of importance, include the following: 1) Approach - The likelihood of the effective use of the open market items as they pertain to meeting the requirements of the SOW; 2) Past Performance - The relevance and quality of prior performance; and 3) Price - The amount, realism and consistency of the evaluated prices. The evaluation shall be based on use of the adjectival scheme as follows: Outstanding (O) - Conspicuously striking in eminence; Excellent (E) - Very good of its kind; eminently good, superior or first class; Good (G) - Beneficial and worthwhile; sound and valid; Adequate (A) - Reasonably sufficient and suitable; Marginal (M) - Minimally suitable at the lower limit; Unsatisfactory (U) - Not acceptable, not adequate to carry out. The solicitation document and incorporated clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular Number 2005-23. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.acqnet.gov.far. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, applies to this acquisition and there is no addenda to this provision; FAR 52,212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items. The Government shall award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) approach, (ii) past performance, (iii) price; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and there is no addenda to this provision; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and there is no addenda to this provision; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel; FAR 52.227-14, Rights in Data – General; 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract and other appropriate Department of Commerce clauses that apply will be added. All interested contractors must be actively registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the CCR website www.ccr.gov and must provide a completed copy of the Offeror Representations and Certifications. Interested contractors are invited to provide an electronic response to be received no later than 5:00 pm September 28, 2008 addressed to Mario.checchia@nist.gov. It is the responsibility of the contractor to confirm the receipt of quote the quote by NIST. Contractors must submit a complete response. Responses that are not substantially complete will be returned. Offers of partial performance shall be rejected. A electronic version in MS Word or Adobe Acrobat and the electronic version shall be in the form of an email with attachments. A one page letter shall transmit the quotation signed by an individual authorized to commit the organization. Each response shall be on 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch paper, in a commercially standard font, not smaller than a size 12 font. Each page in the response shall be separately numbered. A page of paper printed on both sides is considered two pages. The quote shall include the letter of transmittal and shall be not more than twenty(20) single sided pages. Submit quotes arranged in three sections as follows: Section I – Approach; Section II - Past Performance ; Section III - Price, firm fixed prices for these open market commercially available items and sufficient support documentation for the Government to determine whether the prices are fair and reasonable, the amount, realism and consistency of the fixed price. Award shall be made on a best value basis to the Government. The Government shall not be liable for any costs incurred in response to this request. The Government reserves that right to make one award, multiple awards or no award at all as a result of this solicitation. It is the responsibility of the contractor to confirm the receipt of quote.
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