W--Rental of Miscellaneous Equipment

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. Solicitation No. W912EE-13-T-0019 is being issued as a Request For Quote (RFQ) with the intent to award as a simplified acquisition. The solicitation will be competed as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside. The solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-66. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 532490 Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing with a size standard of $7,000,000.00. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Vicksburg District has a requirement for: LINE ITEM 0001 RENTAL OF ARTICULATED TRUCK SIMILAR OR EQUAL TO CATERPILLAR D400 FOR 1 MONTH 2 Each $____________ LINE ITEM 0002 RENTAL OF DOZERS SIMILAR OR EQUAL TO CATERPILLAR D6 N FOR 1 MONTH 2 Each $____________ LINE ITEM 0003 RENTAL OF EXCAVATOR SIMILAR OR EQUAL TO CATERPILLAR 330 CL W/2 YARD ROCK BUCKET FOR 1 MONTH 2 Each $____________ LINE ITEM 0004 RENTAL OF EXCAVATOR SIMILAR OR EQUAL TO CATERPILLAR 385 CL W/UGLY BUCKET AND TIGER TEETH FOR 1 MONTH 1 Each $____________ LINE ITEM 0005 RENTAL OF MOBILE HYDRAULIC CRANE SIMILAR OR EQUAL TO GROVE RT 530 FOR 1 MONTH 1 Each $____________ In accordance with the attached Specifications (Attachment 1). An award for this acquisition will be provided to the vendor whose quote is the Lowest Priced of those determined to be Technically Qualified and whose Past Performance is determined to be Satisfactory. 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) Technical - Providing Equipment that at least meets the minimum specifications as defined in Attachment 1 2) Past Performance - Satisfactory past performance (on time delivery within the past 4 years, support during rental period, and dependable equipment) of equipment rentals. 3) Price The vendor must submit the following so the Government can evaluate the offeror's technical acceptability: 1) Sufficient information to determine the quality of each piece of equipment is in accordance with the specification requirements as defined in (Attachment 1) 2) The vendor must provide Past Performance contact information from similar deliveries completed in the past 4 years of similar rental. 3) Must include a filled out Bid Submission Form (Attachment 2). SAM Registration: As required by FAR 52.204-99 all offerors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), if you are not registered in (SAM), an award CANNOT be made to your company. You may register electronically at http://www.sam.gov. The following FAR Clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.204-99 System for Award Management; FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items - and the following clauses cited within that clause: FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First Tier Sub Contract Awards; FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractor Debarred, Suspended or Proposed for Debarment; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-27 Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving; FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration; FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; The full text of these FAR clauses can be accessed electronically at website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm. The following DFARS Clauses are also applicable to this acquisition: DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.204-7011 Alternative Line Item Structure; DFARS 252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership of Control by Government of a Terrorist Country; DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (MAR 2008); 252.225-7000 Buy American Statute-Balance of Payments Program Certificate DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments; The full text of these DFARS clauses can be accessed electronically at website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFDFARA.HTM. TECHNICAL INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS All technical inquiries and questions relating to W912EE-13-T-0019 are to be submitted via Bidder/Offeror Inquiry in ProjNet at http://www.projnet.org/projnet. To submit and review bid/offer inquiry items, offerors will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register go to web page, click BID tab select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, enter Key for this solicitation listed below, and your e-mail address, click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click, continue. From this page you may view all bidder inquiries or add inquiry. Bidders/Offerors will receive an acknowledgement of their question via email, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed by our technical team. The Solicitation Number is: W912EE-13-T-0019 The Bidder/Offeror Inquiry Key is: DBB6EA-GA798Z Bidders/Offerors are encouraged to submit questions at least 3 days prior to the closing/response date of the solicitation in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. Bidders/Offerors are requested to review the specification in its entirety, review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry. The call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800-428-HELP. Notes to Offerors: Quotes are due Wednesday, 3 April 2013 not later than 2:00 p.m. to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Quotes should be submitted electronically via email to: contact@example.gov. For information concerning this solicitation, contact Leah Cobb at +1 (555) 000-0000; E-mail: contact@example.gov You are responsible for reading all information contained in this solicitation and all attachments if any posted with it. Offerors should check the FedBizOpps web site often for a new solicitation and/or modifications to this solicitation. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their proposals arrive prior to the scheduled closing time. Quotes must be clearly identified for Solicitation No W912EE-13-T-0019.