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D -- INSTALLATION AND REPAIR OF COPPER AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE FOR BOLLING AFB, DC SOL F49642-98-R0033 DUE 051298 POC Contact Patricia Reger, Contract Specialist (202)767-7946 or Shirley A. Norton, Contracting Officer (202)767-8095 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail, preger@mail.bolling.af.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items and services prepared in accordance with the format in 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. This solicitation number F49642-98-R0033 is issued as a request for proposal(RFP) and will result in an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) type contract with firm fixed-price burdened hourly labor rates with cost reimbursable CLINS for a base period from date of award through 30 Sep 98, with 2 one year options. The contract shall have a minimum value of $40,000.00 and a total maximum/ceiling of $3,000,000.00. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-04. This acquisition is being acquired on an Other Than Full and Open Competitive Basis and is open to eligible 8(a) companies pursuant to FAR 6.204. Contractors shall obtain all Exhibits and Attachments (twelve documents) cited herein via fax from the Contract Specialist above. Requests should be made immediately; confirmation of receipt of a legible fax is required. In order to be considered responsive, offerors must certify in writing that their proposal meets all requirements set forth in this solicitation, attachments included. The standard industrial classification code is 4813. Description of Requirement: The contractor shall provide all materials to include copper telephone and fiber optic cables (except for those specified as Government Furnished Materials), supplies, parts, labor, and contractor-owned tools, equipment, and incidentals for this procurement. Contractor shall install, maintain and test copper telephone and fiber optic cables on Bolling Air Force Base and all facilities occupied/supported by the 11th Wing in the National Capital Region as identified on individual task orders. A pre-proposal site-visit is scheduled on 5 May 98 at 09:00 EST. Offerors interested in attending must call the Contract Specialist for details. Delivery and Acceptance will be made as identified on individual task orders. Task Ordering Procedures: A. Request for Proposal. (1) When the Government has a requirement for work to be performed under this contract, the Contracting Officer (CO) shall submit a Request for Proposal notifying the Contractor of (i) the work to be performed, (ii) the desired performance schedule, and (iii) any other information as may be considered to be of assistance to the contractor in preparing a cost proposal. (2) The request for proposal shall not obligate the Government to issue task orders under this contract nor shall it authorize the contractor to perform any work pursuant to such request for proposal prior to receipt of a fully executed task order. B. Submission of Proposal. (1) Upon receipt of requests for proposal from the Contracting Officer(CO), the contractor shall (i) acknowledge receipt of the request, and(ii) furnish a proposal within fourteen calendar days unless otherwise specified by the CO. (2) Proposals shall be submitted in duplicate and shall include but not limited to the following: (a) Number of labor hours, cost of labor category and skill level. (b) Rationale for labor categories, skill levels and number of hours proposed. (c) Cost of material. (d) Schedule of performance. (3) Upon receipt of the proposal, the CO shall (i) issue a task order based upon the cost estimate furnished, or (ii) reject the contractor's proposal and return for revision, or (iii) reject the proposal and cancel the requirement. (4) Upon completion of any assigned tasks orders, the work performed will be inspected for Government Acceptance. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items, are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications—Commercial Items and DFAR 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with its offer. The FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items is hereby incorporated by reference. The clauses at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items apply to this acquisition, specifically, the following cited clauses are applicable: 52.222-41, 52.222-42 (See Attachment 11, U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determination Number 94-2103, revision 14), and 52.222-43. Additional FAR Clauses that are applicable are 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services, 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, 52.232 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment and 52.232-34 Optional Information for Transfer Payment, 52.232-18 Availability of Funds, 52.246-4 Inspection of Services Fixed Price, 52.216-18 Ordering (fill-ins -- (a) date of contract award through Sep 00), 52.216-19 Order Limitations (fill-ins- (a) $2500.00, (b)(1) $3M, (b)(2) $3M (b)(3) 7 days, (d) 7 days) and 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (fill-ins -- (d) 90 days after expiration date of the contract). The following DFAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items. BASIS FOR AWARD: The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation, is determined most advantageous to the Government, past performance, technical and price considered. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: technical, past performance and price. The evaluation will consider technical equal in importance to past performance and each higher than price. Offerors should provide the proposed technical approach and staffing plan to meet all requirements of the SOW and describe the risks associated with the SOW; describe any techniques, methods, and actions that will be used by the offeror to mitigate the risk(s) identified in the SOW and in the offeror's proposed technical approach and provide an explanation of whether the techniques and methods identified for risk mitigation have been successfully used by the offeror. An Initial Task and representative Sample Tasks are being issued as Attachments 4 through 8 to this solicitation. Offerors shall provide detailed proposals with price breakdowns in accordance with Attachment 2 of this solicitation to complete each task. Sample tasks will be used for evaluation but may or may not be awarded under the resultant contract. The Government will evaluate prices associated with all CLINs and the task proposals. The Government will evaluate the quality of the offeror's past performance in distinct and separate evaluation from the Contracting Officer's responsibility determination. Each offeror will be assigned a subjective rating for Performance Confidence Assessment. The assessment of the offeror's past performance will be used as a means of evaluating the relative capability of the offeror to successfully meet the requirements of the solicitation. The offeror shall describe its past performance on directly related or similar contracts held within the last five (5) years which are of similar scope, magnitude and complexity to that which is detailed in the solicitation. Offerors which describe similar contracts shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the similarity of the contracts to the requirements of the solicitation. The Government will consider Termination for Default, delinquencies, failure to comply with specifications and/or SOW requirements, cost overruns, amount of rework and any other information which reflects the overall quality of the offeror's past performance. The offeror shall provide the following information regarding past performance: contract number(s), name and reference point of contact (POC) at the federal, state or local gov't or commercial entityfor which the contract was performed, dollar value of the contract, detailed description of the work performed, names of subcontractor(s) and 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. The Government reserves the right to obtain information for use in the evaluation of past performance from any and all sources including sources outside the Government. Offerors lacking relevant past performance history will receive a neutral rating for past performance. 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 reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest priced offeror. The Government may incorporate all or part of the successful offeror's proposal in the final contract. As such it becomes public information releasable under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In order to protect proprietary information, the offeror shall identify any aspect of the proposal considered proprietary. The Govt reserves the right to award the contract without initiating discussions. Responses to this solicitation are due by 3:30 EST on 12 May 98. The proposal shall be signed by an official authorized to bind the company. Offerors shall submit four (4) copies of Volume I -- Price Proposal-Schedule B (Atch 2), representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3 and DFARS 252.222-7000)(copy to be provided to an offeror upon request); and Volume II -- Technical Proposal, Staffing Plan and Past Performance Data bound separately to be sent to 11 CONS/LGCA, Attn: Patti Reger, 500 Duncan Avenue, Room 250, Bolling AFB, DC 20332-0305 and should reference solicitation F49642-98-R0033. (0111)

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