MOD | 38 | Drilling Supplies Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 08, 2011 FBO #3513
MODIFICATION

38 -- Drilling Supplies Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

Notice Date: 7/6/2011
Notice Type: Modification/Amendment
Contracting Office: Bureau of Reclamation - GP-5000 316 North 26th Street Billings MT 59101
ZIP Code: 59101
Solicitation Number: R12PS60006
Response Due: 7/14/2011
Archive Date: 7/5/2012
Point of Contact: Mike Walker Contracting Officer 4062477646 ;
E-Mail Address: Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: Project Title: Drilling Supplies Description of the Changes: The solicitation is amended to incorporate the following changes. The following provisions and clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with 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 offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a provision may be accessed electronically at the following addresses: FAR provisions https://www.acquisition.gov/far/DOI provisions http://www.doi.gov/pam/aindex.html 52.252-02Clauses By Reference 52.212-03Offeror Representations And Certifications - Commercial Items52.212-05Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items52.252-01Clauses By Reference 52.225-18Place of Manufacture1452.215-71Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information--Department of the Interior The following clauses and provisions are included by full-text: GP-1 IDENTIFICATION OF CORRESPONDENCE All correspondence between the Government and the Contractor concerned with matters concerning this contract shall be forwarded to the Contracting Officer at the following address: US Bureau of ReclamationAcquisition Services OfficeP.O. Box 36900Billings MT 59107-6900 DIAPR 2000-1 NON-DISCRIMINATION NOTICE TO US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND LESSORS Based upon law, Executive Order, or internal policy, the Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination in the workplace, including sexual harassment, based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, age, or sexual orientation. The Department urges its contractors, subcontractors and lessors to develop and enforce comprehensive anti-discrimination policies for their places of work. This notice states that Department's non-discrimination policy and encourages the same from its contractors, subcontractors, and lessors. With the exception of categories protected by law, compliance is voluntary and no extraordinary enforcement or protection mechanisms on the part of the Government are implied. ET 02-20 AUTORIZED WORKERS NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BUREAU OF RECLAMATION CUSTOMERS (a) Definitions. IRCA - Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986INA - Immigration and Nationality ActINS - Immigration and Naturalization Service SSA - Social Security AdministrationINS SAVE Program - The INS Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements ProgramESA - Employment Standards Administration (Department of Labor) (a) Authority. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 USC 1101 as amended) and the Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 274A. (b) Who is Covered. INA includes provisions addressing employment eligibility, employment verification, and nondiscrimination. These provisions apply to all employers, including government contractors. (c) Basic Provisions/Requirements. Under IRCA, employers may hire only persons who may legally work in the U.S., i.e., citizens and nationals of the U.S. and aliens authorized to work in the U.S. The employer must verify the identity and employment eligibility of anyone to be hired, which includes completing the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9). Employers must keep each I-9 on file for at least three years, or one year after employment ends, whichever is longer. Detailed guidance on the I-9 is available at the INS web site: http://www.uscis.gov/i-9 (d) Employment Verification Pilot Programs. The INS and the SSA are conducting the following programs that provide employers a way to confirm the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. Any employer located in a pilot state may volunteer to participate in a pilot program. If employers are not located in a pilot state, they would verify employment eligibility by following the procedures currently in place, i.e., by completing Form I-9. (1) The Basic Pilot is a joint pilot being conducted by the INS and SSA in the States of California, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, New York, and Texas. This pilot involves verification checks of the SSA and INS databases of all newly hired employees, regardless of citizenship. To receive information on the Basic Pilot program please call the INS SAVE Program toll free at 1-888-464-4218, or fax your request for information to (202) 514-9981, or write to USINS, SAVE Program, 425 I Street, NW, ULLICO Building 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20536. You may also contact the Social Security Administration by calling (410) 966-1940, or writing to Social Security Administration, Office of Program Benefits Policy, 6401 Security Blvd., 760 Altmeyer, Baltimore, MD 21235. (2) The INS is conducting the Citizen Attestation Pilot in the States of Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Virginia. The Citizen Attestation Pilot permits participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of newly hired alien employees by using a personal computer with a modem. To receive information on the Citizen Attestation Pilot program please call the INS SAVE Program toll free at 1-888-464-4218, or fax your request for information to (202) 514-9981. Employers may also write to US/INS, SAVE Program, 425 I Street, NW, ULLICO-4th Floor, Washington, DC 20536. (3) The INS and the SSA are conducting the Machine-Readable Document Pilot in the State of Iowa. The Machine-Readable Document Pilot is identical to the Basic Pilot in all respects, except for the geographic scope of the pilot and for one additional feature. If an employee presents an Iowa's driver's license or identification card containing a machine-readable SSN, the employer will make an inquiry through the confirmation system by using the machine-readable feature. To receive information on the Machine-Readable Document Pilot program please call the INS SAVE Program toll free at 1-888-464-4218, or fax your request for information to (202) 514-9981. You may also write to US/INS, SAVE Program, 425 I Street, NW, ULLICO-4th Floor, Washington, DC 20536. (e) Employee Rights. The INA protects U.S. citizens and aliens authorized to accept employment in the U.S. from discrimination in hiring or discharge on the basis of national origin and citizenship status. (f) Compliance Assistance. More detailed information, including copies of explanatory brochures and regulatory and interpretative materials, may be obtained from local offices of the Department of Labor's Employment Standards Division, Wage and Hour Division, and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. (g) Penalties/Sanctions. Employers who fail to complete and/or retain the I-9 forms are subject to penalties. The INS enforces the INA requirements on verification of employment eligibility. The Justice Department enforces the anti-discrimination provisions. As part of their ongoing enforcement efforts, the ESA's Wage and Hour Division and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs conduct inspections of the I-9 forms. They report their findings to the INS and to the Department of Justice when they find cases of disparate treatment or unauthorized employment. A debarring official may debar a contractor, based on a determination by the Attorney General of the United States, or designee, that the contractor is not in compliance with the INA. The Attorney General's determination is not reviewable in the debarment proceedings GPS-K.1 REFERENCES (GREAT PLAINS) The bidder shall list three Federal Government clients for whom it has performed similar supplies or services in the past three years. If the bidder cannot furnish any Federal clients, it should list other clients. Include names, addresses, telephone numbers, and contract numbers. 1. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2.______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3.______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ GP-20 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION AND DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM The contractor shall submit with their offer the following information: Taxpayer Identification Number: ____________________________ Data Universal Numbering System: __________________________ If a contractor does not have a DUNS number, they may obtain one by calling Dun and Bradstreet at 1-866-705-5711. WBR 1452.211-80Notice of Intent to Acquire Metric Products and Services -- Bureau of Reclamation (a) Metric Transition Plan. The Department of the Interior on December 6, 1991, issued a Metric Transition Program (Part 758 Department Manual Chapter 1) to establish and describe the program's policies and responsibilities. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has developed a Metric Transition Plan to implement metrication in Reclamation. This plan describes Reclamation's overall strategy for using the metric system, defines general requirements and procedures for carrying out the transition, and details the tasks with milestones for Reclamation offices to complete. (b) The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Trade Act). (1) Section 5164 of Public Law 100-418, the Trade Act, amended the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 and designated the metric system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce. (2) The Trade Act establishes September 30, 1992, as the implementation date (to the extent economically feasible) for Federal agencies to use the metric system of measurement in its procurements, grants, and other business-related activities. (3) The Trade Act permits exceptions to the use of the metric system to the extent that such use is impractical or is likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to United States firms, such as when foreign competitors are producing competing products in non-metric units. (4) As a result of the Trade Act, the President issued Executive Order 12770 dated July 25, 1991, to implement the congressional designation of the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce. (c) Bureau of Reclamation Implementation. As a result of the Trade Act, Reclamation will, to the maximum extent practicable, use hard conversion and soft conversion metric systems in designing its construction projects, eventually phasing out use of the soft conversion metric system. Exceptions to this policy will only be made when such use is impractical, produces inefficiencies or market losses, or is not economically feasible. (d) Expected Results. Reclamation expects its support of the metric system to result in increased use of the metric system by U.S. contractors, thereby increasing their ability to compete in the international marketplace. Increasing use of the metric system by U.S. contractors will eliminate possible restrictions on their bidding in the international marketplace and will eliminate any impact of economic blocks by metric countries restricting the acceptance of non-metric products. WBR 1452.222-80NOTICE OF APPLICABILITY--COOPERATION WITH AUTHORITIES AND REMEDIES - CHILD LABOR--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (a) The clause at FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor, Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, does not apply to Bureau of Reclamation acquisitions to the extent that the contractor is supplying end products mined, produced, or manufactured in - (1) Canada, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $175,000 or more; and (2) Israel, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $175,000 or more. (b) Nonapplicability thresholds for other countries are the same as listed in the FAR clause. GPS M.1 BASIS FOR AWARD (a) The contract will be awarded to that responsible bidder whose bid conforms to the essential requirements of the solicitation and is the most advantageous price to the Government. (b) The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities and minor irregularities in bids received. (c) In accordance with FAR 9.105-1, the Contracting Officer may request a bidder to provide detailed information relating to his responsibility and, as necessary, to the responsibility of his proposed subcontractors. The Contracting Officer expressly reserves the right to reject the bid of any bidder determines to be nonresponsible. WBR 1452.2225-82NOTICE OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT EVALUATIONS--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION In accordance with the Agreement on Government Procurement, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Pub. L. 103-465), and other trade agreements, FAR Subpart 25.4, World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement, applies to Bureau of Reclamation acquisitions. In order to apply trade agreements unique to Reclamation, the contracting officer will (irrespective of any other provision or clause of this solicitation) evaluate acquisitions at or above the dollar thresholds listed in FAR 25.402(b) without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act. NOTIFICATION TO ALL CONTRACTORS Notification to all Contractors The disclosure of U.S. Government documents by third parties can result in damage to our national security. Each contractor is obligated to protect classified information pursuant to all applicable laws and to use Government information technology systems in accordance with agency procedures so that the integrity of such systems is not compromised. Unauthorized disclosures of classified documents (whether in print, on a blog, or on websites) do not alter the documents' classified status or automatically result in declassification of the documents. To the contrary, classified information, whether or not already posted on public websites or disclosed to the media, remains classified, and must be treated as such by Federal employees and contractors, until it is declassified by an appropriate U.S. Government authority. Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information (December 29, 2009), Section 1.1.(c) states, "Classified Information shall not be declassified automatically as a result of any unauthorized disclosure of identical or similar information." Although the Department has taken steps to secure access to publicly published classified materials from Departmental computers, it is important to understand our continuing duties and responsibilities in this regard. Contractors therefore are reminded of the following obligations with respect to the treatment of classified information and the use of non-classified government information technology systems: Except as authorized by their agencies and pursuant to agency procedures, contractors shall not, while using Government issued computers or other devices (such as Blackberries or Smart Phones) access the web on non-classified Government systems, access documents that are marked classified (including classified documents made publicly available by a third party), as doing so risks that material still classified will be placed onto non-classified systems. This requirement applies to access that occurs either through agency or contractor computers, or through employees' or contractors' personally owned computers that access non-classified Government systems. This requirement does not restrict contractor access to non-classified, publicly available news reports (and other non-classified material) that may in turn discuss classified material, as distinguished from access to underlying documents that themselves are marked classified (including if the underlying classified documents are available on public Web sites or otherwise in the public domain). Contractors shall not access classified material unless a favorable determination of the person's eligibility for access has been made by an agency head or the agency head's designee, the person has signed and approved non-disclosure agreement, the person has a need to know the information, and the person has received contemporaneous training on the proper safeguarding of classified information and on the criminal, civil, and administrative sanctions that may be imposed on an individual who fails to protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure. Classified information shall not be removed from official premises or disclosed without proper authorization. Contractors who believe they may have inadvertently accessed or downloaded classified or sensitive information on computers that access the web via non-classified government systems, or without prior authorization, should contact their Contracting Officer immediately. Thank you for your cooperation, and for your vigilance to these responsibilities. If you have any questions regarding handling classified documents, or the blocking of access to sites which have inappropriately posted classified materials, please contact your Contracting Officer. It will be the Contracting Officer's responsibility to contact the appropriate Government personnel regarding these matters. Adjustment in the Solicitation Response Date/Time: There is no adjustment to the solicitation date/time as a result of this amendment.
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Place of Performance: Address: Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County); Zip Code: 59101
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