PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE
Solicitation No.: SGE500-14-R-0050
The American Consulate General, Frankfurt provides the following Pre-Solicitation Notice regarding the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for:
Replacement of existing Freight Elevator
American Center, New Delhi, India
The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany, intends to issue a Firm Fixed-Price Construction Type Contract during the third quarter of calendar year 2014.
The successful contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, engineering, coordination, transportation, hoisting and rigging, tools and equipment required to modernize the existing freight elevator at the American Center in New Delhi, India.
It is anticipated that the magnitude of this project is between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00 U.S. Dollars for the entire project. Proposals will be due in July 2014, and it is intended to award the contract shortly thereafter.
Companies interested in the solicitation should express their interest by written correspondence, no later than Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at the above email address and MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, Name, Telephone, Email Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm DO NOT TELEPHONE.
Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English and possess all appropriate permits and licenses to perform construction work in India.
A Pre-Proposal Conference and organized site-visit is being planned, details of which will be provided to interested offerors.
APPLICATION FOR SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION
CHECK LIST
IMPORTANT: In responding to this notice, you are required to acknowledge that your company is able to reach compliance with the following highlighted requirements included in the solicitation.
Business Licenses to Work in Thailand: In accordance with DOSAR 652.242-73 AUTHORIZATION AND PERFORMANCE (AUG 1999) you will be required to provide written certification of authorization to operate and do busines in India.
You will be required to provide information that clearly shows you are ble to work in the country of India. Any entry or work visa issues requirements must be clearly discussed with a plan to mitigate any risk clearly identified.
Irrevocable Letters of Credit (ILOC): You shall show by way of a letter from a financial institution that your company will be provided with ILOCs totaling 40% of the value of the contract. The amounts being approved by your bank will need to be written into the documentary proof.
If you have a Duns number* and have been SAM** registered, please include with your response to this solicitation. Please note that the requirement to obtain a Duns number and for your company to be SAM registered, will be a mandatory requirement upon contract award.
* Dunn and Bradstreet: www.dnb.com/get-a-duns-number.html
** System for Award Management: SAM.gov
The failure to provide the above documentation when submitting your proposal may result in your proposal being found technically unacceptable and removed from the competition without further discussions.
Solicitation and award will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of America. This requirement is being competed utilizing full and open competition procedures.
The Contract Specialist for the administration of this contract is Graham Andrews, Tel. +49 69 7535 3307, email [email protected].
Graham S. Andrews, Branch Chief/Supervisory Procurement Specialist, Phone 00496975353307, Email [email protected] - Kenneth G. Mamba, Contract Specialist, Phone 00496975353350, Email [email protected]