This is a Notice of Intent to Award for commercial items.

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.

This is a Notice of Intent to Award for commercial items. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. This solicitation is set aside 100% for Small Business concerns. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 611430. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is $7.0M. The California Army National Guard intends to award a contract to Training Wheels Group for 11 each Pinnacle team building kits. Inventory list for Pinnacle kits will be made available upon request only. All equipment will be shipped to Mather, CA 95655. The Government will consider offers of equal equipment as compared to the equipment listed above. To be considered for award, offers of equal products must: meet the salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics specified in the solicitation. Offers must clearly identify the item by brand name if any, by make, or by model. Offers must include descriptive literature such as drawings, illustrations, or a clear reference to previously furnished data or information available to the Contracting Officer and the offeror must clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Offerors must mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications. The Contracting Officer will evaluate equal products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an equal product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offeror-Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Offeror Representations and Certifications apply to this acquisition and must be fully completed and submitted with offer. The following provisions/clauses are incorporated:
52.252-2; Clauses incorporated by Reference;
52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration;
52.211-16, Variation in Quantity,
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items;
52.212-2, Evaluation -Commercial Items;
52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions;
52.219-6, Notice of Small business Set-Aside;
52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns;
52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Representation;
52.222-3, Convict Labor;
52.222-19, Child labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies;
52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities;
52.222-26, Equal Opportunity;
52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era;
52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities;
52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans;
52.223-5, Pollution Prevention and Right to Know Information;
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor registration; 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons;
52.233-3, Protest After Award;
52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim;
52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment and Vegetation. The provisions/ clauses at DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items apply to this acquisition and must be fully completed and submitted with offer; 252.212-7001 (Dev), Contract terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items (Deviation) are applicable to this acquisition. The following clauses are incorporated:
52.203-3, Gratuities;
52.203-6 Alt. I, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government;
52.204-4, Printed or Copied-Double sided on Recycled Paper;
52.212-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan - (DEVIATION)Alternate II;
52.219-16, Liquidated Damages - Subcontracting Plan;
52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting;
252.247-7023 ALT III, Transportation of Supplies by Sea;
52.247-7024, Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea
252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments;
All vendors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) with a public profile or provide a copy of their CCR registration before date of contract award. Quotes are due no later than Tuesday, September 27, 2011 before 11:00am PST. Point of contact for this announcement is SGT Jennifer Anderson at (805) 594-6295 or at jennifer.d.anderson2@us.army.mil.