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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 8,1999 PSA#2427Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Regional Contracts Dept, Attn: Bid
Officer/Code 210A94, 937 N. Harbor Drive, Suite 212, San Diego, CA
92132-0212 J -- FULL SERVICE MAINTENANCE SOL N00244-99-T-B394 DUE 091099 POC
Point of Contact is Gwen Young, Contract Specialist at 619-532-2890;
FAX 619-532-2347; email gwen_young@sd.fisc.navy.mil WEB: Click here to
access an electronic copy of the RFQ., http://www.neco.navy.mil.
E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via,
gwen_young@sd.fisc.navy.mil. IMPORTANT NOTICE: 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://www.ccr2000.com/ for more information.
This procurement is unrestricted; all responsible sources may submit an
offer. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items
prepared in accordance with FAR 13 and the format in FAR Subpart 12.6,
as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.
Solicitation number/RFQ N00244-99-T-B394 applies; an electronic copy of
the RFQ can be accessed at http://www.neco.navy.mil. This solicitation
document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect
through all Federal Acquisition Circulars and Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulations Supplement 1998 Edition including updates
through today's date. The standard industrial code is 7378 and the
business size standard is $18.0 million (annual sales). The agency need
is for a contractor to provide Full-Service Maintenance on existing,
government-owned IBM equipment as follows: There are 232 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 10/1/99 through 9/30/00.
Contractors are invited to submit their standard commercial terms,
conditions, and Full Service Agreement criteria. Quoters should price
in accordance with their standard billing procedures; e.g. if you bill
monthly, pricing should reflect monthly charge for each piece of
equipment. Please indicate actual method, e.g. $000.00 per
month/quarter/annum. Also note: the government pays ONLY in arrears.
Please review FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer
Central Contractor Registration. 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 only
(see the end of this notice for details) or may access an electronic
copy at http://www.neco.navy.mil prior to the deadline for quotes
(9/10/99 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 these 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 submitted by 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 that may have relevant information. Quoters lacking relevant
pastperformance 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; FAR 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; and FAR 52.232-33, Payment by
Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration. DFARS
252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial
Items, and DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required
to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense
Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies. OFFERORS ARE REQUIRED TO
COMPLETE AND INCLUDE A COPY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISION WITH THEIR
PROPOSALS: FAR 52.212-3 Alt I, Offeror Representation and
Certifications-Commercial Items. 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 COPY OF 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: IMPORTANT INTERNET ADDRESSES: 1)
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) at http://www.arnet.gov/far; 2)
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) at
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html; and 3) Navy Electronic
Commerce On-Line (NECO) at http://www.neco.navy.mil/ to access a copy
of the RFQ electronically. Parties responding to this solicitation must
include the following information: 1) Company's complete mailing and
remittance addresses, the company's CAGE Code, Dun & Bradstreet number
(DUNS), and Taxpayer ID number. Reference RFQ number on all
correspondence. Quotes must be received no later than 5:00 PM, local
time, 9/10/99, and will be accepted via e-mail ONLY. DO NOT mail. See
Numbered Note(s) 13. Posted 09/03/99 (W-SN376192). (0246) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0057 19990908\J-0012.SOL)
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