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1.1 Objective

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is procuring an indoor/outdoor security system to include control centers, monitors, cameras, software, hardware, installation, warranty and onsite training for users onboard USCG Station Bellingham and Maintenance Support Building.

SITE TOUR: A site tour will be held Friday 28 July at 0930am PST. Meet at the front entrance of USCG Station Bellingham, WA, if interested. For more information contact the project manager: Raymond Anderson at raymond.c.anderson@uscg.mil or phone at (360) 640-8571.

This is Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection process (FAR 15.101-2). Technial criteria will be as follows:

1. Delivery date. Vendor shall be able to start work with all available goods for a date in August 2023.

2. Work plan. Please provide a 1 to 2 page typed proposal that suggests, at minimum, how you intend to meet the expected tasks (including but not limited the number of people you will have on job site), your technical abilities to meet the overall goals of the project, and how your team plans to ensure quality and resolve discrepancies.

3. Required reports:

Required for Standard ICT Items

For EACH Standard COTS/GOTS ICT item, REQUIRE the offeror to provide:

• Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) - A written ACR for each ICT item, based on the product’s Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (™)™. To be considered for award, the ACR must be complete, and submitted according to the instructions.


• Supplemental Accessibility Report (SAR) - A written SAR containing:
  
  
  
  • Description of evaluation methods used to produce the ACR, to demonstrate due diligence in supporting conformance claims;
  
  
  • Documentation of features that help achieve accessibility and usability for persons with disabilities;
  
  
  • Information on core functions that can’t be used by persons with disabilities;
  
  
  • Information on how to configure and install the ICT item to support accessibility; and
  
  
  • Information on how the ICT item enables the creation of accessible electronic content that conforms to the Revised 508 Standards, including the range of accessible user interface elements the tool can create. (only required for authoring tools that generate content (documents, reports, videos, multimedia, web content, etc.)