25 -- COPARS

Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, tools, equipment, materials, transportation, supervision and all other essential necessary to perform operations of a Contract or Operated Parts Store (COPARS) for the furnishing of automotive and related vehicle parts and accessories to support the vehicle fleet and miscellaneous equipment at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Contractor is required to set-up and maintain a store in a Government-owned facility. All work shall be accomplished in accordance with the Description of Services (DOS). This project is being acquired under the acquisition of commerical item procedures. This is a commodities type contract with a performance period of 1 October 2006 or date of award, whichever is later, through 30 September 2007 with four (4) one-year options. This proposed procurement is under a 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for those concerns and its affilates is 423120 and is defined as a concern whose average number of employees for the preceeding three fiscal years did not exceed 100 employees. Request for Proposals (RFP) will be tentatively issued on or about 5 June 2006 with receipt of proposals tentatively scheduled on or about 10 July 2006. For evaluation purposes, Offerors submitting proposals are required to include not less than three (3) verifiable previous project performed in the last three (3) years. Past performance information shall be used in evaluation for award and should include sizes of projects, points of contacts and locations. For the purpose of award, offers will be evaluated based upon the following factors, listed in descending order of importance: (1) Past Performance (PP) and (2) Price. Price will be evaluated for realism, completeness and reasonableness. The PP factors noted in this section will be considered more improtant than price. Offerors are cautioned to note, that award may not be made to the Offeror submitting the lowest price. Offerors are further advised to note, that an award may be made without discussions or any contact concerning the proposals received. Therefore, proposals should be submitted in the most favorable terms for all evaluation factors. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered.