SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Inpatient Safety Performance and Organizational Assessment - Attachments
- Notice Date
- 7/19/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Division of Acquisition Policy, 801 Thompson, TMP 605, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- IHS-13-HQ-RFQ-00037
- Archive Date
- 8/20/2013
- Point of Contact
- Kenneth Coriz, Phone: 3014435668, Paul B. Premoe, Phone: 3014434470
- E-Mail Address
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kenneth.coriz@ihs.gov, paul.premoe@ihs.gov
(kenneth.coriz@ihs.gov, paul.premoe@ihs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Additional Terms and Conditions IHS Average Daily Patient Load for the 28 hospitals 28 Hospitals and Bed Counts IHS 2013 Profile (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6 of the FAR and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation number 13-236-SOL-00037 applies, and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-68. (iv) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541611 with a small business size standard of $14M. This acquisition is 100 percent set aside for competition among small business vendors. (v) The Contract Line Items (CLINS) are as shown below. See the attached, Enclosure 1, Schedule of Prices for the details. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials and equipment to perform the services for the event as indicated in the attached Performance Work Statement. CLIN 0001 - Completion of Objective 1, Total Firm Fixed Price CLIN 0002 - 28 Hospitals, Fixed Price CLIN 0003 - Travel (Per individual, as needed): Not to exceed 20 EA, not negotiable. Period of Performance: 1 Year (vi) The proposed order is for technical and consultative services to organize and generate an Inpatient Safety Performance and Organizational Assessment in IHS hospitals. The contractor will provide expertise to analyze currently existing processes and measures, improvement efforts for the requirement, identifying findings common to system hospitals as well as those unique to individual hospitals. The contractor will support the spread and development of solutions addressing common weaknesses and to provide onsite technical assistance to hospitals having unique needs. The contractor will support a measure-vention approach to onsite data analysis and improvement coaching. See the attached PWS for additional details. (vii) The delivery and acceptance term is FOB Destination. (viii) FAR 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Feb 2012): Quotes shall be submitted on company letterhead stationery, signed and dated; it shall include: 1. Solicitation number. 2. Name, address, telephone number of the offeror and email address of the contact person. 3. Technical description of the item/service being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. See the attached, Enclosure 4, Quotation Submission Requirements. 4. Price and any discount terms. 5. "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address. 6. A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3. 7. A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. (ix) 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Jan 1999) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Evaluation and Price. See the attached, Enclosure 5, Evaluation Factors for Award. (x) Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Dec 2012) (xi) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items Alternate I (Aug 2012). (xii) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -Commercial Items (Jan 2013) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). ____ Alternate I (AUG 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). (2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553). (3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Pub. L. 108-77, 108-78). (b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402). (2) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Aug 2012) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). (3) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government' Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Dec 2010) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). (4) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Feb 2012) (41 U.S.C. 2313). (5) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (May 2012) (section 738 of Division C of Public Law 112-74, section 740 of Division C of Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Division D of Pub. L. 111-8, and section 745 of Division D of Pub. L. 110-161). (6) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644). (7) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Jan 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)). (8) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)). (9) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)). (10) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Apr 2012) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). (11) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). (12) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Mar 2012) (E.O. 13126). (13) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). (14) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). (15) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Sep 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (16) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793). (17) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Sep 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (18) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). (19) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Jul 2012). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.) (20) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011). (21) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Nov 2012) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note). (22) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). (23) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct. 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332). (24) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a). (c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965 (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 1989) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). (3) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (Sep 2009) (29 U.S.C.206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). (d) Comptroller General Examination of Record The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation. (1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor's directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract. (2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved. (3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law. (e) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause- (i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (Pub. L. 110-252, Title VI, Chapter 1 (41 U.S.C. 251 note)). (ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Dec 2010) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities. (iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (Jan 2013) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR clause 52.222-17. (iv) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). (v) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Sep 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (vi) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793). (vii) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40. (viii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, (Nov 2007), (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.) (ix) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). ___ Alternate I (Aug 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). (x) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.) (xi) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (Feb 2009) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.) (xii) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Jul 2012). (xiii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (Mar 2009) (Pub. L. 110-247). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6. (xiv) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64. (2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations. (End of Clause) (xiii) 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) and 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) are used in this solicitation. The clauses are available in full text at www.acquisition.gov/far/. The offeror must include in their quotation, the unit price, the list price, the performance period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. Note: In order to receive an award from the Indian Health Service, contractors must have a valid registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) www.ccr.gov. (xiv) n/a (xv) Quotations must be receipted by the IHS no later than August 5, 2013, 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Questions regarding this RFQ and any terms and conditions must be submitted in writing by July 24, 2013, 4:00 pm EST. (xvi) Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the item specified in this combined synopsis/solicitation should submit their quotation to the below address or email address. The quotation must reference Solicitation number IHS-13-HQ-RFQ-00037. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, will be considered by the agency. Questions and Quotations can be submitted via email to Kenneth.Coriz@ihs.gov.
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