Western Regional Contracting Office, 9902 Lincoln Street, Madigan Army Medical Ctr Annex, Tacoma WA 98431-5000

Q -- PERSONAL SERVICES OF ONE FT PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT SOL DADA13-00-T-0115 DUE 083000 POC Ruth D. Richmond 253-968-4912 WEB: Click here to obtain additional information related, http://www.mamc.amedd.army.mil/wrco/wrcohome.htrm. E-MAIL: alanna.hendry@nw.amedd.army.mil, ruth.richmond@nw.amedd.army.mil. This notice represents amendment 0002 to combined synopsis/solicitation DADA13-00-T-0115 which was originally posted on 10 Aug 2000 with amendment 0001 posted on 12 Aug 2000, and hereby replaces the first two notices in their entirety. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Requests for Quotations (RFQ) are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as an RFQ, number DADA13-00-T-0115, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) authorized in FAR Subpart 13.5 -- Test Program for Certain Commercial Items and is expected to result in a single firm-fixed price contract. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-19. The solicitation is issued as full and open, and all responsible quoters may submit a quote which will be considered. The Presidio of Monterey Army Health Clinic (POMAHC), in Monterey, California has an immediate need to contract for the personal services of one full time Physician's Assistant (PA), for the period of 1 Oct 2000 (or date of award if subsequent thereto) through 30 Sep 2001 for the Base Year, with four (4) consecutive option years. A schedule on which to insert your pricing, and the Statement of Work (SOW) are available at http://www.mamc.amedd.army.mil/wrco/wrcohome.htm Send your request to include your company name, address, point of contact name and telephone number to ruth.richmond@nw.amedd.army.mil The following clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.223-6, Drug Free Workplace; FAR 52.224-1, Privacy Act Notification; FAR 52.224-2, Privacy Act; FAR 52.232-18, Subject to Availability of Funds (applies to the option periods only); and FAR 52.233-2, Service of Protest, sub-paragraph (a) fill-in Western Regional Contracting Office, ATTN: Alanna D. Hendry, Contracting Officer, 9902 Lincoln Street, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431. The following clause applies to the base period only: CONTRACT ACQUISITION Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available from which payment for contract purposes can be made. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition; addenda are as stated herein. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following clauses within paragraph 52.212-5(b) apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.203-6, Alt I, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government; FAR 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Sub-Contracting Plan; FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program -- Disadvantaged Status and Reporting; FAR 52.219-26, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program -- Incentive Subcontracting; FAR 52-222-21, Prohibition on Segregated Facilities; 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 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration and DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial items apply to this acquisition. The following clauses within paragraph 252.212-7001(a) apply to this solicitation: 252.205-7000, Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders; DFARS 252.219-7003, Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD) ; and DFARS 252-243.7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment. The following clause applies: SHORT TERM OPTION a. The contract may be extended, at the Government's option, for a period of up to three (3) months, exercisable in increments of not less than one (1) month. If the contract contains an unexercised option, this short term extension shall be subtracted from the total duration of the immediately succeeding option period that may follow as a result of the exercise of "Option to Extend the Term of the Contract" contained in this contract so that the combination of the short term option(s) and the annual option will not exceed 12 months duration. b. If there is an immediately succeeding option period, the prices paid during the short term option(s) will be the unit prices for theimmediately succeeding option period. If there is not an immediately succeeding option period, the prices for the short term option(s) will be the unit prices of the preceding contract year. c. This option may be exercised by the Government by unilateral modification at least 7 calendar days prior to the expiration of the contract period, as such period may have been extended; provided that the Contracting Officer shall have given notice of the Government's intention to exercise at least 15 calendar days before this contract is to expire. If the Government exercises this option, the contract as renewed shall be deemed to include this option provision. The following clause applies: FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of The Contract. Insert into paragraph (a) within 15 calendar days prior to expiration; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 calendar days before the contract expires. Once the Contracting Officer has decided with whom a contract will be entered, a bilateral contract requiring the quoter's signature will be issued. A contract will be in existence once both the quoter and the Contracting Officer have signed the contract. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; however, sub-paragraphs (g) and (h) are deleted since this is an RFQ. A completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, shall be submitted with the Quote. You are requested to complete the TIN fill-in because it is required information when processing a contract, and it is not currently available to us on the CCR Site. A completed copy of the following provision shall be submitted with the Quote: DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. Quotations will be evaluated as follows: (1) Based on submission of Evidence of Availability of Qualified Staff . Quoters shall provide credentials for each person proposed to perform services at POMAHC for evaluation and approval. (2) Past Performance -- Provide references with whom recent past performance can be verified. Include the contract number, dollar value, name, title, phone number of a person with whom to speak regarding your performance, and a summary of the scope of work. You may submit any other information regarding specific contracts that you deem relevant to the evaluation of your firm's past performance. Information regarding past performance that is obtained from other sources may be considered by the Government as part of the evaluation process. (3) Price. -Price will be evaluated by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the options. The Government intends to select a vendor without holding discussions. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if determined to be in the its best interest. Wherever the words "offer", "proposal", "offerors", or similar terms are used in this solicitation, they shall be read to mean "quote", "quotation", or "quoter", or similar corresponding terms to reflect that this solicitation is a Request for Quotations and not a Request for Proposals. The closing date and time for receipt of quotations is extended to 30 Aug 2000 at 10:00 AM PT. Method of submission of proposals is at the offeror's discretion, they may be submitted on letterhead stationary via regular or express mail, by facsimile to (253) 968-4922 or via e-mail to ruth.richmond@nw.amedd.army.mil. Proposals shall include the RFQ number, the hourly rate per specialty, the total price for each year and the total price for all years. The SIC Code for this acquisition is 8099 with a size standard of $5M. Full text of all clauses is available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. Posted 08/23/00 (W-SN489390). (0236)

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