SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Compilation, editorial and assistance services for preparation and publication of the U.S. Coast Pilot
- Notice Date
- 2/10/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NCNJ5-6-03
- Response Due
- 2/21/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey, Navigation Services Division, Coast Pilot Branch requires compilation, editorial, and assistance services for preparation and publication of the U.S. Coast Pilot. Solicitation Number NCNJ5-6-03 is issued as a request for quotation. This solicitation is set aside exclusively for small business concerns. The period of performance for the required services is March 01, 2006 through December 31, 2006 (approximately 544 hours). The resulting purchase order shall be a competitive Time and Materials award. The award shall be made on a best value basis. Best value evaluation factors include the following: 1) Approach ? The likelihood of effectively meeting the requirements; 2) Past Performance ? The relevance and quality of prior performance; and 3) Price - The amount, realism and consistency of the evaluated price. The evaluation shall be based on use of the adjectival scheme as follows: Outstanding (O) ?Conspicuously striking in eminence; Good (G) ? Beneficial and worthwhile; sound and valid; Adequate (A) ? Reasonably sufficient and suitable; Marginal (M) ? Minimally suitable at the lower limit. The Government shall award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The solicitation document and incorporated clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular Number 2005-08. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The following clauses shall apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions ? Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Items); FAR 52.232-7, Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts. All interested contractors must be actively registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the CCR website www.ccr.gov. All interested contractors are invited to review the attached Statement of Work entitled ?Nautical Cartographic Analysis for the Publication of the U.S. Coast Pilot? dated February 1, 2006 and provide a written and electronic response to be received no later than February 21, 2006 addressed to Sandra K. Souders, Purchasing Agent, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1305 East West Highway, Suite 7167, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, Sandra.K.Souders@noaa.gov. An original and four copies shall be submitted as well as an electronic version in MS Word or Adobe Acrobat. The electronic version shall be in the form of an email with attachments. The offer, including letter of transmittal, shall be limited to five (5) single sided pages. Submit offers arranged in three sections as follows: Section I ? Approach, which includes identification and qualifications of relevant personnel and technical management approach; Section II ? Past Performance, which includes relevant experience which describes at least three (3) relevant projects performed in the last three years and quality of performance; Section III ? Price, Time and Materials (T&M) price for compilation, editorial and assistance services for the preparation and publication of the U.S. Coast Pilot. The T&M price shall include sufficient data to allow the Government to determine the amount, realism and consistency of the firm fixed price. Award shall be made to the responsible contractor that offers the best value to the Government. The Government shall not be liable for any costs incurred in response to this request.
- Record
- SN00985256-W 20060212/060210212200 (fbodaily.com)
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