SOLICITATION NOTICE
Z -- Armored Car Service for the Chicago Passport Office
- Notice Date
- 3/15/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 1701 N Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- 1044-699580.
- Response Due
- 3/17/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/6/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 1044-699580. and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 05-08. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561790 with a small business size standard of $5.0M. This requirement is unrestricted and only interested offerors may submit a quote. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on Friday, March 17, 2006 at 14:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Chicago, IL 60604 The Department of State requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, Armored car service for the Chicago Passport Agency for March 2006 through December 31, 2006. Same day pick up and delivery Mon-Fri between 11 am and 1 pm from Chicago Passport Agency, Kluzynski Fed. Off. Bldg, 230 S. Dearborn St., Rm 1840, Chicago, IL 60604-1564 Attn: Terry Green 312-341-6025 to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603. Deposit of funds is required to be made to J.P.Morgan Chase Bank before 6 pm same day as the funds pick-up, in order to obtain same day credit in accordance with U.S. Treasury regulations., 10, mo; For this solicitation, Department of State intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Department of State is taking this action in a an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time offers. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their offer using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith offers, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, contact Janet Rosenberger at RosenbergerJLM@state.gov or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Buyers and Sellers understand that FedBid ranks all bids by price, regardless of the evaluation criteria used by the Buyer; however, pursuant to applicable acquisition regulations and/or departmental guidelines, Buyers may use criteria other than price to evaluate the offer. Please note that any such evaluation criteria must be articulated in the solicitation to the extent required by such regulations and/or guidelines. CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) directly to RosenbergerJLM@state.gov (NOT THROUGH FEDBID.COM) so that they are received at that email address no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. Delivery shall be made within 30 days or less after receipt of order (ARO). Offeror must provide proof of being Bonded with $100,000 liability. Award is contingent upon a satisfactory past performance reference check and determination of responsibility. Contractor is required to submit three (3) references who receive similar services from contractor. Information required includes Business or agency name and address, two points of contact for reference checks with current telephone numbers (both voice and fax) and brief description of service provided. Fax No: 703-875-6085 Attn: Janet Rosenberger; e-mail RosenbergerJLM@state.gov. Government reserves the right to contact additional references not provided by the Offeror. Note: This auction revises the time and location of pick up and delivery of funds of a previous auction for this location.
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (a-25584, n-2108)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Chicago, IL 60604
- Zip Code: 60604-1564
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 60604-1564
- Record
- SN01006850-W 20060317/060315211940 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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