STATEMENT OF WORK FOR TALC-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE FOR POLY TRAY RETORT RACK REFORMULATION Purpose: This Statement of Work (SOW) outlines a DLA Troop Support (DLA-TS) Subsistence Industrial Base Planning (IBP) Office project in conjunction with Texas A&M University for the manufacturing of polymeric tray retort racks using a new formula. This SOW will serve as the definition of the requirement to seek proposals to make 300 new racks using the new formula. Actions: The successful offeror will contact the contracting officer who will make arrangements with Texas A&M to provide the formula. The completed racks will be shipped to the following three sites: AMERIQUAL 18200 Highway 41 North Evansville, IN 47725 POC: Dan Bittner, Vice President of Marketing and Sales Email:
[email protected] Direct: 812-867-1444 WORNICK FOODS 4700 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242-2808 POC: Michael Hyche, Vice President, Operations Email:
[email protected] Direct: 513-552-7410 Main: 513-552-7400 Fax: 513-552-7604 SOPAKCO 118 S. Cypress St. Mullins, SC POC: Dave DuBose, Vice President Email:
[email protected] Direct: 843-464-7851 Responsibilities/Maintenance: The successful offeror will ensure that the color of the racks to be made under this RFP will be orange to distinguish them from racks currently in use at the three sites. The winning offeror will produce 300 each of the Talc-Reinforced Polypropylene Racks using the new formula. Once produced, a quantity of 100 racks will be shipped to each of the three test sites listed above. The delivery date for these racks will be mutually agreed upon between the successful offeror and the contracting officer after award and receipt of the formula from Texas A&M. Additionally, upon award, DLA-TS will ship the molds for the racks to the facility of the successful offeror. Following the fulfillment of this requirement, DLA-TS will arrange for the shipment of the molds back to the storage location. Non-Disclosure Agreement: Proprietary information must be protected at all times. The successful offeror will be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the Government along with the test sites listed above. Proposals: Proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. EST on Wed, Aug 1, 2012. Reverse Auction: 52.215-9023 Reverse Auction (JAN 2011) - DLAD The Contracting Officer may utilize on-line reverse auctioning as a means of conducting price discussions under this solicitation. If the Contracting Officer does not conduct a reverse auction, award may be made on the basis of initial offers or following discussions not using reverse auctioning as a pricing technique. If the Contracting Officer decides to use on-line reverse auctioning to conduct price negotiations, the Contracting Officer will notify offerors of this decision and the following provisions will apply. (a) The award decision will be made in accordance with the evaluation factors as set forth in the solicitation. The reverse on-line auction will be used as a pricing technique during discussions to establish the final offered prices from each offeror. These prices will be used in conjunction with the evaluation factors stated elsewhere in the solicitation in order to make the award decision in accordance with the basis for award stated in the solicitation. (b) Following the decision to conduct discussions using on-line reverse auctioning as a pricing technique, the Contracting Officer or his/her representative will provide offerors determined to be in the competitive range with information concerning the on-line auction process. The Government intends to use a commercial web-based product to conduct the reverse auction. (c) Prior to or simultaneously with conducting the on-line reverse auction, the Contracting Officer may hold discussions with the offerors concerning matters appropriate for discussion, such as issues involving technical proposals or unbalanced pricing. (d) Prior to the on-line auction, the Government will determine whether either all offerors' prices or just the lowest offeror's price(s) will be disclosed to other offerors and anyone else having authorized access to the on-line auction. This disclosure is anonymous, meaning that each offeror's identity will be concealed from other offerors (although it will be known to the Government). If the Government opts to disclose one or more offerors' prices, only generic identifiers will be used for each offeror's proposed pricing (e.g., "Offeror A", or "lowest priced offeror"). By submitting a proposal in response to the solicitation, offerors agree to participate in the reverse auction and that their prices may be disclosed, including to other offerors, during the reverse auction. (e) An offeror's final auction price will be considered its final proposal revision. No price revisions will be accepted after the close of the reverse auction, unless the Contracting Officer decides that further discussions are needed and final proposal revisions are again requested in accordance with FAR 15.307. (f) The following information is provided regarding the procedures to be followed if a reverse auction is conducted. (1) Each offeror identified by the Contracting Officer as a participant in the reverse auction will be contacted by DLA's commercial reverse auction service provider to advise the offeror of the event and to provide an explanation of the process. (2) In order for an Offeror to participate in the reverse auction, such offeror must agree with terms and conditions of the entire solicitation, including this provision, and agree to the commercial reverse auction service provider's terms and conditions for using its service. Information concerning the reverse auction process and the commercial service provider's terms and conditions is available at [https://govauctions.sourcing.ariba.com]. (3) Offerors shall secure the passwords and other confidential materials provided by the commercial reverse auction service provider or the Government and ensure they are used only for purposes of participation in the reverse auction. Offerors shall keep their own and other offerors' pricing in confidence until after contract award. (4) Any offeror unable to enter pricing through the commercial reverse auction service provider's system during a reverse auction must notify the Contracting Officer or designated representative Pete LaVerghetta (215) 737-7502 or by email to
[email protected] immediately. The Contracting Officer may, at his/her sole discretion, extend or re-open the reverse auction if the reason for the offeror's inability to enter pricing is determined to be without fault on the part of the offeror and outside the offeror's control. (5) The reverse auction will be conducted using the commercial reverse auction service provider's website: [ https://govauctions.sourcing.ariba.com ]. Offerors shall be responsible for providing their own computer and Internet connection. (6) Training: (i) The commercial reverse auction service provider and/or a Government representative will provide familiarization training to offerors' employees; this training may be provided through written material, the commercial reverse auction service provider's website, and/or other means. (ii) An employee of an offeror who successfully completes the training shall be designated as a 'trained offeror.' Only trained offerors may participate in a reverse auction. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to request that offerors provide an alternate offeror employee to become a 'trained offeror.' The Contracting Officer also reserves the right to take away the 'trained offeror' designation from any trained offeror who fails to abide by the solicitation's or commercial reverse auction service provider's terms and conditions. (End of Provision) Contracting Office Address: 700 Robbins Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111-5096 United States Contract Specialist: Pete LaVerghetta
[email protected] Phone: (215) 737-7502 Fax: (215) 737-3684