USPS Pitney Bowes
(i) 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.
(ii) The requisition number is OS144285. The solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).
(iii) This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-77.
(iv) The corresponding NAICS code is 491110 and the small business size standard is $7.5 million.
(v) List of items/description, and quantities -
United States Postal Service (USPS) - postage for Pitney Bowes machine located in Irvine, CA. USPS postage is to be loaded on the Pitney Bowes machine in one transfer.
(vi) Description of Requirements - Reference above (v)
(vii) Pitney Bowes machine is located in Irvine, CA and postal services are to be provided through 9/30/2015. This is an ALL OR NONE. Evaluation will be based on lowest price technically acceptable.
(viii) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.
(ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this synopsis/solicitation to the responsible Quoter whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.
(x) Quoters are to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, with its offer or acknowledge its listing in the System of Award Management (SAM).
(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.
(xii) The clauses at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Contracting Officer has indicated the following clauses listed in paragraph (b) as applicable and are hereby incorporated by reference:
_X_ (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).
_X_ (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (E.O. 13126).
_X_ (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999).
_X_ (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246).
_X_ (30) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).
_X_ (39) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) (E.O. 13513).
_X_ (43) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).
_X_ (49) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).
(xiii) The clauses at FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services; FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; HHSAR 352.203-70, Anti-Lobbying; HHSAR 352.222-70, Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations, apply to this acquisition.
(xiv) Sole Source Justification:
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.302-1(c), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Program Support Center, Acquisition Management Services, on behalf of the Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals (OMHA) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis to the United States Postal Service (USPS) for postage to be loaded onto the Pitney Bowes machine. When postage is printed using a meter, it records each transaction so that the USPS can later collect postage from the postage meter company, such as Pitney Bowes. Therefore, USPS can record evidence of the postal transaction. Because of the restricted nature of USPS postage machines, the Government must use a postage machine by renting from a provider like Pitney Bowes. To avoid fraud, the function and use of postage meters is closely controlled by the USPS.
(xv) DPAS - N/A
(xvi) Quotes are due Friday, October 31, 2014 by 3:00 pm, EST, electronically to the Contract Specialist at Sara.Marrie@psc.hhs.gov.
(xvii) Contact Ms. Sara Marrie, Contract Specialist, at Sara.Marrie@psc.hhs.gov regarding the solicitation. Any inquiries must be emailed to the Contract Specialist, with "Requisition OS144285 - USPS Pitney Bowes - Inquiries" in the subject line.
Sara J. Marrie, Phone 3014437599, Email sara.marrie@psc.hhs.gov
