SOLICITATION NOTICE
38 -- Snow Baskets
- Notice Date
- 5/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 488490
— Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
- 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
- SB1341-10-RQ-0353
- Archive Date
- 6/3/2010
- Point of Contact
- Charles Koehler,
- E-Mail Address
-
charles.koehler@nist.gov
(charles.koehler@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6 - STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-40. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 with a size standard of 500 employees. This procurement is 100 percent set-aside for small business. BACKGROUND The Supply and Plant Division (SPD) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the grounds and maintenance caretaker for the facilities that encompass the Gaithersburg, Maryland, NIST campus. OBJECTIVE SPD requires one (1) Snow Basket for a John Deere 5448 Wheeled Loader and one (1) Snow Basket for a Caterpillar Wheeled Loader. All interested Contractors shall provide a comprehensive quotation inclusive of all of the following Line Items, whereas technical literature must accompany same: LINE ITEM 0001: Quantity one (1) each Snow Basket that is a complementary attachment to a John Deere 5448 Wheeled Loader of which shall include documentation for installation and operation. LINE ITEM 0002: Quantity one (1) each Snow Basket that is a complementary attachment for a Caterpillar 930 Wheeled Loader of which shall include documentation for installation and operation. WARRANTY Warranty from the Contractor shall provide for a minimum of one (1) year from delivery acceptance by NIST. Warranty shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, unlimited telephone and e-mail support during the warranty period and be inclusive of matters relating to operation, part replacement and that to which is of a similar nature. The Contractor shall provide a statement/terms of its warranty of which shall meet or exceed the aforementioned. INSTALLATION Installation from the Contractor is not required. TRAINING Training from the Contractor is not required. DELIVERY Delivery shall be completed within the Contractor's commercial schedule upon receipt of the Purchase Order. Contractor shall state on the Quotation the lead time for all Line Items based on After Receipt of Order (ARO). All Line Items shall be delivered to NIST, ATTN: Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. NIST shall not accept any liability relating to transit. The Contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements; deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order; be responsible for loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. FINAL ACCEPTANCE Final acceptance shall be provided and payment in full shall be made upon receipt and acceptance of all Line Items. EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR AWARD Award will be made on a technically-acceptable, lowest-price basis. Technically-acceptable refers to meeting or exceeding the technical specifications delineated in this Solicitation and acceptable to the End User. Price shall not be evaluated on quotations that are determined to not be technically-acceptable. REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS All quoters shall submit the following as it relates to the Solicitation: 1) A Quotation which addresses all Line Items and other salient items as delineated in the Solicitation. 2) This is an Open-Market Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for equipment as defined herein. The Government intends to award a Purchase Order as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein. In order to facilitate the award process, all quotations shall include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following": Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s) This procurement is not being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program nor another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If an offeror submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price; however, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant Purchase Order, not the terms and conditions of the offeror's FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation. 3) In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.204-7, the successful quoter must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prior to award. Reference www.ccr.gov for details. Refusal to register shall forfeit award of a purchase order. DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS All quotations shall be sent via E-mail as one (1) singular file to Charles Koehler, Contract Specialist, at charles.koehler@nist.gov. The E-mail header shall refer to the complete Solicitation Number of this procurement. Quotations submitted in any manner other than noted above will not be acknowledged nor honored. Submissions must be received by 10:00 AM ET on May 19, 2010. Receipt shall be calculated from the date and time the E-mail is received in the E-mail Inbox of the Contract Specialist per the electronic stamp generated by NIST's computer system, not by when it was sent by the Contractor. Quotations that are not complete or received by the due date and time will not be honored nor provided an unjustifiable extension to comply, inclusive of delays in transmissions due to file size, server issues or such. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at www.acqnet.gov/far. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors - Commercial; 52.212-3 - Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. In accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov. If paragraph (j) of the provision applies, a written submission is required; The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 1) 52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions (Commercial Items); 2) 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders (Commercial Items including subparagraphs); 3) 52.219-28 - Post-Award Small Business Program Representation; 4) 52.219-6 - Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 5) 52.222-3 - Convict Labor; 6) 52.222-19 - Child Labor (Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies); 7) 52.222-21 - Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 8) 52.222-26 - Equal Opportunity; 9) 52.222-36 - Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 10) 52.225-1 - Buy American Act-Supplies; 11) 52.225-13 - Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (E.O. 12722, 12724, 13059, 13067, 13121, and 13129); 12) 52.232-33 - Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer (Central Contractor Registration); and 13) Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated, of which can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
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