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

59 -- TRANSISTORS, CHOKES & CONNECTORS SOL 1PI-R-1565-00 DUE 032700 POC Barry M. Page, Contracting Officer, 202-305-3887, FAX: 202-305-7363/7365 WEB: Click here to download a copy of this 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-1565-00, 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 97-15. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. intends to enter into a five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract or contracts for the following commercial items: Line Item 0001 -- Choke, Part No: DWG#11732376-1, REV-C, NSN #5950-01-084-9260, UNICOR Part No. CHK0005, estimated maximum quantity: 2,100 each, guaranteed minimum quantity: 415 each; Line Item 0002 -- Transistor, Part No: DWG#11732742, REV-G, NSN #5961-01-082-1183, UNICOR Part No. TRS1549, estimated maximum quantity: 2,100 each, guaranteed minimum quantity: 415 each; Line Item 0003 -- Transistor, Part No: DWG#11732745, REV-G, NSN #5961-01-079-9288, UNICOR Part No. TRS1550, estimated maximum quantity: 6,000 each, guaranteed minimum quantity: 840 each; Line Item 0004 -- Connector, Part No: DWG#11732341, REV-E, NSN #5935-01-155-7728, UNICOR Part No. CTR13829, estimated maximum quantity: 2,100 each, guaranteed minimum quantity: 415 each. All drawings are specification control drawings. In accordance with FAR 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS, the minimum order limitation per delivery order for which the Government will be obligated to purchase and a contractor will be obligated to accept for any of the line items is 100 each. The maximum order limitations for each line item are as follows: Line Item 0001 -- 500 each; Line Item 0002 -- 4,400 each; Line Item 0003 -- 1,000 each; Line Item 0004 -- 600 each. A contractor will not be obliged to honor an order for any of the line items for quantities exceeding these maximum order limitations. Also a contractor will not be obliged to honor a series of orders for any of these items from the same ordering office within 20 days that together call for any quantities which exceed the respective maximum order limitations of the items. However, a contractor shall honor orders exceeding the maximum order limitations unless the order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within seven days after issuance with a written statement expressing the intent not to ship and the reason. In accordance with FAR 52.216-18 ORDERING, orders may be issued under a resulting contract from the date of award through five years thereafter. In accordance with FAR 52.216-22, INDEFINITE QUANTITY, a contractor shall not be obligated to make deliveries under a contract after 200 days beyond the contract expiration date for Line Item 0001 or 120 days beyond the contract expiration date for Line Items 0002 through 0004. Required delivery for Line Item 0001 is 200 days after contractor receipt of each order while the required delivery for Line Items 0002 through 0004 is 120 days after contractor receipt of each order. All deliveries will be FOB Destination to Federal Prison Camp, UNICOR Warehouse, I-17 North, Exit 225, Pioneer Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027-7058. Pursuant to FAR 52.211-16 VARIATION IN QUANTITY, no variation in the quantity ordered willbe accepted under this contract. 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 5065 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 52.211-14 NOTICE OF PRIORITY RATING FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE USE, any contract awarded as a result of this announcement will be rated DOA5. FAR 52.211-15, DEFENSE PRIORITY AND ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS, is also applicable. 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 52.211-1, AVAILABILITY OF SPECIFICATIONS LISTED IN THE GSA INDEX OF FEDERAL SPECIFICATIONS, STANDARDS AND COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTIONS, FAR 52.211-2, AVAILABILITY OF SPECIFICATIONS LISTED IN THE DOD INDEX OF SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS (DODISS), 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 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION and FAR 52.204-6 CONTRACTOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER -- DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER. The Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) for any resulting contract will be Steve Southall, Quality Assurance Specialist, UNICOR Phoenix. 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 accordancewith FAR 52.215-5 FACSIMILE PROPOSALS, facsimile proposals will be accepted and shall be addressed to Barry Page, Contracting Officer at facsimile #202-305-7363/7365. The due date and time for receipt of proposals is 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on March 27, 2000. 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. Drawings will be made available to all offerors requesting them. Such requests should be directed to the attention of Barry Page, Contracting Officer at facsimile #202-305-7363/7365. All clauses and provisions referenced in this announcement may be accessed at the following website: http://www.gsa.gov/far/current. NO CALLS PLEASE. See Notes 1 and 9. Posted 03/08/00 (W-SN432526). (0068)

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