81 -- Recycled Paper

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation being requested. Solicitation Number for the Quote is SV017-07; the solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The RFQ document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-14. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 322121. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., (FCI Sandstone, MN) intends to enter into a two (2) year firm-fixed price requirements type contract with an Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) effective six (6) months after award of contract and every six (6) months thereafter. Price may be adjusted in accordance with the changes in the Producer Price Index (PCU322---322--- Paper, Manufacturing). IT IS THE CONTRACTOR?S RESPONSIBILITY TO REQUEST THIS ADJUSTMENT. For the following items: LINE ITEM 0001, PBD0011, RAG BOND 100%, #28, WHT, 17- ? X 22 ?, LG, * COCKLE, D50, UNICOR PART NO: PBD0011. DESCRIPTION: PAPER, BOND TYPE: RAG BOND, 100%, WEIGHT: 28 POUND, COLOR: WHITE. SIZE: 17 ? " X 22 ? "; GRAIN: LONG GRAIN; FINISH: COCKLE. (MUST BE "VIRGIN" PAPER WITH AN 87 OR ABOVE BRIGHTNESS). FEDERAL SPEC: JCP D50 JCP CODE IS BASELINE UNLESS OTHERWISE POST CONSUMER CONTENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER. ESTIMATED QTY 1,000,000 EACH. LINE ITEM 0002, PBD0021, RAG BOND 25%, #20, WHT, 17 ? X 22 ?, LG, COCKLE* G40. UNICOR PART NO: PBD0021, DESCRIPTION: PAPER, BOND. TYPE: RAG BOND, 25%. WEIGHT: 20 POUND. COLOR: WHITE.SIZE: 17 ? " X 22 ? ". GRAIN: LONG GRAIN. FINISH: COCKLE. FEDERAL SPEC: JCP G40, JCP CODE IS BASELINE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. POST CONSUMER CONTENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13101. ESTIMATED QTY 1,000,000 EACH. LINE ITEM 0003, PBD0439, BOND, #20, BUFF, 23 X 35, LG, SMOOTH, D10, *RECYCLED. UNICOR PART NO: PBD0439 DESCRIPTION: PAPER, BOND. TYPE: BOND WEIGHT: 20 POUND COLOR: BUFF; SIZE: 23" X 35", GRAIN: LONG GRAIN. FINISH: SMOOTH. FEDERAL SPEC: JCP D10, RECYCLED 50% RECYCLED 20% POST CONSUMER WASTE CODE IS BASELINE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. POST CONSUMER CONTENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13101. ESTIMATED QTY 1,000,000 EACH. LINE ITEM 0004, GROUNDWOOD, TARGET, 28 X 40, .009-CAL, SHORT. UNICOR PART NO: PCB0008, DESCRIPTION: PAPER CHIPBOARD. GRADE: SIZE: 28" X 40". ESTIMATED QTY 4,000,000 EACH. LINE ITEM 0005, PIX0011, INDEX, #90,WHITE, 25 ? X 30 ?, LG, SMOOTH, K10, UNICOR PART NO: PIX0011, DESCRIPTION: PAPER, INDEX PAPER TYPE: INDEX PAPER WEIGHT: 90 POUND, COLOR: WHITE SIZE: 25 1/2 " X 30 ? ", GRAIN: LONG GRAIN FINISH: SMOOTH. FEDERAL SPEC: JCP K10 JCP CODE IS BASELINE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. POST CONSUMER CONTENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13101. ESTIMATED QTY 2,000,000 EACH. LINE ITEM 0006, PPR0010, NEWS PRINT, YELLOW, #30, 21 ? X 32 ?, * GROUND-WOOD-RECYCLED, TRIMMED 4 SIDES. ESTIMATED QTY 10,000,000 EACH. LINE ITEM 0007, OFFSET RECYCLED, #60, WHT, 23 X 35, LG, SMOOTH* JCPA60, UNICOR PART NO: PTX0079, DESCRIPTION: PAPER, TEXT TYPE: OFFSET, RECYCLED, WEIGHT: 60 POUND. COLOR: WHITE SIZE: 23" X 35" GRAIN: LONG GRAIN, FINISH: SMOOTH, FEDERAL SPEC: JCP A60. JCP CODE IS BASELINE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. POST CONSUMER CONTENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13101. ESTIMATES QTY. 15,000,000 EACH. The vendor must have a customer service department that can respond to notices of damaged good within 24 hours. Goods are to be shipped in ?Bulk? and ?Best Commercial Practice? with weather barrier materials used for inclement weather. Skids must be wrapped and banded when necessary. Also, goods should not be stacked to a height that would cause them to crush and damage the paper. Skids and cartons must be correctly labeled or the contractor will be required to come on site to correct the label or send the correct labels and be charge for the Government to label the incorrect items. Certificates of Conformance must be received with the goods or precede shipment of the goods and be addressed to Mark Gustafson, CORT at P.O. Box 999, Sandstone, MN 55072, fax to +1 (555) 000-0000. DELIVERY TIMES: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., EXCEPT FEDERAL HOLIDAYS. NO COD?S, (THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ACCEPT COD DELIVERIES). Required delivery will be ten (10) calendar days after receipt of delivery order. Delivery will be FOB destination to Federal Correctional Institutional, Federal Prison Industries, 2300 County Road 29, Sandstone, MN 55072. All shipments should be labeled as follows: vendor name, purchase order number and/or contract number, item description, item quantity with weight, and a certificate of conformance. FAR Clause 52.216-18, Ordering applies. Orders may be issued from date of award through two (2) years thereafter. The contractor will only deliver the items that have been designated by a delivery order. Items shipped without a delivery order will be returned at the contractor?s expense. Any supplies to be furnished under the contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders by the Contracting Officers at FCI Sandstone, MN and Central Office, Washington, DC with the exception of the COTR. JAR 2852.270-70, Contracting Officer?s Technical Representative, applies. The COTR for the contract will be Mark Gustafson. All invoices shall be forwarded to: Centralized Accounts Payable (CAP). Your invoice must reference the purchase delivery order number and a four-letter plant code designation should be incorporated in the mailing address to: Centralized Accounts Payable (SSPR), P.O. Box 4000, Butner, NC 27509-4000. FAR Clause 52.216-21, Requirements applies, contractor shall not be required to make deliveries under the contract ten (10) calendar days after the expiration of the contract. FAR Clause 52.216-19, Order Limitation ? delivery order limitations are a minimum quantity for 1,000 each per delivery order and a maximum delivery order for a single item is 25,000 each; and maximum delivery order for combination of line items are 1,000,000 each per delivery order. THE QUANTITIES SHOWN IN THIS REQUIREMENT ARE ESTIMATES ONLY AND NOT AN ORDER, AND DO NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT. FUNDS WILL BE OBLIGATED BY EACH DELIVERY ORDER AND NOT THE CONTRACT ITSELF. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1 Paragraph: C Period of acceptance of offers; the offeror agrees to hold their quote firm for 60 days from date specified for receipt of offers. Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Quoters-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR provision 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, must be included with your offer. Beginning January 1, 2005, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) will require the use of the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in Federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representation and certification information, at your convenience, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. The following clauses also apply to this solicitation: FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items PARAGRAPH (d) DISPUTES shall be deleted and replaced with ?DISPUTES? THIS CONTRACT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CONTRCT DISPUTES ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED (41 U.S.C. 601-613). DISPUTES ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CLAUSE AT FAR 52.233-1 DISPUTES (JUL 2002)(DEVIATION). FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Any amendments hereby issued to the solicitation will be synopsized in the same manner as the solicitation and must be acknowledged by each vendor. This is an ?All or None? requirement. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Past Performance is 50%; price and specification when combined are equal to 50%. The quote conforms to the solicitation and is considered most advantageous to the Government. Vendors will identify previous federal, state, local government and private contracts, which they are currently performing on or have performed on and that are similar in scope to the requirement being evaluated. (List at least three (3) and no more than five (5) contracts for evaluation. References provided shall be for contracts performed within the past three (3) years. All references provided may or may not be used in the evaluation of the contractor?s performance. Each reference must contain the name, address and telephone number of the company or government agency for which the contract was performed as well as a contact person from that company or agency and the contract number if applicable. FAR Subpart 4.11 Central Contractor Registration applies. FAR 52.52.212-1 Instructions to Quoters-Commercial Items (3)(k) Central Contractor Registration. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Vendor does not become registered in the CCR database in the prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered vendor. Vendors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or +1 (555) 000-0000. IF THE VENDOR DOES NOT BECOME REGISTERED IN THE CCR AND ORCA DATABASE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL PROCEED TO AWARD TO THE NEXT OTHERWISE SUCCESSFUL REGISTERED VENDOR. VENDOR SHALL SUBMIT WITH THEIR QUOTE A COPY OF THEIR REGISTRATION ALONG WITH THEIR QUOTE. All Vendors MUST be registered in the Contractor Performance System (CPS). To register go to http://cps.od.nih.gov click on the hypertext ?Registration for Existing Contracts? listed under the column labeled ?Contractor Information,? read the information provided on the page and click the hypertext http://cpscontractor.nih.gov/, this will put you on the Login screen of the Contractor Performance System (CPS). On the right hand side of the screen you will see a question ?Registered to the New CPS yet?? Click here to start the process under the word ?BULLETINS.? Click the word ?here? which is in hypertext format. Enter the required information to register. If you have any questions you can contact CPS Support by E-Mail (contact@example.gov) or call Jo Ann, Paulette or Alex on +1 (555) 000-0000. Taxpayer Identification Number, ACH (electronic payment information) numbers are applicable. This form can be downloaded from our web page http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. All prospective vendors must download this form and fill out in it entirety. 52.217-2 Cancellation Under Multi-year Contracts and FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds applies. ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT. Six (6) months after contract award date, contract prices for the succeeding six (6) month period may be adjusted in accordance with the change in the Producer Price Index (PCU322---322--- Paper, Manufacturing) from the date of award to the date of adjustment. IT IS THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REQUEST THIS ADJUSTMENT. Adjustments may be requested for a period not to exceed 30 days after the eligible adjustment date. Requests that are made after the 30-day limit will not be honored and the contract pricing will not be adjusted. The contractor shall submit any requests for adjustments in writing to the contracting officer. Requests shall include a copy of the relevant index and must be within the allowed time period for adjustment. Any adjustments authorized as a result of the adjustment request will not be retroactive. The date the completed request is received by the contracting officer will be the effective date of any changes in price. The contractor also is required to request downward price adjustments. All downward adjustments will be retroactive to the authorized adjustment date as specified in this clause. If downward price adjustments are not requested and this is later revealed through audits or otherwise, the contractor shall reimburse the Government the amount overcharged plus interest. Interest will be computed at the rate set annually by the Secretary of the Treasury for late contract payments. Interest will accrue from the date the adjustment should have been made. In computing any contract price adjustment, the most recently published index as of the date of award will be compared to the most recently published index as of the date of adjustment. No adjustment shall be made if the referenced change is less than 2%. Total upward adjustments for the contract period, including any option periods, are negotiable, based on the original or option period contract price; downward adjustments are not limited. Indices are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 600 E Street N.W., Washington, DC 20212, telephone +1 (555) 000-0000. If quote is not submitted with a signed Standard Form SF-1449, submit on Company letterhead with a statement specifying agreement with the terms, conditions and provisions included in this solicitation to ATTN: Chyrel McPherson, Contracting Officer, RFQ Number SV0017-7, fax your offer to +1 (555) 000-0000. All Offers must be received on or before Thursday, December 14, 2006, 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.