W -- LEASE OF NUMERIC PAGERS

Notice Date

December 21, 2001

Contracting Office

NTC, Acquisition Command, Fort Irwin, P.O. Box 105095, Fort Irwin, CA 92310-5095

ZIP Code

92310-5095

Solicitation Number

DAKF04-02-Q-0002

Response Due

December 28, 2001

Point of Contact

Marie Velez, 760-380-4450

E-Mail Address

NTC, Acquisition Command, Fort Irwin (marie.velez@irwin.army.mil)

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 and under the authority of Subpart 13.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number DAKF04-01-Q-0058 is being issued as a Request for Quotation with the NAICS code for 513321. Thi s solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-27. Following is the Schedule that must be submitted. The item details are provided in the following: line item number, description , quantity, unit. Item 0001: Pager Service for DOIM. Quantity: 12 Months. Del to BLDG 985, FORT IRWIN, CA, 92310. Duration: 3/1/02 through 2/28/03; Item 0001AA: 247 Leased Numeric Pagers; Item 0001AB: 3 Leased Alpha-Numeric Pagers; Item 0001AC: 4 Leas ed Numeric Pagers; Item 0001AD: 1 Leased Alpha-Numeric Pager; Item 0001AE: Access for Group Call; Item 0001AF: Extra Charges- Contractor to identify estimated cost for shipping/handling to replace unservicible pagers and overcall charges- cost for lost, st olen or unrepairable damage to pagers will be determined at time of incident; Item 0002: Pager Service for Operations Group. Quantity: 12 Months. Del to BUILDING 985, FORT IRWIN, CA, 92310. Duration: 3/1/02 through 2/28/03; Item 0002AA: 10 Leased Numer ic Pagers; Item 0002AB: Extra Charges; Item 0003: Pager Service for MEDDAC. Quantity: 12 Months. Del to BUILDING 985, FORT IRWIN, CA, 92310. Duration: 3/1/02 through 2/28/03; Item 0003AA: 128 Leased Numeric Pagers; Item 0003AB: Access for Group Call; I tem 0003AC: Extra Charges; The Directorate of Information Management (DOIM) representative will provide the Contracting Officer with a monthly report of all services provided under CLINS 0001, 0002 and 0003 and a copy of the monthly Receiving Reports. Wit hin three working days after the end of the month, the Contractor shall submit the monthly invoice to the DOIM, Box 105096. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: a. Contractor shall be prepared to issue a minimum of 390 leased pagers to current pager holders; b. Issue of new leased pagers to Government users shall be transparent with as little interruption as possible; c. Contractor shall be prepared to install a repeater and or booster station(s) to insure uninterrupted pager service; d. Contractor shall offer gro up pager service for the Medical Hospital community doctors and related support staff. As a minimum, group pager service should offer group pager access to two to forty or more pagers desiring simultaneous pager activation; e. An additional group pager service should also be available for the hospital community to support any and all additional personnel who, due to duty requirements are considered mission essential during group pager activations; f. Contractor shall offer group pager service for the D irectorate of Information Management. This Group will consist of two to four pagers desiring simultaneous pager activation; g. Contractor shall offer equipment warranty for replacement purposes for normal wear and tear on all leased pagers; h. Contrac tor shall provide a revolving minimum of 25 maintenance pagers for replacement purposes -- maintenance pagers will be utilized for swapping out broken or malfunctioning pagers; i. Pagers issued under this contract shall be 386 numeric and 4 Alpha-Numeric ; j. Contractor should be able to issue pagers which offer Nation-Wide pager service; k. Zone coverage for pagers should cover Southern California and the Las Vegas, Nevada, area; l. Contractor shall provide, if available, Confirmed Message Delivery -- this capability helps to ensure the user never misses a message when the pager is out of range or turned off; m. Contractor shall provide, if available, Pag er Acknowledgement Capability or Two-Way Paging -- this service will allow medical personnel to respond to the caller and acknowledge notification without the need to return the call via telephone -- this feature will be for Code Blue/Group pager users. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered. Provision FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Provision FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items applies with the evaluation facto rs being price and past performance being equal. A completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items, shall be returned with the completed Schedule along with three references to the following ad dress: NTC Acquisition Command, ATTN: Contracting Division, Glenda Guza, Box 105095, Fort irwin, CA 92310-5095, no later than the close of business 19 December, 2001. Facsimile quotes will be accepted at 760-380-3693. Clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; Clause 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; and, Clause 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration will apply to the resulting contract. Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms an d Conditions Required to Implement Executive Orders, Commercial Items and the appropriate clauses within, to include the following, will apply to the resulting contract: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, ALT I; FAR 52.217-8 O ption to Extend Services within 30 days of expiration of the contract for the same price in the schedule; 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.219-14, Limita tions on Subcontracting; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended (May 1989). FAR Clause 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party, is not authorized at this time but may, in the future, be implemented. Full versions of all clauses may be obtained on the Internet at www.arnet.gov /far/. Anticipated award date will be on or around 2 January, 2002. ***** See Numbered Note(s) 26.*****

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011226/WSOL002.HTM (D-355 SN5158V0)