Recharge Solution

Recharge Solution General Information: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Solicitation Number: AG-0325-S-10-006 Posted Date: April 7, 2010 Response Date: April 16, 2010 Set Aside: Total Small Business Contracting Office: USDA/NRCS Oregon State Office 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 900 Portland, OR 97232 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the FAR Subpart 12.6 and FAR 5.203 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. Solicitation number AG-0325-S-10-006 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-36. The clauses and provisions referenced in this solicitation can be found in full text format at http://www.arnet.gov/far and http://www.da.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agar04.pdf This acquisition is set-aside for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 424720. The small business size standard is 1,000 employees. Offerors must submit a price for each of the following line items: Item Number Description Unit Price Per Gallon Total Price 001 Mixture of 48.5% Propylene Glycol; 48.5% Denatured Ethanol; 3.0% Tween 20; Dyed Red- delivered in 2 customer supplied 275 gal totes 550 GAL 002 Mixture of 48.5% Propylene Glycol; 48.5% Denatured Ethanol; 3.0% Tween 20; Dyed Red- delivered in 40 vendor supplied 5gal rectangular buckets 200 GAL 003 Mixture of 48.5% Propylene Glycol; 48.5% Denatured Ethanol; 3.0% Tween 20; Dyed Red- delivered in 10 customer supplied 55 gal barrels 550 GAL Description: USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Oregon State Office Snow Survey unit intends to procure between 2,000 and 3,000 gallons of the following mixture by volume: 48.5% Propylene Glycol; 48.5% Denatured Ethanol; 3.0% Tween 20; Dyed Red for this fiscal year and three option years. This purchase will have a guaranteed minimum of 2,000 gallons with a maximum of 3,000 gallons in up to three deliveries per year. On the first order NRCS will want 200 gallons of solution delivered in 5 gallon square pails (40 each), provided by vendor. NRCS Oregon owns 2 ea 275 Gallon totes and about 10 ea 55 Gallon Drums, which will be empty and need to be picked up at our warehouse, 463 Perimeter Way, Door 7, Troutdale, OR 97060 (This warehouse also has an alternative address of 202 NW Graham Rd.), filled with the solution and returned. The successful bidder may choose to deliver the product in new or used containers (totes, drums or pails) without picking the empty containers up at our warehouse beforehand, but the containers that USDA/NRCS currently owns will be accepted in trade for the new containers, and the vendor will be responsible for removing the old containers from our warehouse. Any purchase of additional totes, drums or pails (except for the 40 pails mentioned above) must be pre-approved by the contracting officer and be billed separately, since payment will not be handled under this contract. Because the warehouse is unmanned, prior coordination will need to be made before each pickup and/or delivery to ensure there are employees on site. Prior notice of 48 hours is required for each pickup and/or delivery. The quote for the Contract Year will include the cost of the above listed solution, the pickup/delivery charges, and the 40 each 5 gallon pails mentioned above, and will be priced per gallon. The quote for the Option Year will include the above listed solution, the pickup/delivery charges and will be priced per gallon. Purchases of the product delivered in the rectangular pails may or may not be required in the option years, at NRCS Oregon discretion. Option years 2,3 and 4 will be based on economic price adjustment in accordance to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index. Site FAR. The contractor will be responsible to provide justification if price increases per year. Both Current Year and Option Year prices must be quoted for quote to be considered. Current Year and Option Year pricing will be added together to determine the best price (Evaluation of Options Clause, 52.217-5). The Option Year funding is dependant on funds availability (Availability of Funds Clause, 52.232-18). The government has the right to exercise the options. The principle place of delivery is FOB Destination to the following address: USDA/NRCS Snow Surveys 463 Perimeter Way, Troutdale, OR 97060 The first delivery is to be scheduled no later than May 5, 2010. Alternate locations within the continental United States may be identified at the time an order is placed. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following clauses are included as an addendum: 52.214-31, Facsimile Bids (+1 (555) 000-0000); 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options. Bids are due 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, April 16, 2010, at USDA-NRCS (Attn: Bethany Bonasera), 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 900, Portland, OR 97232. Offerors may mail a hard copy or submit their proposals by fax to +1 (555) 000-0000 (reference FAR 52.214-31). At a minimum, offers must show: 1. Solicitation Number: AG-0325-S-10-006 2. The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers; 3. The name, address, fax and telephone numbers of the offeror; 4. A description of the product being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation; 5. Terms of express warranties, if any; 6. Price and any discount terms for the base and all option years identified above; 7. Remit to" address, if different than mailing address; 8. A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3; 9. Acknowledgement of solicitation amendments, if any; 10. A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish requirement representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation, may be excluded from consideration. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The contracting officer will make award based on price and other price related factors. The evaluation factors will be price, quality, and ability to meet all salient characteristics. The following clauses are included as an addendum: 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options. The successful offeror MUST be in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) before a contract will be issued. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following clauses are included as an addendum. Information needed to complete the blanks in the clause is listed behind each clause number in the order it appears in the clause. Please read the full text of each clause at: http://www.arnet.gov/far and http://www.da.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agar04.pdf 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors'Commercial Items 52.212-2 Evaluation'Commercial Items. 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: (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price Technical and past performance, when combined, are in accordance with FAR 15.304, the relative importance of all other evaluation factors, when combined, when compared to price.] (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) 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 provision) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications'Commercial Items. As prescribed in 12.301(b)(2), insert the following provision: OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS'COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2009) An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (m) of this provision. (a) Definitions. As used in this provision - Emerging small business means a small business concern whose size is no greater than 50 percent of the numerical size standard for the NAICS code designated. - Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or (2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties. - Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), i.e., a corporation that used to be incorporated in the United States, or used to be a partnership in the United States, but now is incorporated in a foreign country, or is a subsidiary whose parent corporation is incorporated in a foreign country, that meets the criteria specified in 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c). - Manufactured end product means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except (1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) FSG 88, Live Animals; (4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables; (5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials; (6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible; (7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products; (8) FSC 9610, Ores; (9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and (10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials. - Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture. - Restricted business operations means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate (1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan; (2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization; (3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan; (4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization; (5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or (6) Have been voluntarily suspended. - Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (1) Means a small business concern (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. (2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). - Small business concern means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. - Veteran-owned small business concern means a small business concern (1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and (2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans. - Women-owned business concern means a concern which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of its stock is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. - Women-owned small business concern means a small business concern (1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and (2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. (b) (1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications posted on the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website. (2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. After reviewing the ORCA database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications'Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ______________. [Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (n) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted on ORCA.] (c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. Check all that apply. (1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it o is, o is not a small business concern. (2) Veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it o is, o is not a veteran-owned small business concern. (3) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it o is, o is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (4) Small disadvantaged business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, for general statistical purposes, that it o is, o is not a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002. (5) Women-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it o is, o is not a women-owned small business concern. Note: Complete paragraphs (c)(6) and (c)(7) only if this solicitation is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (6) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern). [Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned business concern and did not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it o is a women-owned business concern. (7) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price:____________________________________ (8) Small Business Size for the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and for the Targeted Industry Categories under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. [Complete only if the offeror has represented itself to be a small business concern under the size standards for this solicitation.] (i) [Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as being set-aside for emerging small businesses in one of the designated industry groups (DIGs).] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it o is, o is not an emerging small business. (ii) [Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as being for one of the targeted industry categories (TICs) or designated industry groups (DIGs).] Offeror represents as follows: (A) Offeror's number of employees for the past 12 months (check the Employees column if size standard stated in the solicitation is expressed in terms of number of employees); or (B) Offeror's average annual gross revenue for the last 3 fiscal years (check the Average Annual Gross Number of Revenues column if size standard stated in the solicitation is expressed in terms of annual receipts). (Check one of the following): Number of Employees Average Annual Gross Revenues __ 50 or fewer __ $1 million or less __ 51'100 __ $1,000,001$2 million __ 101'250 __ $2,000,001$3.5 million __ 251'500 __ $3,500,001$5 million __ 501'750 __ $5,000,001$10 million __ 751'1,000 __ $10,000,001$17 million __ Over 1,000 __ Over $17 million (9) [Complete only if the solicitation contains the clause at FAR 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, or FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program'Disadvantaged Status and Reporting, and the offeror desires a benefit based on its disadvantaged status.] (i) General. The offeror represents that either (A) It o is, o is not certified by the Small Business Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern and identified, on the date of this representation, as a certified small disadvantaged business concern in the database maintained by the Small Business Administration (PRO-Net), and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its certification, and, where the concern is owned by one or more individuals claiming disadvantaged status, the net worth of each individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); or (B) It o has, o has not submitted a completed application to the Small Business Administration or a Private Certifier to be certified as a small disadvantaged business concern in accordance with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B, and a decision on that application is pending, and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its application was submitted. (ii) o Joint Ventures under the Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns. The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that it is a joint venture that complies with the requirements in 13 CFR 124.1002(f) and that the representation in paragraph (c)(9)(i) of this provision is accurate for the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name of the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture: ________________.] (10) HUBZone small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that (i) It o is, o is not a HUBZone small business concern listed, on the date of this representation, on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration, and no material change in ownership and control, principal office, or HUBZone employee percentage has occurred since it was certified by the Small Business Administration in accordance with 13 CFR Part 126; and (ii) It o is, o is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR Part 126, and the representation in paragraph (c)(10)(i) of this provision is accurate for the HUBZone small business concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name or names of the HUBZone small business concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture: __________.] Each HUBZone small business concern participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the HUBZone representation. (d) Representations required to implement provisions of Executive Order 11246 (1) Previous contracts and compliance. The offeror represents that (i) It o has, o has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation; and (ii) It o has, o has not filed all required compliance reports. (2) Affirmative Action Compliance. The offeror represents that (i) It o has developed and has on file, o has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action programs required by rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 cfr parts 60-1 and 60-2), or (ii) It o has not previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor. (e) Certification Regarding Payments to Influence Federal Transactions (31 U.S.C. 1352). (Applies only if the contract is expected to exceed $100,000.) By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the award of any resultant contract. If any registrants under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 have made a lobbying contact on behalf of the offeror with respect to this contract, the offeror shall complete and submit, with its offer, OMB Standard Form LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, to provide the name of the registrants. The offeror need not report regularly employed officers or employees of the offeror to whom payments of reasonable compensation were made. (f) Buy American Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American Act'Supplies, is included in this solicitation.) (1) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (f)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of - domestic end product. The terms - commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item - component, - domestic end product, - end product, - foreign end product, and - United States are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled - Buy American Act'Supplies. (2) Foreign End Products: Line Item No. Country of Origin ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ (3) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. (g)(1) Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act, is included in this solicitation.) (i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or (g)(1)(iii) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The terms - Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, or Peruvian end product, - commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, - component, - domestic end product, - end product, - foreign end product, - Free Trade Agreement country, - Free Trade Agreement country end product, - Israeli end product, and - United States are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled - Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act. (ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled - Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act: Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, or Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End Products: Line Item No. Country of Origin ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ (iii) The offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled - Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act. The offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of - domestic end product. Other Foreign End Products: Line Item No. Country of Origin ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ (iv) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. (2) Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate I. If Alternate I to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision: (g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled - Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act: Canadian End Products: Line Item No. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ (3) Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate II. If Alternate II to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision: (g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled - Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreements'Israeli Trade Act: Canadian or Israeli End Products: Line Item No. Country of Origin ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ (4) Trade Agreements Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-5, Trade Agreements, is included in this solicitation.) (i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(4)(ii) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled - Trade Agreements. (ii) The offeror shall list as other end products those end products that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products. Other End Products: Line Item No. Country of Origin ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ ______________ _________________ (iii) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for such products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the solicitation. (h) Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters (Executive Order 12689). (Applies only if the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.) The offeror certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that the offeror and/or any of its principals (1) o Are, o are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any Federal agency; (2) o Have, o have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal, state or local government contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or state antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; (3) o Are, o are not presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a Government entity with, commission of any of these offenses enumerated in paragraph (h)(2) o...