Procure for New Brand Name or Equal DEXIS IXS Sensor and Training, Buy Indian Act, Fort Yuma Health Center

Request for Quotation (RFQ)
RFQ Number: RFQ-22-PHX-031
Procuring for new Brand Name or Equal DEXIS IXS Sensor 

General Information
Product Service Code: 6520 – Dental Instruments, Equipment and Supplies
Title: Procuring for new Brand Name or Equal DEXIS IXS Sensors and Training
RFQ Number: RFQ-22-PHX-031
Response Date and Time: 06/21/2022, 2:00 PM MST (AZ Time)
Archive: 60 Days After the Award Date
Recovery Act Fund: No
Set Aside: Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises – Nation Owned Small Business
NAICS Code: 339114 – Dental Equipment and Instrument Manufacturing
Contracting Office Address: Indian Health Service (IHS), Phoenix Area Office (PAO), Division of Acquisition Management (DAM), 40 North Central Avenue, Two Renaissance Square, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Description: See Below
Contract Administrator: Donovan Conley, Contract Specialist, 602-364-5174, donovan.conley@ihs.gov

Place of Performance
Address: Fort Yuma Health Center, 401 Picacho Road, Winterhaven, CA 92283

Description
The Government will award a firm-fixed price delivery/task order resulting from this RFQ, to the responsible offeror whose offer is conforming to the “Brand Name or Equal” RFQ where best value is expected when utilizing Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures.  

This RFQ is set-aside to Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises – Nation Owned Small Business.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 339114 and the size standard is 750 employees.  The quote document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-06 / 05-26-2022.

The Fort Yuma Health Center is procuring for New Brand Name or Equal DEXIS IXS Senors and Training.  Sensors shall integrate with existing DEXIS and Dentrix (EDR) software. 
 
All questions regarding this RFQ for Items must be in writing and will be sent by email to donovan.conley@ihs.gov. 

Questions must be received no later than June 21, 2017 at 12:00 PM MST (AZ Time). No further questions will be accepted after that date and time.

You are reminded that representatives from your company SHALL NOT contact any Fort Yuma Health Center employees to discuss this RFQ during this RFQ process. All questions and concerns regarding this RFQ shall be directed to the Contract Administrator.  

Schedule
Please enter unit price(s) and amount(s) for all CLIN numbers.  Not providing unit prices or amount for all CLIN numbers will deem your offer non-responsive to the RFQ.  

If you’re providing your own Schedule please include RFQ Number on Quote. 

FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal - All items must comply and must have the alike salient characteristics of the items stated below, to include technical documentation to support products being offered as equal items.

See Attachment A – Price Schedule

Basis of Award
This acquisition will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. This is a competitive LPTA best value source selection in which technically acceptable is considered the most important factor.  By submission of its offer, the Offeror accepts all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements.  Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being determined technically unacceptable. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

In order for an Offeror to be considered for award, the proposal must receive an “Acceptable” rating in every non-price factor.  Any proposal receiving a rating of “Unacceptable” in any non-price factor will not be further evaluated. 

The Government intends to award one (1) purchase order for this RFQ request.

For the purpose of award, the government shall evaluate offers based on the evaluation factors described below:

FACTOR 1 – Technical (Acceptable/Unacceptable) 
FACTOR 2 - Price

Factor 1 – Technical:
Offeror shall provide brief description of alike salient characteristics of the items stated in the Schedule, to include technical specification and product literature documentation to support products being offered as equal items.

The Government will evaluate the contractor’s product technical specification and product literature to ensure that it reflect sound understanding of Factor 1 – Technical. 

Ratings:
Acceptable – Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.
Unacceptable – Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. 

Factor 2 – Price:
The Government will evaluate the quote to determine the price fair and reasonableness in accordance with FAR 13.106-3(a).  

Offer must be good for 120 calendar days after submission.

FOB Destination CONUS (Continental U.S.).  Shipping charges shall be included in the purchase cost of the product.  Sellers shall deliver the products on their own conveyance to the location listed on the award. 

Quotations Preparations Instructions: A completed quotation consist of four parts. 
a)    Technical: Provide brief description of alike salient characteristics of the items stated above, to include technical documentation to support products being offered as equal items. 

b)    Price Schedule: Provide product information and price(s) for all Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) numbers.  Include manufacturer name and model number, description of supply, unit of issue, unit price, extended total amount and grand total. 

c)    In order to be considered for an award, an offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at https://www.sam.gov/ in accordance with FAR 4.1201(a). By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in SAM at https://www.sam.gov/ prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation [Note: Lack of registration in the System for Award Management will make an offeror ineligible for award.].  

d)    Offeror to fill out Contract Administrative Data in attachment Clauses and Contract Administrative Data

Attachments
1.    RFQ-22-PHX-031 Solicitation
2.    Attachment A – Price Schedule
3.    Attachment B – Clauses and Contract Administration Data
4.    Attachment C – 2022 Tax Exemption Letter
5.    Attachment D – Salient Characteristics

Clauses 
See attachment, Clauses and Contract Administration Data

Provisions
FAR 52.252-1     Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference     (Feb 1998) 
This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions 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. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://farsite/hil/af.mil/vffara.htm

FAR NUMBER        TITLE                            DATE
52.211-6            Brand Name or Equal                    (Aug 1999)

52.212-2            Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial     (Nov 2021)
                Services
a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation as follows:  Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable).  The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 

Factor 1 - Technical;
Factor 2 – Price

(b) Options. 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).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.