WELDING/BRAZING SERVICES

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6 of the FAR and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation number HSCG40-12-Q-61461 applies, and is issued as a Request for Quotation. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 2005-59, May, 2102. (iv) The U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center intends to negotiate and award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order on a sole-source basis to Earlbeck. It is the Government's belief that they are the only source capable of providing the required service to the Coast Guard Cutters. However, other potential sources with the expertise and required capabilities to provide this material can submit such data discussing the same in duplicate within 5 days from the date of this announcement. This data must include sufficient information to allow the Coast Guard to evaluate the quotes relative to the below requirements. Concerns that respond to this notice must fully demonstrate the capability to accomplish the below and are to supply pertinent information in sufficient detail to demonstrate a bona fide capability to meet the requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330. (v) PROVIDE PRICING FOR THE BELOW SERVICES: CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE SERVICES OF AN AWS SENIOR CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR AND AWS CERTIFIED WELDING EDUCATORTO ASSIST THE U. S. COAST GUARD YARD WELDING AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WELDING AND BRAZING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE REUIREMENTS OF BOTH OUR MLCA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK. Item 1) BASE YEAR WELDING CERTIFICATION - CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST YARD WELDING DEPARTMENT AS PER ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK BASE YEAR TRAINING. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: ________ REQUIRED DATE OF SERVICE: 6/18/12 Item 2) BASE YEAR CERT DECLINE/FAIL CONTINGENCY. BASE YEAR DELINE/FAIL OPTION . QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: ________ Item 3) WELDING CERTIFICATION OPTION YEAR ONE (1). CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST YARD WELDING DEPARTMENT AS PER ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK OPTION YEAR ONE (1) TRAINING. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: ________ Item 4) OPTION YEAR ONE (1) CERT DECLINE/FAIL CONTINGENCY. OPTION YEAR ONE (1) DECLINE/FAIL OPTION. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: _________ Item 5) WELDING CERTIFICATION OPTION YEAR TWO (2). CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST YARD WELDING DEPARTMENT AS PER ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK OPTION YEAR TWO (2) TRAINING. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: _________ Item 6) OPTION YEAR TWO (2) CERT DECLINE/FAIL CONTINGENCY. OPTION YEAR TWO (2) DECLINE/FAIL OPTION. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: _________ Item 7) BASE YEAR FOR BRAZING CERTIFICATION. CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST YARD MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT AS PER ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK FOR BASE YEAR TRAINING. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: _________ REQUIRED DATE OF SERVICE: 6/18/12 Item 8) BASE YEAR FOR BRAZING CERT DECLINE/FAIL CONTINGENCY. BASE YEAR DECLINE/FAIL OPTION. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: _________ Item 9) BRAZING OPTION YEAR ONE (1). CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST YARD MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT AS PER ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK FOR OPTION YEAR ONE (1) TRAINING. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: __________ Item 10) BRAZING OPTION YEAR ONE (1) DECLINE/FAIL CONTINGENCY. OPTION YEAR ONE (1) DECLINE/FAIL OPTION. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: ________ Item 11) BRAZING OPTION YEAR TWO (2). CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST YARD MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT AS PER ATTACHED SATEMENT OF WORK . OPTION YEAR TWO (2) TRAINING. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: ________ Item 12) BRAZING OPTION YEAR TWO (2) DECLINE/FAIL CONTINGENCY. OPTION YEAR TWO (2) DECLINE/FAIL OPTION. QTY: 1 JOB TOTAL AMOUNT: ________ TOTAL AMOUNT BASE AND OPTION YEARS: __________________ PLEASE SUBMIT QUOTES TO KATHY LECHERT BY 12:00 NOON ON 31 MAY 2012 VIA EMAIL @ contact@example.gov OR FAX TO +1 (555) 000-0000. QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS RFQ SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO KATHY LECHERT AT +1 (555) 000-0000 OR contact@example.gov. (vii) The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation. Offerors may obtain full text versions of these clauses electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov/far. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Feb 2012). Parties responding to this solicitation may submit their offer in accordance with their standard commercial practices (e.g. on company letterhead formal quote form, etc.) but must include the following information: 1) company's complete mailing and remittance addresses 2) discounts for prompt payment if applicable 3) cage code 4) Dun & Bradstreet number 5) Taxpayer ID number 6) Price and delivery information 7) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their offer. (viii) FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (Jan 1999). - 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. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Delivery/Service is more important than price or past performance. The Government reserves the right to do trade-offs. Award may be made to other than the lowest price. Award will be a best value decision. The Government intends to award on an all or none basis to a responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation, and provides the Government with the best value. The evaluation and award procedures in FAR 13.106 apply. The U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Contract (ix) FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Apr 2012) with Alt 1 shall be submitted with their offers. The use of ORCA is mandatory as of January 1, 2005. ORCA is available through Business Partner Network (BPN) at http://www.bpn.gov. Contractors will use ORCA to electronically submit annual representations and certifications (REP & CERTS). If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete paragraphs (b) through (k) of provision FAR 52.212-3 which can be obtained electronically at http://www.arnet.gov/far. (x) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (May 2012) applies to this acquisition. The following addendum applies: Address for submission of invoices is U.S. Coast Guard YARD, P.O. Box 4122, Chesapeake, VA 23327-4122. (xi) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders, Commercial Items (May2012). The following clauses listed in 52.212-5 are incorporated: a. 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Feb 2012) (Pub.L. 109-282)(31 U.S.C. 6101 note). b. 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644). (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-6 (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011) of 52.219-6). c. 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Apr 2012) (15 U.S.C. 632 (a) (2)). d. 52.222-3 Convict labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755) e. 52.222.19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (July 2010) (EO 11755) f. 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999) g. 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (March 2007)(E.O. 11246) h. 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010)(29 U.S.C. 793) i. 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (EO. 13513) j. 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O's, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). k. 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003)(21 U.S.C. 3332). l. 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq). m. 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 1989)) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq). n. 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act-Price Adjustment (multiple Year and Option Year Contracts) (sep 2009) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq). NOTICE FOR FILING AGENCY PROTESTS United States Coast Guard Ombudsman Program It is the policy of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to issue solicitations and make contract awards in a fair and timely manner. The Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests (OPAP) was established to investigate agency protest issues and resolve them without expensive and time-consuming litigation. OPAP is an independent reviewing authority that is empowered to grant a prevailing protester essentially the same relief as the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Interested parties are encouraged to seek resolution of their concerns within the USCG as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) forum rather than filing a protest with the GAO or some external forum. Interested parties may seek resolution of their concerns informally or opt to file a formal agency protest with the Contracting Officer or Ombudsman. Informal Forum with the Ombudsman. Interested parties who believe a specific USCG procurement is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their concerns to the applicable Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer is unable to satisfy their concerns, interested parties are encouraged to contact the U.S. Coast Guard Ombudsman for Agency Protests. Under this informal process the agency is not required to suspend contract award performance. Use of an informal forum does not suspend any time requirement for filing a protest with the agency or other forum. In order to ensure a timely response, interested parties should provide the following information to the Ombudsman: solicitation/contract number, contracting office, Contracting Officer, and solicitation closing date (if applicable). Formal Agency Protest with the Ombudsman. Prior to submitting a formal agency protest, protesters must first use their best efforts to resolve their concerns with the Contracting Officer through open and frank discussions. If the protester's concerns are unresolved, an Independent Review is available by the Ombudsman. The protester may file a formal agency protest to either the Contracting Officer or as an alternative to that, the Ombudsman under the OPAP program. Contract award or performance will be suspended during the protest period unless contract award or performance is justified, in writing, for urgent and compelling reasons or is determined in writing to be in the best interest of the Government. The agency's goal is to resolve protests in less than 35 calendar days from the date of filing. Protests shall include the information set forth in FAR 33.103(d) (2). If the protester fails to submit the required information, resolution of the protest may be delayed or the protest may be dismissed. To be timely protests must be filed within the period specified in FAR 33.103(e). Formal protests filed under the OPAP program should be submitted to: COMMANDANT (CG-9131) U S COAST GUARD OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM FOR AGENCY PROTESTS WASHINGTON DC 20593-7112 The Ombudsman Hotline telephone number is +1 (555) 000-0000. Additional contract requirements: If the item(s) required in the contract resulting from this solicitation are customarily warranted in the trade by a standard commercial warranty, such warranty shall be incorporated into this contract and thereby provided to the Government at no additional cost. Any standard commercial warranty provided shall be identical to the standard commercial warranty normally offered by the Contractor to the Contractor's most favored customer. Offerors are requested to state the terms and conditions of their standard commercial warranty or to attach a copy of the warranty terms with their proposal. QUOTES ARE DUE BY 12:00 NOON Eastern Standard Time on 31 May 2012 Quotes may be emailed to: contact@example.gov. Point of Contact: Kathy Lechert, Purchasing Agent, Tele. No. +1 (555) 000-0000, email address: contact@example.gov.