Solicitation_15-223-SOL-00117.pdf

Contract Type: Commercial Item-Firm Fixed Price

Period of Performance: Sixty (60) calendar days after contract award (estimated)

Place of Performance/Shipped to address:

FDA/CBER

White Oak Animal Facility 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Building 52/72 loading dock Silver Spring, MD 20993 POC: Will be provided at time of award

The provision at FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (APRIL 2014) applies to this solicitation. The following addenda apply:

All questions shall be received via email to regina.williams@fda.hhs.gov before 3:00 P.M.

(Central Time) on July 27, 2015.

It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps for information relevant to this solicitation, e.g., questions and answers, amendments, etc.

Offerors that fail to complete the required representations and certifications, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation, may be excluded from consideration.

Technical acceptability will be determined by review of information submitted by the offeror which shall provide sufficient technical information necessary for the Government to conclusively determine that the supplies/services offered conforms to the solicitation requirement. Offerors shall specifically address each technical requirement stated above to demonstrate that the proposal meets the technical requirements. Offerors shall provide detailed drawings and specifications, descriptive material, literature, brochures and other information which demonstrates the capabilities of the offeror.

The price proposed shall represent the offeror’s response to the schedule of supplies/services above.

The provision at 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (OCT 2014) is applicable to this solicitation.

The Government will award a contract resulting from the RFQ to the responsible party whose quote conforming to the RFQ offers the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. For the purposes of this RFQ best value is defined as lowest price technically acceptable.

Proposals will first be ranked from lowest to highest total price. The lowest price proposal shall then be evaluated regarding technical acceptability. If determined technically acceptable and the price is reasonable an award will be made to that offeror. If however the lowest priced offer is determined technically unacceptable the next lowest price proposal shall be evaluated regarding technical acceptability. This process will continue until a technically acceptable proposal is found.

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 after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

The Provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (MAR 2015), applies to this acquisition. The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification mailto:regina.williams@fda.hhs.gov