PRESOL | A | Panel Fixture Design | 13-Dec-09

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 13, 2009 FBO #2941
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Panel Fixture Design

Notice Date: 12/11/2009
Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS: 541330 — Engineering Services
Contracting Office: TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC), ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
ZIP Code: 48397-5000
Solicitation Number: TARRES14709
Response Due: 12/15/2009
Archive Date: 2/13/2010
Point of Contact: Brad Zemke, 586-282-2294
E-Mail Address: TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC)
(bradley.zemke@us.army.mil)
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. B. The reference number is: TARRES14709. C. This document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-37, Effective 14 October 2009. D.The NAICS code applicable to this acquisition is 541330 corresponding to a small business size standard of $27,000,000.00. E.Basis for award The US Army TACOM-LCMC intends to solicit and negotiate solely one contractor. Award will be made on a sole source basis to BAE Systems. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any proposal received within five(5) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. F.This acquisition is not rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS). II.GENERAL. A.The United States Army Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Warren, Michigan has a requirement for the design and fabrication of four (4) panel fixtures for the Future Combat System. The design is for the fixture for the turret, rear, upper side and upper glacis panels. The contractor shall fabricate one set of fixtures for the four panels. Scope of Work available upon request. B.Submittal Instructions TACOM reserves the right to seek clarification on any aspect of your inquiry. C.All inquiries shall be submitted electronically to Brad Zemke at bradley.zemke@us.army.mil. Response date is 11:00 a.m. EST 15 December 2009. Interested firms must be listed in the Central Contractor Registry prior to receiving an award. Refer to website www.ccr.gov for registration information. D.Questions are requested via email, addressed to Brad Zemke at bradley.zemke@us.army.mil. III.SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES. The following clauses from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) apply to this synopsis/solicitation: 52.204-7, CCR Registration 52.211-15 Defense Priority and Allocation Requirements (Apr 2008) 52.211-4000, Marking of Shipment 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. (for (b), Items 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 38) 52.214-35 Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency (Apr 1991) 52.215-20, ALT IV) Requirements for Information Other Than Cost or Pricing Data (OCT 1997) 52.222-1 Notice to the Government of Labor Disputes (Feb 1997) 52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended 52.223-6 Drug-Free Workplace (May 2001) 52.229-4, State & Local Taxes 52.232-2 Payments under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts (APR 1984) 52.232-17 Interest (Oct 2008) 52.232-4000, Contracting Officer's Authority 52.232-4007, Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF), Codes and Designated Acceptors 52.244-5 Competition in Subcontracting (Dec 1996) 52.245-1 ALT 1 Government Property (Deviation) DARS Tracking 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination 52.249-1 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed Price) (May 2004) 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions 52.201-4000 (TACOM) TACOM Warren Ombudsperson (JAN 2006) Information regarding the TACOM-Warren Ombudsperson is located at the website http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/acqinfo/ombudsperson.htm. 52.204-4016 (TACOM) TACOM - Warren Electronic Contracing (a) All TACOM solicitations and awards are distributed on the TACOM Warren Business Opportunities web page (http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/opportunity.htm) and are no longer available in hard copy. The TDPs and other documents, when available electronically, will be an attachment or linked to the solicitation package on the web. (b) You may need to use special software to view documents that we post on the home page. This viewing software is freeware, available for download at no cost from commercial web sites like Microsoft and Adobe. In cases where such software is required, we provide a link from our page to the commercial site where the software is available. Once you arrive at the software developer's site, follow their instructions to download the free viewer. You then can return to the TACOM home page. (c) Unless otherwise authorized in this solicitation, you are required to submit your offer or quote electronically, normally via email or datafax. For detailed information about submitting your offer electronically, please see http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/acqinfo/ebidnotice.htm. (1) The proper TACOM address for offer submission is the contract specialists email address found on the front page of the solicitation. If you datafax your offer, address your header to the contract specialist and fax to the TACOM Network fax Server at datafax number 1-586-574-5527. (2) When datafaxing or emailing an offer, the submitted file cannot exceed 7 megabytes. Clearly state Quote or Offer on your fax cover page or on the subject line of the e-mail. Use only one of the terms Quotation or Offer depending on the solicitation type. Include your company name and annotate the proper internal TACOM address. (3) Authentication for datafax submission is verified by the offeror returned address. Quotes or Offers may be sent via datafax using a personal computer or a standalone datafax machine. If you are submitting a datafax, a confirmation of receipt for TACOM-Warren will not be sent. (d) Any award issued as a result of this solicitation will be distributed electronically. Awards posted on the TACOM Warren Business Opportunities web page represent complete OFFICIAL copies of contract awards and will include the awarded unit price. This is the notice required by Executive Order 12600 (June 23, 1987)of our intention to release unit prices in response to any request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 USC 552. Unit price is defined as the contract price per unit or item purchased as it appears in Section B of the contract and is NOT referring to nor does it include Cost or Pricing data/information. If you object to such release, and you intend on submitting an offer, notify the PCO in writing prior to the closing date identified in this solicitation and include the rationale for your objection consistent with the provisions of FOIA. A release determination will be made based on rationale given. (e) If you have questions or need help in using the Acquisition Center Home Page, call our Electronic Contracting Help Desk at (586) 574-7059, or send an email message to: acqcenweb@conus.army.mil. If you have questions about the content of any specific item posted on our home page, please call the buyer or point of contact listed for the item. For technical assistance in doing business with the Government, and doing business electronically, please visit the Procurement Technical Assistance Center Website at http://www.aptac-us.org/new/ to find a location near you. [End of Clause] 52.204-4850 (TACOM) Acceptance Appendix (Sept 2008) (a)Contract Number -1- is awarded to -2-. The Government accepts your proposal dated -3- in response to Solicitation Number: -4-, signed by -5-, -6- (title) of your company. (b)The contractor, in it's proposal, provided data for various solicitation clauses and that data has been added to this contract. (c)Any attachments not included with this document will be provided by TACOM-Warren. Any office requiring a copy of the contract and/or attachments, can request it by sending an e-mail message to the buyer listed on the front page of this contract. (d)The following Amendment(s) to the solicitation are incorporated into this contract: -7- -8- *** 52.212-4003 (TACOM) All or None Commercial Item Acquisition This provision serves as an addendum that modifies paragraph (h) of FAR 52.212-1, entitled INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORSCOMMERCIAL ITEMS. Paragraph (h) is modified to say that you must offer to provide the total quantity of the items in this solicitation. ONLY ONE AWARD WILL BE MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS SOLICITATION. OFFERS SUBMITTED FOR LESS THAN THE TOTAL QUANTITIES OF ALL THE ITEMS IN THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD 52.214-4000 (TACOM) Acknowledgement of Amendments Acknowledge all the amendments you've received from us by identifying the amendment number and its issue date in the box below: : : : : Amendment Number : Date : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : [End of Provision] 52.215-4005 (TACOM) Authorized Negotiators (Jan 1998) Please identify, below, the representatives that are authorized to negotiate on your organization's behalf with the Government in connection with this request for proposals or request for information: PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE NAMETITLETELEPHONE NUMBER ______________ _________________________________ ______________ _________________________________ [End of Provision] 52.215-4404 (TACOM) Data and Communications Submitted to the Government Electronically (May 2002) (a) The Government often employs contractors as system administrators to operate and maintain Government computer systems. These systems include local area networks, web sites, databases, other electronic records, e-mail accounts, other electronic data transfer mechanisms and computer software. The employees of these contracted system administrators sign nondisclosure agreements obligating them not to reveal information contained in files, documents, computers or systems that they administer. However, unless such information is protected in some way, contracted system administrators do have the ability to access such information. For further information on security issues, see http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/acqinfo/ebidnotice.htm (b) Potential contractors as well as any other parties are thus advised to take steps needed to prevent access by contracted system administrators to information submitted electronically to the Government. Absent such steps, it is assumed that contracted system administrators are permitted the capability to access the data. The access will be limited to that which is necessary for the contract system administrator to perform its duties for the Government. The access shall be subject to the condition that third party information is not to be revealed by the contracted system administrator. [End of Provision] 52.233-2 Service of Protest (a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from TACOM LCMC, ATTN: AMSCC-TAC (TACOM Contracting Center Protest Coordinator, Mail Stop 315, 6501 E. 11 Mile Rd., Warren, MI 48397-5000. (b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO. (End of provision) 52.237-4000 (TACOM) Contractor Manpower Reporting (FEB 2007) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the contractor will report ALL contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. The contractor is required to completely fill in all the information in the format using the following web address: https://cmra.army.mil. The required information includes the following: (1) Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative; 2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number; (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period; (4) Contractor name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of contractor employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-contractors); (6) Estimated direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including sub- contractors); (7) Total payments (including sub-contractors); (8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-contractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (the Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information); (11) Locations where contractor and sub-contractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website); (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and (13) Number of contractor, and sub-contractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country). As part of its submission, the contractor will also provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Reporting period will be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year. (End of clause) 52.242-4016 Communications (May 2000) Communications on technical matters pertaining to the contract shall be direct between the contractor and the Technical Representative. Communications for the Technical Representative shall be addressed to: Name: -1- E-mail: -2- The Administrative Contracting Officer's (ACO) name and email address are also provided if known at this time: ACO: -3- E-mail: -4- Please see the appointment letters prepared at time of contract award for functions the Technical Representative and ACO will perform on this contract. [End of Clause] 52.246-4009 (TACOM) Inspection and Acceptance Points: Destination Inspection and acceptance of supplies offered under this purchase order shall take place as specified here. Inspection: DESTINATION Acceptance: DESTINATION. [End of Clause] 52.252-1 Solicitations Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil (End of provision) The FAR and complete text of these clauses can be accessed at: http://farsite.hill.af.mil The following clauses from the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) apply to this synopsis/solicitation: 252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information (Dec 1991) 252.207-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Terrorist Country. (Mar 1998) 252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of aTerrorist Country (Jan 2009) 252.225-7001, Buy American Act 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors (Apr 2003) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests 252.211-7003, Item Idetification & Valuation Alternate I 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical data Noncommercial Items (Nov 1995) 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications (Dec 1991) 252.246-7001 Warranty of Data ( Dec 1991)
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