The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is soliciting offers to procure Fresh Bread Products for New Mexico Navajo Central Education Line Office, Tiis TsoziBiolta (Crownpoint) Community School, Crownpoint, NM. 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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. A14PS00735 herein cited is issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ) and will be procured under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-72. This acquisition is Set-Aside for Small Businesses. The NAICS Code: 311812, size standard is 500. Due to the urgency of the required services the solicitation times have been shortened. Scope of Work: Contractor shall provide services consisting of all delivery, labor, equipment, materials, supervision, transportation, and incidentals required to supply the following materials to New Mexico Navajo Central Education Line Office, Tiis TsoziBiolta (Crownpoint) Community School, Crownpoint, NM. The Point of Contact (POC) is Derryl Long
+1 (555) 000-0000. Delivery requests will be made on a weekly basis by authorized personnel only. All baked goods shall be fresh at the time of delivery and will be inspected and accepted by Government staff and a notation of any damaged items will be reported and replaced. All damaged goods will be replaced at no additional cost to the Government. Deliveries shall be requested weekly by authorized persons, invoices will be submitted weekly or when deliveries are made via IPP (Invoice Processing Platform). All interested Offerors shall provide an all-inclusive cost for this requirement; to include but not limited to taxes and FOB shipping cost. All Bread must be fresh, frozen products will not be accepted. The period of performance is August 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 TIISTSOZIBIOLTA (CROWNPOINT) COMMUNITY SCHOOL Po Box 178 Crownpoint, NM 87313 1. Whole Wheat Bread Sliced, 350 Loaves x $__________ = $__________ 2. Hamburger buns, 275 loaves x $_________ = $_________ 3. Hotdog buns, 275 loaves x $_________ = $________ 4. delivery charges per week/per delivery $_______ 5. Navajo Nation Tax @ 5% $________ (if Applicable) 6. Grand Total: $_________________ CONTRACT CLAUSES: The following clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR Clause 52.212-01, - Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-3, - Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52-212-04, - Contract Term and Conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52.217-8, - Option to Extend Services; FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; FAR 52.232, - Payment by Third Party; FAR Clause 52.232-1- Payments; FAR Clause 52.216-2 Economic Price Adjustment Standard Supplies; FAR Clause 52.212-05, - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. In paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-5 (b), The Contractor shall comply with the following FAR clauses that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of Law or Executive order applicable to acquisitions of commercial items; FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while driving (Aug 2001); 52.223-1 Buy American Act-Supplies (June 2003)(41 USC. 10a-10d); FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds (April 1984). FAR Clause 52.232-33; DOI Acquisition Regulation (DIAR) 1452.226-70 - Indian Preference; DIAR 1452.226-71 Indian Preference Program; 52.232-99 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements- Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor . To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp .gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice; - A copy of the contractors invoice shall be included with the IPP invoice. If no invoice is attached, the Invoice will be rejected. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) prior to the contract award date, but no more than }- 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos .frb.org or phone
+1 (555) 000-0000. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation. (End of Local Clause) Award will be made to the lowest responsive offeror whose quote is conforming to the requirements herein and is determined to be the most advantageous to the Government and considered to be fair and reasonably priced. Provide DUNS# and Tax ID # with a signed and dated copy of the quote, along with a completed copy of FAR Clause 52.2123, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Quotes are due at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Regional Office, Division of Acquisition, Attention: Cedric A. Wood, P.O. Box 1060, Gallup, New Mexico 87301 by local time on July 18, 2014, at 5:00 pm (Mountain Time). Quotes submitted by facsimile and emails will be accepted. Any further questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Cedric A. Wood, Contract Specialist, at
+1 (555) 000-0000, by fax at
+1 (555) 000-0000. Email:
contact@example.gov. All contractors submitting quotes must be registered in the SAMwww.sam.gov in order to receive contracts and purchase orders from the Federal Government pursuant to FAR Clause 52.204-7. To register or learn more about the SAM, go to: http://www.sam.gov. The Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses and provisions are available on the internet at: http://www.acqusition.gov or may be requested from the Contracting Officer.
