SOLICITATION NOTICE
84 -- Fall Protection Equipment - Brand Name Justification - Required Items
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 339113
— Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Federal Locations, Western Area Power Administration, Lakewood, Colorado, United States
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DE-SOL-0007925
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Tiffany Atchison, Phone: 7209627158
- E-Mail Address
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atchison@wapa.gov
(atchison@wapa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Required Items/Specifications Brand Name Justification THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-79. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339113, Personal Safety Devices, with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is being procured on a full and open basis. Western Area Power Administration (Western) must purchase new fall protection equipment for line crews in order to meet the new OSHA standards. Western anticipates awarding up to two (2) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), not-to-exceed $150,000 over five years. Under a BPA, the Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under the BPA. Purchases under $3,000 will be made using a government purchase card; purchases over $3,000 will be made via an order signed by a contracting officer. A single order shall not exceed $30,000.00. Offerors under this solicitation are not required to quote on all items to be considered for a BPA. BPAs will be issued to vendors who offer the overall best value for the items identified. LINE ITEMS: See attached requirements document. DELIVERY Delivery shall be made to the sites detailed on individual orders. DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE: Delivery term shall be FOB Destination. The Contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the orders, be responsible for loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Inspection will be done at the Western facility upon receipt. EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR AWARD Award will be made to the Contractor whose quote offers the best value to the Government price and non-price factors considered. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following evaluation criteria: (1) Technical Capability: Meeting or Exceeding the Requirement, (2) Past Performance, and (3) Price. Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, shall be approximately equal in importance to price. Technical Capability: Evaluation of Technical Capability shall be based on the suitability for the user. Technical descriptions and any product literature submitted in the quotation shall be evaluated to determine that the proposed equipment meets or exceeds all salient characteristics identified herein. Past Performance: The Government will evaluate past performance as it pertains to the proposed item to determine the level of quality, and the reliability of the product. Evaluation of past performance will be based on information contained in the technical proposal and information provided by references. The Government will evaluate past performance by contacting appropriate references, including Western references; if applicable. The Government may also consider other available information. The Government will assign a neutral rating if the offeror has no relevant past performance. REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS For the purpose of technical evaluation offerors shall submit: 1) A technical description and/or product literature which clearly details all required specifications, and clearly documents that the offered product(s) meet(s) or exceeds the specifications stated herein. Technical information may not be needed if offerors are quoting the exact product detailed when a brand name item is identified. 2) References. 3) The price provided for each item listed in the Specifications shall be Firm Fixed Price, the price quoted will be the price paid by Western when an order is made. Please note that this procurement is not being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If an offeror submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price. However, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant BPA, not the terms and conditions of the offeror's FSS or GWAC contract. This is an Open-Market Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for equipment as defined herein. The Government intends to award one or two BPAs as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein. Western anticipates award by January 30, 2015. DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS All quotations shall be sent to Tiffany Atchison at atchison@wapa.gov. Submission must be received not later than 4:00 p.m. mountain time on Friday, January 9, 2015. FAX quotations will not be accepted. E-mail quotations will be accepted. An e-mail quotation shall be considered received when it is received in the inbox of Tiffany Atchison. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at https://acquisition.gov/far/. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 25.211-6, Brand Name or Equal 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. In accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items including subparagraphs: 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; 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans; 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Message While Driving; 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- System for Award Management; 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party; 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.225-3 Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements- (PMA Deviation) (FEB 2008) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause- "Bahrainian or Moroccan end product" means an article that- (1) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain or Morocco ; or (2) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in Bahrain or Morocco into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. "Component" means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product. "Cost of components" means- (3) For components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a dutyfree entry certificate is issued); or (4) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of thc end product. "Domestic end product" means- (I) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States; or (2) An end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. Components of forcign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Scrap gcncrated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic. "End product" means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use. "Foreign end product" means an end product other than a domestic end product. "Free Trade Agreement country" means Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, or Singapore. "Free Trade Agreement country end product" means an article that- (I) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free Trade Agreement country; or (2) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. "United States" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas. (b) Components of foreign origin. Offerors may obtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that the Contracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract. (c) Delivery of end products. The Contracting Officer has determined that FTAs (except the Bahrain and Morocco FTAs) apply to this acquisition. Unless otherwise specified, these trade agreements apply to all items in the Schedule. The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only domestic end products except to the extent that, in its offer, it specified delivery of foreign end products in the provision entitled "Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Certificate (PMA Deviation) (FEB 2008)." If the Contractor specified in its offer that the Contractor would supply a Free Trade Agreement country end product (other than a Bahrainian or Moroccan end product), then the Contractor shall supply a Free Trade Agreement country end product (other than a Bahrainian or Moroccan end product), or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product. 52.225-4 Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements- (PMA Deviation) (FEB 2008) (a) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The terms " Bahrainian or Moroccan end product," "component," "domestic end product," "end product," "foreign end product," "Free Trade Agreement country," "Free Trade Agreement country end product," and "United States" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act-Free Trade ~~reements- (PMA Deviation) (FEB 2008)". (b) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian or Moroccan end products) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements- (PMA Deviation) (FEB 2008)": Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahrainian or Moroccan End Products): [List as necessary] (c) The offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements- (PMA Deviation) (FEB 2008)" The offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. Other Foreign End Products: LINE ITEM NO. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN [List as necessary] DOE-H-1040 Lobbying Restriction The Contractor agrees that none of the funds obligated on this award shall be expended, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. § 1913. This restriction is in addition to those prescribed elsewhere in statute and regulation.
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