SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Hood Enclosure - Must Have SPECS - Hood Enclosure
- Notice Date
- 8/6/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 333413
— Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA APHIS, 1920 DAYTON AVE, AMES, Iowa, 50010, United States
- ZIP Code
- 50010
- Solicitation Number
- REQ19566SLM
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2015
- Point of Contact
- Sara L. Matchie, Phone: 5153377100
- E-Mail Address
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sara.l.matchie@aphis.usda.gov
(sara.l.matchie@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Hood Enclosure Must Have Specs This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 and 13.106, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation REQ19566SLM is being issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through The Government anticipates the award being a Firm Fixed Price contract. The 2012 NAICS code applicable to this acquisition is 333413 and is set aside for small business. To be considered a small business under this NAICS, offerors must not exceed the 1000 employee size standard. The USDA, National Veterinary Services Laboratory(NVSL), Foregin Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL) has a requirement for a Bio-Containment Enclosure located in Orient Point, NY. The contractor shall provide and install a new bio-containment enclosure to house the Biomek NXp. Bio-Containment Enclosure specifications are also included with this solicitation notice. Any resulting award from this solicitation will be a fixed price contract. Responsible offerors must be able to provide the items within 60 days of date of award. Quote shall include all costs associated with contractor being responsible for obtaining all materials, equipment, supplies, labor, transportation, utilities, supervision, permits and incidentals to complete contracted work. Contractor shall coordinate all work activities with the USDA site point of contact prior to beginning any work. All work shall be scheduled in a manner such that on-going research is not impacted negatively. Normal working hours are from 8:00am until 4:30pm Monday thru Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Work outside of normal hours must be pre-approved by USDA site point of contact. All submittals shall be submitted, no later than 10:00am CST September 4, 2015. See FBO Hood Enclosure Attachment All Contractor personnel shall sign in on the visitor log sheet at the beginning of each work day and shall sign out at the end of each individual's work day. The USDA site point of contact shall issue badges (card keys) and must be returned at the end of each work day. Others may visit the site with permission of the USDA site point of contact and shall also sign in and out in the visitor log. The USDA site point of contact shall be informed of all suspected unauthorized visitors. 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: (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) delivery (iii) past performance (see FAR 15.304) Technical and past performance, when combined, are more important to cost or price. Must-have specifications are provided in this solicitation. All quote specifications must be verifiable. The government intends to make award without discussions, but reserves the right to hold discussions if required. The POC Project Work Site: UDSA-FADDL, 40550 Route 25, Plum Island, Orient Point, NY 11957. USDA Site Point of Contact: Paticia Glas Ph. 631.323.3032 DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE: Offerors shall submit 2 copies of the descriptive literature (with pictures) describing their proposed product with enough detail to ascertain and verify that the product meets the minimum must-have specifications listed on the attached document. DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN QUOTE: In order to be considered for award offerors shall provide 1) a Quote on company or formal letterhead detailing the item description, unit price per item and the total price, 2) company DUNS number for verification of current ACTIVE status in the System for Award Management purposes, 3) any documentation necessary for verification that product satisfies the minimum must-have specifications attached. The table below must be filled out and submitted with the quote. This solicitation will be using FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items Company Name & Address Point of Contact: Phone: Email: Cage Code: Tax I.D. # GSA # AGAR 452.211-71 Equal Products Offered. As prescribed in 411.171, insert the following or substantially the same clause in solicitations seeking offers on a "brand name or equal" basis to allow offerors the opportunity to clearly identify the "equal" item being offered, and to illustrate how that item meets the salient characteristics requirements of the Government. EQUAL PRODUCTS OFFERED (NOV 1996) (a) Offerors proposing to furnish an "equal" product, in accordance with the "Brand Name or Equal" provision of this solicitation, shall provide the following information for each offered "equal" product: Contract Line Item Number (if any): _____________________________ Brand Name or Equal Product identified by the Government in this solicitation:________________________________________________________ Offered Product Name:___________________________________________ Catalog Description or part number:_________________________________ Manufacturer's Name:____________________________________________ Manufacturer's Address:__________________________________________ (b) Offerors are responsible for submitting all additional information on the above product necessary for the Contracting Officer to determine whether the product offered meets the "brand name or equal" product's salient characteristics listed in the solicitation. The Federal Acquisition Regulation Provisions below are current to FAC 2005-83: (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda are made to the provision. Paragraph (b) Submission of offers is added to read: Quotations shall contain at a minimum the following information: Company name, POC name, phone, and e-mail, product part number, product description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, shipping costs (if applicable), total price, discount terms, delivery terms. All information above shall be populated. (ix) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. There are two specific evaluation criteria included in paragraph (a). The first one is (i) technical capability of the item quoted to meet the requirement of that provision. The last one is (ii) delivery. The Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process will be used in this acquisition. Technical capability is more important price. (x) The provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The quotation must include a complete copy of this provision. See https://www.acquisition.gov. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda are made to this clause. Paragraph (a) Inspection/Acceptance is added to read: The contractor shall use the Wide Area Workflow web page at https://wawf.eb.mil/index.html to submit invoices for acceptance. Paragraph (o) Warranty is added to read: The contractor shall provide all standard commercial (including manufacturer) warranties to the United States Government. (xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (DEVIATION), applies to this acquisition The following clauses/provisions also apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEVIATION 2013-O0019) (Jul 2014). The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable: 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (Feb 1999) 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance (Apr 1984) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) 52.222-50 Alternate I (Mar 2015) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractors Sales to the Government (Sep 2006) 52.203-6 Alternate I (Oct 1995) 52.222-19 Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Jul 2013) This solicitation and resultant contract contains provisions and clauses that may be included by reference. You may view provisions or clauses incorporated by reference at this website: http://farsite.Hill.af.mil FAR 52.202-1 Definitions 52.203-3 Gratuities 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractors Sales to the Government Alternate I 52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Jul 13) 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Jul 13) 52.209-6 Protecting the Governments Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Aug 2013) 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.214-35 Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency (Apr 1991) 52.215-5 Facsimile Proposals (Oct 1997) 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (E.O. 13126). 52.223-18 Encouraging Contract Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). 52.225-14 Inconsistency Between English Version and Translation of Contract (Feb 2000) 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran- Representation and Certification (Dec 2012) 52.229-6 Taxes-Foreign Fixed Price Contracts 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - System for Award Management (Jul 2013) 52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug1996) 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Pub. L. 108-77, 108-78). 52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination (Nov 1991) 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) 52.252-4 Alterations in Contract (Feb 1998) 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (Apr 1984) 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984) 52.253-1 Computered Generated Forms (Jan 1991) AGAR 452.209 - 70 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction (FEB 2012) - Alternate 1 (FEB 2012) (a.) Awards made under this solicitation are subject to the provisions contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. No. 112-74), Division E, Sections 433 and 434 regarding corporate felony convictions and corporate federal tax delinquencies. To comply with these provisions, all offerors must complete paragraph (1) of this representation, and all corporate offerors also must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of this representation. (b) The Offeror represents that - (1) The Offeror is [ ], is not [ ] (check one) an entity that has filed articles of incorporation in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the various territories of the United States including American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Note that this includes both for-profit and non-profit organizations.) If the Offeror checked "is" above, the Offeror must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of the representation. If Offeror checked "is not" above, Offeror may leave the remainder of the representation blank. (2) (i) The Offeror has [ ], has not [ ] (check one) been convicted of a felony criminal violation under Federal or State law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer. (ii) Offeror has [ ], has not [ ] (check one) had any officer or agent of Offeror convicted of a felony criminal violation for actions taken on behalf of Offeror under Federal law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer. (3) The Offeror does [ ], does not [ ] (check one) have 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. Name of Company: Name of Company Representative: Signature of Representative: Date: REJECTION OF QUOTATION: Failure to demonstrate compliance will be cause to reject the quote without further discussions. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. NOTE: Guidance in this solicitation for actions within CCR and ORCA shall be conducted through the Single Award Management system found at www.sam.gov. Vendors MUST have a record showing "Active" to be considered for award. Any amendment and documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the Internet site: http://www.fbo.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of those documents related to this procurement, if any. Furnish Quotes to Sara L. Matchie, Purchasing Agent, USDA-VS-NVSL, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames, IA 50010, no later than 10:00am CST September 4, 2015. Quotes and other requested documents may be provided by email: sara.l.matchie@aphis.usda.gov or facsimile to (515) 337-7247 if desired. Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent at sara.l.matchie@aphis.usda.gov. No agreements, contractual obligations, or official information relating to this solicitation will be offered by phone.
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- Address: 40550 Route 25, Orient Point, New York, 11957, United States
- Zip Code: 11957
- Zip Code: 11957
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