Amendment 0006 Continution Pages- Alaska.docx

a) THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE UNDER SECTION E.8 OF THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT, IS HEREBY CHANGED WITH THE FOLLOWING TRACKED CHANGES:

E.8 Instructions for Volume 1-Contract Data

NOTE: Only a single Volume 1 – Contract Data submission is required.

Content: Volume 1 shall include all information listed below

Contents Volume 1 – Contract Data

Contract Data: Tab Specific Notes

· There are no specific notes for Tabs 1 – 4.

· Tab 5: SAM.gov Registration--SAM.gov registration is required to be current/active as of the date/time set forth under section E.6.1 General Instructions. Registration and completion of required representations and certifications should be accomplished at https://www.sam.gov. There is no submission requirement for proof of registration; the GSA CO will verify required information and proof of completion directly fromSAM.gov.

· Tab 6: Joint Venture (JV) Agreement--JVs must be registered as a single entity within SAM.gov and be current/active as of the date/time set forth under section E.6.1 General Instruction.

· Tab 7: There are no specific notes for Tab7.

· Tab 8: Organizational Conflict of Interest Disclosure--The CO has determined that potential conflicts of interest, as described in FAR 9.505, may occur in this procurement. Offerors, and any significant subcontractor/team member/consultant, must disclose any known or potential OCI which presently exists or may exist at the time of award. If OCI(s) exist, offeror’s must provide a copy of their firm’s policy and procedures for tracking, reporting, mitigating, neutralizing, and evaluating OCIs. The government shall be the sole determiner of the existence of an OCI in accordance with the principles established under FAR Subpart 9.5- Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest. Failure to disclose a known or potential OCI may be cause for rejection of the proposal. If the information provided or otherwise obtained by the government reveals the presence of a significant OCI which prevents the offeror from being able to perform this contract, the offeror may be eliminated from further consideration for contract award.

· Tab 9: Prospective contractor must provide three years of financial statements, bank statements or loans demonstrating it has sufficient resources to ramp up full inventory within 90 days of contract award and maintain stock levels throughout the life of the contract.

· Tab 10: Ensure mandatory sourcing requirements will be met, including providing a letter from AbilityOne showing the contractor has received Pre-Authorization delegation to become a distributor for all items in Attachment 3 that are designated as Mandatory AbilityOne products.

· Tab 11: Ensure mandatory requirements will be met with toner, and provide letters of authorization or other forms of approval from manufacturers that show the contractor has authority to sell/resell/provide/distribute toner to the government.

PAGE LIMITATION: There is no page limitation for Volume 1.

Evaluation Factors for Volume 1: Volume 1 will not be evaluated against specific factors and will not receive an adjectival rating, but will be evaluated to determine the offeror’s responsiveness to the solicitation requirements. Volume 1 will also be reviewed for completeness and accuracy. Information included in, or excluded from, Volume 1 (and any other Volume submitted as part of the offeror’s overall Technical or Price Proposal) may be used by the CO to make a determination of contractor responsibility prior to contract award, as required under FAR 9.103. Any offeror not registered as a small business under NAICS code 493190 in SAM will be determined non-responsive and removed from consideration.

b) THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE UNDER SECTION E.9.1 OF THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT, IS HEREBY CHANGED WITH THE FOLLOWING TRACKED CHANGES:

E.9.1 Factor 1 - Technical Excellence In response to this factor, offerors shall provide a clear, concise, and complete narrative that demonstrates the offeror’s operational processes, technical expertise, and electronic capability. Offeror’s must demonstrate their understanding of and ability to successfully accomplish the government’s requirements as stated in Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement of the solicitation.

Sub factor 1A: Technical Capability Submission

1. Each proposal must demonstrate the following:

a. Describe the processes used to satisfy the requirements of the solicitation to include procurement of all items in Attachment 3, shipment configuration, transportation, delivery, and all documentation associated with all of these requirements. The proposal must include the manufacturing part number and NSN for each item in Attachment 3 that conforms to the NSN descriptions in Attachment 6. The proposal must discuss the distribution equipment and resources planned to execute the requirement and whether these are owned/leased or contracted arrangements. Proposals shall provide a flowchart of the contractor’s distribution channel, to include all levels of the supply chain, for each item and category of items. For each level, describe all services provided and the associated charges, including sourcing the item through delivery. The proposal must discuss how the contractor will comply with IOC within 90 days of contract award and FOC within 120 days after contract award.

b. Explain the contractor’s plan to deliver all commodities in Attachment 3 to any locations in Alaska within 3 business days (7-10 business days for the ISC Kodiak Coast Guard Base on Kodiak Island and locations on the west coast of Alaska) of receipt of the Delivery Order.

c. Explain how the contractor will monitor suppliers’ compliance with the Domestic Sourcing Restrictions contained in the solicitation, such as: Buy American Act (BAA), AbilityOne, environmental green cleaning products, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities, Berry Amendment, Restriction on Acquisition of Carbon, Alloy and Armor Steel Plate, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases and Restriction on Acquisition of Hand or Measuring Tools. The proposal must also include a compliance plan detailing how it will:

· Ensure that all products supplied will comply with the source restriction requirements, material component(s), country of origin, and place of manufacture;

· Ensure product quality will be met;

· Ensure timeliness of delivery; and

· Receive, store, and outbound movement of product.

d. Provide a description of, and documentation verifying, that the contractor has/will have warehouse(s) upon contract award in Alaska. The warehouse may be used for other purposes, however the section dedicated to this contract must be segregated by an immovable wall (not a chain link fence or plastic) with its own entrance and exit. This description should also demonstrate the contractor's understanding that the warehouse(s) section cannot be used for any other purposes but for the support of this effort.

e. Provide a narrative describing how the contractor will comply with the transportation requirements in the solicitation. As stated elsewhere, and throughout this solicitation, the proposal must also include a compliance plan demonstrating how the contractor:

· Will deliver all items within 3 business days (7-10 business days for the ISC Kodiak Coast Guard Base on Kodiak Island and locations on the west coast of Alaska) of receipt of the Delivery Order;

· Can meet the installation security requirements;

· Will comply with the Jones Act in accordance with 46 U.S.C. § 55102 for all commodities being shipped to Alaska from the United States mainland and US Territories. Commodities being shipped from other locations must comply with FAR 52.247-63 Alternate 1 (Apr 2003) which requires all ocean cargo to be shipped on US flag vessels and rated (master) carrier Bills of Lading for each shipment to be reported in a timely manner to comply with MARAD requirements;

· Acknowledges responsibility for the creation and application of supply and shipping documentation, shipping labels, and package markings meeting customer requirements;

· Acknowledges responsibility for compliance with all dangerous goods/hazardous materials regulations governing shipping, storing, and handling; and

· Ensure that the proposal demonstrates that the contractor shall be responsible for access compliance of each location's base access requirements.

f. Provide proof that the contractor will be in compliance with the insurance requirements.

g. Provide a narrative describing the contractor’s existing capabilities related to GSA EDI transaction sets. GSA uses ANSI X12 protocols. Any other desired protocols must be addressed within the proposal.

h. Provide a surge and sustainment capability plan to meet short-term and long-term changes in customer demand as defined in the solicitation.

i. Provide sufficient supporting documentation demonstrating that the contractor will comply with the QASP as identified in Attachment 5.

j. Provide a Climate Change Risk Management Plan that identifies climate-related risks that could negatively impact performance under this contract as identified in Section XIX in Attachment 2.

c) THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE UNDER ATTACHMENT 2, SECTION A, IS HEREBY CHANGED WITH THE FOLLOWING TRACKED CHANGES:

A.1 INTRODUCTION

This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 Commercial Item as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and proposals are being requested to establish an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The solicitation is being issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP) under solicitation number 47QSCC22R0012.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), General Supplies and Services (GSS) Portfolio, Office of Supply Chain Management (SCM) Internal Acquisitions Branch (QSABB) is seeking proposals from contractors who can provide Global Supply outside the Contiguous United States (OCONUS) Logistics Operations Solutions Support within Alaska. Currently, GSA is the supplier of choice for both federal civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) consumers of office supplies, tools and hardware, houseware, furniture, and cleaning products. The purpose of this procurement is to support overseas customers by utilizing a more expeditious solution to supply items to the customer.

The contractor will be responsible for sourcing, warehousing and delivering products within 3 business days (7-10 business days for the ISC Kodiak Coast Guard Base on Kodiak Island and locations on the west coast of Alaska) after receipt of order. Attachment 3 shows the National Stock Number (NSN), NSN description, Unit of Measure, and the number of items ordered in calendar year 2020. The customer shipments may be “Shipped To” either DoD and/or Federal civilian customers in and around Alaska. Attachment 9 contains a sampling of locations to which the contractor may be required to ship commodities. Attachment 9 is not an all-inclusive list; as such, the contractor must be able to deliver to any location in Alaska.

Large furniture items will also be included in this contract but those items will not be subject to the same 3 business days (7-10 business days for the ISC Kodiak Coast Guard Base on Kodiak Island and locations on the west coast of Alaska) delivery requirement. The Contracting Officer (CO) and the Program Management Office (PMO) will determine the delivery time frame for large furniture items which will be identified in the specific delivery orders for those items.

The contract is established to support only those DoD components and Federal civilian agencies operating in and around Alaska. The contractor shall not use the shipping of commodities or the warehouse(s) section s used to store the commodities associated with this IDIQ contract in any capacity other than to support this contract and GSA’s requirement for Alaska.

d) THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE UNDER ATTACHMENT 2, SECTION B.1, SUBPART II, IS HEREBY CHANGED WITH THE FOLLOWING TRACKED CHANGES:

II. Warehousing

a. The contractor must have ownership or access to at least one warehouse in Alaska or the contractor must provide documentation showing that it will have ownership or access to at least one warehouse immediately upon contract award.

b. The proposal must detail the total number of warehouses available to the contractor in Alaska and worldwide to fulfill the contract, the sizes of the warehouses, and when the warehouses will be fully operational.

c. The proposal must demonstrate the contractor fully understands and acknowledges that the warehouse spaces are to be used solely for the storage of items that support this initiative, as long as the section dedicated to this contract must be segregated by an immovable wall (not a chain link fence or plastic) with its own entrance and exit.

e) ATTACHMENT 3 IS HEREBY CHANGED TO REMOVE 3 NSN’s (5120016497589, 5120016497737, and 5120016496588) AND TO PROVIDE SALES OF FY 21.

f) ATTACHMENT 5 IS HEREBY REMOVED AND THE ATTACHED REVISED ATTACHMENT 5 IS ADDED WITH A CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE FOR DELIVERY TIME STANDARD

g) ATTACHMENT 8 IS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT NSN LIST.