Crane Rental

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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract as a result of this solicitation. This is a full and open solicitation. The solicitation number for this procurement is F5BT603025AL01 and is a Request for Quotation RFQ for Crane Rental at Dobbins ARB, GA. See attached Bid Schedule for price submission. Proposed Price(s) should be FOB Destination (Dobbins ARB GA 30069). In addition to price and delivery, quote should include your cage code, DUNS number, and taxpayer ID number. Period of Performance: cranes to be provided on three separate occasions. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-64, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Change Notice (DPN) 20121231, and Air Force Acquisition Circular (AFAC) 2012-1107. This acquisition is full and open. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 532412 Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing. The Offeror must be an authorized, qualified, and certified vendor and must quote on an all or none basis. Written quotes are required (oral offers will not be accepted). Only one contract will be awarded. Line items: The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, tools, parts, shipping, and all other items necessary to provide the following item(s): SEE ATTACHED BID SCHEDULE Delivery: FOB Destination to Dobbins ARB, Marietta, GA 30069. It is the firm's or individuals' responsibility to be familiar with applicable provisions and clauses. All FAR Provisions and Clauses may be viewed in full text at the Federal Acquisition Regulation Table of Contents via the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Feb 2012) The following addendum is provided to this provision: (a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code is 532412 and small business size standard for this acquisition is $7M. (b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted via facsimile, mail or email. At a minimum, offers must show -- (1) The solicitation number; (2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers; (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary; (5) Terms of any express warranty; (6) Price and any discount terms; (7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address; (8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically); (9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; (10) Include in the cover letter a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. (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. FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial items. (Apr 2012) Complete only paragraph (j) of this provision if the annual representations and certificates have been completed electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. If the annual representations and certifications have not been completed electronically at the ORCA website, then only paragraphs (b) through (i) of this provision need to be completed. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) - This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): FAR: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm DFAR: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFDFARA.HTM AFFAR: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfaffara.htm NOTE: After selecting the appropriate regulation above, at the TABLE OF CONTENTS page, conduct a search for the desired regulation reference, using your browser's FIND function. When located, click on the hyperlinked regulation reference to access the clause. The following Provisions and Clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration 52.204-13 Central Contractor Registration Maintenance 52.208-4 Vehicle Lease Payments 52.208-5 Condition of Leased Vehicles 52.228-8 Liability and Insurance - Leased Motor Vehicles 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items 52.212-5 (DEV) Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Deviation) 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items 52.232-18 Availability of Funds 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items 5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Nov 2012) (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMBC A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM ombudsmen, Col Steven Slick, HQ AFRC/ATZ, 255 Richard Ray Blvd, Robins AFB, GA 31098-1637, phone number +1 (555) 000-0000, e-mail address is contact@example.gov. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number +1 (555) 000-0000, facsimile number +1 (555) 000-0000. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. WIDE AREA WORK FLOW - RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE (WAWF-RA) ELECTRONIC RECEIVING REPORT AND INVOICING INSTRUCTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DFARS 252.232-7003. USE OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT REQUESTS IS MANDATORY. USE OF WAWF WILL SPEED UP YOUR PAYMENT PROCESSING TIME AND ALLOW YOU TO MONITOR YOUR PAYMENT STATUS ONLINE. THERE ARE NO CHARGES OR FEES TO USE WAWF. Request for payments must be submitted electronically via the Internet through the Wide Area Work Flow-Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) system at https://wawf.eb.mil. Ensure when submitting invoice(s) the line item numbers on the electronic invoice match the line item number(s) on the contract/purchase order. FOR EXAMPLE: If you are billing for the contract/purchase order CLIN 0004 the line item number on the electronic invoice must be 0004 also. Invoices not adhering to this procedure will be rejected. You can access payment information using the DFAS MYINVOICE web site at https://myinvoice.csd.disa.mil. Questions concerning payment should be directed to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Limestone/Omaha at +1 (555) 000-0000, Option 3. Have your contract/purchase order number ready when contacting DFAS for payment status. THE FOLLOWING CODES WILL BE REQUIRED IN WAWF TO ROUTE YOUR INVOICE PROPERLY. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER: Click here to enter text. DELIVERY ORDER NUMBER: Click here to enter text. TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Invoice/Receiving Report (Combo) CAGE CODE: Click here to enter text. ISSUE BY DODAAC: FA6703 ADMIN DODAAC: FA6703 INSPECT BY CODE: F5BT56 SERVICE ACCEPTOR CODE/SHIP TO CODE/CONTRACTING OFFICER CODE: F5BT60 LOCAL PROCESSING OFFICE: Leave Blank PAY OFFICE DODAAC: F67100 After submission of your invoice(s) please send additional e-mails to: contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov NOTE: Funds are not presently available for this contract beyond 27 March 2013. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after bid opening/RFQ closing, with no obligation to the offeror by the Government. WAWF point of contact. (1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact. contact@example.gov (2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at +1 (555) 000-0000. RESPONSE TIME: Request for Quotation will be accepted at the 94th Contracting Office, 1538 Atlantic Ave, Bldg. 812, Marietta, GA 30069, Dobbins ARB, NO LATER THAN 16:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 26 February 2013. Email quotes to contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov. Points of Contact for this solicitation are: Contract Specialist: Ken Jacob, +1 (555) 000-0000 and Contracting Officer: Thomas Milloy, +1 (555) 000-0000.