September 15, 2016
Posting for 5 Days
This Procurement is Subject to availability of Funds IAW FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds. (APR
1984)
Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this
contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract
purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise
until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the
Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the
format in Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with Part 13, and as supplemented with additional
information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers
are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
(i) Solicitation Number BEPIT-RFQ-16-9929 is a request for quotation (RFQ).
(ii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect
through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-84.
(iii) This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS Code 541519, Small Business Size
Standard of $27.5 Million. Only offers certified as a small business under this NAICS code will be
considered for award.
(iv) Contract Line Item: See attached Product List in Attachment 4 for detail specifications.
CLIN 0001 F4303
CLIN 0002 F7A0B
CLIN 0003 F74F8
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing requires Commwault Software Maintenance and Support, as
specified in (v). This is a brand name specific requirement.
(v) CLIN 0001 Period of Performance: 10/1/16 thru 9/30/17 CLIN 0002 Period of Performance: 10/1/16
thru 9/30/17 CLIN 0003 Period of Performance: 10/1/16 thru 9/30/17
(vi) FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial (Oct 2015), applies to this
acquisition.
(vii) FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Oct 2014), the following factor shall
be used to evaluate offers that conform to the solicitation: Lowest price offer.
(viii) Offerors must include a completed copy of FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror
Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (July 2016), with its offer. (Attachment 1).
Offerors may submit only paragraph (b) if the offeror has completed the annual representations and
certification electronically via the System for Award Management.
(ix) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (May 2015), applies
to this acquisition.
(x) FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or
Executive Orders - Commercial Items (June 2016), applies to this acquisition. The selected FAR
clauses cited in 52.212-5 are: 52.219-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-50,
52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, 52.222-19, 52.219-28, 52.222-41, 52.209-6, 52.204-10.
(xi) See the Attachment 2- Additional Terms for more clauses, provisions and deviations
applicable to this solicitation.
NOTE: Offerors must include a completed signed copy of Responsibility Clauses to be considered for
award (See Attachment 3- Responsibility Clauses). Signatures must be handwritten or digital - typed
names are not acceptable.
(xii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable.
(xiii) Offers must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx), Microsoft Excel (.xlsx/.xls) or
.pdf format and emailed to Serena Y. Pitt at [email protected] by 2:00 pm ET, 21 September 2016
to be considered for award. Offers must complete Pricing template in accordance with Attachment 4.
(xiv) Questions regarding this solicitation must be emailed to [email protected] 11:00am ET,
19 September 2016 to be answered. The Government intends to answer timely questions that afternoon.
NOTE: All offerors responding must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at
www.sam.gov by the response due date to be eligible for award.
All products/services must be in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Services/Supplies performed/provided as a result of this solicitation should be accepted isfaction
of the above provisions and requirements for accessibility.