SOLICITATION NOTICE
87 -- Supply, Deliver, Off-Load Certified weed-free orchard/alfalfa hay to Elwha Barn in Olympic National Park, WA
- Notice Date
- 5/1/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contracting Office
- 600 East Park Avenue, Port Angeles, WA 98362
- ZIP Code
- 98362
- Solicitation Number
- P14PS00965
- Response Due
- 5/30/2014
- Archive Date
- 11/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Name: Client Services, Title: Client Services, Phone: 1.877.933.3243, Fax: 703.422.7822
- E-Mail Address
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Clientservices@fedbid.com;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 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.The solicitation number is P14PS00965 and is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein.The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-73. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 111940 with a small business size standard of $0.75M.This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids.The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2014-05-30 17:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com.FOB Destination shall be Port Angeles, WA 98363 The DOI NPS PWR OLYM MABO requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: LI 001: The National Park Service (NPS) has a requirement for a single contractor to supply, deliver, and off-load between 6 and 7 tons of certified weed-free quality Orchard/Alfalfa (preferred) or Timothy/Alfalfa hay on a monthly basis from June thru October 2014 to the Olympic National Park's Elwha Barn, Olympic Hot Springs Road, Port Angeles, Washington, 98363 (11 miles west of Port Angeles - take US Highway 101 heading west out of town, then turn left onto Olympic Hot Springs Road). The certified weed-free hay must be quality orchard grass or alfalfa, clean and free of noxious weeds and seeds, mold, dirt, and litter. Type of hay will stay the same for duration of contract. Off-loading requires vendor to provide conveyer belt for loft loading. Maximum quantity that will be ordered in any given month between June through October 2014 will be 7 tons of hay, however, the Government may only require delivery of 6 tons depending upon inventory. First delivery expected to occur within 10 days after receipt of award., 7, tons; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***Question Submission: Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' feature at www.fedbid.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, DOI NPS PWR OLYM MABO intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. DOI NPS PWR OLYM MABO is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids.All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com.Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process.Should offerors require additional clarification, notify the point of contact or FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com.Use of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. Vendor or designee will be responsible for providing all equipment, loaders/conveyers, labor, materials and supplies necessary to perform deliveries that includes off-loading. Off-loading requires vendor or designee to provide conveyer belt for loft loading. Vendor or designee must stack the hay in the hay loft, rotating older hay to the front, for barn staff?s immediate use. Hay shall be delivered directly to the Elwha Barn on Olympic Hot Springs Road, Port Angeles, 98363 (11 miles west of Port Angeles - take US Highway 101 heading west out of town, then turn left onto Olympic Hot Springs Road). Point of Contact for deliveries will be Larry Lack, Trails Supervisor, at office phone 360-565-3178 or email address at Larry_Lack@nps.gov. Larry may delegate an alternate point of contact after award. All deliveries shall be pre-arranged. If Larry or alternate point of contact is unavailable (not answering) and vendor needs immediate assistance, call Phaedra Fuller, Contracting Officer, at office phone 360-565-3009 or cell phone 360-461-1827. First delivery expected to occur within 10 days after receipt of award. Government assumption: weight of typical bale of hay varies between 80lbs. to 110lbs., and a ton of hay is approximately 20 to 25 bales. NPS will schedule all deliveries in advance, and will be able to tell vendor for each delivery whether the barn staff will be weighing bales at time of delivery (at the barn) or requiring vendor to present a weight ticket from a certified scale prior to delivery. Vendor bears the responsibility for any damage incurred to the hay in transit due to weather, theft, fire or other causative factors. Vendor is responsible for any expected or unexpected expenses incurred in the delivery of the hay. The certified weed-free hay must be baled in appropriate colored twine as regulated by the Washington Wilderness Hay and Mulch Management Program (WWHAM), which can be accessed on-line at http://agr.wa.gov/PlantsInsects/WWHAM/WWHAM.aspx. The hay must be of quality Orchard or Timothy Grass and Alfalfa (Orchard/Alfalfa mix is preferred), clean and free of noxious weeds and seeds, mold, dirt, and litter. Hay will not be accepted until it is inspected by one of the Elwha Barn staff, an NPS employee, responsible for receiving the delivery (staff may rotate). NPS employees will visually or physically inspect the bales of hay at time of delivery and will not accept any damaged, wet, or otherwise unacceptable hay unless cleared through Larry Lack, Trails Supervisor, or Larry?s designee. All hay deemed unsuitable will be replaced by the vendor within two weeks of delivery at no additional cost to the Government. NPS may also submit random hay samples to the Robin Hill Greenhouse, operated by NPS staff, to grow the samples for determining if hay contains noxious weeds or seeds. This solicitation requires Offeror to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation Clause 52.204-07. Award will only be made to a vendor that has a registration status of "active." The SAM website is https://sam.gov. Clauses and provisions incorporated by reference in this solicitation can be accessed on-line in full text at the following websites: htt://www.acquisition.gov/far and http://www.ios.doi.gov/pam/aindex.html. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this solicitation. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, on the basis of lowest unit price, considering price and past performance. The government reserves the right to make award without discussions. The clause at 52.204-07, System for Award Management, applies to this solicitation. Award will only be made to a vendor that has a registration status of "active." The SAM website is https://sam.gov. The clause 52.212-03, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. Offerors should have either completed the reps/certs section of their SAM.gov registration (preferred), or, print and manually fill out this provision and submit with quote. The government reserves the right to make award without discussions. The clauses at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, apply to this solicitation. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, and includes the following clauses: 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.233-03 Protest After Award; 52.233-04 Applicable Law for Breach for Contract Claim; 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations; 52.219-06 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation; 52.222-03 Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; 52.225-01 Buy American Act; 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; and 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transer-System for Award Management. The government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation. DOI ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (September 2011): Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: Vendor?s business invoice (attach the business invoice as a.pdf attachment to the IPP invoice). VENDOR?S FAILURE TO ATTACH THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AS SPECIFIED ABOVE WILL RESULT IN THE IPP INVOICE BEING REJECTED. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in the System for Award Management (SAM) database) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation. Please submit all questions by using the ?Submit a Question? feature in FedBid. Quotations must be submitted electronically through the FedBid system. The solicitation closes Friday, May 30, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). Quotes submitted by fax, email, mail, or hand-delivered will be rejected and considered to be non-responsive.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Port Angeles, WA 98363
- Zip Code: 98363
- Zip Code: 98363
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