Request_for_Quotation.pdf

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

Title: Off-Site Storage for Frozen Compound Management Samples and Freezers

REQUEST NUMBER: 75N95019Q00015

DATE ISSUED: December 12, 2018

ISSUED BY CONTRACTING OFFICE: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of

Acquisition (OA), 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Espinosa, Contract Specialist, at 301-827-3546 or kimberly.espinosa@nih.gov.

NORTH AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE: 493120 – Refrigerated

Warehousing and Storage

SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $27.5M

SET-ASIDE STATUS: No set-aside restrictions are applicable

COMPETITION STATUS: This requirement is non-competitive

NON-COMPETITIVE (Single-sole Source (Including brand-name)) DETERMINATION: The

Government intends to award a purchase order on a non-competitive basis to Kamtek, Inc., at 4851

International Blvd., Frederick, MD 21073. The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted;

specifically producing no other sources of supply or service capable of achieving this Government requirement.

QUOTATION DUE DATE: All responses to this Request for Quotation must be received by 12:00

PM EST on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 and must reference the request number cited above.

Responses must be submitted via email to Kimberly Espinosa at kimberly.espinosa@nih.gov and

Jeff Schmidt at jeffrey.schmidt@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.

IMPORTANT: This is a request for quotations. If you are unable to quote, please so indicate in a reply email to the contract specialist cited herein. This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or service. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotation must be completed by the quoter.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: Independently and not as an agent of the Government, Contractor shall be required to furnish all necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, as needed to perform the off-mailto:kimberly.espinosa@nih.gov site storage services as described in the Statement of Work. The Statement of Work is attached and made part of this solicitation.

EVALUATION CRITERIA: The Government plans to award a purchase order from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote confirming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the

Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Price.

The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance is January 8, 2019 through December

31, 2019. There is also one option period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PROVISIONS, AND REPRESENTATIONS:

The following FAR Provisions and Clauses apply to this acquisition:

• The provision at FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

• The clause at FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018)

• The provision at FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 2016)

• The clause at FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Jul 2016)

• The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Oct 2018)

• The provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (Oct

2018)

• The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (Oct 2018)

• The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders–Commercial Items (Oct 2018). This clause is provided in full text as an attachment to this solicitation.

• The clause at FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999). The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor at least 15 days prior to contract expiration.

• The clause at FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000).

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor at least 15 days prior to contract expiration; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days prior to contract expiration. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 24 months.

• NIH Invoice and Payment Provisions (2/2014). These provisions are provided as an attachment to this solicitation.

• Wage Rate Determination 15-4269, dated July 24, 2018, for the Maryland Counties of Frederick and Montgomery. This Wage Rate Determination is provided as an attachment to this solicitation.

SUMMARY STATEMENT: Responses to this notice must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The response shall contain a quotation that includes the total price, as well as: the unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, product or catalog number(s), product description, and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance; special features required for effective program performance; trade-in considerations; probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item; warranty considerations; maintenance availability; and environmental and energy efficiency considerations.