RFQ 47QMCA24Q0019 NPS Open Air Tram Cars.docx

GSA RFQ 47QMCA23Q0021 Page 5 of 9 40-Ton Tilt Deck Trailer

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RFQ 47QMCA24Q0019 Page 2 of 2 Open Air Tram Cars

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6 and 13.1, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-02 January 22, 2024.

NAICS Code 336211- Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing

SECTION B - CONTINUATION OF SF 18 B.1 MOTOR VEHICLE DELIVERYORDER (MVDO) ADMINISTRATION DATA

1. MVDO ADMINISTRATION:

a. CONTRACTOR INFORMATION:

Business Name: _____________________________ Business Address: _____________________________

DUNS: _____________________________

b. AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATOR

c. CPARS CONTRACTORS REPRESENTATIVE (if different than b.)

d. GOVERNMENT:

Email: joe.dunne@gsa.gov

2. PAYMENT: All payments by the Government to the Contractor will be made in accordance with(“IAW”) FAR 52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEM – SYSTEM FOR AWARD

3. INVOICES: Vendors are required to register and submit invoices at https://www.ipp.gov

4. QUOTERS MUST COMPLETE AND RETURN ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE TIME SPECIFIED IN

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS: The quoter acknowledges receipt of amendments to the RFQ numbered and dated as follows:

AMENDMENT # Date

5. ORDER TYPE:

The Government intends to award a single, firm-fixed price (FFP) order as a result of this RFQ.

6. ORDER ADMINISTRATION:

The Contracting Officer (CO) is the only person authorized to approve changes or modify any of the requirements of this order. The Contractor shall communicate with the CO on all matters pertaining to order administration.

Only the CO is authorized to make commitments or issue changes that will affect price, quantity, or quality of performance of this order. In the event the Contractor effects any such change at the direction of any person other than the CO, the change shall be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the order price to cover any increase in cost incurred thereof.

B.2 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

Open Air Tram Car

See Attached Purchase Description

*Proposed Delivery Schedule: _______________________________________________

B.3 Technical Specifications/Requirements: See attached Specifications: “Open Air Tram Cars” dated August 28, 2023

*Note 1 - Any exceptions to the specifications must be clearly identified and listed on the GSA Technical Exceptions Worksheet provided as an attachment to this RFQ

*Note 2 – This acquisition contains Brand Name or Equal specifications. All items submitted as “Equal” must be noted on the GSA Brand Name or Equal Worksheet provided as an attachment to this RFQ.

DELIVERY INFORAMTION:

DELIVER FINSIHED ITEMS TO:

NPS, CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE

99 MARCONI SITE ROAD

WELLFLEET, MA 02667

JOHN_DEFOE@NPS.GOV

DAN_MCCARTHY@NPS.GOV

SECTION C - CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered application means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited.

Information technology, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 11101(6)—

(1) Means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive agency, if the equipment is used by the executive agency directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the executive agency that requires the use—

(i) Of that equipment; or

(ii) Of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product;

(2) Includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources; but

(3) Does not include any equipment acquired by a Federal contractor incidental to a Federal contract.

(b) Prohibition. Section 102 of Division R of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328), the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, and its implementing guidance under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-23-13, dated February 27, 2023, “No TikTok on Government Devices” Implementation Guidance, collectively prohibit the presence or use of a covered application on executive agency information technology, including certain equipment used by Federal contractors. The Contractor is prohibited from having or using a covered application on any information technology owned or managed by the Government, or on any information technology used or provided by the Contractor under this contract, including equipment provided by the Contractor’s employees; however, this prohibition does not apply if the Contracting Officer provides written notification to the Contractor that an exception has been granted in accordance with OMB Memorandum M-23-13.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.

C.1 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these addresses:

The full text of the clauses may be found at: https://acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

FAR Clauses 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products.

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products

52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-aside

52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting

52.323-1 Payments 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination.

SECTION D - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, OR ATTACHMENTS

Attachment: Purchase Description – Open Air Tram Cars dated August 28, 2023 Attachment: SF18-95a Attachment: GSA Technical Exceptions Worksheet Attachment: GSA “Name Brand or Equal” Worksheet

SECTION E - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

E.1 ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS— COMMERCIAL ITEMS Provisions that are incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and Date), have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available.

E.2 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

SPECIAL NOTES:

To maintain the integrity of this request for quotes and subsequent award, all quoters are advised that any question-and-answer requests must be submitted in written form via e-mail to the Contract Specialist (CS) no later than March 5, 2024. If necessary, the Contracting Officer (CO) will issue a consolidated response via RFQ amendment posted in SAM.gov.

Prior to submitting a quote, the quoter shall review this RFQ in its entirety to fully understand the nature of the work and the conditions under which the work is to be performed. In no case, shall failure to inspect the solicitation and its accompanying attachments constitute grounds for a claim after delivery order award.

All communications regarding this solicitation shall be issued to the Contractin Officer J.D. Dunne at: joe.dunne@gsa.gov

ELIGIBILITY:

This Request for Quote (“RFQ”) is issued under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Items ,FAR part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures

YOUR ENTITY MUST BE REGISTERED IN SAM.GOV FOR QUOTES TO BE CONSIDERED. FOR INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION GO TO

WWW.SAM.GOV

CONTRACTOR’S SIGNATURE:

IAW FAR Part 4, contractual documents (e.g., quotes, bids, proposals, awards, modifications, etc.) shall be completed and signed by the Contractor as follows:

(a) Individuals. Signed by the individual.

(b) Individual doing business as a firm. Signed by that individual, and the signature shall be followed by the individual’s typed, stamped, or printed name and the words, “an individual doing business as (insert name of firm).”

(c) Partnership. Signed in the partnership name. Prior to award, provide a list of all partners and designate which partners have authority to bind the partnership.

(d) Corporations. Signed in the corporate name followed by the work “by” and the signature, and title of the person authorized to sign. Prior to award, provide a list of individuals who have authority to bind the corporation.

(e) Joint Ventures. Signed by each participant in the joint venture in the manner prescribed in

(a) through (d) above.

(f) Agents. When an agent is to sign the contract, other than as stated in paragraph (a) through (e) above, the agent’s authorization to bind the principal must be established by evidence satisfactory to the Contracting Officer.

QUOTE PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. QUOTE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

a. These instructions prescribe the format of quotes and the development and presentation of the quote’s data. These instructions are designed to ensure the proper submission of information necessary to provide for comprehensive evaluation of quotes. Quoters shall carefully review this section prior to commencing quote preparation and take the necessary measures to ensure that the information submitted is factual, accurate, and complete.

b. For a quote to be considered, Quoters must strictly comply with all instructions outlined in this RFQ. Failure to furnish quotes that comply with the instructions, at the predetermined due date for submission, may result in elimination from consideration for award. Furthermore, all amendments to this RFQ (if any) must be acknowledged IAW with FAR Clause 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items.

2. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

All quoters must submit

1. One completed signed copy of the SF-18

2. One completed copy of the request for quote

3. Preliminary Drawings of Open Air Tram Cars* [instructions below, as well as in PD]

*Preliminary Drawing instructions

The Quoter shall submit with the offer, preliminary drawings that show the following:

a. Layout views of the quoted vehicle including all equipment locations and basic dimensions verifying compliance with the requirements herein. Proposed configuration of the vehicle’s layout including equipment racks, countertops, storage cabinets and cylinder storage racks.

b. Exterior front, rear, and side view with overall dimensions.

c. Estimated curb weight and Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR).

d. Proposed design for the rooftop platform.

e. Proposed layout of the instrument racks.

3. QUOTE DUE DATE: March 29, 2024

4. QUOTE FORMAT:

NOTE - FOR CONVENIENCE, THE ATTACHED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE USED TO COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL PORTION OF THIS QUOTE FOR EACH ITEM OFFERED.

<COMPANY NAME>

VOLUME 1: TECHNICAL

RFQ# [ENTER]_

TECHNICAL INDEX

TAB

TITLE / CONTENT

PRICE INDEX

TITLE / CONTENT

PRICING: Quoter shall submit the completed PRICE/COST SCHEDULE FOR THE ITEM QUOTED in Section B.2. (Page 3 of this RFQ).

TECHNICAL: Complete and sign the Contractor Certification Statement at the bottom of “PD DLA Roller Bed Truck - FINAL 10-Jan-2024”.

Electronic Copy: Provide one (1) electronic copy of each completed quote package to Contracting Officer J.D. Dunne, Jr. at joe.dunne@gsa.gov Electronic copies that are to be submitted must be in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Adobe Acrobat format, and virus checked prior to submission.

Quoters may, at the discretion of the Government, be asked to provide information for clarification purposes regarding their quotes.

The Quoter shall be held responsible for the validity of all information supplied in his/her quote, including information provided by potential subcontractors. Should subsequent investigation disclose that the fact and conditions were not as stated, the quote may not receive no further consideration.

If revised quotes are requested, the number of revised copies to be submitted shall be the same as those of initial quotes, unless specified otherwise by the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist.

NOTE: Quoters who fail to submit required documentation may not have their quote evaluated or selected for award.

E.3 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these addresses: https://acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

FAR Number Title Date

None

52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) As prescribed in 11.107(a), insert the following provision:

(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation.

(b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must-

(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;

(2) Clearly identify the item by-

- (i) Brand name, if any; and

- (ii) Make or model number;

(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and

(4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications.

(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation

E.5 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award an order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Contractor whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, represents the best value and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

In accordance with FAR 13.106-2, in addition to price, selection criteria are included in the solicitation and will be used to evaluate quotes (items below are not listed in order of importance):

(1) Past performance.

(2) Warranty considerations.

(3) Delivery schedule

TECHNICAL

Quoter must demonstrate how their items and specifications compare to the Government’s requirements as set forth in the specification, “Open Air Tram Car” attached to this RFQ. (See section B.3 Technical Specifications/Requirements). Quoters will be evaluated on how well their items satisfy the Government’s specifications/requirements. Preference may be given to quoters which exceed the Government’s specifications/requirements.

PRICE

The price stated in the PRICE/COST SCHEDULE (B.2) is to be inclusive of all necessary items and services required to furnish the quoted items FOB destination to the Government.

The Government will not pay any cost incurred in preparation and submission of this quote. If necessary, the quoter may attach additional pages for section B.2 Pricing.

Prices will be evaluated by the Contracting Officer to determine reasonableness.

Past performance, warranty and delivery schedule when combined are more important than price.