AMENDMENT NOTICE: 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. The solicitation number is W91151-17-T-0040 and is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561621 with a small business size standard of $20.50M. This requirement is a [ Service-Disabled Veteran Owned ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2017-02-07 12:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Fort Hood, TX 76544 The MICC Fort Hood requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: LI 001: Service to replace and upgrade the existing Bldg. 10043 CCTV surveillance system, which is currently inoperable. See attached "Statement of Objectives" (SOO) for all requirements. Work is to be performed at Building 10043 on Fort Hood, TX. Period of Performance (PoP) is 20 February to 13 April 2017. Site visit is pre-arranged and will be on 30JAN17 at 1400hrs. See attachment for location information and directions., 1, Job; LI 002: Provide a quick reference guide on proper operation, maintenance, and basic troubleshooting of the system in both hard copy and digital Adobe PDF format. Delivery required no later than the start of on-site training; line item 003., 1, EA; LI 003: On-Site Training: Upon completion of work required in line item 001, seller will provide a 45 minute block of instruction on proper operation and maintenance of the system, referencing the guide provided per line item 002. The date and time of this training is to be coordinated with the site visit POC and must be performed within 5 business days of completion of work required by line item 001., 1, EA; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***Question Submission: Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' feature at www.fedbid.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, MICC Fort Hood intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. MICC Fort Hood is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at
[email protected]. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, notify the point of contact or FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or
[email protected] of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. In responding to this request for quote, you must provide the manufacturer's name and part numbers AND salient characteristics of the items you are proposing to sell to the Government. Regardless of the terminology used in each RFQ ("Brand Name or Equal", or "meet minimum stated specifications), the information describing what you are offering must be physically written into the seller's bid specification block. Salient characteristics are defined as "pronounced features of an item that identify it describe its size and composition, functional intent, and/or operational capabilities or limits." When researching product capabilities, you must, as a minimum, respond with feature for feature comparisons in order for your product to be technically evaluated for sufficiency. Responses such as "bidding exact match", "as specified", or cutting and pasting the Government's specification information into the seller's bid specification block are not acceptable responses. Offerors who respond in any of the three examples directly above will be eliminated from the competition without consideration of their offer. If you are bidding the same product as is being requested, your seller bid specification should indicate: "Bidding on Manufacturer (Insert Name) and Part Number (Insert Number). If you are bidding on an "or equal" product, your seller bid specification must state: Bidding on Manufacturer (Insert Name) and Part Number (Insert Number), containing the following salient characteristics (insert salient characteristics). If your response does not contain all of the required information called out in this notice, your quote will be determined nonresponsive and will not be considered for award. The apparent awardee shall acknowledge acceptance of any and all re-postings (amendments), in writing, prior to any award resulting from this solicitation. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 561621 with the related size standard of $20.5 million. The NAICS code identified herein must appear in FAR 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications" in SAM and the vendor must be actively registered in that NAICS prior to receipt of quote in order to receive an award. Offeror are reminded that failure to comply “shall render their quote as non-responsive.� Fedbid is a mechanism used by this office to solicit for common use commercial items in accordance with FAR 13.5. Fedbid is NOT a forum for filing protests against the Government. Attempts to file protests through Fedbid will not be considered legitimate as they do not conform to the requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). It is preferable that disputes and protests be resolved as quickly as possible at the lowest level possible before considering the more formal process described below. The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC, as an Alternate Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.10. If you want to file a protest under the AMC-Level Protest Program, the protest must request resolution under that program and be sent to the address below. All other agency-level protests should be sent to the contracting officer for resolution. The address for filing a protest directly with AMC is: Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel-Deputy Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road Rm: A6SE040.001 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000 Fax: (256) 450-8840 or e-mail:
[email protected]. Packages sent Federal Express or UPS should be addressed to: HQ Army Material Command Office of Command Counsel 9301 Chapek Rd, Rm 2-1SE3401 Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-5527. The AMC-Level Protest procedures are found at: http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp. If internet access is not available, contact the HQ, AMC to obtain the AMC-Level Protest procedures. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions, which are incorporated herein by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items - the selected offeror must submit a completed copy of the listed representations and certifications; 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, paragraph (a) and the following clauses in paragraph (b): 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of the referenced FAR clauses may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/. The Contractor shall NOT make partial line item shipments against any resulting purchase order/contract issued as a result of this solicitation; e.g., if a line item on the contract reads - Computer, 10 each, the contractor shall NOT ship 3 computers on one shipment and 7 computers on a second shipment. Failure to adhere to this requirement will result in invoices being rejected in WAWF and/or a delay in payment for non-conforming shipped quantities. Company must be registered on System for Award Management (SAM) prior to receipt of quote in order to receive an award. Offeror are reminded that failure to comply “shall render their quote as non-responsive.� If company is not registered in SAM, they may do so by going to SAM web site at www.sam.gov. Proposed responders must submit any questions concerning this solicitation before 31 January 2017, 1200hrs CT, to reasonably expect a response from the Government. Those questions not received within the prescribed date will not be considered. New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products FOB Destination CONUS (CONtinental U.S.) Bid MUST be good for 90 days, after submission. No partial bids will be accepted. FAR 52.236-3: (a) The Contractor acknowledges that it has taken steps reasonably necessary to ascertain the nature and location of the work, and that it has investigated and satisfied itself as to the general and local conditions which can affect the work or its cost, including but not limited to (1) conditions bearing upon transportation, disposal, handling, and storage of materials; (2) the availability of labor, water, electric power, and roads; (3) uncertainties of weather, river stages, tides, or similar physical conditions at the site; (4) the conformation and conditions of the ground; and (5) the character of equipment and facilities needed preliminary to and during work performance. The Contractor also acknowledges that it has satisfied itself as to the character, quality, and quantity of surface and subsurface materials or obstacles to be encountered insofar as this information is reasonably ascertainable from an inspection of the site, including all exploratory work done by the Government, as well as from the drawings and specifications made a part of this contract. Any failure of the Contractor to take the actions described and acknowledged in this paragraph will not relieve the Contractor from responsibility for estimating properly the difficulty and cost of successfully performing the work, or for proceeding to successfully perform the work without additional expense to the Government. (b) The Government assumes no responsibility for any conclusions or interpretations made by the Contractor based on the information made available by the Government. Nor does the Government assume responsibility for any understanding reached or representation made concerning conditions which can affect the work by any of its officers or agents before the execution of this contract, unless that understanding or representation is expressly stated in this contract. FAR 52.236-27 (a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed. (b) A site visits has been pre-arranged for all interested offers/quoters, on 30 January 2017 at 1400hrs (CST). No make-up/additional site visits beyond the one scheduled on 30 January 2017 at 1400hrs will be scheduled/allowed. It is the quoters (sellers) responsibility to arrive on time. The site visit will be guided by a requiring unit escort and will begin promptly at 1400hrs. Points of contact for and location of the site visit is below: Name: CPT Michael R. Asman CPT Anne Kline Address: 10043 Battalion Ave. Fort Hood, TX 76544 Telephone: 612-229-8224 210-722-3496 E-mail:
[email protected] [email protected] Directions to Site Visit & Work location (See solicitation attachment with map): Enter Fort Hood through the Main Gate Entrance on TJ Mills Blvd. Sellers not already authorized to operate on Fort Hood will be required to stop at the Fort Hood Visitors center, located to the right on TJ Mills Blvd when driving towards the main gate, in order to obtain a visitors pass. Continue straight on TJ Mills after passing through the security check point, turn right on Battalion Ave. Building 10043 will be located on your left about a tenth of a mile after passing 27th street. Building is located between 27th and 25th street. If you pass 25th street you’ve gone too far. (c) Participants are asked to notify the Government of their intent to attend this site visit and pre-bid conference by sending an email to the Contract Specialist at the following email address. Information needed in the notification is: company name, address, POC name and email address or telephone number, and the name of attendees in the group.
[email protected] (d) Fort Hood is a closed access installation. All visitors must obtain a visitors’ pass at the Main Gate Visitors’ Center before being allowed on post. Consequently, participants should allow at least one or two hours prior to the site visit for obtaining this pass. (e) All questions resulting from the site visit must be submitted electronically to the email below prior to 12:00 PM CST on 31 January 2017 to be considered:
[email protected] (f) Remarks and explanations made by the government representative during the course of the site visit, whether orally or in writing, shall not change or qualify any of the terms or conditions of the solicitation. This same qualification applies to the written answers provided to the questions. The solicitation can only be changed by a formal written amendment issued by Mission and Installation Contracting Command – Fort Hood. (End of provision) FAR 52.236-2: (a) The Contractor shall promptly, and before the conditions are disturbed, give a written notice to the Contracting Officer of -- (1) Subsurface or latent physical conditions at the site which differ materially from those indicated in this contract; or (2) Unknown physical conditions at the site, of an unusual nature, which differ materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inhering in work of the character provided for in the contract. (b) The Contracting Officer shall investigate the site conditions promptly after receiving the notice. If the conditions do materially so differ and cause an increase or decrease in the Contractor’s cost of, or the time required for, performing any part of the work under this contract, whether or not changed as a result of the conditions, an equitable adjustment shall be made under this clause and the contract modified in writing accordingly. (c) No request by the Contractor for an equitable adjustment to the contract under this clause shall be allowed, unless the Contractor has given the written notice required; provided, that the time prescribed in paragraph (a) of this clause for giving written notice may be extended by the Contracting Officer. (d) No request by the Contractor for an equitable adjustment to the contract for differing site conditions shall be allowed if made after final payment under this contract.