Source: https://www.instantmarkets.com/view/ID38110512022240883751673462528938483799/UK_Fridge_Freezer
Timestamp: 2018-12-17 00:28:51
Document Index: 209010804

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 12', 'art 12', 'art 12', 'art 13', 'art 127', 'art 126']

UK Fridge Freezer
08 May, 2017 (19 months ago)
14 May, 2017 (19 months ago)
FA5587-17-Q-0020
48 CES Bldg 73 RAF Feltwell Brandon, Suffolk, England IP26 4HL United Kingdom
May 05, 2017 6:23 am
May 08, 2017 9:18 am
Track Changes CHANGE TO DELIVERY ADDRESS. Please see attached Combo/Solicitation Information document.
Request for Quote (RFQ) - UK Fridge/Freezers - Reference (FA5587-17-Q-0020)
Requesting Agency: 48th Civil Engineering Squadron - 48 CES/CEN
RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, United Kingdom IP27 9PN
Purchasing Agency: 48th Contracting Squadron - 48 CONS/LGCB
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation IAW FAR Part 12 and 13.5. In order to be considered for award, offerors must adhere to all quotation requirements detailed herein. Submit written quotes in reference to Request for Quote (RFQ) reference number FA5587-17-Q-0020.
***To be considered for award, you or your company must be registered with SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Please note that electronic funds transfer through WAWF is the ONLY ACCEPTABLE means of invoicing and payment. Refer to https://wawf.eb.mil for registration information. Offerors must provide their DUNS number, CAGE code, and confirmation of their registration along with their quote.
Due to the overseas location of this solicitation, no set-aside will be used. The NAICS code for this requirement is 423620 - Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers.
This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95 dated 19 Jan 2017.
Potential Offerors are to provide a quote for the following:
CLIN DESCRIPTION QUANTITY TOTAL PRICE
0001 UK Fridge/Freezers
(see below for product details)
Price per unit (each) __________ X Quantity _____100_____ + Shipping __________
= GRAND TOTAL (USD) $______________
 Prices shall be quoted in
USD ($) and quotes shall be valid for a minimum of 60 DAYS
 See addenda and specific instructions below
EXTENDED ITEM DESCRIPTION:
European Fridge/Freezer
Suggested Model: AEG S83920CMW2
3 Prong UK Plug
Euro Energy Rating A++ (at a minimum)
Must Contain CE Certification Marking
Minimum Gross Fridge Capacity: 240 Litres
Minimum Gross Freezer Capacity: 85 Litres
Outer Dimension of the Appliance: 180-205cm (H), 55-60cm (W), 55-66cm (D)
Minimum 3 Shelves
Minimum 3 Freezer Compartments
Inscription/instruction shall be in EnglisheCMRA - Contractor Manpower Reporting Application - Section 2330a of title 10, United States Code (10 USC 2330a), requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an annual inventory of contracts for services performed during the prior fiscal year for or on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD) by 31 Oct. The inventory must include the number of contractor employees using direct labor hours and associated cost data collected from contractors. Information from the secure web site is considered to be proprietary in nature when the contract number and contractor identity are associated with the direct labor hours and direct labor dollars. At no time will any data be released to the public with the contractor name and contract number associated with the data. Contractors for other than Army components can visit
https://afcmra.hqda.pentagon.mil/Help/Full_User_Guide.pdf to review user manuals and gain an understanding about the data fields that will be included in the reporting structure that is hosted at
http://www.ecmra.mil/ . When filling out the required information please utilize "FFBX70 - USAF IN EUROPE" as the UIC if you cannot locate the UIC for this contract among the provided options.. Also, the FSC for this specific contract is ___7290_______.
Applicability: The reporting requirement applies to all contracted services, provided theorganization that is receiving or benefiting from the contracted services is a Department of
Defense organization, including reimbursable appropriated funding sources from non-DoD
executive agencies where the Defense Component requiring activity is executive agent for the function performed. The reporting requirement does not apply to situations where a Defense Component is merely a contracting agent for another executive agency. In general, the only contracted services excluded from reporting are construction and utilities.
All deliveries shall be accomplished no later than 60 days after receipt of award.
48 CES
Bldg 73
Brandon, Suffolk, England IP26 4HL
RESPONSES TO REQUEST FOR QUOTE:
Quotes are due to this office no later than 1:00p.m. Eastern Time, 14 May 2017. Quotes will be sent via e-mail to jenna.colon.2@us.af.mil and eric.schaffstein@us.af.mil
FAR 52.252-1: Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)
This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/
FAR 52.252-2: Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)
This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Provisions:
52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items
52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions
Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) Provisions:
252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Gov't of a Terrorist Country
252.225-7042 Authorization to Perform (Apr 2003)
Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) Clauses:
52-204-7 System for Award Management
52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause under paragraph (b) are considered checked and applicable to the acquisition:
_X_ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402).
_X_ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
_X_ (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government' Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Aug 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
X (29) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (E.O. 13126).
_X_ (40) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011).
X (44) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury)
X (50) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).
52.229-6 Taxes - Foreign Fixed Price Contracts
Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR):
252.204-7004 Alternate A, System for Award Management
252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are owned or controlled by the Government of a terrorist country
252.225-7043 Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense
252.229-7007 Verification of United States Receipt of Goods
252.229-7008 Relief of Import Duty (United Kingdom)
252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests
252.232-7008 Assignment of Claims (Overseas)
252.233-7001 Choice of Law (Overseas)
Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulations (AFFARS):
5352.201-9101 Ombudsmen
5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations.
Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items
As prescribed in FAR 12.302(d) the following addendum is provided for solicitation provision FAR 52.212-1 and hereby amends any language therein:
A. To assure the timely and equitable evaluation of quotations, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors and if applicable, sub-factors. Quotations submitted in response to this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation must address the following evaluation factors which include a price quote and technical qualifications as follows and defined in paragraph B - Quote Specifics.
B. Quote Specifics: All quotes must include the following information:
1. Quote must contain a complete list of technical specifications of the products being offered.
2. Quotes must contain warranty terms and conditions if offered through standard commercial practices or by the offeror
3. Quote Delivery: Offerors are advised that delays can be experienced with the base email system. Quotes must be emailed to arrive at the following email address by the required date.
4. Formal Communication: Offerors should submit formal communications such as
requests for clarifications and/or information concerning this solicitation via email.
5. Companies or individual's complete mailing and remittance address on company letterhead.
6. Discount for prompt payment - if any
7. Offeror shall be enrolled in System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/
8. Quotes shall be quoted in US Dollars ($) and shall be valid for a period of no less than 60 days
9. Prices shall be all inclusive as outlined in the line items above
10. Quote shall include delivery direct to destination. There shall be no shipping line item. It shall be inclusive in the item cost.
11. Return a completed copy of Offeror Representations and Certifications; please see FAR 52.212-3 with ALT I within this solicitation for additional direction or provide updated information electronically through ORCA at https://orca.bpn.gov
12. Offeror shall acknowledge all solicitation amendments (if applicable)
C. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.
BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: This is a competitive solicitation for quotations on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable-basis conducted in accordance with FAR part 12 and FAR part 13.5. The Government will make award from among technically acceptable quotes, based on price and technical.
52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Nov 2013)
"Inverted domestic corporation," as used in this section, means a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), i.e., a corporation that used to be incorporated in the United States, or used to be a partnership in the United States, but now is incorporated in a foreign country, or is a subsidiary whose parent corporation is incorporated in a foreign country, that meets the criteria specified in 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c). An inverted domestic corporation as herein defined does not meet the definition of an inverted domestic corporation as defined by the Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 7874.
"Manufactured end product" means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except-
(1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications posted on the SAM website.
(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov. After reviewing the SAM database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ____________. [Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (o) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on SAM.]
(ii) It [_] is, [_] is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (c)(6)(i) of this provision is accurate for each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name or names of the WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB
Program and other small businesses that are participating in the joint venture: _________.] Each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the WOSB representation.
(10) [Complete only if the solicitation contains the clause at FAR 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, or FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program-Disadvantaged Status and Reporting, and the offeror desires a benefit based on its disadvantaged status.]
(i) General. The offeror represents that either-
(A) It [_] is, [_] is not certified by the Small Business Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern and identified, on the date of this representation, as a certified small disadvantaged business concern in the SAM Dynamic Small Business Search database maintained by the Small Business Administration , and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its certification, and, where the concern is owned by one or more individuals claiming disadvantaged status, the net worth of each individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); or
(ii) Joint Ventures under the Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns. The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that it is a joint venture that complies with the requirements in 13 CFR 124.1002(f) and that the representation in
paragraph (c)(10)(i) of this provision is accurate for the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name of the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture: ________________.]
(11) HUBZone small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that--
(ii) It [_] is, [_] is not a HUBZone joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 126, and the representation in paragraph (c)(11)(i) of this provision is accurate for each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the names of each of the HUBZone small business concerns participating in the HUBZone joint venture: __________.] Each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the HUBZone representation.
(f) Buy American Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American Act - Supplies, is included in this solicitation.)
(1) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (f)(2) of
this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of "domestic end product." The terms "commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "component," "domestic end product," "end product," "foreign end product," and "United States" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act-Supplies."
(i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or (g)(1)(iii) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The terms "Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product," "commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "component," "domestic end product," "end product," "foreign end product," "Free Trade Agreement country," "Free Trade Agreement country end product," "Israeli end product," and "United States" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act."
(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act":
(iii) The offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act." The offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item
and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of "domestic end product."
(2) Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate I. If Alternate I to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:
(3) Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate II. If Alternate II to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:
(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled ''Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act'':
(4) Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate III. If Alternate III to the clause at 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:
(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Korean, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act":
(B) The taxpayer is delinquent in making payment. A taxpayer is delinquent if the taxpayer has failed to pay the tax liability when full payment was due and required. A
taxpayer is not delinquent in cases where enforced collection action is precluded.
(j) Place of manufacture. (Does not apply unless the solicitation is predominantly for the acquisition of manufactured end products.) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall
indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly-
(o) Prohibition on contracting with entities engaging in certain activities or transactions
relating to Iran.
(iii) Certifies that the offeror, and any person owned or controlled by the offeror, does not knowingly engage in any transaction that exceeds $3,000 with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates, the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50(U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (see OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List at http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/t11sdn.pdf).
(d) When work under this contract requires unescorted entry to controlled or restricted areas, the contractor shall comply with restricted area procedures coordinated through the RAF Lakenheath Security Forces Office.
In accordance with FAR 13.004 -- Legal Effect of Quotations the following information is provided in regards to quotations.
(c) If the Government issues an order resulting from a quotation, the Government may (by written notice to the supplier, at any time before acceptance occurs) withdraw, amend, or cancel its offer.
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