71--Commissioning Ceremony for USS ILLINOIS (SSN 786) at Groton, CT

This amendment/modification is to provide the amended version of attachment file Commissioning Solicitation (which was inadvertently omitted from the prior NECO amendment), reflecting the extension of the due date from 10:00 a.m. (EST) 14 October 2016 to 10:00 a.m. (EST) 17 October 2017. The Contracting Department, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC), Norfolk intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract and will utilize procedures under FAR Part 12 and 13 with a responsible small business as required by USS ILLINOIS (SSN 786). The contractor shall provide all necessary supply and services in support of USS ILLINOIS ship commissioning event on 29 October 2016. The contractor shall deliver and install the required items starting 24 October 2016. All responsible small business concerns may submit a quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. A complete RFQ package will be available on or about 29 October 2016, by downloading the documents at NECO website: https://www.neco.navy.mil/ or FEDBIZOPPS website: https://www.fbo.gov/. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 337127 – Institutional Furniture Manufacturing and a size standard of 500 employees. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above site; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220, or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/