Combined Synoposis Solicitation Notice Ride-on Floor Burnisher.docx

Combined Synopsis-Solicitation Notice Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is issued as an RFQ. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (2025-03).

This solicitation is set-aside for: SDVOSB.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 335210 Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,500 Employees.

The FSC/PSC is 7910: Floor Polishers and Vacuum Cleaning Equipment.

The Northport VA Medical Center Fleet Service is seeking to purchase the brand name or equal to M-B10 Burnisher Ride-on 27” 36VDC.This will be used by the housekeeping staff to burnish the floors at the Northport VAMC.

All interested companies shall provide quotations for the following:

· Must use 27” pad.

· Sound must not exceed 75 dBA

· Must have a three (3) hour battery run time

· Length must not exceed 60”

· Width must not exceed 35”

· Height must not exceed 60”

Specifications: This is a brand name or equal to requirement with the following specifications:

High Range: 250/275/300 fpm

Med-175 fpm High-200 fpm

Construction & Power System

Dimensions/Weight/Sound Level

Standard Features

QA Controls (Supervisor Lock-Out)

Supplies/Services

The contractor shall deliver all supply within ninety (90) days following the contract award unless delay by unforeseen circumstances.

Place of Performance/Place of Delivery

79 Middleville Road Northport, NY

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (Sept 2023).

All offers must complete and sign the Buy American Certificate. In addition, offerors will need to complete the VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting—Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products which is located in VAR 852.219-76:

2. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (May 2024).

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Products and Commercial Services.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

· FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (Nov 2023).

· FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (Jan 2025).

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

· 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Nov 2021)

· 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2023)

· 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2025)

· 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (April 2015)

· 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O.11246)

· 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212)

· 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793)

· 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons (Nov 2021) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627

· 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) (E.O. 13513)

· 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83) Must be completed and sign for offer to be considered

· 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

· 852.212-71, Gray Market and Counterfeit (Feb 2023)

· 852.219-76, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2022)

· 852.219-76, VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting – Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products. Must be completed and sign for offer to be considered.

52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.

Buy American Certificate (Oct 2022)

(a)(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product except listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line-item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(4) The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” “domestic end product.” “end product,”, and “foreign end product” are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Supplies.”

(b) Foreign End Products:

[List as necessary]

(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line item No.

[List as necessary]

(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

All quoters shall submit the following: 1 (one) copy.

All quotes shall be sent to the Sanchez.Reid@va.gov.

Award will be based upon a comparative evaluation of quotes in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR 13. Comparative evaluation is the side by side pairwise comparison of quotes based on factors resulting in a Contracting Officer decision for the quote most favorable to the Government.

52.212-2 EVALUATION

Comparative Evaluation Per FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers, a comparative evaluation based on price and other factors will be conducted. Please provide such factors as warranty information, availability of expedited delivery, or any other factor differentiating your proposal from other that you believe should be considered and taken into account in comparing with other offers.

Additionally, if you’re offering items that are not the brand name stated in this RFQ, please explain how your offered product meets or exceeds the capabilities of the brand name to those features can be fully considered and taken into account in comparison to any brand name offers.

Technical and past performance (responsibility check), when combined, are significantly more important than price.

Responsibility Check

Prospective offerors are hereby notified that past performance will be evaluated via a “responsibility check” from any of or all of the following:

· Federal Data Check (FedDataCheck)

· SAM.gov

· Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS)

· Any other sources deemed appropriate to determine the Offeror’s ability to fulfill the requirements in this solicitation.

The following are the decision factors:

Award shall be made to the quoter, whose quotation, offers the best value to the government, considering technical capability, past performance, and price. The government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: (1) technical capability factor meeting or exceeding the requirement, (2) past performance, and (3) price.

The award will be made to the response most advantageous to the Government.

Responses should contain your best terms, conditions.

To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

Quoters shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s), if any.

Submission of your response shall be received not later than 1200 PM 04/11/2025 to Sanchez.Reid@va.gov.

Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). e-mail quotes will not be accepted.

Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Point of Contact listed below.

Point of Contact Sanchez Reid Contracting Specialist Network Contracting Office (NC02), Supply 1 VA New Jersey Healthcare System Lyons Campus, Bldg. 1, RM 314 151 Knollcroft Road Lyons, NJ 07939 Office: 908-647-0180 ext. 214466 E-mail: Sanchez.Reid@va.gov