Regional Contracting Department (Code 201), Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, 1942 Gaffney Street, Ste 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-4549

68 -- POOL CHEMICALS SOL N00604-00-T-A127 DUE 032700 POC Mary McFeely, Contract Specialist, (808) 473-7538; Joseph Saunders, Contracting Officer E-MAIL: Contract Specialist e-mail address, Mary_K_McFeely@pearl.fisc.navy.mil. Pool Chemicals. This solicitation is unrestricted; all responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Streamline Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number N00604-00-T-A127 applies and is issued as a Request for Quotations. This document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15 and Defense Change Notice 2000210. The standard industrial code is 5091 and the business size standard is 100 employees. This requirement is for an indefinite delivery requirements with fixed priced provisions for five contract line items (CLINs). Line item 0001: Est Qty-696 drums peryear; Item description: Calcium Hypochloride Tablets; size 50.31#; N200 3" blue tablets unbalanced = 65% available chlorine; 35% inert (includes 5.5 moisture); 100 pound plastic drum. Line item 0002: Est Qty-48 drums per year; Item description: Calcium Hypochloride Granulars; white, free-flowing powder (solid); bulk density: 65 67 pounds per cubic foot; 35% inert (includes 5.5 moisture); 100 pound plastic drum. Item 0003: Est Qty-384 drums per year; Item description: Cyanuric Acid, white, free flowing granular (solid), particle size: 10 40 mesh; bulk density: 51.0 54.0; purity: 98.5% min; moisture 0.5% maximum; PH: 1.0% solution; 45 pound plastic drum. Item 0004 Est Qty-84 bottles per year; Item description: Muriatic Acid; inhibited 5.5; clear liquid, 1 gal plastic bottle. Item 0005 Est Qty-16 bottles per year; Item description: Clarifier for pools; cationic polymer, 16 ounce bottle. Each CLIN is to be quoted on a fixed price basis for each of the following periods: 1) Base Period 01 April 2000 31 March 2001; 2) First Option Period 01 April 2001 31 March 2002; 3) Second Option Period 01 April 2002 31 March 2003. Offerors shall specify the product being offered for each CLIN and provide descriptive literature or address salient characteristics for each product. Failure to provide pricing for all option years for each CLIN or failure to specify product and address salient product characteristics may result in rejection of quote. Delivery is required within 10 calendar days after each individual order is placed against the contract, except that when the needs of the Government permit orders may provide for a longer delivery of time. All articles shall be delivered FOB Destination to: Pearl Harbor MWR, Richardson Pool Center, Bldg S#1, NAVSTA, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860. The contractor shall coordinate with the receiving activity prior to delivery of the material. Inspection and Acceptance shall be made at destination by the receiving activity. In the event the unit price and extended price are ambiguous, the Government shall use the indicated unit price for evaluation and award purposes. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1: Paragraph (b) (4), Technical Description-Substitute "Descriptive literature" for "technical description."; Paragraph (h), Multiple awards-Delete entire paragraph. Substitute "Single Award. The Government plans to award a single contract resulting from this solicitation. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered unless the offeror specified otherwise in the offer." The provision at FAR 52.214-21, Descriptive Literature applies. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items applies. The Government intends to make a single award to the responsible contractor whose proposal is technically acceptable, in full compliance to all other requirements set forth in the solicitation and the lowest overall price inclusive of option years. Technical acceptability is more important than price. The Government reserves the right to judge which quotes show the required capability and the right to eliminate from further consideration those quotes which are considered unacceptable. Offerors are required to complete and include a copy of the following provisions and clauses with their quotes (copies may be obtained from http://farsite.hill.af.mil or from this office): FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items; DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Also, FAR 52.223-3, Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data; DFARS 252.223-7001, Hazard Warning Labels; DFARS 252-225-7006, Buy American Act-Trade Agreements-Balance of Payments Program Certificate; DFARS 252.204-7004, Required Central Contract Registration. Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies. Add the following provision: FAR 52.215-5, Facsimile Proposals. 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 52.202-6 (ALT I), Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government; FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.232-33 Payment by EFT CCR; FAR 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (31 USC 3332). Authorized ordering activities shall be specified at time of award. The following additional clauses apply: FAR 52.216-18, Ordering (Oct 1995)(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from 01 April 2000 through the expiration of the contract. (b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control. (c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered "issued" when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule. FAR 52.216-19 (Oct 1995) (a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than 10 drums or bottles, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract. (b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor -- (1) Any order for a single item in excess of $50,000;(2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $100,000; or (3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 10 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section. (c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) of this section. (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 3 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor's intent not to ship the item (or items) called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the supplies or services from another source. FAR 52.216-21 Requirements (Oct 1995) (a) This is a requirements contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. Except as this contract may otherwise provide, if the Government's requirements do not result in orders in the quantities described as "estimated'' or "maximum" in the Schedule, that fact shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment. (b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. Subject to any limitations in the Order Limitations clause or elsewhere in this contract, the Contractor shall furnish to the Government all supplies or services specified in the Schedule and called for by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.(c) Except as this contract otherwise provides, the Government shall order from the Contractor all the supplies or services specified in the Schedule that are required to be purchased by the Government activity or activities specified in the Schedule.(d) The Government is not required to purchase from the Contractor requirements in excess of any limit on total orders under this contract.(e) If the Government urgently requires delivery of any quantity of an item before the earliest date that delivery may be specified under this contract, and if the Contractor will not accept an order providing for the accelerated delivery, the Government may acquire the urgently required goods or services from another source. (f) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor's and Government's rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract's effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract thirty days after the expiration of the contract. FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Nov 1999), (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days before expiration of the contract; provided, that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 45 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option provision. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed thirty-six months. FAR 52.232-19, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year, (Apr 1984), Funds are not presently available for performance under this contract beyond 30 September 2000. The Government's obligation for performance of this contract beyond that date is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise for performance under this contract beyond 30 September 2000, until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for performance and until the Contractor receives notice of availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. 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 to paragraph (b): DFARS 252.225-7007 Buy American Act -- Trade Agreements -- Balance of Payments Program; DFARS 252.243-7002; DFARS 252.247-7024. Preservation, packing and packaging of hazardous shipments shipped hereunder shall be in accordance with the requirements of D.O.T. Code of Federal Regulation, Title 49, Part 100 199, as applicable. In the event of any discrepancy between the purchase order and Title 49, Title 49 shall govern. Marking and labeling shall be in accordance with MIL-STD 129 and Title 49 as applicable. In the event of any contradiction between the two documents, Title 49 shall govern. Transportation shall be in accordance with Title 49; however, hazardous material shipped via the U.S. Postal Service shall be shipped in accordance with U.S. Postal Service Publication #52. Hazardous shipment via water transportation shall be packaged, packed, marked and labeled in accordance with the International Maritime Organization Internation Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG) Code. Hazardous materials intended for shipment, via commercial air, shall be packaged, packed, marked, labeled, and certified in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air or the International Air Transport Association (IATA Dangerous Goods regulation. A Material Safety Data Sheet, prepared in accordance with FED-STD-313, and a copy of the Hazard Warning Labels shall be forwarded to this office. Quotes must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 1:00 p.m. HST, 27 March 2000. Quotes may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed. Quotes should be mailed to Department of Navy, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Regional Contracting Department (Code 201A.MM), 1942 Gaffney Street, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-4549. Facsimile proposals will be accepted at 808/473-5750. E-mail quotes may be addressed to Mary_K_McFeely@pearl.fisc.navy.mil. Posted 03/20/00 (W-SN436191). (0080)

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