6913G623Q300026 52.212-1.pdf

Request for Quotation (RFQ) No. 6913G623Q300026

Addendum to 52.212-1 Instructions to Quoters—Commercial Items and Services

"FAR 52.212-1 is replaced in its entirety by this addendum"

A. Submitting your quote. Submit your company’s quote in writing via email to the Contracting Officer cited in the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation notice. You may submit more than one quote. If you do, we will evaluate each separately.

B. Submission deadline. We must receive your quote via email by the deadline specified in Block 8. We will not consider any quote that we receive after the deadline unless we receive it before we issue a purchase order and considering it will not delay our purchase.

In case of an emergency that delays our operations and makes submission or receipt of your quote impossible, we will extend the deadline by one working day.

C. Terms and content of your quote. Your quote must be based on the terms of this RFQ. We might reject any quote that is not based on these terms in every respect. Your quote must contain all of the information described below.

D. Small Business Status. In order to submit a quote, you must know whether your company is a small business. The small business size standard that applies to this purchase is stated in the combined synopsis/solicitation, along with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code on which it is based. Regardless of the information in notice the small business size standard is 500 employees if you are submitting your quote in your own name but intend to provide a product that you did not manufacture yourself.

E. Issuance of purchase order. Your quote should contain your best terms. The Contracting Officer may reject any or all quotes. After the evaluation of quotes, the Contracting Officer may negotiate final terms with one offeror of the Government’s choice before issuing a purchase order. The Contracting Officer will not negotiate with any offerors other than those of the Government’s choice and will not use the formal source selection procedures described in FAR Part 15.

F. The Contracting Officer may issue a purchase order to other than the quoter with the lowest price. We might issue an order for less than the quantity on which your quote is based, at the quoted price, unless you tell us that you will not accept an order on that basis.

G. Information to be submitted. Put the following information on the first page of your quote:

1. the number of this RFQ;

2. your company name, address, A Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)and telephone number;

3. your price and any discount terms;

4. acknowledgement of any amendments to this RFQ; and

5. a statement that you assent to all terms of this RFQ.

H. Beginning on the second page of your quote, provide the following information in the following order:

1. a detailed description of the product or service that you will provide, including any product or service literature that you wish to give us;

2. the terms of any express warranty;

3. your payment address;

4. references to current or former customers who will attest to the quality of your product or service in the within the past three years, including (i) customer name, (ii) customer address, (iii) contract or purchase order numbers, (iv) persons to contact, and (v) telephone numbers.

5. Other info wanted from the vendor (See evaluation criteria)

I. Product samples. If this RFQ requires that you submit product samples, you must deliver them to us at the location specified for our receipt on or before the deadline for submission of your quote. We will not pay for the samples, and we will return them to you only upon request and at your expense, unless they are destroyed during testing.

J. Availability of Government Documents. If the descriptions in this RFQ of the products or services we want to buy refer to any Government specification, standard, or commercial item description, you may obtain a copy of any such documents from the places listed in Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.212-1, paragraph (i).

K. System for Award Management (SAM). Unless exempted by the Contracting Officer, you must register in SAM before we will issue a purchase order to you. If you do not register by the date set by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer might issue the order to a different quoter. Once registered, you must remain registered throughout performance until final payment. Go to https://www.acquisition.gov for information on SAM registration and annual confirmation.