Solicitation.pdf

The Corporation for National and Community Service has a requirement for Cable and Wireless Internet Services. Please see attachments for additional information.

Title: Cable TV and Wireless Internet

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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.

The solicitation number is and the solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation.

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 Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, dated 07-02-2020.

The associated NAICS code 515210 This requirement is full and open with no set-aside restrictions.

See attached Statement of Work and Evaluation Criteria.

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

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. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: See Attached Evaluation Criteria.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(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.

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.

The FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Please refer to included clauses.

FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders–Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Please refer included clauses.

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 There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions applicable to this acquisition.

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

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.

Proposal shall be submitted in two volumes. Volume I: Technical and Past Performance shall be in one volume with two separate sections. Volume II Pricing. No pricing shall be included in Volume I.

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 to be considered for award.

All responses must be received by the date provided in the solicitation. 95332A20Q0029.

Responses may be submitted electronically to pshields@cns.gov & spolk@cns.gov .

Fax responses will not be accepted.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:pshields@cns.gov mailto:spolk@cns.gov