62 -- ELECTRONIC FLUORESCENT BULBS

Notice Date

May 18, 2001

Contracting Office

Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Regional Contracts Dept, Attn: Bid Officer/Code 210A94, 937 N. Harbor Drive, Suite 212, San Diego, CA 92132-0212

ZIP Code

92132-0212

Solicitation Number

N0024201RCB1058

Response Due

June 1, 2001

Point of Contact

Brian O'Donnell, Contract Specialist, 619.532.3445; Alt Pam Thom 619.532.2573

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the Contract Specialist or alternate (brian_w_odonnell@sd.fisc.navy.mil or pamela_l_thom@sd.fisc.navy.mil)

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12.6 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. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-24. This Procurement is issued as a small business set-aside. See numbered Note 1. The Standard Industrial Code is 5072, (NAICS code is 335110) -- Electric Lamp Bulb and Part Manufacturing -- with a small business standard of 1,000 employees. The agency need is for Electronic Fluorescent bulbs as follows: CLIN 0001 Electronic Flourescent Bulb (#311943), Soft White, Energy Saver, 3" Diameter; 11 watts, Qty 157 packages (package =12 bulbs); CLIN 0002 Electronic Flourescent A Bulb (#311930), Warm White, -4F Instant Start, 2.5" Diameter, 4 " length, Qty 4,710 EA. Offeror shall provide unit price and amount for each CLIN. The requirement is for a firm-fixed price contract. The solicitation will be issued with the anticipation of obtaining current pricing and parts information for all CLINs listed. In accordance with 52.211-8 Time of Delivery, all products must be delivered within 10 business days upon announcement of award. All prospective offerors are cautioned that in the event the Government is unable to determine price reasonableness based on the offers received and market analysis, the Government will not issue a contract. This decision is solely the decision and right of the Government. All efforts performed and all cost expended by prospective offerors in providing information requested by the solicitation are not subject to reimbursement by the Government. After an initial evaluation of proposals, FISC San Diego intends to conduct an on-line anonymous competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by a third-party reverse auction provider, Procuri.com (www.govauctions.procuri.com). This is a private reverse auction and only those offerors who are deemed to be technically capable of providing these items, after government evaluation, will be invited to participate in the on-line reverse auction. Procuri has developed an on-line, easy to use, browser based application to dynamically set prices for the procurement of goods and services. A complete description of the application may be accessed by clicking on the "Company Information", "Registration", "Our Services" and "Usage Guidelines" links from the procuri.com web page. For more information, see also the full text clause provided at the end of this notice titled "Revised Price Proposals Via Reverse Auction". The following provisions apply: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Paragraph (b) (5) Offers shall provide an express warranty which at a minimum shall be the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public. Express warranties shall be included in the contract; 52.212-5 Facsimile Proposals; 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. DFARS clauses 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items and addendum clause DFARS clause 252.225-7035, Buy-American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payment Program Certificate; Clause FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies as well as the following addendum clauses; FAR 52.243-1 Changes-Fixed Price; DFAR 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications; FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; The clause at 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Item applies with the following applicable clauses for paragraph (b): 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 Handicapped Workers, FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies with the following clauses applicable for paragraph (b): DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities; and DFARS 252.225-7036, North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. DFAR 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration, applies to all solicitations issued on or 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 on the Internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil for more information. Please ensure compliance with this regulation when submitting your proposal: 52.247-35 F.O.B Destination, Within Consignee's Premises. The Government intends to make a single award to the responsible Offeror whose offer is the most advantageous to the Government considering price and price related factors. At the conclusion of the reverse auction, the Government intends to award the contract to the eligible, low-priced, responsible offeror. Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items applies with paragraph (a) completed as follows: Award will be made to the Offeror that meets the solicitation's minimum criteria for technical acceptability at the lowest price. To be determined technically acceptable the Offeror must furnish product literature that demonstrates the products offered meet all requirements stated in the above purchase descriptions. All responsible Offerors are to submit current pricing, delivery time, payment terms, cage code, Dunn and Bradstreet number, Tax Identification Number and all applicable specifications regarding this solicitation. Also required are copies of applicable commercially published price lists pertaining to your company's products that meet the specifications, along with applicable government discounts. Initial pricing (quotes) and any technical information must be received no later than 3:00 PST, 1 June 2001 and will be accepted via FAX (619)-532-1088, Attn: Brian O'Donnell (619.532.3445) or e-mail brian_w_odonnell@sd.fisc.navy.mil). The Reverse Auction will be conducted on or before 15 June 2001. Notwithstanding the fact that the government intends to conduct a reverse auction in order to establish final pricing, the government reserves the right to award on initial offers as submitted. Reverse Auction questions can be answered by Pam Thom (619.532.2573). Quotes submitted as an attachment to an email should be sent in Word Version 6.0 or higher. Do not mail. Clause information can be downloaded from the internet from the following addresses; http://www.arnet.gov/far/ or http://www.acq-ref.navy.mil/turbo/arp51.htm/ Instructions, conditions, and notices to offerors or respondents concerning -- Revised Price Proposals via Reverse Auction (Dynamic Pricing Event on Procuri.com) A. REVERSE AUCTION NOTIFICATION 1. Revised prices will be submitted during a competitive, anonymous, on-line reverse auction, herein after referred to as a Dynamic Pricing Event (DPE). Potential offerors are encouraged to survey the reverse auction web site identified herein prior to preparing or submitting an offer or a quote in response to this solicitation. The review of the registration requirements, user agreement, usage guidelines, and privacy policy contained on that website are critical; since submission of an offer or a quote indicates your agreement to the site owner's terms. 2. The Contracting Officer anticipates that a Dynamic Pricing Event will be conducted 10 business days of the closing date of this solicitation. Qualifying Offerors will be notified of the specific date and time of the reverse auction at least three working days prior to commencement of the event. Not withstanding FAR 52.215-5, Offerors who are to participate in the DPE will submit revised pricing only through the online mechanism supplied by Procuri.com. 3. In order for an Offeror to be considered for award and participate in the Dynamic Pricing Event, the Offeror must be responsive to all terms and conditions of this solicitation (which includes the agreement to participate in a DPE). Additionally, the Offeror must agree to the terms of the User Agreement, Usage Guidelines, and Privacy Policy provided by Procuri.com during the registration process. Submission of a proposal/quote in response to this solicitation shall constitute such agreements by the Offeror. 4. Submission of a proposal/quote in response to this solicitation shall constitute the Offerors' consent to have their prices revealed in anonymity during the DPE. By participating in the DPE, offerors agree that they are knowingly consenting to disclose their price(s) to the other participating offerors, but only during the DPE. Each offeror further agrees that disclosure of its prices during the DPE shall not be for the purposes of restricting competition B. PRIOR TO THE DYNAMIC PRICING EVENT 1. Initial Offers/Quotes. Offerors shall submit initial price proposals/quotes along with all other required documentation to FISC San Diego Regional Contracting Department as described in the Instructions to Offerors provision of this solicitation. Upon submission of their proposal/quote, Offerors must start or complete the registration process by following the procedures and guidelines established by Procuri.com at http://www.govauctions.procuri.com. The DPE shall not be delayed because an Offeror fails to complete the registration process prior to the starting time on the date of the DPE. 2. Offer/Quote Evaluation. After initial offers/quotes are evaluated as described in the Evaluation of Offers provisions of this solicitation, the Contracting Officer may proceed with the DPE process. However, the Contracting Officer reserves the right to award upon initial price proposals/quotes and, therefore, may elect not to conduct the DPE. 3. Notification and Training. Prior to the DPE, FISC San Diego and Procuri.com will (a) notify each Offeror within the competitive range that they have been selected to participate in the DPE, and (b) provide training on the Dynamic Pricing Event process and the details pertaining to this solicitations' DPE. Additionally, written information not contained or attached to this solicitation that concerns the Dynamic Pricing Event may be provided to each participating offeror as part of their training. 4. Procuri.com and FISC Trainer Interaction with Offerors. Any and all Offeror interaction with Procuri.com and FISC San Diego personnel during the registration and training process is for the sole purpose of facilitating the Dynamic Pricing Event. Such communication shall not be considered discussions with the Offerors within the meaning set forth in FAR Part 15. C. DURING THE DYNAMIC PRICING EVENT 1. Discussions. The DPE shall be considered the opening of discussions as defined at FAR Part 15.306(d). Offerors may, but are not required to, revise their initial pricing proposal/quotation during the DPE. Revised price offers/quotes shall only be electronically submitted by Offerors during the DPE. Offerors shall not submit revised pricing via any other mechanism including (but not limited to) post, courier, fax, e-mail, or orally unless specifically authorized by the Contracting Officer. 2. Dynamic Pricing Event Connection. The invited Offerors shall be provided the opportunity to connect to the Procuri.com website (www.govauctions.procuri.com) via Internet connection. Offerors will register for the scheduled event using the Procuri.com software solution. Offerors shall be responsible for providing their own computer system and connecting to the telecommunications service used for each DPE via their own Internet Service Provider (ISP). 3. Time Period. The DPE will be conducted for a period of sixty minutes. If an offer/quote is submitted within the last five minutes of the time period, the DPE period shall be extended for an additional five minutes beyond the time of that offer/quote (if the offer/quote was the lowest price received). The time shall be extended for additional five-minute periods (up to an unlimited number of five-minute extension periods) if a lower offer/quote is submitted within the last five minutes. The final price revision submitted during the DPE will be considered the Offeror's Final Price Proposal (see D.1 below for additional information). 4. Problems. Any offeror having problems during a DPE must notify the Contracting Office at FISC San Diego immediately. A "problem" is an event that interferes with the Offeror's ability to participate in the DPE and includes, but is not limited to, Internet connection and re-connection difficulties, (2) software or hardware failures, and (3) erroneous data entry errors. Offerors will have 10 minutes after the DPE goes into the "Quiet Period" status (defined as the time between the last bid received and the Closed Bid Time) to notify the Contracting Office of any problems. The names and phone numbers of the FISC San Diego employees who will be available for assistance during the DPE will be provided to each invited offeror prior to the starting time and date of the event. If the Contracting Officer judges that any offeror is disadvantaged by the identified problem, Procuri.com and FISC San Diego will correct the problem and may reopen the DPE. D. AFTER THE DYNAMIC PRICING EVENT 1. Closing Price Discussions. Discussions concerning price shall normally conclude at the close of the DPE. No price revisions will be accepted after the close of the DPE from any of the participants; unless the Contracting Officer re-opens pricing discussions with all participants and requests final price proposals in accordance with FAR 15.307. 2. No Automatic Award Determination. The Contracting Officer has determined that price is NOT the only factor to be considered when determining which Offeror shall receive the contract award. Therefore, the Offeror with the lowest price at the close of the Dynamic Pricing Event shall not automatically be awarded a contract as a result of this solicitation. 3. Notification of Unsuccessful Offeror(s). The Contracting Officer shall award a contract based on all the factors identified in this solicitation. The unsuccessful DPE participants will be sent a post-award notification as required by FAR 15.503(b) via e-mail correspondence or the Procuri.com notification system.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010522/62SOL001.HTM (W-138 SN50M542)