General Living Kits

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION
for
TTHU General Living Kits

Synopsis: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with (IAW) the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.5 using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for certain commercial items supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number is 70FB8019Q00000001 and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

FEMA has determined a need for Transportable Temporary Housing Unit (TTHU) General Living Kits.

This solicitation incorporates all mandatory commercial item provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-05, effective August 13, 2019.
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 423220. The small business size standard is 100 employees.
It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at:
1. https://www.acquisition.gov/far/
2. http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html.

The Government contemplates awarding one (1) or more Firm Fixed Price Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA's) resulting from this solicitation to the offeror(s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation, is the lowest evaluated price meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors.

To be considered for award you must have an active System for Award Management (SAM) registration by the closing date of this solicitation. Vendors who submit quotes but do not have an active SAM registration will not be considered for award. Please visit www.sam.gov for more information or to register.

52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items is applicable to this procurement. Award will be made to the Offeror's with the lowest prices technically acceptable. whose quote conforms to the requirements of the solicitation and Statement of Work (SOW). To be considered for award, all offerors shall address all evaluation criteria.

Offerors shall respond to all evaluation factors. Failure to address all factors will result in offeror being non-responsive and therefore will not be considered for contract award. If an offeror receives an unacceptable rating for one (1) or more evaluation factors, the offeror will no longer be considered for award. Should either of these situations occur, the Offeror's price proposal will not be evaluated.

Evaluation Factors for Award
Technical factors are all of equal importance. Factors 1-3 will be evaluated as acceptable or unacceptable. To receive on overall rating of acceptable and be eligible for award, the offeror must be technically acceptable for all evaluation factors.

Offerors shall respond to all evaluation factors. Failure to address all factors will result in offeror being non-responsive and therefore will not be considered for contract award. If an offeror receives an unacceptable rating for one (1) or more evaluation factors, the offeror will no longer be considered for award.

Factor 1: Technical

Offerors will be evaluated based on items quoted. All items shall meet or exceed the items in the SOW. Unless otherwise identified in the SOW, all quoted items shall be in accordance with FAR Part 23.4 - Use of Recovered Materials and Bio-based Products. A response of "Unacceptable" for one or more questions will result in a rating of unacceptable and that offeror shall not be eligible for contract award.

Question Number Questions Acceptable Unacceptable
F-1.a Does the proposed General Living Kit meet the technical requirements of the SOW?

Evaluation Ratings for Technical Factor 1
Rating Definition
Acceptable Quote contains all items, in the correct quantity, required to make up complete living kit. Quoted Items are in accordance with FAR 23.4 - Use of Recovered Materials.
Unacceptable Quote does not contain all items, in the correct quantity, required to make up complete living kit. Quoted Items are not in accordance with FAR 23.4 - Use of Recovered Materials.

Factor 2: Product Availability/Ability to Meet Schedule/Tracking Method

Offerors will be evaluated based on their response to the questions below. All Offerors shall be in agreeance with all requirements outlined in the SOW. A response of "No" for one or more questions will result in a rating of unacceptable and that Offeror shall not be eligible for contract award. Offerors shall respond to all questions.
Question Number Questions Yes No
F-2.a Has the contractor explained how they are able to meet the production requirements as they are described in Section 7.2 of the SOW?

Methods to explain can include but are not limited to:
• agreement with suppliers;
• factory production capacity in items per week produced if manufacturing capacity is something that the vendors identify as a capability; and/or
• available inventory maintained in stock.
F-2.b Has the contractor agreed to all of FEMA's shipping notification requirements as the notification requirements are described in Section 4.3 of the SOW?

Methods to explain can include but are not limited to:
• written acknowledgement of the requirement as part of the contractor's proposal; and/or
• a sample email that would meet the shipping notification requirements.
F-2. c Has the contractor agreed to all of FEMA's packaging requirements as the packaging requirements are described in Section 4.1 of the SOW?

Methods to explain can include but are not limited to:
• written acknowledgement of the requirement as part of the contractor's proposal;
• a sample of the packaging; and/or
• photographs of the packaging as part of the proposal.
F-2.d Has the contractor agreed to all of FEMA's labeling requirements as the labeling requirements are described in Sections 4.2?

Methods to explain can include but are not limited to:
• a sample of the label that meets the labeling requirement packaging.

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Evaluation Ratings for Technical Factor 2
Rating Definition
Acceptable Meets or exceeds minimum standards outlined in the SOW.
Unacceptable Does not meets or exceed minimum standards outlined in the SOW.

Factor 3 - Recent and Relevant Experience

Provide a written description of an order that your company has completed to a Federal, state, local government of private company or organization that is similar in size and scope to a delivery order that FEMA will issue under this BPA. This order shall have occurred within the last three years. The order has to contain items that meet the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 23.4 - Use of Recovered Materials and Bio-based Products. Please visit www.biopreferred.gov for more information. If the contract or delivery order that the Offeror is using to demonstrate the Offeror's recent and relevant experience does not have a requirement for FAR 23.4 but has a requirement that is similar the Offeror shall provide FEMA with a link to said requirement.

If the Offeror uses one of the Past Performance contracts to meet the requirement for Factor 3, the Offeror shall identify which one or more Past Performance reference is used to meet this requirement.

If the Offeror does not have any Past Performance submission or the Offeror chooses to use a reference not included in the Past Performance submission the Offeror shall provide the following information for the Recent and Relevant Experience submission:

1. Name of Company
2. Point of Contact
3. Current Telephone Number and Email Address
4. Title of Work
5. Period of Performance
6. Description of the items provided

If an offeror fails to receive an acceptable rating for any response in Factor 3 the offeror will no longer be considered for award.

Question Number Questions Acceptable Unacceptable
F-3.a Does the information submitted meet the requirements listed in this section?

Did the Offeror provide:
1. Name of Company
2. Point of Contact
3. Current Telephone Number and Email Address
4. Title of Work
5. Period of Performance
6. Description of the items provided
F-3.b Does the information submitted demonstrate that the Offeror has Recent experience? Has the experience submitted occurred within the last three (3) years?
F-3.c Does the information submitted demonstrate that the Offeror has Relevant experience? Does the experience submitted allow the government to determine if the Offeror has provided items that comply with FAR 23.4 or an equal requirement?

Evaluation Ratings for Technical Factor 3
Rating Definition
Acceptable Demonstrates that the recent and relevant experience is acceptable and/or applicable to the requirement
Unacceptable Does not demonstrates that the recent and relevant experience is unacceptable and/or not applicable to the requirement.

Factor 4: Past Performance

Present and Past Performance will be evaluated as a measure of the Government's confidence in the Offeror's ability to successfully perform based on previous and current contract efforts within the last three years. Provide no less than three (3) references to include the following:
1.Name of Company
2.Point of Contact
3.Current Telephone Number and Email Address
4.Title of Work
5.Period of Performance
6.Value ($) and Quantity

Evaluation Ratings for Technical Factor 4
Rating Definition
Acceptable Past Performance indicates satisfactory performance.
Neutral No relevant past performance history.

Unacceptable Past Performance does not indicate satisfactory performance.

Factor 5: Price

The award will be based on the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the technical acceptability standards. 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). If an Offeror is found to be not technically acceptable for any technical factor, that Offeror's price proposal will not be evaluated.

The Government intends to make award without discussions.

Questions are due to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist no later than 12pm EST September 4, 2019. Responses to questions will be posted no later than 12pm EST, September 6, 2019.
Quotes are due to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist, no later than 5pm EST, September 11, 2019.
All quotes that fail to include all solicitation requirements will be considered non-responsive and therefore not eligible for contract award.

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