1240BK25Q0056 Evaluation Criteria.pdf

TO RESPOND TO REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS: SOLICITATION 1240BK25Q0056

FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021)

(b) Submission of Offers:

1) In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 4.11, offerors shall have an active entity registration in the System for Award Management in order to submit an offer.

Website: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

2) Offers submitted in response to this solicitation shall include pricing in their proposal (use Attachment 1)

3) Written Response to non-price Evaluation Criteria for Request for Quotations (reference Attachment 5).

4) Licensing: US Forest Service Region 6 requires the Contractor have the necessary licensing and certificates for Labor Intensive Service Contract (LISC) work. Contractors must submit copies of their MSPA Certificate of Registration from the US Department of Labor, their Oregon State BOLI license, and Temporary Employment Certificate if using H2B workers, along with their quote, for their quote to be considered for award. The same licensing for their Subcontractor must be included at time of quote.

5) Acknowledge amendments issued for this solicitation by completing and signing the posted SF-30.

6) Email quote package to: paula.winningham@usda.gov no later than due date.

FACTOR 1 – PAST PERFORMANCE The Past Performance evaluation will be accomplished by reviewing aspects of an Offeror's recent and relevant Past Performance, focusing on and targeting performance which is relevant to the effort as it directly relates to the services being procured under this solicitation and as defined in Addendum to FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

(A) Past Performance information described herein is required on the offeror and all subcontractors, teaming partners, and/or joint venture partners proposed to perform on the proposed effort.

(B) Relevant Past Performance. The offeror shall include documentation regarding their relevant past performance as it directly relates to the services being procured under this solicitation. The offeror SHALL NOT go back any farther than 3 years for the submitted data. The past performance data shall document a successful history of past contract performance.

1. Submit a short narrative providing details of the experience the firm has (either as a prime or sub-contractor) performing services similar in nature, size, complexity, scope, within or comparable to the geographical conditions within the Willamette National Forest. Provide contract number, title, total contract value, period of performance, location, contract role (prime or subcontractor), and a reference/contact number.

ATTACHMENT 6

https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ mailto:paula.winningham@usda.gov

(C) In conducting the Past Performance evaluation, the Government reserves the right to use both the information provided in the offeror’s Past Performance submission and information obtained from other sources, such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) or similar systems, The Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) at https://www.cpars.gov, and commercial sources. Offerors are reminded that both independent data and data provided by offerors in their offers may be used by the Government to evaluate offeror past performance. However, the burden of providing thorough, complete, and current past performance information as requested in this paragraph remains with the offerors. Offers that do not contain the information requested by this paragraph risk receiving an unacceptable performance rating by the Government. The overall past performance evaluation is a subjective decision based on the whole of all data received. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.”

(D) Submission Requirements. The offeror shall provide documentation outlining the offeror’s past performance with contracts, as a prime or major subcontractor, which is the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the services being procured under this solicitation.

The submittal shall include rationale supporting your assertion of relevance and how it was determined that the services performed previously were the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the services and/or products specified by this solicitation.

FACTOR 2 – QUALITY CONTROL Monitoring Quality. In general terms, describe the method, or combination of methods to be utilized to monitor quality for all work required in the Statement of Work.

Further explain how this method(s) ensures Quality Performance. Name who will perform Quality Control and Inspection, and their experience.

FACTOR 3 - WORK PLAN AND CREW MANAGEMENT The offeror shall provide a work plan and schedule to ensure timely performance. Crew management, crew size, and safety are relevant factors to ensure successful performance and compliance.

FACTOR 4 – PRICE is approximately equal in importance to factors listed above; however, cost may control award.

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award a call resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors listed below shall be used to evaluate quotes and quoters must respond to each.

1) FACTOR I – PAST PERFORMANCE. The Past Performance evaluation will assess the relative risks associated with an offeror’s likelihood of success in performing the solicitation’s requirements as indicated by that offeror’s record of past performance. Performance risk is assessed at the factor level after evaluating aspects of the offeror’s recent past performance and focusing on performance https://www.cpars.gov/ that is relevant to the services and/or products being procured under this solicitation. Past performance areas of evaluation include quality, timeliness, business practices, and customer satisfaction.

(A) Recency Assessment. An assessment of the past performance information will be made to determine if it is recent. To be recent, the effort must be ongoing or must have been performed during the past 3 years from the date of issuance of this solicitation. Past performance information that fails this condition will not be evaluated.

(B) Relevancy Assessment. An assessment of the past performance information will be made to determine if it is relevant. To be relevant, the effort must be the same or similar in nature, size, magnitude, complexity, and scope to the services and/or products being procured under this solicitation. Past performance information that fails this condition will not be evaluated.

1. Assigning Ratings. The Past Performance Factor will be assigned one of the ratings defined below. An award will not be made to any offeror who receives an “Unacceptable” past performance rating.

2. Offerors without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.”

2) FACTOR 2 – QUALITY CONTROL. The Contractor shall provide a Quality Control Plan (QCP).

The Plan must demonstrate how the Contractor shall assure that quality of performance meets the objectives and requirements of the task order. Describe how quality will be monitored to ensure performance standards are met. The results of the monitoring should reflect quality performance.

Assigning Ratings. The Quality Control Factor will be assigned one of the ratings defined below. An award will not be made to any offeror who receives an “Unacceptable” past performance rating.

Relevant Past Performance Evaluation Ratings Rating Description

Acceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the offeror’s performance record is unknown.

Unacceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government has no reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Quality Control Evaluation Ratings Rating Description

Acceptable Offer clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Offer does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

3) FACTOR 3 - WORK PLAN AND CREW MANAGEMENT, Provide your general Work Plan.

Subfactor 1: Include crew size, work schedule, and production rate per acre, per day, that will allow you to complete the work to meet performance time for work you are proposing to do.

Subfactor 2: Describe supervision plan, who will supervise, and your ability to adjust crew sizes to complete the work acceptably and on time.

Subfactor 3: Crew Management and Safety: Describe personal protection equipment (PPE) provided, communications plan, other safety measures.

Each sub-factor will receive one of the adjectival ratings defined below. To receive an acceptable rating for this factor, all sub-factors must be rated acceptable.

Work Plan and Schedule Ratings

Rating Description Acceptable Offer clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Offer does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

4) Price, is approximately equal in importance to factors listed above; however, cost may control award.

(b) 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.

(c) The Government will evaluate the option contained in contained in clause FAR 52.217-8 – Option to Extend Services by extending the most recent pricing from the last Task Order issued from the final Ordering Period of the Base Contract. Evaluation of this option shall not obligate the Government to exercise this option. The offeror shall not include pricing for this option period on their offer.

EMPLOYMENT OF ELIGIBLE WORKERS WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION

Contractors are required to provide certification under this solicitation in compliance with the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act (MSPA) and Farm Labor Contractor (FLC) Certificate of Registration requirements describing the workforce they will utilize to fulfill the contract requirements under this solicitation and any resulting contract. If the Contractor will supply workers under the H-2B Program, the Contractor is required to provide a copy of the Temporary Employment Certificate issued by DOL.

Subcontractors are bound by the same requirements for licenses and permits under this contract.

If a Prime Contractor identifies a Subcontractor as part of their workforce to accomplish the work under this solicitation, the Prime Contractor shall submit the Subcontractor's signed certification with their response to the solicitation.

H-2B Workers: (http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/) [ ] Company certifies it will not be utilizing H2B Workers under any resulting contract of this solicitation.

[ ] Company will be utilizing H2B Workers (under any resulting contract of this solicitation. Provide a copy of Temporary Employment Certificate.)

MSPA Workers: (http://www.dol.gov/whd/mspa/) [ ] Company certifies it will not be utilizing MSPA workers under any resulting contract of this solicitation.

[ ] Certifies has valid FLC certificate of registration. (Attach a copy of current certification.)

Authorization includes:

[ ] Transporting workers [ ] Driving [ ] Housing workers

[ ] Company has applied for certificate of registration on ______________.

Contractors not currently having obtained a certificate (for each partner, if partnership) will be requested to furnish proof of having obtained a certificate prior to award of contract. Partnerships must furnish proof of registration of their assumed business name, if any, with the State of registration.

State of: ______________ No:______________ I, on behalf of said Company, certify to the above responses.

________________________________________________(Signature) (Date)

________________________________________________(Printed Name) (Title) http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/ http://www.dol.gov/whd/mspa/