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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 23, 2019 FBO #6301
SOLICITATION NOTICE

99 -- New contract serving Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Atlantic Garden Veterans Cemetery, and Morovis National Cemetery; subject to availability of FY19 funds.

Notice Date: 2/21/2019
Notice Type: Combine Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS: 327991 — Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing
Contracting Office: Department of Veterans Affairs;NCA Contracting Service;75 Barrett Heights Rd. Suite 309;Stafford VA 22556
ZIP Code: 22556
Solicitation Number: 36C78619Q0181
Response Due: 3/15/2019
Archive Date: 5/14/2019
Point of Contact: twillie.curry@va.gov
Small Business Set-Aside: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Description: 36C78619Q0181 Page 1 of Page 20 of 20 Page 1 of COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR NEW CONTRACT SERVING PUERTO RICO NATIONAL CEMETERY, ATLANTIC GARDEN VETERANS CEMETERY, AND MOROVIS NATIONAL CEMETERY THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES AND PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6 STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A SEPARATE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. SOLICITATION 36C78619Q0181 IS BEING ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ). THIS NOTICE AND THE INCORPORATED PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE THOSE IN EFFECT THROUGH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FAR). ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A QUOTE. FAR clauses and provisions enclosed within this RFQ are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-01 and are available in full text through Internet access at http://www.acquisition.gov/far. 1. This is a 100% Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside, Open Market procurement. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 327991 and the size standard is 500 Employees. Any firm that does not meet the capability and size standard under this NAICS code should not submit a response. Prospective awardees MUST be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM)at http://www.sam.gov and VETBIZ https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/, PRIOR TO AWARD and through final payment, and must complete the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://www.sam.gov prior to award and through final payment. CONTRACT WILL NOT BE AWARDED UNTIL SAM REGISTRATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. *NOTE* SDVOSBs must be verified for ownership and control and listed in the Vendor Information Pages at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov when offers are submitted and at the time of award. (See Clause 852.219-10 VA Notice of Total Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.) Offers received from concerns that are not Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns shall not be considered and will not be evaluated. 2. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Therefore, all quotations received prior to the RFQ close date will be considered by the Contracting Office. A single award will be made to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offeror. The Contractor shall perform services at: Puerto Rico National Cemetery #50 Avenid Cementerio Nacional Bayamon, PR 00961-3887 Point of Contact: Natalie Hubble or Juan Nieves Phone 787-798-8400 Atlantic Garden Veterans Cemetery Garden of Eden Blvd State Rd 110, km 6.6 Carr 110 km, 298 Bo. Montana Aquadilla, PR 00603 Point of Contact: Ivelisse Soto Phone 787-221-6858 Morovis National Cemetery (pending development for burials estimated to begin during late 2019) Point of Contact: Juan Nieves Phone 787-798-8400 PR-137 Km 11.2 Morovis Puerto Rico Delivery shall be for a Base Period and Four (4), One (1) Year Options PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED SOLICITATION 36C78619Q0181 3. The following Provisions and Clauses apply to this procurement: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. Quotes are due on March 15, 2019 12:00 Noon EST. ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED FOR SUBMISSION OF QUOTES SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN ITS ENTIREITY. FAILURE TO SUBMIT ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED UNDER INSTRUCTION TO OFFEROR SHALL BE DEEMED AS NON-CONFORMING AND WILL NOT BE UNDER FURTHER CONSIDERATION. IT IS THE CONTRACTOR S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING PROPER SUBMISSION OF THEIR QUOTES IN THE VENDOR PORTAL. PROCEDURES FOR UPDATING ALREADY SUBMITTED QUOTES ARE PROVIDED IN THE VENDOR PORTAL GUIDE. ATTACHMENT A- eCMS Getting Started Guide Vendors Please go the VA eCMS Vendor Portal website at https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov to register. Once on the webpage, proceed to the Vendor Portal Login section located on the far-left side of the webpage and click on Request a user account to register. In the event an Offeror is unable to submit their quotes through the Vendor Portal domain, prior to the deadline for submission of quotes, contact the VAAS helpdesk at 1-877-634-3739, or via email at VA.Acquisition.Systems@va.gov. Quotes transmission/successful uploads must be completed by the deadline for submission of quotes. Offerors unable to submit their QUOTEs through VA eCMS Vendor Portal, may submit their quotes via email, PROVIDED THE VA eCMS Vendor Portal registration requirements have been fulfilled AND Offerors have contacted the VAAS helpdesk for assistance in their quotes submission. A copy of the email correspondence with the VAAS helpdesk shall be forwarded to the Contract Specialist, TWILLIE L CURRY III, at Twillie.curry@va.gov as proof of email correspondence. If a request for assistance with the VAAS helpdesk proves unsuccessful in an Offeror s ability to submit a quote prior to the closing date, via the Vendor Portal, the Offeror shall submit to the Contracting Officer correspondence that contains the date, time, and name of helpdesk representative the Offeror contacted to include the reasons why the Offeror could not submit a quote via the Portal. The offeror shall receive approval from the contracting officer prior to submitting quote via email. This document shall be submitted with the Offeror s quote. In the event an Offeror has not requested submission assistance from the VAAS help desk prior to the closing date, nor has submitted correspondence that identifies reasons why the Offeror could not submit their QUOTE via Vendor Portal, the Offeror will be considered non-responsive and the QUOTEs, if late, will not be accepted. Quotes shall include the information listed below. Quotes that fail to furnish the required information, or reject the terms and conditions of the RFQ may be excluded from further consideration. The following factors will be considered when evaluating the Quotes: Technical and Price. The Vendor s quote shall consist of four (4) volumes. The Volumes are I Technical, Past Performance & Limitations on Sub-Contracting Monitoring and Compliance, Volume II Price, Volume III- Small Business Participation Plan and Volume IV - Offer & Award Documents, Contract Administration, Certifications & Representations. 2. RFP FILES. Offerors quotations shall be submitted in accordance with the following instructions: a. Format. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Each volume shall be clearly identified and shall begin at the top of a page. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and solicitation number in the header and/or footer. Quotation page limitations are not applicable to this procurement. All files will be submitted as either a Microsoft Excel (.XLS) file or an Acrobat (PDF) file or compatible as indicated in the table. Page size shall be no greater than 8 1/2" x 11" with printing on one side, only. The top, bottom, left and right margins shall be a minimum of one inch (1 ) each. Font size shall be no smaller than 12-point. Arial or Times New Roman fonts are recommended. Characters shall be set at no less than normal spacing and 100% scale. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size not less than 8-point and may be landscape. Line spacing shall be set at no less than single space. Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. Page numbers, company logos, and headers and footers may be within the page margins ONLY, and are not bound by the 12-point font requirement. Footnotes to text shall not be used. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. Pages in violation of these instructions, either by exceeding the margin, font or spacing restrictions will not be evaluated. a. File Packaging. All of the proposal files may be compressed (zipped) into one file entitled proposal.zip using WinZip version 6.2 or later version or the proposal files may be submitted individually. b. Content Requirements. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The Offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. The titles and page limits requirements for each file are shown in the Table below: Volume Number Factor File Name Page Limitations* Volume I Technical, Past Performance, Limitations on Sub-Contracting -Monitoring and Compliance: (Company Name) Tech.pdf 75 Volume II Price (Company Name) Price.xls None Volume III Small Business Participation Plan Small Business Participation.pdf None Volume IV Offer & Award Documents, Contract Administration, Certifications & Representations (Company Name) OfrRep.pdf None A Table of Contents and/or a glossary of abbreviations or acronyms will not be included in the page count of the technical Volume. However, be advised that all information contained within any Table of Contents and/or glossary of abbreviations or acronyms submitted with an Offeror s proposal will not be evaluated by the Government. VOLUME I- TECHNICAL, PAST PERFORMANCE & LIMITATIONS ON SUB-CONTRACTING-MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE Vendors shall quote a detailed approach that addresses the following: Submittal by Potential Vendors All potential offerors shall submit at their expense one granite inscription sample for each of the two product codes (type L1 and H1) by the closing date of this solicitation. The samples shall be used to determine the potential awardees ability to manufacture inscriptions meeting criteria specified herein. The samples shall be clearly marked (on the back) with permanent marker to show the following: Contractor s name and the government s solicitation number. Refer to Addendum 1 & 2 for additional evaluation criteria. b. Samples for the type L1 and H1 products must be submitted to Memorial Products Service (MPS) prior to closing date. If one or more of the samples are disapproved, MPS will attempt to notify the contractor via phone and/or email. Potential offerors shall have until closing date of the solicitation to resubmit another sample for approval if the first submittal is disapproved. Approved L1 and H1 samples are required for consideration of award. c. Inscribed Niche Inscription, Granite (H1) Sample: The following dimensions and inscription info shall be used for this sample. H1 niche cover shall measure 15-3/4 x 11-1/4 x � Emblem #25 (refer to drawings for actual emblem to be inscribed) GRIFFIN MARSHALL P Jr (refer to drawings for correct size of r ) 1st LT USA (refer to drawings for correct size of st ) KOREA VIETNAM 1932 2008 d. Inscribed Thin Flat Granite Sample: The following dimensions and inscription shall be used for this sample: J1 thin flat granite sample shall measure 24 x 12 x 3 The format for the type J1 sample submittal will be an actual order following award of the contract. The sample will be on a government furnished blank and submitted to the Director of Puerto Rico National Cemetery for approval in coordination with Memorial Products Support (MPS). Production of additional J1 items are not authorized until the first J1 sample is approved. e. Inscribed Small Flat Granite Sample: The following dimensions and inscription shall be used for this sample: L1 thin flat granite sample shall measure 12 x 18 x � (note the regular government supplied blank used for actual orders will be 3 versus � thick) Emblem #57 (refer to drawings for actual emblem to be inscribed) JEFFRY LeROE (refer to drawings for correct size of e ) SGT US ARMY WWII JUN 21 1947 SEP 7 2015 DEFIANT BUT KIND & GENEROUS f. Inscribed Memorial Wall Sample: The following dimensions and inscription shall be used for this sample: C1 granite memorial wall sample shall measure 11-1/4 x 7-3/4 x � Emblem #64 (refer to drawings for actual emblem to be inscribed) (Memorial Wall inscriptions must always contain the line, IN MEMORY OF McDONALD ROBERT CHARLES MSGT US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II KOREA NOV 23 1923 DEC 3 2000 BRONZE STAR MEDAL The sample shall be on a government furnished blank and must be submitted, following the contract s award, to the Director of Puerto Rico National Cemetery, for approval in coordination with MPS. Production of C1 items must not proceed until the C1 sample is approved. g. Inscribed Upright Headstone Sample due after contract award and not later than September 2019 The following dimensions and inscription shall be used for this sample unless a different format is provided by MPS prior to December 2019: upright headstone sample shall measure 24 x 13 x � The sample shall be on marble unless otherwise approved by the Contracting officer. For ease and safety, the sample s dimension shall not equal the headstone s actual dimensions. Emblem # 33 (refer to drawings for actual emblem to be inscribed) JOSÉ RAFAEL QUIÑÓNEZ 2ND LT US AIR FORCE AFGHANISTAN SEP 19 1936 AUG 31 2012 PURPLE HEART BELOVED HUSBAND & DAD The headstone sample shall be submitted, at the contractor s expense (blank NOT provided by the government), to the Director of Puerto Rico National Cemetery for approval in coordination with MPS after the contract is awarded and not later than September 2019. Production of headstones must not proceed until the headstone sample is approved. Orders for headstones are projected to begin during December 2019. h. All potential offerors who have submitted and received approval within the last 12 months for a sample of types L1, H1, J1, C1, or U1/W1), may submit a copy of the approval(s) to avoid submitting a sample as described above. The sample(s) shall be received by Memorial Products Service (MPS) prior to solicitation closing date. If a sample is disapproved by MPS you shall receive notification by the Program Support Unit and you have until the closing date of solicitation to resubmit samples. NO samples will be accepted after closing date. Once submitted the sample(s) becomes the property of the Department of Veterans Affairs and will not be returned. Submit sample(s) and test results to the following address: Department of Veterans Affairs Memorial Programs Service Program Support Unit, Rm. 600L 1575 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 VOLUME I- TECHNICAL, PAST PERFORMANCE & LIMITATIONS ON SUB-CONTRACTING-MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE: Offerors shall propose a detailed approach that addresses the following: 1. TECHNICAL EVALUATION APPROACH. a) Marble/Granite Sample (Acceptable/Unacceptable) Finish Dimension within tolerance Material meets ASTM criteria Color/reflectivity standard is met Workmanship free from defects Bonding within specs Boring appropriately sized spaced b) Marble/Granite Sample(Acceptable/Unacceptable) Finish Dimension within tolerance Material meets ASTM criteria Color/reflectivity standard is met Workmanship free from defects Bonding within specs Boring appropriately sized spaced c) Qualifications: Personnel Experience: The following key personnel s resume must be included in the quotation/proposal: 1. Inscriber 2. Site Supervisor/Manager 3. Subcontractors if using any 2. PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION APPROACH. Offeror shall provide no more than three, recent (within the last 5 years), and relevant Past Performance Questionnaires (Attachment C). Past Performance should be relevant in size, scope, and complexity. Offerors are required to demonstrate within the last five (5) years, successful performance under contracts (ongoing or completed) which are similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to the subject requirement. Contact information provided with referrals shall be reachable by telephone or email. If a referral cannot be reached, offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. The Questionnaires (with top portion completed) shall be submitted in Volume I for (Past Performance). Past performance will be evaluated for quality, timeliness (i.e. recent), problem resolution, business relations, customer service and relevance (i.e. experience in providing services similar in size, scope, and complexity as described in the SOW). 3. VAAR CLAUSE 852.219-74 LIMITATIONS ON SUB-CONTRACTING-MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE. Quoter shall provide a statement certifying their compliance to comply with VAAR Clause 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018). The contractor shall affirm their commitment 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. VOLUME II PRICE EVALUATION APPROACH The Price Quote does not have a page limitation; however, Contractor s Quotes shall provide detailed information that provides a list of prices. The contractor s price quote must be separated from the technical submittal. The contractor shall propose firm fixed price. The Proposals that fail to furnish the required information, or reject the terms and conditions of the RFQ may be excluded from further consideration. VOLUME III-SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN APPROACH The Small Business Participation Plan does not have a page limitation; however, the Contractor s Proposals shall provide the detailed information below: All contractors must complete and submit the Small Business Participation Plan. Contractors must provide a Small Business Participation Plan proposing their goals for this solicitation to include Small Business Participation. This plan shall include an overall goal which shall be accomplished through collective small business participation from any type of small business or sub-category small business. A small business can achieve the goals through its own performance/participation as a prime without having to subcontract. The current Veterans Affairs agency goals/target percentages are below: FY 17 VA subcontracting goals Category Target (Percentage) Total U.S. ------------------------------- Total Small Business 17.0% Veteran Owned Small Business 7% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 5% Small Disadvantaged Businesses (including Section 8(a)) 5% Women-Owned Small Business 5% Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Business 3% The work performed directly by a small business prime contractor will be evaluated as Small Business Participation. A small business is NOT required to subcontract out any portion of the work. This factor gives the small businesses the opportunity to indicate that they will meet small business participation through self-performance, or, in addition to any subcontracting to small businesses. This Small Business Participation Plan is required to be submitted for evaluation of this factor. The Contractor shall submit a detailed and complete statement for the Small Business Participation Plan. The statement that details that all contractors at a minimum are required to submit a Small Business Participation Plan individually addressing the following areas: (EACH AREA SHALL BE ADDRESSED IN A DETAILED WRITTEN STATEMENT) (1) The extent to which Small Business firms are specifically identified in quotes; (2) The extent of commitment to Small Business firms (enforceable commitments, such as established relationships, will be weighted more heavily than non-enforceable ones); (3) The complexity and variety of the work small firms are to perform; (4) The extent of utilization of Small Business firms on prior contracts; (5) The evaluation will be based on the total contract dollar value, the contractors propose in terms of small business participation. (6) The extent of participation of Small Business concerns in terms of the value of the total acquisition and the extent of which the contractor provides detailed explanations and supporting documentation of the proposed participation percentages, or lack thereof, for this acquisition. Contractors proposed goals are to be filled-in as provided below: (a) Prime Contractor type of business (check all that apply): ( ) Large ( ) Small (also check type of small business) ( ) Small Non-Disadvantaged Business ( ) Small Disadvantaged Business* ( ) Woman-Owned Small Business ** ( ) HUB Zone Small Business ( ) Veteran Owned Small Business ( ) Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business (b) Total Contract Value (for five year period): $______________ (c) Dollar Value of your participation as a prime contractor: $____________ (d) Dollar value and percentage of the total contract value of subcontractors planned for: Business Category Dollar Value Percentage of Total Contract Value Large Small Disadvantaged Business* Total Small Business Woman Owned Small Business Hub Zone Small Business Veteran Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business *Note: Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HCBU/Mis) are considered as disadvantaged and should not be broken out separately. Each percentage above shall be accompanied by detailed supporting documentation in the Small Business Participation Plan regarding individual commitments. The sum of the dollar values and percentages of Small Non-Disadvantaged and Small Disadvantaged should equal the entries for the Total Small. However, the sum of all the percentages need not equal 100% since the prime is not included and individual subcontractors may be counted towards more than one category. (e) List the principal supplies/services (be specific) to be subcontracted to: (FILL IN EACH SECTION AND BLOCK THAT IS PROVIDED INCLUDING PERCENTAGES) Business Category Name of Company Type of Service/Supply Manufacturer/Non-Manufacturer Quarry Ownership Percentage of Total Value Large Small Disadvantage Business Total Small Business Woman Owned Small Business Hub Zone Small Business Veteran Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Business Category Name of Company Type of Service/Supply (f) Extent of Commitment: Provide documentation regarding enforceable commitments to utilize any small business category, as defined in FAR Part 19, Small Business Programs, as subcontractors. (g) Self-certification of a written and detailed statement to address your ability to comply with VAAR 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016) (DEVIATION). The written and detailed statement should address all the areas listed below: VAAR 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016) (DEVIATION) (a) Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern or SDVSOB : (1) Means a small business concern: (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or eligible surviving spouses (see VAAR 802.201 Surviving Spouse definition); (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses) or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran; (iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; (iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control pursuant to 38 CFR 74 and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov); and (v) The business will comply with subcontracting limitations in 13 CFR 125.6, as applicable (2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). (b) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns shall not be considered. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation shall be made to a verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (c) Agreement. A service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern agrees that in the performance of the contract, the concern will comply with the limitation on subcontracting requirements in 13 CFR �125.6. (d) A joint venture may be considered a service-disabled veteran owned small business concern if the joint venture complies with the requirements in 13 CFR 125.15, provided that any reference therein to SDVO SBC is to be construed to apply to a VA verified SDVOSB as appropriate. (e) Any service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (non-manufacturer) must meet the requirements in FAR 19.102(f) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to receive a benefit under this program. VOLUME IV - OFFER AND AWARD DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS/REPRESENTATIONS Certifications and Representations - An Acrobat PDF file shall be created to capture the signatures for submission. This Volume shall contain the following: Legal Business/Company Name (as it is indicated in www.sam.gov) DUNS Number Point of Contact Name Telephone number E-Mail Address Acknowledgement of Amendments, Contract Administration (Attachment E), if any. Any proposed exceptions to solicitation terms and conditions Offerors are hereby advised that any Offeror-imposed terms and conditions which deviate from the Government s material terms and conditions established, may render the Offeror s proposal Unacceptable, and thus ineligible for award. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (OCT 2014) The Government will award a firm fixed price contract using the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) approach 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. Award will be made based on the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. FACTOR 1: Price Evaluation Approach FACTOR 2: Technical Evaluation Approach: Marble Samples & Qualifications SUB-FACTOR 1: Past Performance Evaluation Approach SUB-FACTOR 2: Small Business Participation Plan Approach SUB-FACTOR 3: VAAR Clause 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018) (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of Provision) Addendum to FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (OCT 2014) The Government intends to award without discussions however; the Government retains the right to hold discussions if deemed necessary. Offerors are urged to ensure that their quote is submitted on the most favorable terms, since less than their best potential could result in exclusion of the quote from further consideration. Failure to include all required documentation as required in this RFQ, may result in your submission being found to be technically unacceptable and removed from further consideration. 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. Offerors who fail to meet the technical requirements of the solicitation will be rated Unacceptable and thus, ineligible for award. Quotes will be evaluated for acceptability but not ranked using the non-cost/price factors. Each non-cost factor will be rated acceptable/unacceptable. To receive consideration for award, a rating of acceptable must be achieved for technical and past performance. Proposals will be evaluated based on the following factors listed as shown above: 1. PRICE EVALUATION APPROACH. The Government anticipates that adequate price competition will establish a fair and reasonable price. However, if the Government does not receive adequate price competition, it will evaluate price proposals to ensure price reasonableness of the services or products being provided to the Government, considering the specific terms and conditions and relevant commercial practices. The Government will evaluate proposals by adding the total of all line item prices for the base and all options. Pricing may be compared against the Independent Government Estimate (IGE) or against the average mean of the offers received and may be used to set a competitive range if discussions are deemed necessary. 2. TECHNICAL EVALUATION APPROACH. Offeror shall submit at contractor expense one (1) Inscribed Upright Marble (U1) Headstone Sample 24 x 13 x � and (1) Inscribed NicheInscription Granite (H1) Sample 15-3/4 x 11-1/4 x � a) Marble/Granite Sample(Acceptable/Unacceptable) Finish Dimension within tolerance Material meets ASTM criteria Color/reflectivity standard is met Workmanship free from defects Bonding within specs Boring appropriately sized spaced Qualifications: Personnel Experience: The following key personnel s resume must be included in the quotation/proposal: 1. Inscriber 2. Site Supervisor/Manager 3. Subcontractors if using any SUB-FACTOR 1. PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION APPROACH Offeror shall provide no more than three, recent (within the last 5 years), and relevant Past Performance Questionnaires (Attachment C). Past Performance should be relevant in size, scope, and complexity. Offerors are required to demonstrate within the last five (5) years, successful performance under contracts (ongoing or completed) which are similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to the subject requirement. Contact information provided with referrals shall be reachable by telephone or email. If a referral cannot be reached, offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. The Questionnaires (with top portion completed) shall be submitted in Volume II for (Past Performance). Past performance will be evaluated for quality, timeliness (i.e. recent), problem resolution, business relations, customer service and relevance (i.e. experience in providing services similar in size, scope, and complexity as described in the SOW). The Government shall consider this information, as well as information obtained from any other sources, when evaluating the offeror s past performance. The Government reserves the right to determine the relevance of past performance information. If no past performance information is readily available, the Offeror s past performance will be evaluated neither favorably nor unfavorably. SUB-FACTOR 2. SMALL BUISINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN APPROACH. All contractors will be evaluated on the level of small business commitment they demonstrate for this acquisition. Work performed directly by a small business prime contractor will be evaluated as Small Business Participation. A Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business is NOT required to subcontract out any portion of the work. This factor gives the small businesses the opportunity to indicate that they will meet small business participation through self-performance, or, in addition to any subcontracting to small businesses. Quotes will be evaluated on the following basis of: (1) The extent to which Small Business firms are specifically identified in quotes; � (2) The extent of commitment to Small Business firms (enforceable commitments, such as established relationships, will be weighted more heavily than non-enforceable ones); � (3) The complexity and variety of the work small firms are to perform; � (4) The extent of utilization of Small Business firms on prior contracts; (5) The evaluation will be based on the total contract dollar value the contractors propose in terms of small business participation; (6) The extent of participation of Small Business concerns in terms of the value of the total acquisition and the extent of which the contractor provides detailed explanations and supporting documentation of the proposed participation percentages, or lack thereof, for this acquisition; and a. Each percentage above shall be accompanied by detailed supporting documentation in the Small Business Participation Plan regarding individual commitments. Providing the sum of the dollar values and percentages with a list of principle supplies/services to be subcontract. b. List the principal supplies/services (be specific) to be subcontracted to: Business Category Name of Company Type of Service/Supply Manufacturer/Non-Manufacturer Quarry Ownership Percentage of Total Value Large Small Disadvantage Business Total Small Business Woman Owned Small Business Hub Zone Small Business Veteran Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (7) The extent to which contractors identify and commit to small business and historically black college or university and minority institution performance. (8) The Contractor must comply and self-certify with VAAR 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016) (DEVIATION). The Contractor will be evaluated based on their ability to respond to the small business participation plan demonstrating the Offerors ability to and meeting the 51% SDVOSB performance requirement. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY RATINGS The Small Business Participation Plan shall be evaluated using the acceptable/unacceptable ratings in the areas provided in below. Acceptable/Unacceptable Rating Rating Descriptions Acceptable Small Business Participation Plan quote clearly meets the minimum requirements as instructed. Unacceptable Small Business Participation Plan quote does not clearly meet the minimum requirements as instructed. SUB-FACTOR 3. VAAR CLAUSE 852.219-74 LIMITATIONS ON SUB-CONTRACTING-MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE. All contractors will be evaluated on their compliance with VAAR Clause 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018) they demonstrate for this acquisition.). The contractor shall affirm their commitment 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. 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. The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 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): https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar https://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/vaar852.asp CONTRACT CLAUSES DIGNITY STANDARDS; SBA ACT 8(d) (13) (B); 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017); 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998); 52.204-4 PRINTED OR COPIED DOUBLE-SIDED ON POSTCONSUMER FIBER CONTENT PAPER (MAY 2011); 52.204-9 PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL(JAN 2011) 52.216-18 ORDERING (OCT 1995); 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995); 52.216-21 REQUIREMENTS (OCT 1995) ALTERNATE I (APR 1984); 52.217-6 OPTION FOR INCREASED QUANTITY (MAR 1989); 52.217-7 OPTION FOR INCREASED QUANTITY SEPARATELY PRICED LINE ITEM (MAR 1989); 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES(NOV 1999); 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000); 52.222-41 SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS (MAY 2014); SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS; 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984); 52.232-19 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR (APR 1984); 52.237-3 CONTINUITY OF SERVICES (JAN 1991); VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (MAY 2018); VAAR 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016)(DEVIATION); VAAR 852.219-74 LIMITATIONS ON SUB-CONTRACTING MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE (JUL 2018); VAAR 852.232-72 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (NOV 2012); VAAR 852.237-70 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES (APR 1984); 852.246-71 INSPECTION (JAN 2008); 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUL 2018)(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (b)(1), (b)2, (b)(4), (b)(6), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9)(b)(14), (b)(21), (b)(22), (b)(25), (b)(26), (b)(27), (b)(28), (b)(29), (b)(31), (b)(32), (b)(33), (b)(42), (b)(49), (b)(56), (c)(2),(c)(3),(c)(4),(c)(5), (c)(7), (c)(8), (c)(9) and (e)(1)(xi), (e)(1)(xii), (e )(1)(xiii), (e )(1)(xvii), (e )(1)(xviii). SOLICITATION PROVISIONS 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017); 52.203-18 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS OR STATEMENTS REPRESENTATION (JAN 2017); 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998); 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984); VAAR 852.209-70 ORGIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INEREST (JAN 2008); VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (JAN 2008); VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (JAN 1998); VAAR 852.270-1 REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRACTING OFFICERS (JAN 2008); 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014); 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006); 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017) ALL QUESTIONS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER ONLY! Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted via VA eCMS Vendor Portal. All questions must be received by no later than March 8, 2019 at 8:00AM E.S.T. to give reasonable time to respond to questions prior to close of the solicitation. No questions will be accepted after March 8, 2019 at 8:00AM E.S.T. The solicitation closes on March 15, 2019 12:00 Noon EST. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (21-FEB-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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