SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Unity Healing Center Internal Quality Assurance Review - 285-19-RFP-0010
- Notice Date
- 9/4/2019
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Nashville Area Office, 711 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, 37214
- ZIP Code
- 37214
- Solicitation Number
- 285-19-RFP-0010
- Archive Date
- 10/19/2019
- Point of Contact
- Ralph W Ketcher, Phone: 615.467.1516, Donavan Yazzie,
- E-Mail Address
-
ralph.ketcher@ihs.gov, donavan.yazzie@ihs.gov
(ralph.ketcher@ihs.gov, donavan.yazzie@ihs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- SF-1449 and solicitation package documents (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6 of the FAR and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation number 285-19-RFP-0010 applies, and is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-101. (iv) This requirement is a total Small Business set-aside and the associated NAICS is 541990 with small business size standard of $15M. (v) See the attached Additional Terms and Conditions - Section B, for the pricing structure. (vi) This firm-fixed-price contract support requirement is to: (a) identify facts relating to IHS's policies and procedures regarding the reporting of allegations of sexual abuse of IHS patients by clinical staff; (b) identify any possible process or system failures and the contributing causes of any such process or system failures; and (c) make recommendations for improvement. See the attached Additional Terms and Conditions - Section C, for further details. (vii) Delivery and acceptance terms for this order is FOB Destination. (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Oct 2018) applies to this acquisition. (ix) 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014) (a) 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: 1) Technical Capability; 2) Management Approach & Key Personnel; 3) Relevant Past Performance; and 4) Price. Technical Factors, when combined, are more important than price. All non-price factors are of equal importance. See the attached Additional Terms and Conditions - Section L & M, for details. (x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Oct 2018), with its offer. The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. (xi) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (Oct 2018) applies to this acquisition. The following addendum applies: only electronical invoicing will be accepted. (xii) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -Commercial Items (Jan 2019) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)). (2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91). (3) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015) (4) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553). (5) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)). (b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402). (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509). (3) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). (4) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644). (5) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2018) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)). (6) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)). (7) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)). (8) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). (9) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). (10) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018) (E.O. 13126). (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015). (12) (i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246). (ii) Alternate I (Feb 1999) of 52.222-26. (13) (i) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (14) (i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793). (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (16) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). (17) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (JAN 2019) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627). (18) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015). (E. O. 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.) (19) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513). (20) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management (Oct 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332). (21) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a). (c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.). (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). (3) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). (4) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O. 13658). (5) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706). (6) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). (End of Clause) (xiii) 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) / 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998). This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions and contract clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its proposal or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions/ clauses, the offeror may identify the provision/clauses by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its proposal or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision and clause can be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.acquisition.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Unity Healing Center, 448 Sequoyah Trail Drive, Cherokee, North Carolina, 28719, United States
- Zip Code: 28719
- Zip Code: 28719
- Record
- SN05429846-W 20190906/190904230901-899db963052a6d11725d26307407e704 (fbodaily.com)
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