SOLICITATION NOTICE
S -- Catch Basin Maintenance Northampton B+4
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2019
- Notice Type
- Combine Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 562998
— All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;VA CENTRAL WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HCS;NCO1;421 North Main Street;Leeds MA 01053-9764
- ZIP Code
- 01053-9764
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24119Q0241
- Response Due
- 6/14/2019
- Archive Date
- 7/14/2019
- Point of Contact
- stefanie.carter3@va.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The solicitation number is 36C24119Q0241 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-02. (iv) This requirement is being issued as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set-aside. The associated NAICS code is 562998 All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services with a small business size standard is $7.5 million. (v) The Government intends to award a firm-fixed priced award for 12 months with four optional periods of performance. The Contractor shall provide all supervision, material, equipment, facilities and labor to perform annual maintenance service at the Central Western Massachusetts VAMC. Please see the attached Statement of Work, other related attachments, and the Price Schedule below for full requirement details and pricing submission. Item # Description Qty Unit Price Amount 0001 Storm-scepter Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement. Base Year 7/15/2019 7/14/2020 5 EA 0002 Catch Basin Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2019 7/14/2020 133 EA 0003 Outfall Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2019 7/14/2020 50 EA 1001 Storm-scepter Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement. Base Year 7/15/2020 7/14/2021 5 EA 1002 Catch Basin Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2020 7/14/2021 133 EA 1003 Outfall Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2020 7/14/2021 50 EA 2001 Storm-scepter Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement. Base Year 7/15/2021 7/14/2022 5 EA 2002 Catch Basin Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2021 7/14/2022 133 EA 2003 Outfall Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2021 7/14/2022 50 EA 3001 Storm-scepter Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement. Base Year 7/15/2022 7/14/2023 5 EA 3002 Catch Basin Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2022 7/14/2023 133 EA 3003 Outfall Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2022 7/14/2023 50 EA 4001 Storm-scepter Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement. Base Year 7/15/2023 7/14/2024 5 EA 4002 Catch Basin Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2023 7/14/2024 133 EA 4003 Outfall Maintenance IAW the Performance Work Statement Base Year 7/15/2023 7/14/2024 50 EA TOTAL (vi) The Places of Performance is the Central Western Massachusetts VA Medical Center, 421 North Main Street, Leeds, MA 01053. The period of performance shall be 12-month Base Year with four 12- month Optional periods of performance. (vii) Provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial (OCT 2018), applies to this acquisition in addition to the following addenda s to the provision: 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998); 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018); 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (JUL 2016); 52.216-1 Type of Contract (APR 1984); 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990); 52.233-2 Service of Protest (SEPT 2006); 852.233-70 Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (JAN 2008); 852.233-71; Alternate Protest Procedure (JAN 1998). (viii) Submission of Quotes and Evaluation process: (1) Quotes shall be received on or before the date and time specified in Section (xiv) of this solicitation. (2) Quotes shall be submitted electronically via email to Stefanie.carter3@va.gov. (3) Questions shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist in writing via e-mail. Oral questions are not acceptable due to the possibility of misunderstanding or misinterpretation. The cut-off date and time for receipt of questions is 06/7/2019 at 2:00 PM EST. Questions received after this date and time may not be answered. Questions will be answered in a formal amendment to the solicitation, so all interested parties can see the answers. (4) Site Visit is scheduled for Wednesday, 06/05/2019 at 0900 at the Central Western Massachusetts VA Medical Center, Leeds, MA, Building 7, Room 105, park in Main Lot. Please send an email to stefanie.carter3@va.gov if you plan on attending. Any potential changes to the statement of work or questions, noted during the site visit must be submitted in writing by the question due date. The Contracting Officer is the only person that is authorized to change the requirement via an amendment to the RFQ. (5) Evaluation Process: Award will be made to the best value, as determined to be the most beneficial to the Government. Please read each section below carefully for the submittals and information required as part of the evaluation. Failure to provide the requested information below shall be considered non-compliant and your quote could be removed from the evaluation process. Quotes shall be evaluated under FAR Part 13.106-2(b) -- Evaluation of Quotations or Offers through Comparative Evaluation. After the evaluation of quotes, the Contracting Officer may negotiate final terms with one or more quoters of the Government s choice before issuing a purchase order. The Contracting Officer will not negotiate with any quoters other than those that represent the best value to the Government and will not use the formal source selection procedures described in FAR Part 15. The Contracting Officer may issue a purchase order to other than the lowest priced quoter. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforms to the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Price - Vendor will complete the Price Schedule (above) with proposed contract line item prices inserted in appropriate spaces. Past Performance: Provide (2) references of work, similar in scope and size with the requirement detailed in the Statement of Work. References must include contact information; brief description of the work completed, and contract # (if relevant). Please utilize Attachment 2 Past Performance Worksheet for your references and please submit as part of your quote submission. References may be checked by the Contracting Officer to ensure your company is capable of performing the Statement of Work. The Government also reserves the right to obtain information for use in the evaluation of past performance from any and all sources to include PPIRS. Options: Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government s best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). The Government will evaluate prices for the option under FAR 52.217-8 by using the last year s option prices to calculate the price for six months of effort and adding that amount to the base and other option years to arrive at the total. (ix) Ensure your representations and certifications are complete in the System for Award Management (SAM) ( https://www.sam.gov). Otherwise, you will need to fill out solicitation Clause 52.212-3 "Offeror Representation and Certifications -Commercial Items" and submit with the quote. Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting their quotation. x) Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (OCT 2018), applies to this acquisition in addition to the following addenda s to the clause: 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998); 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest (DEC 2011); 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (APR 2014); 52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper (MAY 2011); 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018); 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2016); 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013); 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (JAN 2008); 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018); 852.237-70 Contractor Responsibilities (APR 1984); 852.270-1 Representatives of contracting officers (JAN 2008). 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 days of contract expiration. (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 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 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 5 Years and 6 Months. (End of Clause) 852.219-10 VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside. 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; (i) 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. (End of clause) 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting Monitoring and Compliance. LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE (JUL 2018) (DEVIATION) (a) This solicitation includes 852.219-10, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside. (b) Accordingly, any contract resulting from this solicitation is subject to the limitation on subcontracting requirements in 13 CFR 125.6. The Contractor is advised that in performing contract administration functions, the Contracting Officer 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. (c) 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 Contracting Officer in assessing the Contractor for compliance are protected to ensure information or data is not improperly disclosed or other impropriety occurs. (d) 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 Contracting Officer to assess the Contractor's compliance with the limitations on subcontracting or percentage of work performance requirement. (End of clause) (xi) Clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and in addition to the following FAR clauses cited, which are also applicable to the acquisition: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEPT 2006); 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2018); 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (OCT 2016); 52.209-6, Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015); 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (OCT 2018), 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 (SEPT 2016); 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (OCT 2015); 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014); 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016); 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010); 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (JAN 2019); 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (OCT 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 (OCT 2018); 52.242-5, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (JAN 2017); 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018); 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014); 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards--Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (AUG 2018); 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2015); 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017); Wage Determination WD 15-4095 (Rev.-11) first posted on www.wdol.gov on 04/30/2019 (End of clause) (xii) All contract requirement(s) and/or terms and conditions are stated above. (xiii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating are not applicable to this requirement. (xiv) RFQ responses are due 06/14/2019 at 10:00 AM. RFQ responses must be submitted via email to: stefanie.carter3@va.gov. Hand deliveries will not be accepted. Submissions after the deadline may not be considered. (xv) The POC of this solicitation is Stefanie Carter (stefanie.carter3@va.gov). NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (30-MAY-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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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Veterans Affairs;VA CENTRAL WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HCS;NCO1;421 North Main Street;Leeds, MA
- Zip Code: 01053
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 01053
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