MODIFICATION
D -- On-Line Healthcare Product and Research Information Database Subscription - J&A
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ESG - Enterprise Sourcing Group, Building 1, 1940 Allbrook Dr, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-5006, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5006
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-F1ATB22115A001
- Archive Date
- 6/8/2012
- Point of Contact
- Monica Christie, Phone: 2103959397, Joseph A. Preusser, Phone: 2103959392
- E-Mail Address
-
monica.christie@us.af.mil, joseph.preusser.1@us.af.mil
(monica.christie@us.af.mil, joseph.preusser.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Justification Approval document This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice and attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number F1ATB22115A001,on-line healthcare Product and Research Information e-Subscription.This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) and incorporates the provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-58.The associated NAICS Code is 519130 with a size standard of 500 employees. The 773rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (733 ESS/PKB) Contracting Office intends to award a single Firm Fixed Price contract. This acquisition will be solicited as sole source. The contractor shall provide an on-line access to the following database applications: Health Devices Online : Offers a comprehensive portfolio of Web resources and online tools, customized consultation services, and unique reports to help ensure patient safety, track hazards and recalls, and make informed healthcare technology decisions. Sourcebase : Provides ability to locate medical products, contact suppliers, and compare prices. Updated monthly, Sourcebase includes profiles of more than 15,000 medical equipment manufacturers, more than 30,000 executive contact names, and more than 66,000 trade names. Alert Tracker : A comprehensive patient safety solution that helps to mitigate risk by seamlessly controlling the recall and alerts management process. Biomedical Benchmark : Delivers the standards to help benchmark your efficiency. Key device and clinical engineering data, from healthcare facilities, shows how your institution compares to others of similar size and circumstance-allows one to easily identify areas in need of improvement and discover ways to optimize efficiency. The On-Line subscription will also provide membership and access to the following database application for 11 designated Lead MTFs: Health Devices Gold : A premier patient safety resource for healthcare decision makers, Health Devices (HD) Gold delivers a broad suite of membership resources to help management in the selection, use, maintenance, and management of healthcare technologies. Health Devices Gold includes access to Health Devices System, Sourcebase and Product Comparison System, Alert Tracker and Biomedical Benchmark. All proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.101-2 - Lowest Price-PROVISIONS/CLAUSES: The provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation and the Offeror must include a completed copy of this provision with their proposal. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies to this Solicitation. The clause at FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Status or Executive Orders, Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services may apply, and FAR Clause 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Terms of the Contract will apply if terms of this contract are extended, FAR Clause 52.219-6, FAR Clause 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act, FAR Clause 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving, The Period of Performance for this requirement is a 12 month base year plus four (4), one (1) year options. FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Item: Each Offeror is required to submit their proposal as specified in FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items Addendum 1. Addendum 1 to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Jun 2008): Submission of Offers. General Instructions: (i) Interested parties capable of providing the specified services must submit a written offer via email to: Contracting Officer - Joseph Preusser at joseph.preusser.1@us.af.mil and Contract Administrator - Monica Christie at monica.christie@us.af.mil (ii) Do not send as an executable or.exe file. Email size shall not exceed five megabytes. Documents may be compressed (zipped) using WinZip 8.1 or later version. Any corrupted file or media containing a virus could result in the offer not being considered for award. (iii) Software Compatibility. Use a word processing and spreadsheet program compatible with Microsoft ® Word 2007 ® and Microsoft ® Excel 2007 ®. PDF is Adobe ® Portable Document Format. (iv) Submit offer as follows: DOCUMENT CONTENT FILE FORMAT - The minimum font size for the proposal pages is 12 pitch. Required documents should be submitted via electronic email with a request receipt, and should be clearly marked as to volume number, title, copy number, solicitation identification and the Offeror's name, address, CAGE code, DUNS number, and Tax Identification Number. Factor 1. Price The price proposal will be evaluated for reasonableness. When two or more acceptable offers are received (competition) and the lowest price is selected, the price of the lowest Offeror can be concluded to be fair and reasonable. A price that is very low will be verified to assure that the Offeror understands what is being asked for and no mistakes have been made in preparing the price. In accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b) and FAR 15.403-3(a), information other than pricing data may be required to support price reasonableness or realism in the absence of competition. Information shall be provided in accordance with FAR 15.403-5. If after receipt of the proposals, the CO determines that there is insufficient information available to determine price reasonableness and none of the exceptions in FAR 15.403-1 apply, the Offeror shall be required to submit pricing data. The Government will rank all technically acceptable offers by price. Failure to provide prices as stated above may result in the rejection of the proposal. All pricing information shall be addressed ONLY in Pricing file format. FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items: (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation and the Lowest Price Acceptable Source Selection technique. Evaluation may be made with or without discussions with the Offeror(s). The Government technical evaluation team will evaluate the proposals on an acceptable/unacceptable basis, assigning ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable. will be considered for an award. The offers shall be evaluated by lowest price. Contractors are required to complete the following clause and submit with proposal: FAR Provision 252.209-7999 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW (DEVIATION 2012-O0004) (JAN 2012) (a) In accordance with sections 8124 and 8125 of Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012,(Pub. L. 112-74) none of the funds made available by that Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that- (1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (b) The Offeror represents that- (1) It is [ ___ ] is not [ ___ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, (2) It is [ ___ ] is not [ ___ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months. (End of provision) 52.217-9 -- Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. As prescribed in 17.208(g), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 60 months. Period of Acceptance of Offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 45 days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Questions shall be submitted in writing regarding the terms and conditions of this synopsis/solicitation by email only (see addendum 1 - submission of offers) Solicitation Questions. Any questions relating to the solicitation shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer (CO) noted above NLT 4:00 PM (CST) on Monday, 13 August 2012. Any questions received after this time/date may or may not be answered due to time constraints of the solicitation (see addendum 1 - submission of offers) Cost/Price proposals are due NLT 4:00 PM (CST) on Wednesday, 15 August 2012. Any proposals received after designated closing date and time will not be considered for award (see addendum 1 - submission of offers) Potential Offerors are to review and address the attachments which include the List of site contained in the Performance Work Statement. Also include in proposal that a Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) account has been initiated or already established (DoD) has mandated the use of WAWF. The Offeror must be registered and current on the Central Contractor Registration website (www.ccr.gov) no exemptions. All invoices shall be submitted using Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF). To get more information about how to register for WAWF contractors can go to the following web site and download the Contract Pay information: http://www.dfas.mil/contractorpay/ContractPayInformation.pdf. Attachments are as follows: Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement Attachment: J&A
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