Laundry Service GK

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. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). **************************************************************************** NOTE: This solicitation is intended ONLY for local sources in accordance with federal acquisition regulation 5.202(a)(12). Local sources are those sources normally resident, licensed, and registered to conduct business in Germany. Offers from non-local sources will not be considered under this solicitation. ***************************************************************************** Purchase Request Number: F3W4012181A001 - Request for Quotation - This document incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-60. ***************************************************************************** Item No Supplies / Services Quantity Unit Amount Total Price Non-personal Services: The contractor shall provide all labor, tools, parts, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, licenses, required to perform laundry services at 470 ABS, NATO Air Base, Geilenkirchen, Germany, as specified in the attached Statement of Work. *** Non-personal service contracts are not appointments in competitive services and the contractor does not have the status of an independent contractor. An employee relationship does not exist. *** CLIN 0001: Laundry Service GK, 52 Week _________ _________ Weekly laundering of soiled linen items as specified in the attached Statement of Work. Prices include pick up and delivery to the following locations: *** Bldg. 198, USAF Dental Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany Bldg. 208, USAF Medical Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany *** Basic Year: Performance Period: 01 October 2012 - 30 September 2013 CLIN 1001: Laundry Service GK, 52 Week _________ _________ Weekly laundering of soiled linen items as specified in the attached Statement of Work. Prices include pick up and delivery to the following locations: *** Bldg. 198, USAF Dental Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany Bldg. 208, USAF Medical Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany *** 1st Option Period: Performance Period: 01 October 2013 - 30 September 2014 CLIN 2001: Laundry Service GK, 52 Week _________ _________ Weekly laundering of soiled linen items as specified in the attached Statement of Work. Prices include pick up and delivery to the following locations: *** Bldg. 198, USAF Dental Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany Bldg. 208, USAF Medical Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany *** 2nd Option Period: Performance Period: 01 October 2014 - 30 September 2015 CLIN 3001: Laundry Service GK, 52 Week _________ _________ Weekly laundering of soiled linen items as specified in the attached Statement of Work. Prices include pick up and delivery to the following locations: *** Bldg. 198, USAF Dental Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany Bldg. 208, USAF Medical Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany *** 3rd Option Period: Performance Period: 01 October 2015 - 30 September 2016 PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR BID NLT 13 September 2012 TO 52ND CONTRACTING SQUADRON, VIA FAX - ATTN: Karin Sterling at 011-49-6565-61-9106 OR E-MAIL karin.sterling.de@spangdahlem.af.mil. If you have any questions/concerns, please contact Karin Sterling at 011-49-6565-61-9523. ****************************************************************************** Place of Performance: Bldg. 198: USAF Dental Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany Bldg. 208: USAF Medical Clinic, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, D-52511 Germany ****************************************************************************** The following clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation (available from http://farsite.hill.af.mil) 52.212-1 - INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUN 2008) 52.212-2 - EVALUATION - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers (listed in relative order of importance): 1. Technical capability of the item to meet the Government's requirement; 2. Price. (b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of clause) 52.212-4 - CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2009) 52.212-5 - CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2010) (DEVIATION) 252.212-7001 - CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS APPLICABLE TO DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2009) 252.232-7008 - ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIMS (OVERSEAS) (JUN 1997) 252.232-7003 - ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (MAR 2008) 252.232-7006 - WAWF PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (JUN 2012) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause- "Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)" is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization. "Document type" means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF). "Local processing office (LPO)" is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system. (b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. (c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall- (1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the Central Contractor Registration at https://www.acquisition.gov; and (2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site. (d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the "Web Based Training" link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/ (e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol. (f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order: (1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s). ___________________________________________________________ (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable document type(s). Note: If a "Combo" document type is identified but not supportable by the Contractor's business systems, an "Invoice" (stand-alone) and "Receiving Report" (stand-alone) document type may be used instead.) (2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer. ____________________________________________________________ (Contracting Officer: Insert inspection and acceptance locations or "Not applicable.") (3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system. Routing Data Table* Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC F78900 Issue By DoDAAC FA5606 Admin DoDAAC FA5606 Inspect By DoDAAC F3W401 Ship To Code F3W401 Ship From Code Mark For Code Service Approver (DoDAAC) F3W401 Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) F3W401 Accept at Other DoDAAC LPO DoDAAC DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Other DoDAAC(s) (*Contracting Officer: Insert applicable DoDAAC information or "See schedule" if multiple ship to/acceptance locations apply, or "Not applicable.") (4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request. (5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the e-mail address identified below in the "Send Additional Email Notifications" field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable email addresses or "Not applicable.") (g) WAWF point of contact. (1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact. _________________________________________________________________ (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable information or "Not applicable.") (2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988. (End of clause) 252.229-7001 - TAX RELIEF (JUNE 1997) - ALTERNATE I (JUN 1997) 252.222-7002 - COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LABOR LAWS (OVERSEAS) (JUN 1997) 52.225-14 - INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN ENGLISH VERSION AND (FEB 2000) TRANSLATION OF CONTRACT 252.225-7041 - CORRESPONDENCE IN ENGLISH (JUN 1997) 252.225-7042 - AUTHORIZATION TO PERFORM (APR 2003) 252.233-7001 - CHOICE OF LAW (OVERSEAS) (JUN 1997) 52.211-6 - BRAND NAME OR EQUAL (AUG 1999) (a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation. (b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must-- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by-- (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications. (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. (End of provision) 52.217-8 - OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days before the contract expires. (End of Clause) 52.217-9 - OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days prior to contract expiration; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 48 months. (End of Clause) 52.232-18 - AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984) Funds are not presently available for this contract. 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. (End of Clause) 5352.201-9101 - OMBUDSMAN (APR 2010) (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 OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM or AFISRA ombudsmen, [Insert names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail addresses]. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU or ARISRA 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 (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (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. (End of clause)