AWARD CRITERIA

This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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.

US Customs and Border Protection is seeking proposals for narcotics incineration services in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW) and all clauses/provisions found in this document .The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 562211. This solicitation will be issued through Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizops) website (www.fedbizops.gov).

The United States Customs and Border Protection is seeking a vendor to provide the use of their incineration facility to officers of the Customs and Border Protection to secure the incineration of narcotics. 

This requirement will be solicited under full and open competition. The anticipated contract type will be firm fixed price IDIQ with fixed priced task orders for one base year and four (4) one- year option periods. Continuation of the contract each year will be dependent on availability of funds.  The base year period of performance shall be September 25, 2013 through September 24, 2014. 

Basis of Award:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation based on lowest priced technically acceptable with a satisfactory past performance. Satisfactory past performance is defined as a minimum of a satisfactory rating on all five questions on the past performance questionnaire

EVALUATION FACTORS

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation based on lowest priced technically acceptable with a satisfactory past performance. Satisfactory past performance is defined as a minimum of a satisfactory rating on all five questions on the past performance questionnaire. In order to be deemed technical acceptable; an offerror must be rated acceptable in all seven technical evaluation factors below: A rating of unacceptable shall result in an automatic disqualification from consideration.

•A.    Ability to incinerate materials at a minimum temperature range of 1800 to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.

•B.    Capacity to shred narcotics when needed

•C.    Contractor's Incineration Facility must be located in a geographical area where emergency responders can reach the location within 10 to 15 minutes.

•D.    Capacity to maintain Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) System to monitor the incineration process as it occurs.

•E.     The capacity to incinerate soft and hard narcotics at a minimum rate of 2,000 lbs per hour.

•F.    Capacity to provide one forklift and one forklift driver in order to assist CBP officers in moving bulk packages of narcotics or materials into the incineration facility when needed. Each forklift will have a lifting capacity of a minimum of 1000 lbs. not to exceed a maximum lift capacity of 6500 lbs

•G.    Capacity to certify incoming and outgoing weights of CBP vehicles transporting narcotics.

•H.    The Contractors facility shall be within 400 miles from 109 Shiloh Dr., Suite 300
Laredo , TX   78045

   Past Performance evaluation
The completed questionnaires shall be sent to the contract specialist Ebrima Conteh at [email protected] no later than 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST), September 03, 2013. Each vendor is responsible for coordinating with their referenced customers to ensure that completed past performance questionnaires are submitted to the Contract Specialist Ebrima Conteh at [email protected] no later than the above referenced date/time. Failure to submit past performance will result in elimination from competition.

Price Proposal

The price per pound for incinerating soft and hard narcotics shall be evaluated and shall include overhead, cost of all labor, supplies, equipment, CCTV monitoring, parking and supervision. Interested vendors shall provide pricing per pound for one year and four one-year option periods. 

The Government will evaluate each Offeror's price to determine fairness and reasonableness. Price Proposals will be evaluated using one or more of the techniques defined in FAR 15.101 in order to determine if the price is reasonable.

If a vendor intends to respond to this solicitation by submitting a proposal and has questions concerning the solicitation and its requirements the deadline for submitting questions is 2.00 PM Eastern Standard Time September 03, 2013.

Vendors shall submit their proposals electronically to Ebrima Conteh, Contract Specialist (email: [email protected]) by 2 PM Eastern Standard Time September 06, 2013.

The total amount of hard narcotics incinerated last year was approximately 10,000 pounds

The total amount of soft narcotics incinerated last year was approximately 240,000 pounds

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