R--St Louis Adopt A Soldier Radio Ad

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation VA-255-14-Q-0140 is issued as a Request for Quotation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 515112 and the size standard is $35.5 Million. The VA Heartland Network Contracting Office 15, supporting the St. Louis, Missouri, Medical Center, is seeking Radio Advertisement services for recruitment purposes. The prospective offers must be an approved vendor of the American's Center for consideration for this contract. The offers must provide proof, as part of their bid submission, a letter from the American Center Operations Office stating they are approved vendor for the period of performance of this contract. Offers which do not provide this proof will be deemed technically unacceptable. In addition, all offers must be actively registered in the System for Award Management. Offerors may register online at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. The award will be made to the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Offeror deemed acceptable. SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED. The contractor shall provide 57- 60 second spots of Radio Advertisements, for a 2 week period monthly per the statement of work attached. Offerors that fail to furnish required representations or technical information as required by FAR Clause 52.212-1 cited below or reject the terms and conditions of this solicitation may be excluded from consideration. The following FAR Clauses and Provisions are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition. FAR provision 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors of Commercial Items (June 2008). FAR provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Item (Feb 2009. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (Oct 2008) and FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination (Nov 1991). FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statues of Executive Order Commercial Items (Nov 2006) apply to this acquisition. FAR 52.219-27 IL 049-07-08 June 19, 2007 Specific clauses cited in FAR 52.212-5 that are applicable to this acquisition are 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003), 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2008), 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999), 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007), 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006), 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998), 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central Contractor Registration (May 1999), 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party (May 1999). This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) -Submission of offers is in two parts (electronic and hard-copy): (1) Electronic- Contractors shall also submit an electronic version of the price/cost (PRICE) via email of their proposals to [email protected]. The email must have the solicitation number indicated in the Subject line. Files must be readable using Microsoft Office 2007/2010: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access. Files in Adobe* PDF Files - when scanning documents, scanner resolution should be set at least 200 dots per inch (dpi). Ensure that attachments are not too large to be emailed. When splitting up the attachments, be sure to identify on the email subject line i.e. RP-0068/ABC Company/1 of 4. Electronic copies are due no later than November 12, 2013 at 1:00 PM Central Standard Time. Note that zip files are not acceptable. Award will be made to an offeror on the basis of the lowest priced proposal meeting the technical acceptability standard. (In accordance with (IAW) FAR 15.101-2) The Government intends to award without discussion with respective offerors. Therefore, the Offeror's initial proposal should contain the best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government, however, reserves the rights to conduct discussion if deemed in its best interest. Furthermore, if discussions are to be conducted the Government will establish a competitive range. The competitive range shall be comprised of the most highly rated proposals, unless the range is further reduced for purposes of efficiency pursuant to FAR 15.306 (c) (2). The evaluation process shall proceed as follows: The point of contact for this procurement is Tracy Hudson, Contract Specialist, Department of Veteran Affairs Heartland Network 15, Contracting Office 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth, KS 66048-5055 email [email protected].