24 -- TORO GROUNDSMASTERS MODELS 580-D and 328-D

TORO GROUNDSMASTERS MODELS 580-D and 328-D. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation #FA8601-06-T-0153 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-12, Effective 04 Aug 2006 & Class Deviation 2005-o0001. This is 100% restricted to small business. The associated NAICS 333111. This code is on SBA?s list of Nonmanufacturer Rule Class Waivers. The size standard is 500 employees. This RFQ is being conducted as a commercial item procurement pursuant to FAR Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. No paper copies of this solicitation will be provided. As authorized by FAR 13.501(a)(2), only quotations for the specified equipment will be accepted. Acquisition of this specific equipment is essential to the government?s requirement due to interchangeability with an extensive inventory of existing equipment and parts This Request for Quotation has two line items: Line Item 0001: Two (2) each Assembled Toro Model 580-D Groundsmasters, with the following options: Model 60613 Road Package Kit and Model 60621 Air Ride Suspension Seat. Line Item 0002: Sixteen (17) each Assembled Toro Model 328-D Groundsmasters with the following options: Model 30722 72? Side Discharge Deck; Model 30625 Deluxe Seat Kit; Model 30628 Seat Adapter Kit; and Model 24-5780 Rear Weight Kit. Responding contractors shall state estimated delivery times for equipment offered in response to this specification. All items quoted must be FOB Destination (Wright-Patterson AFB OH). The Government will make an award from this request for quotation to the responsible offeror whose quote will be most advantageous to the Government. The Government reserves the right to not make an award at all. By submission of a quote, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that, if selected, the prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payments (invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Wide Area Workflow-Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at no cost to the contractor. The following FAR Provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (The fill-in for this provision is http://farsite.hill.af.mil/.) 52.204-6, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial Items 52.212-2 -- Evaluation Commercial Items (Jan 1999). Evaluation factors are price, technical, delivery time, and past performance. Per FAR 13.106-1(a) (2), solicitations are not required to state the relative importance assigned to each evaluation factor and subfactor, nor are they required to include subfactors. Clause 52.212-3 with Alt I, and 252.212-7000, Contractor Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. An offeror shall complete and submit only paragraph (j) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov . If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete and submit only paragraphs (b) through (i) of this provision. The following DFARS Provisions apply to this acquisition: 252.209-7001, Disclosure of Ownership or Control of a Terrorist Country 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications?Commercial Items (Must completed and submitted with 52.212-3) The following FAR Clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.202-1, Definitions 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference The fill-in for this clause is http://farsite.hill.af.mil/.) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.203-3, Gratuities 52.204-4, Printed or Copied on Double-Sided on Recycled Paper 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders--Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. For paragraph (b), the following clauses apply: 52.203-6 Alt 1, Restriction on Subcontractor Sales to the Government 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.219-6, Notice of Small Business Set Aside 52.219-8, Utility of Small Business Concerns 52.222-19, Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans 52.222-39, Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer?Central Contractor Registration) The following DFARS Clauses apply to this acquisition: 252.204-7003, Control of Government Work Product 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration Alt A 252.209-7004, Subcontracting with firms Owned or Controlled by Terrorist Countries 252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities 252.225-7014, Preference for Domestic Specialty Metals 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (for paragraph (b), the following applies: 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea The following AFFARS Clause applied to this acquisition: 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (The fill-in for this clause is Mr. Stephen J. Miller, ASC/AE, 1755 Eleventh St., B570, R113, WPAFB, OH 45433-7404, Telephone 937-255-5315, Fax 937-656-7193, E-mail Stephen.Miller@wpafb.af.mil) 5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Copies of all provisions and clauses are available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. Point of contact for this acquisition is Susan Slivinski, 937-522-4638 Quotations can be e-mailed (preferred) to Susie.Slivinski@wpafb.af.mil; faxed to 937-656-1412, Attn: Susan Slivinski; or mailed to 88 CONS/PKBB, Attn: Susan Slivinski, 1940 Allbrook Dr., Ste 3, WPAFB OH 45433-5309. No special format or form is required for your quotation; however, a completed copy of the Representations and Certifications must be included. QUOTATIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 1:00 PM EASTERN TIME, WEDNESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER