36C78619Q0468-000.docx

General Information

Description: This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. This is a solicitation issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Responses to this Request for Quotation (RFQ) are due to the Contracting Officer no later than noon on 8/26/2019. Responses to this announcement will result in a Firm Fixed Price Contract with FOB Destination. The Government intends to make award under this announcement without discussions. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information provided nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided for the Government. Offerors are responsible for obtaining any and all amendments or additional information concerning this announcement at https://fbo.gov.

Prospective offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website and complete representations and certifications at https://www.sam.gov The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes for this procurement is 336112 and is on the SBA Non-Manufacturer Rule Class Waiver List All Pricing shall be FOB Destination.

Kubota Tractor-Loader/Backhoe Model M62TLB Includes:

1 ea – 24”trenching bucket 1 ea – 36” Cemetery Bucket 1 ea – Quick Attach Backhoe coupler, 2 ea – Rubber Shoes 1 Yr – Extended Warranty Delivery Address:

Willamette National Cemetery 11800 S.E. Mt. Scott Blvd.

Portland, OR 97086-6937

Kubota Utility Vehicle Model RTV-X1140WL-H Includes:

1 ea Rear Work Light 1 ea – Plastic Canopy PNF, 1 ea - Wire Harness Kit 1 ea – Trailer Hitch Ball Mount 2 ea – RTV ROPS Mirror Kit Delivery Address:

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 2177 Puowaina Drive Honolulu, HI 96813-1729

Kubota Utility Vehicle Model X900WL-H Includes:

4 ea – Worksite Tires 1 ea – Spray-on Bedliner 1 ea – Windshield Acrylic Clear 1 ea – Backup Alarm 1 ea – Inside Rear Mirror Kit 1 ea – Canopy plastic 1 ea – Deluxe From Guard 1 ea – Tow Kit 1 ea – Hydraulic Bed Lift 1 ea Trailer ball hitch mount Delivery Address Riverside National Cemetery Riverside National Cemetery 22495 Van Buren Blvd.

Riverside, CA 92518

Kubota Utility Vehicle Model: RTV-X1120WL-H Includes:

4 ea – Worksite Tires 1 ea – Poly Windshield 1 ea – Laminated Glass Rear Panel 1 ea – Metal Canopy 1 ea – Wiper Kit 2 ea – Metal Door Set 1 ea – 2” Trailer Mount Hitch 1 ea – Hydraulic Bed Lift 1 ea – Worksite Front Guard 1 ea – Strobe Light 1 ea – Hazard Light 1 ea – Insdie Rear Mirror Kit 1 ea – Side Mirror Kit 1 ea – 66” Rotary Broom 1 ea – 4 point connect 1 ea – PTO Drive K Connect I ea – Front Heavy-Duty Strut Kit Delivery Address Los Angeles National Cemetery 950 South Sepulveda Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90049

PROPOSAL FORMAT AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

Addenda to provision 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items:

Technical Package for Evaluation The following shall be included as part of the offeror’s submission:

Product Description offered in response to the solicitation Delivery time from placement of order Completed Price Schedule Filled out and signed SF1449 Added value your firm brings to the contract if you are not the actual supplier.

Questions shall be submitted via email to the following address by noon on August 22, 2019:

Email: mary.accomando@va.gov Proposals shall be submitted in either Microsoft Word or Adobe pdf formats. Submitted through the VA Vendor Portal (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov) to register. Please see information at the end of this document and the attached Guide for further Portal usage information.

End of Addenda

EVALUATION PROCESS:

The Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation that provides the best benefit to the Government, price and other factors considered. Proposals will be evaluated by performing a comparative evaluation in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3) to determine which response represents the best as a whole.

Proposals will be evaluated by performing a direct comparison of one offer with another in a uniform manner to determine which proposal provides the government with its needs, as identified in the RFQ. The government reserves the right to consider a response that offers more than the minimum and select that response if it provides a benefit to the government. The government has the discretion to accept other than the lowest priced offeror that provides additional benefits. The government also has the has the discretion to make an award based on whether the lowest priced of the quotations having the highest past performance rating possible represents the best benefit to the government.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate proposals:

Pricing: The sum of all the CLINs will represent the total evaluated price. Proposed price must be determined to be fair and reasonable to be eligible for award in terms of reasonableness and realism.

Comparison of proposed prices received in response to the solicitation.

Comparison of previously proposed prices and previous Government and commercial contract prices with current proposed prices for like items.

Use of parametric estimating methods/application of rough yardsticks to highlight significant inconsistencies that warrant additional pricing inquiry.

Comparison with competitive published price lists, published market prices of commodities, similar indexes, and discount or rebate arrangements.

Comparison of proposed prices with independent Government cost estimates.

Comparison of proposed prices with prices obtained through market research for the same or similar items.

Analysis of pricing information provided by the offeror.

Because below-cost prices are not inherently improper, when vendors are competing for award of a fixed-price contract, vendors are given notice that a business decision to submit a low-priced quotation may be considered as reflecting on their understanding of the contract requirements or the risk associated with their approach.

Offerors are cautioned against submitting an offer that contains unbalanced pricing. Unbalanced pricing exits when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items for the base and or option years is significantly overstated or understated as indicated by the application of analysis techniques. Offers that are determined to be unbalanced may be rejected if the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

Technical Acceptability. Each offeror’s technical quotations will be evaluated to determine if the offeror provides acceptable delivery time, product, safety plan, safety record and added value if required.

The full text of FAR provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ and https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-04.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated By Reference FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract VAAR 852.270-1 Representatives of Contracting Officers Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 “Offerors Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

The following solicitation clauses apply to this acquisition:

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

Addenda to FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The clause at 52.212-5 “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders” (January 2019) applies to this acquisition. The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (b)(4), (b)(8), (b)(14), (b)(19), (b)(22), (b)(25), (b)(26), (b)(27), (b)(28), (b)(29), (b)(30), (b)(31), (b)(32), (b)(33), (b)(42), (b)(47), (b)(49), (b)(55), (b)(56), (b)(59), (d) (1-3), (e)(1-2) End of Addenda

VENDOR PORTAL USAGE INFORMATION

Vendors will need to visit the Vendor Portal (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov) to register. Do not wait until the last day especially if you have had issues in the past or are new to the system.

Submission of Quotes: All quotes must be submitted through the Department of Veterans Affairs – Electronic Management System (eCMS) Vendor Portal website to be considered for Award.

In the event an Offeror is unable to register for a user account and/or submit a proposal through the Vendor Portal prior to the proposal closing date, the vendor is to contact the VAAS helpdesk at 1-877-634-3739, or via email at VA.Acquisition.Systems@va.gov.

If the deadline hits as you are uploading your documents, the portal will shut without giving notice it is doing so. The upload appears to be happening however, it never finishes.

Once registered, vendors will be able to access/edit their profile, view solicitations/awards and submit bids/proposals as instructed.

Vendors should not submit questions via the Vendor Portal.

Quote transmission/uploads must be completed by the deadline for submission of Quotes.

Offerors unable to submit a quote through VA eCMS Vendor Portal, may submit their quotes via email to: mary.accomando@va.gov, provided the VA eCMS Vendor Portal registration requirements have been fulfilled AND Offerors have contacted the VAAS helpdesk for assistance in their quote submission.

A copy of the email correspondence with the VAAS helpdesk shall be forwarded to the Contracting Officer, Mary Accomando, at mary.accomando@va.gov as proof of email correspondence. If a request for assistance with the VAAS helpdesk proves unsuccessful in an Offeror’s ability to submit a quote prior to the closing date, via the Vendor Portal, the Offeror shall submit to the Contracting Officer correspondence that contains the date, time, and name of helpdesk representative the Offeror contacted to include the reasons why the Offeror could not submit a quote via the Portal. This document shall be submitted with the Offeror’s quote.

In the event an Offeror has not requested quote submission assistance from the VAAS help desk prior to the closing date, nor has submitted correspondence that identifies reasons why the Offeror could not submit a quote via Vendor Portal, the Offeror will be considered technically non-responsive and the quote, if late, will not be accepted.

FYI: If after documents have been submitted, the Offeror decided to revise a document and resubmit it, the instructions in the VENDOR PORTAL GUIDE must be followed or risk all original documents being deleted.

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1. REQUISITION NO.

2. CONTRACT NO.

3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE DATE

4. ORDER NO.

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

6. SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

a. NAME

b. TELEPHONE NO. (No Collect Calls)

8. OFFER DUE DATE/LOCAL

TIME

9. ISSUED BY

CODE

10. THIS ACQUISITION IS

UNRESTRICTED OR

SET ASIDE:

% FOR:

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

(WOSB) ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

EDWOSB

8(A)

NAICS:

SIZE STANDARD:

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINA-

TION UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

SEE SCHEDULE

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

13b. RATING

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

RFQ

IFB

RFP

15. DELIVER TO

CODE

16. ADMINISTERED BY

CODE

17a. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

CODE

FACILITY CODE

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

CODE

TELEPHONE NO.

DUNS:

DUNS+4:

PHONE:

FAX:

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER 18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK BELOW IS CHECKED

SEE ADDENDUM

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ITEM NO.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

QUANTITY

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

(Use Reverse and/or Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only) 27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA

ARE

ARE NOT ATTACHED.

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA

ARE

ARE NOT ATTACHED

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN _______________

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. ___________________________________ OFFER

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DATED ________________________________. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED

SET FORTH HEREIN IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER) 30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (TYPE OR PRINT) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (TYPE OR PRINT) 31c. DATE SIGNED

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

(REV. 2/2012)

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

STANDARD FORM 1449

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

36C78620Q0022

Brian Trahan 703-630-9334

43C1 Department of Veterans Affairs NCA Contracting Service

18434 Joplin Road Triangle VA 22172

324110

Department of Veterans Affairs NCA Contracting Service

18434 Joplin Road Triangle VA 22172 http://www.tungsten-network.com/customer -campaigns/veterans-affairs/

1-877-752-0900

Invoice using PO#

COR:

DUNS:_______________________________________

Office Phone:________________________________ Best phone to reach POC:___________________________________ Email:______________________________________________________

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