Commander, Military Sealift Command Pacific, 280 Anchor Way, Suite 1W, Oakland CA 94625-5010

58 -- SHIPBOARD TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR USNS SPICA (T-AFS 9) Sol N62383-96-R-2898 due 071996 Contact Patrick Dimla (510) 302-6351 or Contracting Officer, Linda Cho (510) 302-6345/FAX (510) 302-6346 Shipboard Service Telephone System. The Government will install the equipment board USNS SPICA (T-AFS 9). Provide manufacturer name, brand, model and part numbers (if any) and description of equipment and components being offered/proposed. 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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number N62383-96-R-2898 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-36. Contract Line Items are as follows, CLIN 0001 - Shipboard Telephone System, 1 lot. CLIN 0002 - Technical Documentation, 1 lot. This is an unrestricted procurement. Description of equipment, CLIN 0001 consists of the following equipment and quantity: Environmentally qualified cabinet (1), Solid State processors (Duplicated) (192 Port Capacity) (1), International Software package (1), Two hour reserve battery backup system (1), International Central Office Trunks (16), Digital Ports (expandable)(16), Analog Ports (expandable)(160), In-cabinet Audix (Voice Mail)(1), System Maintenance & Admin. Terminal (1), Analog Telephones (24), Digital Telephones (10), Main Cross-Connect Field (1), Connecting Blocks (adhesive mount)(35), Emergency Transfer Capacity (1), Remote Alarm Units (2), Sets System Documentation (2), Set Tools and Test Equipment (1), Shoreline boxes with protectors (2), Technical Documentation, CLIN 0002 shall be submitted for all equipment specified in CLIN 0001, in accordance with the best commercial format. Deliver equipment (CLIN 0001), and Technical Documentation (CLIN 0002), FOB Destination Military Sealift Command, Pacific, Naval Supply Center, Bldg 310, Door 8, Oakland, CA 94625-5010 by 26 July 1996. Target contract award date is 12 July 1996. The Provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are in descending order of importance: A) Past Performance, B) Delivery, C) Service Support, D) Warranty. Offerors shall submit the following information with their price proposal. A) Past Performance - List the contracts completed during the past three years. Include the following information for each contract: Name of customer, Point of Contact and telephone number, quantity and type of equipment sold, manufacturer's name, model numbers and/or part numbers, delivery/performance dates (scheduled and actual) and total value of contract. B) Delivery - Offeror shall provide best delivery of equipment, material and technical documentation (expressed in calendar days after receipt of notification of contract award) C) Service Support - Describe in detail, offeror's dispatch methods, notification process, on-call procedures and number of available technicians/engineers and ability to respond within 24 hours of notification of trouble to attend vessel while overseas. Also, include parts/components lead time for service support. D) Warranty - Describe offeror's warranty for equipment/material. Each offeror will be evaluated on his/her performance under prior contracts for similar products or services. Performance information will be used for both responsibility determinations and as an evaluation factor against which offeror's relative ranking will be compared to assure best value to the Government. The Government will focus on information that demonstrates quality of performance/products relative to the size and complexity of the procurement under consideration. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation is determined to be the best value to the Government, technical, performance risk, price and other factors considered. In selecting the best value, the following factors will be considered: Technical and Price to the Government. Price will not be a numerically weighted factor in the evaluation of the proposals, neither does the importance of price bear a linear relationship to the technical proposal nor to the offeror's past performance record. The importance of price in evaluation of award will depend upon the differences in evaluated technical quality among offerors, differences in each offeror's past performance history which demonstrated his/her ability to provide customer satisfaction at low to no performance risk and the offeror's ability to provide increased technical quality in performance of this contract. The price to the Government will be evaluated to determine realism and resonableness of proposed price. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at DFAR 252.212-7000, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. FAR Clause 52.214-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items applies as well as the following FAR and DFAR clauses which are applicable. FAR CLAUSES; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246), 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212), 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793), 52.225-3, Buy American Act - Supplies (41-U.S.C. 10), 52.225-9, Buy American Act - Trade Agreements Act - Balance of Payments Program (41 U.S.C. 10), 19 U.S.C. 2501-2582), DFAR CLAUSES; 252.225-7006. Any additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements, warranty requirements or GSA Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA) case number (see 48 CFR 201-39.106-4) determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices shall apply. Offers are due at 1000 hrs (Pacific), 19 July 1996 at Military Sealift Command, Pacific, 280 Anchor Way, Suite 1W, Naval Supply Center, Oakland, CA 94625-5010. Point of Contact is Patrick Dimla, Contracts Department, Code N102 Tel: (510) 302-6351, Fax (510) 302-6346. (185)

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