MODIFICATION
70 -- TOUGHBOOKS/MOUNTS/INSTALLATION
- Notice Date
- 9/3/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- Contracting Office
- Bldg 238, California Avenue, Fort Hunter Liggett, CA 93928
- ZIP Code
- 93928
- Solicitation Number
- 0010303246
- Response Due
- 9/13/2013
- Archive Date
- 3/12/2014
- Point of Contact
- Name: Client Services, Title: Client Services, Phone: 1.877.933.3243, Fax: 703.422.7822
- E-Mail Address
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Clientservices@fedbid.com;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- CANCELLATION NOTICE:Bids are being solicited under solicitation number 0010303246. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein.If your company can provide the product/services listed on the solicitation and comply with all of the solicitation instructions, please respond to this notice. To view the specifications, please go to www.FedBid.com and reference Buy No. 545571. Army CHESS Bids Only: Sellers bidding on this opportunity MUST have the items requested on an existing Army CHESS contract. The contract must either be in the Seller's name or the Seller must be able to document its ability to act as an agent of a partner's contract. Sellers must not bid more than their applicable contract ceiling price, excluding the FedBid Fee, for contract-specific items. Sellers may offer Open Market items only in accordance with the approved Terms and Conditions of their respective Army CHESS contract AND upon approval from the soliciting contracting officer. This requirement is unrestricted and only qualified sellers may submit bids.The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2013-09-13 11:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com.FOB Destination shall be JOLON, CA 93928 The MICC Fort Hunter Liggett requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following: LI 001: CLIN 0001 - Panasonic ToughBook CF-31, Win7, Intel Core i5-3320M 2.60GHz, vPro, 13.1 XGA Touch, 500GB(7200rpm), 4GB, Intel WiFi a/b/g/n, TPM, Bluetooth, Dual Pass (Upper:W WAN/Lower:Selectable), GOBI, Backlit Keyboard No Drive, Toughbook preferred., 7, EA; LI 002: CLIN 0002 - Unit 8811/8812 Mounting Kit includes: GJ DS-56, GJ 7160-0220, GJ 7160-0318-00, MMFAIP-01-968, MMIK-01, 2, EA; LI 003: CLIN 0003 - Unit 8831 Mounting Kit includes: GJ DS-57, GJ QADJ-UPPER-M, GJ, 3, EA; LI 004: CLIN 0004 - Unit 8800/8801 Unit TAHOE Mounting Kit includes: GJ-DS144, GJ DS-Lower 9, GJ 7160-1078, GJ 7160-0220, GJ 7160-0318-00, MMFAIP-01-968, MMIK-01, 2, EA; LI 005: CLIN 0005 - INSTALLATION of all equipment quoted above CLINs 0001, 0002, 0003, and 0004, 7, 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, MICC Fort Hunter Liggett 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. A Seller may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. MICC Fort Hunter Liggett is taking this action in an effort to improve both seller access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time bids.All responsible Sellers 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.Sellers that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Sellers that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Sellers 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 Sellers require additional clarification, contact 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. ALL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 06 SEPTEMBER AT 12:00PM PACIFIC TIME. ANY QUESTIONS SUBMITTED AFTER THIS TIME AND DATE MAY NOT BE ANSWERED. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334111. In order to be eligible for award, vendors must have the correct NAICS code listed on their active CCR profile In responding to this 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. Regardless of the terminology used in each RFQ ("Brand Name or Equal", or "meet minimum stated specifications), the information describing what you are offering must be physically written into the seller's bid specification block. Salient characteristics are defined as "pronounced features of an item 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. 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" product, your seller bid specification must state: Bidding on Manufacturer (Insert Name) and Part Number (Insert Number), containing the following salient characteristics (insert salient characteristics). If your response does not contain all of the required information called out in this notice, your quote will be determined non-responsive and will not be considered for award. 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 nonconforming shipped quantities. SAM Requirement - Company must be registered on System for Award Management (SAM) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in SAM, they may do so by going to SAM web site at http://www.sam.gov New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products FOB Destination CONUS (CONtinental U.S.) Bid MUST be good for 30 days, after submission. No partial bids will be accepted. The apparent awardee shall acknowledge acceptance of any and all re-postings (amendments), in writing, prior to any award resulting from this solicitation. a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as ?brand name or equal,? the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government?s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that ?equal? products must meet are specified in the solicitation. (b) To be considered for award, offers of ?equal? products, including ?equal? products of the brand name manufacturer, must? (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by ? (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification. (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate ?equal? products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an ?equal? product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. (End of provision) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (MAY 2011) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer 252.211-7003--Item Identification and Valuation AUG 2008 252.232-7003--Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports MAR 2008 252.246-7000--Material Inspection And Receiving Report MAR 2008 (a) ?Descriptive literature,? as used in this provision, means information furnished by a bidder, such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, and brochures, that shows a product?s characteristics or construction or explains its operation. The term includes only that information required to evaluate the acceptability of the product and excludes other information for operating or maintaining the product. (b) Descriptive literature is required to establish, for the purpose of evaluation and award, details of the product offered that are specified elsewhere in the solicitation and pertain to significant elements such as -- (1) Design; (2) Materials; (3) Components; (4) Performance characteristics; and (5) Methods of manufacture, assembly, construction, or operation. (c) Descriptive literature, required elsewhere in this solicitation, shall be -- (1) Identified to show the item(s) of the offer to which it applies; and (2) Received by the time specified in this solicitation. (d) If the bidder fails to submit descriptive literature on time, the Government will reject the bid, except that late descriptive literature sent by mail may be considered under the Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Bids provision of this solicitation. (e) If the descriptive literature fails to show that the product offered conforms to the requirements of the solicitation, the Government will reject the bid. (End of Provision) 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: in order to be technically acceptable, Offerors must meet the following minimum requirement of the salient characteristics. (1) Must be able to provide all required items, based on brand name or equal,(2) Must also be lowest price, and (3) Meeting the required delivery date is essential.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: JOLON, CA 93928
- Zip Code: 93928
- Zip Code: 93928
- Record
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