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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JUNE 29, 2018 FBO #6062
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Z -- Cooling tower water treatment and maintenance - Attachment

Notice Date

6/27/2018
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

238220 — Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Veterans Benefits Administration;Office of Acquisition;1800 G. Street N.W.;Washington DC 20006
 

ZIP Code

20006
 

Solicitation Number

36C10E18Q0177
 

Response Due

7/10/2018
 

Archive Date

9/8/2018
 

Point of Contact

Scott Russell
 

E-Mail Address

Russell@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

Amendment 00001 The purpose of this amendment is to: Provide answers to all contractor questions received resulting from the site visit. Provide an updated Performance Work Statement which changes the description from Statement of Work (SOW) to Performance Work Statement (PWS) Update the Past Performance Evaluation Criteria to add the requirement to demonstrate their familiarity with the installation, operation, functions and capabilities of the Lakewood Instruments Model 1575e Water Treatment System Conductivity Controller in addition to commercial cooling tower maintenance within the 400-ton range. Extended the Offer due date to no later than 10 July 2018 at 7:00 AM EST. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation RFQ 3610E18Q0177 for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, 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. The Government intends to issue one Firm Fixed Price Purchase Orders for the below line items to the responsible contractor whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, is considered the Best Value offer. Award will be made on an all or none basis. A quotation is not an offer and, consequently, cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Therefore, issuance by the Government of an order in response to a supplier s quotation does not establish a contract. The order is an offer by the Government to the supplier to buy certain supplies or services upon specified terms and conditions. A contract is established when the supplier accepts the offer. The solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-97. This requirement is a Total Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) Set-aside in accordance with Public Law 109-461, Veterans First Program. Only offers from VOSB concerns that are registered and verified in the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) Vendor Information Pages (VIP) website at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ at the time date set for receipt of offers shall be considered for award. Offers from VOSB concerns that are not registered shall be rejected as non-responsive and shall not be considered for award. The applicable NAICS Code is 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors and has a small business size standard of $15M. Any offeror who does not meet the size standards for this NAICS code shall be rejected as non-responsive and shall not be considered for award. Quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award. **A site visit is scheduled for 1:00 PM EST on 14 June 2018 at the St. Petersburg VBA Regional Office, 9500 Bay Pines BLVD, St. Petersburg Fl. 33708. Interested parties should RSVP no later than 13 June 2018 at 1:00 PM EST. All RSVPS shall be initiated by contacting the Contracting Officer (Scott Russell) at Scott.Russell@VA.gov. The Contracting Officer will acknowledge the RSVP s and provide final site visit instructions. All questions pertaining to this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation or the site visit shall be directed to Scott Russell @ Scott.Russell@va.gov. Questions are due by 1:00 PM EST on12 June 2018. Questions will be collated and answered in the form of an amendment. Complete and submit the below pricing schedule with your quote: (Failure to do so will make your quote non-conforming to the solicitation and as a result will not be evaluated or considered for award) CLIN 0001: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Water treatment maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal the Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 0002: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Cooling tower maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal the Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 1001: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Water treatment maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal the Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 1002: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Cooling tower maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal the Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 2001: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Water treatment maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN2002: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Cooling tower maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 3001: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Water treatment maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 3002: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Cooling tower maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 4001: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Water treatment maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal Monthly price multiplied by 12) CLIN 4002: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, and other items and non-personal services necessary to supply Cooling tower maintenance services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Quantity: 12 Unit of Measure: Month Monthly Price $__________ ___________ Total Yearly Price $_________________________ (Shall equal Monthly price multiplied by 12) Description of Requirement The St Petersburg VA Regional Office (VARO) requires the development and implementation of a water treatment program for the HVAC cooling system at the St Petersburg VA Reginal Office (VARO), St Petersburg, FL as well as the development and execution of a complete service and maintenance program for the two cooling towers located at the VARO. The contractor will provide all tools, labor, certified technicians, transportation, parts and materials, chemicals, and associated equipment and supplies necessary to execute the requirements of this contract. The contractor must be able to deliver and apply all necessary chemistry; provide all of the necessary laboratory services for: Legionella testing, corrosion test strip evaluations, atomic analysis, metallographic analysis, X-Ray Powder Diffraction and X- Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, perform Taylor Technologies Titration Reagents (Calcium, Chloride, Hardness- High and Low Range, Nitrite, P, M and OH Alkalinity, Sulfite, Organophosphate) and check conductivity for TDS. It is the contractors responsibility to ensure both cooling towers are maintained IAW manufacturers O&M manual and this Performance Work Statement (PWS)as well as ensuring the contractor developed water treatment protocol is administered ensuring corrosion of the cooling towers is managed optimally to include the management and prevention of the Legionella bacteria. The objective of the cooling tower maintenance program is to ensure the cooling towers are maintained IAW manufactures (EVAPCO) standards to include: Enhancing the overall plant reliability, availability and performance of the system. Reducing or eliminating functional-failures of production-related equipment (fans, motors, belts, etc.). Reduce outage to outage Unplanned Capacity Load Factor, UCLF contributions. Achieve optimal Operating and Maintenance costs. Provide a safe working environment for both plant and personnel. Reduce negative effects on the environment as a result of component failure. Clauses: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The following FAR and VAAR provisions and clauses are added as addenda: 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) [Fill in as follows] http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR) Addendum to FAR 52.212-4 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2015) 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) [Fill in as follows] 30 days 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000) [Fill in as follows] 30 Days, 30 Days 52.227-14 Rights in Data-General (MAY 2014) 52.232-18 Availability of Funds (APR 1984) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) 52.233-1 Disputes (MAY 2014) 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (JAN 2008) 852.219-11 VA Notice of Total Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (JUL 2016) 001AL-11-15-A Limitations on Subcontracting Monitoring and Compliance (JUNE 2011) This solicitation includes VAAR 852.219-11 VA Notice of Total Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside. Accordingly, any contract resulting from this solicitation will include this clause. The contractor is advised in performing contract administration functions, the CO may use the services of a support contractor(s) retained by VA to assist in assessing the contractor's compliance with the limitations on subcontracting or percentage of work performance requirements specified in the clause. To that end, the support contractor(s) may require access to contractor's offices where the contractor's business records or other proprietary data are retained and to review such business records regarding the contractor's compliance with this requirement. All support contractors conducting this review on behalf of VA will be required to sign an Information Protection and Non-Disclosure and Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest Agreement to ensure the contractor's business records or other proprietary data reviewed or obtained in the course of assisting the CO in assessing the contractor for compliance are protected to ensure information or data is not improperly disclosed or other impropriety occurs. Furthermore, if VA determines any services the support contractor(s) will perform in assessing compliance are advisory and assistance services as defined in FAR 2.101, Definitions, the support contractor(s) must also enter into an agreement with the contractor to protect proprietary information as required by FAR 9.505-4, obtaining access to proprietary information, paragraph (b). The contractor is required to cooperate fully and make available any records as may be required to enable the CO to assess the contractor's compliance with the limitations on subcontracting or percentage of work performance requirement. 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (Nov 2012) 852.237-70 Contractor Responsibilities (APR 1984) [Fill in as follows] Florida (End of Addendum to FAR 52.212-4) 52.212-5, Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. The following provisions and clauses are selected as appropriate to this solicitation: Paragraph b applicable clauses: (4) 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016) (8) 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Aug 2013). (22) 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) (25) 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003) (27) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (FEB 1999) (28) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (MAR 2007) (30) 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) (33) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) (44) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) (51) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (58) 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other Than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) Paragraph c applicable clauses: (3) 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332. Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic, 5306: WG10/2; $23.70 (4) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 2014) (29 U.S.C.206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). Wage Determination 2015-4571, Revision No. 5, dated 01/10/2018 applies to this acquisition. (7) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (8) 52.222-55 Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2015) (9) 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (End of Clause) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (JAN 2017) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 The following provisions and clauses are added as addenda: 52.203-98 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements Representation (DEVIATION 2015-02) (FEB 2015) 52.204-7 System for Award Management. 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (NOV 2014) 52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal 52.237-1 Site Visit. 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated By Reference (FEB 1998) [Fill in as follows] http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR) 852.233-70 Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (JAN 2008) 852.252-70 Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (JAN 2008) 852.270-1 Representatives of Contracting Officers (JAN 2008) (End of Addendum to 52.212-1) 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items does apply. (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, based on Price and other factors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: i. Price IAW FAR 13.106-3(a) Price will be evaluated to determine reasonableness based upon the total price of the award to include all option periods and any possible contract extensions under FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. The Government will evaluate its option to extend services at FAR Clause 52.217-8 by adding six (6) months of the Offeror's proposed price for the final option period to the Offeror's total proposed price. ii. Past performance Recent and relevant past performance shall be discussed for the prime contractor and/or any team members or teaming partners proposed to support this contract. The Offeror is provided an opportunity to submit a list of no more than three (3) contracts. These contracts shall include the Offeror s most recent and relevant past performance information on projects which are similar in size, scope, and complexity providing water treatment services which demonstrates their familiarity with the installation, operation, functions and capabilities of the Lakewood Instruments Model 1575e Water Treatment System Conductivity Controller in addition to commercial cooling tower maintenance within the 400-ton range. FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The offeror must have completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website access through http://www.acquisition.gov. After reviewing the SAM database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ____________. Offers are due no later than 10 July 2018 by 7:00 AM EST. The vendor must be active in SAM to receive an award. Vendor is to ensure the following information is provided with their written quote: Completed Pricing schedule, Past Performance Information, Prompt Payment Terms, Correct Remittance Address, Cage Code, Duns Number, Tax Identification Number, Full Name and Telephone Number of Vendor's Point of Contact. Quotes shall be submitted electronically via email to Scott.Russell @va.gov. The maximum size of each email cannot exceed 5 MB. Note that emails that contain compressed files such as Zip files will be rejected by the government server. Only written quotes shall be acceptable and must be received and identified by solicitation # 3610E18Q0065. Vendors bear the burden of ensuring that quotes, and any applicable amendments, are emailed on time. All pages of the quote must be emailed before the deadline specified in this solicitation. For additional information, please contact the Contracting Officer, Scott Russell at (336) 251-0633 or by e-mail at Scott.Russell@va.gov.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: 36C10E18Q0177 0001 36C10E18Q0177 0001.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4435737&FileName=36C10E18Q0177-0001000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4435737&FileName=36C10E18Q0177-0001000.docx

 

File Name: 36C10E18Q0177 0001 S05 - Cooling Tower Maintenance Contractor Question Answers.pdf (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4435738&FileName=36C10E18Q0177-0001001.pdf)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4435738&FileName=36C10E18Q0177-0001001.pdf

 

File Name: 36C10E18Q0177 0001 P09 - PWS - Water Treatment and Cooling Tower_FINAL 27 June 2018.pdf (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4435739&FileName=36C10E18Q0177-0001002.pdf)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4435739&FileName=36C10E18Q0177-0001002.pdf

 

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Place of Performance

Address: VBA Regional Office;9500 Bay Pines BLVD;St. Petersburg, Fl

Zip Code: 33708
 

Record

SN04970456-W 20180629/180627230832-7d09798a3d79de7a0b444c3d2facc852 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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