Lodging and related services for 10-13 January 2013 Yellow Ribbon Event, San Juan Puerto Rico

The requirement for Lodging and related services for 10-13 January 2013 Yellow Ribbon Event, San Juan Puerto Rico has been modified to a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. See below and attachments

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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

ATTENTION TO POTENTIAL OFFERORS
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Submit your proposals based on all information provided for this Request for Proposal (RFP). Submit written proposal (oral, e-mail or faxed proposals will not be accepted) The RFP No: W912C3-13-R-0001.
There is no set-aside for this acquisition. The NAICS code assigned to this acquisition is 721110.
AREA OF CONSIDERATION: SAN JUAN AREA OF PUERTO RICO

PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM PUERTO RICO HOTELS ONLY.
NO THIRD PARTY AGREEMENT

Description: Lodging and Related Services for 1st Mission Support Command Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Event 1 and 2 from January 10, 2013 to January 13, 2013 as described below:

SEE ATTACHED CLIN EXCEL SHEET TO ENTER ALL PRICES.
EACH PRICE SHALL INCLUDE ANY/ALL RELATED ASSOCIATED COST AND SERVICE FEE, IF APPLICABLE
(DO NOT ADD SEPARATE CLINS OR INFORMATION FOR BELL- MAID OR OTHER SERVICES. EACH REQUIRED CLIN SHALL INCLUDE ALL PRICING)

Vendors shall submit the proposal with appropriate signature.
The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.
The following addenda are made to this provision: Paragraphs (D), (E), (H), (I) AND (L) are hereby deleted from the referenced provisions. See FAR 52.204-99 which adds to Paragraph K
PARAGRAPH (C) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.
PARAGRAPH (G) Contract Award:
BASIS FOR AWARD: Award will be made only after agreement has been reached on all terms and conditions and a fair market value for the services to be acquired.
The provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The quotation must include a complete copy of this provision. See http://orca.bpn.gov.
The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda are made to this clause. Paragraph (a) Inspection/Acceptance is added to read: The contractor shall use the Wide Area Workflow web page at https://wawf.eb.mil/index.html to submit invoices for acceptance.
The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause under paragraph (b) are considered checked and applicable to the acquisition: (1), (2), (23-32), (40),(45 ), (47-48), ((c)1-3).
The following additional contract clauses apply to this acquisition:
(1) FAR 52.204-99, Systems for Award Management Registration (DEVIATION)
(2) FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference
(3) FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998): This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil
(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 252.204-7000, Disclosure of Information
(7) DFAR 252.209-7004, Subcontracting with Firms That Are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Terrorist Country
(8) DFAR 252.211-7003 Alt I, Item Identification and Valuation
(9) DFAR 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional DFARS clauses cited in the clause under paragraph (b) are considered checked and applicable to the acquisition: (a), (1), (23)
(10) DFAR 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports
(11) DFAR 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments
(12) DFAR 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications
(13) DFAR 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment
(14) DFAR 252.246-7000, Material Inspection and Receiving Report
The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not applicable to this acquisition.
5152.209-4000, DOD LEVEL I ANTITERRORISM (AT) STANDARDS (FEB 2009)
(a) Pursuant to Department of Defense Instruction Number 2000.16, quote mark DoD Antiterrorism (AT) Standards, quote mark dated October 2, 2006, each contractor employee requiring access to a Federally-controlled installation, facility and/or Federally-controlled information system(s) shall complete Level I AT Awareness Training on an annual basis and receive a certificate of completion. The training is accessible from any computer and is available at https://atlevel1.dtic.mil/at/. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that all applicable employees have completed antiterrorism awareness training and shall certify that their workforce has completed the training through the submission of completion certificate(s) to the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer's Representative (if appointed) within five working days after contract award or prior to access to a Federally-controlled installation or information system.
(b) In the event that the automated system at https://atlevel1.dtic.mil/at/ is not available (e.g., server problems), Level I AT Awareness Training can be provided by a qualified instructor. However, if the training is not completed online, the Level I AT Awareness Instructor qualification must be coordinated with the Installation Antiterrorism Officer (or Installation Security equivalent) and the resultant name(s) of approved instructors shall be provided the contracting officer or designee along with all associated cost or schedule impacts to the contract.
(c) Antiterrorism performance (Level I AT Awareness Training attendance and compliance) may be documented as a performance metric under the resultant contract, and be part of past performance information in support of future source selections.
5152.233-4000, AMC-LEVEL PROTEST PROGRAM (Sep 2011) (LOCAL CLAUSE)
If you have complaints about this procurement, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve those concerns with the responsible contracting officer. However, you can also protest to Headquarters (HQ), Army Materiel Command (AMC). The HQ AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.103. If you want to file a protest under the HQ AMC-Level Protest Program, the protest must request resolution under that program and be sent to the address below.
All other agency-level protests should be sent to the contracting officer for resolution.
Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command
Office of Command Counsel
4400 Martin Road
Rm: A6SE040.001
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000
Fax: (256) 450-8840

Packages sent by FedEx or UPS should be addressed to:
Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command
Office of Command Counsel
4400 Martin Road
Rm: A6SE040.001
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000
Fax: (256) 450-8840

The AMC-Level Protest procedures are found at: http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp.
If internet access is not available, contact the contracting officer or HQ, AMC to obtain the HQ AMC-Level Protest Procedures.
Wage Determination 1996-0136 (Rev 26) dated 06/13/2012 is applicable to this solicitation.

Proposals are due by December 20, 2012; 10:00 AM local time and must be valid for at least 30 days.

Vendors shall be registered and have an active account in the SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) found at: https://www.sam.gov and ensure the applicable NAICS Code of 721110 for this requirement and their Online Representations and Certifications Applications are added in the system. Contact Jennifer Sarraga at e-mail: jennifer.r.sarraga.civ@mail.mil or Maria Otero maria.otero@us.army.mil for any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation. Attachments: W912C3-13-R-0001 Pricing/CLINs Spreadsheet, Terms and Conditions and Wage Determination.

The Mission & Installation Contracting Command - Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico has a Request for Proposal (RFP) No. W912C3-13-R-0001 Lodging and Related Services for Yellow Ribbon Event during 10 January 2013 through 13 Jan 2013. The solicitation will be issued on or about 21 November 2012. The opening date of the RFP is on or about 21 December 2012 (see solicitation for the specific date). This solicitation is issued as Unrestricted. All responsible sources are invited to submit proposal under the solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 721110. The size standard is $30 Million.

Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The proposal and amendments, if any, can be submitted through the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ via the secure Bid Response System on or before the closing time and date. Contractors may use the automated bidder response on the Army Single Face to Industry website: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/. However, the system is not managed by the Mission Installation Contracting Command -Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. For that reason, you have to ensure the system did actually accept and properly posted all documents intended to be submitted. The system sometimes does give errors. Please Note: If the proposal is not properly posted by date and time due for submission of quote and/or proposal is not complete when downloaded by the Mission Installation Contracting Command - Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, the proposal may not be eligible for consideration for award. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Government. ALL prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management Site (SAM (https://www.sam.gov). All interested parties are responsible for monitoring the Federal Business Opportunity website at http://www.fbo.gov for status of solicitation and amendments, if any

The point of Contact for this Solicitation is Jennifer Sarraga at: 787-707-4574, e-mail jennifer.r.sarraga.civ@mail.mil or Maria Otero at: maria.d.otero4.civ@mail.mil.