SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- Air Quality Testing
- Notice Date
- 6/26/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Procurement Directorate - DC, 1300 Pensylvania Ave., Washington , DC 20229
- ZIP Code
- 20229
- Solicitation Number
- HSBP1009Q2552
- Response Due
- 7/2/2009
- Archive Date
- 12/29/2009
- Point of Contact
- Name: Dione Shelton, Title: Contracts Specialist, Phone: 202-344-1694, Fax: 202-344-3322
- E-Mail Address
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dione.shelton@associates.dhs.gov;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
- Description
- 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 HSBP1009Q2552 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 2005-31. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541620 with a small business size standard of $7.00M. This requirement is a [ Service-Disabled Veteran Owned ] 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 2009-07-02 15:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Washington, DC 20529 The DHS Customs and Border Protection requires the following items, Exact Match Only, to the following: LI 001, Air quality tests on an incinerator for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Douglas Port of Entry, 400 N. Pan American Avenue, Douglas, AZ, 85607. The subject incinerator is the Incinerator International Inc. Model 600-CA Destructor Incinerator S/N 92277. Required methods of testing shall be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 1, EPA Method 2, EPA Method 3, EPA Method 4, EPA method 5, and EPA Method 9. Any other relevant methods or components of methods to achieve EPA compliant testing, including but not limited to those listed below (as required by law), shall be applied. See SOW for further description, 1, LOT; LI 002, allowable and allocable travel costs to support the development and delivery of the survey services sought. Travel expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) and Federal Government rules and regulations. The Office of Field Operations Representative must authorize and approve all travel in advance., 1, LOT; LI 003, Other Direct Costs - allowable & allocable costs to support the development and delivery of the survey services., 1, LOT; For this solicitation, DHS Customs and Border Protection 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. DHS Customs and Border Protection 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. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. 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 the point of contact in the FBO notice, 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. 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 in the Buy Terms, 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 (80%) and past performance (20%) against the requirements detailed in the Statement of Work provided. Vendors are directed to complete attachment 002 by 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The Seller is instructed to submit a Technical and Management Proposal, (not-to-exceed 30 pages) describing the Project Planning, to include a discussion of its technical capability, delivery and past performance that will govern this project in response to this RFQ. The proposal submission shall be evaluated using an 80/20 rule, e.g., Technical and Management worth up to 80% and Past Performance worth up to 20%. The document must be submitted electronically to Ms. Dione R. Shelton at dione.shelton@associates.dhs.gov in Microsoft Word (v2007), Excel or a Adobe pdf file (v8)or lower. The Government reserves the right to award without negotiation. Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the buyer to respond. Questions can be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' button. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered. Interested offerors can submit questions until 10:00am EDT on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/USCS/PDDC20229/HSBP1009Q2552/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC 20529<br />
- Zip Code: 20529<br />
- Zip Code: 20529<br />
- Record
- SN01858168-W 20090628/090627000230-57cb391b5d0956e3d5851e89ca7b9596 (fbodaily.com)
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