42--The US ARMY GARRISON (USAG) VINCENZA will procure a Utility Fire Rescue Vehicle with Accessories and associated components to complete the unit.

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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Brand Name or Equal Request for quote. The Buyer is allowing Sellers to submit bids for alternate items, provided those items meet all of the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics specified by this solicitation. Sellers MUST enter exactly what they are bidding (including make, model and description, Technical data sheets attached) included in your quote in order for the bid to be considered. The Buyer will evaluate 'equal' items on the basis of information furnished by the Seller or identified in the bid and reasonably available to the Buyer. The Buyer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the Bid The Utility Fire Rescue Vehicle will consist of the following items. LN 0001:6X6 all wheel drive ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE. For comparison Item Number: R13HR76AR, Polaris RANGER 6x6 800 Solar Red LN 0002: Fire / Rescue Skid. (Slide in fire response rescue unit that will be installed in the ATV) For comparison Polaris Item Number 2859978. LN 0003: Reverse Warning Kit. For comparison Polaris Item Number 2876228. LN 0004: Poly Sport Roof - Black. For comparison Polaris Item Number 2877946 LN 0005: Light bar with High Intensity LED Lights. For comparison Mini Scorpion Item Number 970L2102-0101 LN 0006: Siren Control with PA Functionality. For comparison Item Number 940L-SIREN-R LN 0007: Siren/PA Speaker. For comparison Item Number SPK100 LN 0008: Microphone. For comparison Item Number 940-M3473A. LN 0009: 3 ft. Microphone cord. For comparison Item Number 940-MICJACK-03. LN 0010: Shipping - 1 shipping directly to Vicenza Italy via best way transportation with Inspection and Acceptance at destination. All tracking information must be forwarded to destination customer once item is shipped. The quotes will be evaluated on lowest price that meets all salient characteristics of the items listed in the LN item numbers listed above. Your quoted items will be compared with the brand name salient characteristics as a comparison to determine you have met the needs of the Government for your items. The solicitation will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 23 July 2013 14:00:00.0 Eastern The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-65. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 336999. ***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 email contact@example.gov or contact@example.gov Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products. FOB Destination: Caserma Ederle Vicenza Italy OCONUS XR W6E7 USAG VICENZA CENTRAL RECEIVING POINT VIA PRA SPINEOBLDG 0496 LERINO VICENZA IT 36040 Marked for POC: Christopher J. Bender ASST. Fire Chief Phone DSN: +1 (555) 000-0000 COM: 39-0444-718270 No partial shipments unless otherwise specified. 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. The Offeror shall comply with the following DFARS clauses that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this solicitation by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials (Section 847 of Pub. L. 110-181); 252.225-7001, Technical Data--Commercial Items (10 U.S.C. 2320); +1 (555) 000-0000, Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data; +1 (555) 000-0000, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (10 U.S.C. 2227); and +1 (555) 000-0000, ALT III, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (10 U.S.C. 2631). 52.211-6 -- Brand Name or Equal As prescribed in 11.107(a), insert the following provision: Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) (a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as quote mark brand name or equal, quote mark the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that quote mark equal quote mark products must meet are specified in the solicitation. (b) To be considered for award, offers of quote mark equal quote mark products, including quote mark equal quote mark products of the brand name manufacturer, must- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by- (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification. (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate quote mark equal quote mark products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an quote mark equal quote mark product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. (End of provision) 252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (JUN 2012) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause-- Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC) is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization. Document type means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF). Local processing office (LPO) is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system. (b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. (c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall-- (1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the Central Contractor Registration at https://www.acquisition.gov; and (2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this Web site. (d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the quote mark Web Based Training quote mark link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/. (e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via Web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol. (f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order: (1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s). Combined Invoice / Reciving report (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable document type(s). Note: If a quote mark Combo quote mark document type is identified but not supportable by the Contractor's business systems, an quote mark Invoice quote mark (stand-alone) and quote mark Receiving Report quote mark (stand-alone) document type may be used instead.) (2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer. WK9G24 (Contracting Officer: Insert inspection and acceptance locations or quote mark Not applicable quote mark .) (3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system. Routing Data Table* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pay Official DoDAAC W56FJW Issue By DoDAAC W912PF Admin DoDAAC W912PF Inspect By DoDAAC WK9G24 Ship To Code WK9G24 Ship From Code ____ Mark For Code WK9G24 Service Approver (DoDAAC) ____ Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) ____ Accept at Other DoDAAC ____ LPO DoDAAC W56FJW DCAA Auditor DoDAAC ____ Other DoDAAC(s) ____ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (*Contracting Officer: Insert applicable DoDAAC information or quote mark See schedule quote mark if multiple ship to/acceptance locations apply, or quote mark Not applicable. quote mark ) (4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request. (5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the email address identified below in the quote mark Send Additional Email Notifications quote mark field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system. contact@example.gov (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable email addresses or quote mark Not applicable. quote mark ) (g) WAWF point of contact. (1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact. ____ (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable information or quote mark Not applicable. quote mark ) (2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at +1 (555) 000-0000. (End of clause) The Offeror shall comply with the following FAR/DFARS clauses that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this solicitation by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; 52.204-13, Central Contractor Registration Maintenance;, Central Contractor Registration; 252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation; 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, ALT 1, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Offeror shall comply with the following FAR clauses that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this solicitation by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (E.O. 13126); 52.222-26, Combating Trafficking in Persons (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).; 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2006)(E.O.S, Proclamations, and Statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury) and 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration; and 52.233-3. Questions concerning this buy must be submitted to the Purchasing Agent, Anna Johnson or Robert Thrasher, contact@example.gov or contact@example.gov not the Accounts Receivable Officer, or the ship to office. Please send question prior to the established closing date to with a reasonable expected timed response from the Government. Most questions will receive an answer. However, asking for an extension for bid may not always be granted.