SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Audiology Test Services for Tooele Army Depot and Dugway Proving Ground, UT
- Notice Date
- 7/5/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 621340
— Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists
- Contracting Office
- Western Regional Contracting Office, ATTN: MCAA W BLDG 9902, 9902 Lincoln Street, Tacoma, WA 98431-1110
- ZIP Code
- 98431-1110
- Solicitation Number
- W91YU0-11-T-0210
- Response Due
- 7/19/2011
- Archive Date
- 9/17/2011
- Point of Contact
- John Kwiatkowski, 719-526-6444
- E-Mail Address
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Western Regional Contracting Office
(john.kwiatkowski@amedd.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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. (1) Solicitation number W91YU0-11-T-0210 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). (2) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-52, effective 31 May 2011. (3) This solicitation and resultant contract is conducted as unrestricted under full and open competition using NAICS code 621340 and the associated small business size standard is $7,000,000. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the government. (4) A list of contract line item number(s), quantities and units of measure, including options. Unit of DescriptionQtyIssuePriceExt Price Base Year (1 Sep 11-31 Aug 12) 0001 Complete Audio Test56Each 0002 Tympanogram & Acoustic Reflex Test56Each 0003 SPRINT Test56Each 0004 Contractor Manpower Report1Each Option Year 1 (1 Sep 12-31 Aug 13) 1001 Complete Audio Test56Each 1002 Tympanogram & Acoustic Reflex Test56Each 1003 SPRINT Test56Each 1004 Contractor Manpower Report1Each Option Year 2 (1 Sep 13-31 Aug 14) 2001 Complete Audio Test56Each 2002 Tympanogram & Acoustic Reflex Test56Each 2003 SPRINT Test56Each 2004 Contractor Manpower Report1Each (5) Requirements for the service to be acquired. (1) The contractor shall provide audiology services for the following tests: Complete Audio Test, Tympanogram and Acoustic Reflex Test, and SPeech Recognition In Noise Test (SPRINT) with reports for each. These services shall be completed in accordance with the professional standards they are intended to be conducted. (2) Contractor shall provide written results of tests and fax or E-mail results to the Director, Health Services, U.S. Army Health Clinic, Tooele Army Depot and Dugway Proving Ground Utah within four working days after each test. The fax number and E-mail address will be provided by the government. (3) Audiology professionals providing services under this Performance Work Statement shall be properly certified and licensed in the state of Utah. Contractor shall provide certifications and licenses upon request from the government. (4) The government requires the audiology tests be conducted within 125 miles radius of Dugway, UT. Performance Work Statement is attached. (6) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point. Base Year (1 Sep 11-31 Aug 12) Option Year 1 (1 Sep 12-31 Aug 13) Option Year 2 (1 Sep 13-31 Aug 14) Place of Contract Performance: Contractor's facility. Freight on Board: Destination. (7) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition and the following addenda is provided. Addendum to 52.212-1: (a) Deletions to 52.212-1: Paragraphs 52.212-1(d),(e), (h), and (i) are deleted (b) Replacements to 52.212-1: Paragraph 52.212-1(b), Submission of Offers, Replace with the following: (a) General: (i) Whenever, the words "offer," "proposal," "offerors," or similar terms are used in this solicitation, they shall be read to mean "quotation," "quoter," or similar corresponding term to reflect that this solicitation is a request for quotation and not a request for proposal or an invitation for bids. (ii) Once the Contracting Officer has decided to whom an offer will be issued, an offer requiring the quoter's signature will be issued. A contract will be in existence once both the quoter and the Contracting Officer have signed the contract. (b) Quotation packages shall consist of the following items. (i) Quotation package should reference solicitation number W91YU0-11-T-0210, and be signed by an authorized company representative. (ii) Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINS). Provide pricing for each CLIN. (iii) Completed copy of DFARS 252.212-7000 Offeror Representation and Certifications -Commercial Items (see attached). (iv) Complete copy of FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items Alt I, or a statement indicating that you have completed on-line at https://orca.bpn.gov/. (v) Written overview of experience, equipment, and/or software used in providing each required test. No more than two pages. (vi) Past Performance (due 12 Jul 11): The purpose of the past performance information is to allow the government to assess the bidder's ability to perform the effort described in this RFQ. The bidder shall provide a list of no more than two contracts with federal agencies or commercial customers which has been awarded within the last three years. Contracts include performance of efforts involving similar audiology testing as described in this solicitation. Past performance information will take into account past performance information regarding, key personnel who have relevant experience, or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement, if necessary. Furnish the following information for each contract listed: (i) Federal agency or commercial customer name (ii) Title and a brief summary of the Product/Service (iii) Contract or Project Number (iv) Contract Dollar Value (v) Period of Performance (vi) Verified, up-to-date name, address, E-mail address & telephone number of the client's project manager (if applicable) (vii) Comments regarding any known performance deemed unacceptable to the customer, or not in accordance with the projects terms and conditions. (viii) If a teaming arrangement is contemplated, provide complete information as to the arrangement, including any relevant and recent past performance information on previous teaming arrangements with same partner. If this is a first time joint effort, each party to the arrangement must provide a list of past and present similar contracts. Paragraph 52.212-1(c), Period for Acceptance of Offers. Replace with the following: GOVERNMENT MINIMUM ACCEPTANCE PERIOD. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless the government specifies another time period in an addendum to the solicitation. The Government will not consider offers providing less than 90 calendar days for Government acceptance. (End of Addendum to 52.212-1) (8) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) is as follows: Award will be made using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) process. The bidder shall provide a written overview of experience, equipment, and/or software used in providing the necessary tests. The written overview will be evaluated for familiarity and knowledge of performing the required tests (i.e. technically acceptable). Also, provide distance, in miles, from Dugway, UT to physical address in which the hearing test(s) will be accomplished (i.e. technically acceptable). The written overview will be determined as "pass" or "fail". Award will then be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotes meeting or exceeding the technical acceptability standards. Also, technical acceptability, for relative importance, is the same as price. Bidders with no relevant past or present performance history shall be treated neither favorably nor unfavorably. The government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective bidders. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest. Paragraphs (b) and (c) will be used and remain unchanged. (End of Addendum to 52.212-2) (9) Bidder's shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items Alt I (see attached), or a statement indicating that you have completed on-line at https://orca.bpn.gov/, with its offer. (10) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and addenda to the clause is as follows: Addenda to FAR 52.212-4(c): UNILATERAL MODIFICATIONS. The Government may make unilateral modifications considered administrative in nature. These include, but are not limited to, changes in the accounting and appropriation data, payment and issuing office addresses, and other corrections that have no effect on the terms and conditions of the contract. --Paragraphs (l) and (m) are deleted in their entirety. (End of Addendum to 52.212-4) (11) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Deviation), applies to this acquisition. (12) Additional contract terms and conditions: Clauses Incorporated by Reference: 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards, 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment, 52.222-3 Convict Labor, 52.222-21Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-50, Combat Trafficking in Persons, 52.223-18 Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving, 52.222-36 Affirmative Action For Workers With Disabilities, 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases, 52.225-25 Prohibition of Engaging in sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran-Certification, 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration, 52.233-3 Protest After Award, 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claims, 52.247-27 Contract Not Affected by Oral Agreement. The following DFARS clauses apply: 252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative, 252.203-7000 Requirement Relating to Compensation of former DoD Officials, 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights, 252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information, 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product, 252.212-7001 Deviation, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items; 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests, 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments, 252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel, 252.243-7001, Pricing Of Contract Modifications, 252.247-7023 Alt III Transportation by Supplies By Sea. The full text version of FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm. (13) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not applicable to this acquisition. (14) Please submit the requested information no later than 19 July 2011 (Tuesday), 2:00 pm Mountain Standard time to the POC listed below. Please note the Past Performance information is due 12 Jul 11 (Tues) by the close of business. E-mail is the preferred method of proposal submission. Please note, all questions must be received no later than three business days prior to the closing date. The Government reserves the right to not answer questions not meeting this timeline if doing so would result in an amendment requiring an extension of the solicitation and to extend would not be in the best interest of the Government. (15) Mr. John Kwiatkowski, phone: 719-526-6444, fax: 719-524-5405, or E-mail: john.kwiatkowski@us.army.mil.
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- Address: Western Regional Contracting Office ATTN: MCAA W BLDG 9902, 9902 Lincoln Street Tacoma WA
- Zip Code: 98431-1110
- Zip Code: 98431-1110
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