Solicitation (RFQ) 22-Q-0093.pdf

RFQ # W911RX-22-Q-0093, Court Reporter Services Fort Riley, KS

The following is a combined synopsis/solicitation prepared IAW FAR PART 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, using FAR PART 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

Set-Aside Requirement

This request for quotes (RFQ) announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested as a result of this solicitation. This is a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), small business set aside. The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Riley, Kansas intends to award a minimum of two (2) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) for court reporter services and related supplies.

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform court reporter services at Fort Riley Kansas as defined in the Section 5.2 Performance Work Statement (PWS). This is a “Blanket Purchase Agreement” (BPA). It is established in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

13.303 and Subpart 16.7. A BPA is “a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for supplies or services by establishing ‘charge accounts’ with qualified sources of supply.” FAR 13.303- 1(a).

NAICS CODE

Vendor must be register with NAICS Code 561492, Court Reporting. The offeror shall be actively registered with that NAICS or a similar NAICS with the appropriate size standard ($16.5M) prior to Award to be considered for any resulting contract. Failure to be properly registered under the appropriate size standard during evaluation and/or at the time of award deems the offer ineligible for award. A similar NAICS Code with the appropriate size standard other than the NAICS Code identified in this buy term may be used as a factor to determine technical capability.

Request for Quote

Please return this electronic RFQ by 11:00AM (CST) on 27 SEP 2022 and will remain effective for at least 30 calendar days from submission.

Point of Contact: Travis E. Engle, Contract Specialist, Fort Riley, KS 66442 E-Mail: travis.e.engle.civ@army.mil

Contracting Officer: Chris Richie, Fort Riley, KS 66442 E-Mail: christopher.a.richie.civ@army.mil

Please include the following company information with your quote:

Company Name:

POC:

Phone:

Address:

Email Address:

UEI Number:

CAGE Code:

DUNS Number:

Tax ID Number:

Requested Specification:

Please provide a quote for the CLIN item(s) below:

mailto:travis.e.engle.civ@army.mil mailto:christopher.a.richie.civ@army.mil

CLIN Description Unit of

Measure QTY Unit

Price Total Price

Court Services

FFP

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform court reporter services at Fort Riley Kansas

FOB: W2P0 USA MEDDAC FT RILEY

LOGISTICS WAREHOUSE

650 HUEBNER ROAD

FORT RILEY KS 66442-5037

POP: 01-OCT-2022 TO 30-SEP-2023

JOB

Total Price

CLIN Structure: 0001 Court Reporting – See Attachment 5, entitled Pricing Sheet

Period of performance. This BPA will have a performance period of a base year only beginning with the date the agreement is signed. If the Government identifies your company as a qualified source of services and chooses to establish a BPA with you, you will be authorized to provide court reporter services, in accordance with the PWS, when called by the Contracting Officer or their designated representative(s) for a period of one year. These services are on an as needed basis and a Call Order will be awarded at each time services are needed.

This BPA obligates the Government only to the extent that authorized calls are actually made against the BPA and then only when delivery against such calls has been completed.

Individual calls under this agreement shall not exceed $3,000 with an annual limit of $9,000.00

Evaluation of Offerors

The Offeror shall submit a capabilities statement based on the CLIN structure provided in this Solicitation. The Contractor shall provide a narrative addressing technical acceptability, which includes past performance on similar relatable services. The narrative shall not exceed three (3) pages. Offerors shall submit Attachment 5, Pricing Sheet with submission of quotes. There is no page limit on the other items required by the solicitation.

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offered based IAW with FAR 13.106-3, the Government will award a firm fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation if the offer is considered to be technically acceptable, and the price is determined to be fair and reasonable." All evaluation factors other than Price, when combined, are equally as important as price.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212- 3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer.

Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items

IAW FAR 52.212-1(g), the Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offerors initial offer should contain the offerors best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

System for Award Management (SAM)

IAW 52.212-1(k): Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the Offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database before the close of the solicitation, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov.

Provision and Clauses

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-07, Effective 8-10-2022. From the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the following provisions and clauses are applicable to this solicitation: 52.204-7, 52.204-13, 52.204-16, 52.204-17, 52.204-18, 52.204-20, 52.204-21, 52.204-23, 52.204-24, 52.204-25, 52.204-26, 52.209-10, 52.212-1, 52.212-3 ALT 1, 52.212-4 ALT 1, 52.212-5 (CD 2018-O0021), 52.219-6, 52.222- 21, 52.222-26, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.224-3, 52.232-33, 52.232-39, 52.232-40, 52.233-3, 52.233-4, 52.252-5, 52.252-6.

From the Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), the following provisions and clauses are applicable to this solicitation: 252.201-7000, 252.203-7000, 252.203-7002, 252.203-7005, 252.204-7003, 252.204-7015, 252.204-7016, 252.204-7017, 252.204-7018, 252.204-7020, 252.225-7048, 252.232-7003, 252.232-7006, 252.232-7010, 252.232-7017, 252.244-7000

Full text of these clauses may be found at https://www.acquisition.gov.

Filing a Protest

It is preferable that protests be resolved as quickly as possible at the lowest level possible before considering the more formal process described below. To be timely, protests shall be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.10. 1) All agency-level protests should be sent to the Contracting Officer for interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC, as an Alternate Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or http://www.sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/ other external forum. The address for filing a protest directly with AMC is: Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel-Deputy Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road RM:

A6SE040.001 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000 Fax: (256) 450-8840

Attachments

1- Performance Work Statement (PWS)

2- Performance Requirements Summary (PRS)

3- Wage Determination

4- Deliverables Schedule

5- Pricing Sheet

6- Army Court Reporting Manual

7- BPA Call Register

8- BPA Call Request Form