Breast Implants and accesories

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION This is a combined synopsis/solicitation ("synopsitation" hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for commercial items, i.e. breast implants as described under the paragraph below titled "Requirements." The synopsitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. One or more BPAs may be awarded and a BPA may be awarded for all or only some of the items an offeror proposes to provide. To be eligible for award: (a) the offeror's proposal must conform to the requirements of the synopsitation; (b) each item to be included in a resulting BPA must receive a rating of "Acceptable" on the Technical evaluation factor; (c) the unit price of each item to be included in a resulting BPA must be determined to be fair and reasonable based on price analysis, as described in FAR 13.106-3(a); and (d) the offeror must be determined to be responsible based on the standards in FAR 9.104 Proposal evaluation does not permit tradeoffs between price and non-price factors. The Government reserves the right to (1) award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon (1) the quality of proposals received and (2) whether proposed prices are determined to be fair and reasonable. Synopsitation Number: FA8601-14-R-0061. Set Aside: Not Set Aside NAICS Code: 339113 Small Business Size Standard: 500 Employees Synopsitation Closing Date: Proposals must be received not later than 5:00 PM EST, on 10 July 14. Proposals may be submitted in hardcopy or electronically via e-mail. Send Hardcopy Proposals To: AFLCMC/PZIOAA Attn: Charles Bowers 1940 Allbrook Drive WPAFB OH 45433-5344 Send Electronic Submissions via e-mail To: charles.bowers.6@us.af.mil If proposals are submitted via e-mail, they must contain the subject line "Synopsitation FA8601-14-R-0061." The entire proposal must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments. Address questions regarding this synopsitation to Charles Bowers telephonically at (937) 522-4645 or via e-mail at charles.bowers.6@us.af.mil and Emmeline Spaulding, (937) 522-4565, emmeline.spaulding@us.af.mil. A detailed description of the requirement, specific instructions for submission of proposals, and how proposals will be evaluated are provided below. The draft BPA, including applicable provisions and clauses, representations and certifications and other terms and conditions is an integral part of this synopsitation and is attached. Upon award, the Additional Instructions to Offerors, Evaluation Factors, provisions, and representations and certifications in the synopsitation (including in the draft BPA) will be removed from the award document. Requirements ITEM ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANTITY Breast Implant smooth moderate profile 125cc-700cc 25 Breast Implant smooth moderate plus profile 175cc-800cc 25 Breast implant smooth round moderate classic 130cc-800cc 25 Tissue expander contour profile expander low 250cc-750cc 15 Saline sizer round moderate profile 125cc-475cc 10 Resterilizable gel sizer resterilizable gel sizer moderate plus 100cc-800cc 15 Resterilizable gel sizer resterilizable gel sizer moderate classic 130cc-800cc 15 NOTE: Quantities listed as estimates are based on historical consumption and are not be construed as purchases that the Government will actually make under the BPA. The Government is only obligated to the extent of authorized calls actually placed against the BPA. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS The following paragraphs in the provision at FAR 52.212-1-Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items are tailored as follows: (a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard are as specified above (b) Submission of offers is as prescribed in the text of this synopsitation (c) Offer Acceptance and Validity Dates: This paragraph of the provision regarding the period during which the offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm is amended to read 90 days. (e) Multiple Offers is hereby deleted from this solicitation and that paragraph is marked RESERVED Proposal Content: Proposals shall consist of two separate parts, a technical proposal and a price proposal. Proposal Detail: The proposal shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet the listed requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience, and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offer submitted. Embellishments Not Desired: Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired. Technical Proposal: Describe how the offeror will provide all of the implants, expanders, sizers, and other supplies described above under "Requirements" to include manufacturer, model and technical specifications. Provide level 4 based research for longevity and safety of the implants the offeror proposes to provide. Price Proposal: Price List: The offeror shall provide a price list that includes each of the implants, expanders and sizers listed above under "Requirements." The price list must specify an effective date, which shall be the date that proposals are due and have an expiration date no earlier than one year from the date that proposals are due. The price list must list the implants, expanders and sizers, the unit of issue, and the unit price. Prices should be proposed as F.o.b. destination per the definition in FAR 2.101-Definitions, which can be accessed at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm. Representations and Certifications: Offerors shall submit the following representations and certifications, which are incorporated into the draft BPA with its price proposal. FAR 52.212-3-Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (May 2014) with its Alternate I (May 2014) DFARS 252.209-7993 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law-Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations (Deviation 2014-O00009) (Feb 2014) If the offeror has not completed the representations and certifications listed above online in the System for Award Management (http://www.sam.gov), the offeror shall complete these representations and certifications (as prescribed therein) and submit them with the offeror's price proposal. EVALUATION FACTORS The Government will use Simplified Acquisition Procedures permitted by FAR 13.5-Test Program for Certain Commercial Items to evaluate proposals submitted in response to the solicitation. The factors that shall be used to evaluate proposals are Technical and Price, as expounded below. FACTOR 1 - Technical: Pursuant to evaluation of all requirements, the Technical factor will receive and overall rating of either "Acceptable," or "Unacceptable" using the rating and descriptions in the table below: Rating Description Acceptable Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Unacceptable Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirement of the solicitation. In determining whether a technical proposal is Acceptable or Unacceptable, the Government will consider the extent to which the technical proposal demonstrates the offeror's ability to: 1. Provide equivalent sizers and implants 2. Provide sizers that are capable of being sterilized 4 times with continued use FACTOR 2 Price: Price proposals will be evaluated to determine if unit prices are fair and reasonable using the techniques described in FAR 13.106-3(a). Evaluation Process: (a) The Government will initiate concurrent evaluation of all evaluation factors on all proposals. The Government will consider, throughout the evaluation, the "correction potential" of a proposal including whether any proposal deficiency can be rectified and whether any uncertainty can be resolved. The judgment of such "correction potential" is within the sole discretion of the Government. (b) If pursuant to initial evaluation, the Government rates the Technical factor as "Unacceptable" or if the Government determines that there is some other deficiency or uncertainty relative to an offeror's proposal, and in the Government's judgment, the deficiency is rectifiable or the uncertainty is resolvable; the Contracting Officer (CO) may open discussions and may continue discussions as long as, in the Government's judgment, the deficiency is rectifiable or the uncertainty is resolvable. (c) For the purpose of conducting discussions, if the Government rates the Technical factor as "Unacceptable" or if the Government determines that there is some other deficiency or uncertainty relative to an offeror's proposal, the entire proposal will be rated "Unacceptable." At the conclusion of discussions, if the Technical factor is rated "Unacceptable" or if any deficiency or uncertainty relative to the proposal has not been resolved, evaluation of that proposal will be considered final. The entire proposal will be rated "Unacceptable" and no further consideration will be given to that proposal for award. (d) For the purpose of award without discussions, if pursuant to initial evaluation, the Government rates the Technical factor as "Unacceptable" or if the Government determines that there is some other deficiency or uncertainty relative to an offeror's proposal, notwithstanding that any deficiency may be rectifiable or any uncertainty may be resolvable, the entire proposal will be rated "Unacceptable," the initial evaluation will be the final evaluation, and no further consideration will be given to that proposal for award. Unless the Government has received a prior written notice that an offeror has withdrawn its proposal, the Government may accept the proposal in whole or in part before the proposal's expiration date. Attachment: Draft BPA