RFQ.Laptops.amend 4.SF 30 page 2.4QBF47116809 dd 02 17 2012.pdf

Summary of Amendment #0003 changes to RFQ 4QBF47116809 for

Laptops, Desktops, Notebooks, Netbooks, and Warranties, SF 30

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The purpose of this amendment is to extend the Request for Quotes (RFQ) 4QBF47116809 response due date as follows:

1. Page 1 of RFQ: The Closing Date/Time is hereby extended from “February 22, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST” to “March 9, 2012 at 5:00 pm EST.”

2. Page 1 of ITO: The Closing Date/Time is hereby extended from “February 22, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST” to “March 9, 2012 at 5:00 pm EST.”

3. Page 4 of ITO: The February 22, 2012 date sited in the Quote Submission Procedures section has been changed to March 9, 2012.

4. Page 9 of ITO: The February 22, 2012 date sited in the Past Performance section has been changed to March 9, 2012.

5. The following replacement pages are provided:

a) RFQ title page;

b) ITO title page;

c) ITO, page 4; and

d) ITO, page 9.

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Request for Quotation (RFQ)

4QBF47116809

AMENDMENT #0004

For the Establishment

Of

Multi-Agency

Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)

For

Laptops, Desktops, Notebooks, Netbooks, and Warranties

GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)

Federal Supply Schedule 70 Holders

SIN 132-8

Issued by:

The National Information Technology Commodity Program

Region 4 Southeast Sunbelt Region

Federal Acquisition Service

401 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 820

Atlanta, GA 30308

Issuance Date: November 16, 2011

Closing Date/Time: March 9, 2012

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INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

Request for Quotation (RFQ)

4QBF47116809

For the Establishment of Multi-Agency

Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)

For

Laptops, Desktops, Notebooks, Netbooks, and Warranties

GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)

Federal Supply Schedule 70 Holders

SIN 132-8

Issued by:

The National Information Technology Commodity Program

Region 4 Southeast Sunbelt Region

Federal Acquisition Services

401 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 820

Atlanta, GA 30308

ISSUANCE DATE: November 16, 2011

CLOSING DATE/TIME: March 9, 2012

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B. The only method by which any term of this RFQ may be changed is by a formal amendment (SF 30) to the RFQ generated by the issuing office listed at above Section 3.

No other communications, whether oral or in writing, will amend or supersede the terms of this RFQ.

C. Offerors may access (review and download) the RFQ, amendments, and other associated documents via eBuy at http://www.ebuy.gsa.gov; the Federal Business

Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov; and GSA IT Solution Shop (ITSS) at http://web.itss.gsa.gov/Login. The government will upload to various social media tools for information purposes only. However, Offerors MUST be registered in GSA IT

Solution Shop (ITSS) web-based order processing system in order to access (review and download) the RFQ and amendments via ITSS; and, subsequently submit their quote to the government by the closing date and time. Offerors should pay close attention to submission of quote instruction described in Section 6 Quote Submission

Procedures below.

D. Notice About Releasing Quotes: (1) The Government intends to disclose quotes received in response to this solicitation to nongovernment contract support personnel for the purposes of assistance only. Non government contract support personnel will not evaluate and rate quotes. (2) Each evaluator will sign and provide to GSA a “Conflict of

Interest Acknowledgment and Nondisclosure Agreement.

E. The minimum offer acceptance period is 120 days after the required date for receipt of quotes.

6. QUOTE SUBMISSION PROCEDURES: Quotes will only be accepted via GSA ITSS

System!

All quotes shall be submitted via GSA’s web-based procurement system, IT-Solutions Shop

(ITSS) via http://web.itss.gsa.gov/Login. Offerors may request registration assistance, if required, through the ITSS Help Desk at telephone number 877-243-2889. Quote shall be submitted by no later than the closing date and time of March 9, 2012, 5:00 p.m. EST.

Failure to submit quotes via ITSS by the closing date and time shall result in exclusion from consideration.

All offerors must be registered within the Central Contractor Registration (CCR)

[http://www.ccr.gov]. An award cannot be made if the information in ITSS does not exactly match with the information in the CCR. ITSS verifies the following data with the CCR:

CCR Legal Business Name – Form 300, Blocks 7 and 12, Contactor/Company name

CCR Doing Business As (DBA) – Form 300, Blocks 7 and 12, Contractor/Company

Name

CCR Physical Address – Form 300, Block 7, Contractor Address

CCR Remittance Address – Form 300, Block 12 Remittance address

Federal Tax ID (Employer’s identification Number)

DUNS (Data Universal numbering System)

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C. Management

1. Level III Transaction Reporting. Describe your capability to submit Level III transaction data at the line item level. Provide evidence of the offers ability to submit

Level III transaction data at the line item level as specified in section 17.1.2 Usage Reports of the RFQ. Provide supporting documentation from the offeror’s order processor (e.g., merchant bank). Evidence of successful experience in submitting this information on other contracts/orders/projects is considered of value to the government in assessing this sub-factor.

2. Point of Sale. Describe your approach in providing the point of sale discount for all BPA orders. Provide the process and plan to provide point of sale discounts for all BPA orders.

3. Environmental Management/Emissions. Describe your experience in Green House Gas emissions inventory verification process. Complete Attachment C of ITO, Greenhouse

Gas (GHG) Pilot. Respond to Greenhouse Gas survey questions, 100% completion. A robust Green House Gas emissions inventory verification process is considered of value to the government in assessing this sub-factor. Offerors with no experience will neither be rated favorably nor unfavorably for this sub-factor.

D. Past Performance

Offerors shall submit documentation of three (3) past (completed within the past 36 months) or current contracts/task/delivery orders with comparable requirements to the solicited task. If the offeror submits more than three (3) past or current contracts the Government will only review and consider the first three listed in the quote. Past performance information must include a point of contact (name, company name, phone number, fax number and email), contract/task number, contract type, dollar value, date of award, performance period, and a brief narrative describing the nature and complexity of the work. The offeror shall also describe their effort in the project and its relevance to theRFQ product requirements. Documentation shall be submitted no later than the RFQ closing time and date.

In addition to the documentation requested in the above paragraph, the offeror shall furnish the separately attached Past Performance Questionnaire (See Attachment B) for completion to the point of contact for the above-referenced projects for the Past Performance evaluation. The point of contact for a referenced project shall submit a completed questionnaire, no later than the RFQ closing date and time of March 9, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST, via email directly to the GSA

Contracting Officer at wanda.dixon@gsa.gov. Questionnaires will only be accepted via email and must come directly from the point of contact. It is the sole and exclusive responsibility of the offeror to ensure that past performance questionnaires are submitted completely and timely to the

GSA Contracting Officer. Past performance questionnaires received after the RFQ closing date and time may not be considered by the Contracting Officer.

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