SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Subscription to cq.com (Congressional Quarterly)
- Notice Date
- 7/7/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- N00604 1942 Gaffney Street, Ste 100 Bldg. 475-2, Code 200 Pearl Harbor, HI
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0060406T0572
- Response Due
- 7/17/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2006
- Description
- The Regional Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii intends to award a sole source, unrestricted contract to Congressional Quarterly, Inc for access to CQ.com. The proposed contract action is for commercial supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR13.501(a)(1)(ii). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, the Government will consider all quotes received within TEN (10) DAYS after date of publication of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The applicable NAICS Code is 516110 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in FAR Subpart 12.6, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Part 13, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This combined synopsis/solicitation SHALL be posted on both FEDBIZOPPS and NECO (http://www.neco.navy.mil/ ). Reference Request for Quotation (RFQ) number N00604-06-T-0572 on all quotes and correspondence. The Prospective contractor is responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation. This synopsis/solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ), for a Firm Fixed Price type contract incorporating! provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-09 Effective on April 19, 2006 & Defense Change Notice 20060616 Edition. These clauses may be obtained via the Internet at FAR site: http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html or DFARS site: http://www.acq.ods.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html or by request from this office. This requirement is for a firm fixed price contract for subscription to access CQ.com for four (4) offices. The subscription period is 17 October 2006 through 16 October 2007. The prospective contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database (CCR) to be eligible for Department of Defense Contract awards. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror/quoter ineligible for award. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items is applicable to this procurement. A single award will be made to the responsible contractor whose offer is (1) technically acceptable, (2) lowest price. The Offeror shall submit a completed copy of the provisions listed below along with their offer): FAR 52.212-3 Alternate 1, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items. Please complete your Representations and Certifications at the following website: https://orca.bpn.gov/; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. The following clauses under FAR 52.212-5 apply to this requirement: FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; and FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; FAR: 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party. FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds. FAR 52.213-2, Invoices. DFARS 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration; DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments; DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items. The following clauses under DFARS 252.212-7001 apply to this requirement:: DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program; DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. DFARS 252.243-7023 ALT III, Transportation of Supplies by Sea. UNIT PRICES (MAY 2006)(FISC Pearl Harbor); Contractor?s unit prices, when incorporated into a Government contract, will be released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) without further notice to the Contractor that submitted the prices. If the Contractor does not want his unit prices released, then he shall submit his proposal with the appropriate legends regarding the data, and explain in detail why such data cannot be released as a public record under FOIA. REVIEW OF AGENCY PROTEST (FISCPH) (APR 2000) (a) The contracting activity, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor (FISCPH), will process agency protest in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 33.103 (d) (4), agency protests may be filed directly with the appropriate Reviewing Authority or a protester may appeal a decision rendered by a Contracting Officer to the Reviewing Authority. (c) The Reviewing Authority for FISCPH is the Director, Regional Contracting Department (Code 200), Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, at 1942 Gaffney Street, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-4549. Agency procurement protests should clearly identify the initial adjudicatin g official, i.e, the Contracting Officer or Reviewing Official. (d) The decision of the Contracting Officer will not extend the timeliness requirements of GAO. Therefore, any subsequent protest to GAO must be filed within 10 days of knowledge of initial adverse agency action. All prospective quoters interested in submitting a quotation for this solicitation shall include your name, address, telephone number, point of contact, fax number, e-mail address and commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. Any questions regarding this requirement must be in writing and submitted no later than 11:00 a.m. (Hawaii Standard Time) 14 JULY 2006. Quotes must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time), 17 JULY 2006. Quotes shall be faxed to (808) 473-0811. Quotes may be emailed to kristopher.tom@navy.mil.
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