Sole Source - Vapor Trace Repair

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 solicitation number is FA4486-09-M-T001; this solicitation is a request for quotation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 2005-33, DCN 20090115, and AFAC 2009-0318. This acquisition will be sole source; the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 811219. The business size standard is $7,000,000.00. The Federal Supply Class (FSC) is J066. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is 7699. This is only a solicitation; currently there are no funds available to award this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which award of this contract will be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any research or proposal is provided; no payment requests will be accepted on the basis of submitting a proposal. The Contracting Officer for this solicitation will award a contract based upon the availability of funding Lajes Field intends to award a sole source purchase order to GE Homeland Security for repair of 2 EA GE Vapor Tracer machines. The justification for the sole source is as follows: GE Homeland Security is the only company authorized to perform maintenance on these machines, as they are the sole manufacturer and own all the rights to the proprietary data. Additionally, only GE has authorized and certified personnel in order to repair this equipment. All interested parties may submit a quotation, which shall be reviewed by the contracting office. The equipment requiring repair consists of the following: CLIN 0001: 1 EA, Repair of GE Vapor Trace, Serial Number 10024934630, RMA number 8384069. Repair consists of the following items: 1 EA, part number M0001289, FRU - ASS'Y VT2 DESORBER 1 EA, part number M0001291CO, REFURBISHED CUSTOMER OWNED VT DESORBER 7.5 HR, LABOR CLIN 0002: 1 EA, Repair of GE Vapor Trace, Serial Number 50013, RMA number 8384072. Repair consists of the following items: 1 EA, part number MP011041, O-RING 1 EA, part number MP001178, SHELL, LOWER, VT2 DESROBER 1 EA, part number E0002048, FRU-ASS'Y, SAMPLE PUMP, VT 8.5 HR, LABOR Award shall be made in the aggregate, all or none The following provisions and/or clauses apply to this acquisition. Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. FAR 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: 1: Price, 2: Technical acceptability of the item offered (ability to provide authorized and certified repairs to GE equipment). Technical acceptability is significantly more important. FAR 52.212-3 Alt I Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-5 (Dev) Contract Terms and Condition Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Deviation). FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities. FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration. FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor. FAR 52.222-50. FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds. FAR 52.232-33 Payment by EFT - CCR. FAR 52.233-1 Disputes. FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest. FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award. FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contracts. FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, with the following fill-in: http://farsite.hill.af.mil. FAR 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses with the following fill-in: Department of Defense (48 CFR Chapter 2). FAR 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms. DFARS 252.204-7004 Alt A Required Central Contractor Registration Alternate A. DFARS 252.212-7001 (Dev) Contract Terms and Conditions. DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program. DFAS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors. DFARS 252.247-7023 Alt III Transportation of Supplies by Sea, Alternate III. DFARS 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Request; requests for payments must be submitted electronically through the Wide Area WorkFlow system at https://wawf.eb.mil. AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman. Clauses may be accessed electronically in full text through http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Contractors must be actively registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov, at Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) at http://wawf.eb.mil, and at Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov. Please send any response to joseph.hoh@lajes.af.mil or fax to 011-351-295-57-3210 NO LATER THAN 26 JUNE 2009, 8:00 AM, EST. Point of contact is Joseph Hoh, SrA, Contract Specialist, telephone 011-351-295-57-3148, joseph.hoh@lajes.af.mil. Alternate POC is Jan-Pierre Malboeuf, TSgt, Contracting Officer, telephone 011-351-295-57-3123, jan-pierre.malboeuf@lajes.af.mil.