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The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase Child Car Seats for the Tucson Area Office Injury Prevention Office in Tucson, Arizona. This is not a brand name requirement. Only manufacture certified original and new equipment should be quoted.

A firm fixed price award is anticipated. This procurement is based on Best value to the government and will be determined by meeting the required specifications listed in the Scope of Work.

The item requires neutral colors, no pink or blue.

This solicitation is set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. If TAIHS does not receive offer(s) that is reasonably priced, TAIHS will then evaluate quotes and consider award to other small business concerns under the following 2-tier cascading set-aside (in order of first consideration to last consideration):

- 1st Tier - Certified Hub Zone small business

- 2nd Tier - All Other Small Business Concerns.

Question(s) must be received by 5:00 PM EST on July 26, 20223. All answers to questions will be posted to the SAM.GOV website, as an Amendment to the Solicitation.

All Quotes will be due by August 2, 2023, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. All Contractors must submit quotes by the due date to include: Name of company, Address, Point of Contact, phone number, Unique Entity ID (UEI) number, and the pricing Schedule and information regarding products

This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at https://www.sam.gov.

In compliance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) M-15-19 memorandum “Improving Government Efficiency and Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Electronic Invoicing” directing Federal agencies to adopt electronic invoicing as the primary means to disburse payment to vendors. Invoices submitted under any award resulting from this solicitation will be required to utilize theInvoice Processing Platform (IPP) in accordance with HHSAR 352.232-71, Electronic Submission

and Processing of Payment Requests”

IPP is a secure, web-based electronic invoicing system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRSTL). Respondents to this solicitation are encouraged to register an account with IPP if they have not already done so. If your organization is already registered to use IPP, you will not be required to reregister- however, we encourage you make sure your organization and designated IPP user accounts

are valid and up to date.

The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

If you require assistance registering or IPP account access, please contact the IPP Helpdesk at (866) 973-3131 (M-F 8AM to 6PM ET), or IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov. Potiential Offerors hereby notified that future information about this acquisition, including the solicitation and subsequent amendments, will be only distributed solefy through SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation documentation will not be available. The SAM.gov site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed soley through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to- date information about this acquisition.

The Offeror shall complete the following in order to submit a complete quote.

(a) Complete and return Standard Form 1449, including your DUNS/Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number. Include contact information for your Principal (the person authorized to represent you and negotiate in this matter). ***NOTE: Sign in Block 30a, Name and Title of Signer in Block 30b, Date in Block 30c.Include the Offereor’s DUNS/ Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and email address for correspondence in Block 17a.

(b) Complete and return any Amendments (SF30) that has been issued, complete Block 8, 15A and 15B before submitting.

(c) Complete Section B2 Pricing (page 2 of SF-1449), Complete a and b to include the Contractor’s

information.

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