SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- AMA VIRTUAL LIBRARY - Synopsis
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ESG - Enterprise Sourcing Group, Building 1, 1940 Allbrook Dr, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-5006, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5006
- Solicitation Number
- F1ATB12040A001
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2012
- Point of Contact
- Apolinar Vargas, Phone: 2103959556, Brandon Taylor, Phone: 2103959553
- E-Mail Address
-
apolinar.vargas@us.af.mil, brandon.taylor.19@us.af.mil
(apolinar.vargas@us.af.mil, brandon.taylor.19@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Performance Work Statement Synopsis This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial services 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; a written solicitation will not be issued. The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Material Command, 773d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Contracting Office intends to negotiate and award a sole source, firm fixed price (FFP) contract with the American Medical Association, 515 N State ST FL 15, Chicago, IL, 60610-4325, in accordance with Justification and Approval Authority: Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Service Will Satisfy Agency Requirement (section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act 1996, FAR 6.3020-1, and 10 USC 2304(g)(1)(B). A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based on responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This sole source award is for the American Medical Association Virtual Library. This contract shall provide a Medical Library Site License Subscription with full text content to 12 journals from the American Medical Association (AMA) that will be posted on the Air Force Medical Services (AFMS) Virtual Library. A link to the Virtual Library and IP-authentication shall be required for each U.S. Air Force Medical Treatment Facility (MTF).. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement or quotation which will be considered by the agency. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 519130, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, with a small business size standard of $7m. F.O.B. Destination; the period of performance is 30 September 2012 through 29 September 2013, with four(4) one year options periods. The destination Address is: Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) Virtual Library. All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be in writing and emailed to Mr. Apolinar Vargas at apolinar.vargas@us.af.mil by 3:00 P.M. on 21 June, 2012. CLOSIG DUE DATE: June 28, 2012; TIME: 3:00 P.M. Central Standard Time (CST). Offers must be submitted electronically to Apolinar Vargas at apolinar.vargas@us.af.mil on or before this date to be considered. Please refer to the attached PWS, for further detail. INTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS SUBMITTING QUOTES - FAR 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Jun 2008), applies to this acquisition. As an addendum to this provision, Offerors are instructed to submit quotes as follows: Quotes shall consist of separate written technical and price quotes. TECHNICAL QUOTE Offers must include the following information in their technical quote cover page:" RFQ Number and Project Title" Offeror's Point of contact for this project including name, title, address, phone number, and email address on the title page (Both Technical Quote and Price Quote)" Tax Identification Number (TIN)" Duns & Bradstreet,/Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) " North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code" Product Service Code (PSC)" The validity period of the quote [Offeror's quote(s) must be valid for at least 30 calendar days]" Provide an acknowledgement of all RFQ amendments, if any (may be included in the cover letter). The acknowledgement must reference the amendment numbers." The Offeror must submit with their quotes a completed Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (FAR 52.212-3) form. If the Offeror's Representations and Certifications are registered in the ORCA website (http://orca.bpn.gov), it must be indicated in the offer. The offer shall also indicate if the ORCA record has been entered or updated in the last 12 months are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation. The following information should be included in the technical quote: 1. Capabilities Statement (a) Key Personnel - those who would have primary responsibility for performing and/or managing the service, to include subcontractors; include their qualifications and specific experience, particularly for previous work of this nature. (b) Organizational Experience - provide at least two organizational experiences for your organization (to include contract number & product description, period of performance, dollar amount, client identification with the reference point of contact & telephone number, and identification of any problems encountered on identified contracts and the corrective action taken). (c) Conflict of Interest Disclosure - disclosure of any knowledge of any consultants or key personnel being proposed, and identification thereof, which have an agreement or employment arrangement in effect with another offeror under this solicitation. In the event there is a (potential) conflict of interest, the offeror shall identify as such in the Organizational Conflict of Interest Certification/Disclosure Statement. 2. Quality Control Plan-how you will identify and maintain quality standards, keep the project on time during each task, and monitor and report task progress. The following factors shall be used to evaluate technical offers: Technical A. Capabilities Statement 1. Key Personnel (The currency, quality and depth of experience of individual personnel working on similar projects; the currency, quality and depth of how the Project Manager will supervise and coordinate the workforce) 2. Organizational Experience (Evidence that the organization has current capabilities and the ability to assure performance of this requirement) B. Project Management Plan 1. Work Breakdown Structure - WBS (WBS shows an understanding of the work, including thoroughness in understanding the objectives of the PWS and specific tasks, and planned execution of the project; WBS demonstrates an understanding of logistics, schedule, and any other issues the Government should be aware of) 2. Quality Control Plan (Plan identifies and maintains quality standards, and demonstrates the ability of the offeror to address anticipated potential problem areas) Once the Government determines that a technical quote is "Technically Acceptable", quotes will be reviewed and evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria identified herein: Price Price Quote: Your price quotation shall be a separate volume from your technical quotation. The price quote should be structured in accordance with the Addendum to FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (JUN 2010) for FFP services. FAR Clause 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (JAN 1999)(a), "the Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered." Quotations shall be submitted in 12 pitch font, Times New Roman, on company letterhead and shall not exceed five (5) pages double spaced, not including attached resumes. Pages exceeding the page limitations set forth in this provision will not be read or evaluated, and will not be considered. Format for quotation: •a. Quotations shall be submitted on 8 ½ x 11-inch papers, double-spaced. •b. Tables and figures may be single spaced. •c. Except for reproduced sections of RFQ document, text shall be no smaller than 12 point. •d. Margins on all four sides of each sheet will be at least one inch. •e. All pages shall be printed on one side only. •f. Special consideration will not be given for colors, pictures or unnecessary graphics. •2. Cross Referencing: •a. Each part shall be written on a stand‑alone basis so that its contents may be evaluated without cross-referencing to other parts of the quotation. •b. Information required for quotation evaluation, which is not found in its designated part, will be assumed to have been omitted from the quotation. •c. Each response to each Subfactor shall be self-contained. No cross-referencing between Subfactor responses is allowed. Applicable Provisions: FAR clause 52.212-5--Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (JUN 2010), applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses are cited within 52.212-5 and are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402). FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006) (38 U.S.C. 4212). FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998) (29 U.S.C. 793). FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct. 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332).
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- Address: Air Force Medical Support Agency, 1500 Wilson BLVD, Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- Zip Code: 22209
- Zip Code: 22209
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