Solicitation_NIMH19002601.pdf

COMPETITIVE COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

NIMH19002601

Title: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) refrigerated liquid gases and related leasing, maintenance, and telemetry services for Airgas bulk gas tanks.

(1) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items/services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(2) The solicitation number is NIMH19002601 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

a. This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures; FAR

Subpart 13.5—Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items; and FAR Part 12—

Acquisition of Commercial Items; and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(3) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95, dated January 19, 2017.

(4) The associated NAICS code is 325120 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

This requirement is full and open competition with no set-aside restrictions.

(5) Description: Attachment A: Purchase Description

(6) Delivery: Attachment A: Purchase Description

(7) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

a. Small Business Subcontracting Plan: Offerors shall complete Attachment D: HHS Subcontracting

Plan Template and submit it with their response.

Pursuant to NIH’s priority of Small Business participation, Offerors shall be required to submit a subcontracting plan in accordance with the terms of the clause entitled "Small Business

Subcontracting Plan," at FAR Clause No. 52.219-9.

The Small Business subcontracting goal of this acquisition is 33% small business. Offerors are expected to include a subcontracting plan for the performance period stated in their response. Offeror’s shall submit a completed plan as it pertains to fully achieving the small business goal in the contract.

HHS expects each procuring activity to establish minimum subcontracting goals for all procurements. The anticipated minimum goals for this RFQ are as follows:

33% for Small Business;

5% for Small Disadvantaged Business;

5% for Women-Owned Small Business;

3% for HUBZone Small Business; and

3% for Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.

FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Jan 2017), Alternate II (Nov 2016), will be applicable to any resultant contract.

(8) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

a. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Responses shall be evaluated using the evaluation criteria set forth in Attachment B: Technical Evaluation Factors

b. Options: N/A

c. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(9) The Offerors to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror

Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items, with its offer.

(10) The FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(11) The FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders–Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(12) The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions as determined by the contracting officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices.

a. FAR 52.216-18 Ordering

b. FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations

(13) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement.

(14) Requests for clarification/Questions shall be submitted no later than March 12, 2019 by 12:00 p.m.

electronically via email to sally.ibrahim@nih.gov ; email subject line: “Question – RFQ

NIMH19002601 NIMH Refrigerated Liquid Gases”.

When submitting requests for clarification/question, Offerors must cite the relevant section, paragraph, and page number associated with the question being posed. Requests for clarification/questions should be written in a way that enables clear understanding of the

Offerors’ issues or concerns. Statements expressing opinions, sentiments, or conjectures are not considered valid inquiries and will not be provided a response. Further, Offerors are reminded that the Government will not address hypothetical questions aimed at receiving a potential evaluation decision. Responses to requests for clarification/questions will not disclose proprietary information of the Offerors.

(15) Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include:

unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s); product description; and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance; special features required for effective program performance; trade-in considerations; probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item; warranty considerations; maintenance availability; and environmental and energy efficiency considerations.

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Offerors shall complete Attachment C: Price Schedule Template and submit it with their response.

In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

All responses to this solicitation shall be submitted electronically via email to sally.ibrahim@nih.gov

Email subject line: “Response-RFQ NIMH19002601 NIMH Refrigerated Liquid Gases”

Facsimile responses are not accepted.

The response must be received on or before March 15, 2018 by 12:00 pm Eastern Time.

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