SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Storm Drain Cleaning
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2025 10:41:00 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 562998
— All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services
- Contracting Office
- NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 19 (36C259) Greenwood Village CO 80111 USA
- ZIP Code
- 80111
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25925Q0615
- Response Due
- 8/12/2025 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/11/2025
- Point of Contact
- Jacqueline O'Bryan (CO), Contract Officer, Phone: 303-712-5760
- E-Mail Address
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jacqueline.Obryan@va.gov
(jacqueline.Obryan@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SDVOSBC Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set Aside
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25925Q0615 Storm Drain Cleaning 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. * The mandatory site visit will occur at 10:00 am MT, July 29, 2025 at VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, 500 Foothill Drive, Building 6, Engineering Training Room, Salt Lake City, UT, 84148-0001 ** The deadline for all questions is 12:00pm MT, August 4, 2025 All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation. *** Quotes are to be provided to jacqueline.obryan@va.gov no later than 12:00pm MT, August 12, 2025. Quotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is 36C25925Q0615. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-04 May 12, 2025. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 562998 with a small business size standard of $16.5M. This solicitation is a 100% set-aside for SDVOSB. Description of Requirements for the work to be acquired. Storm Drain Catch-Basin Cleaning Statement of Work Cleaning Storm Drain Catch-Basins There are 125 storm-drain catch basins and 3 Oil/Water separators located throughout the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center campus. A detailed drawing of the VA Campus showing the location of each catch-basin will be provided to the contractor. Service is to be provided annually, beginning in April, or as temperatures permit. Work shall be scheduled through the COR with a minimum of 5 working days notice, and accomplished during normal working hours, Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:30 PM. The contractor shall remove the grate from each storm drain catch-basin, then using water and a vacuum truck, remove all debris from each catch-basin. Grate to be replaced as cleaning is complete. Traffic control around each worksite shall be the responsibility of the contractor, and will include appropriate cones, barricades, or other means to ensure a safe work area with minimal interruption of traffic flow. Debris shall be disposed of at an off-campus facility in a manner consistent with all applicable City, State and Federal laws, policies, and regulations governing such material. Copies of weight tickets and any other documentation from the disposal facility shall be provided to the COR as evidence of amount and proper disposal. Contractor must supply the government with inventory and map of all storm drains documenting condition of all storm drains and oil water separators. VA will provide access to water via fire hydrants at no cost to the contractor. Any issues requiring repair of catch-basin or surrounding infrastructure that are discovered during cleaning shall be reported in writing to the COR. General Contractor is to provide all labor, tools, equipment, and materials necessary to perform the full scope of work at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center. Contractor employees are to be supervised by a qualified on-site supervisor who will be responsible for employee direction, performance, appearance, conduct, quality of workmanship, safety and OSHA compliance. Contractor employees shall be uniformed in apparel appropriate for the work. The on-site supervisor shall be equipped with a cell phone for communication with the VA Contracting Officers Representative (COR). Issues preventing the contractor from performing the full scope of duties will be reported in writing to the COR. Contractor must provide a detailed invoice, showing services rendered, date of service, hours worked, and associated costs. This information serves as evidence of compliance with contract stipulations, and is basis for payment. All materials shall be handled, stored and used in accordance with applicable NFPA, OSHA and EPA standards, as appropriate for each material. The contractor is to preserve and protect all structures, utilities, and equipment on or adjacent to the work site during performance of work required under this contract. Any damage caused by failure to exercise reasonable care shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Period of Performance Base Year: September 2025 to September 2026 Option Year 1: September 2026 to September 2027 Option Year 2: September 2027 to September 2028 Option Year 3: September 2028 to September 2029 Option Year 4: September 2029 to September 2030 The C&A requirements do not apply, and a Security Accreditation Package is not required. Delivery and acceptance is to be F.O.B Destination (FAR 52.247-34) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Medical Center VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System 500 Foothill Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84148-0001 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturer s (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers.� No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable. Offeror shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM.� All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract.� Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis. State if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract. If the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be VIP verified and visible in the VA Vendor Information Pages (VIP): https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award. Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote 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 quote. Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) - Technical capability to meet the Government requirement; (II) - Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction; and (III) Price Volume I - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement The offeror shall submit documentation that establishes their technical capability to meet the requirements of this solicitation. Volume II - Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction The offeror shall complete the Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction and submit as part of the quote. Volume III Price Price - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. (End of Addendum to 52.212-1) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS: 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 considering price and other factors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: Factor 1. Technical capability to meet the Government requirement Factor 2. Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction Factor 3. Price Evaluation Approach. The Government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotations. The evaluation will consider the following: Factor 1. Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in this solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation. Factor 2. Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction: The Government will evaluate the responses an offeror makes to Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-78 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) for completeness. If an offeror fails to complete Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-78 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) their quote will be determined ineligible for award. Factor 3. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-items and options. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price. Options. The Government will evaluate quotations for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. This includes options under FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, which applies to this solicitation. Evaluation of options under FAR 52.217-8 will be accomplished by adding six months of the quoter's price for the last potential period of performance under this contract to the quoter's total price.� For example, if the contract includes option periods that are exercisable under FAR 52.217-9, the quoter's total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base period, all option periods, and an additional six months of the last option period. Quoters must price only the base and option periods specified in the contract line-item numbers (CLINs), and shall not submit a price for the potential six-month extension of services under FAR 52.217-8. The Government reserves the right to exercise the option under FAR 52.217-8 before the end of any of the contractor's performance periods and will be exercised at the price and/or rates in effect at the time the clause is exercised. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (End of Addendum to 52.212-2) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. Offerors must be registered in SAM at time of offer submission. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (JAN 2025) DEVIATION (FEB 2025) applies to this acquisition FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference; FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with Alternate I (NOV 2021) FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021) FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (JAN 2025) FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns JAN 2025) FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022) FAR 52.219-27 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program (FEB 2024) FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (JAN 2025) FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUN 2003) FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies JAN 2025) FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (NOV 2021) FAR 52.223-2 Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (MAY 2024) FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021) FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management (Oct 2018) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions: 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. 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 of contract expiration; 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 66 months. 852.212-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items (Apr 2020) VAAR 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (MAY 2018) VAAR 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) VAAR 852.233-70 Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (SEP 2018) VAAR 852.233-71 Alternate Protest Procedure (SEP 2018) VAAR 852.246-71 Rejected Goods (OCT 2018) 852.219-73 VA Notice of Total Set-Aside for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses reference attached full text. 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction reference attached full text. 852.222-71 Compliance with Executive Order 13899. (DEVIATION) (APR 2025) (a)The contractor shall comply with Executive Order 13899, Combating Anti-Semitism, pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. (b)The contractor shall timely disclose, in writing, to the Contracting Officer, whenever, in connection with the award, performance, or closeout of this contract or any subcontract thereunder, the Contractor has credible evidence that a principal, employee, agent, or subcontractor of the Contractor has committed a violation under Executive Order 13899, Combatting Anti-Semitism pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. (c)The contractor shall include the terms and conditions of this clause in every subcontract or purchase order so that these terms will be binding on every subcontractor or vendor. 852.252-70, Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Jan 2008) The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, or the clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer. http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html https://www.acquisition.gov/vaar The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) The following VAAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: None The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2023) FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020) FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference: VAAR 852.212-71 Gray Market Items (FEB 2023) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply. Date and Time offers are due to jacqueline.obryan@va.gov by 12:00pm MT, August 12, 2025. Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Jacqueline O Bryan Jacqueline.Obryan@va.gov Attachments: 1. Site Map 2. VAAR 852.219-73 VA Notice for Total Set-Aside for Certified SDVOSB 3. VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction
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- Zip Code: 84148-0001
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