SOLICITATION NOTICE
78 -- Tents - Price Sheet - Specifications
- Notice Date
- 8/6/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 423910
— Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Corporation for National and Community Service, Procurement, Office of Procurement Services, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20525
- ZIP Code
- 20525
- Solicitation Number
- CNSHQ14T0049
- Point of Contact
- Tomeka Michelle Hall,
- E-Mail Address
-
thall@cns.gov
(thall@cns.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Specs Price Sheet This is a combined synopsis/request issued under solicitation number CNSHQ14T0049 for proposals for commercial services prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) PART 12 and with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation CNSHQ14T0049 will incorporate provisions and clauses that are in effect through the latest Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-75 dated 06/24/2014. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 423910 -- Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has a requirement for tents for all five the AmeriCorps NCCC Campuses. CNCS anticipates award of a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) as a result of this Request for Quote (RFQ). The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards. This award shall be made via the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) BPA Single call Limit: $75, 000.00 BPA Ceiling: $500,000.00 Period of Performance The period of performance for this Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is five (5) years Base and Four Option Years. Pricing shall remain in effect for the duration of the BPA. Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors CONTENT AND FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Quotation submittal and all other required documents must be submitted in accordance with this RFQ. Failure to submit the aforementioned information correctly shall make your offer non-responsive, and it shall not receive consideration for award. Please provide a complete price quote and attach a copy of your CAGE Code, DUNS Number, Tax Identification Number, discount terms, and expiration date to your quote. A quotation submitted in response to this solicitation must be submitted electronically and must be comprised of the following Sections: SEE ATTACHED REFERENCE DOCUMENTS: - Technical Proposal - Price Sheet Additional Information: Evaluation Criteria The Government intends to award a Blanket Purchase Agreement to the responsible offeror whose quote is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable quote/offeror after an evaluation is conducted in accordance with the technical factors in this solicitation. The technical evaluation criteria set forth below have been developed by the program office and have been tailored to their requirements in this particular solicitation. The quoter is informed that these criteria: (1) serve as the standard against which all quotes will be evaluated; and (2) serve to identify the significant matters which the Offeror should specifically address in complying with the requirements of this solicitation. In order to be considered for award, the quote must be determined to be technically acceptable. The technical evaluation factors for this procurement are Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). Criteria under the LPTA process are judged on a pass-fail basis only. No other rating or qualitative value will be assigned. To be determined technically acceptable, all factors must be acceptable to obtain a pass rating for the technical quote. Any technical quote that does not receive acceptable assessment for all factors will receive a failing rating for the technical quote. Award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable, responsible offeror, with satisfactory past performance. The Contractor will provide a technical overview of their abilities to perform the services herein. The technical proposal must address the technical factors described herein. The vendors must submit a technical quote that demonstrates technical capability and is descriptive enough to validate current technical qualifications and certifications for the following Technical Factors: PLEASE SEE ATTACHED TENT SPECIFICATIONS Your quote submittal must, at a minimum, show: (1) The solicitation number; (2) The time specified in the solicitation for the receipt of offers; (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (4) A technical description of the company's items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the evaluation factors in this solicitation; (5) Price and any discount terms; (6) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically); (9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; (10) Copy of state business license, liability and workman's comp insurance certificates. QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO SOLICITATION (1) Questions shall be addressed to the Contract Specialist only, at the following email address: Tomeka Hall - Thall@cns.gov- Question period is August 12, 2014 1:00 pm EST - August 13, 2014 1:00pm Est. No questions will be answered after the cut-off date and time. Once questions are compiled, they will be answered and posted on www.fedbizopps.gov No later than August 15, 2014. OFFERS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY or Via U.S. Postal Service, Over Night Carrier (Address 1201 New York Ave, Rm 8410, Washington DC 20525 or Fax (202-606-3488). Place the Solicitation number within the subject line of your submittal. Electronically submitted quotations shall be sent to the following email addresses: Thall@cns.gov, Tomeka Hall Contract Specialist **It is the contractor's/offeror's responsibility to ensure that offers are received by the Government by the due date. **The due date for the receipt of proposals is Monday August 18, 2014 at 1:00pm Eastern Time. ** SERVICE OF PROTEST (a) Protests, as defined in section 31.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from: Robert Koplos Corporation for National & Community Service 1201 New York Ave NW (8th Floor) Washington, DC 20525 (b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO. OTHER SUBMITTAL ITEMS THAT MUST ACCOMPANY PROPOSAL Offeror shall complete the attached Quotation Cover page in its entirety, submit SAM Record The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition. The full text version may be viewed at http://www.acquisition.gov/far. Subpart 4.11-System for Award Management -Commercial Items with their proposal or indicate that the registration has been completed at the SAM website http://www.sam.gov. Failure to include this information with the price proposal may render an offeror ineligible for award. The FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and will be incorporated into any resulting contract. The clauses at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items apply to this acquisition, specifically the following cited clauses and provisions are applicable: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports; 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration;52.252-2, 1352.201-70 COR, 1352.201-71,52.203-17 Whistleblower, Contractors can register at www.sam.gov. Full text versions of clauses and provisions may be viewed at http://www.acquisitions.gov/far. 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires. IPP CLAUSE Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Internet Payment Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: The Contractor must use the IPP website to enroll, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3-5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the contracting officer. 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer: The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to make or approve any changes in any of the requirements of this contract and notwithstanding any provisions contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely in the Contracting Officer. In the event the Contractor makes any changes at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract terms and conditions, including price
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