Instructions_to_Offerors.pdf

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS

BEP-RFP-15-0410

QUOTERS SHALL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

DUNS NUMBER: _____________________________________

FED TAX ID#: _______________________________________

CAGE CODE: ________________________________________

POINT OF CONTACT: ________________________________

PHONE NO: _________________________________________

FAX NO: ____________________________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: ___________________________________

Quoters Please Note:

1. Contractors are reminded to complete and return all required certifications contained in this solicitation.

Offerors must submit both a (a) Technical Proposal, and (b) a Price Proposal in response to this solicitation. The proposal package and contents therein must be properly tabbed, organized and legible.

Technical proposals shall be limited to no more than 10 pages, 12 type font, and 1-inch margins.

a. Offerors are responsible for submitting signed and dated proposals; any modifications, revisions or withdrawals thereto; and, acknowledgement of any solicitation amendments to the Government contracting office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation.

b. Proposals that fail to include required information or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

c. Below are the submittal requirements that must be included in the offeror’s proposal package.

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

Factor 1 – Technical:

Subfactor 1- Technical Capability

Subfactor 2 - Management Approach

Factor 2 - Past Performance

PRICE PROPOSAL

The offeror shall provide the following:

a. Completed Section B Schedule of Prices – The offeror must provide both a unit price and an extended price for each priced contract line item number (CLIN);

b. A price breakdown of the proposed total price of each performance period.

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS

BEP-RFP-15-0410

c. A total price to include the base period and the four (4) option periods.

2. Offerors must submit any questions regarding this solicitation in writing to the Contract Specialist.

Questions must be received by the Contract Specialist in adequate time to allow a written response prior to the quote due date. No remarks or written responses to questions by Government personnel shall change or qualify any of the terms or conditions of this RFQ. The solicitation can only be changed by a formal written amendment issued by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Office of Acquisition, 14th & C Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20228. Questions concerning this RFQ may be emailed to david.wallace@bep.gov.

3. All contractors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of a contract. Contractors shall ensure SAM registration is active and shall not assume that CCR information automatically migrated to the SAM system. The official SAM website is https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Contractors are encouraged to complete SAM registration as soon as possible. The Government may not delay award for the purpose of allowing a contractor time to register in SAM.

4. Amendments: All amendments will be posted to FedBizOpps.Gov, the Federal Business Opportunities Acquisition Web Site located at https://www.fbo.gov/. Contactors shall monitor the website for any amendments and acknowledge those amendments, as required.

5. All offers/quotes shall be submitted through FedBizOpps.Gov, the Federal Business Opportunities Acquisition Web Site located at https://www.fbo.gov OR email to: david.wallace@bep.gov. All quotes shall be submitted no later than the date and time specified for receipt.

AWARD

The award of any contract issued hereunder will be made in the aggregate to the lowest-priced responsive, responsible quoter to include the following. Failure to submit a quote on all items may render the quote nonresponsive.

A. Quoters submitted on a basis other than F.O.B. destination will be rejected as nonresponsive.

B. Quoters shall submit all unit prices to the whole penny; any fractions will be rounded to the next higher whole penny per unit for evaluation and award purposes.