Dept of Justice, Fed Prison Industries, 320 1st Street NW -- Material Mgt Branch, Washington, DC 20534-0001

59 -- CABLE SOL 1PI-R-1300-99 DUE 042199 POC Barry M. Page, Contracting Officer, 202-305-3887, FAX: 202-305-7363/7365 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the solicitation, http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/electronics/index.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, bpage@central.unicor.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is 1PI-R-1300-99, and this solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation shall be obtained at http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/electronics/index.html. Click on the solicitation number and adobe acrobat will download the package. All required forms are available by clicking on the "Forms" link at the bottom of this webpage. Offerors must submit the following forms: 1.) ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form; 2.) FPI9999.999-9 -- Business Management Questionnaire; 3.) SF1449 -- Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items; 4.) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. Any proposals that reject the terms and conditions of this announcement or do not include all of the required forms may be excluded from consideration. The solicitation document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. intends to enter into a five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity supply contract for the following commercial items: Line Item 0001 -- Cable (Light Fixture Cord Assembly), S03/12-600U, Drawing No. 6650-01076, UNICOR Part No. CBL2712, guaranteed minimum quantity: 26,676 feet, estimated maximum quantity: 140,400 feet; Line Item 0002 -- Cable (Loop Cord Assembly), S05/12-600V, Type S0, 5-Conductor, 12AWG, Drawing No. 6650-01073, UNICOR Part No. CBL3940, guaranteed minimum quantity: 115,520 feet, estimated maximum quantity: 608,000 feet. Funds will be obligated by individual delivery orders and not by the contract itself. Any supplies to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders by the United States Penitentiary, Lompoc, CA. Required delivery is within 90 days of contractor receipt of each delivery order and will be FOB Destination to UNICOR Lompoc. Line Item 0001 must be delivered in coils with multiples of 27 feet, and Line Item 0002 must be delivered in coils with multiples of 380 feet. UNICOR will pay only for multiples of 27 feet and 380 feet respectively and will not pay for any additional footage that is not divisible by these multiples. However, in accordance with FAR 52.211-16 VARIATION IN QUANTITY, UNICOR will accept overages of up to +5% above what is ordered for either line item provided the overage comes in a multiple of 27 feet for Line Item 0001 or 380 feet for Line Item 0002. If +5% of a quantity ordered by UNICOR does not equal the multiples specified for either of these line items, the contractor will be allowed to ship the next highest multiple. Variations in quantity below the quantities ordered by UNICOR are not acceptable. This material will be used to manufacture sub-assemblies for the Remote Area Lighting System (RALS) with NSN #6230-00-386-0935. In accordance with FAR 52.219-6 NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, this procurement is 100% set aside for small business concerns. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 5063 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The telephone contact for this acquisition is Barry Page, Contracting Officer at 202-305-3887. In accordance with FAR 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS, the minimum order limitations per delivery order for which the Government is obligated to purchase and the contractor is obligated to accept are 1,053 feet for Line Item 0001 and 4,560 feet for Line Item 0002. The maximum order limitations per delivery order are 35,100 feet for Line Item 0001 and 152,000 feet for Line Item 0002. The contractor will not be obliged to honor an order for either of these items for quantities exceeding these maximum order limitations. Also the contractor will not be obliged to honor a series of orders for either of these items from the same orderingoffice within 20 days that together call for quantities exceeding these maximum order limitations. However, the contractor shall honor orders exceeding the maximum order limitation unless the order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within seven days after issuance with a written statement expressing the contractor's intent not to ship and the reason. In accordance with FAR 52.216-18 ORDERING, orders may be issued under the resulting contract from the date of award through five years thereafter. In accordance with FAR 52.216-22, INDEFINITE QUANTITY, the contractor shall not be obligated to make deliveries under this contract after 90 days beyond the contract expiration date. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) No. 9000-0136 which expires September 30, 2001 applies to this solicitation under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The following clauses also apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, FAR 52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS OF SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT with its Alternate I, FAR 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, FAR 52.232-33 MANDATORY INFORMATION FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER PAYMENT and FAR 52.204-6 CONTRACTOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER -- DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER. Offerors may submit signed and dated Federal Express or hand delivered offers to UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Material Management Branch, 400 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, 7th Floor, Attn: Bid Custodian. In accordance with FAR 52.215-5 FACSIMILE PROPOSALS, facsimile proposals will be accepted and shall be addressed to Barry Page, Contracting Officer at 202-305-7363/7365. The due date and time for receipt of proposals is 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 21, 1999. Each proposal must contain the name, address and telephone number of the offeror as well as any discount terms that are offered and the remit to address (if different from the mailing address). All offerors must hold their prices firm for 60 calendar days from the due date specified for receipt of proposals. Incremental pricing will not be accepted. Any amendments hereby issued to this solicitation will be synopsized in the same manner as this solicitation and must be acknowledged by each offeror. Any proposals or modifications to proposals received after the specified due date for receipt of proposals will not be considered. In accordance with FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, evaluation of offers will be based 50% on past performance and 50% on price. Discounts for early payment, if offered, will not be considered in the price evaluation. In order for the Government to evaluate past performance, each offeror must submit references of at least five previously performed contracts on the FPI9999.999-9 Business Management Questionnaire. Each reference must contain the name, address and telephone number of the company or Government agency for which the contract was performed as well as a contact person from that company or agency and the contract number if applicable. The Government may make an award with or without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a price standpoint. A written notice of contract 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 specified expiration date of an offer, the Government may accept that offer unless a written notice of withdrawal is received prior to award. Offerors shall specify business size and classification as required in FAR 52.212-3. All clauses and provisions referenced in this announcement may be accessed at the following website: http://www.gsa.gov/far/current. Drawings for each line item are available upon request. Requests for drawings may be faxed to the attention of Barry Page, Contracting Officer at 202-305-7363/7365 or may be e-mailed to bpage@central.unicor.gov. See note #1. NO CALLS PLEASE***** Posted 04/05/99 (W-SN316459). (0095)

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