SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- RFI - Nationwide - NEW CONTRACT OFF-SITE OF (W1) BLANK/INSCRIPTION FOR NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION.
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 327991
— Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;National Cemetery Administration;Contracting Services;75 Barrett Heights Road, Suite 309;Stafford VA 22556
- ZIP Code
- 22556
- Solicitation Number
- 36C78619Q0368
- Response Due
- 6/26/2019
- Archive Date
- 7/26/2019
- Point of Contact
- ANTIONETTE.COLLINS-SOMERVILLE@VA.GOV
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Page 1 of 4 I. Introduction: This is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is currently conducting market research to locate qualified, experienced and interested potential sources. Responses will not be considered as proposals, nor will any award be incurred by interested parties in responding to this source sought announcement. NCA is seeking interested sources (contractors) for a near-future solicitation. We are looking for potential contractors to include manufacturers with a socio-economic status of Large, Small, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veterans Owned Small Business. At this time, no solicitation exists. Therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. II. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA) furnishes headstones, markers and niche covers (monuments) for deceased Veterans worldwide. Memorial monuments are also furnished to memorialize veterans whose remains are non-recoverable. III. Requirements: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA) furnishes headstones, markers and niche covers (monuments) for deceased veterans worldwide. Memorial monuments are also furnished to memorialize veterans whose remains are non-recoverable. The purpose of this contract is to manufacture, inscribe and distribute worldwide: (W1) Headstone, Upright, Granite, (13 x 42 x 3 ) This contract shall include all labor and materials necessary to furnish inscribed upright headstones granite. The contractor shall have fifteen (15) calendar days following the day an order is sent to the contractor until the monuments are manufactured, inscribed, packaged, and delivered to destinations within the contiguous 48 states (CONUS). For destinations outside CONUS, the contract shall have 15 calendar days for delivery to the point of embarkation and another 30 days for delivery from the point of embarkation to the overseas destination. FOB Destination. The contractor shall be responsible for providing all labor and material needed to produce the blanks, inscribe the blanks for W1 Headstone, Upright, Granite, package/label/palletize the inscribed monuments, and deliver the finished product to the identified National or State Veterans Cemeteries. IV. Submittal Information: Responses will assist in determining the acquisition strategy used for this procurement. For example, if enough responsible and capable Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) respond, the acquisition strategy will most likely be a SDVOSB or VSOB set-aside; therefore, interested vendors who are responsible and capable of performing the work are strongly encouraged to respond by the date specified. At this time, no acquisition strategy has been decided. We are using this information to further validate enough responsible and capable Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) to provide W1 Upright Granite Headstones on a nationwide basis using FOB Destination. Therefore, interested vendors who are responsible and capable of performing the work based on FOB Destination terms and conditions are strongly encouraged to respond by the date specified. The following Information is requested in response to this RFI: Please include: Company Name, Company Address, Point of Contact, Telephone Number, and e-mail Address. Companies should provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate their capability to fulfill these requirements. YOU MUST ADDRESS ALL THE CRITERIA LISTED BELOW IN YOUR RESPONSE. Experience A written response providing clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capacity to fulfill this requirement. Please provide no more than three (3) contracts that your company has performed inscription services within the last five (5) years that are related to granite headstones. Please provide no more than three (3) contracts that your company has performed within the last five (5) years that are related to granite headstones manufacturing, palletizing and shipping. Experience in producing a large volume of granite headstones. Describe your Self-Performed* effort (as a Prime Contractor) as it relates to the requirements in the draft statement of work. *Self-Performed means work performed by the company themselves, NOT work performed by another company for them for any of the project examples provided. Your company must perform the work, not sub-contracted work. Please be specific and provide a complete reference to include at a minimum the project name (and the government contract number, if applicable), contract award amount, start and completion dates, and the project owners contact information. Additionally, please provide the Contract Type: Firm Fixed-Price, Time and Material, Economic Price Adjustment, etc. Provide a list of any existing or past contracts that have been awarded on FOB destination basis or nationwide/worldwide basis. Please list any past contracts or existing contracts for markers, niche covers, headstones (granite or marble) based on FOB destination. B. Capabilities / Qualifications A written response providing clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capacity to fulfill this requirement. Company business size and socioeconomic status (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business,) the number of years in business, affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners. If, you are a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, please provide a copy of your verified VETBIZ VIP capabilities. Specify any teaming arrangements and how those arrangements will impact the structure of services their company can provide including technical expertise provided by each company. Please specify the percentage of work each company will perform. If the company holds a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract, list the GSA Contract Number and relevant Special Item Numbers (SINS) applicable to this requirement. Questions A written response is required and it must be clear and unambiguous. A single response of Yes or No will not be accepted. Can your company handle large volumes of granite orders required on FOB destination basis? Can your company handle large volumes of granite orders required? The requirement will be for these to ship nationwide FOB destination. Will you be able to meet this requirement of shipping FOB destination? Will you be able to provide a proposal or price quote based on a large quantity of granite/marble markers, headstones, headstones on FOB destination basis? Has your company had prolonged delivery delays due to non-performance for more than three weeks? If so, explain the circumstances for the delays and list the contract number. Will you be able to provide pricing on FOB destination basis? If not, explain in detail how you will be unable to provide pricing on FOB destination basis? Do you have the transportation services/company to ship large volumes of granite orders using FOB destination? If this acquisition should be set-aside as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, will your company be able to meet the following clauses? FAR 52.219-27 NOTICE OF SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (NOV 2011) VAAR 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016) (DEVIATION) How long has your company manufactured these products? What services or products are sub-contracted? Please provide a breakdown of what your company sub-contracts. Please provide percentages of the work you will be providing as self-performed and sub-contracted. Business Category Name of Company Type of Service/Supply Large Small Disadvantaged Business** Total Small Business Woman Owned Small Business Hub Zone Small Business Veteran Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Are your products or services sub-contracted to a large business or another small business? Please submit electronic responses (via email) to Antionette Collins-Somerville at Antionette.Collins-Somerville@va.gov no later than 12:00 PM EST on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Please submit emails with compressed or small document attachments to ensure timely and successful submission. Submit any questions related to this RFI through email. QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANTICIPATED DATES FOR SOLICITATION RELEASE WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED. Disclaimer THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality, No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-JUN-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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