SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Solar Powered Battery Chargers for Rechargeable/Secondary Communications Batteries (SP-BC-BB)
- Notice Date
- 2/6/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- M67854 Quantico, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M6785406R5037
- Response Due
- 4/28/2006
- Archive Date
- 5/28/2006
- Description
- The Marine Corps System Command has a requirement for up to 500 Solar Powered Battery Chargers for Rechargeable/Secondary Communications Batteries (SP-BC-BB). This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 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 subject Request for Proposals (RFPs), M67854-06-R-5037 incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-08 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-13. Scope: The proposed SP-BC-BB shall address the technical requirements of the attached performance specification. Intended Use: The SP-BC-BB will use solar energy to charge rechargeable military communications batteries. Characteristics: The required SP-BC-BB characteristics are! described in the attached performance specification. Verification: Unless otherwise specified, the offeror is responsible for the execution of all inspections and certifications related to conformance and performance of the SP-BC-BB and all components. Packaging: Best commercial practices. Commercial Warranty: Warranty provisions or exclusions shall be clearly stated in the offerors' proposal submission. The Government anticipates issuing an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) commercial contract to the successful offeror. Quantities and period of performance are as follows: Period of Performance: 12 months beginning on the effective date of contract award with (2) two 12-month option periods (maximum ordering period not to exceed 36 months). Contract Minimum Quantity is 5 units. Contract Maximum Quantity is 500 units. Order Minimum Quantity is 1 unit. Order Maximum Quantity is 500 units. These units will be shipped F.O.B. destination throughout the Continental United States. The primary desti nations will be Camp Pendleton, CA, Camp Lejeune, NC, 29 Palms, CA, and Albany GA. Offerors may propose stepladder quantity pricing, (e.g., 1 - 10, $xx; 11-20, $xx) for the Base year i.e. CLIN 0001 and Option years 0101 and 0201 respectively. However, the price will be evaluated on a quantity of 100 units for each year. Federal Acquisition Regulation-52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, (Jan 2006): Multiple Offers are discouraged. Offerors shall submit a combined technical/business proposal and one sample of their product for limited verification testing alongwith draft operator?s manual. An original and two (2) written copies of the proposal are required. Proposals shall be prepared using "Arial" or "Times New Roman" 11-point font style on 8 1/2 x 11 inch white paper. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font style, not less than 8 points. Foldouts are not allowed. All material submitted may be single-spaced. Offerors should ensure that each page provides identification of the submitting Offeror in the header or footer. Page count for the combined technical/business proposal shall not exceed 25 total pages, not including the draft operator?s manual. Product sample will be returned to the offeror following source selection if requested, but offerors should be aware that samples may be damaged or destroyed in the testing/evaluation process. Sealed offers for the items to be provided shall be hand-carried or express mailed via UPS or Federal Express to the following location by 2:00PM (EST) April 28, 2006: MARCORSYSCOM Material Management, Attn: Gabrielle Trickett-GTES-EPS, 2201A Willis St, Quantico, VA 22134-6050. NOTE: Offerors are advised that proposals sent by conventional US Mail service are not routed directly to the above address. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (Jan 1999). Evaluation Factors: Operational Effectiveness ? Describe your ability to currently meet the performance requirements stated in the performance specification for the SP-BC-BB. Key features to address are identified in the performance specification as key performance parameters (KPPs). Supportability - Key Supportability issues to address include Durability and Warranty. Address any specific commercial or extended warranty provisions for the product. Past Performance - Provide specific examples of favorable recent past performance that illustrates evidence of your ability to produce, deliver, and warrant your product. Ensure the past performance information includes names of technical and contracting officials, telephone numbers, addresses, e-mail, name of the product purchased, quantities, dates of the resulting contract, contract value, contract number and a description of the items procured. Relative Order of Importance: (i) Operational Effectiveness - Most important. (ii) Supportability ? Next in importance. (iii) Past Performance - Less important. Price - Evaluated, but not rated. Award shall be made to the offeror whose proposal presents the best value to the Government. In making its "Best Value" determination, the Government will consider overall operational effectiveness, supportability, and past performance merit to be of significantly greater importance than evaluated price. However, the importance of price as a factor in the final determination will increase with the degree of equality in the overall merits of the proposals. Value Added features, if any listed by the offeror will be factored in. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful Offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations. FAR Clauses: 52. 212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, (Beginning January 1, 2005, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) will require the use of the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in Federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representation and certification information, at your convenience, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. In addition, rather than receiving and reviewing paper submissions, government contracting officials can access ORCA and review your information online as a part of the proposal evaluation process. You will no longer have to submit representations and certifications completed in ORCA with each offer. Instead, a solicitation will contain a single provision that will allow you to either certify that all of your representations and certifications in ORCA are current, complete and accurate as of the date of your signature, or list any changes. To prepare for this requirement and to register in ORCA, you will need to have two items: an active Central Contractor Registration (CCR) record and a Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) identified in that CCR record. Your DUNS number and MPIN act as your company?s ID and password into ORCA. (Visit www.ccr.gov for more information on creating and entering your MPIN). The basic information provided in your CCR record is used to pre-populate a number of fields in ORCA. Vendors are reminded to protect their MPIN from unauthorized use. Once in ORCA you will be asked to review pertinent information pre-populated from CCR, provide a point of contact, and answer a questionnaire that contains up to 26 questions. The questionnaire is to help you gather information you need! for the clauses. The questionnaire is not the official version. Be su re to read the provisions carefully. The answers you provide are then automatically entered into the actual FAR provisions. You are required to review your information, as inserted, in context of the full-text provisions for accuracy; acknowledge three additional read only provisions; and click a time/date stamp before final submission. You will need to review and/or update your ORCA record when necessary, but at least annually in order to maintain its active status. Detailed information regarding ORCA, how to submit your record, and whom to call for assistance can be found on ORCAs homepage at http://orca.bpn.gov under Help). 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.212-5,Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders within this clause, the following clauses apply; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Vietnam Era, 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, 52.222-19 Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases, 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer --Central Contractor Registration, 52.232-18-Availability of Funds. 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTORS: Any award resulting from the solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.237-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payments (invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Wide Area Workflow-Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at NO COST to the contractor and training will be provided. Information available at no cost is located at http://www.wawftraining.com. ATTACHMENT: Performance Specification
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