RFQ Instructions.docx

REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) 95332A20Q0016

Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) for NCCC SW Driving Services

The Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS) is an independent government agency that provides grants and volunteering services that improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement in supporting American Citizens. CNCS is the nation’s largest grant maker supporting service and volunteering to meet the nation’s education, public safety, environmental, disaster response, and human needs.

AmeriCorps NCCC is a national service, residential, team-based program. The AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Region has approximately 400 members serve at the campus each year. This requirement is to create a master Blanket Purchase Agreement. This Master BPA does not guarantee any specific numbers. Numbers listed in this request are approximations only. AmeriCorps NCCC is in need of driving evaluation services for members driving both 15 passenger vans and cargo vans.

Partial quotes will be deemed unresponsive and will not be evaluated.

A. It is anticipated that this order will be awarded as a single award BPA.

B. The award type will be Firm-Fixed Price.

C. Full and Open with no small business restrictions.

D. All contractors must be to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) FAR 52.204-99 System for Award Management Registration (August 2012) (DEVIATION) https://www.sam.gov. The contractor’s failure to be registered in the SAM system will render them ineligible to receive any Government Contracts. Note: Vendors not registered in SAM at the time of evaluation will not be considered for award. In addition, the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response.

E. QUESTION DUE DATE: The due date for receipt of questions is no later than Friday February 28, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EST. All Questions must be emailed directly to Jermaine Duncan at jduncan@cns.gov.

F. QUOTE DUE DATE: Contractor quotes are due no later than Thursday March 5, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Responses received after this date and time will be considered non-responsive, in accordance with (IAW), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.214-7, Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Bids. All Quotes should be electronically submitted directly to Jermaine Duncan at jduncan@cns.gov. Fax and mail quotes will not be accepted.

G. Period of Performance will be a one-year base period and two (2) one-year options.

H. Contractors are responsible for reviewing the attached Statement of Work (SOW) and Evaluation Criteria documents in order to prepare their technical and price quote.

I. Contractors are requested to submit one quote with two separate volumes (files): Volume I should be a technical quote and Volume II should be the contractor’s pricing quote. These should be two separate files and no pricing information should be listed in the technical quote.

PAGE RESTRICTIONS:

The proposals submitted must be legible, singled-spaced, typewritten (on one side only), in a font size not smaller than 10-point pitch with a one-inch margin on all sides, on paper not larger than eight and a half by eleven inches and not exceeding the page limits listed below. Pages in excess of the individual limitations shall not be read, and the quote shall be evaluated as if the excess pages did not exist.

The proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation factors. Clarity and completeness of the proposals are of the utmost importance. The proposal must be written in a practical, clear, and concise manner.

The following page restrictions are:

Technical Proposal shall not exceed 20 pages Price Quote shall not exceed 5 pages

Items not included within the page restriction count are as follows: System for Award Management (SAM), cover pages, cover letters, table of contents, blank section dividers, resumes, charts, graphs, and glossary of terms, exhibits, drawings, sample formats, and items of an illustrative nature. Together, any attached charts, graphs, glossary of terms, exhibits, drawings, sample formats, or other illustrative documents shall not exceed 10 pages.

BASIS FOR AWARD:

Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology. An award will be made to the lowest priced quote that meets all technical factors and is technically acceptable. Refer to attached “Evaluation Criteria” for evaluation criteria and methodology.

To be considered Technically Acceptable, the vendor must meet ALL of the items listed in the statement of work and evaluation factors. The evaluation will be conducted on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.