23--Track Shoe Assembly

The is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quote being requested. Solicitation Number for the quote is VC0123-06, the solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The RFQ document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-08. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 336399. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Estill, SC intends to enter into Firm-Fixed Price contract for the following item. Line item 0001, Track, Shoe Assembly, NSN Number 2530-01-361-7908, Track, shoe, assy, C-2, length: 174.5", outer thickness: 1.14"(29MM), width: 22"(558MM), material: steel reinforced rubber, Ply: 6PL00533. (OEM) Original Equipment Manufacturer. Quantity 50 Each. Required delivery will be five (5) calendar days after award of contract. Delivery will be FOB destination to Federal Correctional Institutional, Federal Prison Industries, 100 Prison Road, Estill, SC 29918. All shipments should be labeled as follows: vendor name, purchase order number and/or contract number, item description, item quantity with weight, and a certificate of conformance. In accordance with 52.211-16, Variation In Quantity, Variations per delivery order is zero percent plus and minus Zero (0) percent. Delivery hours are 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, notwithstanding emergencies and Federal holidays. JAR 2852.270-70, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, applies. The COTR for the contract will be Randall Moye, Quality Assurance. All invoices shall be forwarded to: ATTN: Business Manager, Federal Correctional Institution, Federal Prison Industries, P.O. Box 699, Estill, SC 29918, telephone +1 (555) 000-0000. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1 Paragraph: C Period of acceptance of offers; the offeror agrees to hold their proposal prices firm for 60 days from date specified for receipt of offers. Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR provision 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, must be included with your offer. Beginning January 1, 2005, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) will require the use of the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in Federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representation and certification information, at your convenience, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. The following clauses also apply to this solicitation: FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items PARAGRAPH (d) DISPUTES shall be deleted and replaced with - DISPUTES THIS CONTRACT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CONTRCT DISPUTES ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED (41 U.S.C. 601-613). DISPUTES ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CLAUSE AT FAR 52.233-1 DISPUTES (JUL 2002)(DEVIATION) and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Any amendments hereby issued to the solicitation will be synopsized in the same manner as the solicitation and must be acknowledged by each offeror. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Past Performance, price and technical when combined are all equal. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to a responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is considered most advantageous to the Government. Offerors will identify previous federal, state, local government and private contracts, which they are currently performing on or have performed on and that are similar in scope to the requirement being evaluated. List at least three (3) and no more than five (5) contracts for evaluation. References provided shall be for contracts performed within the past three (3) to five (5) years. All references provided may or may not be used in the evaluation of the contractor's performance. Each reference must contain the name, address and telephone number of the company or government agency for which the contract was performed as well as a contact person from that company or agency and the contract number if applicable. FAR Subpart 4.11 Central Contractor Registration applies. FAR 52.52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (3)(k) Central Contractor Registration. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the CCR database in the prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or +1 (555) 000-0000. FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration applies. FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications applies. FAR 52.204-6 Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number applies. FAR Clause 52.232-33, Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. Also, All Contractors MUST be registered in the Contractor Performance System (CPS). To register go to http://cps.od.nih.gov click on the hypertext - Registration for Existing Contracts listed under the column labeled - Contractor Information, read the information provided on the page and click the hypertext http://cpscontractor.nih.gov/, this will put you on the Login screen of the Contractor Performance System (CPS). On the right hand side of the screen you will see a question - Registered to the New CPS yet? Click here to start the process under the word - BULLETINS. Click the word - here which is in hypertext format. Enter the required information to register. If you have any questions you can contact CPS Support by E-Mail (contact@example.gov) or call Jo Ann, Paulette or Alex on +1 (555) 000-0000. Taxpayer Identification Number, ACH (electronic payment information) numbers are applicable. This form can be downloaded from our web page http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. All prospective vendors must download this form and fill out in it entirety. If offer is not submitted with a signed Standard Form SF-1449, submit on Company letterhead with a statement specifying agreement with the terms, conditions and provisions included in this solicitation to ATTN: Chyrel McPherson, Contracting Officer, RFQ Number VC0123-06, fax your offer to +1 (555) 000-0000 in accordance to FAR 52.215-5, Facsimile Proposal. All Offers must be received on or before Thursday, March 30, 2006, 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.