71--Electronic Workbenches

NA ELECTRONIC WORK BENCHES. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 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 FA8601-05-T-0002 is issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-21. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 337214. The small business size standard is 500 Employees. This RFQ is being conducted as a commercial item procurement using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13). No paper copies of this solicitation will be provided. The RFQ has six (6) line items. Line Item 0001: Angle-Tech Electronic Workbenches, Part No. AT6-E-LP, quantity 1 each. Line Item 0002: Angle-Tech Electronic Workbenches, Part No. AT-D-LP, quantity 2 each. 0003: Angle-Tech Electronic Workbenches, Part No. AT6-F-M, quantity 3 each. 0004: Angle-Tech Electronic Workbenches, Part No. AT6-F-LP, quantity 7 each. 0005: Angle-Tech Electronic Workbenches, Part No. AT8-A-M, quantity 5 each. 0006: Angle-Tech Electronic Workbenches, Part No. AT8-A-LP, quantity 7 each. Flexible Furniture manufactures all of these items. Brand Name or Equal quotes will be accepted. Benches must be Laboratory Grade Benches with steel, scratch resistant tops. Offer/quote should include a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary. FOB point is Destination (Wright-Patterson AFB OH 454330. Quoted prices should be delivered (FOB Destination) prices. The government intends to award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: price and technical acceptability. Responding contractors shall include quotations and descriptive literature with their response to allow the government to make a complete evaluation and appraisal of the offering with respect to the requirements set forth in this combined synopsis solicitation. Solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial (Jan 2004) are hereby incorporated by reference. Award will be made to the technically acceptable offeror with the lowest price, see FAR 52.212-2 - Evaluation - Commercial Items. All offerors shall include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification Commercial Items (Jan 2004). Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items (Oct 2003), is hereby incorporated by reference. The following additional FAR clauses cited in FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders, Commercial Items (Jan 2004) are applicable to the acquisition: 52.211-6, Brand Name of Equal; 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, With Alternate I; 52.204-6, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number; 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, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of Vietnam Era; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer'Central Contractor Registration. The following DFARS clauses apply to this acquisition: DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders'Commercial Items; DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program; DFARS 252.204- 7004, Required Central Contractor Registration. Copies of all provisions and clauses, including Representations and Certifications, are available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.237-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 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. Contractors must complete vendor training, which is also available at no cost, at http://www.wawftraining.com. Prior to submitting invoices in the production system, contractors must register for an account at https://wawf.eb.mil/. By submission of a quote, the quoter acknowledges the requirement that a 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. All proposals, Representations and Certifications, and Central Contractor Registration Information are due 16:00 PM EDT on 18 October 2004 and must be submitted to Tammy Tobe, 88 ABW/PKSB, 1940 Allbrook Drive, Suite 3, Wright- Patterson AFB OH, 45433-5309, emailed to contact@example.gov, or faxed to +1 (555) 000-0000. For information concerning this solicitation, contact Tammy Tobe at +1 (555) 000-0000 ext 4206 or contact@example.gov. One (1) document (Representations and Certifications) to this combined synopsis/solicitation are attached at www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil, (FA8601-05-T-0002). Contractors must be registered in CCR prior to award for solicitations issued after 31 May 1998. Tel: 1-888-CCR-2423 Fax: +1 (555) 000-0000. Duns/CCR Website: http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccr/cgibin//query.pl. All information regarding this acquisition will be posted on the World Wide Web at http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil. For more information on FA05T0002--Electronic Workbenches please refer to http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixslibr/FA05T0002/FA05T0002.asp