# Trailer Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24124q0288 - Solicitation number: 36C24124Q0288 - Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation (first published as sources sought) - Status: Awarded to Wonder State Solutions LLC - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 241-Network Contract Office 01 (36C241) - NAICS: 336212 Truck Trailer Manufacturing - Product or service code: 2330 Trailers - Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside - Place of performance: West Haven - County: Hillsborough County (FIPS 33011). https://abierto.us/counties/hillsborough-county-nh-33011 - City: Manchester. https://abierto.us/cities/manchester-nh-3345140 - First posted: February 14, 2024 - Last posted: April 16, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c6c3cd7b509f42c494182129e1ede802/view ## Description Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as an RFQ. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-03. This solicitation is set-aside for SDVOSB The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 336212, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The FSC/PSC is 2330. The Contracting Activity is seeking to purchase delivery of (1) 24 FOOT TRAILER to West Haven VA Medical Center 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516-2770. This is a brand name (inTech) or equal in accordance with the justification documentation attached. Please see attached PDF for a list of salient characteristics. All interested companies shall provide quotations for the following: Supply QTY UOM MODEL NO. DESCRIPTION 1 EA BTA8524TA4 24 FOOT Trailer (inTech) **Length:** 24.00 ft Width: 8.50 ft Height: 7.50 ft Number of Axles: **2 Axle Type:** 6000# Torsion Axles *See attached pdf for salient characteristics. Statement of Work West Haven VA Medical Center 24 Foot Trailer SCOPE OF REQUIREMENT 24 Foot Trailer The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 01, VA West Haven Medical Center have a requirement for: (1) 24 foot trailer. The objective of this task order is to provide: 1 new trailer. This trailer will be used to store West Haven s Aztec confined space rescue equipment and all the other rescue supplies for the Fire Department. A Tag Trailer is an auxiliary axle that you can add to a truck to increase its load-carrying capacity. It mounts behind the truck s rear axle and has its own set of wheels. Please note, the Contractor shall contact Emergency Manager Bryan Owens at 475-238-4093 to setup a delivery timeframe. VA West Haven Medical Center 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516-2770 1.2 HOURS OF OPERATIONS Delivery schedule shall occur from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. **1.3 POINT OF CONTACT Requestor:** **Bryan Owens Email:** bryan.owens@va.gov Phone: 475-238-4093 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Description Manufacturer Model Number Quantity Unit of Purchase 24 FOOT TRAILER inTech BTA8524TA4 1 EA Delivery shall be provided no later than 30 days after receipt of order (ARO). **FOB:** destination. The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Products and Commercial Services FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Products and Commercial Services Nov 2023 FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Products and Commercial Services Feb 2024 The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: 52.204-10, 52.204-27, 52.209-6, 52.219-14, 52.219-27, 52.219-28, 52.219-32, 52.219-33, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-33 All quoters shall submit the following: Quote. All quotes shall be sent to the Contract Specialist, Glorimar Estevez Cortorreal, glorimar.estevezcortorreal@va.gov Award will be based upon a comparative evaluation of quotes in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR 13. Comparative evaluation is the side by side pairwise comparison of quotes based on factors resulting in a Contracting Officer decision for the quote most favorable to the Government. The following are the decision factors: Price, past performance, delivery speed, availability The award will be made to the response most advantageous to the Government. Responses should contain your best terms, conditions. ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021) Provisions that are incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and Date), have 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 version of FAR 52.212-1 in the addendum is tailored for Simplified Acquisition Procedures and supersedes the current version of FAR 52.212-1 contained in the FAR. The following provision is incorporated into 52.212-1 as an addendum to this solicitation: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) (a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code(s) and small business size standard(s) for this acquisition appear elsewhere in the Request for Quote (RFQ). However, the small business size standard for a concern that submits a quote, other than on a construction or service acquisition, but proposes to furnish an end item that it did not itself manufacture, process, or produce is 500 employees if the acquisition Is set aside for small business and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; or Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the quoter waives the price evaluation preference; or Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically disadvantaged women-owned, or women-owned small business set-aside or sole-source award regardless of dollar value. (b) Submission of Quotes. Submit signed and dated quotes to the office specified in this Request for Quote (RFQ) at or before the exact time specified. Quotes may be submitted on letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the RFQ. As a minimum, quotes must show            (1) The solicitation number;            (2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of quotations;           (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the quoter; A technical description of the items being quoted in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;            (5) Terms of any express warranty;            (6) Price and any discount terms;            (7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address; (8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the quoter shall complete electronically);            (9) Acknowledgment Request for Quotation amendments; (10) Past performance will not be considered in simplified acquisition procurements. (11) Quote should include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Quotes that fail to furnish required representations and certifications, information requested in (1) to (9) and accept the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. (c) Period for acceptance of Quotes. The quoter agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. (d) Product samples. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of quotes. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender s request and expense, unless they are destroyed during testing. (e) Multiple Quotes. Quoters are encouraged to submit multiple quotes presenting alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with FAR subpart 4.10), or alternative commercial products or commercial services for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each quote submitted will be evaluated separately. (f) Late submissions, revisions, and withdrawals of quotes. (1) Quoters are responsible for submitting quotes so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that quotes are due. (2) Any quotation received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of quotes is "late" and may not be considered unless it is received before purchase order issuance and the Contracting Officer (CO) determines that accepting the late quotation would not unduly delay the acquisition. (3) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that quotations cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of quotes by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude a notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of quotes will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume. (g) Issuance of Purchase Order. The Government may issue a purchase order to one or more quoters as identified in the Request for Quote (RFQ). Therefore, the quoter s initial quote should contain the best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government may reject any or all quotes if such action is in the public s best interest. The Contracting Officer (CO) may issue a purchase order to other than the quoter with the lowest priced quotation. (h) Multiple awards. The Government may issue a purchase order for any item or group of items of a quotation, unless the quoter qualifies the quotation by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, quotations may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to issue a purchase order for a quantity less than the quantity quoted, at the unit prices quoted, unless the quoter specifies otherwise in the quotation.       (1) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation. (i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to- GSA Federal Supply Service Specifications Section Suite 8100 470 East L Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20407 Telephone (202) 619-8925, Facsimile (202) 619-8978. (ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision. Additional copies will be issued for a fee. (2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites:                 (i) ASSIST ( https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/).                 (ii) Quick Search ( http://quicksearch.dla.mil/).           (3) Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by- (i) Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard ( https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm); (ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to 1600 EST; or (iii) Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Telephone (215) 697-2667/2179, Facsimile (215) 697-1462. (4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance. (j) Unique entity identifier (UEI). Applies to all quotes that exceed the micro-purchase threshold, and quotes at or below the micro-purchase threshold if the solicitation requires the contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).) The quoter must enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its quote, the annotation "Unique Entity Identifier" followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the quoters name and address. The quoter also must enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the UEI. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the quoter to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see FAR subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the quoter does not have a UEI, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for UEI establishment directly to obtain one. The quoter should indicate that it is a quoter for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the UEI. (k) [Reserved] (l) Requests for information. The CO will not notify unsuccessful quoters that responded to this Request for Quotation (RFQ). However, quoters may request information on purchase order(s) resulting from this solicitation with the CO. (End of Provision To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:" Quoters shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s), if any. Submission of your response shall be received not later than 10AM EST on Monday, April 22, 2024 at glorimar.estevezcortorreal@va.gov. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Point of Contact listed below. Point of Contact Contract Specialist Glorimar Estevez Cortorreal glorimar.estevezcortorreal@va.gov 413-584-4040 Ext 6718 ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Wonder State Solutions LLC (UEI WAF3U4H8AND1) - Contract: 36C24124P0559, purchase order - Obligated: $89,140.00 - Competition: Competed Under SAP, 3 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C24124Q0288 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C241 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24124P0559_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - February 14, 2024: Sources sought, due February 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice b2fffd460ba74260a17bab87949033ea. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b2fffd460ba74260a17bab87949033ea/view - April 16, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice c6c3cd7b509f42c494182129e1ede802. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c6c3cd7b509f42c494182129e1ede802/view ## Points of contact - Glorimar Estevez Cortorreal, Contract Specialist, glorimar.estevezcortorreal@va.gov, 413-584-4040 Ext 6718 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24124q0288.