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Attachment 5 – Combine Synopsis Basis for Award

(a) In accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3) Simplified Acquisition Procedures, the Government will award a Frim-Fixed Price contract from this solicitation to the responsible quoter on a comparative evaluation basis whose quote conforms to the solicitation and represent the best overall value to the government by exceeding the minimum but is not required to do so. Quoters are advise that quotation may excees the requirements but the government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotes, each response must respond to the solicitation requirement, stated in the RFQ.

(b) In order for a quote to be eligible for award, the quoters submitting a quote must have the 811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. Business. ($20.5 million– SBA Size Standard) and has a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM): https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM prior to award. SAM will be checked to verify the quoter’s status before any evaluation is conducted.

(c) This requirement is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside with Small Business Set-aside -cascading procedures. In order for a quote to be eligible for award as a SDVOSB or VOSB, the quoter’s submitting a quote shall be certified in Veterans Information Page (VIP VetBiz) http://www.vetbiz.gov/ prior to award. VIP VetBiz will be checked to verify the quoter’s SDVOSB/VOSB certification before any evaluation is conducted.

(d) The government will apply the following comparative evaluation process as the basis for award:

Assess the direct comparison of one quote with another using a uniform and fair approach to determine which quote provides the government what it needs, where and when in accordance with the SOW and RFQ.

Once one quotation is found acceptable, it is compared to the remaining ones, and the “best” one is chosen for the best value to the government.

The Government may rely on internal documentation including the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and contracting officer’s knowledge of and previous experience with supply or service being acquired for determining Past Performance, if no record of past performance is found in FAPIIS or PPIRS, the contract shall no receive a favorable or unfavorable rating, but shall receive a rating of neutral.

Price shall be submitted using the attached Price Schedule.

Contractor shall provide a letter as an authorized distributor, authorized dealer or authorized reseller for replacements parts on the equipment listed on the RFQ such that the OEM’s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM.

The government will evaluate prices for the option under FAR 52.217-8 by using the final year’s option prices to calculate the price for six (6) months of effort, and adding that amount to the base and other option years to arrive at the total price.

Information not contained in a vendor’s quote will not be considered during the evaluation. The Government intends to made award selection without clarification, but may determine after evaluating submitted quotes that the elements stated in FAR 13.106-2(b) for evaluation procedures are necessary, and conduct them as appropriate. The Government reserves the right to make award if no quotes meet the requirements of this solicitation.

Quoters are to submit any questions regarding this requirement via e-mail jose.sierra-colon@va.gov or telephone at (813) 972-2000 Ext. 2810 no later than 12:00 PM (noon) EST, January 25, 2018. Questions with the Government’s responses, will be posted to the Government Point of Entry (GPE) FEDBIXOPPS (www.fbo.gov). Please be advised that the Government reserves the right to transmit those questions and response of a common interest to all prospective contractors.

Quoters are to e-mail complete quotes to Jose R. Sierra-Colon, Contracting Officer at jose.sierra-colon@va.gov no later than 12:00PM EST on January 29, 2018.

All provisions and clauses applicable to this solicitation can be viewed in full text using the following address:

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

Note, unless exempt per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 4.11, all contractors must be registered and have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered for an award against this solicitation.