"Use of these funds is dependent upon the signature of the FY14 Defense Appropriations Bill or a Continuing Resolution (CRA)". IAW 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; Funds are not presently available for this contract. The government's obligation on this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which a payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 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. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), solicitation number FA4625-13-Q-0053. This procurement is not set-aside for a specific business standard. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 323117. For the purpose of this procurement the small business size standard is 500 Employees. All offers are to remain valid for a period of 60 days or more. Basis for Award; The Government will award a contract from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. All questions must be received by 20 September 2013, 10:00 AM CST. A site visit will not be held for this contract. The Whiteman AFB Library would like to purchase 1281 books, DVDs, and CDs. The Purchase criteria is as follows 67% of the titles will be hardback books (Even mix of adult and juvenile) 30% of the titles will be DVD (Even mix of adult and juvenile. 3% of the titles will be music DVD's. The vendor shall have the capability of providing standard library collection development services and practices to include the following: • Offer best seller list • Provide browse and search capabilities (Title, Author, ISBN, and Keyword) via online website. • Provide search features that enable the search results to be refined by binding (library binding, hardback, paperback, etc.), price, age group, awards, release date, etc. • Provide sorting capabilities of search results (title, author, binding, ISBN, publisher, publication date, Dewey Decimal Classification, etc.) • Provide collection development tools: Forthcoming releases/Pre-Pub announcements as well as award winning lists, starred or recommended reviews from top review journals (Booklist, Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, and Library Journal). • Provide extensive DVD, Music CD, Audio-books, and book titles for adults and youth. • Provide an account management module to review account status information (open invoices, overall account balance, etc.). • Preprocessing of dust jackets for books and adhering barcodes to library materials prior to shipping them to the library. • Provide current action on status of orders via administrative module on vendor's website (what is the current status of the item, in processing, recently shipped, cancelled, backordered). • Prepackage and mail order. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-69, Defense Acquisition Circular 20130909, and Air Force Acquisition Circular 2013 Baseline. The following FAR Clauses and Provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM) 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel 52.204-13, System for Award Management (SAM) Maintenance 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items 52.212-4, Contracts Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items. Specifically the following clauses cited are applicable to this solicitation: 52.204-10 - Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Award; 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred; Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving; 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- Central Contractor Registration; 52.233-2, Service of Protest fill-in (509th Contracting Squadron/LGCB, Whiteman AFB, MO 65305-5344) 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination; 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference; http://farsite.hill.af.mil 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials; 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights; 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product; 252.204-7004 Alt A, System for Award Management; 252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation; 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests; 252.232-7006, Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions; 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments; 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications; 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman: AFGSC/A7K/66 Kenney Ave., Ste 233/Barksdale AFB LA 71110/ Phone: (318) 456-6336; Paper copies of the Request for Quotation will not be made available. Quotations can be e-mailed to the following e-mail address:
[email protected] or by FAX to (660) 687-4822 to the attention of SSgt Jerald Kennedy. NOTE: Quotations must be received by 24 Sep 2013, 1:00 PM CST; late quotations will not be considered for award. Prospective offeror must be registered and have an active status in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) in order to be eligible for award. Responsible sources may submit a quotation which, if timely received, shall be considered by this agency.