DOCUMENT
S -- Pest Control Services - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2015
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 561710
— Exterminating and Pest Control Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 4
- Solicitation Number
- VA24415Q1456
- Response Due
- 9/21/2015
- Archive Date
- 10/21/2015
- Point of Contact
- Anthony Zibolski
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 in conjunction with Part 13 of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This Solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is VA244-15-Q-1456. This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-83 effective July 2, 2015 and the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR). The complete text of any of the clauses and provisions may be accessed in full text at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. This Solicitation is set-aside 100% Small Business. The NAICS Code is 561710 -Exterminating and Pest Control Services, and the set-aside size standard is $11.0 million. The Clarksburg Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), located at 1 Medical Center Drive, Clarksburg, WV 26301 has a requirement for a contractor to provide all labor, equipment, tools, materials, parts, supplies, and supervision necessary to perform Pest Control Services at the Clarksburg VAMC. All work shall be completed in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). The SOW is included as Attachment 1 to this solicitation. The Base Year Period of Performance will be from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016. Option year 1 Period of Performance will be from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Option year 2 Period of Performance will be from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Option year 3 Period of Performance will be from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Option year 4 Period of Performance will be from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. An option to extend contract terms for six (6) months beyond contract completion, at the discretion of the government will be included in the subsequent contract. Offerors are requested to quote Firm Fixed Prices for all of the line items on the Schedule of Supplies and Services attached to this solicitation. Service Contract Act Wage Determination No. 2005-2573, Revision No. 19, dated 07/08/2015, applies to this acquisition and will be incorporated into the resulting Purchase Order. A copy of the Wage Determination is included with this solicitation as Attachment 2. Any award resulting from this solicitation will be issued on a Standard Form 1449. NOTE: To receive an award resulting from this solicitation, offerors MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database IAW FAR 52.212-(k). Registration may be done online at: www.acquisition.gov or www.sam.gov. Contractors are advised that any and all questions concerning this solicitation must be sent in writing to the Contracting Office at NCO 4, Lebanon, PA. Questions may be sent via email to Mr. Anthony Zibolski at Anthony.zibolski@va.gov. No questions will be answered after 22 September, 2015 at 1630 EST. ? The following FAR and Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (April 2014): Addenda to 52.212-1; the following paragraphs are hereby deleted from this provision: (d) product samples, (e) multiple offers, (h) multiple awards, and (i) availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation. Addenda to 52.212-1: paragraph (c) period for acceptance of offers, delete "30 calendar days" and insert "60 calendar days" in its place. Addenda to 52.212-1; the following provisions apply and are incorporated by full text: 52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) 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 solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil. (End of Provision) 52.217-5 -Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990) OFFER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS- Quotes must include the following items. Submission of a quote that does not contain all items requested below may result in elimination from consideration for award. 1.Quotations may be submitted in contractor format and shall include: (a)Company name, address, telephone number, email address, and FAX Number. (b)Solicitation number. (c)Unit Price for all CLINS (d)Contractor DUNS Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. (e)Signed acknowledgement of amendments (applicable only if any amendments are issued against this solicitation. ? 2.Contractors are required to include a copy of the FAR provision 52.212-3 -Offeror Representations and Certifications -Commercial Items with its proposal or may indicate completion of the representations and certifications on the internet at http://sam.gov. Failure to include the certifications along with the price proposal or complete certifications on the internet may result in elimination from consideration for award. 13.106-2 -- Evaluation of Quotations or Offers: The Government intends to award one purchase order as a result of this Request for Quote to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements. Quotes shall be evaluated for acceptability only and shall not be rated. Offerors must be determined responsible according to the standards of FAR Part 9 to be eligible for award. Award will be based on the total overall lowest price quoted. Any offeror whose quote has been determined technically acceptable will then have its quote evaluated for lowest price. The Government is not limited to the information provided above, but reserves the right to independently seek past performance information through open market contracts, government systems, and other government agencies Addenda to 52.212-4; the following clauses apply and are incorporated in full text: 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 calendar days calendar days. Evaluation of Option to Extend Services under FAR 52.217-8. For the purposes of the award of this Contract, the Government intends to evaluate the option to extend services, provided under FAR 52.217-8, as follows: The evaluation will consider the possibility that the option can be exercised at any time, and can be exercised in increments of one to six months, but for no more than a total of six months during the life of the contract. The evaluation will assume that the prices for any option exercised under FAR 52.217-8 will be at the same rates as those in effect under the contract. The evaluation will therefore assume that the addition of the price or prices of any possible extension or extensions under FAR 52.217-8 to the total price for the basic requirement and the total price for the priced options has the same effect on the total price of all proposals relative to each other, and will not affect the ranking of proposals based on price, unless, after reviewing the proposals, the Government determines that there is a basis for finding otherwise. This evaluation will not obligate the Government to exercise any option under FAR 52.217-8. (End of Clause) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 calendar days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 calendar days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 3 years or 36 months. (End of Clause) 852.203-70 Commercial advertising (JAN 2008) The bidder or offeror agrees that if a contract is awarded to him/her, as a result of this solicitation, he/she will not advertise the award of the contract in his/her commercial advertising in such a manner as to state or imply that the Department of Veterans Affairs endorses a product, project or commercial line of endeavor. (End of Clause) 852.232-72 Electronic submission of payment requests (NOV 2012) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause- (1) Contract financing payment has the meaning given in FAR 32.001. (2) Designated agency office has the meaning given in 5 CFR 1315.2(m). (3) Electronic form means an automated system transmitting information electronically according to the accepted electronic data transmission methods and formats identified in paragraph (c) of this clause. Facsimile, e-mail, and scanned documents are not acceptable electronic forms for submission of payment requests. (4) Invoice payment has the meaning given in FAR 32.001. (5) Payment request means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment submitted by the contractor under this contract. (b) Electronic payment requests. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this clause, the contractor shall submit payment requests in electronic form. Purchases paid with a Government-wide commercial purchase card are considered to be an electronic transaction for purposes of this rule, and therefore no additional electronic invoice submission is required. (c) Data transmission. A contractor must ensure that the data transmission method and format are through one of the following: (1) VA's Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System. (See Web site at http://www.fsc.va.gov/einvoice.asp.) (2) Any system that conforms to the X12 electronic data interchange (EDI) formats established by the Accredited Standards Center (ASC) and chartered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The X12 EDI Web site (http://www.x12.org) includes additional information on EDI 810 and 811 formats. (d) Invoice requirements. Invoices shall comply with FAR 32.905. (e) Exceptions. If, based on one of the circumstances below, the contracting officer directs that payment requests be made by mail; the contractor shall submit payment requests by mail through the United States Postal Service to the designated agency office. Submission of payment requests by mail may be required for: (1) Awards made to foreign vendors for work performed outside the United States; (2) Classified contracts or purchases when electronic submission and processing of payment requests could compromise the safeguarding of classified or privacy information; (3) Contracts awarded by contracting officers in the conduct of emergency operations, such as responses to national emergencies; (4) Solicitations or contracts in which the designated agency office is a VA entity other than the VA Financial Services Center in Austin, Texas; or (5) Solicitations or contracts in which the VA designated agency office does not have electronic invoicing capability as described above. (End of Clause) 852.237-70 Contractor responsibilities (APR 1984). The contractor shall obtain all necessary licenses and/or permits required to perform this work. He/she shall take all reasonable precautions necessary to protect persons and property from injury or damage during the performance of this contract. He/ she shall be responsible for any injury to himself/herself, his/her employees, as well as for any damage to personal or public property that occurs during the performance of this contract that is caused by his/her employees fault or negligence, and shall maintain personal liability and property damage insurance having coverage for a limit as required by the laws of the State of [ ]. Further, it is agreed that any negligence of the Government, its officers, agents, servants and employees, shall not be the responsibility of the contractor hereunder with the regard to any claims, loss, damage, injury, and liability resulting there from. (End of Clause) 852.252-70 Solicitation provisions or clauses incorporated by reference (JAN 2008) The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the Web sites provided in the provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, or the clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer. (End of Provision) 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses 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. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil (End Clause) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2015) 52.232-19 -- Availability of Funds for Next Fiscal Year (APR 1984) 52.217-5 -- Evaluation of Options. (JUL 1990) 52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (MAY 2015) In paragraph (a) the following clauses apply: 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Dec 2014) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) In paragraph (b) the following clauses apply: 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (JUL 2013) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUNE 2003) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015). 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (APR 2015) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUNE 2008) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (JUL 2013) Under paragraph (c) the following clauses apply: 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (MAY 2014) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) Employee ClassMonetary Wage-Fringe Benefits Laborer Level 2$13.04 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2014) All clauses under paragraph (d) and (e) apply (End of Clause) Offerors responding to this announcement shall submit their quotations via email to Anthony Zibolski at anthony.zibolski@va.gov. All quotes must be received by Friday, September 25, 2015 at 4:30 PM EST to be considered for award.
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- Document(s)
- Attachment
- File Name: VA244-15-Q-1456 VA244-15-Q-1456.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2318501&FileName=VA244-15-Q-1456-000.docx)
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- File Name: VA244-15-Q-1456 Schedule.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2318502&FileName=VA244-15-Q-1456-001.docx)
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- File Name: VA244-15-Q-1456 Statement of work.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2318503&FileName=VA244-15-Q-1456-002.docx)
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- File Name: VA244-15-Q-1456 VA244-15-Q-1456.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2318501&FileName=VA244-15-Q-1456-000.docx)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center;1 medical Center Drive;Clarksburg, WV
- Zip Code: 26301
- Zip Code: 26301
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- SN03886581-W 20150917/150915235932-460482115e4c8f8d204cc0e9864f8617 (fbodaily.com)
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