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NOTICE FOR FILING AGENCY PROTESTS

United States Coast Guard Ombudsman Program

It is the policy of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to issue solicitations and make contract awards in a fair and timely manner. The Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests (OPAP) was established to investigate agency protest issues and resolve them without expensive and time-consuming litigation. OPAP is an independent reviewing authority that is empowered to grant a prevailing protester essentially the same relief as the General Accountability Office (GAO).

Interested parties are encouraged to seek resolution of their concerns within the USCG as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) forum, rather than filing a protest with the GAO or some external forum. Interested parties may seek resolution of their concerns informally or opt to file a formal agency protest with the contracting officer or Ombudsman.

Informal forum with the Ombudsman. Interested parties who believe a specific USCG procurement is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their concerns to the cognizant contracting officer. If the contracting officer is unable to satisfy the concerns, the interested party is encouraged to contact the USCG Ombudsman for Agency Protests. Under this informal process, the agency is not required to suspend contract award performance. Use of an informal forum does not suspend any time requirement for filing a protest with the agency or other forum. In order to ensure a timely response, interested parties should provide the following information to the Ombudsman: solicitation/contract number, contracting office, contracting officer, and solicitation closing date (if applicable).

Formal Agency Protest with the Ombudsman. Prior to submitting a formal agency protest, protesters must first use their best efforts to resolve their concerns with the contracting officer through open and frank discussions. If the protester’s concerns are unresolved, an independent review is available by the Ombudsman. The protester may file a formal agency protest to either the contracting officer or as an alternative to that, the Ombudsman under the OPAP program. Contract award or performance will be suspended during the protest period unless contract award or performance is justified, in writing, for urgent and compelling reasons or is determined in writing to be in the best interest of the Government. The agency’s goal is to resolve protests in less than 35 calendar days from the date of filing. Protests shall include the information set forth in FAR 33.103. If the protester fails to submit the required information, resolution of the protest may be delayed or the protest may be dismissed. This will not preclude re-filing of the protest to meet the requirement. To be timely, protests must be filed within the period specified in FAR 33.103(e). Formal protests filed under the OPAP program should be submitted to:

Department of Homeland Security

United States Coast Guard (CG-9131)

Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests

1900 Half Street, SW, Room 11-0602

Washington, D. C. 20593-0001

FAX: 202.475.3904

The Ombudsman Hotline telephone number is 202.372.3695.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS

Due to heightened security procedures that are in place at all Coast Guard facilities, offerors are strongly encouraged not to try to personally hand deliver offers or proposals as you will probably not be allowed on the Coast Guard facility. Security personnel are not authorized to accept any packages and no Coast Guard personnel will be available to pick up offers at the front gate. Delivery by FedEx, UPS or other courier services is still acceptable.

Timely submittal of offers and/or proposals is the offeror's responsibility. It is highly recommended that you allow sufficient time for the delivery of your offers or proposals and not wait until the last minute as delivery could be delayed due to the additional security measures. Please also make sure you put Bldg. 54C in the delivery address to insure proper/timely delivery.

All packages/envelopes must have a return address. All packages/envelopes without a return address or suspicious looking packages/envelopes will be subject to search or other security handling procedures and may not be received in a timely manner.

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

211089065M206

PAGE 1 OF

2. CONTRACT NO.

3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE

DATE

4. ORDER NUMBER

N/A

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

HSCG8909-R-65M206

6. SOLICITATION ISSUE

DATE

9/04/2009

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

KATHRYN RATO

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER No collect calls)

Kathryn.m.rato.uscg.mil

510-437-5915, Fax -3014

8. OFFER DUE DATE/

LOCAL TIME

3 PM 10/23/2009 PS

10. THIS ACQUISITION IS

XNRESTRICTED

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SET ASIDE: 100 %FOR

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

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8(a)

NAICS: 811213

SIZE STANDARD: $7 MIL.

11. DELIVERY FOR

FOB DESTINATION

UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

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SEE SCHEDULE

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

NET 30

CONTRACTING OFFICER (fcp-1)

MAINTENANCE AND LOGISTICS COMMAND PACIFIC

BLDG. 54, COAST GUARD ISLAND

ALAMEDA, CA 94501-5100

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13.a THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER

UNDER DPAS (15 DFR 700)

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

RFQ

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IFP

X RFP

SEE ATTCH 2 –TE-2.2 Site Map

SEE BLOCK 9

17.a CONTRACTOR/

OFFEROR

CODE

FACILITY

CODE

Commanding Officer

USCG FINANCE CENTER

1430A KRISTINA WAY

CHESAPEAKE, VA 23326-1224 Tele: 804/523-6940

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17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER 18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK BELOW IS CHECKED

SEE ADDENDUM

19.

ITEM NO.

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY

22.

UNIT

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

Electronic Maintenance Hawaii and Guam

SEE ADDENDUM – SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

IMPORTANT SITE TOUR INFORMATION, OFFERORS NEED TO RSVP BY SEP 17, 2009 SEE “FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFEROR”, SEC. G.2.b.i pg 42 Offer held firm for ___60 days please initial see sec. G .3 pg 43

(Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

X

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27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4, FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA

X ARE

ARE

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ARE NOT ATTACHED

ARE NOT ATTACHED

28.CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN ALL

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AN ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.

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29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. ___________________ OFFER

DATED ___________. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR

31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

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Prescribed by GSA – FAR (48CFR) 53.212