Lease of dozer

Added: Aug 12, 2016 5:49 pm

Competition Terms and Contract Type
The following solicitation is a Request for Quote (RFQ) competed IAW FAR PART 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items; FAR PART 12, Commercial Items. Quotes failing to met all the terms and conditions of this solicitation; to include buy terms, line item descriptions, and attachments, may not be evaluated for award. One (1) firm-fixed price purchase order will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. Please see FAR 13.004-Legal effect of quotations.

This solicitation will be competed as unrestricted and all qualified Offerors can quote. This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov.

Questions/Clarifications Deadline
Interested Offerors must submit all questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the government to respond. Questions can be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' button. Questions not received prior to 15 August 2016, NLT 100pm (CST) may not be considered.

System for Award Management (SAM) Requirement
This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov.

NAICS CODE
The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 532490 with the related size standard $32.5M dollars. The NAICS code identified herein must appear in FAR 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications" in SAM and the Offeror must be actively registered in that NAICS Prior to Award to be considered for any resulting contract. Failure to be properly registered at the time and date of award may render the quote as incomplete and ineligible for award.

Offer Period
Quote MUST be good for 30 calendar days after close of Buy.

Electronic Submission of Payments
DFARS 252.232-7003, "Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. I n accordance with DFARS 252.232-7003, "Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports", the contractor shall submit their payment request electronically using the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). The WAWF website is located at https://wawf.eb.mil. There is no charge to use WAWF. Contractors must register to use WAWF at this website and ensure an electronic business point of contact (POC) is designated in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov. Contractor training is available at the website Home Page, under "about WAWF". Contractors may contact the WAWF Customer Support for assistance toll free at 866-618-5988; commercial: 801-605-7095; Fax commercial: 801-605-7453 or CSCASSIG@CSD.DISA.MIL.

Evaluation for Award - (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)
The Government will award a firm fixed price 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: price, technical capability, past performance, and delivery of the item offered to meet the Government requirement. All evaluation factors other than price, when combined, are equally important as price (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)).

1. See Attachment 1 for Specifications
2. See Attachment 2 for Lease Agreement
3. See Attachment 3 for Map

Brand Name or Equal/Technical Evaluation of Quotes
1. Offeror may submit quotes for alternate brand name items, provided those items meet all of the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics specified by this solicitation. Offeror MUST enter exactly what they are offering (including make, model and description) into the blank description field in order for the quote to be considered. The government will evaluate
'equal' items on the basis of information furnished by the Offeror or identified in the quote and reasonably available to the government. The government is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the quote.

2. Technical Evaluation will be performed on all alternate brand names and/or models. Alternate Brand Names and/or models will be evaluated against all listed required specifications provided by the government. Item shall meet all of the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics specified by this solicitation to be consider technically acceptable. Offeror must present a line by line comparison of alternative products using manufacturer name, model/part number, and salient features.

3. Offerors must, as a minimum, respond with feature for feature comparisons in order for your product to be technically evaluated for sufficiency. Responses such as "bidding exact match", "as specified", or cutting and pasting the Government's specification information into the Offeror's quote specification block are not acceptable responses.

Offeror Attachment(s)
In addition to providing pricing, Offeror must include certain non-pricing information as document(s) attached to their quote, so they are received no later than the closing date and time of this RFQ. Attachment(s) can total no more than 20 MB, whether multiple files or one file, and may be zipped to decrease their size. Pricing will not be accepted if it is included in the attachment(s). An Offeror failure to comply with these terms shall result in its quote being determined incomplete and shall not be evaluated. The attachment(s) must include the following information:

1) Offeror must provide the government with a listing of equipment offered for Line Item 0001 in accordance with Equipment List Specification document and Design Plans provided by the government as part of this solicitation. Please refer to Equipment List Document. Offeror must present a line by line comparison of alternative items. Please refer to buy term Brand Name or Equal/Technical Evaluation of Quotes for more details.

Equipment Condition
New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

Shipping Condition
Far Clause 52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination applies. Shipping must be free on board (FOB) destination CONUS (Continental U.S.), which means that the seller must deliver the goods on its conveyance at the destination specified by the buyer, and the seller is responsible for the cost of shipping and risk of loss prior to actual delivery at the specified destination. Purchase Description Determined by Line Item
The solicitation requires that the government evaluates quotes on a line item basis; therefore, each line item will include applicable evaluation criteria. For all line items, Offerors MUST enter exactly what they are quoting (including make, model, and description) into the blank description field in order for the quote to be considered.

Delivery/Installation Requirement
Delivery must be made within the specified number of days after receipt of order (ARO). The Offeror must provide within its offer the number of days required to make delivery after it receives a purchase order from the buyer. The Contractor shall NOT make partial line item shipments against any resulting purchase order/contract issued as a result of this solicitation unless otherwise specified at time of order.

Filing a Protest
Fedbid is NOT a forum for filing protests against the Government. Attempts to file protests through Fedbid will not be considered legitimate as they do not conform to the requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). It is preferable that disputes and protests be resolved as quickly as possible at the lowest level possible before considering the more formal process described below. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.10.

1) All agency-level protests should be sent to the contracting officer for resolution.

2) The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage 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 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 or e-mail: usarmy.redstone.usamc.mbx.protests@mail.mil

Point of Contract
Kimberly D. Cavanaugh
Contracting Officer
MICC
1792 12th Street
Fort Riley, KS 66442
kimberly.d.cavanaugh.civ@mail.mil
Work: 785-239-1001 < tel:785-239-1001 >

Provision and Clauses -
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil and/or http://www.acqnet.gov/far.

Provisions: 52.204-7, 52.207-2, 52.212-1, 52.212-3, 52.222-22, 52.209-2, 52.223-18, 252.203-7005, 252.206-7000, 252.247-7022, 52.209-5, 52.216-1, and 52.209-7
Solicitations and Contracts valued at $1M or above when applicable:
252.205-7000

Clauses: 52.204-10, 52.204-13, 52.204-99, 52.209-10, 52.212-4, 52.212-5, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-36, 52.209-6, 52.222-35, 52.222-3752.222-26, 52.222-50, 52.222-51, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.252-2, 52.252-6, 52.232-23, 52.232-39, 52.233-3, 252.201-7000, 252.203-7000, 252.203-7002, 252.204-7003, 252.204-7004 Alt A, 252.223-7008, 252.225-7001, 252.225-7002, 252.232-7003, 252.232-7006, 252.243-7001, 252.244-7000, : 52.203-6, 52.219-8,52.222-40, 52.222-54,52 52.203-16, 52.203-17, 52.204-4, 52.203-3, 52.202-1, 52.232-17, 52.222-40, 52.209-9, 52.203-6, 252.205-7000, 252.225-7012, 252.246-7000, and 252.226-7001

 Please see attachment 1 for specification on dozer.  Government is looking for a 12 month lease, with the option to extend lease under FAR Clause 52.217-9