Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Dr., Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315

59 -- ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SIGNS (MARQUEE) FOR FOOTBALL STADIUM SOL F05611-98-T-2293 DUE 091898 POC TSgt Chris M. Vaccarella, Contracting Officer, 719-333-3961 17. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (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. This solicitation, F05611-98-R-2293, is issued as a request for proposal (RFP). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-07. This acquisition is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification Number is 3993 and the Business Size Standard is 500 employees. Small, Women-owned, and disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to submit offers. Line Item 0001 -- Provide and install two-(2) electronic display signs (marquees) for Falcon Stadium, United States Air Force Academy, Co. The offeror shall provide all labor, equipment, tools, materials, transportation, and supervision necessary to provide, prepare site, and install electronic display signs. The signs shall function back-to-back for dual viewing. Each sign shall be of an LED matrix with an approximate 7-1/2 feet by 15 feet display area, allowing 9 inch characters on 1-1/3 inch centers. The electronic display area shall provide for full live video, text and graphics capability. The LED's shall be of three colors: red, green, and blue, and provide 8 lines of 21 characters per line. 256 intensity levels for each color is required. Light intensity: 5000 Candelas Peremeters Squared or greater with a contrast ratio of 100:1 with the ability to automatically change light intensity to match ambient light. The overall area for each sign shall be a minimum of 10 feet by 20 feet and shall contain side panels to allow customized lettering to be changed as desired. The customized lettering color shall be translucent white. The overall color of the signs shall be "Strata blue". Manufacturer of this color paint is Sherwin Williams, P/N REX B54T104. Each sign shall be equipped with internally illuminated lettering, located above and below the LED display matrix. All computer software needed to program and operate the electronic display configuration shall be provided along with upgrades for the life of the sign. Software shall allow the user to develop and utilize custom text and graphics. Software shall be programmable to change/delete messages. Software to operate the displays shall be compatible with a Windows 95 operating system run on a Pentium-based computer. Any applicable software site license(s) shall be provided with the proposal. All software/hardware manuals shall be provided. A one-year warranty for parts, labor and installation is required for the signs, for all sign hardware/software from time the signs are made fully operational. Repair and operational assistance, above and beyond any warranty work, is required via a toll free number to the manufacturer. This number shall be available from 8:00AM to 5:00PM, Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), Monday through Friday, for the operational life of the sign. The offeror shall identify the offerors on-site training program and outline specifics. All training will take place on the United States Air Force Academy. At least eight-(8) hours of training shall be provided. Programming and operational training is required for four-(4) individuals. Hardware maintenance training is required for two (2) individuals. The awardee shall be notified seven-(7) calendar days before training is required. The contractor shall provide and install the foundation base for the new signs, performing all site preparation, digging, concrete work, landscaping, and electrical installation as required. The contractor is also required to obtain all necessary permits, licenses, and certifications necessary for successful performance of work. Digging permit shall be obtained prior to the commencement of any site work. Contact Civil Engineering at 719-333-3460 for information on obtaining a digging permit after contract award. Utility work shall be required to make the sign operational, to include the installation of a larger capacity transformer and associated breakers and panels as needed. The existing transformer is a 25kVA unit and the electrical distribution system will accommodate up to a 50kVA transformer at the work site. The 10th Communications Squadron (CS) will install all fiber optic and telephone lines from the work site to communication system manholes. The contractor shall be responsible for telephone line and fiber optic cable hook up from the communication system manholes. The CS will require the following information five (5) calendar days after contract award: the type of transceiver the marquees will use. In addition, the CS will run the fiber from patch panel in the Press Box to the patch panel in the marquee. They will also do the terminations but will not provide any of the equipment items in support of the marquee, such as the patch panels, transceivers, etc. Price includes providing, site workpreparation and installing signage (2 each), to include all associated software, one-year warranty, technical assistance, and required on-site training as specified herein: $ _______________. FOB destination delivery no later than _________________ (date to be filled in by the contractor), USAF Academy, CO. 80840. Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items. The following additional provisions and clauses apply: 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. Offerors are encouraged to submit offerors on the Standard Form 1449. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offerors whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors, in descending order of importance, shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Technical Requirements; 2) Delivery Capability; 3) Past performance; and 4) Price. Technical capability is considered the most important and shall be evaluated against the specifications set forth in this solicitation and specification sheet. To be technically acceptable, an offeror shall meet the Government's specifications. Offerors shall submit descriptive literature, technical features, and warranty provisions with their proposal. Each proposal shall be evaluated against the solicitation specifications and evaluated as follows: Exceeds solicitation requirements shall receive a (+) rating. Meets the solicitation requirements shall receive a (0) rating. Does not meet the solicitation requirements shall receive a (-) rating. Technical Requirements will then receive an overall score of (+), (0) or (-). Past performance is considered more important than price. Delivery Capability shall be evaluated against the offerors proposed delivery as stated in the solicitation. Past performance will be evaluated to ensure the offeror has performed similar work, with a similar project magnitude for the past five (5) years; satisfactory business practices, timely performance and overall customer satisfaction. Price will be considered as the least important factor. Price will be evaluated to determine its fairness, completeness, and reasonableness as it relates to the items offered. A complete copy of the FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, shall be submitted with the offer. FAR provision 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items and 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, to include clauses 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9 apply to this acquisition. Department of Defense FAR Supplement 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration; 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items; 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program (41 U.S.C. 10, E.O. 10582); 252.225-7036, North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Alt I); and 252.232.2009, Payment By Electronics Funds Transfer. Year 2000 Compliance Requirement: All information technology items must be year 2000 compliant, or non-compliant items must be upgraded to be year 2000 compliant by (NOTE: no earlier than 1 Oct 99, but not later than December 31, 1999). Year 2000 compliant means information technology that accurately processes dates/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999, 2000, and leap year calculation. Furthermore, year 2000 compliant information technology shall accurately process date/time data if the other information technology, shall accurately process date/time data if the other information technology properly exchanges date/time data with it. A copy of the specification sheet is available at the USAF Academy, 10 ABW Contracting Flight Home Page, USAF Business Opportunities, @ www.usafa.af.mil/lg/lgc. Offers are to be received at the Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315, no later than 3:00 P.M. (MDT) on 19 Sep 98. Contact Myrtice Moeglein, Contract Specialist, at 719-333-3600 or TSgt Chris M. Vaccarella, Contracting Officer, at 719-333-3961.****** Posted 09/04/98 (W-SN246530). (0247)

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