BRAND NAME OR EQUAL TO EQ002 SImMAN 3G MANKIN & ACCESSORIES
Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25919Q0752 Unrestricted
SIM EQ002, Laerdal Simulators (BRAND NAME OR EQUAL TO)
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. Oral quotes will not be accepted. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation.
* The deadline for all questions is 11:00am EST, 9/19/19
All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation. Send to Kim.Cooper3@va.gov
** Quotes are to be provided to Kim.Cooper3@va.gov no later than 3:00pm EST, 9/24/19.
This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is RFQ # 36C25919Q0752. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation.
This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-05, August 13, 2019 and Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR). The complete text of any of the clauses and provisions may be accessed in full text at
www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html and www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339113 with a small business size standard of 100 employees. This solicitation is an unrestricted.
This procurement is for NEW EQUIPMENT ONLY, no remanufactured or gray market items. All equipment must be covered by the manufacturer s warranty.
The Vendor shall be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment/system such that the OEM warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All warranty and service associated with the equipment/system shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The vendor shall provide new items ONLY; no remanufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.
The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA facility upon discover of such items.
List of Line Items;
SEE ATTACHED
Delivery and acceptance is to be F.O.B Destination (FAR 52.247-34) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at 1999 NORTH FITZSIMMONS PARKWAY, AURORA CO 80045.
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial
ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL
Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.
State if quoted items are available and priced through contractors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.
Contractors socioeconomic status must be verified in the VA Vendor Information Pages (VIP): https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Unverified contractors will be considered non-responsive.
Contractors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the contractor making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.
All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.
All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The contractor shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Contractors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote. Any award made resulting from this solicitation will be made based on the best overall quote that is determined to be the best overall value to the Government, considering (I) Technical Capability and (II) price.
Respondents to this announcement shall submit their quote on Contractors Letterhead in accordance with FAR 52.212-1. Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Price (II) General Standards of Responsibility.
Volume I - Price
Complete the Price Schedule of Supplies/Services of this solicitation, with proposed line item prices inserted in appropriate spaces and detail/itemize the pricing or add additional line items, if applicable. Vendor may provide break out of cost with additional line items, if desired.
The Government requires contractors to quote unit prices and total prices that are two (2) decimal places. The unit price multiplied by unit quantity must equal the total price for that line item.
(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)
52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items
ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:
Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made based on the best overall quote that is determined to be the overall best value to the government. Pursuant to FAR 52.212-2. The Offeror that submits the offer that meets all the requirements of the solicitation, is responsive and responsible, and has the lowest cumulative price for all items and the offer is fair market price will be selected.
The Government anticipates awarding a single Firm-Fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced acceptable offer that conforms to all solicitation requirements. For price evaluation purposes, the lowest price acceptable offer will be selected for award. The lowest price quote received will be sent to a technical advisor/expert for compatibility/functionality evaluation as compared against the requirements provided in the SOW. Any offer deemed unacceptable, will be eliminated from competition. The Government also reserves the right to make no award at all.
All quotes shall be subject to evaluation by Government personnel. The Government intends to award without discussions based upon the initial evaluation of quotes. Consequently, contractors are highly encouraged to quote their best pricing quotes in their initial submissions. However, the Government reserves the right to communicate with any or all contractors submitting a quote, if it is determined advantageous to the Government to do so. If these communications take place, the Government is not obligated to communicate with every contractor (note that FAR Part 15 procedures do not apply; therefore, formal discussions are not applicable). All contractors will be treated fairly and impartially. A contractor may be eliminated from consideration without further communication if its pricing quotes are not among those contractors considered most advantageous to the Government based on a best value determination.
All Offerors are advised that, in the interest of efficiency, the Government reserves the right to conduct the review in the most effective manner. Specifically, the Government may first sort the quotes of all Offerors by price from lowest price to the highest. Thereafter, the Government will review the capability of the lowest priced quote only. If the lowest priced Offeror s capability is determined to be acceptable and meets the requirements, the Government may make award to that Offeror without further reviews of the remaining Offerors capability. If the lowest priced Offeror s capability is determined to not meet the requirement, then the Government may review the capability next lowest priced quote, and so forth and so on, until the Government reaches a quote that is determined to meet the capability requirements.
Quotes that merely restate the requirement or state that the requirement shall be met, without providing supporting rationale, are not sufficient. Contractors are cautioned that the award may not necessarily be made to the contractor quoting the lowest price, or to the contractor with the most highly technical quote. Award may be made to other than the lowest priced quote, if the Government determines that a price premium is warranted due to the merits of one or more of the non-price factors.
(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)
52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition
52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items
FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference;
FAR 52.203-6
Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEPT 2006), with Alternate I (OCT 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402)
FAR 52.204-10
Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)
FAR 52.209-6
Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)
FAR 52.219-8
Utilization of Small Business Concerns (NOV 2016) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3));
FAR 52.219-28
Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C 632(a)(2))
FAR 52.222-3
Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755)
FAR 52.222-19
Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (OCT 2016) (E.O. 13126)
FAR 52.222-21
Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015)
FAR 52.222-26
Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O. 11246)
FAR 52.222-35
Equal Opportunity for Veterans (OCT 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212)
FAR 52.222-36
Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793)
FAR 52.222-37
Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212)
FAR 52.222-40
Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) (E.O. 13496)
FAR 52.222-50
Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627)
FAR 52.223-18
Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011)
FAR 52.224-3
Privacy Training (Jan2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a)
FAR 52.225 5
Trade Agreements (OCT 2016) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note)
FAR 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)
FAR 52.232-34
Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332)
Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions:
52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)
This award incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):
http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html
http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/
The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference:
FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management
The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference:
VAAR 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising
VAAR 852.246-71 Rejected Goods
The following VAAR clause to be incorporated in full text:
VAAR 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests
VAAR 852.237-70 Contractor Responsibilities
52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)
This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):
http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR)
http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR)
The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:
FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (JUL 206)
FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)
Date and Time offers are due to Kim.Cooper3@va.gov by 3:00pm EST, 9/24/2019.
Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:
IN SUBJECT LINE PUT RFQ NUMBER WITH REQUIREMENT NAME
Kim Cooper
Contracting Officer
Kim.Cooper3@va.gov
KIM COOPER
KIM.COOPER3@VA.GOV
406-447-6730
kim.cooper3@va.gov
