PMO_Solicitation_2018_(4).pdf

USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PMO Solicitation 2018 SOL 12-31ME-18-Q-0021

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

General Information

Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: 12-31ME-18-Q-0021 Posted Date: September 10, 2018 Response Date: September 24, 2018, 3:00pm EST Classification Code: R497 Set Aside: Total Small Business NAICS Code: 541611

Contracting Office Address Rural Development Business Center United States Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W Washington, D.C. 20250

Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format and procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5 and using FAR sub part 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; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is a request for proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-100.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541611, with a small business size standard of 15 Million Dollars.

The Rural Development Business Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Procurement Management Office, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W, Washington, D.C. 20250.

is seeking contract services to assist Procurement Management Office (PMO) staff in pre-award and post-award acquisition support. All services requested under this PWS are non-personal and not inherently governmental in nature and will result in issued Task Orders (TO) from the Contracting Officer (CO).

The contractor shall effectively assist PMO in providing program staff pre-award and post-award including acquisition support to include strategy support, documentation development support, market research and market survey support, monitoring acquisition packages, post award quality surveillance (QA) support, price analysis, and training of program staff on identified acquisition processes and duties as defined in this PWS.

All interested companies shall provide proposals for the following:

Services

Line Item

Description Quantity UNITs Unit Price

Total Price

CLIN 001 Program Support CFO and/or RD Programs (St. Louis):

Senior and Junior Individuals shall provide program staff pre-award and post-award acquisition support (to include program acquisition strategy development, requirement package documentation (cost analysis, market research and market survey support, development of Performance Work Statements (PWS)) assist government to monitor post award quality surveillance (QA), and training of program staff on identified acquisition processes and duties.

Personnel shall analyze data and develop reports upon request.

HR

101A Senior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist

1920 HR

101B Senior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist

1920 HR

101C Junior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist

1920 HR

101D Junior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist

1920 HR

102 Program Support (DC): Senior and Junior Individual shall provide program staff pre-award and post-award acquisition support (to include program acquisition strategy development, requirement package documentation (cost analysis, market research and market survey support, development of Performance Work Statements (PWS)) assist government to monitor post award quality surveillance (QA), and training of program staff on identified acquisition processes and duties.

Personnel shall analyze data and develop reports upon request.

102A Senior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist

1920 HR

102B Junior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist

1920 HR

102C Junior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist

1920 HR

103 Procurement: Senior Positions that primarily serve as advisors to management on the evaluation of the effectiveness of Rural Development’s acquisition programs and efficiencies.

Individuals require knowledge of: the substantive nature of development of requirement packages (market research, development of Performance Work Statements, federal and USDA regulations and policies; and the analytical and evaluative methods and techniques for assessing program development or execution and improving organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Assistant PMO to develop comprehensive Forecasting Tools for programs to develop life cycle cost analyses of projects or performing cost benefit or economic evaluations of current or projected programs.

Personnel shall analyze data and develop reports upon request. The work requires skill in: application of fact-finding and investigative techniques; oral and written communications; and development of presentations and reports.

103A Senior Level Acquisition/Program

1920 HR

103B Senior Level Acquisition/Program

1920 HR

Services Knowledge Skills Abilities Required

• The contractor employees shall have an expert understanding of Program Management and quality control as written per the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

There are two levels of skills required. One is for an Senior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist with a minimum of 10 years’ experience and qualification of Comparable FAC II or CPM certification in contracting and Quality Assurance. The second position requires a Junior Level Acquisition/Program Specialist with at least five years’ experience and qualification of Comparable FAC I or CPM certification.

• The contractors Skills will be used to provide Contract support as outlined in the

General Information of the Scope the basic contract. The contractor is required to provide Quality assurance training to Government employees concerning Contract Management and Quality Control Measures within their perspective programs.

• The contractor will further support PMO by analyzing Procurement Systems, Processes, Practices and Personnel efficiencies to better support Rural Development.

The Task Order Ordering Periods:

Ordering Period 1: October 1,2018 - September 30, 2019 Ordering Period 2: October 1,2019 – September 30, 2020 Ordering Period 3: October 1,2019 – September 30, 2021

Place of Performance:

• CLIN 001: The requirements of this PWS will be apply to location CFO, 4300 Goodfellow BLVD, St. Louis MO. (Telework may or may not be applicable. All requests must be approved through the Contracting Officer).

• CLIN 002: The requirements of this PWS will apply to 1400 Independence Ave, Washington DC. (Telework may or may not be applicable. All requests must be approved through the Contracting Officer).

• CLIN 003: Non-government Facilities (Vendor Facilities)

Award shall be made to the offeror whose proposal offers the best value to the government, considering technical capability, past performance, and price. The government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: IAW FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-commercials Items based on following factors listed in order of priority: Lowest Price and.

Technical Capability demonstrating ability to provide services described in the PWS, with acceptable or better performance ratings in CPARS.

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items”

August 2018

2. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items”

August 2018

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications per System for Award Management (SAM) Web site located at http://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.

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Items” January 2017

FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders” August 2018

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html http://www.sam.gov/portal

Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and

Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015)

(4) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(5) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

___ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

__X_ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

__X_ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub L. 111-5) (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009).

___ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

___ (5) [Reserved]

___ (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111- 117, section 743 of Div. C).

__X_ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

___ (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C.

6101 note).

__X_ (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

___ (10) [Reserved]

___ (11) (i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-3.

___ (12) (i) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer)(15 U.S.C. 657a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2011) of 52.219-4.

___ (13) [Reserved]

_X__ (14) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C.

644).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011).

___ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011).

___ (15) (i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C.

644).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7.

___ (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Nov 2016) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(2) and (3)).

___ (17) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Aug 2018) (15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(4)).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (iv) Alternate III (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (v) Alternate IV (Aug 2018) of 52.219-9.

__X_ (18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

___ (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)).

___ (20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

___ (21) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set- Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657f).

___ (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

___ (23) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C.

637(m)).

___ (24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

___ (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).

___ (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018) (E.O. 13126).

___ (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

__X_ (28) (i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Feb 1999) of 52.222-26.

__X_ (29) (i) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

___ (ii) Alternate I (July 2014) of 52.222-35.

__X_ (30) (i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

___ (ii) Alternate I (July 2014) of 52.222-36.

___ (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

_X__ (32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

_X__ (33) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C.

chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50, (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (34) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015). (E. O. 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.)

___ (35) (i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA- Designated Items (May 2008) (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

___ (36) 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (Jun 2016) (E.O.13693).

___ (37) 52.223-12, Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

___ (38) (i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Imaging Equipment (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514

___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2015) of 52.223-13.

___ (39) (i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Television (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-14.

___ (40) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

___ (41) (i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Personal Computer Products (Oct 2015) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-16.

___ (42) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).

___ (43) 52.223-20, Aerosols (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

___ (44) 52.223-21, Foams (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13696).

___ (45) (i) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (Jan 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.224-3.

___ (46) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

___ (47) (i) 52.225-3, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43).

___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (iii) Alternate II (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (iv) Alternate III (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (48) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Aug 2018) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C.

3301 note).

___ (49) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

___ (50) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

___ (51) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (52) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (53) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505), 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

___ (54) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Jan 2017) (41 U.S.C.

4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

_X__ (55) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (56) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other Than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (57) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (58) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

___ (59) 52.242-5, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(12)).

___ (60) (i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Apr 2003) of 52.247-64.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Feb 2006) of 52.247-64.

52.216-18

Ordering (Oct 1995)

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021.

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered “issued” when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule.

452.216-72 Evaluation Quantities--Indefinite Delivery Contract.

EVALUATION QUANTITIES--INDEFINITE-DELIVERY CONTRACT (FEB 1988)

To evaluate offers for award purposes, the Government will evaluate the sum of all contract CLIN lines for all ordering periods.

452.216-73 Minimum and Maximum Contract Amounts.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNTS (FEB 1988)

During the period specified in FAR clause 52.216-18, ORDERING, the Government shall place orders totaling a minimum of $ 10,000.00, but not in excess of TBD.

452.216-74 Ceiling Price.

CEILING PRICE (FEB 1988)

The ceiling price of this contract is TBD. The Contractor shall not make expenditures or incur obligations in the performance of this contract which exceed the ceiling price specified herein, except at the Contractor's own risk.

All Offerors shall submit the following: 2 copies of the SF 1447 with blocks 27 completed, along with 2 copies of the offeror’s proposal to include pricing.

All Offer’s shall be sent to the Rural Development Business Center, United States Department of Agriculture, via e-mail in PDF copy of the submittal documents/proposal to:

marshall.ritchey@ky.usda.gov.

This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for services as defined herein. The government intends to award a IDIQ contract with task orders as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all proposals must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s).

Submission shall be received not later than 3:00 pm EST, September 24, 2018 at Rural Development Business Center, United States Department of Agriculture, ATTN: Marshall Ritchey, 1400 Independence AVE., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250, Via e-mail to:

marshall.ritchey@ky.usda.gov.

Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212- 1(f). Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Contracting Officer, Marshall G. Ritchey, marshall.ritchey@ky.usda.gov.

Point of Contact Contracting Officer: Marshall G. Ritchey, 202-692-0247 or marshall.ritchey@ky.usda.gov.

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