SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Publication of Special Journal Issue - Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria
- Notice Date
- 8/24/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NFFK0000-7-18248
- Response Due
- 9/4/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2007
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13, as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a separate solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number NFFK-7-18248 is being issued as a Request for Quotation. This acquisition is being solicited using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This contract will support the scientific review and publication of the marine mammal noise exposure criteria in a peer-reviewed journal. Getting the criteria published and available in the peer-reviewed literature is a critical step. The criteria will undergo standard peer-review procedures and then appear as a single document in the form of a special issue. The journal selected will conduct the external peer-review, edit subsequent revisions of the document, and publish and disseminate the special issue as standard practice for the journal. Specifically, the Contractor shall: 1) Receive the submitted manuscript and select an appropriate editor as well as relevant expert peer-reviewers; 2) Conduct the editorial review process based on revisions of the criteria manuscript; 3) Print hard copies of the criteria for dissemination in the nominal course of publication of the journal; 4) Develop an electronic version of the criteria for CD-distribution and on-line availability through Ingenta. The contractor shall performance the work beginning the data of award through August 31. 2008. The resulting purchase order shall be negotiated on a firm fixed price. The award shall be made on a best value basis. Best value evaluation factors include the following: 1) Technical Approach - The likelihood of effectively meeting the requirements; 2) Past Performance - The relevance and quality of prior performance; and 3) Price - The amount, realism and consistency of the evaluated price. The evaluation shall be based on use of the adjectival scheme as follows: Outstanding (O) - Conspicuously striking in eminence; Good (G) - Beneficial and worthwhile; sound and valid; Adequate (A) - Reasonably sufficient and suitable; Marginal (M) - Minimally suitable at the lower limit. The solicitation document and incorporated clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular Number 2005-18. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items. The Government shall award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforms to the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following evaluation factors while relatively equal are listed in order of importance: (i) approach, (ii) past performance, (iii) price; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items. All interested contractors must be actively registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the CCR website www.ccr.gov. All responsible sources that can meet the requirements and provide services listed above may respond to this combined synopsis/solicitation with a quote addressed to Gina E. Lee, NOAA Acquisition Division, 1305 East West Highway, Room 7144, Silver Spring, MD 20910, to be received no later than September 4, 2007. Responses may be faxed to (301) 713-0806 or e-mailed to Gina.E.Lee@noaa.gov. The Government reserves the right to make a single award, multiple awards, or no award as a result of this RFQ.
- Record
- SN01384000-W 20070826/070824220615 (fbodaily.com)
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