SOLICITATION NOTICE
13 -- NFTTU
- Notice Date
- 3/1/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 332992
— Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Border and Transportation Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Headquarters Procurement Division, Wash DC, 425 I Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20536
- ZIP Code
- 20536
- Solicitation Number
- NFU040075
- Response Due
- 3/3/2004
- Archive Date
- 3/18/2004
- Point of Contact
- Thaddeus Rowan, Contract Specialist, Phone (202)305-0178, Fax (202)514-3353, - Jan Wisor, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-305-2130, Fax 202-514-3353,
- E-Mail Address
-
thaddeus.rowan@dhs.gov, jan.wisor@dhs.gov
- Description
- (i) 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. (ii) This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Reference Number NFU0400075 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-19. (iv) The Government will consider all offers on an unrestricted basis (i.e., all types and sizes of business are eligible to compete) in making this award. If a minimum of two offers from qualified small business concerns are not received, the award for this RFP will be made on the basis of full and open competition from among all responsible business concerns submitting offers. (v) (vi) MUST BE LAW ENFORCEMENT GRADE AMMUNITION. 0001 ITEM NEEDED: 970,000 rounds of 357 SIG, 125 GRAIN, gold dot hollow point -limited penetration and 0002 ITEM NEEDED: 970,000 rounds of 9MM 124 GRAIN, gold dot hollow point, +P. (vii) DELVERY DATE APRIL 5, 2004. Freight On Board (FOB) Destination. The Department of Homeland Security will not consider quotes from offeror who cannot/will not make delivery of items as stated above. Items shall be sent to ATTN: RON BEEGLE, NATIONAL FIREARMS AND TACTICAL TRAINING UNIT, 320 EAST CHESTNUT AVE, ALTOONA, PA 16601. The selected contractor must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. (viii) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Past performance information may be rejected by the Department of Homeland Security. (ix) FAR 52.212-2 ?Evaluation ? Commercial Items? applies to this acquisition. The government plans to award a commercial item purchase order to one offeror with the BEST VALUE to the government. Therefore, all offerors ?MUST,? submit their BEST PRICE and DELIVERY DATE with capabilities through www.FedBid.com. Partial deliveries are not acceptable. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires the items BRAND NAME or EQUAL and must include the specifications as identified by program manager and technical specialist. Offerors are cautioned to address each specification completely when submitting their quote. Offerors that do not address each specification fully shall be rejected without further consideration. NOTE: Offerors quoting the brand name product that are not the manufacturer or an authorized distributor of the brand name product MUST submit a signed letter from the manufacturer of the brand name product stating the following: ?Manufacturer, has agreed to supply Brand Name Product to Your Company for the purpose of providing the supplies to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security?. Letter MUST be typed written on the manufacturers company letterhead and submitted via either primary fax number 202-514-3353 to the attention of Thaddeus Rowan, Contract Specialist, by the closing date, February 26, 2004, 10:00 a.m. of the auction. The letter MUST be provided in order to be considered for award. NO EXCEPTIONS. (x) Offerors MUST submit a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, ?Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items.? (xi) FAR 52.212-4 ?Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items? and (xii) FAR 52.212-5 ?Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items? applies to this acquisition. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.arnet.gov/far. (xiii) The Government intends to conduct an on-line competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by FedBid.com, a third-party reverse auction provider. FedBid.com has developed an on-line, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. All part numbers and functional specifications are provided on FedBid.com. Participants will submit a series of quotes, which descend in price during a specified period of time. All responsible sources MUST submit a quote to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Requisition/Reference Number NFU040075 using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use FedBid.com exchange should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their FREE REGISTRATION. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid.com Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID or via email at ClientServices@FedBid.com. The Government is taking this action in an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple and competitive real-time quotes for products. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith quotes, to use decoys in the quotation process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive quotation process. *** Should Offerors require additional clarification; contact FedBid.com at (877) 9FEDBID or ClientServices@Fedbid.com, or thaddeus.rowan@dhs.gov (xiv), (xv) ? N/A (xvi) The reverse auction will start on MONDAY, March 1, 2004 at 1330 EST and end on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2004 at 1330 EST. (xvii) Thaddeus Rowan, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-305-0178, Fax, 202-305-3353, Email Thaddeus.rowan@dhs.gov - Jan K. Wisor, Acting Branch Chief, Phone 202-305-2130, Fax, 202-305-3353 Email jan.wisor@dhs.gov
- Place of Performance
- Address: ATTN: RON BEEGLE,, NATIONAL FIREARMS AND TACTICAL TRAINING UNIT,, 320 EAST CHESTNUT AVE,, ALTOONA, PA
- Zip Code: 16601
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 16601
- Record
- SN00534088-W 20040303/040301221537 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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