AMENDMENT #2 NOTICE: Question: Will all replacement parts and supplies be included in the contract or will the National Park Service pay for these directly as the need arises? Answer: Contractor is responsible for all costs associated with furnishing replacement parts and supplies related to the maintenance services covered by the contract. AMENDMENT NOTICE: (A) Questions & Answers: (1) Is there a previous contract for this equipment? Yes, it ended 10/31/2012. Award number: INP12PD10125. Award Amount: $22,733.00. Vendor: Cartridge Plus, Inc. (2) Who is the vendor currently servicing the equipment? No one is currently servicing. (3) What was the cost of the last year's contract and is this the same equipment as last year's contract? See above. The unit inventory is different. (4) Is the contract available for viewing? You view the contract information on FPDS-NG (https://www.fpds.gov). (5) Is there a service history available? No. (6) Is all the equipment up and running? Yes. (B) CHANGES: (1) Statement of Work (page 2 of attachment) - the following is added to the Scope of Requirement: NPS reserves the right to reduce or increase the total amount of units within five percent (5%) of the total listed above, to include changes in make and/or model, upon execution of future options without a change in price. (2) Instructions for Quotes Submittal (page 29 of the attachment) - the dates are corrected to match the Solicitation: All quotes shall arrive by the closing date for the receipt of proposals 8/29/2013 by 5:00 pm Eastern Time, Daylight Savings Time. All questions or requests for clarification must be submitted by 8/21/2013 to allow enough time for an amendment to be issued. Questions must be submitted in writing by mail or email by the date specified to
contact@example.gov. Mailing address is listed below. ORIGINAL COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION INFORMATION: Responses due via www.fedconnect.net by 5:00 PM EST, Thursday, August 29, 2013. 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is a 100% Small Business set-aside. NAICS is 811212 and the size standard is $25.5 million dollars. The National Park Service (NPS) requires annual maintenance of approximately eighty (80) printer/fax units located at two locations: Herndon, VA (20171) and Washington D.C. (20240). Annual maintenance includes both as-needed repairs and two (2) annual preventative maintenance visits. Please see attached Statement of Work (SOW) and attached list of units to be serviced for exact requirements. NPS will award this contract with one base period (12 months) with four option periods (12 months each). Offerors are required to offer the Government at least the same warranty terms including offers of extended warranties offered to the general public in customary commercial practice. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to Free Trade Agreements. Line Items: (1) Yearly Maintenance - Herdon (2) Yearly Maintenance - DC (3) DC Option Period One (1) (4) Herndon Option Period One (1) (5) DC Option Period Two (2) (6) Herndon Option Period Two (2) (7) DC Option Period Three (3) (8) Herndon Option Period Three (3) (9) DC Option Period Four (4) (10) Herndon Option Period Four (4) Interested parties, who believe they can meet all the requirements for these services described in this synopsis, are invited to submit in writing a complete quote. Offerors are required to submit with their written quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the minimum requirements detailed in this synopsis, including cost for each option year. Award will be made to a technically acceptable offer that is most advantageous to the Government based on price and past performance (see attachment). Anticipated award date: September 13, 2013 APPLICABLE CLAUSES & PROVISIONS FOR THIS ACQUISITON AND ANY ADDENDA: Solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-66 FAR 52.204-7: Central Contractor Registration; Offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (https://www.SAM.gov) database before an award can be made to them. FAR 52.212-1: Instructions to Offerors-Commercial FAR 52.212-2: Evaluation - Commercial Items - SEE ATTACHMENT FAR 52.212-3: Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items FAR 52.212-4: Contract Terms & Conditions - Commercial Items FAR 52-212-5: Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items - SEE ATTACHMENT FAR 52.232-18: Availability of Funds FAR 52.217-5: Evaluation of Options FAR 52.217-9: Option to Extend Term of Contract Interested parties can access the clauses via internet at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/ Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). 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. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov National Park Service Points of Contact: Primary: Antonia Giammo, Contract Specialist,
contact@example.gov Secondary: Colina Rivetts, Contracting Officer,
contact@example.gov Contracting Office Address: National Park Service WASO-WCP, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Lakewood, Colorado 80225-5287
