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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 SAM #7233
SOLICITATION NOTICE

58 -- Commercial Cable Television Services

Notice Date

9/18/2021 5:16:20 PM
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

515120 — Television Broadcasting
 

Contracting Office

CONTRACTS AND ACQUISTIONS MANAGEMEN WASHINGTON DC 20202 USA
 

ZIP Code

20202
 

Solicitation Number

91991521R0007
 

Response Due

9/23/2021 2:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

10/08/2021
 

Point of Contact

Tirene Crowell, Phone: 202-453-7459, Jeremy Cook, Phone: 2022134387
 

E-Mail Address

tirene.crowell@ed.gov, jeremy.cook@ed.gov
(tirene.crowell@ed.gov, jeremy.cook@ed.gov)
 

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is 91991521R0007 and is issued as a Request for Proposals. �Attached are the Statement of Work and Attachments to assist in building a quotation including the channels that that must be offered.� No channels beyond those identified are required and should be excluded to ensure the best possible quotation. This requirement is open to all. �Clause Applicability ? The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors � Commercial is applicable to this acquisition. ? The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items is not applicable to this acquisition. ? The provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. Please include a completed copy of the provision with the proposal. ? The provision at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions � Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. � ? The provision at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders � Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. The following clauses within 52.212-5 to apply to the contract: ����������� 52.224-3 Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (Jan 2021) ����������� 52.225-5 Trade Agreements (Oct 2019) ����������� 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018) The full text of the referenced FAR clauses may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/. � The following clauses apply to this contract and are provided in full text: 52.204-22 ALTERNATIVE LINE ITEM PROPOSAL (JAN 2017) (a) The Government recognizes that the line items established in this solicitation may not conform to the Offeror`s practices. Failure to correct these issues can result in difficulties in acceptance of deliverables and processing payments. Therefore, the Offeror is invited to propose alternative line items for which bids, proposals, or quotes are requested in this solicitation to ensure that the resulting contract is economically and administratively advantageous to the Government and the Offeror. (b) The Offeror may submit one or more additional proposals with alternative line items, provided that alternative line items are consistent with subpart 4.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.� However, acceptance of an alternative proposal is a unilateral decision made solely at the discretion of the Government. Offers that do not comply with the line items specified in this solicitation may be determined to be nonresponsive or unacceptable. (End of provision) 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. (End of Clause) 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 36 months. (End of Clause) 3452.201-70 CONTRACTING OFFICER`s REPRESENTATIVE (COR) (MAY 2011) (a) The Contracting Officer`s Representative (COR) is responsible for the technical aspects of the project, technical liaison with the contractor, and any other responsibilities that are specified in the contract. These responsibilities include inspecting all deliverables, including reports, and recommending acceptance or rejection to the contracting officer. (b) The COR is not authorized to make any commitments or otherwise obligate the Government or authorize any changes that affect the contract price, terms, or conditions. Any contractor requests for changes shall be submitted in writing directly to the contracting officer or through the COR.� No such changes shall be made without the written authorization of the contracting officer. (c) The COR`s name and contact information: TBD (d) The COR may be changed by the Government at any time, but notification of the change, including the name and address of the successor COR, will be provided to the contractor by the contracting officer in writing. (End of Clause) 306-1c INVOICE AND CONTRACT FINANCING REQUESTS SUBMISSION - IPP (MAY 2018) (a) Payments shall be rendered in accordance with the identified payment schedule(s), and any other incorporated payment clause(s), specified rates and/or fixed price amounts. (b) The Contractor shall submit invoices electronically by means of the web-based system, Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), which can be accessed at IPP.for.fiscal.treasury.gov. All submitted invoices must be accompanied by supporting documentation in accordance with the contract's terms and conditions. The supporting documentation shall be submitted in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat (pdf), Microsoft Word (doc), Pictures (jpeg), Microsoft Excel (excel), or Microsoft Outlook message (msg). (c) Invoice Number Format - The format for the invoice shall be the contract number followed by the invoice number. The invoice number shall have no spaces, dashes, or other special characters. The invoice number cannot exceed 21 characters. An example of an acceptable invoice number format follows: Contract Number: 91990018C0001 Contractor's Invoice No.: 15897126341 IPP Invoice No.: 91990018C000115897126 (Note that the last three digits [""341""] from the Contractor's invoice number were removed due to the 21 character limitation.) (d) If the Contractor has not already established an IPP account that is active, an IPP account will be automatically created on behalf of the Contractor. The automatically created IPP account will be issued to the Designated Primary Administrator, which will be the individual that has been identified in the ""Accounts Receivable POC"" section of the Contractor's System for Award Management (SAM) registration located at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. (e) Within ten (10) business days of the Contractor entering or updating the Accounts Receivable POC information within the Contractor's SAM registration, the Designated Primary Administrator will receive an email from the IPP Customer Support Team containing the Designated Primary Administrator's IPP username. Within 24 hours of receiving the initial email, the Designated Primary Administrator will receive a second email containing their IPP password. Once both emails have been received, the Designated Primary Administrator must log into IPP and complete the registration process. (f) The Contractor's Designated Primary Administrator will be authorized to further designate other administrators under the Contractor's IPP account who may submit invoices on behalf of the Contractor. (g) The Contractor must ensure that the ""Accounts Receivable POC"" section of its SAM registration is accurate and up to date. (h) In the event that an invoice is rejected, the Contractor shall make the necessary corrections and resubmit the invoice by means of IPP. Any questions, concerns, or issues regarding the use of IPP should be directed to the IPP Customer Support Team, as identified at http://www.ipp.gov/. ? The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-07 dated 10 Sep 2021, even if the provision or clause is not contained in the model contract. Base�Period of Performance: 09/30/2021 - 09/29/2022 CLIN 0001:�Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) Building Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the LBJ Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. CLIN 0002:�Potomac Center Plaza (PCP) Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the PCP Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. CLIN 0003:�Union Center Plaza (UCP) Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the UCP Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. Option Year 1�Period of Performance: 09/30/2022 - 09/29/2023 CLIN 1001:�Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) Building Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the LBJ Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. CLIN 1002:�Potomac Center Plaza (PCP) Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the PCP Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. CLIN 1003:�Union Center Plaza (UCP) Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the UCP Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. Option Year 2�Period of Performance: 09/30/2023 - 09/29/2024 CLIN 2001:�Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) Building Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the LBJ Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. CLIN 2002:�Potomac Center Plaza (PCP) Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the PCP Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. CLIN 2003:�Union Center Plaza (UCP) Cable Services.� The Department requires the technical and management capability to feed commercial cable television (CATV) programming channels to the UCP Building. The capability shall be scalable based on occupancy of buildings and need of CATV services in common areas and user spaces. Instructions to Offerors in addition to FAR 52.212-1: Interested parties are instructed to submit a quote that is composed of the following volumes: Volume I-Technical Quote Volume II-Business Quote Technical Quote: The Technical Quote shall not be limited in page count and in order to be determined acceptable, the technical approach shall be in compliance with Federal Communication Commission standards. The Technical Quote shall be arranged in the following sections: 1. Introduction. The Introduction should briefly provide an impression of the Offeror�s general understanding of the tasks and approach to accomplishing them. 2. Technical Approach. This section shall elaborate in detail how the tasks set forth in the SOW will be accomplished. This section shall include step-by-step actions that will be taken, identify resources and data that will be leveraged, proposed criteria that will be applied and metrics that would be reported. Business Quote: There are no page limitations governing the business quote and certified cost and pricing data is not being requested as part of the business quote. The vendor shall provide a complete price buildup for the firm fixed-price contract line-item numbers (CLINs) identified in the solicitation and/or be able to provide a complete price build-up for the Task and Sub-Tasks identified in the Performance Work Statement. Offerors will be required to provide a price build-up to reflect the breakdown by task, complete with the price buildup for each task. Failure to follow instructions may result in the offer being declared non-responsive. Interested parties may submit clarification questions by email to Mr. Roscoe Price at Roscoe.price@ed.gov; with a courtesy copy to Mr. Jeremy Cook at jeremy.cook@ed.gov no later than 9:00AM EST, Tuesday, September 22, 2021.. All clarification questions received on or before this date will be responded to via Amendment. Any questions received after this date may not be answered. The RFQ will close on at 3:00PM, EST, Thursday, September 23, 2021. Any quote received after this time may be deemed non-responsive and not evaluated. The date/time stamp affixed to the e-mail received by the contracting office shall be the official receipt date and time. Offerors are solely responsible for determining how much time they will need based upon the size of their electronic quote files to completely transmit the electronic copies of their quotes to the Department. The subject line for electronic file transmissions shall state the solicitation number, the name of the Offeror and the specific quote file being submitted (i.e., Technical, Business, or Past Performance). In addition, if the electronic copy of the quote is divided into multiple transmissions in order to successfully transmit the electronic files, the subject line shall indicate the total number of transmissions and which specific transmission is being sent at that time (e.g., 1 of 4, 3 of 5, etc.). Emailed quotes must not exceed twenty (20) megabytes (MB) due to the likelihood that the Microsoft Exchange server will reject the email, or the quote could be held up in the Department's spam software. If the quote exceeds 20 MB, the Offeror must divide the submission into multiple emails. A copy of FAR Clause 52.212-3 with Alt I, Contractor Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, must be completed and submitted with quotation. By submission of a quote, offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in SAM prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this RFQ. Vendors must follow FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. Vendors must follow FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be considered for award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. Registration must be ""ACTIVE"" at the time of award.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/60e2ed676376499ca8dee082fa0d6514/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Washington, DC 20202, USA

Zip Code: 20202

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06137500-F 20210920/210918230107 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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