MODIFICATION
R -- Professional Services - BIE Organization Evaluation
- Notice Date
- 12/21/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- Contracting Office
- BIA - Navajo Regional Office Division of Acquisition P. O. Box 1060301 W. Hill Rm 346 Gallup NM 87305
- ZIP Code
- 87305
- Solicitation Number
- RMN00110037
- Response Due
- 12/28/2010
- Archive Date
- 12/21/2011
- Point of Contact
- Mary Jim Contract Specialist 5058638257 ;
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Amendment No. 001 to solicitation No. RMN00110037 is as follows: 1.To extend the response date from December 27, 2010 to December 28, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. MST (Mountain Standard Time) 2.Submit facsimile/or email quote to: Mary J. Jim, Contract Specialist, Phone (505) 863-8257, Fax (505) 863-8382 and Email: mary.jim2@bia.gov. 3.To include the following statement: "This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition procedures pursuant to the authority of FAR subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items (10 U.S.C. 2304(g) & 2305 & 41 U.S.C. 253(g) & 253a & 253b) FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Item (Title VIII of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994)(Public Law 103-355)", and quotes are being solicited. 4.To include the following: All companies are requested to complete the BIA 1452.280-4, Indian Economic Enterprise Representation. 5.To include the following provisions and clauses: 5a.BIA, 1452.280-2 Notice of Indian economic enterprise set-aside. NOTICE OF INDIAN ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE SET-ASIDE(a) Definitions as used in this clause.Eligible means that the majority owner of an Indian economic enterprise meets the definition of "Indian" and the enterprise meets the definition of "Indian economic enterprise," as set forth below. Participation in the Mentor-Protege Program established under section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act tor Fiscal Year I991 (25 U.S.C. 47 note) does not render an Indian economic enterprise ineligible for contracts awarded under the Buy Indian Act. Indian means a person who is a member of an Indian Tribe. Indian Economic Enterprise means any Indian-owned commercial, industrial, or business activity established or organized for the purpose of profit provided that such Indian ownership shall constitute not less than 51 percent of the enterprise. The enterprise must meet these requirements throughout these time periods: (1) At the time an offer is made in response to a written solicitation;(2) At the time of contract award; and(3) During the full term of the contractIndian Tribe means an Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other recognized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Pub. L. 92-203, 85 Stat. 688; 43 U.S.C. I601), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. Representation means the positive statement by an enterprise of its eligibility for preferential consideration and participation for acquisitions conducted pursuant to the Buy Indian Act, 25 U.S.C. 47, as amended, in accordance with the procedures in BIA Subpart 1480.8.(b) General.(1) Under the Buy Indian Act, offers are solicited only from eligible Indian economic enterprises. Therefore, the offeror must represent that its enterprise is eligible to be considered for award. If selected for award, the offeror must:(i) comply with the minimum 5I percent Indian ownership, daily business management, and, as applicable, majority earnings criteria;(ii) comply with the preference requirements contained in subparagraphs (c)(3) and (c)(4) below during performance of the contract if award is made to the economic enterprise; and(iii) provide the required percentage of the work/costs with its own resources, exclusive of manufactured or leased items or supplies or materials produced offsite.(2) BIA will reject all offers received from ineligible enterprises.(3) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to an eligible Indian economic enterprise, as defined in paragraph (a).(c) Required Submissions. In response to this solicitation, an offeror must also provide the following:(I) A description of the required percentage of the work/costs to be provided by the offeror over the contract term as required by BIA 1452.280-3, Subcontracting Limitations clause;(2) A description of the source of human resources to the work to be performed by the offeror;(3) A description of the method(s) of recruiting and training Indian employees, indicating the extent of soliciting employment of Indian persons, as required by DIAR 1452.226-70, Indian Preference, or DIAR 1452.226-71, Indian Preference Program, clause(s);(4) A description of how subcontractors (if any) will be selected in compliance with the "Indian Preference" or "Indian Preference" clause(s);(5) The names, addresses, and descriptions of work to be performed by Indian persons or economic enterprises being considered for subcontracts (if any) and the percentage of the total direct project work/costs they would be performing;(6) Qualifications of the key personnel (if any) that will be assigned to the contract;(7) A description of method(s) for compliance with any supplemental Tribal employment preference requirements, if contained in this solicitation; and(d) Required Assurance. The contractor must provide written assurance to the Bureau that it will comply, or has, complied fully with the requirements of this clause. It must do this before the Bureau awards a Buy Indian contract, as well as, upon successful and timely completion of the contract, but the Bureau Contracting Officer (CO) accepts the work or product.(e) Continued eligibility. If a contractor no longer meets the definition of an Indian economic enterprise after award, the contractor must notify the CO in writing. The notification must include full disclosure of circumstances causing the contractor to lose eligibility status and a description of any actions that the contractor will take to regain eligibility. Failure to give the CO immediate written notification means that: (1) The economic enterprise may be declared ineligible for future contract awards under this part; and (2) The Bureau may consider termination for default if it is in the best interest of the government.(End of clause) 5B.BIA 1452.280-3 Subcontracting limitations. A contractor shall not subcontract to other than Indian firms more than 50 percent of the work under a prime contract awarded pursuant to the Buy Indian Act. For this purpose, work to be performed does not include the provision of materials, supplies or equipment: SUBCONTRACTING LIMITATIONS(a) Definitions as used in this clause.(1) Concern means any business entity organized for profit (even if its ownership is in the hands of a nonprofit entity) with a place of business located in the United States or its outlying areas and that makes a significant contribution to the U.S. economy through payment of taxes and/or use of American products, material and/or labor, etc. "Concern" includes but is not limited to an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative. F or the purpose of making affiliation findings (see 19.101) any business entity, whether organized for profit or not, and any foreign business entity, i.e., any entity located outside the United States and its outlying areas.(2) Subcontract means any agreement (other than one involving an employer- employee relationship) entered into by a Government prime contractor or subcontractor calling for supplies and/or services required for performance of the contract, contract modification, or subcontract.(3) Subcontractor means a concern to which a contractor subcontracts any work under the contract. The term includes subcontractors at any tier who perform work on the contract.(b) Required Percentages of work by the concern. The contractor must comply with PAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting clause.(c) Indian Preference. Regardless of the contract type for services, supplies, or construction, the contractor agrees to give preference to Indian organizations and Indian owned economic enterprises in awarding subcontracts under this contract in accordance with DIAR 1452.226-71, Indian Preference.(d) Cooperation. The contractor must:(1) Carry out the requirements of this clause to the fullest extent; and(2) Cooperate in any study or survey that the CO, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or its agents may conduct to verify the contractor's compliance with this clause.(e) Incorporation in Subcontracts. The contractor must incorporate the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e), in all subcontracts for supplies, services, and construction awarded under this contract.(End of clause) 5C.BIA 1452.280-4 Indian Economic Enterprise Representation. INDIAN ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE REPRESENTATIONThe offeror represents as part of its offer that it [ ] does [ ] does not meet the definition ofIndian economic enterprise as defined below. (1) Definitions. Indian economic enterprise means any Indian-owned commercial, industrial, or business activity established or organized for the purpose of profit provided that such Indian ownership shall constitute not less than 51 percent of the enterprise. Further, such enterprise must meet the following requirements:(a) At the time an offer is made in response to a written solicitation;(b) At the time of contract award; and(c) During the full term of the contract (2) Definitions. Indian means a person who is a member of an Indian Tribe. If the contractor has reason to doubt that a person seeking employment preference is an Indian, the contractor shall grant the preference but require the individual within thirty (30) days to provide evidence from the Tribe concerned that the person is a member of the Tribe. 5D.52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items. EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) (a) The Government will award a contract 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 Government will make award to the responsible quoter(s) whose quote conforms to the solicitation and is most advantageous to the government, cost or price and technical factors list below considered.The technical evaluation factors are listed below are in descending order of importance:(1) Personnel Qualifications or Technical Management: Proposed Personnel Experience in assessing organizations, research methods and development of survey instruments.(2) Corporate Experience: Offerors will be evaluated on overall corporate resources. "Proven knowledge and demonstrated experience in research methods and survey methodology" Demonstrate experience in managing similar projects.(3) Past Performance: Offerors will be evaluated as to the areas of quality, timeliness, customer satisfaction and business practices. Please provide a list of contracts to include the contract number, POP, point of contact information and the description of the requirement. "Successful past performance on similar projects, to include but not limited to timeliness of performance and customer satisfaction"Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. Price: will be evaluated based upon realism and reasonableness, reflecting a clear understanding of the requirements.(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of provision)
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