58 -- CEC POWER MODULES

Notice Date

November 2, 2001

Contracting Office

Crane Division, Code 1165, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522-5001

ZIP Code

47522-5001

Solicitation Number

N00164-01-R-0179

Response Due

November 13, 2001

Point of Contact

Ms. Flo Martin, Code 1165, telephone 812-854-3689, fax 812-854-1841

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Numbered N00164-01-R-0179 is hereby issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-27 and 97-22 (correction) as well as DCN 20001213. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 334290 and the size standard is 750 employees. CLIN 0001 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) Antenna Program Microwave Power Modules (MPMS), quantity of 3 each in accordance with attached specification NSWC/CD 86 SPC 00 2605 REV G and Statement of Work which can be downloaded at www.crane.navy.mil/supply.announce.htm. CLIN 0002 Data In Accordance With Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), DD 1423-1. DD 254 is required for this procurement. The CDRLs and the DD254 can be obtained by contacting Ms. Flo Martin at 812-854-3689. SECURITY ADMINISTRATION The highest level of security required under this contract is Secret as designated on DD Form 254 attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Commander, Defense Security Service, Director of Industrial Security, * Region, is designated Security Administrator for the purpose of administering all elements of military security hereunder. * To be filled in at time of award. F.O.B. Destination, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane IN. The required delivery date is 365 days after the effective date of the contract for 3 units. This is anticipated to be a Firm-Fixed Price contract and is hereby issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP) utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Offers that are non-compliant with any material requirement of this solicitation may be rejected without further consideration for award. Clauses/Provisions: 52.203-3; 52.204-02; 52.211-14; (DO ); 52.211.15; 52.212-1; Delete: paragraphs (d) and (e); 52.212-2; ADD to paragraph (a) The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Past Performance and price (past performance is significantly more important than price). ADD: PAST PERFORMANCE -- During the source selection process, the Government will assess the offeror's past performance in the evaluation for contract award. Accordingly, each offeror is required to submit a list of up to five of its most recent contracts within the past three years, either completed or on-going, for the same/similar products or services. It is preferred that these contracts be with U.S. government customers, but contracts with other commercial concerns are also acceptable. Offerors are authorized to provide information relative to any problems encountered on the identified contracts and any corrective actions taken by the offeror. The Source Selection Authority (SSA)/Contracting Officer will evaluate the offeror's past performance based upon the information furnished by the offeror and/or other information obtained by the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or securing any information not furnished with the offer. The SSA/Contracting Officer may, however, utilize all available information, including information not provided by the offeror, in the past performance evaluation. The Government reserves the right to review less than all information submitted, and to only analyze sufficient information to make a reasonable determination of each offeror's past performance rating.If insufficient information regarding the offeror's corporate history is available, the offeror is encouraged to submit for evaluation evidence of relevant past performance on the part of the offeror's key/principal employees, as either a prime- or sub-contractor. Past performance is assessed by the SSA/Contracting Officer and is assigned a narrative rating in the evaluation. Each offeror will be given an adjectival rating on past performance: highly favorable, favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, unfavorable, highly unfavorable, or no same or similar history. Offerors who do not have same or similar past performance information reasonably available to the Contracting Officer will not be rated either favorable or unfavorable. The Government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest priced offer as set forth elsewhere in the solicitation. In addition, the Government may accept other than the lowest priced offer if doing so would result in greater value to the Government in terms of technical performance, quality, reliability, life cycle cost, or lower overall program risk. As a part of the past performance evaluation, the Government will assess the offeror's previous compliance with the requirements of FAR 52.219-8 and 52.219-9 as applicable. 52.212-4; ADD to paragraph (o) Contractor is to provide their Standard Commercial Warranty (Attach a copy) ADD paragraph (t) The Government will evaluate the performance of the contractor awarded the contract resulting from this solicitation, in accordance with FAR 42.15. The following performance rating factors will be utilized: Quality, Cost Control, Timeliness of Performance, Business Relations; 52.212-3 Alt I (FILL-IN) (Note: paragraph (b) of 52.212-3 is not applicable); NOTE: This provision MUST be filled out completely and submitted with the offer. 52.212-5 (incorporating 52.203-6; 52.219-4; 52.219-8; 52.222-21; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36; 52.222-37; 52.225-3; 52.225-13; 52.232-33; 52.247-64); 52.215-05; (FAX # 812-854-1841); 52.242-15; 52.243-01; 52.247-32; 52.247-34; 52.247-48; 252.204-7004; 252.212-7000; 252.212-7001 (incorporating 252.225-7000; 252.225-7001; 252.225-7012; 252.225-7014; 252.227-7015; 252.227-7037; 252.243-7002; 252.247-7023; 252.247-7024). Other clauses that apply: EXPEDITING CONTRACT CLOSEOUT (NAVSEA) (DEC1995) (a) As part of the negotiated fixed price or total estimated amount of this contract, both the Government and the Contractor have agreed to waive any entitlement that otherwise might accrue to either party in any residual dollar amount of $500 or less at the time of final closeout. The term "residual dollar amount" shall include all money that would otherwise be owed to either party at the end of the contract except that, amounts connected in any way with taxation, allegations of fraud and/or antitrust violations shall be excluded. For purposes of determining residual dollar amounts, offsets of money owed by one party against money that would otherwise be paid by that party may be considered to the extend permitted by law. (b) This agreement to waive entitlement to residual dollar amounts has been considered by both parties. It is agreed that the administrative costs for either party associated with collected such small dollar amounts could exceed the amount to be recovered. The offeror shall provide its Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, Contractor Establishment Code and Tax Identification Number. To be eligible for award you must be properly registered in the Government's Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Offerors may obtain information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the internet @www.ccr.gov. DATE/TIME PROCESSING REQUIREMENT -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NAVSEA) (JUN 2000) (a) All information technology (IT), whether commercial or noncommercial, delivered under this contract that will be required to perform date/time processing involving dates subsequent to December 31, 1999, shall be Year 2000 compliant if properly installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the contract specifications and applicable documentation. If the contract requires that specific deliverables operate together as a system, this requirement shall apply to those deliverables as a system. (b) "Information Technology" or "IT," as used in this requirement, means "information technology" as that term is defined at FAR 2.101, and further including those items that would otherwise be excluded by paragraph (c) of that definition. "Year 2000 compliant" (as defined at FAR 39.002) means that the IT accurately processes date/time data (including), but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other IT, used in combination with the IT being delivered, properly exchanges date/time data with it. The "proper exchange" of date/time data shall be in accordance with the interface requirements specification(s) of the contract. (c) For line item deliverables which are commercial items (as defined at FAR 2.101), and which include commercial IT, the terms and conditions of the standard commercial warranty covering such commercial IT shall apply in addition to, and to the extent such terms and conditions are consistent with, this requirement. Any applicable commercial warranty shall be incorporated into this contract by attachment. (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any other warranty of this contract, or in the absence of any such warranty(ies), the remedies available to the Government under this requirement shall include those provided in the Inspection clause(s) of this contract. Nothing in this requirement shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract. (e) Unless specified elsewhere in the contract, the Contractor will also deliver to the Government a report summarizing any Year 2000 compliance testing that was performed, and the results thereof. (f) The remedies available to the Government for noncompliance with this requirement shall remain available until 31 January 2001, or one hundred eighty (180) days after acceptance of the last deliverable IT item under this contract (including any option exercised hereunder), whichever is later. Standard commercial warranty. Offeror to insert number of months for Standard Commercial Warranty. If change occurs in this requirement, only those offerors that respond to this announcement within the required time frame will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and or/award. Offers may be faxed at FAX 812-854-1841. The offerors written quote and the above-referenced information must be received at this office on or before November 13, 2001 at 2:00 PM Eastern Std. Time. Point of Contact is Ms. Flo Martin at 812-854-3689. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by this Agency. Our mission is to provide quality and responsive acquisition services for this Command. In an effort to continue to improve our services, we are conducting a survey of our vendors. This survey may be found on the World Wide Web at the following address: http://www.crane.navy.mil/supply/VendorSurvey.htm. Your comments will help us determine if we are accomplishing this and show us ways to improve our processes. Please consider taking the time to complete the survey.

Web Link

NAVSEA Crane's web address (www.crane.navy.mil/supply/announce.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011106/58SOL002.HTM (W-306 SN5121V9)