Instructions_to_Offerors_Redwine_8_9_17.pdf

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS -- HSSS01-17-Q-0249

Award will be made to the offeror that provides the lowest price technically acceptable quote to the Government. In order to be technically acceptable, offerors shall provide a unit price for each of the contract line items listed within the Standard Form 18. The offeror providing the lowest price technically acceptable quote will be awarded a commercial BPA (Blanket Purchase

Agreement). This is a Custom-designed requirement for Black Leather Carry-Case with Swivel

Belt Loop for Motorola APX 8000 Portable Radio with short battery. Only quotes Custom-designed requirement for Black Leather Carry-Case with Swivel Belt Loop for Motorola APX

8000 Portable Radio with short battery will be considered. The period of performance will be from the date of award through the Government fiscal year (FY) 17, as well as four (4) one year option periods thereafter.

The quote shall be submitted in electronic format and emailed to uma.redwine@usss.dhs.gov by no later than August 22, 2017, 5:00PM ET. Hard copy quotes will not be accepted.

Samples must be received by August 17, 2017. Send samples to: Communications Center

(PRO), Attn: Uma Redwine, 950 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20223. FedEx tracking number shall be sent to uma.redwine@usss.dhs.gov.

The quote submitted shall include the following:

I. Price

II. Technical

III. Past Performance

I. Price

The government anticipates award of a firm fixed –price Blanket Purchase Agreement

(BPA) as a result of this solicitation. Offerors must submit a full price quotation for the base period and all four ordering periods. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all line items to the total price for the basic and four

(4), one (1) year ordering periods. In order to be technically acceptable, offerors shall provide a unit price for each of the Custom-designed contract line items listed within the

Standard Form 18.

a. Technical

Offerors must provide a product that provides all of the salient characteristics for

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Portable Radio with short battery to meet this requirement. The offeror must meet all of the criteria and all specifications listed in the Statement of Work to be technically acceptable. The Offeror shall also provide enough information to determine that the product is acceptable. Samples must be sent for technical review.

b. In order to be technically acceptable, offerors shall provide a unit price for each of the

Custom-designed contract line items listed within the Standard Form 18 (as shown below).

Line No: Performance period Unit Price Quantity

0001 Base Year-Date-DTBD $ 1500

0002 Option Year 1-DTBD $ 700

0003 Option Year 2-DTBD $ 700

0004 Option Year 3-DTBD $ 700

0005 Option Year 4-DTBD $ 700

II. PAST PERFORMANCE.

The evaluation process will be based on the Past Performance information obtained from the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS).

Acceptable or unacceptable ratings will be assigned based on the information retrieved from PPIRS.

III. PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILTY:

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 9.1, the Contracting

Officer shall award contracts only to a responsible offeror. No purchase or award shall be made unless the contracting officer makes an affirmative determination of responsibility.

To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them. The

Contracting Officer shall require acceptable evidence of the prospective contractor’s current sound financial status, as well as the ability to obtain required resources if the need arises. Pursuant to FAR 9.104-4, the Contracting Officer reserves the right to request adequate evidence of responsibility on the part of any prospective contractor/subcontractor(s). In the absence of information clearly indicating that the prospective contractor is responsible, the Contracting Officer shall make a determination of non-responsibility.

As a minimum requirement, all offerors shall submit, as part of the original quote, the following:

(1) Company’s Financial Statement which includes Balance Sheet and Income

Statement; and

(2) Point of contact form their bank or any financial institution with which they transact business.