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. The U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, AZ has a requirement to purchase (10) Receivers and (10) Transmitters. The Request for Quote (RFQ) number is W9124R-07-T-1036 and incorporates provisio ns and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-15 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), current to DCN 20070122. This acquisition is being solicited as a total small business set aside. The North Americ an Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334290 and the size standard is 750. The resultant contract will be firm-fixed price. It is anticipated that payment under this contract will be made via government VISA credit card. Offerors shall accoun t for any costs associated with accepting credit card payment in their quote. Quotes are being solicited for the following items: Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001-10 Each VAD915S1R-or Equal. Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0002-10 Each VAD915S1T-or Equal. The manufacturer of the brand name is Radiant Communications Corp, 5001 Hadley Rd., South Plainfield, NJ 107080-0867. All offerors proposing an equal item shall demonstrate that the proposed item meets or exceeds all of the minimum salient charac teristics found on our web site at http://www.yuma.army.mil/contracting/ under the above referenced RFQ number. Award will be made to the responsive, responsible low priced offeror whose proposed product meets or exceeds the minimum salient characteristics provided within this notice. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial items (Sep 2006); FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items (Jan 1999); FAR 52.212-3, Of feror Representations and Certifications-Commercial items (Nov 2006) with Alt I (Apr 2002), all offerors shall include with their offer a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Alt I. Copies of FAR 52.212-3, Alt I are available upon request from the Contracting O fficer. They may also be obtained on the web at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial items (Feb 2007); FAR 52.212-5, Contract terms and conditions required to Implement Status or Executive Order-Com mercial items (Nov 2006); specific clauses cited in FAR 52.212-5 that are applicable to this acquisition are FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (Jun 2003); FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2006); FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition o f Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2002); FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veteran of the Vietnam Era and other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006); FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Worker s with Disabilities (Jun 1998); FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era and other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006); FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 20 03); FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party (May 1999). The following DFARS clauses apply to this acquisition: DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statures or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense acquisitions of Commerci al Items (Jan 2007). Specific clauses cited in DFARS 52.212-7001 that are applicable to this acquisition are: DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American Act-North American Free trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program (Oct 2006). An addendum i s incorporated into the solicitation to include FAR and DFARS clauses as follows: FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination (Nov 1991); FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) and DFARS 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration (Nov 2003). Any technical questions concerning this requirement shall be e-mailed to
contact@example.gov on or before 11:00 a.m. MST, February 26, 2007. All offers being submitted via U.S. Postal Service shall be addressed to the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, SFCA-SR-YM (Samuel Colton), 301 C. Street, Yuma, AZ 85365-9498. Offers being submitted via any other carrier (i.e. FedEx or UPS) shall be addressed to the U.S. Army Contracting Agency (ACA), Yuma Directorate of Contracting, SFCA-SR-YM (Samuel Colton), Building 2100, Room 8, Yuma, AZ 85365-9106. Offers may also be submitted via facsimile to
+1 (555) 000-0000 or E-mail to
contact@example.gov. E-mail submission is preferred. All offers must be received in the Contracting Office no later than 11:00 a.m. MST, March 1, 2007, regardless of method of submission. As a minimum offerors shall include with their signed proposal the following information: (1) RFQ number, (2 ) company name and address, (3) point of contact with telephone and facsimile number and e-mail address, (4) Be registered in ORCA or submit a completed copy of both FAR 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications Alt I, (5) price (both unit price and tota l price) to include any applicable freight, (6) proposed delivery schedule, (7) sufficient technical literature and description to enable the government to evaluate conformance with the technical requirements, and (8) a statement indicating that Government VISA credit card will be acceptable as the method of payment. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or reject the terms and conditions of this solicitation may be excluded from consideration. If you plan on participating in this acquisiti on, you are required to provide your name, address, phone number and e-mail address to
contact@example.gov for notification of any amendments. See Note 22 with the exception that the time period for the receipt of proposals for consideration is 6 d ays instead of 45 days.
