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N -- IANTN UPGRADE AND INSTALLATION SOL N66001-99-R-5031 DUE 062199 POC Bill Ashley (619)553-4456 WEB: THIS IS A COMBINED SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS, http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil/. E-MAIL: CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATOR, washley@spawar.navy.mil. SOL N66001-99-R-5031 is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). This is a sole source combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA intends to solicit and negotiate a sole-source procurement with ComSoft Systems, McLean, VA on the basis of only one responsible source for the upgrade of the Inter-American Telecommunications Network (IANTN) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite network for the U.S. Navy hub at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico and approximately 13 remote sites in Central and South America. A copy of the Statement of Work is available upon request. The small business size standard is 1,000 and the SIC Code is 3571. See Numbered Note(s):22.The contractor shall provide cost for 0001 Network Upgrade Design, 0002 Network Upgrade Prototype Testing,0003 PITCO & Configure Equipmt.per site (13 sites), 0004 Project Management,0005 Hub Upgrade Installation, 0006 Remote Site Upgrade Installation (12 sites),0007 Travel & Per Diem: $37,426.00, 0008 Training at Hub (5 students min.)5 classes, 0009 Shipping $6,500.00. Any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation shall be effective from date of contract through 31 August 1999. Deliver to: RECEIVING OFFICER, SPAWARSYSCEN, 53560 HULL STREET, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92152-5410, Mark For: Code, Contract N66001-99-C-5026. The receiving office is open for deliverables Monday through Thursday from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. SOLICITATION PROVISIONS APPLICABLE: The provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-09 effective 29 December 1998. Incorporated by reference: FAR provision 52.212-1, (Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial Items) and FAR provision 52.212-4, (Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items). A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, is required as a part of the offer. The clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following clauses listed under para. (b) apply: 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government with Alternate I; 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns; 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. The DFARS clause at 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- - Commercial Items; applies to this procurement. The DFARS clause at 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items and the following clauses under para. (b) apply: 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. The following clauses also apply: DFARS 252.204-7004 REQUIRED CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (Mar 1998) (Incorporated in full text)DFARS 252.232-7009 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (CCR)(JUN 1998)(Incorporated in full text), FAR 52.215-20 REQUIREMENTS FOR COST OR PRICING DATA OR INFORMATION OTHER THAN COST OR PRICING DATA -- ALTERNATE IV (OCT 1997)(a) Submission of cost or pricing data is not required. (b) Provide information described below: Provide a complete breakdown of each clin and show the commercial items and services comprising the price proposed. The breakdown may include labor hours and materials, as applicable. Provide a basis for the commercial pricing proposed as indicated below.Commercial Item Pricing Information: For a commercial items, the offeror shall submit, at a minimum, information on prices at which the same item or similar items have previously been sold in the commercial market that is adequate for evaluating the reasonableness of the price for this acquisition. Such information may include -- (A) For catalog items, a copy of or identification of the catalog and its date, or the appropriate pages for the offered items, or a statement that the catalog is on file in the buying office to which the proposal is being submitted. Provide a copy or describe current discount policies and price lists (published or unpublished), e.g., wholesale, original equipment manufacturer, or reseller. Also explain the basis of each offered price and its relationship to the established catalog price, including how the proposed price relates to the price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities; (B) For market-priced items, the source and date or period of the market quotation or other basis for market price, the base amount, and applicable discounts. In addition, describe the nature of the market; (C) For items included on an active Federal Supply Service Multiple Award Schedule contract, proof that an exception has been granted for the schedule item. (2) The offeror grants the Contracting Officer or an authorized representative the right to examine, at any time before award, books, records, documents, or other directly pertinent records to verify any request for an exception under this provision, and the reasonableness of price. For items priced using catalog or market prices, or law or regulation, access does not extend to cost or profit information or other data relevant solely to the offeror's determination of the prices to be offered in the catalog or marketplace. TRAVEL AND PER DIEM EXPENSES(a) Travel expenses incurred in the performance of the contract will be reimbursed on the basis of actual costs when the facilities of a common carrier are used or on the basis of reasonable actual costs when performed by a privately owned vehicle not to exceed prevailing Joint Travel Regulation mileage rates. (b) Reimbursement for travel by commercial air transport in connection with the performance of work hereunder shall be reimbursed on the basis of cost, provided such reimbursement does not exceed the costs of jet coach, if such accommodations are available from established air carriers to destination, and there is a necessity for arrival there at a prescribed time schedule, and all other factors considered. (c) All such travel must be approved in advance by the Technical Coordinator and COR in writing. (d) If applicable, G&A or such other administrative costs may be added to travel or per diem expenses in accordance with the contractor's established policy. In no event, however, shall reimbursement be made hereunder in excess of amounts normally paid by the contractor to employees engaged in comparable functions the cost of which is not reimbursed under Government contracts, nor exceeding those costs considered acceptable pursuant to the provisions of the contract or by Subpart 31.2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation in effect on the date of this contract. YEAR 2000 WARRANTY -- COMMERCIAL SUPPLY ITEMS (MAR 1998) (SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO)The contractor warrants that each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered under this contract shall be able to accurately process date data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations to the extent that other information technology, used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges date/time data with it. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. The duration of this warranty and the remedies available to the Government for breach of this warranty shall be as defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of the contractor's standard commercial warranty or warranties contained in this contract, provided that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in such commercial warranty or warranties, the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include repair or replacement of any listed product whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the contractor in writing within ninety (90) days after acceptance. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than Year 2000 performance. Offer is due to SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO, Code D212; Attn:Bill Ashley, Contract Administrator, 53560 Hull Street, San Diego, CA 92152-5000, on or before 21 June 1999 no later than 3:00 p.m. local time. For information regarding the solicitation, contact Bill Ashley, Code D212, (619) 553-4456, Fax (619) 553-1062. Posted 06/03/99 (W-SN338765). (0154)

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