Foreign Credit Reports

Added: Apr 06, 2017 4:45 pm

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; A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED.

This is a small business set-aside.  The applicable NAICS code is 519190-All Other Information Services, with a small business size standard of $7.0M. 

The provisions and clauses incorporated herein are those in effect as of Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-95 dated 01/13/2017.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States’ Trade Credit Finance office has a requirement to purchase foreign credit reports to satisfy underwriting requirements for the short-term exporter held Express multi-buyer export credit insurance policy (“Express”).  The requirement will be for a base year plus four consecutive twelve month options. 

This solicitation incorporates the FAR clauses 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items (Jun 2008); 52.212-3 (Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (May 2011)); 52.212-4 (Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (June 2010)); 52.212-5 (Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (May 2011)); 52.217-8 (Option to Extend the Services (Nov 1999)); 52.217-9 (Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)); and 52.237-3 (Continuity of Services (Jan 1991))  for commercial items and services. 

Supplemental Information to Clause 52.212-2:  Paragraph (a) evaluation factors are:

·        Technical

·        Past performance

·        Price

Basis for Award  The Ex-Im Bank intends to make a best value award resulting from this solicitation.  Best value meaning the offer that provides the broadest level of services at a reasonable price.  Technical and past performance, when combined are significantly more important than price.

The following documents are included with the solicitation.

Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Statement of Work

Attachment 2 – Past Performance Questionnaire

Attachment 3 – Pricing Template

Attachment 2 Past Performance Questionnaire must be completed and returned with the offeror’s quote.

Quotes are to be submitted in two (2) volumes:

Volume 1 – Technical response (limited to 15 pages) and past performance

Volume 2 -  Pricing

All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the Export-Import Bank.  To be eligible for award an Offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.  SAM.GOV REGISTRATION IS FREE! There is NO FEE to register or maintain your SAM.gov registration.  Offerors may register at http://www.sam.gov.  To register, an Offeror must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc.  An Offeror may obtain a DUNS number at http://fedgov.dnb.com or by calling 1-866-705-5711.  Processing time normally takes 48 hours.  Offerors who are not registered should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. To be responsive to this RFQ, an Offeror must include a copy of the completed provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, with its offer.  Representations and Certifications will not be counted against the page count for the technical response.

All responsible sources are invited to submit a proposal or quotation.  Responses are due on or before 12:00 PM EST, Friday April 14, 2017.

PLEASE DIRECT INQUIRIES/INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS INTENT TO PROCURE SERVICES TO MS. LORITA JACKSON AT lorita.jackson@exim.gov WITH A CC: TO MS. JOSEPHINE CHUTTA AT Josephine.chutta@exim.gov.