MODIFICATION
R -- Document Shredding Service - Amendment 1
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 561990
— All Other Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL/RIK - Rome, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York, 13441-4514, United States
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- FA8751-16-Q-0346A
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2016
- Point of Contact
- Tabitha Haggart, Phone: 315-330-3787, Jenna A. Tarbania, Phone: 315-330-2260
- E-Mail Address
-
Tabitha.Haggart@us.af.mil, Jenna.Tarbania@us.af.mil
(Tabitha.Haggart@us.af.mil, Jenna.Tarbania@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Questions and Answers 26 July **Amendment No. 1 dated 26 July 2016 hereby adds a questions and answers document to the attachments** This is a Request For Quote for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation (paper copy) will not be issued. Further, Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation. Solicitation FA8751-16-Q-0346A issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-88 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Change Notice (DCN) 20160630. See http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein. This solicitation is unrestricted. The NAICS code is 561990 with average annual receipts of $11,000,000. The contractor shall provide the required service per the attached Performance of Work Statement (PWS) on a firm fixed price basis including the cost of shipping FOB Destination. The Period of Performance is anticipated to be one (1) Base Year and four (4) Option Years with the base year to be August 2016 to August 2017. In order to be compliant with this RFQ and considered for award offerors shall price each option year separately to include monthly & yearly cost as well as include the overall total. Pricing shall be evenly divisible by 12(months). Offerors quotes shall include the number, type and size of bins to be provided; explanation of how offerors propose to perform required shredding services and make & model of shredder(s) to be used. See the attached Bid Schedule, Attachment #2. Note: the resultant contract will be a firm fixed price (FFP) contract at a fixed monthly/yearly cost. The cost remains firm regardless of how many bins (out of the 28) are sent to be shredded or the quantity of content per bin each month. Refer to the attached PWS for contract specific requirements (Attachment No.1). Offerors shall provide at least the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public in customary commercial practice. The required Period of Performance is anticipated to be August 2016 to August 2017 Plus 4 Option Years. If all options are exercised the period of performance will end August 2021. All deliveries shall be made in accordance with FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination. The place of delivery, acceptance and FOB destination point is Rome, NY 13441. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Addenda to the following paragraphs of 52.212-1 are: (b) Written quotes are due at or before 3PM EST, 7/26/2016. Submit to AFRL/RIKO to Attn: Tabitha Haggart, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514 or by facsimile to: 315-330-2555 or by email to Tabitha.Haggart@us.af.mil. Offerors may submit their quotes using the SF 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items. (b)(4) Submit a technical description of the items service being offered in sufficient detail for the Government to evaluate the acceptability of the offer. Include product literature and other documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with the products listed and the terms and conditions of the PWS. (b)(12) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration (g) Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror's initial offer should contain the Offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. (k) SAM. Offerors must be registered in the SAM database to receive a contract award. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database within 4 days after receiving notification from the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items applies. In addition to the information within Paragraph (a), the following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price; All evaluation factors, when combined, are of equal importance. Award will be made to the lowest priced, technically capable Offeror. Evaluation of technical capability will consist of the offerors proposed solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and required documentation as stated above. Offerors are required to complete representations and certifications found in the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items; and Alternate I. and 252.203-7996, PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS-REPRESENTATION (DEVIATION 2016-O0003) (OCT 2015) For your convenience all referenced certifications are attached to this solicitation. (Attachment No. 3) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services applies to this acquisition. The Government may exercise the option by written notice to the contractor before the contract expires. The clause 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract applies to this acquisition. The Government may exercise the option by written notice to the contractor before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to this acquisition: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6, Protecting the Government Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers With Disabilities 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33, Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer-System For Award Management 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards 52.222-17, Non-displacement of Qualified Workers 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination Employee Class Monetary Wage -- Fringe Benefits 23470 Laborer WG-2 $15.23 + $4.27 = $19.50 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 The following additional FAR and FAR Supplement provisions and clauses also apply: 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems 52.232-18, Availability of Funds 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.247-34, FOB Destination 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7997, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements (Deviation 2016-O0003) (a) The Contractor shall not require employees or subcontractors seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or contactors 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. (b) The Contractor shall notify employees that the prohibitions and restrictions of any internal confidentiality agreements covered by this clause are no longer in effect. (c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this clause 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. (d)(1) Use of funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-53) or any other FY 2016 appropriations act that extends to FY 2016 funds the same prohibitions as contained in sections 743 of division E, title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) may be prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause. (2) The Government may seek any available remedies in the event the Contractor fails to perform in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract as a result of Government action under this clause. 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls 252.204-7011, Alternative Line Item Structure 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System-Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium 252.225-7031, Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel 252.239-7017, Notice Of Supply Chain Risk 252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea 252.247-7024, Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman is hereby incorporated into this solicitation. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Barbara Gehrs, Building 15, RM225, 1864 4th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7130 FAX: 937-656-7321 COM: 937-904-4407, email: Barbara.Gehrs@us.af.mil. 5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations 5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations Note that the clause at 252.232-7003 is included in this solicitation. DoD requires all payment requests (with a few exceptions) to be submitted and processed electronically. All vendors/contractors must familiarize themselves with this clause and DFAR 232.7003 for specific procedures. The DoD preferred electronic form for transmission is Wide Area Workflow - Receipt and Acceptance (see website - https://wawf.eb.mil). Wide Area Workflow Training may be accessed online at http://www.wawftraining.com. Requirement specific guidance is provided for the following clause: In accordance with DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) Payment Instructions- Vendors will be expected to have WAWF system capabilities. Guidance will be provided to the vendor with their order with applicable code Please confirm in your quote that your company is able to submit electronic invoices as set forth in the clause. All responsible organizations may submit a quote, which shall be considered.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, 13441, United States
- Zip Code: 13441
- Zip Code: 13441
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