SOLICITATION NOTICE
54 -- Prefabricated Portable Temporary Bridges - Specs and Offer Submission Package
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- #332312
— Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-9 Lake States Acquisition Team (LSAT), 500 Hanson Lake Road, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 54501, United States
- ZIP Code
- 54501
- Solicitation Number
- AG-569R-S-17-0045
- Archive Date
- 6/3/2017
- Point of Contact
- Debra K Brinn, Phone: 9897390728
- E-Mail Address
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dkbrinn@fs.fed.us
(dkbrinn@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Offer submission package (DOC) Offer submission package (PDF) Specifications (i) 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 will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation Number: AG-569R-S-17-0045. This solicitation is issued as a Firm-fixed price Request for Quote (RFQ). Simplified procurement procedures will be used for this acquisition per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. The Government intends to make one contract award without discussions. Quotes should be submitted initially on the most favorable terms, from a price and technical standpoint, which the quoter can submit to the Government. The Government may issue an order to other than the lowest offeror, waive minor informalities or irregularities in offers received, or elect not to award at all. If necessary, the Government may conduct discussions with any or all offerors. It is in the offeror's best interest to fully respond to the all evaluation factors since an order may be issued on the basis of information received, without further discussion. Award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Available basis. Each offer shall contain sufficient information to enable a thorough evaluation. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-95. Provisions and clause incorporated by reference have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Agriculture Acquisition Regulations (AGAR) can be accessed at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ OR http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ and http://www.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar.html (iv) This procurement is a total small-business set aside. The NAICS code is 332312 and the Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. (v) Prefabricated Portable Temporary Bridges (vi) Description: The Lake States Acquisition Team announces an opportunity on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. This work consists of designing, fabricating, and delivering a prefabricated modular bridge superstructure. All materials will be delivered to the US Forest Service Park Falls Ranger Station at 1170 4th Ave S, Park Falls, WI 54552. If the optional bid item for a second temporary bridge is awarded, that bridge will be delivered to the Lakewood-Laona Ranger Station at 4978 State Highway 8 W, Laona, WI 54541. (vii) The recommended contract time for fabrication and delivery is 12 weeks from date of award. (viii) Provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. (ix) In accordance with 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items (OCT 2014) (a) 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, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers in order of importance: - technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement (x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its quote. An offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) online at www.sam.gov. If an offeror has NOT completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the online, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision. SAM replaces CCR/FedReg, ORCA, and EPLS. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) 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 to the acquisition: 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.233-3, Protest After Award 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation. 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, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 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 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management. (xiii) Additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions: All responsible sources may submit a response which, if timely received, must be considered by the agency. Vendors must be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) prior to receiving a government contract (formerly Central Contractors Registration or CCR). See www.sam.gov for details - this may take up to 2 weeks and requires a DUNS number, so it is highly recommended that interested parties register immediately in order to avoid any delays in award or to avoid losing an award. All invoices are to be submitted via the electronic Invoice Processing Platform. This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account. The "Submit Invoice-to" address for USDA orders is the Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). The contractor must follow the instructions on how to register and submit invoices via IPP. The following attachments are incorporated in the contract. (1) Statement of Work/Specifications The following additional FAR provisions and/or clauses in their most current version are applicable to the acquisition: 52.204-7 System for Award Management. 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. 52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity The Government may increase the quantity of supplies called for in the Schedule at the unit price specified. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days. Delivery of the added items shall continue at the same rate as the like items called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree. (End of clause) 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representation. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 332312. The small business size standard is 500 employees 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification 52.223-6 Drug-Free Workplace 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate 52.232-1 Payments 52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment 52.232-11 Extras 52.232-18 Availability of Funds Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. (End of clause) 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.233-1 Disputes 52.243-1 Changes--Fixed Price 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service) 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. www.arnet.gov/far/ www.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar.html 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. www.arnet.gov/far/ www.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar.html (xiv) N/A. (xv) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN QUOTE: To be considered responsive, contractor must submit the following with offer: (1) Offeror must respond to all non-price evaluation factors as described under FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -Commercial Items (OCT 2014) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement (2) Completed Schedule of Items in the Offer Submission Package; (3) Offerors shall include representations in FAR 52.209.11 in the Offer Submission Package; and (4) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer in the Offer Submission Package. An offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) online at www.sam.gov otherwise offeror must provide entire clause with responses. All offers must be received by 2:00 EST on May 19, 2017 Please submit one complete copy of the above information to: USDA Forest Service - AG-569R-S-17-0045 Debra Brinn, LSAT Contracting Officer 5761 N. Skeel Ave. Oscoda, MI 48750 Offers may be submitted electronically to dkbrinn@fs.fed.us, SUBJ: AG-569R-S-17-0045 If submitting via email please note file size limitations, formatting or other problems may hamper receipt so please verify that the contracting officer has received your quote. Facsimile offers will NOT be considered. Incomplete offers will not be accepted. (xvi) ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE IN WRITING. Please submit all questions to Debra Brinn at dkbrinn@fs.fed.us. Questions and answers will be posted to FBO so please check back often as it is the contractor's responsibility to remain up to date on all available Q&A's as well as any potential resulting modifications. All questions must be received NLT three (3) days prior to solicitation close date, otherwise the government is under no obligation to review and/or address the questions.
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