Wooden Pallets, Demo - 24x48 inch

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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will NOT be issued. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) using FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items; the Solicitation number is W52P1J-21-Q-PT76. The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-06/07-12-2021. The NAICS code for this procurement is 321920; the small business size standard is 500 employees. The Federal Supply Code is 3990. Offerors must be registered within the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of submission of an offer. The website for SAM is https://www.sam.gov/. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT This solicitation is issued for the following: CLIN 0001: Demo Pallets Quantity: 7,000 each IAW Drawing CAAA 8663, Rev B *Drawing CAAA 8663, Rev B is provided in Attachment 0002 Material Certification Test Report: A Material Certification Test Report shall accompany each delivery and an email copy shall be sent to jason.a.martin92.civ@mail.mil and cindy.k.wagoner.civ@mail.mil. See Attachment 0003. PACKAGING AND PACKING Preservation, Packaging, and Packing shall be Commercial Packaging TYPE OF ACQUISITION AND CONTRACT This acquisition is issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI) intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Contract. DELIVERY and LOCATION Delivery shall be FOB Destination to: Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Building 148, 300 Highway 361, Crane, Indiana 47522-5001. When responding to this solicitation, Attachment 0001 shall be submitted which includes the following: Per-Unit and Total Price. Price shall be limited to 2 decimal places. Each yellow cell shall be filled out with appropriate information or pricing. Company Name/Address/CAGE Code/DUNS number Point of Contact (Name/Title/phone number/email address) Completed Attachment 0004 - FAR 52.204-24 - Sec 889 LISTING OF ATTACHMENTS Attachment 0001 - Pricing Sheet - Demo Pallets Attachment 0002 - Drawing Number CAAA 8663, Rev B - Demo Pallet Attachment 0003 - Certified Material Test Report Attachment 0004 - FAR 52.204-24 - Sec 889 BASIS FOR AWARD Award will be made on price only to the offeror who provides the lowest Total Price, who is determined to be responsible and who is compliant with all the requirements of this Solicitation. In accordance with FAR 52.212-1(g), the Government intends to award a contract against this solicitation without discussions. Award will be made on a Firm Fixed Price basis. Offers shall be submitted in the following way: Electronically via email to the Contract Specialist jason.a.martin92.civ@mail.mil and Contracting Officer cindy.k.wagoner.civ@mail.mil. Offerors shall include - W52P1J-21-Q-PLTS - Response - [Insert Offeror's Name] within the Subject line. QUESTIONS Questions shall be submitted in the same manner as Offers, electronically via email to the Contract Specialist. **Note: Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning this solicitation at the earliest time possible, to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered. CLAUSES The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) commercial clauses, apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference (clauses may be obtained via the internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil): FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items FAR 52.212-3 Alt I Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, Alternate I FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items Within FAR 52.212-5, the following optional clauses apply: FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment FAR 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns FAR 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation 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 Veterans FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving FAR 52.225-1, Buy American -- Supplies FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management FAR 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment FAR 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment FAR 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors FAR 52.233-2, Service of Protest FAR 52.233-3, Protest after Award FAR 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order FAR 52.245-1, Government Property FAR 52.245-9, Use and Charges FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information DFARS 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation DFARS 252.211-7007 Reporting of Government Furnished Property DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities DFARS 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism DFARS 252.225-7074, Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime. (Deviation 2020-O0005) DFARS 252.226-7001, Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial items DFARS 252.245-7001, Tagging, Labeling, and Marking of GFP DFARS 252.245-7002, Reporting Loss of Government Property DFARS 252.245-7003, Contractor Property Managment System Administration DFARS 252.245-7004, Reporting, Reutilization, and Disposal DFARS 252.246-7003, Notification of Potential Safety Issues DFARS 252.246-7008, Sources of Electronic Parts DFARS 252.247-7022, Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea The following provisions are provided in full text FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services and Equipment (Aug 2020) *SEE ATTACHMENT 0002 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (DEVIATION 2020-O0008). (a) Definition. - Small business concern, as used in this clause, 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 size standards in this solicitation. (b) Applicability. This clause applies only to (1) Contracts that have been totally set aside for small business concerns; and (2) Orders set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F). (c) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern. (d) Agreement. (1) For a contract or an order at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, a small business concern may provide the end item of any firm. For a contract or an order exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, unless the Small Business Administration has waived the requirements of paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (iii) of this clause in accordance with 13 CFR 121.1204, a small business concern that provides an end item it did not manufacture, process, or produce, shall (i) Provide an end item that a small business has manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas; (ii) Be primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sell the type of item being supplied; and (iii) Take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; for example, providing storage, transportation, or delivery. (2) For contracts or orders for multiple end items, at least 50 percent of the total value of the contract or order shall be manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas by small business concerns. (3) Paragraphs (d)(1) through (2) of this clause do not apply to construction or service contracts. (End of clause) 52.222-19 Child Labor'Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies. (DEVIATION 2020-O0019) (a) Applicability. This clause does not apply to the extent that the Contractor is supplying end products mined, produced, or manufactured in (1) Israel, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $50,000 or more; (2) Mexico, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $83,099 or more; or (3) Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, or the United Kingdom and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $182,000 or more. (b) Cooperation with Authorities. To enforce the laws prohibiting the manufacture or importation of products mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, authorized officials may need to conduct investigations to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under this contract. If the solicitation includes the provision 52.222-18, Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products, or the equivalent at 52.212-3(i), the Contractor agrees to cooperate fully with authorized officials of the contracting agency, the Department of the Treasury, or the Department of Justice by providing reasonable access to records, documents, persons, or premises upon reasonable request by the authorized officials. (c) Violations. The Government may impose remedies set forth in paragraph (d) for the following violations: (1) The Contractor has submitted a false certification regarding knowledge of the use of forced or indentured child labor for listed end products. (2) The Contractor has failed to cooperate, if required, in accordance with paragraph (b) of this clause, with an investigation of the use of forced or indentured child labor by an Inspector General, Attorney General, or the Secretary of the Treasury. (3) The Contractor uses forced or indentured child labor in its mining, production, or manufacturing processes. (4) The Contractor has furnished under the contract end products or components that have been mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced or indentured child labor. (The Government will not pursue remedies at paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this clause unless sufficient evidence indicates that the Contractor knew of the violation.) (d) Remedies. (1) The Contracting Officer may terminate the contract. (2) The suspending official may suspend the Contractor in accordance with procedures in FAR Subpart 9.4. (3) The debarring official may debar the Contractor for a period not to exceed 3 years in accordance with the procedures in FAR Subpart 9.4. (End of clause) 252.225-7974 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime. (Deviation 2020-O0005) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision - Agency or instrumentality of the government of Venezuela means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in section 28 U.S.C. 1603(b), with each reference in such section to - a foreign state deemed to be a reference to - Venezuela. - Business operations means engaging in commerce in any form, including acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce. - Government of Venezuela means the government of any political subdivision of Venezuela, and any agency or instrumentality of the government of Venezuela. - Person means (1) A natural person, corporation, company, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group; (2) Any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government, including a multilateral development institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3)); and (3) Any successor, subunit, parent entity, or subsidiary of, or any entity under common ownership or control with, any entity described in paragraphs (1) or (2) of this definition. (b) Prohibition. In accordance with section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub. L. 116-92), contracting officers are prohibited from entering into a contract for the procurement of products or services with any person that has business operations with an authority of the government of Venezuela that is not recognized as the legitimate government of Venezuela by the United States Government, unless the person has a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. (c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that the Offeror (1) Does not have any business operations with an authority of the Maduro regime or the government of Venezuela that is not recognized as the legitimate government of Venezuela by the United States Government; or (2) Has a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. (End of provision) The following additional clause applies: Crane Army Ammunition Activity Delivery Instructions CAAA receiving hours are Mon - Thurs, 0700 - 1430 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY; Includes Inert & Freight All Kind (FAK); appointments will be made via Carrier Appointment System (CAS). Carriers without access to the CAS System, call (812)854-2199 or (812)854-2339, 48 hours prior to delivery for appointment. Failure to follow the protocol stated herein and/or obtain a scheduled delivery time prior to delivery, may result in the truck being turned away. Crane Army Ammunition Activity Building 148 300 Highway 361 Crane, Indiana 47522 AMENDMENTS and QUESTIONS & ANSWERS W52P1J-21-Q-PLTS Amendment 01, September 8, 2021 The purpose of this amendment 01 to W52P1J-21-Q-PLTS is to respond to questions received. Question 1) Is the listed address the final destination of delivery? If so, should we include the shipping cost in the price on the quote? Answer: Yes that is the shipping address. Yes, shipping costs shall be included in the quote as per the instruction FOB destination. Question 2) Can all 7,000 pallets be delivered all at once? Is the 1,000 pallets per 2 weeks required, or can vendors quote a different delivery schedule? Answer: Delivery is to be 1,000 pallets every two (2) weeks. Question 3) The solicitation synopsis states that - offerors must be registered within the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of submission of an offer. Would you accept a proposal with award contingent on the offeror being registered in SAM at time of award? Answer: No. Offerors must be registered within SAM at the time of submission of an offer. W52P1J-21-Q-PLTS Amendment 02, September 22, 2021 The purpose of this amendment 02 to W52P1J-21-Q-PLTS is to respond to questions received. Question 1) Drawing 8663 specifies: - MATERIAL TO BE #2 CONSTRUCTION GRADE LUMBER OR PALLET LUMBER. On the Material Test Report Directions one of the items to be verified is: - Material to be #2 construction grade lumber or better. Does Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) #3 Pallet Lumber meet the contract material requirements? Answer: Southern yellow pine (SYP) #3 Pallet Lumber is acceptable. Question 2) Is a variance in actual quantity shipped in each 1000 pallet lot allowed? Answer: There is no Variation in Quantity with this contract. Question 3) Does FAR 52.225-1 Buy American-Supplies require us to use nails made in the USA? Answer: It is up to the vendor to ensure that its process is in compliance with FAR 52.225-1 Buy American-Supplies. Question 4) Does the delivery driver need any particular security clearance when performing deliveries to the location? Answer: No clearance is required to make deliveries.