SOLICITATION NOTICE
73 -- Catering-NCCC Southern Region - RFQ - Price Sheet
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 722320
— Caterers
- 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
- CNSHQ15T0031
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Tomeka Michelle Hall,
- E-Mail Address
-
thall@cns.gov
(thall@cns.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Price Sheet Statement of Work Solicitation 05/15/2015 This is a combined synopsis/request issued under solicitation number CNSHQ15T0031 for proposals for commercial services prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) PART 12 - Acquistion of Commercial Items and with the format in Subpart 12.6 - Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice, and Subpart FAR 13.5 - Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are requested; and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation CNSHQ15T0031 will incorporate provisions and clauses that are in effect through the latest Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-82 dated 01/29/2015. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 722320 -- Caterers. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has a requirement for Catering Service at the AmeriCorps NCCC Southern Region's Campus in Vicksburg, MS. Please see the attached Statement of Work (SOW), for a detailed description of requirements. The schedule of services applicable to this acquisition provides a list of contract line item numbers, items, quantities, and units of measure, including contract options for the services required. The pricing portion of this schedule of services should be filled out and submitted in response to this combined synopsis/solicitation. The provision at 52.212-1, instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. CNCS anticipates award of a Firm- Fixed Price (FFP) type Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) as a result of this Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offerors's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. This award shall be made via the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology BPA Single call Limit: $75,000.00 BPA Ceiling: $750,000 Period of Performance: The period of performance for this Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is five (5) years with a Base and Four Option Years starting after award of this BPA. Pricing shall remain in effect for the duration of the BPA. Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors CONTENT AND FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Offerors submissions and all other required documents must be submitted in accordance with this RFP. 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, discount terms, and expiration date to your proposal. A proposal submitted in response to this solicitation must be submitted electronically and must be comprised of the following Sections: - Technical Capability - Price Sheet Additional Information: **Contractor shall submit invoices after completion of each BPA call through IPP.** Evaluation Criteria The Government intends to award a single Blanket Purchase Agreement to the responsible offeror whose offer is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable 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 proposal 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 passing rating for the technical quote. Any technical proposal 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: Factor 1. Technical Capability: The proposal will be evaluated to determine how well the proposal meets the minimum requirements listed in the SOW. Factor 2. Past Performance: The offeror is requested to provide references from at least three (3) federal government contracts for similar work performed within the past three (3) years, if available. However, all relevant experience, regardless of the agency serviced, will be evaluated. The offeror will be evaluated based on customer satisfaction and timeliness on requirements with a similar size, contract value, and scope. The contract information for each reference shall include the following: a) Contract Value; b) Agency/Company Name; c) Agency/Company point of contact telephone number; Price shall be evaluated only on quotes deemed technical acceptable. 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 will close on Wednesday May 28, 2015 12:00Pm 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 by May 29, 2015 12:00PM EST. OFFERS MUST BE SUBMITTED and RECEIVED ELECTRONICALLY to Ms. Tomeka Hall at Thall@cns.gov Place the Solicitation number within the subject line of your submittal. Submitted proposals shall be sent electronically to the following email addresses: Thall@cns.gov, Tomeka Hall, Contract Specialist **It is the contractor's/offeror's responsibility to ensure that electronically submitted proposals are received by the Government by the due date. **The due date for the receipt of proposals is Friday June 05, 2015 at 12:00pm 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: Jerri Newton 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. 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: The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition: 52.203-6, 52.204-19, 52.222-17, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-1, 52.232-2, 52.233-3, 52.233-4, 52.252-2, 52.204-10, 52.204-13, 52.209-6, 52.209-9, 52.209-10, 52.217-5, 52.219-4, 52.219-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-9, 52.219-28, 52.222-3,, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222.37, 52.222-40, 52.222-54, 52.232-33, 52.237-1, 52.237-3, 52.222-41, 52.222-42, 52.222-43, 52.226-6, 52.249-4, 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. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addendum to the clause will be included in any contract awarded for this requirement: "In accordance with FAR 12.302, the following paragraphs of this clause have been tailored, all other paragraphs remain unchanged: Changes (tailored). Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties. NOTE: The Government has sole discretion to exercise contract options on a unilateral basis in accordance with clauses 52.217-8 and 52.217-9." The following additional contract requirements and terms and conditions apply to this acquisition: -- FAR 52.203-17 Whistleblower -- FAR 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011) -- FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days. -- FAR 52.217-9 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 5 years and 6 months. -- FAR 52.228-5 Insurance - Work on a Government Installation (Jan 1997) Invoices: Invoices. The contractor shall submit an original copy of the voucher/invoices to the address shown in Block 6. Payments shall not exceed 85 percent of the total contract price until the execution and delivery of a release is provided by the contractor. As is required by the referenced payments clause, the contractor shall ensure that after final services and final deliverables have been submitted, the contractor shall submit a FINAL invoice. This invoice shall be clearly marked "FINAL." Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) System. "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. 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 the System for Award Management [SAM]) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within three to five 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. Prior to final invoice payment, the contractor will be required to sign a Release of Claims document per FAR Part 52.232-7 (g) Assignment and Release of Claims. The contractor, and each assignee under an assignment entered into under this contract and in effect at the time of final payment under this contract, shall execute and deliver, at the time of and as a condition precedent to final payment under this contract, a release discharging the Government, its officers, agents and employees of and from all liabilities, obligations, and claims arising out of or under this contract.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 2719 Confederate Ave, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39180, United States
- Zip Code: 39180
- Zip Code: 39180
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