Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery = Administration, Chief, Centralized Contracting Division, (402D3), 5101 = Russell Road, Quantico, Virginia 22134-3903

99 -- FLAT BRONZE GRAVE MARKERS SOL 786-79-00 DUE 082100 POC Contracting Officer -- Joseph Kepple, Procurement Analyst, = (703) 441-3087 WEB: RFQ 786-79-00, http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=3D786-79-00. E-MAIL: Joseph Kepple, jkepple@cem.va.gov. This is a commercial item acquisition, issued as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, quotations are requested, a written solicitation will not be issued.=20 Solicitation No. RFQ 786-79-00, is dated August 7, 2000, and issued as a request for quotations. The provisions and clauses contained in this solicitation are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circular 97-19. This solicitation is issued using full and open competition. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 3366 and a size standard of 500 employees is applicable. List of Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) is as follows: For the base period, from date of contract award, through September 30, 2001: (1) CLIN 1001, Inscribed Flat Bronze Grave Markers; Estimated Quantity: 7,200 each; (2) CLIN 1002, Offeror=92s Maximum Monthly Order Limitation (in unit amount); = (3) CLIN 1003, Flat Bronze Markers returned for credit (dollar amount per marker). For the option year, October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002: (1) CLIN 2001, Inscribed Flat Bronze Grave Markers; Estimated Quantity: 7,200 each; (2) CLIN 2002, Offeror=92s Maximum Monthly Order Limitation (in unit amount); (3) CLIN 2003, Flat Bronze Markers returned for credit (dollar amount per marker). The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) seeks to award a firm fixed-price requirements contract for flat bronze grave markers covering the period date of contract award, through September 30, 2001, with a one-year option to extend the term of the contract through September 30, 2002. This contract will serve as the contractual vehicle to obtain flat bronze grave marker requirements in excess of NCA=92s current contractor=92s maximum monthly order limitation. The maximum monthly order limitation under NCA=92s Current Contract, No. V786P-094 with the Sheidow Bronze Corporation, Kingwood, WV, is 12,000 flat bronze markers. Flat bronze grave marker requirements in excess of the maximum order limitation each month may be ordered under the contract resulting from this solicitation. The Government estimates approximately 600 flat bronze grave markers may be ordered each month under the resulting contract.=20 There is no guarantee, implied, inferred, or otherwise given that a specific quantity of flat bronze grave markers will be ordered under the resulting contract. Flat Bronze Grave Markers, including inscriptions as specified on orders issued electronically by NCA, are for placement on graves of eligible deceased veterans in National, State Veterans, Military Post and private cemeteries. The Government Flat Bronze Grave Markers shall be manufactured in accordance with the drawings (Nos. MFB-1, MFB-1A, and ID-3) and specifications contained at the following URL address:=20 http://wwww.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=3D786-79-00. Full size drawings will be provided with the contract award documents. Additionally, bronze markers that are being returned to the contractor for credit as scrap metal, may be returned directly to the contractor from the consignee, by the carrier. Markers returned for credit (scrap metal) shall be accepted by the contractor, and the Government credited with the amount provided in the contract. A credit memorandum shall be issued at least monthly, showing the total amount due the Government.=20 This credit will be applied to future billing. The contractor must be prepared and capable to begin receiving orders and manufacturing on or about September 15, 2000, to eliminate a backlog of flat bronze grave markers that cannot be satisfied by the incumbent contractor at this time. The current backlog stands at approximately 5,000 flat bronze grave markers. The volume under the contract resulting from this solicitation may be heavier than projected early in the contract, depending on the number of backlogged flat bronze grave markers and the contractor=92s maximum monthly order limititation. =20 All flat bronze grave markers ordered under the contract, subject to the contractor=92s maximum monthly order limitation, shall be manufactured and shipped F.O.B. Origin, Contractor=92s Facility, within thirty (30) calendar = days of date of receipt of order.=20 The following clauses and provisions are applicable to this solicitation: FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, with the following incorporated by reference: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity; 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-9, Buy American Act -- Trade Agreements Act -- Balance of Payments Program. Addenda to 52.212-4: 52.216-18, Ordering; 52.216-19, Order Limitations; 52.216-21, Requirements, 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; 52.247-30, F.O.B. Origin, Contractor's Facility; 852.203-71, Display of VA Hotline Poster; 852.216-70 Estimated Quantities for Requirements; 852.270-4, Commercial Advertising; 852.214-70, Addenda to 52.212-1: 52.233-2, Service of Protest; 52.232-15, Progress Payments Not Included. The full text of FAR provisions and clauses contained in this solicitation are available at the following URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far. The Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) provisions and clauses contained in this solicitation are available at the following URL:=20 http://www.va.gov/oa&mm. Offers are advised they must include with their offer a completed copy of FAR provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications=97Commercial Items. =20 Addenda to FAR 52.212-3 is VAAR provision 852.219-70, Veteran Owned Small Business. All quotations must reference Solicitation No. RFQ 786-79-00 and be sent to Mr. Joseph C. Kepple, Contracting Officer, National Cemetery Administration Operations Support Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Centralized Contracting Division, 5101 Russell Road, Quantico, VA 22134-3903, (703) 441-3087. Quotations are due by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, August 21, 2000. =20 Posted 08/06/00 (D-SN482879). (0219)

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