TOWLINE CARTS

The Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna (DDSP), New Cumberland, PA has a requirement to purchase tow line carts. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 in conjunction with 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is SP3300-09-Q-0092. This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-32 effective 31 Mar 2009 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) DCN 20090115 edition and Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive (DLAD) Current to Revision 5 and PROCLTR 2009-12. The complete text of any of the clauses and provisions may be accessed in full text at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for small Business concerns. The NAICS code applicable to this acquisition is 333922 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. CLIN 0001 - TOWLINE CART, 4-WHEELED PLATFORM WITH TOW SWIVEL CASTERS RATED AT LEAST 500 LBS EACH IN FRONT. EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-BACKUP BEARINGS TO PREVENT THE CART FROM MOVING BACKWARD AFTER ACCUMULATION HAS TAKEN PLACE. EQUIPPED WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE IN THE FRONT AND A DECK CONSISTING OF ROLLERS. CART SHALL INCLUDE RUBBER SOUND PROOFING ON FRONT BUMPER AND ON MODIFIED BUMPER STOPS. TOWLINE CART WEIGHT SHALL BE MAINTAINED AT 870 LBS +/1 0.2%. HEIGHT FROM FLOOR TO TOP OF THE ROLLERS: 21 INCHES. HEIGHT FROM FLOOR TO TOP OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AT THE FRONT OF THE CART: 52 INCHES. WIDTH OF SUPERSTRUCTURE: 33 INCHES. OVERALL LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE DECK: 47-1/2 INCHES X 52 INCHES (PALLET SIZE 40 X 48). WHEEL SIZE: 8 INCHES. CASTER SIZE: 7 INCHES. REFERENCE SI HANDLING PART NUMBER L30B46A1 OR EQUAL. 59 EACH @ $____________________ EACH = $____________________ TOTAL NOTE: One (1) cart shall be required to be delivered no later then 45 days after receipt of order for approval by the Government point of contact prior to complete delivery. Contractor shall include a spare parts list including noun and part number for each part on the cart. Cart shall be warranted at a minimum of six (6) months against defects in material and workmanship from date of acceptance. Production design, mechanical drawing and work product shall be the property of the Government upon payment of invoice(s). SITE VISIT: A site visit may be scheduled to look at existing towline carts by calling Dave Schreffler at +1 (555) 000-0000. Offerors are cautioned that remarks and explanations provided during a site visit shall not change the terms of this solicitation unless the solicitation is amended in writing. All questions concerning this solicitation must be submitted in writing via an email to contact@example.gov. Delivery point is FOB DESTINATION to Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna, 2001 Mission Drive, Bldg. 2001, New Cumberland, PA 17070 Any award resulting from this solicitation will be issued on a Standard Form (SF) 1449. PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT IS BY GOVERNMENT CREDIT CARD: DO YOU ACCEPT A CREDIT CARD FOR PAYMENT? YES _____ NO _____ NOTE: To receive an award resulting from this solicitation, offerors MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database IAW FAR 52.212-1(k) and DFARS 204.1104. Registration may be done on line at: www.ccr.gov. The following FAR and DFARS clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offers-Commercial Items. Addenda to 52.212-1; the following paragraphs are hereby deleted from this provision: (d) products samples, (e) multiple offers and (h) multiple awards. FAR 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) DLAD 52.233-9000 AGENCY PROTESTS (SEP 1999) Companies protesting this procurement may file a protest 1) with the Contracting Officer, 2) with the General Accounting Office, or 3) pursuant to Executive Order No. 12979, with the Agency for a decision by the Activity's Chief of the Contracting Office. Protests filed with the agency should clearly state that they are an - Agency Level Protest under Executive Order No. 12979. (Note: DLA procedures for Agency Level Protests filed under Executive Order No. 12979 allow for a higher level decision on the initial protest than would occur with a protest to the Contracting Officer; this is not an appellate review of a Contracting Officer's decision on a protest previously filed with the Contracting Officer). Absent a clear indication of the intent to file an agency level protest, protests will be presumed to be protests to the Contracting Officer. (End of Provision) DLAD 52.233-9001 DISPUTES: AGREEMENT TO USE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) (JUN 2001) (a) The parties agree to negotiate with each other to try to resolve any disputes that may arise. If unassisted negotiations are unsuccessful, the parties will use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques to try to resolve the dispute. Litigation will only be considered as a last resort when ADR is unsuccessful or has been documented by the party rejecting ADR to be inappropriate for resolving the dispute. (b) Before either party determines ADR inappropriate, that party must discuss the use of ADR with the other party. The documentation rejecting ADR must be signed by an official authorized to bind the contractor (see FAR 52.233-1, or for the agency, by the Contracting Officer, and approved at a level above the Contracting Officer after consultation with the ADR Specialist and with legal counsel (see DLA Directive 5145.1). Contractor personnel are also encouraged to include the ADR Specialist in their discussions with the Contracting Officer before determining ADR to be inappropriate. (c) If you wish to opt out of this clause, check here ( ). Alternate wording may be negotiated with the Contracting Officer. (End of Provision) OFFER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS'Quotes must include the following items. Submission of a quote that does not contain all items requested below may result in elimination from consideration for award. 1. Quotations may be submitted in contractor format and shall include: (1) Company name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and FAX number (2) Solicitation number (3) Unit Price and extended prices for all CLIN(S) (4) Proposed shipping time (5) Contractor DUNS Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code (6) Signed acknowledgements of amendments (applicable only if any amendments are issued against this solicitation) 2. Contractors are required to include a copy of the FAR provision 52.212-3-Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items and DFAR 252.212-7000-Offeror Representation and Certification-Commercial Items with its proposal or may indicate completion of the representations and certifications on the internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. Failure to include the certifications along with the price proposal or to complete the certifications on the internet may result in elimination from consideration for award. FAR 13-106-2 Evaluation of Quotations or Offers. The Government intends to evaluate quotes in response to this quotation and will award one firm-fixed price contract to the lowest price technically acceptable offeror whose quote represents the lowest price. Therefore to be considered for award offerors are required to submit literature that clearly indicates that the contractor has the technically capability to perform the work by providing evidence they have the necessary personnel, equipment, and financial resources to manufacture and deliver the towline carts. This information will be used to determine technical acceptability. Technical information shall be evaluated on a go/no go basis and will not be rated. Any offeror who has been determined acceptable (go) on their technical information will then have its quote evaluated for price. Technical Capability - The minimum criteria for acceptably shall be the submission of literature that clearly indicates that the contractor has the technically capability to perform the work by providing evidence they have the necessary personnel, equipment, and financial resources to manufacture and deliver the towline carts. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions'Commercial Items. Addenda to 52.212-4; the following clauses apply: FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination 52.211-9 - DESIRED AND REQUIRED TIME OF DELIVERY (JUN 1997) (a) The Government desires delivery to be made according to the following schedule: DESIRED DELIVERY SCHEDULE - All items within 75 days after date of contract award. If the offeror is unable to meet the desired delivery schedule, it may, without prejudicing evaluation of its offer, propose a delivery schedule below. However, the offeror's proposed delivery schedule must not extend the delivery period beyond the time for delivery in the Government's required delivery schedule as follows: REQUIRED DELIVERY SCHEDULE - All items with 90 days after date of contract award. Offers that propose delivery of a quantity under such terms or conditions that delivery will not clearly fall within the applicable required delivery period specified above, will be considered nonresponsive and rejected. If the offeror proposes no other delivery schedule, the desired delivery schedule above will apply. OFFEROR'S PROPOSED DELIVERY SCHEDULE: All items with _____ days after date of contract award. (b) Attention is directed to the Contract Award provision of the solicitation that provides that a written award or acceptance of offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror results in a binding contract. The Government will mail or otherwise furnish to the offeror an award or notice of award not later than the day the award is dated. Therefore, the offeror shall compute the time available for performance beginning with the actual date of award, rather than the date the written notice of award is received from the Contracting Officer through the ordinary mails. However, the Government will evaluate an offer that proposes delivery based on the Contractor's date of receipt of the contract or notice of award by adding (1) five calendar days for delivery of the award through the ordinary mails, or (2) one working day if the solicitation states that the contract or notice of award will be transmitted electronically. (The term - working day excludes weekends and U.S. Federal holidays.) If, as so computed, the offered delivery date is later than the required delivery date, the offer will be considered nonresponsive and rejected. (End of Clause) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders'Commercial Items (in paragraph (b) the following clauses apply: FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor'Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of segregated facilities FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans FAR 52.222-39 Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons FAR 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items. The following additional clauses/provisions apply: FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American Act'Free Trade Agreement'Balance of Payments Program ALT I DFARS 252.243-7002 Request for Equitable Adjustment DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea DLAD 52.247-9012 REQUIREMENTS FOR TREATMENT OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM) (FEB 2007) (a) This clause only applies when wood packaging material (WPM) will be used to make shipments under this contract and/or when WPM is being acquired under this contract. (b) Definition. Wood packaging material (WPM) means wood pallets, skids, load boards, pallet collars, wooden boxes, reels, dunnage, crates, frame and cleats. The definition excludes materials that have undergone a manufacturing process, such as corrugated fiberboard, plywood, particleboard, veneer, and oriented strand board (OSD). (c) All Wood Packaging Material(WPM) used to make shipments under DOD contracts and/or acquired by DOD must meet requirements of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15, "Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Materials in International Trade." DOD shipments inside and outside of the United States must meet ISPM 15 whenever WPM is used to ship DOD cargo. (1) All WPM shall comply with the official quality control program for heat treatment (HT) or kiln dried heat treatment (KD HT) in accordance with American Lumber Standard Committee, Incorporated (ALSC) Wood Packaging Material Program and WPM Enforcement Regulations (see http://www.alsc.org/). (2) All WPM shall include certification/quality markings in accordance with the ALSC standard. Markings shall be placed in an unobstructed area that will be readily visible to inspectors. Pallet markings shall be applied to the stringer or block on diagonally opposite sides of the pallet and be contrasting and clearly visible. All containers shall be marked on a side other than the top or bottom, contrasting and clearly visible. All dunnage used in configuring and/or securing the load shall also comply with ISPM 15 and be marked with an ASLC approved DUNNAGE stamp. (d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this restriction may result in refusal, destruction, or treatment of materials at the point of entry. The Agency reserves the right to recoup from the Contractor any remediation costs incurred by the Government. (End of Clause) Offerors responding to this announcement shall submit their quotations via FAX to Julie Metzger, +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mail to contact@example.gov. All quotes must be received by MAY 19, 2009 AT 3:30 PM EST to be considered for award.