United States Marine Corps, Regional Contracting Office, Far East, PSC 557, P.O. Box 2000, FPO AP 96379-2000

U -- ZODIAC F470 INFLATABLE BOAT REPAIR COURSE -- TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION!! SOL M67400-98-R-0002 DUE 112597 POC Contact: GYSGT M. M. FRASIER, 011-81-6117-45-1504 OR 3974; FAX 011-81-988-93-6024/CONTRACTING OFFICER: JAMES D. GOODWIN!! WEB: zodiac boats rfp, http://www.usa.gov/procurement/index.html. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation M67400-98-R0002 is issued as a Request For Proposal (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-01. This acquisition is for Instructional Training for Maintenance of Zodiac, F470 Inflatable Boats, in accordance with U. S. Marine Corps Technical Manual TM 09665A-13 & P/1-1. CLIN 0001 -- Training for 15 students in 1st -- 4th echelons of maintenance for Zodiac, F470 Inflatable Boats. CLIN 0002- Reimbursable allowable and allocable costs in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 31.2. CLIN 0002AA- Non personal transportation costs. CLIN 0002AB- Travel costs (personal), lodging, meals, and miscellaneous cost based on 17 days. The contractor shall provide the training for the Special Operations Training Group, Headquarters & Service Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary force, Okinawa, Japan. The contractor shall provide all course material, all shipping cost for materials to and from Okinawa, Japan for each instructor. The contractor shall provide all required training aids, student handouts, students manuals, instructor manuals for each course and a certification document for each student who successfully completes the course. The contractor will not be responsible for items indicated as Government Furnished Property. Contractor's instructor shall be certified by Zodiac of North Amercia, Inc., as qualified to instruct in F470 repair and possess a valid, current (not issued prior to 1994) certification document; and must read, write and speak fluent English. The Government will make available the following: A classroom with adequated climate and humidity controlto support rubber repair gluing; a minimum of ten (10) Zodiac F470 inflatable boats for repair demonstrations; five (5) tables, approximately 60"X30" in size; twenty-four (24) chairs for classroom use; one (1) projector screen; and one (1) easel with paper. All periods of instruction shall be taught in such a manner as to include all information in accordance with U. S. Marine Corps Technical Manual TM 09665A-13 & P/1-1. Instruction (8 hour instructional days, Monday-Friday) shall acommence not earlier than January 3, 1998, and end not later than February 28, 1998. The actual date and time will be agreed upoon by the Contracting Officer's Representative and the contractor after contract award. Instructions shall be perforomed at the Special Operating Training Group, Boat Maintenance Facility, Bldg. 2865. Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Acceptance of completed course will be made at this location upon completion of schedulded training. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commerical Items (OCT 1995),applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commerical Items (OCT 1995), applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation that is the most advantageous offer to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors, listed in descending order of importance, will be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical Expertise. Offeror shall submit the educational background/level, years of teaching experience and certifications and credentials of each instructor. Each instructor shall be a certified Zodiac F470 Inflagable Boat Repair man, and have at the time of award at lease 2 years on in-classroom instructional time. (2) Price. The evaluation of this factor shall be based on comparison to costs of any know recent procurements of the same or similar items by this office or other commands; comparison of prices obtained on this solicitation; and comparison to catalog prices. (3) Past Performance; Offerors shall submit the following information concerning similar services furnished during the past 2 years: Name, adderss, telephone numbers, point of contact, total dollar amount of contracts or orders from Federal, State, Local Government agencies or private companies in which the offeror has performed similar services. In addition, the offeror may provide information of the problems encountered while performing those contracts or orders and the offeror's corrective action used to resolved those problems. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions, therefore, offerors are encourage to submit their best offer from a cost standpoit. The offeror is required to submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial items (OCTY 1995), with its offer. The submission shall have clearly indicated at the top of each page, "Other Cost Or Pricing Data." The contractor's format for arraying the data shall be used. At a minimum, the data will consist ofappropriate information on the prices at which the same item or similar items have previously been sold that is adequate for evaluating the reasonableness of the price. Any information submitted must support the price proposed. Include sufficient detail ir cross references to clearly establish the relationship of the information provided to the price proposed. Standard Form 1448, Proposeal Cover Sheet (Cost or Pricing Data Not Required), is a cover sheet for use by offerors to submit information to the Government when cost or pricing data are not required byt the contracting officer has requested information to help establish price reasonableness or cost realism. It will be provied to interested Contractors on request. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (OCT 1995), applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms Required to Implement Statuetes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items is incorporated into this acquisition. The following additional clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I (41 U. S.C. 253g and 10 U. S. C. 2402); far 52.210-10, Price and Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity (41 U. S. C. 4223); FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veterans and Vietnam Era Veternas (38 U. S. C. 4212); FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veternand and Veterans of the Vietnam Ear (38 U. S. C. 4212). Closing date will be November 25, 1997 at 1400 hours, Japan Standard time. For additional information, contact GYSGT M. M. Frasier at 011-81-6117-45-1504 or FAX 011-81-988-93-6024. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered.***** (0317)

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