Submission of offers.pdf

Attachment IV 15BNAS20RCA000004

PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Proposals are expected to conform to and be prepared in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—

Commercial Items. To aid in evaluation, proposals shall be clearly and concisely written as well as neat, indexed

(cross-indexed as appropriate) and logically assembled.

Proposals shall be clearly marked with the following statement, “SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION SEE FAR 3.104.”

All proposals shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the name of the offeror, date and Request for Proposals (RFP) number to the extent practicable.

Addendums to 52.212-1

The overall arrangement of the proposal shall be as follows:

The overall proposal shall consist of 2 separate volumes, individually entitled as stated below. The required quantity of each volume is shown below. Each volume shall be numbered sequentially.

Each volume shall be its own separate and individual attachment submitted with the proposal.

Paper offers will not be accepted and proposals shall be organized in 2 volumes labeled:

VOLUME #1 Price Proposal and Other Documents:

A. This is consists of the actual offer to enter into a contract to perform the desired work. It also includes required representations, certifications, other statements of the offeror and any other administrative information.

B. Format and content- Volume #1 shall include the following documents in the order listed below:

1. 1449 and the following information is required:

Acknowledge of Solicitation Amendments, if any;

Pricing shall be per unit of each CLIN identified in the Schedule of Items.

Contract pricing shall include all charges to the Government (e.g. overheard, profit, shipping, training, etc.).

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2. Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment V)

3. Bank Notification (Attachment VI)

4. Business Management Questionnaire (Attachment

VII)

VOLUME #2 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL:

A. Sub factor A- Technical Written Proposal. This written proposal shall contain the following: This is

DUE NO LATER THAN PROPOSAL DUE DATE.

1. Technical specifications addressing all requirements in the statement of work (SOW) and evaluation criteria.

Offeror's technical proposal should be prepared simply and economically, providing a straightforward of what it is the offeror will do to satisfy the requirements of the

RFP.

Offeror shall not include pricing in the volume #2 technical proposals.

2. Offeror shall provide four (4) sample vests and carrier that are representative in every aspect as the vests the company shall provide should the contract be awarded. The protective panels installed in the identified samples shall have a label that meets the NIJ Standard-0115.00 for protection level 3 of the “Spike” protection class. The packaging material shall include size and gender information.

I. Sample Vest 1 shall be a white, traditional style female carrier (medium).

The carrier shall have the full front and back tail option. The traditional 6/8 point carrier shall allow the stab resistant panels to be inserted into the carrier by nylon zippers with a non-ferrous metal clip.

II. Sample Vest 2 shall be a white, traditional style male carrier (size extra-large). The protective panels shall be installed prior to shipping with the split tail option. The traditional 6/8

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III. Sample Vest 3 shall be a white, t-shirt style female carrier (size medium). The protective panels shall be installed prior to shipping. The T-shirt style shall have reinforcement in the shoulder areas to prevent sagging of the stab resistant panels. This reinforcement must not cause wear on a garment worn over the vest. The front and back panels shall have Velcro installed that mates to Velcro installed on the inside of the T-shirt style carrier at the shoulder area to prevent the stab resistant panels from falling down from the shoulder area. The Velcro shall be positioned to allow for the panel to be installed in the carrier with the strike face positioned so that it faces away from the body.

IV. Sample Vest 4 shall be a white, t-shirt style male carrier (size extra-large). The

T-shirt style shall have reinforcement in the shoulder areas to prevent sagging of the stab resistant panels. This reinforcement must not cause wear on a garment worn over the vest. The front and back panels shall have Velcro installed that mates to Velcro installed on the inside of the T-shirt style carrier at the shoulder area to prevent the stab resistant panels from falling down from the shoulder area. The Velcro shall be positioned to allow for the panel to be installed in the carrier with the strike face positioned so that it faces away from the body.

V. The carriers must be designed to allow for the stab resistant panels to be interchanged (worn securely in either carrier) between the two different vests

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All samples shall be mailed, delivered through certified mail.

Note: The offeror will provide shipping instructions and shipping labels if needed to be return after technical evaluation.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

Offerors who fail to furnish or follow any of the instructions may be excluded from consideration.

It is the Offeror’s sole responsibility to ensure their offers are received timely and pdf files are accessible, legible, and each individual file shall not exceed 12mb size.

Written proposals shall be submitted electronically to

Laurence Faytaren at lfaytaren@bop.gov. Samples shall be mailed and delivered by the date and time specified above to: Laurence Faytaren, Federal Bureau of

Prisons, National Acquisition Section, 320 First

Street, NW Suite 901-5, Washington, DC 20534. The subject line of the email must state

“15BNAS20RCA000004 Stab Vest Resistant Vest Proposal-

(Company Name).”

Proposals must be received no later than 12:00 p.m.

EST on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

All Questions concerning this solicitation must be emailed to lfaytaren@bop.gov no later than 12:00 p.m.

EST on Friday, February 28, 2020. The subject line of the email must state “15BNAS20RCA000004 Stab Resistant

Vest Offeror Questions-(Company Name).”

All answers will be posted in writing as an amendment to the solicitation on FBO. Questions will not be answered verbally or individually.

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