SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025 international standard.(Accrediting Body Selection) - Wage Det. - APHIS-S-10-397347 - Statement Of Work
- Notice Date
- 5/27/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- APHIS-S-10-397347
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2010
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 612-336-3208
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation activity described as 4-year process in SOW If an offeror’s quote package does not contain all of the items listed on page 6 - Attachment 1, the quote may be considered incomplete for evaluation purposes and no further consideration will be given to the offerors quote, thereby making an offer ineligible for award. The attached US Department of Labor Wage Determination WD 2005-2103, Revision 8, Dated -05/26/2010, for Beltsville, MD, where the work will be performed Apply to this Service and are attached. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation 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. BIDS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND NO OTHER WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. Submit emailed Bids to Purchasing Section Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov or fax to (612) 336-3550, Attention Carol Dingess. Quotations are due by June 15, 2010 by 4:00pm Central Time. Simplified Acquisition Procedures will be used per FAR 12. And 14. A firm Fixed Price Contract for a base period and 3 option periods will be awarded. All pricing to include any and all costs but not limited to: overhead, general and administrative costs, profit, and transportation. Period of performance: Base Period Date of Award - 9/30/2010 Period 1 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011 Period 2 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012 Period 3 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013 Location of Services: USDA/APHIS/NPGBL BARC- East Bldg -580 Beltsville, MD 20705 DESCRIPTION Accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025 international standard.(Accrediting Body Selection) Objective ISO 17025:2005 accreditation for the CPHST Beltsville Laboratory (NPGBL) for a fixed and flexible scope covering "quantitative and qualitative detection of plant pathogens using conventional and real-time PCR". (Conventional PCR includes simplex, multiplex, nested and reverse transcription PCR assays; Real-time PCR includes TaqMan® and SYBR-G technologies in simplex, multiplex, and reverse transcription PCR assays.) Including a flexible scope will allow us to be more responsive to PPQ and afford us the opportunity to modify and/or extend the range of our accredited PCR assays and add new technically-equivalent assays between surveillance visits. Qualifications The accrediting body selected for this contract must: 1.Clearly accept and agree to the concept and use of flexible scopes; 2.Be able and willing to accredit a biological testing laboratory to a combination scope that contains both fixed and flexible scope of accreditation aspects within the same accreditation. (This element is best suited to the work conducted by the Beltsville Laboratory.) 3.Be able to accredit laboratories to the ISO 17043 international standard. (This requirement is due to possible future expansion of the quality management system at the Beltsville Laboratory); 4.Meet the requirements of ISO 17011:2004: Conformity Assessment, General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies. 5.Be recognized by organizations that internationally facilitate acceptance of test and calibration data. Such organizations can include: ILAC, APLAC and IAAC. Please see statement of work for details. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses which are in effect through the most current Federal Acquisition Circular. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference and may be viewed on the website www.arnet.gov/far and http://www.da.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agar02/subchaph.html Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) The following clauses are applicable to This solicitation and are included in attachment 1 52.252-2 Clauses incorporated by reference with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Clauses incorporated by reference, have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. (see attachment 1) Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address(es): http://www.acqnet.gov/far/ http://www.da.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agar02/subchaph.html 52.212-1 Instructions to offers Commercial items 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items. 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions for Commercial Items. 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Condition required to implement statutes or executive orders for commercial items Offers shall include 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications, Which may be submitted from the website: http://orca.bpn.gov All offers must be signed.. Offeror is responsible for correct input and acceptance of info for on-line registration at time of bid submission. Offeror to complete and return the applicable paragraphs at (b) through (k) in clause provisions (Attachment 1 ) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items of this solicitation only, if necessary. Anyone placing a bid with the USDA must be listed in the government's Central Contractor Registrar. You may register on line with www.ccr.gov. or by calling Central Contractors Registration @ 1-888-227-2423 or consult online hand book at http://www.ccr.gov/handbook.aspx CCR HELP DESK - https://www.fsd.gov/app/answers/list Anyone placing a bid with the USDA must also obtain a Dunn and Bradstreet number. If your company does not have a DUNS number, you may contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one by calling 1- 866-705-5711or via the following website:http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform or at ccr.dnb.com/ccr/pages/CCRSearch.jsp. Offers submitted without completion of this provision will be considered nonresponsive. Offeror is responsible for correct input and acceptance of info for on-line registration at time of bid submission. Info must be up-to-date-not expired The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS A TAX EXEMPT AGENCY. (EXEMPT FROM STATE AND FEDERAL TAX)
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/APHIS/NPGBL, BARC- East, Bldg -580, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
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