FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, 700 Robbins Ave, Bldg 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5083

W -- LEASE OF MAN-LIFTS SOL N00140-98-R-0501 DUE 022098 POC Point of Contact -- M. Pressley, Contract Specialist, 215/697-9683, Contracting Officer, J. O'Sullivan E-MAIL: CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE BID OFFICER, SYNOPSIS@PHIL.FISC.NAVY.MIL. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared I/a/w the format prescribed in Subpart 12.6 of the FAR, as supplemented with add'l info included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the solicitation for the required items. Proposals are hereby requested under RFP N00140-98-R-0501; a subsequent solicitation document will not be issued. FISC Det Phila intends to lease, on a total small business set-aside, TEN SELF-PROPELLED MAN-LIFTS FOR SUBMARINE BASE GROTON, CT. Award of a firm fixed price indefinite quantity contract is contemplated. The standard industrial classification code is 7359. 0001: RENTAL OF 4 EACH MANLIFTS -- for period 1May 98 thru 30 Sep 98 (I/a/w Manlift Specification A below); 0002: RENTAL OF 4 EACH MANLIFTS -- for period 1May 98 thru 30 Sep 98 (I/a/w Manlift Specification B below); 0003: RENTAL OF 2 EACH MANLIFTS -- for period 1May 98 thru 30 Sep 98 (I/a/w Manlift Specification C below); 0004: OPTION FOR CLIN 0001 -- for period 1 Oct 98 thru 30 Sep 99; 0005: OPTION FOR CLIN 0002 -- for period 1 Oct 98 thru 30 Sep 99; 0006: OPTION FOR CLIN 0003 -- for period 1 Oct 98 thru 30 Sep 99; Additionally, an option to purchase equipment is incorporated. The offeror shall state the purchase price or provide a formula which shows how the purchase price will be established at the time of purchase. The purchase conversion cost of the equipmentshall be computed as of the effective date specified in the unilateral modification required to purchase equipment, on the basis of the purchase price set forth in the contract, minus the total purchase option credits accumulated during the period of lease or rental, calculated by the formula provided by offeror with his original proposal. The accumulated purchase option credits available to determine the purchase conversion cost will also include any credits accrued during a period of lease or rental of the equipment under any previous Government contract if the equipment has been on continuous lease or rental. Themovement of equipment from one site to another site shall be "continuous rental." MANLIFT SPECIFICATION A: On-call maintenance is required for each manlift. This maintenance shall provide an 8-hour response time to trouble calls and a replacement manlift, if manlift will not be functioning and available for use within 24-hours of the trouble call. Manlift are to be delivered to and picked up at: U.S.N. Drydock "Oakridge", Pier 17 South -- Lower Base, Naval Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut 06349. Manlifts shall conform to the following requirements: diesel or gasoline powered; 15 gallon minimum fuel capacity; articulating boom w/zero degree tail swing; audible and visual travel warning signals; pneumatic, solid, or foam-filled tires; 60 foot maximum acceptable working height; 45 feet minimum acceptable working height; 175 pounds minimum required platform capacity; 500 pounds maximum required platform capacity; 26,000 pounds maximum acceptable overall weight; 8 feet minimum acceptable wheelbase; 25 degree minimum acceptable grade ability; 1 mph minimum acceptable speed; 3 mph maximum acceptable speed; 8 feet maximum acceptable inside turning radius; 14 feet maximum acceptable outside turning radius; 2 feet minimum acceptable ground clearance. Equipment will be used for multiple shifts per day -- will be used for some hydroblasting. MANLIFT SPECIFICATION B: On-call maintenance is required for each manlift. This maintenance shall provide an 8-hour response time to trouble calls and a replacement manlift, if manlift will not be functioning and available for use within 24-hours of the trouble call. Manlifts are to be delivered to and picked up at: U.S.N. Drydock "Shippingport", Pier 15 South -- Lower Base, Naval Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut 06349. Manlifts shall conform to the following requirements: diesel or gasoline powered; 15 gallon minimum fuel capacity; articulating boom w/zero degree tail swing; 25 foot minimum acceptable length w/boom stored; 7 foot minimum acceptable height w/boom stored; audible and visual travel warning signals; foam-filled tires; 4 foot minimum acceptable working height; 50 foot maximum acceptable working height; 200 pound minimum required platform capacity; 500 pound maximum required platform capacity; 19,000 pound maximum acceptable overall weight; 8 feet minimum acceptable wheelbase; 20 degree minimum acceptable grade ability; 1 mph minimum acceptable speed; 3 mph maximum acceptable speed; 8 feet maximum acceptable inside turning radius; 14 feet maximum acceptable outside turning radius; 2 feet minimum acceptable ground clearance. Possibility of equipment being used for multiple shifts -- will be used for some hydroblasting. MANLIFT SPECIFICATION C: On-call maintenance is required for each manlift. This maintenance shall provide an 8-hour response time to trouble calls and a replacement manlift, if manlift will not be functioning and available for use within 24-hours of the trouble call. Manlift are to be delivered to and picked up at: Public Works Department, Maintenance Support Branch, Building #406, Naval Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut 06349. Manlifts shall conform to the following requirements: diesel or gasoline powered; 15 gallon minimum fuel capacity; articulating boom w/zero degree tail swing; audible and visual travel warning signals; pneumatic, solid, or foam-filled tires; 16 foot minimum acceptable working height; 66 foot maximum acceptable working height; 200 pounds minimum required platform capacity; 500 pounds maximum required platform capacity; 8 degree minimum acceptable grade ability; 1 mph minimum acceptable speed; 3 mph maximum acceptable speed. Possibility of equipment being used for multiple shifts. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Eval-Commercial Items: The Govt intends to make an award 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: price and past performance; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders: Paragraph (a) and the following numbered subparagraphs under paragraph (b) of this clause apply: (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and paragraphs (d) and (e); FAR 52.204-4 Printing/Copying Double-sided on Recycled Paper; FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options; 52.216-18 Ordering (filled in as: 1 May 1998 thru 30 Sep 1998); 52.216-19 Delivery-Order Limitations (filled in as: 10 each, 10 each, 30 days, and 5 days); 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (filled in as : 30 Sep 1999); 52.207-5 Option to Purchase Equipment. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 97-03. The following Defense FAR Supplement (DFAR) provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation are incorporated by reference: DFAR 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; and DFAR 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items: Paragraph (a) and the following clauses referenced under paragraph (b) of this clause apply: DFAR 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities, DFAR 252.225-7028 Exclusionary Policies and Practices of Foreign Governments, and DFAR 252.233-7000 Certification of Claims and Requests for Adjustment or Relief; DFAR 252.219-7006 ALTERNATE I Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns; and paragraph (c). Past Performance Proposal -- is to include all data and information required for evaluation, and exclude any reference to the pricing aspects of the offer. Each page of each copy should be affixed with the following legend: Source Selection Information -- See FAR 3.104. In the event any portion of the past performance proposal is written by anyone who is not a bona fide employee of the firm submitting the proposal, a certificate to this effect shall be furnished which shall be signed by a responsible officer of the offeror and shall also identify the person's name, employment capacity, the name of the person's firm, the relationship of that firm to the offeror, and the portion of the technical proposal the person wrote. Any offeror who will be submitting CLASSIFIED data in their past performance proposal shall first notify the Center by contacting the point of contact for this solicitation. CLASSIFIED data that is forwarded as part of an offeror's proposal must be housed in its own binder, separate from the unclassified portion. The offeror shall describe its past performance on similar contracts it has held within the last five (5) years which are of similar scope, magnitude and complexity to that which is detailed in the RFP or affirmatively state that it possesses no relevant directly related or similar past performance. Offerors who present similar contracts should provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the contracts to the requirements of the RFP. The offeror should provide the following information regarding its past performance: A. Contract number(s), B. Name and phone number of a point of contact at the federal, state, local government or commercial entity for which the contract was performed, C. Dollar value of the contract, D. Detailed description of the work performed, E. Names of subcontractor(s) used, if any, and a description of the extent of work performed by the subcontractor(s), and F. The number, type and severity of any quality, delivery or cost problems in performing the contract, the corrective action taken and the effectiveness of the corrective action. Award will be made to the eligible, responsible offeror whose total offer, conforming to the solicitation, is determined most advantageous to the Govt, price and past performance considered. The eval will consider past performance significantly less important than price. The Govt reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest priced offeror. The Government reserves the right to obtain information for use in theevaluation of past performance from any and all sources including sources outside of the Government. Offerors lacking relevant past performance history will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. However, the proposal of an offeror with no relevant past performance history, while rated neutral for past performance, may not represent the most advantageous proposal to the Government and thus, may be an unsuccessful proposal when compared to the proposals of other offerors. The offeror must provide the information requested above for the past performance evaluation or affirmatively state that it possesses no relevant directly related or similar past performance. The Government will consider the quality of offerors' past performance. This consideration is separate and distinct from the Contracting Officer's responsibility determination. The assessment of the offeror's past performance will be used as a means of evaluating the relative capability of the offeror and other competitors to successfully meet the requirements of the RFP. In determining the rating for the past performance evaluation factor, the Government will give greater consideration to the contracts which the Government feels are most relevant to the RFP. As a minimum, vendors should provide this office: a price proposal on letterhead or a SF1449 for the requested items with unit price, extended price, past performance info, how purchase option credits accumulatetoward purchase price, prompt payment terms, remittance address, and include a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3 and DFARS 252.212.7000 with their offer . For information regarding the solicitation call Marie Pressley, (215)697-9683. Offers shall be received in the bid room or in the depository located in the bid room at FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, BLDG 2B, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111 no later than 4 P.M.(local time, Phila, PA) on 20 Feb 98. All responses should be directed to the Bid Control Officer at the address shown above, Attn: Code 02P52F at (215) 697-9723 and reference solicitation number N00140-98-R-0501. (0043)

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