CISCO Products for Federal Highway Administration

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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. The solicitation number is R1BK47110015 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-51. This solicitation is 100% set aside for small business concerns. Contractor shall certify that it is a "Cisco Premier Partner" as of the date of the submission of their offer, and that it has the certification/specialization level required by Cisco to support both the product sale and product pricing, in accordance with the applicable Cisco certification/specialization requirements. Unless otherwise specified, Contractor shall warrant that the products are new and in their original box. The Contractor confirms to have sourced all Cisco products submitted in this offer from Cisco or through Cisco Authorized Channels only, in accordance with all applicable laws and current Cisco's applicable policies at the time of purchase. Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer with a copy of the End User license agreement, and shall warrant that all Cisco software is licensed originally to end user as the original licensee authorized to use the Cisco Software. If offerors are not an authorized Cisco partner, the offer shall be rejected. The associated NAICS code is 443120 - Computer and Software Stores, small business size standard 25.5M, and/or 423430 - Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers, small business size standard is 100 employees. Description of Work: The work includes the purchase and delivery of Cisco products (see attached Bill of Materials) to Mark Demers, Federal Highway Administration, 19 Chenell Drive, Concord, NH 03301 on or before June 30, 2011. Any questions shall be directed to the Contracting Officer Kristine Levine at contact@example.gov with a copy to contact@example.gov. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors Commercial Items (June 2008)* applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. (* (c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items (Jan 1999) applies to this solicitation. Award will be made to the lowest total price that meets all delivery requirements. Delivery requirements include the following: (1) Delivery terms shall be FOB destination; (2) Delivery of all items shall take place on or before June 30, 2011. Offerors SHALL indicate on their proposal if they can meet or deliver before the required delivery date. If an offer does not include this information, it shall be rejected. (3) There shall be no partial deliveries or payments. Offerors are to provide quotations for ALL items indicated in the Bill of Materials to be considered responsive. Only one award will be made in response to this solicitation. Multiple awards will not be made. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (APR 2011), with its offer and/or verify by the ORCA website. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (June 2010), applies to this acquisition. Contractors SHALL be both registered in CCR and GSA's ITSS system to receive an award and the addresses/information must exactly match. Offerors shall provide their CAGE, TIN, and DUNS numbers. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (APR 2011), applies to this acquisition. The following additional clauses are incorporated by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items or components: [None] The following clause entitled "Invoicing" shall be incorporated into order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation: "A. Invoicing. A.1 Invoices must be submitted through the GSA Finance Center Internet-based invoice process. The Internet-based invoices procedures are as follows: - Obtain an account and password at www.finance.gsa.gov. - Select "submit invoice" - Select "All POs" - Find and Select the ACT# or PDN# you are invoicing against - Complete pre-populated form with invoice information (all fields with an * are mandatory fields. - Click "continue" when finished - Click "submit" and upload all backup material as attachments - Upload a copy of your standard Invoice (a) In addition to invoice requirements specified in FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (June 2010) of this order, the following information or documentation must be submitted with each invoice: Invoices must include the following Delivery Order ID.: R1BK47110015 Invoices must include the following Accounting Control Transaction (ACT) number: ACT No.: (From GSA Form 300, Block 4) A.2 The contractor shall also attach copies of invoices at http://it-solutions.gsa.gov to the "Acceptance Info" section of R1BK47110015. (End of clause.)" Contractor must be registered on GSA IT-Solution Shop web site at http://web.itss.gsa.gov in order to receive award. The due date for receipt of quotations is April 21, 2011 at 4:30 pm EST. Quotations shall be provided by email to contact@example.gov with a copy to contact@example.gov. Faxed quotations will not be accepted. Delivery Address: Mark Demers Federal Highway Administration 19 Chenell Drive Concord, NH 03301 PUT ON PACKING SLIP: R1BK47110015 - (applicable location) If Offeror is not authorized Cisco partner and a certified small business, the quote shall be rejected.