Military Sealift Command, Pacific, Code N-10, 280 Anchor Way, Suite 1W, Oakland, CA 94625-5010

39 -- FORKLIFTS SOL N62383-97-R-22767 DUE 082997 POC Contact Patrick Dimla at (510) 302-6351 or Contracting Officer Linda Cho at (510) 302-6345 Material Handling Equipment -- Forklifts. Provide Four (4) wheel electric, 4,000 lb forklifts, 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 No. N62383-97-R-2767 is issued as a Request for Proposal(RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. Contract Line Items are as follows, CLIN 0001 consists of the following equipment and quantity: provide Ten(l0) 4-wheel, electric fork truck, sit down type, 4,000 lb capacity, UL rated FE, Solid tires, 36 volt electric system, Height of lowered mast not to exceed 76 inches, Height of overhead guard not to exceed 76 inches, Two stage free lift mast, Highest required lift 58 inches (one pallet hight), Sideshift capability, 48 inch pallet forks, Emergency brake, Seat operated dead-man type brake, Back-up alarm, Front and back working lights, Lifting padeyes, HOBART battery charger, Including recommended spare parts list and associated cost of spare parts kit to support each forklift, parts and maintenance capability in Guam, Sasebo Japan, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, San Diego, CA., Include S hours (single block, shipboard) of training/instruction in operation and maintenance for each forklift. Training will take place at the locations listed above. Minimum quantity -- 5 units, Maximum quantity -- 30 units, Evaluated Quantity -- 10 units. Contractor agrees to provide same unit price for minimum and maximum amounts. this will be a five (5) year contract with a base year and four (4) option years. The option to be exercised 30 days prior to the option year start date. The contract start date is 30 September 1997. Delivery will be FOB Destination to the locations listed above and quantities as follows: San Diego (1 unit), Singapore (1 unit), Sasebo, Japan (1 unit), Guam (1 unit), United Arab Emirates (1 unit). Delivery tine to FOB destination will be 45 days after receipt of delivery order. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to offerors -Commercial applies to this acquisition including any addenda to the provision. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are in descending order of importance: A) Past Performance, B) Service Support, C) Delivery, 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, model numbers, delivery/performance dates (scheduled and actual) and total value of contract. B) Service Support -- Describe in detail, offeror's dispatch methods, notification process, on-call procedures and number of available technicians/mechanics 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. C) Delivery -- Offeror shall provide best delivery of equipment, material and technical documentation (expressed in calendar days after receipt of notification of contract award) . D) Warranty -- Describe offeror's warranty for equipment. Each offeror will be evaluated on his/her performance under prior contracts for similar products. Performance information will be used for both responsibility determinations and as an evaluation factor against which offeror's relative rankings 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 being 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 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 5 ability to provide increased technical quality in performance of this contract. The price to the Government will be evaluated to determine realism and reasonableness of proposed price. Offeror's shall include a completed copyof the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and conditions-Commercial Items applies including any addenda to the provision. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies as well as any additional FAR clauses cited in the clause. Any additional contract requirements or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements or warranty requirements) determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating will apply. Offers are due 29 August 1997, 1100 hrs PDT at Military Sealift Command, Pacific, 280 Anchor Way, Suite 1W, Naval Supply Center, Bldg 310, Oakland, CA 94625-5010. Point of contact is Patrick Dimla, Contracts Department, Code NlO5B, Tel: 510-302-6351, Fax 302-6346. (0219)

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