THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR SERVICES 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. THE SOLICITATION NUMBER IS 70Z03023QCLEV0014. THIS COMBINED SYNOPSIS CONSTITUTES A SOLICITATION AND INCORPORATES PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES IN EFFECT THROUGH FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR 2007. THIS ACQUISITION IS SET ASIDE SMALL BUSINESS. THE NAICS IS 238320 (PAINTING AND WALL COVERING CONTRACTORS). THE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD IS 500. THE CONTRACT TYPE WILL BE A FIRM-FIXED-PRICE PURCHASE ORDER. THE EVALUATION STRATEGY IS LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE. ALL QUOTES ARE REQUIRED TO BE ON A BUSINESS LETTERHEAD TO INCLUDE A BREAKDOWN OF ESTIMATED MATERIALS NEEDED, LABOR, MAN HOURS, AND NUMBER OF WORKERS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. PLEASE E-MAIL QUOTES TO
[email protected]. REFERENCE SOLICITATION NUMBER IN THE SUBJECT LINE. EMAIL ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SOLICITATION TO
[email protected]. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STATEMENT OF WORK WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE UNIT FOR ACCURATE RESPONSE. ALL REPONSES WILL BE UPLOADED FOR AN EQUAL AND FAIR SOLICITATION TO ALL INTERESTED VENDORS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER RESULTING FROM THIS SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION TO THE RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR WHOSE QUOTE CONFORMS TO THE SOLICITATION AND WILL BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, PRICE AND OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED. VENDORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE COAST GUARD MUST BE REGISTERED OR BE WILLING TO REGISTER WITH THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT AT WWW.SAM.GOV. VENDORS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ENROLLED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (HTTPS://WWW.IPP.GOV) FOR INVOICE SUBMISSIONS. EMPLOYEES MUST BE VERIFIED USING THE E-VERIFY SYSTEM (HTTPS://WWW.E-VERIFY.GOV) INVOICING INSTRUCTIONS: Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) Summary: For most U.S. Coast Guard awards established on or after October 1, 2021, contractors must submit proper invoices through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), a secure web-based, payment information system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service. The service is available free of charge to all Federal agencies and their suppliers. Please refer to the terms of your contract for invoicing instructions specific to your award. Enrollment actions to take after you have an applicable award: If you are already enrolled in IPP through another award or agency: If your company is already registered to use IPP, you will not be required to re-register and you do not need to contact IPP. If you are NOT already enrolled in IPP: The point of contact you provided in your SAM.gov registration will receive two emails from
[email protected]. Please note that emails from this email address may filter into your spam or junk folder: 1. The first email will have the IPP Logon ID and a link to the IPP application. 2. A second email, which will be sent within 24 hours of the first email, contains a temporary password. Once your contact receives these emails, please ensure they log into IPP and complete the registration process. If you are not enrolled in IPP, you must contact the FINCEN Vendor Support Team at
[email protected]. You will not be able to "sign up" for IPP. You must have a current award and be enrolled by working through your FINCEN points of contact. IPP Training and Support Vendor training materials, including a first-time login tutorial, are available on the https://www.ipp.gov/ website. Once you have logged in to the IPP application, you will have access to user guides that provide step-by-step instructions for all IPP capabilities, ranging from creating and submitting an invoice to setting up email notifications. Live webinars are held monthly and provide a great opportunity to learn the basic of the system and to call in and ask the IPP team questions about the IPP application. IPP Customer Support is available to assist system users: · Toll-free number: 866-973-3131 · Email address:
[email protected] · Hours of operation: Monday through Friday (excluding bank holidays) from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm ET