Pelican Cases with Custom Foam

Added: Aug 05, 2015 8:32 am The purpose of this amendment is to provide the government's response to questions that were received from interested offerors.  Interested offerors are directed to review the attachment included in the packages page entitled, "RFP HSSS01-15-R-0058 - Q&A - Amendment 1". 

Please send any additional questions via email to the contract specialist, David Leonard, at david.leonard@usss.dhs.gov.

Added: Jul 30, 2015 12:17 pm This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for brand name 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.  Synopsis/solicitation number HSSS01-15-R-0058 is issued as a set-aside that is restricted to Woman-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) within the National Capital Region. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83, effective July 02, 2015.

The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) is 326150 - Urethane and Other Foam Product Manufacturing.

The Product Service Code (PSC) is 8145, Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires contractor support to procure Pelican brand name shipping cases, and custom foam insert design, production, and installation.  Requirements for this effort are detailed in the attached Statement of Work (SOW) (See attachment entitled, "RFP HSSS01-15-R-0058 - Attachment 1 - Statement of Work" under "packages" within FBO.  Substitute items will not be accepted. 

Potential offerors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will only be available by downloading the documents at the Federal Business Opportunities Website at http://www.fbo.gov. By submitting a response to this solicitation, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither the offeror nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency.

This Solicitation is comprised of:

I. FORMAT AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
II. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES
III. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR OFFERORS

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I. FORMAT AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Part A.
Technical Proposal:

Offerors must submit a written description of how work will be accomplished.  The technical proposal must be structured to respond directly to each SOW section to permit a one-to-one comparison.  A separate section shall be included at the end of the technical proposal that includes any assumptions inherent in the contractor's technical solution.  The technical proposal is limited to 10 pages.

Past Performance:

Examples of relevant past performance must be included as a separate attachment to the technical proposal.  Past performance examples must reference projects that were similar in size, complexity, and scope.  Any referenced example should also be from a recently completed project (within the last 2 years).  It is requested that the offeror provide the attached Past Performance Questionnaire to three references, who should in turn submit the quetionnaires directly to the contract specialist via email at david.leonard@usss.dhs.gov.  

The government will evaluate the submitted information but also reserves the right to evaluate information found in the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Procurement Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), or any other means available to the government for the purposes of evaluating past performance.  Note that direct experience with contract efforts that are similar in scope should yield satisfactory ratings for this factor.  If an offeror does not possess direct experience that is relevant to this RFQ, then they cannot be rated favorably or unfavorably for this factor.  The government will evaluate an offerors past performance based on both recentness and relevance.    

The total page limit for this section is 6 pages (excluding questionnaires).  Past performance examples must provide the following information.
1.   Contractor's Name/CAGE Code/ DUNS # and Place of Performance
2.   Title of contract and award date
3.   Procuring agency. Name and address of Contracting Activity
4.   Procuring agency Point of Contact: Name, telephone number, and email address
5.   Description of product or service
6.   Contract number and type, e.g. FFP
7.   Period of performance
8.   Total Contract Dollar Value; at contract award and final
9.   PPIRS (yes/no) - (Indicate whether or not any government past performance ratings have been completed and identify the last completion date and if it is currently in PPIRS)
10. Prime Or As Subcontractor for past contract
11. Customer's Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) name, address, phone number, Fax
umber, and e-mail address, if possible.
12. Customer's Administrative Contracting Officer name, address, phone number, Fax
number, and e-mail address, if possible.
13. Customer's Government Program Manager name, address, phone number, Fax number,
and e-mail address, if possible
14. Relevancy - Concise assessment of the degree of relevancy the past performance for that contract has to the solicitation, identifying tasks and/or aspects of the effort undertaken on the contract that are relevant to the RFP requirements.

Pricing:
Offerors shall provide an itemized price proposal that details pricing for each type of case.  Offerors must review the evaluation information in the attached clause 52.212-2 and should utilize a format that is similar to the example provided therein.  There is no page limit for the price proposal.         

Part B.
Offerors must submit:
1) Technical, Past Performance, and Price proposal information as required in Part A of this solicitation.

2) FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. If you have completed the annual representations and certifications electronically through the System for Award Management, then provide a statement as such and it will be verified.  

Part C.
Following receipt of the information listed in Part B above, the government will evaluate all prospective offerors and make an award based on the lowest priced, technically acceptable offer that is received in response to the solicitation.  Technical acceptability is outlined in Attachment 2 - Provisions and Clauses.  An award notification will be emailed directly to all interested parties.  

All documents required for submission of proposals must be sent to David Leonard via email at david.leonard@usss.dhs.gov.  Hard copy or faxed proposals shall not be accepted.

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II. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES

See attachment entitled, "RFP HSSS01-15-R-0058 - Attachment 2 - Provisions and Clauses" under "packages" within FBO.

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III. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR OFFERORS

Communications with other officials may compromise the competitiveness of this acquisition and result in cancellation of the requirement.