Attachment_1_-_Instructions_to_Offerors.docx

Attachment 1 – Instructions to Offerors

REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:

The United States Secret Service (USSS) has a requirement for rental of wastewater and freshwater holding tanks, in accordance with Attachment 2 – Statement of Work. The United States Secret Service intends on issuing a single purchase order, as a result of this RFQ. The resulting purchase order will be for a base period of one year and four option periods thereafter.

Award will be made to the offeror that provides the lowest price technically acceptable quote to the U.S. Government. In order to be deemed technically acceptable, offerors shall provide pricing for the base period and each option period thereafter for all items indicated in the Statement of Work. Offerors shall confirm that it is capable of meeting all of the requirements identified in the Statement of Work. Offerors that are not capable of providing all services identified in the Statement of Work will not be deemed technically acceptable.

The Government will query relevant FAPIIS/PPIRS/CPARS information to assess past performance in order to determine contractor responsibility. Past performance questionnaires will not be distributed, and Offerors are not required to submit past performance information.

FORMAT AND SUBMISSION OF QUOTES:

Offerors shall submit quotes in accordance with the following format:

Part A: General Business Information/Representations and Certifications

Part B: Price for each service items for each year of the purchase order

Part A: General Business Information/Representations and Certifications

The Offeror shall provide:

1. Name, title, telephone number, fax number, and email address of the point of contact.

2. Nine-digit DUNS. The DUNS is used to verify that the vendor is in the System for Award Management (SAM). By submitting a quote, the Offeror acknowledges the Government requirement to be in the SAM database prior to award of any government contract. Information about SAM may be found at www.sam.gov.

3. Nine-digit TIN. The Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for electronic payment.

4. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. If you have completed the annual representations and certifications electronically through SAM at www.sam.gov, then provide a statement as such and it will be verified.

5. A completed version of HSAM clause 3052.209-70(f), provided as page 12 of Attachment 3 – Clauses

Part B: Price

Offerors shall provide discounted unit pricing for each item indicated in the Statement of Work for the base period and each option period of the purchase order.

SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS:

Questions shall be provided via email to contract specialist Steven Schumacher at Steven.Schumacher@usss.dhs.gov NO LATER THAN March 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM ET. Any questions received in response to this RFQ by the deadline stated above will be answered by the USSS and provided via an amendment to the solicitation and posted on www.fbo.gov.

SUBMISSION OF QUOTES:

All quotes must be submitted via email to Contract Specialist via email at Steven.Schumacher@usss.dhs.gov NO LATER THAN March 17, 2016 at 5:00 PM ET.