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ADDENDUM

INTRODUCTION

1. This acquisition is for one Firm Fixed Price supply contract and will be conducted as a brand name or equal on the open market under full and open competition, pursued IAW Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items), and Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures). The small business size standards and any resulting set asides or preferences do not apply to this acquisition. One award will be made for the requirements contained in this Request for Quote (RFQ).

2. The following list of documents, though not physically attached to this SF1449 document, are hereby incorporated as part of this RFQ and resultant award, as applicable.

- Attachment 1 Salient Characteristics

3. The delivery date specified in this solicitation is only an estimate. Actual delivery date will be determined at time of award based on offeror’s quoted lead time.

4. Failure to follow the instructions within this addendum may render your proposal nonresponsive. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time. The Government is not responsible for any costs incurred for the contractors’ time or materials expended in preparing an quote for this solicitation.

5. To receive an award, quoters are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time an offer or quote is submitted and lack of registration will make an offer or quote ineligible for award. Vendors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via Internet at https://www.sam. gov.

6.Quotes submitted on a basis other than F.O.B. Destination will be rejected as nonresponsive.

BASIS OF AWARD

7. Award evaluation and basis for award will be performed in accordance with FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, as it is contained within this SF 1449 document.

CONTRACTOR / OFFERORS QUESTIONS

8. Quoters are advised to submit any questions regarding this solicitation in writing by email to kaila.e.black.civ@army.mil. Answers to questions will be posted in the same manner in which the solicitation is posted and be incorporated into the resultant award. Questions will not be accepted 3 days prior to solicitation close date.

QUOTATION SUBMISSION: Parties interested in responding to this RFQ SHALL:

9 (A) Submit their full offer package through email to kaila.e.black.civ@army.mil mailto:kaila.e.black.civ@army.mil

9 (B) SF1449 (http://www.forms.gov) Complete blocks 12, 17a, 19 through 24, 30a, 30b, and 30c. The offer must be signed by a company official authorized to contractually bind the company.

9 (C) Quoters are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time an offer or quote is submitted and lack of registration will make an offer or quote ineligible for award. Vendors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via Internet at https://www.sam. gov.

9 (D) Include the specifications for the quoted items, as described in paragraph 1.3 of attachment

1. Quotes must check (X) in a box below: Are you providing a quote for the BRAND NAME PRODUCT or an EQUAL PRODUCT?

BRAND NAME ________

OR

EQUAL PRODUCT _________

If checked "Equal Product", complete the Evaluation Criteria and place a check mark (X) to the subfactors that apply and follow the instructions in 52.212-1(m) below.

9 (E) Provide unit price, extended total, and delivery time for each line item in the order listed on this RFQ. The quoter shall limit their prices to two decimal places (example: $/3.45).

9 (F) The Government intends to issue a single purchase order and reserve the right for partial award. Quotes for less than all of the line items listed on the RFQ, quoters shall provide explanation.

9 (G) The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if it is later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government will issue a purchase order with fixed unit priced CLINs resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotes meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for technical factors.

EVALUATION STANDARDS - TECHNICAL:

10. The Government will evaluate each quotation using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, lowest price and technically acceptable quote to the Government. The Government will evaluate Factor (1) Technical Capability to determine technical acceptability and Factor (2) Price, to determine the successful awardee. Each quoted line item will be evaluated in regards to their Technical Capability.

Purchase order(s) will be issued to the lowest priced line items which were rated to be technical acceptable.

FACTOR 1 - TECHNICAL: The prospective quoters shall demonstrate that supply/services offered comply with the technical requirements described in the salient characteristics, by submission of a written capability statement with their quotes along with product data sheets.

NOTE: Statements indicating that the Quoter understands, can or will comply with all specifications, or statements paraphrasing the specifications of parts thereof, or phrases such as "standard procedures will be used" or "well known techniques will be used: will be considered insufficient. Insufficient explanations of how the Quoter will comply with the above requirements of this solicitation may cause the Quoter to receive an unsatisfactory rating.

The Government will use the following standards to evaluate Technical:

Acceptable - Quote clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation, along with capability statement and product data sheets.

Unacceptable - Quote does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

FACTOR 2 - PRICE

Prices will be determined reasonable based on adequate price competition. The determination of relative overall price to the U.S. Government will be established by totaling the proposed price for the entire items and required delivery date.

Proposed prices should include total cost of performing each task be input into Price Spreadsheet.

The total amount of all CLINs will be the total evaluated price for each quote.

A quotation is not an offer and, consequently, cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Therefore, issuance by the Government of an order in response to a supplier's quotation does not establish a contract. The order is an offer by the Government to the supplier to buy certain supplies or services upon specified terms and conditions. A contract is established when the supplier accepts the offer.

The word "quoter" shall be substituted for the word "offeror" wherever it appears in FAR 52.212- 3, Alternate I and DFARS 252.212-7000.

PERIOD FOR ACCEPTANCE OF QUOTES

11. The quoter agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

SF30 AMENDMENTS

12. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will be synopsized in the same manner as this solicitation. All quoters are advised to acknowledge their acceptance of all amendments issued to the solicitation with their proposal by completing, signing, and including page one (1) of each amendment with their proposal submission.

13. Quoters need not complete and submit with their offer package, any provisions or clauses that are already answered within their currently active SAM profile.

PAYMENT TERMS AND METHOD

14. The resultant award will be NET 30 Days via Combination (COMBO) Invoice & Receiving Report submitted by the Contractor into Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) IAW DFARS Clause

252.232-7006. (NOTE: All mentions of https://wawf.eb.mil are hereby replaced by https://piee.eb.mil ) (End of Addendum)