74--RFQ - SEM SHREDDER MAINTENANCE SERVICE

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 W91151-20-R-0013_01 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 2020-08. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 811212 with a small business size standard of $27.50M. This requirement is a Small Business Set-Aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on www.UnisonMarketplace.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted, and, unless otherwise displayed at www.UnisonMarketplace.com, will end on: 2020-08-10 11:30:00.0 Eastern Time. This time supersedes the Offers Due Time listed above. FOB Destination shall be in the Place of Performance. The MICC Fort Hood requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following: Base Period of Performance: 09/28/2020 - 09/27/2021 LI 001: SEM Maint BaseYear 1 FFP Purchase yearly at site maintenance for Security Engineered Machinery (SEM) 1012 shredder/disintegrator, SN 03038, 3 visits by servicing agent. Spare knives are with OTC G6. Vendor must be authorized/certified to work on SEM equipment. Base Year Period of Performance 28 Sep 20 - 27 Sep 21 1 visit @ $xxx x 3 visits = $xxx Service Includes: Disintegrator System: 1. Remove old knives 2. Sharpen spare knives 3. Installation of sharpened knives 4. Calibrate installed knives to application for optimal performance 5. Grease rotor bearings 6. Inspect hopper for easy opening and closing to cutting chamber 7. Inspect rotor for excessive wear 8. Inspect screen for proper fit and wear 9. Inspect drive belt for wear 10. Adjust drive belt tension to factory specifications for maximum efficiency 11. Check sheave bolt tension and set to factory specifications Waste Evacuation System: 12. Inspect fan for proper operation 13. Inspect evacuation system for leaks 14. Lubricate and grease air system as required 15. Adjust flow controls as needed 16. Inspect Filter 17. Shake filter and empty debris if required Electrical System: 18. Inspect all safety switches ensuring they function properly 19. Inspect all starters ensuring proper operation Reports: 20. Complete evaluation report with recommendations, 3, EA; Option 1 Period of Performance: 09/28/2021 - 09/27/2022 LI 001: SEM Maint Option Year 1 FFP Purchase yearly at site maintenance for Security Engineered Machinery (SEM) 1012 shredder/ disintegrator, SN 03038, 3 visits by servicing agent. Spare knives are with OTC G6. Vendor must be authorized/certified to work on SEM equipment. Option Year 1 Period of Performance 28 Sep 21 - 27 Sep 22 1 visit @ $xxx x 3 visits = $xxx Service Includes: Disintegrator System: 1. Remove old knives 2. Sharpen spare knives 3. Installation of sharpened knives 4. Calibrate installed knives to application for optimal performance 5. Grease rotor bearings 6. Inspect hopper for easy opening and closing to cutting chamber 7. Inspect rotor for excessive wear 8. Inspect screen for proper fit and wear 9. Inspect drive belt for wear 10. Adjust drive belt tension to factory specifications for maximum efficiency 11. Check sheave bolt tension and set to factory specifications Waste Evacuation System: 12. Inspect fan for proper operation 13. Inspect evacuation system for leaks 14. Lubricate and grease air system as required 15. Adjust flow controls as needed 16. Inspect Filter 17. Shake filter and empty debris if required Electrical System: 18. Inspect all safety switches ensuring they function properly 19. Inspect all starters ensuring proper operation Reports: 20. Complete evaluation report with recommendations, 3, EA; Option 2 Period of Performance: 09/28/2022 - 09/27/2023 LI 001: SEM Maint Option Year 2 FFP Purchase yearly at site maintenance for Security Engineered Machinery (SEM) 1012 shredder/ disintegrator, SN 03038, 3 visits by servicing agent. Spare knives are with OTC G6. Vendor must be authorized/certified to work on SEM equipment. Option Year 2 Period of Performance 28 Sep 22 - 27 Sep 23 1 visit @ $xxx x 3 visits = $xxx Service Includes: Disintegrator System: 1. Remove old knives 2. Sharpen spare knives 3. Installation of sharpened knives 4. Calibrate installed knives to application for optimal performance 5. Grease rotor bearings 6. Inspect hopper for easy opening and closing to cutting chamber 7. Inspect rotor for excessive wear 8. Inspect screen for proper fit and wear 9. Inspect drive belt for wear 10. Adjust drive belt tension to factory specifications for maximum efficiency 11. Check sheave bolt tension and set to factory specifications Waste Evacuation System: 12. Inspect fan for proper operation 13. Inspect evacuation system for leaks 14. Lubricate and grease air system as required 15. Adjust flow controls as needed 16. Inspect Filter 17. Shake filter and empty debris if required Electrical System: 18. Inspect all safety switches ensuring they function properly 19. Inspect all starters ensuring proper operation Reports: 20. Complete evaluation report with recommendations, 3, EA; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***Question Submission: Interested Offerers 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 www.UnisonMarketplace.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, MICC Fort Hood intends to document bids online to be facilitated by the third-party Marketplace, Unison, Inc. Unison Marketplace has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to document pricing. Offerers may submit bids during the specified period of time. MICC Fort Hood 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 Offerers that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.UnisonMarketplace.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.UnisonMarketplace.com.Offerers that are not currently registered to use www.UnisonMarketplace.com should proceed to www.UnisonMarketplace.com to complete their free registration. Offerers that require special considerations or assistance may contact the Marketplace Support at +1 (555) 000-0000 or via email at contact@example.gov. Offerers may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.UnisonMarketplace.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.UnisonMarketplace.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.UnisonMarketplace.com process.Should Offerers 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. In responding to this request for quote, you must provide the manufacturer's name and part numbers AND salient characteristics of the items you are proposing to sell to the Government. Regardless of the terminology used in each RFQ ("Brand Name or Equal", or "meet minimum stated specifications), the information describing what you are offering must be physically written into the seller's bid specification block. Salient characteristics are defined as "pronounced features of an item that identify it describe its size and composition, functional intent, and/or operational capabilities or limits." When researching product capabilities, you must, as a minimum, respond with feature for feature comparisons in order for your product to be technically evaluated for sufficiency. Responses such as "bidding exact match", "as specified", or cutting and pasting the Government's specification information into the seller's bid specification block are not acceptable responses. Offerors who respond in any of the three examples directly above will be eliminated from the competition without consideration of their offer. If you are bidding the same product as is being requested, your seller bid specification should indicate: "Bidding on Manufacturer (Insert Name) and Part Number (Insert Number). If you are bidding on an "or equal" product, your seller bid specification must state: Bidding on Manufacturer (Insert Name) and Part Number (Insert Number), containing the following salient characteristics (insert salient characteristics). If your response does not contain all of the required information called out in this notice, your quote will be determined nonresponsive and will not be considered for award. The apparent awardee shall acknowledge acceptance of any and all re-postings (amendments), in writing, prior to any award resulting from this solicitation. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is _________ with the related size standard of __________. The NAICS code identified herein must appear in FAR 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications" in SAM and the vendor must be actively registered in that NAICS prior to receipt of quote in order to receive an award. Offeror are reminded that failure to comply - shall render their quote as non-responsive. Unison Marketplace is a mechanism used by this office to solicit for common use commercial items in accordance with FAR 13.5. Unison Marketplace is NOT a forum for filing protests against the Government. Attempts to file protests through Unison Marketplace will not be considered legitimate as they do not conform to the requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). It is preferable that disputes and protests be resolved as quickly as possible at the lowest level possible before considering the more formal process described below. The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC, as an Alternate 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 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.10. If you want to file a protest under the AMC-Level Protest Program, the protest must request resolution under that program and be sent to the address below. All other agency-level protests should be sent to the contracting officer for resolution. The address for filing a protest directly with AMC is: 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 e-mail: contact@example.gov. Packages sent Federal Express or UPS should be addressed to: HQ Army Material Command Office of Command Counsel 9301 Chapek Rd, Rm 2-1SE3401 Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-5527. The AMC-Level Protest procedures are found at: http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp. If internet access is not available, contact the HQ, AMC to obtain the AMC-Level Protest procedures. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions, which are incorporated herein by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items - the selected offeror must submit a completed copy of the listed representations and certifications; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, paragraph (a) and the following clauses in paragraph (b): 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of the referenced FAR clauses may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/. The Contractor shall NOT make partial line item shipments against any resulting purchase order/contract issued as a result of this solicitation; e.g., if a line item on the contract reads - Computer, 10 each, the contractor shall NOT ship 3 computers on one shipment and 7 computers on a second shipment. Failure to adhere to this requirement will result in invoices being rejected in WAWF and/or a delay in payment for non-conforming shipped quantities. Provision incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204'24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. Clause incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204'25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment This prohibition applies to an entity that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services at any tier, including use that is unrelated to the performance of any Federal contract. Company must be registered on System for Award Management (SAM) prior to receipt of quote in order to receive an award. Offeror are reminded that failure to comply - shall render their quote as non-responsive. If company is not registered in SAM, they may do so by going to SAM web site at www.sam.gov. Proposed responders must submit any questions concerning this solicitation before (date), (time), to reasonably expect a response from the Government. Those questions not received within the prescribed date will not be considered. New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products FOB Destination CONUS (CONtinental U.S.) Bid MUST be good for 90 days, after submission. No partial bids will be accepted.