Active

Contract Opportunity

Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) are an official government contracting resource for small businesses. Find your local PTAC (opens in new window) for free government expertise related to contract opportunities.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format prescribed in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement “6923G223Q000004” constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95, effective January 19, 2017.

The Solicitation number is “6923G223Q00004” and issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The combined synopsis/solicitation will result in a firm fixed price purchase order.

This requirement is a total set-aside for small business. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered non-responsive and will be rejected (in accordance with FAR 52.219-06 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside which applies to this solicitation).

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 315250 - Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (except Contractors) 750

The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York requires the procurement of multiple uniform items as listed below.

REQUIREMENTS:

The United States Merchant Marine is seeking to procure “athletic uniform varsity jacket" as described below in line items 0001-0003 - date required is 8/4/2023

*PLEASE FILL IN, SIGN AND RETURN WITH QUOTE*

Item# Description

0001 VARSITY JACKET (made from 24 ounce melton wool) with woolset-in sleeves. Fiber content of body and sleeves to be eight percent virgin wool and twenty percent nylon. Collar (stand-up), sleeve cuffs and waist band shall be rib knit. Jacket shall include seven full-snap buttons (grey in color) of stainless steel with copper snaps.

Body and sleeves to be navy blue in color. Collar, sleeve cuffs and waist band shall be navy blue with silver grey stripes (approximately 0.5 inch wide).

Front left chest shall include interlocking "KP" in three-inch tall letters (material to be chenille), navy blue in color with an outline of silver grey. Front right chest to include the number "24" (material to be chenille) in interlocking two-inch tall letters, navy blue in color with an outline of silver grey

235 EA

0002 Vendor shall provide full set of sizing samples and one qualified representative for a two-day period during first week of August (during school hours 0800 to 1600) 1 JB

0003 Shipping 235 EA GRAND TOTAL $

REQUIRED DELIVERY DATE: 08/04/2023

BASIS FOR AWARD:

Award will be made to the responsible, technically acceptable offeror, whose quote, conforming to the combined Synopsis/Solicitation, offers the lowest price acceptable in accordance with FAR PT 16.202 Firm-fixed-price contracts

To be awarded this contract, the offeror must be registered in SAM. SAM information may be found at: https://beta.sam.gov/

The provision at 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial items, applies to this solicitation and must be completed via Online Representations and Certifications application (ORCA) at https://beta.sam.gov/

DATE AND TIME:

Signed quotes are due NO LATER THAN 0900A.M. EST on March 29Th 2023

All responsible sources may submit a response which, if timely received, will be considered by the agency.

Quotes can be mailed to:

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Attention: Carmen I. Feliz, Contracting Officer (6923G223Q000004) Procurement Department - Room 212

300 Steamboat Road

Kings Point, NY 11024-1699

Or emailed to: felizc@usmma.edu

Any questions, must be in writing and can be emailed to: felizc@usmma.edu

TERMS OF DELIVERY- Delivery shall be FOB Destination

CLAUSES-52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference

This solicitation 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 the following internet address: Federal Acquisition Regulations (52) https://www.acquistion.gov/COMP/FAR/CURRENT/HTML/FARTOCP52.HTML

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this solicitation.

The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial items (OCT 2014) applies to this acquisition.

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be deemed the lowest price technically acceptable offer. Delivery, technical capability and past performance will be evaluated to determine technical acceptability.

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial items, applies to this acquisition.

FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items is incorporated into this solicitation, however, only the following clauses apply to this acquisition:

52.219-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36 and 52.232-33.

INVOICE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS –

The Contractor may submit invoices in electronic format.

INVOICES

Effective February 1, 2021 the Department of Transportation (DOT) has implemented a new invoicing processing system; Delphi eInvoicing web portal to submit your invoice(s). The login can be found at: www.login.gov. Please see the attached instructions to help you to set-up a user name and password and information on how to submit your invoice(s). There is also a training video to help you to submit your invoice(s) located at: https://einvoice.esc.gov then click on Vendor training

For information regarding this solicitation or any questions, please contact via email:

Carmen I. Feliz, Contracting Officer, Email: felizc@usmma.edu Primary Point of Contact:

CARMEN I. FELIZ CONTRACTING OFFICER

felizc@usmma.edu Phone: 5167266149

Secondary Point of Contact: MAXILLIAN S. DIAH, CONTRACTING OFFICER

diahm@usmma.edu Phone: 5167266152

Fax: 5167735131

Contracting Office Address:

MMA-5206, Division of Procurement Kings Point, New York 11024-1699

Attachments/Links