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AMENDMENT NOTICE: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is W9124C22T0023 and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ), unless otherwise indicated herein. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-07. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 337214 with a small business size standard of 1,000.00 employees. This requirement is a Small Business Set-Aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted, and, unless otherwise displayed at https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com, will end on: 2022-09-15 11:00:00.0 Eastern Time. This time supersedes the Offers Due Time listed above. FOB Destination shall be in the Place of Performance. The MICC Fort Jackson requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: LI 001: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and other non-personal items necessary to perform the completion of purchase and installation eleven (11) new workstations, approximately 82" (9' X 12'). See Attached Performance Work Statement. Buy American: The contractor hereby adheres to the BUY AMERICAN STATUE (FAR 52.225) when supplying goods and materials relating to this solicitation/award. Identify the County of Origin for the goods and materials you are supplying., 11, EA; LI 002: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and other non-personal items necessary to perform the completion of purchase and installation five (5) new workstations at 66" (6' X 7'). See Attached Performance Work Statement. Buy American: The contractor hereby adheres to the BUY AMERICAN STATUE (FAR 52.225) when supplying goods and materials relating to this solicitation/award. Identify the County of Origin for the goods and materials you are supplying., 5, EA; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***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 using the 'Submit a Question' feature at https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, MICC Fort Jackson intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, Unison Marketplace. Unison Marketplace has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. MICC Fort Jackson is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com should proceed to https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact Marketplace Support at +1 (555) 000-0000 or via email at contact@example.gov. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, notify the point of contact or Marketplace Support at +1 (555) 000-0000 or contact@example.gov of Unison Marketplace: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through Unison Marketplace in compliance with the Unison Marketplace Terms of Use. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. 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, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.211-6, Brand name or Equal. The following clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, apply: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First Tier Subcontract Awards; 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management. 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; The following DFARS clauses apply: DFARS 252.04-7004, Alternate A System for Award Management; 252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation; 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors; 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments; 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials; 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance Of Payments Program; 252.225-7036, Buy American Act -- Free Trade Agreements -- Balance of Payments Program; 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests; 252.247-7023, Primary and ALT III, Transportation of Supplies by Sea. IAW 52.204-7 System for Award Management (SAM) Registration (July 2013), the offeror must be registered in SAM and fully input their Representations and Certifications for a complete record. Information can be found at http://www.sam.gov or by calling +1 (555) 000-0000, or +1 (555) 000-0000 for international calls. 52.204-13 - System for Award Management Maintenance. New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured or used products. No "GREY" market items. Bid MUST be good for 30 calendar days after submission FOB Destination CONUS (CONtinental U.S.) No partial shipments unless otherwise specified at time of order The award will be based upon lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) bid. The Contracting reserves the right to have or not have discussions. If information regarding your quoted items are not attached along with specification sheet and pictures your bid will be determined unacceptable. A bid will be determined acceptable if specifications sheets and pictures are attached which meet the specifications outlined in each line item. Prior to submitting an agency protest, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve your concerns with the responsible contracting officer. However, you may also file a protest to the Headquarters (HQ), Army Materiel Command (AMC). The HQ AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 35 calendar days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.103. If you want to file a protest under the HQ AMC-Level Protest Program, the protest must request resolution under that program and be sent to the address below. Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel-Deputy Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road Rm: A6SE040.001 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000 Fax: +1 (555) 000-0000 or email contact@example.gov The AMC-Level Protest procedures are found at: http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/commandcounsel.html. If internet access is not available, contact the contracting officer or HQ, AMC to obtain the HQ AMC-Level Protest Procedures. (End of Clause) "52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel; 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act; 52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment and Vegetation; 252.201-7000, COR Clause; 252.223-7006, Prohibition On Storage And Disposal Of Toxic And Hazardous Materials; 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications; 252.246-7000, Material inspection and receiving report" Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law. Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions. 252.204-7012 Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information. All deliveries shall be palletized when the material exceeds 250 lbs. (excluding the pallet), or exceeds 20 cubic feet, to comply with the requirements of Department of the Army Pamphlet 700-32 and MILSTD-147E. IAW FAR 52.212-2; Evaluation - Commercial Items, the following factor shall be used to evaluate offers: technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement and price. Technical capability is a pass fail requirement. Evaluation is based on a lowest price technically acceptable. No multiple awards will be made. Quotes received through Unison Marketplace will be evaluated and awarded on an all-or-nothing basis. In accordance with DFAR provision 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program---Basic (JUN 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause - Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is (i) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of - commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation); (ii) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and (iii) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and (2) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products. - Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product. - Domestic end product means (1) For an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States; or (ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 55 percent of the cost of all its components. The cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued). Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restrictions of the Buy American statute; or (B) The end product is a COTS item. (2) For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of iron and steel not produced in the United States or a qualifying country constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product (produced in the United States or a qualifying country means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States or a qualifying country, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives). The cost of iron and steel not produced in the United States or a qualifying country includes but is not limited to the cost of iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings, not produced in the United States or a qualifying country, utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all iron or steel components not produced in the United States or a qualifying country, excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the explanation of cost of components in paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of this definition. - End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under this contract for public use. - Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic end product. - Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. - Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement with the United States in which both countries agree to remove barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or services performed by sources of the other country, and the memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are qualifying countries: Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. - Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying country. - Qualifying country end product means (1) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a qualifying country; or (2) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if - (i) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components: (A) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying country. (B) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. (C) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign; or (ii) The end product is a COTS item. - United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas. - Steel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements. (b) This clause implements 41 U.S.C chapter 83, Buy American. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the component test of the Buy American statute is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see section 12.505(a)(1) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation). Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all line items in the contract. (c) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products unless, in its offer, it specified delivery of other end products in the Buy American'Balance of Payments Program Certificate provision of the solicitation. If the Contractor certified in its offer that it will deliver a qualifying country end product, the Contractor shall deliver a qualifying country end product or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product. (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry. (End of clause) Representation and Representation Disclosures The form(s) included in the buy must be returned with your quote. Failure to return the form(s) with your quote will result in your quote not being considered for award. A site visit is scheduled for 8 September 2022 @ 10:00am for solicitation W9124C22T0023 to purchase and install office cubicles in accordance to the performance work statement separately attached. Personnel will meet at the Building 10000, Room 2066 located at 10000 Hampton Parkway, Fort Jackson SC 29207. Individuals that do not already have base access shall provide their full name, date of birth, and driver's license number (with state) to Roger Miller at +1 (555) 000-0000 or contact@example.gov no later than 7 September 2022 at 2:00 pm EST. Please arrive at Gate 2, Visitor Center located on Strom Thurmond BLVD, Fort Jackson NLT two hours prior to the scheduled site visit (if you do not already have post access). This is in order to avoid back-up of contractors signing in at gate. Submitted Quotes will be valid for 45 days after the auction closing. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), not an invitation for bid (IFB).). IAW FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, for the extended description here is the website: https://www.acquisition.gov/ The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement can be found. The small business size standard for that NAICS code can be found at https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Size_Standards_Table.pdf Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions. Please address your questions through the Unison Marketplace buy. If your questions are not being answered in a timely manner, please send your question to Roger Miller, Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov and Copy Scott Bertacini, Contracting Officer at contact@example.gov.