23--Truck, E-350 or Equal

NAICS Code: 336112 The purpose of this amendment is to change the requirement from a Ford E-350 or equal, Cut-away chassis (parcel delivery van configuration). 4X2 with standard 5.4 V8 gasoline engine to a Ford E-450 or equal, cut-away chassis cab (parcel delivery van configuration). 4X2 with standard V-10 gasoling engine or V8 turbo diesel. In addition, the time and date for sumission of quotes has been extended. The Government intends to conduct an on-line reverse auction to be facilitated by a third-party reverse auction provider, Fedbid.com. FedBid.com has developed an on-line, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. All part numbers and functional specifications are provided on FedBid.com. During the reverse auction, participants may submit a series of quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time. All responsible sources must submit a quote/offer to the EPA using the online exchange located at www.fedbid.com. NO OFFLINE QUOTES WILL BE ACCEPTED. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer online. Offerors that are not currently registered to use FedBid.com Exchange should proceed to http:www.fedbid.com to complete their registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID or via email at [email protected]. The government is taking this action in an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time quotes for products. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bid, to use decoys in the biddig process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the comptetive bidding process.