OFFICE FURNITURE FOR TWO (2) TN NATIONAL GUARD RECRUITING STORE FRONTS

The Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) Purchasing and Contracting office for United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) TN located at 3041 Sidco Drive, Nashville TN 37204 is issuing a Request for Quote (RFQ) for a commercial, single award contract.  This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 337214 (Office Furniture Except Wood Manufacturing) with a size standard of 1,000 number of employees. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-07 effective date 08/10/2022. This solicitation is not set aside and will be competed IAW FAR 6.1 and FAR 8.6. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract.

Background

The Tennessee Army National Guard requires the procurement and delivery of various office furniture items to support its Antioch and Johnson City Recruiting Store Front Office locations. Item descriptions, quantities, units of measure and required salient characteristics are provided in Table 1 and Table 2 of this combined synopsis/solicitation.

Requirement: Supply

Materials/Handling: Contractor provides materials and handling equipment for delivery to two (2) ground floor location entries with no loading dock available.

FOB: Destination

ARO: 30 Calendar Days from Date of Award Preferred

Shipping Information

Line Items 0001 – 0008, identified in Table 1 of this combined synopsis/solicitation, shall be shipped to the following address:

TN Army National Guard
ATTN: MSG Dustin Rottero
3101 Browns Mill Rd
Suite 10
Johnson City, TN 37615

Line Items 0009 – 0016, identified in Table 2 of this combined synopsis/solicitation, shall be shipped to the following address:

TN Army National Guard
ATTN: MSG Anthony Baird
849 Hamilton Crossing
Antioch, TN 37013

Assembly and Installation

*NO ASSEMBLY OR INSTALLATION REQUIRED*

The government will install all items and assemble any items requiring assembly. Contractor shall provide assembly instructions for any items requiring assembly.  

Instructions

The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and is included in full text within this combined synopsis/solicitation.

Offers are due into this office no later than 09 September 2022 at 10:00 AM Central Standard Time. Questions are due into this office no later than 07 September at 10:00 AM Central Standard Time. Point of contact referencing this solicitation is Justin McQueen at justin.t.mcqueen.mil@army.mil.

Vendor must submit offer on time to justin.t.mcqueen.mil@army.mil. Please refer to Evaluation factors for more information regarding evaluation of offers.

When submitting a quote, vendor must include with their quote the following information:

1. Unique Entity Identifier
2. Tax Identification Number
3. CAGE Code Number
4. Completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 – Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services
5. Delivery Schedule
6. Descriptive literature, (or clear reference to furnished descriptive data), containing the following: item brand name/s, item part and/or model numbers, item photos for reference, warranty information (reference 52.246-17 included below) and any other pertinent information
7. POC Information

*Quotations must be itemized to coincide with the tables included in this solicitation*

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(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 following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i) Technical – To be considered for award process, vendor must submit offer on time. The following sub-factors are considered in this buy: (1) offers must meet or exceed the salient characteristics specified in this solicitation. Vendor must clearly identify the item by:  Brand Name, if any; and Part number or model number; include descriptive literature or a clear reference to furnished descriptive data or other pertinent information available to the Contracting Officer. Include also pictures for reference. (2) Must be active in SAM; (3) must provide a delivery schedule; (4) must provide warranty information (reference 52.246-17 included below).

(ii) Price- All charges must be inclusive including shipping if any.

(iii) Past Performance. Within 3 years Past performances. The Government will use FAPIIS/CPARS for Past Performance evaluation(s). No Past Performance will be judged as neutral.

Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price.

(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). (not applicable)
 

(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)

Table 1: Johnson City, TN Location 
*REFERENCE ATTACHMENTS 1 AND 2 FOR LINE ITEM SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS*

Line Item: 0001          Quantity: 6.000          Unit: Each          Description: Credenza Desk         
Line Item: 0002          Quantity: 6.000          Unit: Each          Description: Return     
Line Item: 0003          Quantity: 6.000          Unit: Each          Description: Two Drawer Mobile File Cabinet  
Line Item: 0004          Quantity: 2.000          Unit: Each          Description: Side Table
Line Item: 0005          Quantity: 6.000          Unit: Each          Description: High-Back Executive Chair
Line Item: 0006          Quantity: 14.000        Unit: Each          Description: Guest Chair
Line Item: 0007          Quantity: 1.000          Unit: Each          Description: Vertical 5-Drawer Letter-Size Metal File Cabinet
Line Item: 0008          Quantity: 2.000          Unit: Each          Description: Vinyl Club Chair, Black

Table 2: Antioch, TN Location
*REFERENCE ATTACHMENTS 1 AND 3 FOR LINE ITEM SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS*

Line Item: 0009          Quantity: 5.000          Unit: Each          Description: Credenza Desk
Line Item: 0010          Quantity: 5.000          Unit: Each          Description: Return
Line Item: 0011          Quantity: 5.000          Unit: Each          Description: Two Drawer Mobile File Cabinet 
Line Item: 0012          Quantity: 5.000          Unit: Each          Description: Hutch
Line Item: 0013          Quantity: 5.000          Unit: Each          Description: High-Back Executive Chair
Line Item: 0014          Quantity: 10.000        Unit: Each          Description: Guest Chair
Line Item: 0015          Quantity: 1.000          Unit: Each          Description: Upholstered Sofa
Line Item: 0016          Quantity: 1.000          Unit: Each          Description: Coffee Table 
 

All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by this Agency. The following provisions and clauses are applicable to this acquisition: 

52.204-7 System for Award Management 
52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 
52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance 
52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 
52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 
52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications 
52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities 
52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment
52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment
52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation
52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters 
52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations
52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services
52.212-4-Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services
52.212-5-Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services
52.222-3 Convict Labor
52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 
52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 
52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 
52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans
52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act 
52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 
52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 
52.225-1 Buy American-Supplies
52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management 
52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim
52.246-17 Warranty Of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature
52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference
252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights
252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials
252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product
252.204-7008 Compliance With Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls
252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting
252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support
252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services-- Representation
252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services -- Representation
252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services
252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements
252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation
252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program
252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items
252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports
252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions
252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments
252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items

Please also see all attachments for additional information pertinent to this solicitation. 

Point of contact referencing this solicitation is Justin McQueen at justin.t.mcqueen.mil@army.mil and 615-313-2672.