MODIFICATION
22 -- COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION - Locomotive Truck Assemblies
- Notice Date
- 2/20/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- TACOM - Anniston, Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: AMSTA-AN-CT, Building 221, 7 Frankford Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201-4199
- ZIP Code
- 36201-4199
- Solicitation Number
- DAAE24-03-Q-0046
- Response Due
- 3/10/2003
- Archive Date
- 5/9/2003
- Point of Contact
- Linda Carlston, 256 235-4141
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to TACOM - Anniston, Directorate of Contracting
(carlstonl@anad.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NA This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared 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 th e only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The combined Synopsis/Request for Quotation (RFQ) number is DAAE24-03-Q-0046. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-12 dated 1-27-2003. This procurement is 100% set aside for small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 336510 with a size standard of 1000 employees. CLIN 0001: Desc ription - Locomotive Truck Assembly for use with a General Motors, Electro Motive Division, General Purpose (GP) 9 locomotive. Reconditioned ready for installation. Truck assembly must include the following items: 1) Wheel sets with 40 inch NEW wheels having AAR 1-B Contour; 2) 6 ? x 12 inch axles with 62-15 gear ratio and cartridge type tapered roller bearings. One axle will be splined and a combination journal box adapter (72915 8469919) will be applied. The other journal box adapters will be 72915 -8469918; 3) New Timken journal boxes and roller bearings. Note. Converted Hyatt type cylindrical bearings will not be acceptable; 4) All wear plates replaced with new (i.e. pedestal liner, side bearing, center plate wear ring and bottom plate); 5) New l ow friction composition brake shoes and keys will be applied; 6) Traction motors will meet all maintenance specifications as outlined in EMD MI3900 latest revision, with a minimum of D77 Traction motors (or newer) applied; 7) Brake rigging, rebuilt; 8) Re place all pins and bushings with new; 9) Re-qualified springs; 10) New or rebuilt slack adjusters; 11) Rebuilt brake cylinders; 12) Re-qualify bull gears; 13) Rebuilt motor nose suspension; 14) New or Re-qualified motor support brass; 15) Assembled, teste d, and painted; 16) FOB destination: Military Ocean Terminal Sunnypoint, 1303rd Major Port Command, bldg S-14, ATTN: MTESU-EQR-M Larry Branch (910) 457-8314, Southport, NC 28461. Deliver quantity of TWO each no later than 60 DAYS after date of award. Aw ard will be made to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, considering price and price related factors. PACKAGING In accordance with ASTM Designation D 3951-90, Standard Practice for Commercial Packaging, material covered by this contract will be acceptable with supplier's ?off-the-shelf? or ?over-the-counter? packaging providing: (1) Cleanliness: Items shall be free of dirt and other contaminants which would contribute to deter ioration of the item or which would require cleaning by the customer prior to use. Coatings and preservatives applied to the item for protection are not considered contaminants. (2) Preservation: Items susceptible to corrosion or deterioration shall be provided protection such as preservative coatings, volatile corrosion inhibitors, or desiccated unit packs. (3) Cushioning: Items requiring protection from physical and mechanical damage or which are fragile in nature shall be protected by wrapping, cush ioning, pack compartmentization, cartonizing, or other means to mitigate shock and vibration during handling and shipment. (4) The quantity per unit pack shall be the same as that used in commercial distribution or over-the-counter retail sales. (5) The individual items not unit-packed may either be packed in shipping containers or shall comply with the regulations of the carrier used. (6) The exterior (shipping) containers shall contain a packing list or other documentation setting forth contents and sh all be addressed as specified in the ?Ship To? portion of this order. (7) Shipping Containers: The shipping container (including any necessary blocking, braci ng, cushioning, and waterproofing) shall comply with the regulations of the carrier used and shall provide safe delivery to the destination. MARKING. Unless otherwise specified, exterior packs shall, as a minimum, be marked as follows by any means that pr ovides legibility and durability: a. National Stock Number (NSN), Management Control Number (MCN), or Part Number. b. Noun. c. Quantity, unit, and unit of issue. d. Contract, Purchase Order, or Delivery Order number. e. n/a This is a Property Boo k Item. NOTE: When a discount is offered to the Government as consideration for expediting payment, request the face of the packing slip and invoice be annotated ?DISCOUNT OFFERED.? THIS IS A COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offero rs - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1c is changed as follows: Change 30 calendar days to 90 calendar days. The remainder of this paragraph remains the same. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commerc ial Items, applies to this acquisition. ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-4 (o), Warranty, is changed in its entirety to read as follows: The Contractor agrees that the supplies or services furnished under this contract shall be covered by the most favorable commerc ial warranties the Contractor gives to any customer for such supplies or services and that the rights and remedies provided herein are in addition to and do not limit any rights afforded to the Government by any other clause of this contract. The clause a t FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, to include clauses FAR 52.203-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-14, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 5 2.222-19, 52.223-9, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, and 52.232-36. Other applicable FAR clauses: 52.204-6, 52.222-1, 52.222-18, 52.222-22, 52.222-25. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies, including FAR 52.203-3, DFARS 252.225-7001, 252.225-7012, 252.225-7014, 252.225-7016, 252.243-7002, 252.247-7023, 252.247-7024. Other applicable DFARS clauses: 252.225-7000, 252.225-7002. This item is not a Recovered Materials Content Item as identifed by Environmental Protection Agency guidelines. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY (a) The individual signing this offer must have authority to bind the offeror to a contract. FAR 4.102(a) through (e) require that the contracting officer have specific evidence of the signer's authority to bind the offeror. This evidence of authority is a condition that must be met before the contracting officer can execute any contract resulting from this solicitation. (b) Offerors MU ST PROVIDE evidence, appropriate to their business category, of the signer's authority to bind them on a contract. This evidence may be: (1) Furnished as an attachment to its offer; or (2) Identified in its offer by specific reference to an earlier offer submitted to this buying office within the past 12 months, where the signer's authority was confirmed by attachment to that offer; or (3) Furnished upon receipt of a specific request for the information from the contracting officer. (Note that, per FAR 5 2.214-12(b) and 52.215-13(b), agents signing on behalf of another offeror must provide evidence of their authority per (b)(1) or (2) above.) AMC-LEVEL PROTEST PROGRAM If you have complaints about this procurement, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve those concerns with the responsible contracting officer. However, you can also protest to Headquarters, AMC. The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an A lternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the General Accounting Office or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods sp ecified in FAR 33.103. Send protests (other than protests to the contracting officer) to: HQ Army Materiel Command, Office of Command Counsel, ATTN: AMCCC-PL, 5001 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22333-0001, Facsimile number (703) 617-4999/5680, Voice Number (703) 617-8176. The AMC-level protest procedures are found at: http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/command_counsel/ protest/protest.html . If Internet access is not available contact the contracting officer or HQ, AMC to obtain the AMC-Level Protest Proc edures. This order is not a rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS). Offers are due no later than 4:00 PM local time, 10 MAR 03. Offerors MUST INCLUDE with offer a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, AND a completed copy of DFARS 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF OFFERS. All responses to this solicitation must be submitted in digitized format. Pa per copy responses will not be accepted. You may submit your response to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) using email (only to acqnet@anad.army.mil) or fax your offer to our fax modem at telephone number 256 235-4618. Offers submitted using any other means wil l not be accepted. If format is other than Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Portable Document Format (PDF), a reader must be provided. Offeror must insure its offer, in its entirety, reaches the Directorate of C ontracting, Anniston Army Depot, before the time set for opening or closing of the solicitation. Any clauses or provisions of this solicitation which mention writing, returning, or submission of offer will mean electronic submission as stated in the parag raph above. Electronic offers must identify the solicitation and the opening/closing date, and include, as a minimum, the following: a. The Offer filled out and signed. b. All applicable fill-in provisions from the solicitation must be completed. c. An y other information required by the solicitation. Lateness rules are outlined in the solicitation. If you choose to password-protect access to your offer, you must provide the password to ANAD before the opening or closing date. Contact the buyer identif ied on the cover page of this solicitation to arrange a means of providing the password. Passwords used only for the purpose of write protecting files need not be provided. Offerors shall make every effort to ensure that their offer is virus-free. Offers (or portions thereof) submitted which DO reflect the presence of a virus, or which are otherwise rendered unreadable by damage in either physical or electronic transit, shall be treated as unreadable. See Federal Acquisition Regulation 14.406 or 15.207(c ) for a description of the steps the Government shall take with regard to unreadable offers. Any bid bond required by this solicitation must be submitted with offer in the above mentioned electronic format. Also, the properly completed original bid bond m ust be furnished to the Directorate of Contracting, Anniston Army Depot, 7 Frankford Ave, Anniston, AL 36201-4199, prior to the opening or closing of the solicitation. Requests for general information concerning this solicitation should be made to Linda C arlston, Contract Specialist, (256) 235-4141, or email: carlstonl@anad.army.mil .
- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM - Anniston, Directorate of Contracting ATTN: AMSTA-AN-CT, Building 221, 7 Frankford Avenue Anniston AL
- Zip Code: 36201-4199
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 36201-4199
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- SN00262250-W 20030222/030220213512 (fbodaily.com)
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