SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Iraqi Air Traffic Control Suport
- Notice Date
- 12/22/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 488111
— Air Traffic Control
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Project and Contracting Office, Project and Contracting Office, Iraq, US Embassy Annex (Palace) APO, Baghdad, Iraq, AE, 09316
- ZIP Code
- 09316
- Solicitation Number
- W914NS-05-Q-0021
- Response Due
- 1/15/2005
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2005
- Point of Contact
- Charles Clements, Support Contractor, Phone 703-343-9218, Fax 703-343-9227,
- E-Mail Address
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charles.clements@cpa-iq.org
- Description
- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR A COMMERCIAL SERVICE 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 BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation, W914NS-05-Q-0021 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This action is unrestricted and provides for full and open competition. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-25, effective 4 November 2004 and DFARS Change Notice 20041215. The associated NAICS code is 488111. The Project and Contracting Office, Baghdad, Iraq, requires a company to provide a number of several ICAO (or FAA) certified air traffic controllers who can instruct Iraqis to be air traffic controllers. Description and minimum specification requirements are found in the Statement of Work which is attachment one. INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS OR RESPONDENTS The Government intends to award one contract. The Government intends that this to take the form of a TIME AND MATERIAL contract. The offerors will propose as many types of labor categories and corresponding labor rates as they deem necessary and also proposal one or more OTHER DIRECT COST (ODC) contract line item(s). The ODC line item(s) shall include the remaining costs not covered in the labor category contract line items. Offerors based on a GSA Scheduled are authorized. The nominal employee will work for 60 hours per week with the capability to surge by an additional 6 hours per week. The period of performance is for six months with three six-moth options. The period of performance begins the date of contract award. Offerors shall submit priced proposals for all four option periods. An offer failing to clearly express option prices for each line item will be deemed as non-responsive. Offers must be submitted via paperless electronic media. Offerors must submit their electronic offer, and any supplemental information, to charles.clements@cpa-iq.org no later than the date and time specified in this combined synopsis / solicitation. The subject line must contain the solicitation number. You may use multiple e-mail messages for your offer; however, you must annotate the subject lines as described above for each message, and number, (e. g. ,1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3) as appropriate. No do use zipped files. Repeat, DO NOT USE ZIPPED FILES. Acquire a CAGE Code if you don’t have one already. All quotes must be in English. 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Jan 2004) (a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition is 4881. However, this is not a small business set aside. (b) Submission of offers. Submit offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show -- (1) The solicitation number; (2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers; (3) The name, e-mail address, postal address, and telephone number of the offeror; (4) A technical description of the services being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. Offeror’s technical proposal (including delivery terms) shall be no longer than 15 pages of text. Résumés are not counted against the 15 pages of text. The type characters no smaller that 10 pitch. Only the front of a page shall be used. A page that has material on back and front will count as two pages. The contracting officer may determine proposals that deviate from these type-size and page limitations as non-responsive. The Contractor’s technical proposal shall include A. A Management Plan as described in paragraph 4.7 of the SOW. B. A course syllabus for each of the training requirements described in the SOW. This includes classroom requirements, number of instructors for a course, maximum class sizes, minimum student prerequisites to enroll, screening tools for enrollment, evaluation tools, and approaches to measure and record progress. C. A Quality Assurance Plan to include source documents that will be used and resources required to adapt for Iraqi use. D. An ATC Certification plan to include source documents that will be used and resources required to adapt for Iraqi use. E. Description of how student training will be planned and how progress will be monitored tracked and recorded. F. Instructor résumés – Submit instructor résumés to include verification of FAA ATC certifications and/or ICAO ATC certifications. All instructors with the exception of the English language instructor shall provide proof of demonstrated knowledge of and practical application of ICAO / FAA ATC standards and recommended practices. Résumé length is limited to no more than 3 pages. (5) Terms of any express warranty, if any; (6) Price and any discount terms. Offeror’s price proposal shall be no longer than ten pages of text or tables. The type characters no smaller that 10 pitch. Only the front of a page shall be used. A page that has material on back and front will count as two pages. The contracting officer may determine proposals that deviate from these type-size and page limitations as non-responsive. All quoted prices must be in US Dollars. Advanced payments, installment payments, milestone payments, and / or letters of credit will not be considered. Payment terms are in FAR provision 52.212-4 and may be invoiced monthly. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to consider quotes proposing advanced payments, installment payments, milestone payments or letters of credit as non-responsive. (7) “Remit to” address, if different than mailing address; (8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3; (9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; (10) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. (c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. (d) Product samples. None are required (e) Multiple offers. Offerors are permitted to submit only ONE offer to this requirement. (f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers. (1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 5:00 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due. (2) (i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and— (A) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or (B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or (C) If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received. (ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted. (3) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel. (4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume. (5) Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers. Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer. (g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. (h) Multiple awards. The Government shall make only one award. (i) Standards. Non-government standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication or maintenance. (j) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. (Applies to offers exceeding $25,000, and offers of $25,000 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database). The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “DUNS” or “DUNS+4” followed by the DUNS or DUNS+4 number that identifies the offeror’s name and address. The DUNS+4 is the DUNS number plus a 4-character suffix that may be assigned at the discretion of the offeror to establish additional CCR records for identifying alternative Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) accounts (see FAR Subpart 32.11) for the same parent concern. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. An offeror within the United States may contact Dun and Bradstreet by calling 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at http://www.dnb.com. An offeror located outside the United States must contact the local Dun and Bradstreet office for DUNS number. (k) Central Contractor Registration. Prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the CCR database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-888-227-2423 or 269-961-5757. 52.212-2. Evaluation—Commercial Items (Jan 2004) This provision applies to this acquisition as well as the following addenda: The Contracting Officer will evaluate quotes on the basis of technical specifications and price. The selection of a contractor for award will be based on the quality and specification strength in the area of the Offeror’s technical proposal. Offerors are cautioned that unsupported promises to comply with the RFQ requirements will not be sufficient. Quotes must provide convincing documentary evidence in support of any conclusionary statements relating to promised performance. In the technical proposal, Offerors shall address the Management Plan, Course Syllabi, Quality Assurance Plan, ATC certification Plan, Student training plan sample progress reports, and résumés. A decision on the technical acceptability of each offeror’s proposal will be made. For those offerors who are determined to be technically acceptable, price will be considered. Awards will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to the solicitation requirements, terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirement. (1) Technical. Each offeror’s technical proposal, that meets the government requirement will be evaluated to determine if the offeror provides a sound, compliant approach that meets the government’s minimum requirements as described in the description and minimum specifications requirements. In the technical proposal, Offerors shall address the Management Plan, Course Syllabi, Quality Assurance Plan, ATC certification Plan, Student training plan sample progress reports, and résumés. Offerors’ proposals meeting the government’s minimum requirements will determine to be technically “acceptable”. (2) Price. (a) This competitive procurement will establish the basis for price reasonableness. (b) Total evaluated price, for award purposes, will be based upon the total price proposed. (b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items with its offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items, as augmented by the Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders—Commercial Items, as augmented by the Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) applies to this acquisition. The following clauses and provision apply to this acquisition: 52.217-8, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (March 2000) 52.225-14, Inconsistency between English Version and Translation of Contract (February 2000) 52.228-3, Defense Base Act (April 1984) 52.245-5, Government Property (June 2003) 252.225-7043, Antiterrorism / Force Protection Policy for Defense Contractors Outside the US (June 1998) 252.228-7003, Capture and Detention (December 1991) 252.233-7001, Choice of Law (June 1997) 5152.225-74-9000 – Contractors Accompanying the Force (June 2003) (a) General. (1) Performance of this contract may require deployment of Contractor Personnel in support of military operations. The Contractor acknowledges that such operations are inherently dangerous and accepts the risks associated with contract performance in this environment. (2) For purposes of this clause, the term “Contractor Personnel” refers to the Contractor’s officers and employees. Unless otherwise specified (e.g., subparagraph (b) of this clause), this term does not include personnel who permanently reside in the country where contract performance will take place. (3) The Contractor shall ensure that Contractor Personnel working in an area of operations (AO, as defined in the Joint Publication 1-02, “DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms”) are familiar and comply with applicable: (i) Military Service and Department of Defense regulations, directives, instructions, general orders, policies, and procedures, in particular Army Regulation 715-9 and Field Manual 3-100.21; (ii) U.S., host country, local, and international laws and regulations; and (iii) treaties and international agreements (e.g., Status of Forces Agreements, Host Nation Support Agreements, and Defense Technical Agreements) relating to safety, health, force protection, and operations under this contract. (4) The Contractor shall ensure that this clause is included in all subcontracts. (b) Compliance with Combatant Command Orders. The Contractor shall ensure that Contractor Personnel, regardless of residency status, working in the AO comply with all orders, directives, and instructions of the combatant command relating to non-interference in military operations, force protection, health, and safety. The Combatant Commander or his subordinate commanders, in conjunction with the Contracting Officer or the Contracting Officer’s Representative, may direct the Contractor, at the Contractor’s own expense, to replace and, where applicable, repatriate any Contractor personnel who fail to comply with this provision. Such action may be taken at the Government’s discretion without prejudice to its rights under any other provision of this contract, including the Termination for Default clause. (c) Contractor Personnel Administration. (1) In order to maintain accountability of all deployed personnel in the AO, the Contractor shall follow instructions issued by the Army Materiel Command’s Logistics Support Element (AMC LSE) or other Contracting Officer’s designated representative to provide, and keep current, requested data on Contractor Personnel for entry into military personnel database systems. (2) The Contractor shall coordinate with the AMC LSE or other Contracting Officer’s designated representative for logistics support, as follows: (i) upon initial entry into the AO; (ii) upon initiation of contract performance; (iii) upon relocation of contract operations within the AO; and (iv) upon exiting the AO. (3) Before deployment, the Contractor shall ensure that: (i) All Contractor Personnel complete two DD Forms 93, Record of Emergency Data Card. One copy of the completed form shall be returned to the Government official specified by the Contracting Officer’s designated representative; the other shall be hand-carried by the individual employee to the AO. (ii) All required security and background checks are completed. (iii) All medical screening and requirements are met. (4) The Contractor shall ensure that Contractor Personnel have completed all pre-deployment requirements specified by the Contracting Officer’s designated representative (including processing through the designated Continental United States (CONUS) Replacement Center unless another deployment processing method is specifically authorized), and the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer’s designated representative that these actions have been accomplished. (5) The Contractor shall have a plan for timely replacement of employees who are no longer available for deployment for any reason, including mobilization as members of the Reserve, injury, or death. (d) Clothing and Equipment Issue. (1) To help distinguish them from combatants, Contractor Personnel shall not wear military clothing unless specifically authorized by a written Department of Army waiver. Contractor Personnel may wear specific items of clothing and equipment required for safety and security such as ballistic or NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) protective clothing. The CONUS Replacement Center or the combatant command may provide to the Contractor Personnel military unique Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment (OCIE) to ensure security and safety. (2) All issued OCIE shall be considered Government Furnished Property, and will be treated in accordance with Government Furnished Property clauses included elsewhere in this contract. The contractor shall ensure that all issued OCIE is returned to the point of issue. (e) Weapons and Training. (1) Contractor Personnel may not possess privately owned firearms in the AO. The combatant command may issue weapons and ammunition to Contractor Personnel, with the employee’s company’s consent as well as the individual employees’ consent, and may require weapons and other pre-deployment training. (2) The Contractor shall ensure that Contractor Personnel follow all instructions by the combatant command, as well as applicable Military Service and DoD regulations, regarding possession, use, safety, and accountability of weapons and ammunition. (3) All issued weapons, ammunition, and accessories (e.g., holsters) shall be considered Government Furnished Property. Upon redeployment or notification by the combatant command, the Contractor shall ensure that all Government issued weapons and unused ammunition are returned to the point of issue using a method that complies with Military Service regulations for issue and turn-in of firearms. (f) Vehicle and Equipment Operation. (1) The Contractor shall ensure that Contractor Personnel possess the required licenses to operate all vehicles or equipment necessary to perform the contract in the AO. (2) Contractor-owned or leased motor vehicles or equipment shall meet all requirements established by the combatant command and shall be maintained in a safe operating condition. (g) Passports, Visas and Customs. The Contractor is responsible for obtaining all passports, visas, and other documents necessary for Contractor Personnel to enter and exit any AO. (h) Purchasing Limited Resources. When the Combatant Command establishes a Commander-in-Chief Logistics Procurement Support Board (CLPSB), Joint Acquisition Review Board, or similar purchase review committee, the contractor will be required to coordinate local purchases of goods and services designated as limited, in accordance with instructions provided by the Administrative Contracting Officer or the Contracting Officer’s designated representative. (End of Clause) The quote / proposal is due at 1700 hours, Baghdad time, on 15 January 2005. The PCO contracting point-of-contact is Charles T. Clements, 703-343-9218, charles.clements@cpa-iq.org. The address is DOS-PCO Contracting, APO AE, 09316. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (22-DEC-2004); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Baghdad
- Country: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
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