SOLICITATION NOTICE
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- Notice Date
- 12/10/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 313210
— Broadwoven Fabric Mills
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR, Procurement Branch, 320 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20534
- ZIP Code
- 20534
- Solicitation Number
- CT1694-05
- Response Due
- 12/23/2004
- Point of Contact
- Moses Pettigrew, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-305-3702, Fax 202-305-7344,
- E-Mail Address
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mpettigrew@central.unicor.gov
- 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. The solicitation number is CT1694-05 and is issued as a Request For Proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-24. The North American Industry Classification System code is 313210. The small business size standard is 1,000 employees. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. intends to enter into a five year, firm-fixed-price, requirements type contract for Leather. The quantity requested is as follows: LEA0002-750,000 SQUARE FOOT. LINE ITEM DESCRIPTION: S-GRAIN,1,VIII,CT,COW,SMOOTH,A-A-50016* A-A-50021A, PEARL GREY UNICOR PART NUMBER: LEA0002 ADJECTIVE: SPLIT GRAIN (SPLIT)TYPE: VIII CLASS: 1 MATERIAL: COW WEIGHT: 3.0 OUNCES - 3.5 OUNCES FINISH: SMOOTH COLOR: PEARL GREY FED. STD. KK-L-2004 EACH PALLET SHALL BE MARKED WITH WEIGHT,QUANTITY, P.O. NUMBER AND LEA0002. THE QUANTITY VARIATION IS PLUS FIVE (5)PERCENT AND MINUS ZERO PERCENT. A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AND A LABRATORY TESTING REPORT SHALL PRECEED OR ACCOMPANY EACH SHIPMENT. The correct specifications to reference for this material are A-A-50016B and A-A-50021B. This would be a 5 year IDIQ contract. REQUIRED DELIVERY SHALL BE 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF DELIVERY ORDER. The minimum delivery order quantity is 5,000 Sq. ft., maximum delivery order is 50,000 sq. ft. +/- 5%. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.204-6, Contractor Identification Number Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS); 52.211-16, Variation in Quantity, The permissible variation shall be +5%/ -5%; 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, Significant evaluation factors are past performance, ability to conform to the specifications, and price. Past performance is significantly more important than cost or price. The Government may make award without discussions - therefore, the offeror=s initial offer should contain offeror=s best pricing. Tradeoff Process: It may be in the Government=s best interest to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technical rated offeror. This process may include tradeoffs among cost/price and non-cost factors and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal if the perceived benefits of the highest priced proposal are determined to merit the additional cost.; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items B This must be completed and provided with your offer- The document can be downloaded at the following website: http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; (PARAGRAPH (D) “DISPUTES”, REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING: 52.233-1 Disputes (October 2003) (DEVIATION) (a) This contract is not subject to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C.601-613). (b) All disputes arising under or relating to this contract shall be resolved under this clause. (c) “Claim” as used in this clause, means a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracting parties seeking, as a matter of right, the payment of money in a sum certain, the adjustment or interpretation of contract terms, or other relief arising under or relating to this contract. However, a written demand or written assertion by the Contractor seeking the payment of money exceeding $100,000 is not a claim until certified. A voucher, invoice, or other routine request for payment that is not in dispute when submitted is not a claim. The submission may be converted to a claim by complying with the submission and certification requirements of this clause, if it is disputed either as a liability or amount or is not acted upon in a reasonable time. (d)(1) A claim by the Contractor shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated in this contract, submitted within 6 years after accrual of the claim to the Contracting Officer for a written decision. A claim by the Government against the Contractor shall be subject to a written decision by the Contracting Officer. (2)(i) The Contractor shall provide the certification specified in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this clause when submitting any claim exceeding $100,000. (ii) The certification requirement does not apply to issues in controversy that have not been submitted as all or part of a claim. (iii) The certification shall state as follows: “I certify that the claim is made in good faith; that the supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief; that the amount requested accurately reflects the contract adjustment for which the Contractor believes the Government is liable; and that I am duly authorized to certify the claim on behalf of the Contractor”. (3) The certification may be executed by any person duly authorized to bind the Contractor with respect to the claim. (e) For the Contractor claims of $100,000 or less, the Contracting Officer must, if requested in writing by the contractor, render a decision within 60 days of the request. For contractor-certified claims over $100,000, the Contracting Officer must, within 60 days, decide the claim or notify the Contractor of the date by which the decision will be made. (f) The Contracting Officer’s decision shall be final unless the Contractor appeals to the Chief, Procurement Branch, UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries within 90 days of the date of the Contractor’s receipt of the adverse decision. The decision of the Chief, Procurement Branch on a Contractor’s appeal will be final. (g) Within 10 days of the Contractor’s receipt of an adverse Contracting Officer’s decision on a claim, the Contractor may request, and Federal Prison Industries will participate in, non-binding alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by means mutually acceptable to the parties. Any ADR shall be completed within 60 days of the Contractor’s request, unless the parties agree to a longer period. A Contractor’s request for, and participation in, ADR will not toll the 90 day time limit within which to appeal an adverse Contracting Officer’s decision to the Chief, Procurement Branch. (h) The Government shall pay interest on the amount found due and unpaid from (1) the date that the Contracting Officer receives the claim (certified, if required); or (2) the date that payment otherwise would be due, if that date is later, until the date of payment. With regard to claims having a defective certification, as defined in FAR 33.201, interest shall be paid from the date that the Contracting Officer initially receives the claim. Simple interest on claims shall be paid at the rate, fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, which is applicable to the period during which the Contracting Officer receives the claim and then at the rate applicable for each 6-month period as fixed by the Treasury Secretary during the pendency of the claim. (i) The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending final resolution of any request for relief, claim, appeal, or action arising under the contract, and comply with any decision of the Contracting Officer. 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, which includes 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I and 52.232-33, Payment of Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration; 52.215-6, Place of Performance, Please include the name and address of the supplier (s); (a) The offeror or respondent, in the performance of any contract resulting from this solicitation, [ ] intends, [ ] does not intend [check applicable block] to use one or more plants or facilities located at a different address from the address of the offeror or respondent as indicated in this proposal or response to request for information. (b) If the offeror or respondent checks “intends” in paragraph (a) of this provision, it shall insert in the following spaces the required information: Place of Performance Name and Address of Owner (Street Address, City, and Operator of the Plant State, County, Zip Code) or Facility if Other than Offeror or Respondent ____________________ _______________________ ____________________ _______________________ 52.216-18, Ordering, Orders may be issued under the resulting contract from the date of award through five (5) years thereafter; 52.216-19, Order Limitations, Order Limitation applies with (a) minimum order of 5,000 SQUARE FT. PER LINE ITEM (b) (1) the Contractor is not obligated to honor any order for a single item in excess of 50,000 SQUARE FT. PER DELIVERY ORDER (b)(2) the Contractor is not obligated to honor any order for a combination of items in excess of 50,000 SQUARE FT. Contractor will not be obligated to honor a series of orders from the same ordering office, within a 10 day period that together call for quantities exceeding the maximum order limitations. The Contractor shall honor any orders exceeding the maximum order limitations unless the order, or orders, is returned to the ordering office within five calendar days after issuance with a written statement expressing the contractor’s intent not to ship; 52.216-21, Requirements, The Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after 30 days after contract expiration; 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representation; The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 316110. 52.219-22, Small Disadvantaged Business Status; 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances; 52.232-15, Progress Payments Not Included; 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; 52.233-2, Service of Protest, Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the General Accounting Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from Donovan Cunningham, Interagency Solutions and Procurement Branch, 400 First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534. The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO; 52.233-3, Protest after Award; 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order; 52.246-15, Certificate of Conformance; 52.246-16, Responsibility for Supplies; 52.247-34, F.O. B. Destination, Delivery shall be FOB destination to UNICOR, FCI Sandstone, 2300 County Rd. 29, P.O. Box 999 Sandstone, MN 55072. DELIVERY HOURS: Normal delivery hours are as follows: 7:30 am - 11:00 am and 12:00 noon - 2:30 pm, Monday through Friday, notwithstanding emergencies and Federal holidays; 52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms; FPI 1000D, Packaging and Marking - Preservation, packaging, and marking for all items covered by this contract shall be in accordance with commercial practice and adequate to insure acceptance by common carrier and safe arrival at destination. The contract number should be on or adjacent to the exterior shipping label. Each package received must be marked for type and quantity. A Certificate of Conformance must accompany each shipment. All shipments should be labeled as follows: a. Vendor name b. Purchase Order number and/or Contract number c. Item description d. Item quantity and weight e. Other pertinent information FPI 1000F1, Delivery Order - Orders shall customarily be made by phone, with subsequent written confirmation containing the following information: a. Date of order b. Contract number and order number c. Item number and description, quantity, and unit price d. Delivery or performance date e. Place of delivery f. Shipping instructions g. Accounting data h. Any other pertinent information Delivery shall be 30 days after receipt of delivery order. The period of performance for this contract will be from the date of award through five years. JAR 2852.201.70 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE (COTR) (JAN 1985) (a) Thomas J. Stabe, Glove Foreman is hereby designated to act as Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) under this contract. (b) The COTR is responsible, applicable for: receiving all deliverables, inspecting and accepting the supplies or services provided hereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract; providing direction to the contractor which clarifies the contract effort, fills in details or otherwise serves to accomplish the contractual Scope of Work; evaluating performance and certifying all invoices/vouchers for acceptance of the supplies or services furnished for payments. (c) The COTR does not have the ability to alter the contractor’s obligations under the contract, or modify any of the express terms, conditions, specifications, or cost of the agreement. If as a result of technical discussions, it is desirable to alter/change contractual obligations or the Scope of Work, the Contracting Officer shall issue changes in writing and signed. ADMINISTERED BY: This contract will be administered by: UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Clothing & Textiles Branch 320 First Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20534-0001 ATTN: Moses Pettigrew, Contracting Officer (202) 305-3702 Written communications shall make reference to the contract number and shall be mailed to the above address. ADDRESS TO WHICH REMITTANCE SHOULD BE MAILED: Offeror shall indicate below the complete mailing address (include the nine digit ZIP code) to which remittance should be mailed if such address is other than that shown in Block 15A, Page 1 (Standard Form 33), they shall enter it below: (a) Payee Name (Contractor) :______________________ (b) Check Remittance Address: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Any questions or problems regarding payment should be directed to the Business Manager at the following locations: UNICOR, FCI Sandstone 2300 County Road, Sandstone, MN 55072 ATTN: Scott Hilleren, 320-245-2262 x404________ FPI 1000K2, Subcontract Certification, This contract does ( ) does not ( ) provide for any subcontracting possibilities. If answer is in the affirmative, offeror will submit a subcontracting plan in accordance with the requirements of FAR 52.219-9, FPR Temp. Reg. 50; FPI 999.999-9, Business Management Questionnaire - This must be completed and provided with your offer- The document can be downloaded at the following website: http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Each proposal package shall consist of the following completed and signed documents: SF1449, all amendments issued, copy of current representations and certifications for commercial items (FAR 52.212-3), three Business Management Questionnaires of contracts that are of similar or like items and an ACH form. A completed ACH form must be on file prior to contract award - This document can be downloaded at the following website: http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. Implementation of the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) was mandated and effective October 1, 2003. ALL CONTRACTORS MUST REGISTER in the CCR prior to award. For additional information and to register, go to www.ccr.gov. As mandated by the Department of Justice, all contractors must register in the NIH Contractor Performance System at the time of award. The web address is: http://cps.od.nih.gov. All offers shall be submitted by the date and time specified (Thursday, December 23, 2004 @2:00 PM) to the attention of Moses Pettigrew, Contracting Officer, UNICOR Clothing and Textiles-6th Floor, 400 First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534. Offers should be submitted on the SF1449. OMB Clearance 9000-0136. The date and time for receipt of proposals is Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Offer must indicate Solicitation No. CT1694-05, time specified for receipt of offer, name, address and telephone number of offeror, technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. All offerors that fail to furnish required representation and certification information or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. Any amendments hereby issued to this solicitation shall be synopsized in the same manner as this solicitation and must be acknowledged by each offeror. Offerors must hold prices firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Offers or modifications shall be received by the date and time specified in this solicitation (December 23, 2004 @ 2:00 PM) or they shall not be considered for award. Questions regarding this requirement may be addressed in writing to Moses Pettigrew, mpettigrew@central.unicor.gov. All FAR forms, clauses and provisions necessary to submit an offer may be accessed at the following web site: http://www.arnet.gov/far. This combined synopsis/solicitation and necessary forms are available on web site: http://www.eps.gov or http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proclothing.htm. Interested parties may obtain copies of Military and Federal Specifications and Standards, Qualified Product Lists, Military Handbooks, and other standardization documents from the DoD Single Stock Point (DODSSP), in Philadelphia, PA. Most documents are available in Adobe PDF format from the ASSIST database via the Internet at http://assist.daps.dla.mil. Users may search for documents using the ASSIST-Quick Search and, in most cases, download the documents directly via the Internet using standard browser software. Documents not available for downloading from ASSIST can be ordered from the DODSSP using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard, after establishing a DODSSP Customer Account by following the registration procedures or by phoning the DoDSSP Special Assistance Desk at (215) 697-2179 (DSN: 442-2179). Users not having access to the Internet may contact the DODSSP Special Assistance Desk at (215) 697-2179 (DSN: 442-2179) or mail requests to the DODSSP, Bldg. 4/D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094. Patterns, Drawings, Deviations Lists, Purchase Descriptions, etc., are not stocked at the DODSSP. Copies of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained from GSA, Federal Supply Service, Specifications Section, Suite 8100 470 LEnfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20407, Phone: 202-619-8925 and Facsimile 202-619-8978. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (10-DEC-2004). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 09-FEB-2005, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: UNICOR, FPI Sandstone, 2300 County Road 29, Sanstone, MN
- Zip Code: 55072
- Zip Code: 55072
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