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J -- FULL SERVICE MAINTENANCE SOL N00244-98-T-0011 DUE 091198 POC Point of Contact is Gwen Young, Contract Specialist at 619-532-2890; FAX 619-532-2347 WEB: Click here to learn more about FISC San Diego and additional, http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to submit your quote electronically or, gwen _young@sd.fisc.navy.mil. IMPORTANT NOTICE: (A) DFARS 252.204-7004 "Required Central Contractor Registration" applies to all solicitations issued on/after 6/1/98. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror/quoter INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD. Please ensure compliance with this regulation when submitting your quote. Call 1-888-227-2423 or visit the Internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil for more information. This procurement is unrestricted; all responsible sources may submit an offer. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR 13 and the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the ONLY solicitation; quotes are being requested and A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Solicitation number/RFQ N00244-98-T-0011 applies. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-13. The standard industrial code is 7378 and the business size standard is $18.0M. The agency need is for a contractor to provide Full-Service Maintenance on existing, government-owned IBM equipment as follows: There are 227 pieces of equipment located at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, CA (Site A); there are 96 pieces of equipment located at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) West, in Seaside, CA (Site B); there are 9 pieces of equipment located at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) East, in Arlington, VA (Site C); and there are 17 pieces of equipment located at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) East, in Arlington, VA (Site D). Period of Performance commences 10/1/98 through 9/30/99. Contractors are invited to submit their standard commercial terms, conditions, and Full Service Agreement criteria. Parties interested in quoting on this requirement may obtain the Government's suggested Statement of Work and equipment list by submitting their request either by e-mail or by fax (see the end of this notice for details) prior to the deadline for quotes (9/11/98 at 5 p.m.) The government intends to make a single, firm/fixed price award to the responsible offeror whose offer is the most advantageous to the government considering price and price-related factors. Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies with paragraph (a) completed as follows: (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation 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: (I) TECHNICAL CAPABILITY; (II) PAST PERFORMANCE; (III) PRICE. NOTE: The ability to meet technical capability requirements represents the MINIMUM criteria for acceptable award. Failure to meet this criteria shall render the quote to be technically unacceptable; technically unacceptable quotes shall NOT be considered for award. FACTOR I—TECHNICAL CAPABILITY: For purposes of this procurement, the Government will use technical proposals (quotes) to determine whether the quoter meets technical capability. Each quote will be evaluated on a greatest value basis in the following areas. Quoters shall, therefore, provide information that clearly demonstrates their ability to meet the technical capability requirements. 1) Availability of sources, 2) Specific knowledge/experience with the equipment to be maintained. Note: For evaluation purposes, the technical capability requirements stated above will be evaluated as a critical element in assessing the quoter's understanding of both required services/supplies, and the work effort required for implementation/performance. For evaluation purposes, Technical Capability and Past Performance are approximately equal in importance; the combination of Technical Capability and Past Performance is moderately more important than Price. FACTOR II -- PAST PERFORMANCE: Past Performance information submittedby quoters will be used to make a determination of whether the quoter has a satisfactory record of past performance. Quoters should, therefore, provide performance history and references to demonstrate satisfactory performance for at least three (3) prior similar contracts performed within the past year in the same geographical area in which services are to be performed. Information utilized in evaluation will be obtained from references identified by the quoter, as well as any other sources who may have relevant information. Quoters lacking relevant past performance data will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably for this factor. A proposal lacking past performance data may not represent the most advantageous proposal to the Government, and thus may be an unsuccessful proposal when compared to proposals of other quoters. Past Performance will be evaluated using the following adjectival ratings -- OUTSTANDING: No risk anticipated with delivery of quality product, on time, or of any degradation of performance, or lack of customer satisfaction based upon quoter's past performance. SATISFACTORY: Very little risk anticipated with delivery of quality product, on time, or of degradation of performance, or lack of customer satisfaction based upon the quoter's past performance. MARGINAL: Significant potential risk anticipated with delivery of quality product, on time, and of degradation of performance based upon the quoter's past performance. Technical Capability and Past Performance are approximately equal in importance; the combination of Technical Capability and Past Performance is moderately more important than Price. FACTOR III PRICE: For purposes of this procurement, the Government is using a greatest value analysis (GVA) technique. GVA is an acquisition strategy focusing on cost-performance tradeoffs to arrive at an affordable balance among performance and technical capability. The purpose of such cost-performance tradeoffs is to balance mission needs with available and projected resources, taking into account anticipated operational requirements and causing cost to become more of a constraint. Quoters are expected to provide a comprehensive technical approach in accordance with the Statement of Work, while remaining competitive in terms of pricing. QUOTERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT PRICE IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN THE EVALUATION OF QUOTES. For evaluation purposes, Price is moderately less important than the combination of Technical Capability and Past Performance, which are approximately equal in importance. The importance of Price as an evaluation factor will increase proportionally with the degree to which other proposals are equal in the remaining evaluation factors. Award will be made to that quoter whose quote represents the best value to the Government. Quoters are advised that Technical Capability/Past Performance may be the deciding factors for source selection, considering whether highly evaluated Technical Capability/Past Performance warrants a higher price. Similarly, Price may be the deciding factor for source selection when Price is so significantly high as to outweigh the value of superior Technical Capability or highly-rated Past Performance. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option/s. (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies as well as the following addendum clauses: FAR 52.211-5, Material Requirements; 52.232-18, Availability of Funds. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items applies with the following applicable clauses for paragraph (b): FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies with the following clauses applicable for paragraph (b): DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program. OFFERORS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND INCLUDE A COPYOF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS WITH THEIR PROPOSALS: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.222-48, Exemption from Application of Service Contract Act Provisions for Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, and/or Repair of Certain Information Technology, Scientific and Medical and/or Office and Business Equipment Contractor Certification. Note: The full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) can be accessed on the Internet at www.arnet.gov. Parties responding to this solicitation may submit their quote in accordance with their standard commercial practices (e.g. on company letterhead, formal quote form, etc.) but must include the following information: Company's complete mailing and remittance addresses, e-mail address, discounts for prompt payment, if any (e.g. 1% 10 days), the company's CAGE Code, Dun & Bradstreet number, and Taxpayer ID number. All FAR certifications and representations specified above must also accompany your quote. Quotes must be received no later than 5:00 PM, local time, 9/11/98, and will be accepted via fax (619-532-2347) or via e-mail (gwen_young@sd.fisc.navy.mil) ONLY. DO NOT mail. See Numbered Note(s) 13. Posted 09/04/98 (W-SN246503). (0247)

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