THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE, BY REFERENCE: 52.216-2 Economic Price Adjustment-Standard Supplies. All other terms and conditions remain the same; Response Date is unchanged. i. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial supplies prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition (FAR) 12.6, and supplemental information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This combined synopsis/solicitation will result in a firm fixed price commercial supplies contract. ii. Simplified procurement procedures will be used for this acquisition per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. This requirement is one hundred percent set aside for small business. The NAICS code is 311311. The small business size standard is 750 employees, or less. iii. This requirement is for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 22675 North Moorefield Road, Building 6418, Edinburg, TX 78541 iv. The solicitation number for this effort is 149799 and this combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ.) v. The provisions and clauses incorporated by reference have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) may be accessed on the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ vi. REQUIREMENTS AND QUANTITIES: This requirement consists of one line item: CLIN 01 The contractor shall supply the quantity of line items listed below, and in accordance with the technical specifications outlined in this combined synopsis/solicitation SPECIFICATIONS: Base and two option years of: white food grade granulated sugar. Either beet sugar or cane sugar is acceptable; cane sugar is preferred (Imperial). Quantity: 500 bags, packaged in fifty pound bags, 40 to 50 bags per pallet, to be delivered every three weeks, first shipment to be received beginning on or before January 30, 2008 through September 24, 2008. Dock available; USDA will unload. Shipments cannot be received after 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Second shipment shall be delivered on or before February 13, 2008; with additional shipment to continue for a total of 17 deliveries, base year. The number of shipments for Option Year 1 and Option Year 2 is 26 deliveries each option year, based on a delivery schedule of eery two weeks. A complete schedule will be provided to the contractor awarded the contract. Price shall include delivery to USDA, Moore Air Base, 22675 North Moorefield Road, Edinburg, TX 78541. Price shall be quoted as a quantity of per 50 pound bag, delivered $ _________________ ; and Total Offer Base Year$ ___________________ Option Year 1: $ ____________ per pound; Total Offer Option Year 1: $_______________; Option Year 2: $ ____________per pound; Total Offer Option Year 2: $_____________. . vii. The offerors price must include shipping to the FOB destination viii. The provision at 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-commercial applies to this solicitation ix. The provision 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items apples to this solicitation; Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this combined synopsis/solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. A trade off process will be used to evaluate quotes. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award without discussion, however, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions later if determined necessary by the Contracting Officer. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical capability: includes availability of shipping 500 bags packaged in 50 pound units per delivery schedule; Past performance, send list of references with quote; and price. Technical and past performance, when combined are approximately equal to price. Past performance is a measure of the degree to which an offeror has satisfied customers in the past, and complied with federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The assessment will consider the firms record of conforming to specifications and to standards of good workmanship, customer service, and adherence to contract schedules, terms and conditions. In accordance with FAR 52.212-1 (b) (10) regarding past performance, references are requested. Each offeror must submit three references which are either current or recent customers. xi. The provisions 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The contractor shall either complete the online Offeror Representations and Certifications at www.bpn.gov or return a completed copy of the Offer Representations and Certifications with their quotation. A hard copy of the provision may be attained from http://www.arnet.gov/far xii. The clause at 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. xiii. The clause at 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders are considered checked and are applicable to this acquisition: 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, Alternate I; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.2222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.22-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.225-1 Buy American Act-Supplies; 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases ; 52.323-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration (CCR) xiv. To be awarded this contract, the offeror must be registered in the CCR. CCR information may be found at http://www.ccr.gov xv. QUOTATIONS ARE DUE the United States Department of Agriculture, Minneapolis Contracting Officer, 100 North 6th Street, Butler Square 5th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 by 1:00 PM CST, JANUARY 4, 2008. Quotes may be sent via e-mail to
[email protected]; faxed quotes are acceptable fax to 612 370 213; OR mailed to the above address. Xvi The point of contact for this synopsis solicitation is Joanne Mann who may be reached at
[email protected] , or by phone at 612 336 3224. xvii. A COMPLETE QUOTE WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: 1) Price for each line item, CLIN 01, which provides the price per unit and base years pricing. 2) Signature of the offeror on the page which lists the price. 3) A detailed narrative address how the offer meets the requirements/specifications outlined in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Quotes should be of sufficient detail to determine their adequacy. 4) References as requested above 5) A completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items OR confirmation that this has been completed online. If an offerors quote does not contain all of the items listed above, the quote may be considered incomplete for evaluation purposes and no further consideration will be given to the offerors quote, thereby making an offeror ineligible for award.