Bid Opening-Eatontown Library--09B0015.doc

Public Bid Opening - Location IFB No. W912CF-09-B-0015 Set-Aside: HUBZone

Opening Date and Time

30 June 2009, 2:00 PM Eastern Place of Bid Opening

EATONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY

33 Broad Street

Eatontown, NJ 07724 Do Not Mail Bid to Library http://www.eatontown.lib.nj.us/ Gerald Sweet, Contracting Officer

732-532-1607 Office

732-233-9593 Cell All information can be found at https://www.fbo.gov http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=33+broad+st,+eatontown,+nj&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.092115,72.246094&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr

FM 52.0001-4215

CAUTION

(JUN 1999)

To protect your bid against rough handling and damage in the mail, and possibility of unauthorized disclosure, it is recommended that your bid be double-wrapped. Further, to protect against the possibility of your bid being misdirected and received too late at the required destination, it is important that both the inner and outer envelopes or wrappings of your bide be addressed as follows:

(See FAR 52.214-07, Section L, entitled 'Late Submission, Modifications and Withdrawals of Bids')

'Offerors Return Address

Commander

US Army Communications-Electronics Command

ATTN: AMSEL-AC-BID

AVENUE OF MEMORIES & RITTKO AVE.

BLDG 1208E GROUND FLOOR

Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000

'SEALED BID'

Enter IFB No. as required.

IFB No.W912CF-09-B-xxxx Enter Bid opening date and time as required.

Opening Date and Time xxxxx

Issued by:

CECOM Acquisition Center

Computer Systems/Base Support

AMSCC-CEC-CAB-BP-C

Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

Bids hand-carried to Fort Monmouth, NJ will be delivered by the carrier to the Bid Control Officer, BLDG 1208E GROUND FLOOR, AVENUE OF MEMORIES & RITTKO AVE., FORT MONMOUTH, NJ. The representative from the Bid Control Office will, upon receipt thereof, indicate on the bid package/envelope the date and time he accepted same.

The operating hours for the Bid Control Office, CECOM Acquisition Center, CECOM, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey are Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:40 PM. (NOTE, however, that bids must be submitted not later than the time specified on the date indicated on the face page of the Invitation for Bids).

For the purposes of paragraph (d) of FAR 52.214-07, 'Late Submissions, Modifications and Withdrawals of Bids,' the date-time stamp clock in the Bid Control Room is the official means of certifying receipt of IFBs during working hours; the date-time stamp clock annotation on incoming TWXs by the Bide Control Office is the official date and time of receipt of TWXs bids (i submission of telegraphic bids has been authorized by inclusion of FAR 52/214-13 in Section L), modifications and withdrawals of bids.

If the bid is placed into the possession of a commercial delivery service for purpose of hand-delivery, you must make sure that any other envelope used by the carrier is fully addressed as set forth above, including solicitation number, date and time of open/closing, and the phrase 'sealed bid.' In addition, the complete instructions concerning hand delivery as set forth above must be transmitted by you to the carrier. Failure to follow these instructions may cause your bid to be misdirected and received too late at the required destination.

52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996)

(a) Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening of bids, may be cause for rejection of the bid.

(b) The bidder shall furnish a bid guarantee in the form of a firm commitment, e.g., bid bond supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the Government, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury Department regulations, certain bonds or notes of the United States. The Contracting Officer will return bid guarantees, other than bid bonds, (1) to unsuccessful bidders as soon as practicable after the opening of bids, and (2) to the successful bidder upon execution of contractual documents and bonds (including any necessary coinsurance or reinsurance agreements), as required by the bid as accepted.-

(c) The amount of the bid guarantee shall be _20_ percent of the bid price or $ 75,000.00, whichever is less.

(d) If the successful bidder, upon acceptance of its bid by the Government within the period specified for acceptance, fails to execute all contractual documents or furnish executed bond(s) within 10 days after receipt of the forms by the bidder, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract for default.-

(e) In the event the contract is terminated for default, the bidder is liable for any cost of acquiring the work that exceeds the amount of its bid, and the bid guarantee is available to offset the difference.

(End of clause)