W912UM20Q0807COMBINED SYNOPSIS.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Office Furniture

General Information:

Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: W912UM20Q0807 Posted Date: 10 August 2020 Response Date: 21 August 2020 at 04:00 P.M (Korean Standard Time) Product or Service Code: 7110 NAICS Code: 423210

I. Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Army Engineer District Far East (USAEDFE) Contracting Division, Korea Unit#15546, APO AP 96271-5546

II. Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.1 and 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2020-07). The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 337211.

The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

1. FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Jul 2013)

2. FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Jul 2013)

III. Item Description for Office Furniture for Resource Management Office in FED at Cp Humphreys

Contractor shall provide Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) items for modular office furniture, partitions, chairs with incidental installation and removal of current office furniture in accordance with the PD (including the layout) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District Office. Delivery of the furniture along with installation and removal of existing furniture shall be completed by September 24, 2020. Furniture described in the attached Purchase Description (PD) shall be individual standalone products that are made up of independent work surfaces and storage units. Each furniture piece can be easily relocated/adjustable to fit the style of the end user and be assembled to build a system modular office workstation. Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, equipment, materials and supervision necessary to perform work described according to attached PD.

Delivery Address: Room #202,203 and 204, 2nd Floor, Building #12600, FED, Camp Humphreys, Korea

IV. Solicitation Provisions

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items (Oct 2018) Incorporated by Reference

Additional Submission Instructions

Contractor shall provide three separate quotations, Price, Technical and Past Performance quotations.

Quote Language: The quote shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The quote shall not simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements, nor be a copy and paste of the posted requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience, will base its evaluation on the information presented in the quote. Contractor quotation shall include best delivery terms for all requested items.

Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments, beyond the stated requirements are unnecessary, not desired, and shall not be evaluated.

In an effort to reduce paperwork and reduce costs, all quotation shall be submitted electronically. All submissions shall be in Adobe PDF format, bookmarked according to the Factors described in the solicitation. The price and technical quotation shall be submitted as “separate” single files. Vendors may use compressions utility software such as WinZip or PKZip to reduce file size and facilitate transmission.

Vendors are required to submit quotes no later than 04:00 PM, 21 August 2020 (Korean Standard Time). All questions shall be emailed to Contract Specialist, Han, Un Kyong at un-kyong.han@usace.army.mil.

This is the designated E-mail address and inbox for receipt of E-mail submissions. No other electronic means of submission, used in whole or in combination with E-mail, is permitted. No other method of submission is acceptable. To be timely, an E-mail quote must be received in its entirety in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time for quote submission. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f).

When completing the information for transmittal, provide the following information in each of the relevant fields to un-kyong.han@usace.armu.mil

1. Name of person submitting quote

2. Email address of person submitting quote

Proposal Submittal:

Technical Proposal:

Factor 1 – Delivery/Installation Removal Date and All furniture are Green Guard Products

Submittal: Contractor shall submit the following

- Specification per each item (Item 1 ~ Item 41) mailto:un-kyong.han@usace.armu.mil

- Certification of Green Guard Products

- Date for Delivery /Installation/Removal.

Factor 2 – Past Performance

The Government will assess the past performance and reserves the right to conduct telephone interviews with points of contact identified in the proposal or to review personal knowledge. In addition, the Government may review any other sources of information for evaluating past performance of the Offeror on any other previous work. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, past performance information retrieved through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), including Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), using all CAGE/DUNS numbers of team members (joint venture, or parent company/subsidiary/affiliate) identified in the offeror's proposal, inquiries of owner representative(s), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), and any other known sources not provided by the offeror.

Price Proposal:

Submittal: Contractor shall submit the price proposal for the Item #1 ~ #41 (shipping cost is included in the total proposed amount) and Active SAM account (Duns Number and Cage Code).

FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items (Nov 2015)

a. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1 in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items.

b. The offeror must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) https://sam.gov/portal/SAM/, with System Award Management (SAM) Account: Active sheet showing the CAGE Code and DUNS Number if you have.

DUNS and Cage Code Number

A CAGE code and a DUNS number are a requirement to do business with the U.S. Federal Government.

For more information regarding obtaining a CAGE code:

FOR NON-U.S. COMPANIES

Non-U.S. companies are issued NATO Cage Codes (NCAGE) by contacting the designated Point of Contact (POC) at the National Codification Bureau (NCB) of the country where the company is located.

For a list of addresses and POCs, go https://www.dapa.go.kr.

Please note: Organizations with an address containing APO, FPO or AE do not need an NCAGE assigned by an Allied Nation or NATO-sponsored NCB. Instead, these companies must register in the CCR to receive a U.S. Cage Code.

The POC for South Korea is:

Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Logistics Information Management Team (Gwacheon-si, Gwanmunro-47) Gyonggi-Do (138-09) Republic of Korea Mr. Oh, Jae Ryong

TEL: +82-2-2079-4638

FAX: +82-2-773-7587

E-MAIL:cagerkr@korea.kr

FAR 52.212-2 – Evaluation – Commercial Items Tailored

(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:

Factor 1:

• Specification for all items shall meets with the Purchase Description.

• All Furniture are Green Guard Products

• Delivery/Installation/Removal Date

Factor 2: Past Performance

Factor 3: Price

Factors 1 and 2, when combined, are considered more important than Factor 3.

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION – FAR 13.106-2 (b) (3)

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation that provides the best benefit to the Government. Offers will be evaluated by performing a comparative evaluation in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3) to determine which response represents the “best” as a whole. Comparative Evaluations is the act of comparing two or more offers or quotes in response to the RFQ.

Quotes will be evaluated by performing a direct comparison of one offer with another in a uniform manner to determine which quote provides the Government with what is needed, as identified in the RFQ.

The comparison also performed to compare each offeror to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a response that offers more than the minimum and select that response if it provides a benefit to the Government. The Government has the discretion to accept other than the lowest priced offeror that provides additional benefits.

The Government also has the discretion to make an award based on whether the lowest priced of the quotations/offers having the highest past performance rating possible represents the best benefit to the Government.

(b) 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.

(End of Provision)

V. Contract Clauses

The following clauses will be included in the contract that will result from this solicitation.

1. FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Items” (Jan 2017)

2. FAR 52.212-5, “CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT

STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEVIATION 2013-

O0019)” (NOV 2017)

3. FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Aug 2019)

4. DFAR 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

5. DFAR 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

6. DFAR 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product.

7. DFAR 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.

8. DFAR 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support.

9. DFAR 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

10. DFAR 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments.

11. 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

1. FAR 52.222-50, Alternate I, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627)

VI. Correspondence

Any questions on this requirement shall be directed by email to Han, Un Kyong at un-kyong.han@usace.army.mil or by phone at 0503-355-6089.