Public Relations Event Display Maintenance, Storage, Set up, Dismantle

The quotation due date is hereby extended to 18 September 2009, 12:00 pm, in order to facilitate the answering of questions submitted by potential offerors. The answers to the questions will be posted as soon as possible. When the answers are posted, the Contracting Officer will determine whether an additional extension is necessary to allow offerors to respond.

The U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force has a requirement for exhibit management, which includes exhibit storage, upkeep, installation and dismantling, and delivery of exhibit to event site. The Statement of Work (SOW) is attached to this combined synopsis/solicitation. Offerors shall read the attached SOW prior to submitting a quote.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Request for Quotation and the solicitation number is W91CRB-09-T-0161.

This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-36 effective 10 Sept 2009 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) edition dated 25 Aug 2009. The complete text of any of the provisions and clauses may be accessed in full text at http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code applicable to this acquisition is 337215, with a size standard of 500 employees. The requirement consists of the following:

Base year period 28 September 2009 27 September 2010
CLIN 0001 Climate controlled storage of display

12 months x $ _________ per month = $____________ per year

CLIN 0002 Basic upkeep of exhibit following each show

5 shows x $ _________ per show = $______________ per year

CLIN 0003 Installation and Dismantling per show (includes time spent driving to/from show)

5 shows x $ _________ Not to Exceed (NTE) per show = $______________ NTE per year

CLIN 0004 Freight Charges

$ ______________ total NTE per year

OPTION 1 period 28 September 2010 27 September 2011
CLIN 1001 Climate controlled storage of display

12 months x $ _________ per month = $____________ per year

CLIN 1002 Basic upkeep of exhibit following each show

5 shows x $ _________ per show = $______________ per year

CLIN 1003 Installation and Dismantling per show (includes time spent driving to/from show)

5 shows x $ _________ NTE per show = $______________ NTE per year

CLIN 1004 Freight Charges

$ ______________ total NTE per year

OPTION 2 period 28 September 2011 27 September 2012
CLIN 2001 Climate controlled storage of display

12 months x $ _________ per month = $____________ per year

CLIN 2002 Basic upkeep of exhibit following each show

5 shows x $ _________ per show = $______________ per year

CLIN 2003 Installation and Dismantling per show (includes time spent driving to/from show)

5 shows x $ _________ NTE per show = $______________ NTE per year

CLIN 2004 Freight Charges

$ ______________ total NTE per year

OPTION 3 period 28 September 2012 27 September 2013
CLIN 3001 Climate controlled storage of display

12 months x $ _________ per month = $____________ per year

CLIN 3002 Basic upkeep of exhibit following each show

5 shows x $ _________ per show = $______________ per year

CLIN 3003 Installation and Dismantling per show (includes time spent driving to/from show)

5 shows x $ _________ NTE per show = $______________ NTE per year

CLIN 3004 Freight Charges

$ ______________ total NTE per year

OPTION 4 period 28 September 2013 27 September 2014
CLIN 4001 Climate controlled storage of display

12 months x $ _________ per month = $____________ per year

CLIN 4002 Basic upkeep of exhibit following each show

5 shows x $ _________ per show = $______________ per year

CLIN 4003 Installation and Dismantling per show (includes time spent driving to/from show)

5 shows x $ _________ NTE per show = $______________ NTE per year

CLIN 4004 Freight Charges

$ ______________ total NTE per year


Any award resulting from this solicitation will be issued on a Standard Form (SF) 1449.

The following FAR and DFARS clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4, 52.212-5 including 52.203-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-14, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-39, 52.222-50, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, 52.247-64

DFARS 252.204-7000, 252.212-7001 including 52.203-3, 252.205-7000, 252.225-7001, 252.225-7012, 252.225-7014, 252.225-7015, 252.226-7001, 252.227-7015, 252.232-7003, 252.243-7002, 252.247-7023, 252.247-7024

Quotation submission instructions
1. Quotes shall be submitted in contractor format and shall include: (1) Company name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and FAX number; (2) Solicitation number; (3) Unit price and extended prices; (4) Contractor DUNS number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code; (5) Signed acknowledgements of any amendments, if any amendments to this combined synopsis/solicitation are issued.
2. Offerors shall include a copy of the FAR provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items and DFARS 252.212-7000 Offeror Representation and Certification Commercial Items with the quotation or indicate that completion of reps and certs online at http://orca.bpn.gov. Failure to include the reps and certs with the quotation may result in elimination from consideration for award.
3. Quotations shall include the name, phone number, and e-mail addresses of at least three customers for whom the product proposed has been provided in the past. If the product proposed has never been provided, the quotation shall so state.

Evaluation
1. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation without conducting discussions.
2. The Government intends to award to the responsible offeror proposing the lowest priced technically acceptable item.

Offerors responding to this announcement shall submit quotations via FAX to Kari Schoerner at 410-306-3877 or via e-mail at kari.schoerner@us.army.mil.