Dept of Justice, Fed Prison Industries, 320 1st Street NW -- Material Mgt Branch, Washington, DC 20534-0001

59 -- NUT SOL 1PI-R-1533-00 DUE 022300 POC Broderick J. Stone, Contracting Officer, (202)305-7318 WEB: Click here to download a copy of solicitation, www.unicor.gov/procurement/electronics/index.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer, bstone@central.unicor.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with theformat in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as supplemented withadditional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the onlysolicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Thesolicitation number is 1PI-R-1533-00, and this solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation shall be obtained at http://unicor.gov/procurement/electronics. Click on the solicitation number and adobe acrobat will download the package. All required forms are available by clicking on the "FORMS" link at the bottom of this webpage. Offerors must submit the following forms: 1) ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form; 2) FPI9999.999-9 -- Business Management Questionnaire with 3 references 3) SF1449 -- Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items; 4) FAR 52.212-3 -- Offeror Representatations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. Any proposal that rejects the terms and conditions of this announcement or does not include all of the required forms may be excluded from consideration. The solicitation document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-14. The Standard Industrial classification is 5065. The business size is 500. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. intends to enter into a five-year, firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity supply type contract for the following modified commercial item in accordance with Work Statement/Specifications: 0001 -- UNICOR Part # NUT0075, Nut, D, SM-B-346214, RD-U-001031, Part #: DWG#SM-B-346214, Procurement Spec: DWG#SM-B-346214, Estimated Maximum Quantity is 2,500,000 each. Guaranteed Minimum is 125,000 each, Variation in quantity is 0% increase and 0% decrease. This shall apply to all line items. COTR for resulting contract will be Charlie Dille. Funds will be obligated by individual delivery orders and not by the contract itself. Any supplies to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders by the Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix, AZ. Orders must be delivered complete. No partial deliveries will be accepted. Discounts for early payment, if offered, will not be considered in the price evaluation. FAR 52.216-19, ORDER LIMITATIONS, the minimum order limitations per delivery order for which the Government is obligated to purchase and the contractor is obligated to accept for each line is 5000 each. The maximum order limitation per delivery order for line item 0001 is 25,000 each with any order for a combination of line items 1 in excess of 25,000 each. The contractor will not be obligated to honor an order for any of these items for quantities exceeding these maximum order limitations. Also, the contractor will not be obliged to honor a series of orders for any of these items from the same ordering office within fourteen (14) days that together call for quantities exceeding these maximum order limitations. However, the contractor shall honor orders exceeding the maximum order limitation unless the order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within seven (7) days after issuance with a written statement expressing the contractors intent not to ship and the reason. In accordance with FAR 52.216-18, ORDERING, orders may be issued under the resulting contract from the date of award through five (5) years thereafter. In accordance with FAR 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY, the contractor shall not be obligated to make deliveries under this contract after 60 days beyond the contract expiration date. Office of Management and Budget(OMB) No 9000-0136 which expires September 30, 2001 applies to this solicitation under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The following clauses also apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS FOR SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT with its alternate I, FAR 52.219-6 NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, FAR 52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION, FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS, FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS, FAR 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, FAR 52.222-35 AFFIRMATION ACTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA, FAR 52.223-11 OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES, FAR 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER, FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS. FAR 52.211-3 AVAILABILITY OF SPECIFICATIONS NOT LISTED IN THE GSA INDEX OF FEDERAL SPECIFICATIONS, STANDARDS AND COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTIONS. The telephone contact for this acquisition is Broderick J. Stone, Contracting Officer at (202)305-7318. Required delivery by the contractor to the factory is 60 days after after receipt of an individual delivery order which may be issued telephonically or by facsimile. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., I-17 North, Exit 225, Pioneer Road, Phoenix, AZ 85086. Vendors may submit a signed and dated federal express or hand delivered quote to: UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, 400 First Street N.W., Washington DC 20534, 7th Floor, ATTN: Bid Custodian. In accordance with FAR 52.215-5 FACSIMILE PROPOSALS, facsimile proposals will be accepted and shall be addressed to Broderick J. Stone, Contracting Officer at 202-305-7363/7365. The due date and time for receipt of proposals is 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 23, 2000. All proposals must reference the solicitation number and the due date for receipt of proposals. In addition to this, each proposal must contain the name, address and telephone number of the offeror as well as any discount terms that are offered and the remit to address (if different from the mailing address). Offerors shall provide pricing in Section B of the solicitation for the component for the five years in the contract period. All offerors must hold their prices firm for 60 calendar days from the due date specified for receipt of proposals. INCREMENTAL PRICING will NOT be accepted. Technical evaluation to be performed by Phoenix factory on any suppliers product that has not sucessfully provided this nut previously. Three(3) nuts shall be submitted to Phoenix factory to Mitzi Adams before closing date of this synopsis solicitation for technical evaluation. The package the samples come in needs to reference the solicitation number. The criteria for technical evaluation is contractor must pass technical evaluation, past performance and price. Any amendments hereby issued to this solicitation will be synopsized in the same manner as this solicitation and must be acknowledged by each offeror. Any proposals or modifications to proposals received after the specified due date for receipt of proposals will not be considered. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to a responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is considered most advantageous to the Government. Inaccordance with FAR 52.212-2, EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, evaluation of offers will be based 50% past performance, 25% on technical evaluation and 25% on price. Price shall be evaluated by multiplying each offerors's proposed unit price by the estimated maximum for each item taking into consideration any applicable Buy American differentials. Discounts for early payment, if offered, will not be considered in the evaluation for award. In order for the Government to evaluate past performance, each offeror must submit references of at least three (3) previously performed contracts. Each reference must contain the name, address and telephone number of the company or Government agency for which the contract was performed as well as a contact person from that company or agency and the contract number if applicable. The Government may make an award with or without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a price standpoint. A written notice of contract 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 specified expiration date of an offer, the Government may accept that offer unless a written notice of withdrawal is received prior to award. Future requirements from the UNICOR factory in Phoenix may be modified to the contract resulting from this announcement if considered to fall within the scope of work and the price is determined to be fair and reasonable. Request for drawings to Mitzi Adams(FCI Phoenix) (623)465-9757 ext 325 phone/(623)465-9556 fax. NO CALLS PLEASE. See Note 1. Posted 02/02/00 (W-SN421132). (0033)

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