MODIFICATION
76 -- BPA Books-Library
- Notice Date
- 1/11/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 323117
— Books Printing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - West Point, 681 Hardee Place, West Point, New York, 10996-1514, United States
- ZIP Code
- 10996-1514
- Solicitation Number
- W16BPALIBRARY
- Point of Contact
- Joseph R. Bloss, Phone: 8459382221
- E-Mail Address
-
joseph.r.bloss.civ@mail.mil
(joseph.r.bloss.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SECOND POSTING. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES MUST IDENTIFY THEIR BUSINESS SIZE AND PROVIDE THEIR COMPANY CAGE CODE AND DUN'S NUMBER FOR SAM VERIFICATION.This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Synopsis/Sources Sought Notice for commercial services to support the Jefferson Library at the US Military Academy, West Point, NY. The requirements will be fulfilled using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. The Government intends to award two (2) or more Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to responsible vendors that provide a response to this notice showing they are capable of providing the required services described herein. Interested vendors must provide all the requested information identified in this notice in order to be considered. There will not be any additional solicitation or notice issued. The West Point Jefferson Library at the US Military Academy, West Point, NY is seeking sources capable of providing the service identified below: All capability statements should: Not exceed and will be restricted to four (4) pages. Vendor responses shall be electronically submitted to the email address below. Responses shall include: - Information regarding your company small business classification (s) such as Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business SDVOSB; Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB); HubZone; 8(a); 8(a), HubZone; Large Business; etc. relative to NAICS Code 323117 Books Printing. The size standard for this NAICS Code is 500. - List references and experience, as prime contractor, in providing similar services within the past 3 years. Synopsis: The USMA Library supports a four year college curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree with advanced programs in History, Military Science, and Engineering. The library collection contains over 300,000 books supporting a range of subjects covered by the curriculum. 1. The contractor shall provide access to an online acquisitions and collection development support system. The system shall: 1.1 Include a comprehensive database of available publications, with querying, selection, ordering and reporting functions. The database will show title, author, publisher, place and date of publication, level of interest, subject heading, Library of Congress classification number, ISBN or ISSN, availability, list and discounted price, and terms of license for electronic books. 1.2 Provide a method of notifying library staff of new publications based on a library-determined profile based on a wide range of characteristics including subject matter, level of treatment, publisher, price, and format. The profile shall be revised any time at the discretion of the Library. 1.3 Provide a method for library staff and faculty to store, share, and edit lists of titles under consideration and to place orders using lists or individual entries. 1.4 Provide management information on the status of acquisitions. 1.5 Provide a comprehensive set of reports showing the history of title transactions with the Library. This history shall show status of open orders, shipped orders, and cancelled orders. This history shall be searchable by title, invoice number, and account number. 1.6 The Government is not obligated to order any items identified by the notification service. 2. The Contractor shall be responsible for knowing when publications are to be published and claim them with the publisher if they are not received by the expected publication date. 3. The Contractor shall notify the Government if any publisher previously used will no longer deal with the Contractor. 4. The Contractor shall take returns on damaged, poorly bound or mis-paged books and replace with a good copy at the discretion of the library. 5. The Contractor shall take returns on books found to have been inadequately described by the bibliographic database and not fitting the library's collection needs. 6. The Contractor shall provide bibliographic records via the OCLC WorldCat Partners program. The records shall include order data and be compatible with the library's Innovative Interfaces Millennium integrated library system. 7. All shipping costs for books will be at the contractor's expense. 8. Performance. Upon receipt of any firm order under the contract, the Contractor shall notify the Government within ten (10) working days of receipt of the order of any change in publication date, the new date, if known, change in edition, existing or anticipated shortages in stock, projected delivery times, or any other discrepancies in the order which can be identified. Within ten working days of receipt of information from a publisher that a book is unavailable, the Contractor shall notify the Government. In no event will any item on an individual order be placed on backorder exceeding 90 days. 9. Within fifteen (15) working days after receipt of the information concerning changes to an order the Government will contact the Contractor and authorize any changes required. The Contractor shall make no shipment of any item which indicates a price increase over 25% until notification is received from the Government. The Contractor shall be prepared to produce, upon request of the Government, documented information required concerning contractor performance on a particular order or orders including dates contractor placed orders with the publisher, dates follow-up was made on orders, shipping dates of material, method of shipment, carrier and bill of lading number. The Contractor shall screen orders for books to insure they do not duplicate previous orders unless noted "added" copy. 10. The Contractor will provide a named customer service representative for the resolution of issues and questions. 11. Packaging and Marking. 15.1 Books shall be packaged, packed and marked in conformance with standard commercial practices and in accordance with the following requirements. 15.2. Address labels including names and complete addresses of contractor and receiving activity shall be legibly printed, typed, or reproduced and must include the contract number, and the number of boxes in the shipment, i.e., box 1 of 4, etc. 15.3 One copy of the Contractor's packing list shall be packed in each shipment of approval books and shall be placed in the #1 box of the shipment and the box so annotated. The packing list shall include the following information: Destination of shipment as shown on delivery order, Contractor's name and address, Contract Number, Shipment Date, List of titles and quantity shipped. 15.4 Administrative remarks to be added to the title list by the Contractor shall include the line item numbers as shown on the delivery order. Example: cancellations and reasons for cancellations. 15.5 Each packing list shall be marked as "Partial" or "Final". 15.6. Any paperwork needed for return of items shall be included in the each shipment. 2.0 Period of Performance. The period of performance for this statement of work shall be five years from the date of award. This will represent a Base year plus four (4) Option years. 3.0 Billing. All orders will be paid via Government Procurement Card (GPC) credit card. The US Military Academy, West Point, NY will use the information submitted to determine which vendors it would award a BPA to. The Government intends to award a minimum of two (2) and a maximum of three (3) BPAs which would remain in effect for a five (5) year period. This notice will be the only means of soliciting vendors for this requirement and there will not be a separate Request For Quotes/Proposals issued. All interested vendors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. All interested vendors must submit all required information in writing by email to Joseph.R.Bloss.civ@mail.mil. Responses need to be received by 3:00 PM on 07-DEC- 2015. The Government is not obligated and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 617 Hardee Place, West Point, New York, 10996, United States
- Zip Code: 10996
- Zip Code: 10996
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