SOLICITATION NOTICE
71 -- Office and Lounge Furniture
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contracting Office
- Directorate of Logistics, Fort Hood, TX 76544
- ZIP Code
- 76544
- Solicitation Number
- W91151-11-T-0462
- Response Due
- 9/19/2011
- Archive Date
- 3/17/2012
- Point of Contact
- Name: Client Services, Title: Sourcing Agent, Phone: 1.877.9FEDBID, Fax: 703.442.7822
- E-Mail Address
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clientservices@fedbid.com;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- 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 W91151-11-T-0462 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 2005-53. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 337214 with a small business size standard of 500.00 employees.This requirement is a [ Small Business ] 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 2011-09-19 14:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com.FOB Destination shall be Fort Hood, TX 76544 The U.S. Army ACC MICC Fort Hood requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: LI 001, S-1384 SOFA, 3 CUSHION 32.5h X 88W X 39D ECOLEATHER/LUGGAGE Chestnut St Timothy, 3, EA; LI 002, S-4662 WINGBACK CHAIR 42.5H X 31W X 31D Fabric color: Ratan St Timothy, 3, EA; LI 003, S-913 CHAIR 44H X 31W X 31D Chestnut St Timothy, 9, EA; LI 004, KNTOC2042T16 Occasional Table 20X42, Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 2, EA; LI 005, KNTOA2626T22 Occasional Table 26X26, Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 4, EA; LI 006, KNMPW2436-4 Modular Pedestal 24X36, Gunlocke Kennsington Species.NC Cherry, 2, EA; LI 007, KNMPW2436-5 Modular Pedestal 24X36, Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 008, KNCWR26110 Modular Credenza Top 26X110, Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 009, KNSTF2H1536-W2 High 15X36 Tower Unit w/ Glass Doors, Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 2, EA; LI 010, KNSTN2H1536-W2 High 15X36 Tower Unit w/ No Doors, Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 011, KNTPS17110 VSU/Tower Top 17X110 Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 012, KNFSC2692-535 Storage Credenza 26X92 Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 013, CVTRD60 Round Table Top 60" Dia Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 014, S-813ST Swivel Tilt Chair 44H x 31W x 19D St Timothy ECOLEATHER/LUGGAGE Chestnut, 1, EA; LI 015, 19DCVQBS-B Geo Base and Understructure Kennsington Species Cherry, 2, EA; LI 016, KNBKN4H1738 4 High Bookcase Unit 17X38 (Top Included) Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 8, EA; LI 017, KNDRF3874R-3Sngl Ped Desk 38X74 Right Hand Flush Front Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 018, KNBRG2646F Bridge 26X46 Full Modesty Panel Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 019, KNSPC2674L-4A Sing. Ped. Cred Wall Access Panel Left Hand Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 020, KNSMC1H1572-1 High 15X72 Surfact Mount Cabinet w/ Glass Doors Gunlocke Kennsington Species Cherry, 1, EA; LI 021, KNTKS72 Gunlocke Kennsington Surface Mount Tackboard 72" Fabric, 1, EA; LI 022, ACLSP60 Open Mkt-Tasklight 60" Fixture 40W Lamp Gunlocke, 1, EA; LI 023, Installation and Assembly includes: Delivery inside, unpack, debris removal and assembly. The Contractor shall clean up each work site, removing all debris and refuse from the site. No Site visit will be available for this requirement., 1, EA; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***Question Submission: Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' feature at www.fedbid.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, U.S. Army ACC MICC Fort Hood 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. U.S. Army ACC MICC Fort Hood 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 responding to this solicitation/request for quote, you must provide the manufacturer's name and part numbers AND salient characteristics of the items you are proposing to sell to the Government. Whether the solicitation/request for quote contains a Brand Name or Equal evaluation criteria OR a meet or exceed evaluation criteria, the information requested must be physically written into the seller's bid specification block. Salient characteristics are defined as "pronounced features of anitem that identify it describe its size and composition, functional intent, and/or operational capabilities or limits." When researching product capabilities, you must, as a minimum, respond with feature for feature comparisons in order for your product to be technically evaluated for sufficiency.Responses such as "bidding exact match", "as specified", or cutting and pasting the Government's specification information into the seller's bid specification block are not acceptable responses. Offerors who respond in any of the three examples directly above will be eliminated from the competition without consideration of their offer/bid.If you are bidding the same product as is being requested, your seller bid specification should indicate: "Bidding on Manufacturer (Insert Name) and Part Number (Insert Number). If you are bidding on an "or equal" or a "meet or exceed" basis, your seller bid specification should indicate: Bidding on Manufacturer (Insert Name) and Part Number (Insert Number), containing the following salient characteristics (insert salient characteristics). If your bid response does not contain all of the required information called out in this notice, your bid will be determined nonresponsive and will not be considered for award. The apparent awardee shall acknowledge acceptance of any and all re-postings (amendments), in writing, prior to any award resulting from this solicitation. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 337214 with the related size standard of 500 employees. The NAICS code identified herein must appear in FAR 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications" in ORCA and the vendor must be actively registered in that NAICS at the time of closing to be considered for award of any resulting contract. Failure to be properly registered at the time and date of closing will render the quote non-responsive. Fedbid is a mechanism used by this office to solicit for common usecommercial items in accordance with FAR 13.5. Fedbid is NOT a forum forfiling protests against the Government. Attempts to file protests throughFedbid will not be considered legitimate as they do not conform to therequirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). It is preferablethat disputes and protests be resolved as quickly as possible at the lowestlevel possible before considering the more formal process described below.Interested parties wishing to file an agency protest directly with theContracting Officer responsible for this acquisition should review theprocedures at FAR Part 33 and send your protest to Carolyn Wardell,Contracting Officer, at carolyn.wardell@us.army.mil. Interested parties wishing to file an agency protest must abide by theprovisions in FAR Part 33, Protests, Disputes, and Appeals. The HQ,AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties toseek resolution of their concerns within AMC, as an Alternate DisputeResolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the GovernmentAccountability Office (GAO) or other external forum. Contract award orperformance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and withinthe same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goalis to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely,protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.10. If youwant to file a protest under the AMC-Level Protest Program, the protest mustrequest resolution under that program and be sent to the address below. Allother agency-level protests should be sent to the contracting officer forresolution. The address for filing a protest directly with AMC is: HQ ArmyMaterial Command Office of Command Counsel 9301 Chapek Rd, Rm 2-1SE3401 FtBelvoir, VA 22060-5527; Facsimile number (703) 806-8866 or 8875. Packagessent Federal Express or UPS should be addressed to: HQ Army Material CommandOffice of Command Counsel 9301 Chapek Rd, Rm 2-1SE3401 Ft Belvoir, VA22060-5527. The AMC-Level Protest procedures are found at:http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp. If internet access is notavailable, contact the HQ, AMC to obtain the AMC-Level Protest procedures. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions, which are incorporated herein by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items - the selected offeror must submit a completed copy of the listed representations and certifications; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, paragraph (a) and the following clauses in paragraph (b): 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 the referenced FAR clauses may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/. The Contractor shall NOT make partial line item shipments against any resulting purchase order/contract issued as a result of this solicitation; e.g., if a line item on the contract reads - Computer, 10 each, the contractor shall NOT ship 3 computers on one shipment and 7 computers on a second shipment. Failure to adhere to this requirement will result in invoices being rejected in WAWF and/or a delay in payment for non-conforming shipped quantities. 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. Proposed responders must submit any questions concerning this solicitation before 16 September 2011, 1300 CST, to reasonably expect a response from the Government. Those questions not received within the prescribed date will not be considered. New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products FOB Destination CONUS (CONtinental U.S.) See attached applicable clauses Bid MUST be good for 30 days after submission. No partial bids will be accepted.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Fort Hood, TX 76544
- Zip Code: 76544
- Zip Code: 76544
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