Region 10, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Management Programs, Acquisition Team, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101

99 -- HAWORTH MODULAR FURNITURE MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOL RFQ-EPA-HAR166 DUE 111898 POC Joanne Shea, Contractual, Andrew Hendrickson, Technical, email address: Hendrickson,Andrew@epamail.epa.gov E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Shea.Joanne@epamail.epa.gov. COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR HAWORTH MODULAR FURNITURE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to procure the subject modular management services in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (under $100,000) authorized in FAR Part 13. This announcement constitutes a combined synopsis/solicitation, and a separate solicitation will not be issued. To obtain a copy of the statement of work email Joanne Shea, at Shea.Joanne@epamail.epa.gov. The solicitation includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 97-05. The Standard Industrial Code is 8999. This requirement is set-aside for small businesses. SIC 8999 dictates a small business earning $5m per year or less. BACKGROUND: This is the first year the EPA Region 10 is proposing to award a one year consolidated contract for all services related to the management of Haworth modular furniture. These services shall include: warehousing, installation and de-installation, storage and CAD design services. The EPA Seattle office is furnished with predominately Haworth Unigroup, with a small amount of Haworth Places. We are moving towards the Haworth Premise furniture and anticipate that all future orders will be in the Premise line. REQUIREMENTS: The contractor shall provide approximately 1000 square feet of storage space per month. Storage facility shall be within a 20 mile radius of the Seattle regional office. Warehousing services shall include: monthly computerized spreadsheet of stored inventory, shipping and receiving services, unwrapping and off-gassing of newly purchased product. Coordination with EPA Project Officer for installation and de-installation of modular furniture, CAD design services, layout and consulting services for design and installation of Haworth product, reconfigurations and minor adjustments. Contractor must be able to communicate electronically to transfer AutoCAD R14 drawings, spreadsheets and specifiers. Contractor shall provide assistance to EPA Project Officer to learn new Haworth components and how to apply to EPA's internal ACAD modular design work. Transportation services for product and installation services for the following EPA locations: Lacey, WA, Richland, WA, Port Orchard, WA, Spokane, WA, Yakima, WA, Boise, ID, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Portland, OR, LaGrande, OR. Approximately $250,000 (list price) worth of Haworth product is purchased per year. The EPA Seattle office occupies 9 floors of space. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The solicitation incorporates the EPA REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS OR QUOTERS (SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS. The award document will incorporate the requirements of the clause FAR 52.213-4, TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS. TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA: The technical portion of quotations will receive paramount consideration in selecting a vendor. However, price will also be a significant factor in the event that two or more vendors are determined to be essentially equal following the evaluation of technical factors. In any event, the Government reserves the right to make award to the vendor whose offer provides the greatest overall value to the Government. Offers will be evaluated based on the following technical evaluation criteria: Experience designing existing Haworth lines (25%) Experience installing existing Haworth lines (10%) Association with Haworth to keep knowledgable of Haworths emerging product lines, maintenance techniques and product safety alterations (20%) Experience warehousing modular furniture (10%) CAD design expertise, using Haworth icons (20%) Competence in producing accurate specifiers for newly ordered product (15%)OFFERS: The offer price must include all materials, labor hours, contractor personnel hourly rates, travel costs and total contract price. Indicate whether quote incorporates any GSA contract pricing. Offers must be accompanied with materials demonstrating that the offer and offeror meet the foregoing requirements and evaluation criteria. Offers and related material must be received in this office by 4:00 pm PST on November 18, 1998. Faxed or emailed bids accepted. If requesting a copy of the statement of work please indicate your name, address, telephone and email address. Posted 11/06/98 (W-SN269492). (0310)

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