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 20104419 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 2005-97. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 311111 with a small business size standard of 500.00 employees. This requirement is unrestricted 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 2018-04-30 15:30:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be in the Statement of Work. The DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following: Base Period of Performance: 05/07/2018 - 05/06/2019 LI 001: Royal Canin Trail 4300 or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 002: Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 003: Royal Canin Maxi Adult or equal. - 35 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 004: Royal Canin Medium Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 005: Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Ultamino or equal. - 19.8 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 006: Royal Canin Canine Multi-Function Urinary Care and Hydrolyzed Protein or equal. - 17.6 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 007: Royal Canin Canine Selected Protein Adult PR or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 008: Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult Loaf in Sauce wet/canned food or equal. - (Case Lot) 13.5 oz cans 12 cans per case - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 009: Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Maxi Adult 5 plus or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 010: Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Medium Adult 7 plus or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 011: Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Labrador Retriever Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 012: Hills Prescription Diet Z/D Ultra or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 013: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets HA Hydrolyzed or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; Option 1 Period of Performance: 05/07/2019 - 05/06/2020 LI 001: Royal Canin Trail 4300 or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 002: Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 003: Royal Canin Maxi Adult or equal. - 35 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 004: Royal Canin Medium Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 005: Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Ultamino or equal. - 19.8 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 006: Royal Canin Canine Multi-Function Urinary Care and Hydrolyzed Protein or equal. - 17.6 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 007: Royal Canin Canine Selected Protein Adult PR or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 008: Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult Loaf in Sauce wet/canned food or equal. - (Case Lot) 13.5 oz cans 12 cans per case - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 009: Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Maxi Adult 5 plus or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 010: Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Medium Adult 7 plus or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 011: Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Labrador Retriever Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 012: Hills Prescription Diet Z/D Ultra or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 013: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets HA Hydrolyzed or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; Option 2 Period of Performance: 05/07/2020 - 05/06/2021 LI 001: Royal Canin Trail 4300 or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 002: Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 003: Royal Canin Maxi Adult or equal. - 35 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 004: Royal Canin Medium Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 005: Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Ultamino or equal. - 19.8 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 006: Royal Canin Canine Multi-Function Urinary Care and Hydrolyzed Protein or equal. - 17.6 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 007: Royal Canin Canine Selected Protein Adult PR or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 008: Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult Loaf in Sauce wet/canned food or equal. - (Case Lot) 13.5 oz cans 12 cans per case - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 009: Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Maxi Adult 5 plus or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 010: Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Medium Adult 7 plus or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 011: Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Labrador Retriever Adult or equal. - 30 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 012: Hills Prescription Diet Z/D Ultra or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 1, EA; LI 013: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets HA Hydrolyzed or equal. - 25 lb bag (minimum) - See Statement of Work (SOW) for complete details and requirements., 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, DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 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. DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 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. Unless the Buyer indicates otherwise within a particular line item description, each Seller shall include in its online Bid individual pricing for all required line items in order to be considered for award (i.e., Do not use the “Included in another line item” function when pricing each line item). If a line item cannot be separately priced, you must notify the buyer through the FedBid ‘Submit a Question’ feature regarding which line item(s) should be included in which other line item(s) and request reposting. Failure to comply with this term may result in the Bid being determined to be non-responsive. Bid MUST be good for 30 calendar days after close of Buy. Shipping must be free on board (FOB) destination CONUS (Continental U.S.), which means that the seller must deliver the goods on its conveyance at the destination specified by the buyer, and the seller is responsible for the cost of shipping and risk of loss prior to actual delivery at the specified destination. This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. No partial shipments are permitted unless specifically authorized at the time of award. 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 52.212-3, 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/. 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 http://www.acqnet.gov/far. Q&A -Please submit all questions by using the 'Submit a Question' button. This buy will then be reposted with Q&A based on the questions that come in (if applicable). 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014) Proposals that do not respond to all requirements in the solicitation may be rejected without further evaluation, deliberation, or discussion. The Government may reject any proposal that is evaluated to be significantly not compliant with the solicitation requirements, or reflects a failure to comprehend the complexity and risks of the work to be performed. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions with Offerors. (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government and whose offer is the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA). Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH (non-cost) Each Offeror will be evaluated on a contractor-provided approach formulated to meet the requirements of the Statement of Work (SOW). 2. PAST PERFORMANCE (non-cost) Offerors will be evaluated on their recent (within the past 3 years) performance of relevant requirements as described in the SOW. Offerors should provide three (3) references for the same or similar work performed for Federal, State, and local government and private clients. An Offeror may also provide information on problems encountered on the identified projects and the offer’s corrective actions. The Government will consider this information, as well as information obtained from any other sources, when evaluating the offeror’s past performance. An offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance if the offeror has no record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available. 3. PRICE A comparison of proposal pricing received in response to the solicitation will be made in order to make a determination of fair and reasonable pricing in accordance with the Firm Fixed Price nature of this acquisition action. Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to price. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions with Offerors. (End of provision) In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) so that they are received no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. Submissions can be sent to
[email protected]. For all buys other than Exact Match Sellers MUST document what they are bidding for evaluation for award. Sellers must include, extended specs and/or manufacturer name and part numbers (if applicable). Failure to do this may be cause for termination. This information is REQUIRED in order for a sellers bid to be deemed 'responsive' and to be considered for award. FAR 52.211-6. In accordance with the IPP clause; ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS - INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP) (JAN 2016), payment requests for all new awards must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). The Contractor must use IPP for contracts and orders awarded April 11, 2016 or later. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), "Payment documentation and process" and the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in this contract. The IPP website address is: https:// www.ipp.gov. Contractor assistance with IPP enrollment can be obtained by contacting
[email protected] or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the contracting officer.