SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Tree Planting - Attach #2 - Attach #1
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 115112
— Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL/RIK - Rome, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York, 13441-4514, United States
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- FA8751-16-Q-0501
- Archive Date
- 10/4/2016
- Point of Contact
- Richard C Childres, Phone: 315-330-4194
- E-Mail Address
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richard.childres@us.af.mil
(richard.childres@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Statement of Requirements Wage Determination This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 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 (paper copy) will not be issued. Further, offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation. Solicitation FA8751-16-Q-0501 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFP). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-89 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Change Notice (DCN) 20160830. See http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein. The solicitation will be a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 115112 and size standard of $7,500,000 in average annual revenue. The work required under this effort consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, and materials and performing all work required to provide and plant trees as described in the Statement of Requirements dated 29 AUG 2016 (ATTACHMENT 1). The offeror shall provide all items on a Firm Fixed Price basis, including the cost of shipping FOB Destination, installation at destination, and shall warrant the work in accordance with the warranty requirements detailed in Statement of Requirements. Offerors shall submit quotes broken down into two contract line item numbers (CLIN) as follows: CLIN 0001: Tree Supply CLIN 0002: Installation Labor The anticipated date the contractor is expected to complete work for Government inspection is one year from contract award. All deliveries shall be made in accordance with FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination. The place of delivery, acceptance and FOB destination point is Rome, NY. INSTRUCTIONS The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (APR 2014), applies to this acquisition. Addenda to the following paragraphs of 52.212-1 are: (b) Written proposals are due at or before 3 PM (ET) 19 SEP 2016. Submit by email to richard.childres@us.af.mil or by mail to AFRL/RIKO, Attn: Richard Childres, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514, or by facsimile to: 315-330-2555. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposals/quotes using the SF 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items. (b)(12) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. EVALUATION The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items applies. In addition to the information within Paragraph (a), the following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) Price, (ii) Technical Capability, and (iii) Past Performance. Each factor is weighted equally. (g) Contract award: The Government intends to award to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror with acceptable past performance. In determining required technical acceptability, the government will evaluate the items offered for compliance with the salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics and level or quality of the products listed in attachment #1. Technical Acceptability also includes acceptable past performance. In determining acceptable past performance AFRL/RIKO will independently obtain data from other government and commercial sources in order consider an offerors history of compliance and general customer satisfaction. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. (k) System for Award Management (SAM). Offerors must be registered in the SAM database to receive a contract award. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database within 4 days after receiving notification from the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. TERMS AND CONDITIONS The offeror is required to complete representations and certifications found in the provisions at 52.212-3 Alt I, Paragraph b. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6, Protecting the Government Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.222-55, Minimum Wages under Executive Order 13658 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System For Award Management The following additional FAR and FAR Supplement provisions and clauses also apply: 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation 52.247-34 FOB Destination 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials ) 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.203-7996, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements-Representation (DEVIATION 2016-O0003) 252.203-7997, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements (DEVIATION 2016-O0003) 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls 252.204-7011, Alternative Line Item Structure 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System-Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations 252.223-7006, Prohibition on Storage and Disposal of Toxic And Hazardous Materials 252.225-7031, Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea 252.247-7024, Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea 5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations 5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman is hereby incorporated into this solicitation. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Barbara Gehrs, Building 15, RM225, 1864 4th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7130 FAX: 937-656-7321 COM: 937-904-4407, email: Barbara.Gehrs@us.af.mil. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT APPLIES The Service Contract Act applies to this effort. Employees shall be paid not less than the appropriate wage rate and fringe benefits in the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed, without regard to skill, except as provided in the clause entitled Apprentices and Trainees. The applicable wage determination for this effort and is provided as ATTACHMENT 2. CONTRACT HOLIDAYS (a) The prices/costs proposed shall include holiday observances; accordingly, the Government will not be billed for such holidays, except when services are required by the Government and are actually performed on a holiday. (b) The following days are contract holidays: New Year's Day Jan 01 (except weekends, then it will be either Mon or Fri) Martin Luther King's Birthday 3rd Monday in Jan President's Day 3rd Monday in Feb Memorial Day Last Monday in May Independence Day Jul 4 (except weekends, then it will be either Mon or Fri) Labor Day 1st Monday in Sep Columbus Day 2nd Monday in Oct Veteran's Day Nov 11 (except weekends, then it will be either Mon or Fri) Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in Nov Christmas Day Dec 25 (except weekends, then it will be either Mon or Fri) (c) In addition to the federal holidays identified above, the AFRL Site Director may limit access due to other circumstances. These events may include such things as inclement weather conditions, power outages, unscheduled federal closures and/or other unexpected emergency situations. (d) In the event of an emergency situation the Director will announce through public channels either delayed reporting or closure of RRS facilities due to emergency conditions. This announcement is made solely for safety and security purposes and to inform all personnel (Government and Contractor) of site closure/delayed reporting. The Director is not authorizing time off for contractor employees and is not authorizing payment for work not performed. Contractor's shall take all appropriate actions to notify their employee's of closure/delayed reporting and make alternate work/schedule arrangements, if necessary. (e) Facilities may remain open for contractor personnel during unscheduled federal closures (e.g., National Day of Mourning) or other instances where Government employees are granted administrative leave in non-emergency situations. REQUIREMENT SPECIFIC GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED FOR THE FOLLOWING CLAUSES: Note that the clause at 252.232-7003 is included in this solicitation. DoD requires all payment requests (with a few exceptions) to be submitted and processed electronically. All vendors/contractors must familiarize themselves with this clause and DFAR 232.7003 for specific procedures. The DoD preferred electronic form for transmission is Wide Area Workflow - Receipt and Acceptance (see website - https://wawf.eb.mil). Wide Area Workflow Training may be accessed online at http://www.wawftraining.com. Please confirm in your proposal that your company is able to submit electronic invoices as set forth in the clause. NOTE: In order to receive a contract award, if issued, the successful offeror must be actively registered in System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL – Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, Rome, New York, 13441, United States
- Zip Code: 13441
- Zip Code: 13441
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