Safety Shoe Truck Services

This is a combined/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is NIH-OLAO-OD3-3228725 and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2005-72). This acquisition will be processed as a fixed price requirement and is a Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 448210 (424340 accepted as well; 100 employees size standard), and the small-business size standard is $25.5 millions of dollars. NIH is in need of a vendor to provide safety shoe truck services in order to ensure that all employees whose job exposes them to possible foot hazards are provided with the correct protection. The safety shoe truck is responsible for providing steel-toed composite safety shoes that are OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) approved. The period of performance will be twelve (12) months from date of award, plus four (12-month) option years. All further requirements and deliverables are located in the attached SOW. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212 4, Contract Terms and conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders, Commercial Items; FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; and FAR 32.703-2, Availability of Funds, FAR 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central Contractor Registration. Under FAR 52.212 5, paragraph (b), the Contracting Officer has indicated that the following clauses are incorporated by reference: 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. (SEP 2006) - Alternate I (OCT 1995)52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. (JUL 1996), 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns. (MAY 2004), 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting. (DEC 1996), 52.222-3 Convict Labor. (JUN 2003), 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (FEB 1999), 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (APR 2002) (E.O. 11246), 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans. (SEP 2006), 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. (FEB 2006), 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration. (OCT 2003), FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; and (HHSAR) (48 CFR Chapter 3) CLAUSES are incorporated by reference. 352.224-70 Confidentiality of Information. (JAN 2006), 352.249-14 Excusable delays. (JAN 2006), 352.270-4 Pricing of adjustments (JAN 2001), 352.270-6 Publications and publicity. (JAN 2006), 352.270-10 Anti-lobbying. (JAN 2006), 352.270-11 Privacy Act. (JAN 2006). In order to be considered for an award, an offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at https://www.sam.gov/ in accordance with FAR 4.1201(a). By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in SAM at https://www.sam.gov/ prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation [Note: Lack of registration in the System for Award Management will make an offeror ineligible for award.] All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency. Requests for information concerning this requirement must be submitted in writing, and can be e-mailed to [email protected], by Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Offers must be submitted no later than 12:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, March 10, 2014. For delivery of responses through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/OD, 6011 Executive Blvd, Suite 529, Rockville, Maryland 20852. E-mail submissions to [email protected] by required response time. Fax submissions are not authorized.