SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Courier Services for AOC
- Notice Date
- 1/15/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 492110
— Couriers and Express Delivery Services
- Contracting Office
- NPS, WASO - WCP Contracting P.O.Box 25287 MS WCP Denver CO 80225 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- P16PS00382
- Response Due
- 1/29/2016
- Archive Date
- 2/13/2016
- Point of Contact
- MADSEN, HEATHER
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Park Service (NPS) intends to award a Firm Fixed Price purchase order, as a local area set-aside, to a firm local to the Washington DC or Virginia area. The purpose of this acquisition is for the National Park Service (NPS) to secure the use of a contractor who shall provide daily and reliable courier/messenger service for the Accounting Operations Center (AOC) at 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171. The courier/messenger service is critical to the functionality of daily NPS and AOC operations. Award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quote. In order to be deemed technically acceptable, quotes must include products that meet the specifications of the technical requirements listed in the announcement. Alternate quotes will not be accepted. Award will be made on an all or none basis. As the anticipated total dollar amount for this order is below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, this acquisition is set-aside for small business award only. Requirements/Services It is anticipated that the following services will be required to support the AOC needs. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, facilities, insurance and travel related costs and expenses necessary for providing daily service for the NPS AOC. The contractor shall have current and carry all required insurance for the handling and delivering of mail, packages and related materials that will be handled during the performance under this contract. Additional insurance shall be provided for the driver and vehicle in case of any accident or injury that occurs in and around any government controlled building or facility while in performance of any work under the awarded contract for NPS. The contractor shall provide continuous courier service on a daily (Monday through Friday) basis, excluding all Federal holidays. The daily schedule shall begin no later than 9 AM Eastern Standard Time. The schedule is as follows: NPS AOC DAILY STOPS First Stop:Start no later than 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time National Park Service Accounting Operations Center 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive Herndon, VA 20171 The courier shall pick up all Mail and Packages as required, and deliver to the U.S. Post Office. No signature for pick up. Second Stop:U.S. Post Office 13520 McLearen Road Herndon, VA 20171 (703) 464-8360 The courier shall wait until 10am to drop off and pick up mail at Post Office. A signature is required at the U.S. Post Office upon pick up of any packages and/or mail. Third Stop:National Park Service Accounting Operations Center 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive Herndon, VA 20171 The courier delivers the mail received at the Post Office and shall pick up packages and mail for delivery in Washington, DC. No signature is required. Fourth Stop: U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C. Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 The fourth stop requires a valid photo ID to gain entry to the building. The drop offs at this location require two (2) stops. The first stop is with the Budget Office 2711, and the second stop is mailroom 1621. The stops are located on two (2) separate floors. Fifth Stop:National Park Service Accounting Operations Center 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive Herndon, VA 20171 Drop off all returns and any additional packages as necessary. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotes. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation is available for this requirement. However, all quotations received by the closing response date will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract is based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. Inquiries shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Heather Madsen via e-mail at email address: heather_madsen@nps.gov. No telephone or fax inquiries will be accepted. Responses shall be submitted not later than Tuesday, January 29, 2016 at 3:00p.m. Mountain Time. All responses must be received by the closing date of this publication in order to be considered by the Government. Quote MUST be good for 30 calendar days after close of Buy. Pricing must be broken down by a base period and four option periods. Contractors must be registered in the SAM database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed on-line at http://www.sam.gov/. The following provision is applicable to the resultant award: 52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements ¿Representation (FEB 2015) (a) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such fraud, waste, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information. (b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information. (c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it does not require employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information. (End of provision) The following clause will be made a part of the resultant award: Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: Documentation required to process invoice. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation. Contracting Officer: Heather Madsen heather_madsen@nps.gov 303-969-2363
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