SOLICITATION NOTICE
89 -- Bottled Water Services
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 312112
— Bottled Water Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. S.W., Washington, DC, 20375
- ZIP Code
- 20375
- Solicitation Number
- N00173-05-R-MS01
- Response Due
- 1/5/2005
- Archive Date
- 1/20/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Combined synopsis/solicitation (Description). This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulations (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. The solicitation, N00173-05-R-MS01, is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 2001-25 and DFARS Change Notice 20041122. The associated small business size standard is 312112 with a corresponding size standard of 500 employees. NRL has a requirement for sodium free, non-carbonated, purified bottled water, dispensers, cups, and maintenance of equipment. The government contemplates a Firm-Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. As requested by the government, via delivery orders under the IDIQ contract, the contractor shall provide prices for the following: Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001 ? The contractor shall provide bottled water service to locations specified in each delivery order in accordance with the statement of work. CLIN 0001AA - Sodium Free, Non-carbonated, Filtered Bottled Water, 5-gallon bottled-water containers; CLIN 0001AB ? Hot and Cold Water Dispenser (Cooler) Rental including installation and maintenance; CLIN 0001AC Paper Cup Dispensers; CLIN 0001AD Paper Coned Cups ? 4 ounce; CLIN 0002 ? The contract shall provide bottled water service on an emergency basis in accordance with pricing for CLIN 0001AA. Ceiling amount for this CLIN is $5,000.00. The aggregate of all prices, including CLIN 0002 will constitute the Not-To-Exceed contract-ceiling price. Statement of Work: 1. Equipment furnished hereunder must comply with the performance and other specifications applicable to the hardware as set forth in the contract. 2. The Contractor shall provide sodium free, non-carbonated purified bottled water, dispensers, cups and maintain equipment as set forth in the contract. Water and cups shall be delivered twice per week to each of the locations specified in each delivery order. The required services will be scheduled by each Delivery Order. 3. There are currently two hundred fifty (250) locations requiring bottled water services at the Naval Research Laboratory. All locations are within the Naval Research Laboratory?s main site. Purified water must meet industry standards for human consumption. 4. The number of locations requiring purified bottled water as listed in each Delivery Order is subject to additions and deletions during the period of performance. These additions and deletions would not increase or decrease the total contract price and would be located within the boundaries of the Naval Research Laboratory. 5. Deliveries and maintenance must be performed during normal working hours. The normal working hours for the Naval Research Laboratory are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, legal holidays excluded. Contractor?s personnel providing services shall observe all security, fire, safety, and any other applicable regulations prescribed by proper authority. 6. A signed legible copy of Contractor?s service ticket must be provided to the point of contact upon each delivery and a copy of each service ticket must be provided to NRL, Code (Completed at time of award) the day of delivery. Unscheduled deliveries must be authorized by the Contracting Officer?s Representative (COR) as listed in the contract. Invoices shall be submitted to the address in Block 18(a) of the SF1449. These must be certified by COR as stated in the contract. 7. The Contracting Officer?s Representative listed in the contract is authorized to place verbal orders under CLIN 0002 so long as the ceiling amount of $5,000.00 is not exceeded. All verbal orders will be confirmed with a delivery order (DD1155) within thirty days. A copy of the signed invoice must be provided to the Contracting Officer. Verbal approval by the Contracting Officer is required prior to ordering water in other than five-gallon bottles. Delivery and acceptance is at NRL, Washington, D.C. 20375, FOB Destination. Delivery shall start no later than one week from date of award. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items is incorporated. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to that responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate the offers: (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price; (iii) past performance. Technical and past performance factors, when combined, are of equal importance in comparison to price. Offeror must complete and submit with its proposal, FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items and DFARs 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, which are identified as B and available electronically at: http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/repsandcerts.htm The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The additional clauses cited within this clause are applicable: 52.203-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-14, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-5, 52.225-13, and 52.232-33. The DFARs clause at 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The additional clauses cited within this clause are applicable: 52.203-3, 252.225-7001, 252.225-7014, 252.243-7002, and 252.247-7024. The following additional FAR clauses apply: 52.214-31, 52.216-18 (Fill in: from date of award through five years); 52-216-19 Order Limitations, (Fill in: (a)$5,000.00; (b)(1) $100,000.00; (b)(2) $100,000.00; and (b)(3) 30 days; and (d) 15 days), and 52.216-22 (Fill in: (d) 30 days after compete completion. The following additional DFARs clauses apply: 252.204-7004, 252.232-7003. In addition to the FAR and DFARS clauses listed herein, the following provisions are applicable and may be obtained in full text from the Contract Office: Minimum and Maximum Quantities: (Fill in: minimum amount ($120,000.00), maximum amount ($900,000.00)), Deliveries or Performance: (Fill in: (a) date of award through five years, (b), (c), and (d) fill in at time of award), Accounting and Appropriation Data: (Fill in at time of award), and Delivery Order Procedures for Indefinite Quantity Contract. Facsimile proposals are authorized and may be forwarded to the contract specialist point of contact provided below. All EIT supplies and services provided under any resultant contract must comply with the applicable accessibility standards issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board at 36 CFR part 1194 (see FAR Subpart 39.2). Electronic and information technology (EIT) is defined at FAR 2.101. Any resultant contract will be DO Rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS). The Contract Specialist must receive any questions no later than 10 calendar days before the response date of this solicitation. An original and 2 copies of the offeror proposal shall be received on or before the response date noted above, 4:00 P.M., local time at the NRL address above, Attn: Contracting Officer. The package should be marked with the solicitation number, due date and time. The U.S. Postal Service continues to irradiate letters, flats, Express and Priority Mail with stamps for postage and other packages with stamps for postage destined to government agencies in the ZIP Code ranges 202 through 205. Due to potential delays in receiving mail, offerors are encouraged to use alternatives to the mail when submitting proposals. Other business opportunities for NRL are available at our website http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/rfplist.htm See Numbered Note(s) 1.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Naval Research Laboratory,, 4555 Overlook Ave, S.W.,, Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20475
- Zip Code: 20475
- Record
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