1240LS23Q0159 ARTICULATING CONCRETE BLOCK Cart Creek Ford Ashley National Forest.pdf.docx

Solicitation Number:1240LS23Q0159 Cart Creek Ford Articulating Concrete Blocks

(v) Schedule of Items/Price Schedule

Total:

Indicate earliest possible delivery date based on an anticipated award date of 9/29/2023:

Quoter’s Company Information

Name of Company (Please Print):

UEID NUMBER from SAM.gov:

Printed Name of Company Representative:

Signature of Company Representative:

Date:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Schedule Notes:

a) One award will be made from this solicitation, contractors must submit pricing for all items.

(vi) Description of Requirement

USDA FOREST SERVICE, R-4

PROJECT TITLE: Greens Draw Hardened Fords Material.

PART 1 - PRODUCTS

1.1 Precast articulating concrete block mats (ACBMs), geotextile fabric, and fastening and other product specific hardware.

A. Precast Articulating Concrete Block Mats

1. ACBMs must withstand heavy duty vehicle loading (~50 Tons) or a minimum of 3500 p.s.i. per individual block unit, as the product will be used as a low water stream crossing.

2. The product will be delivered in the form of factory connected or cabled together concrete blocks that form a mat in a predetermined square foot dimension.

3. All needed fastening and other product specific hardware shall be furnished by the supplier.

B. Geotextile Fabric

1. Geotextile or filter fabric shall be supplied with ACBMs and be approved by the manufacturer of the ACBMs to meet the specifications of their product.

1.2 SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product indicated.

1. Articulating Concrete Block Mats

2. Fastening and other Product Specific Hardware

3. Geotextile Fabric

1.3 MEASUREMENTS

A. Articulating Concrete Block Mats: Total square footage of product needed is 784 sqft. The width of the individual mats requested need to be between 8 feet and 8 feet 6 inches and must not to be considered a “Wide Load” when loaded on a flatbed trailer. The optimal length of the mats requested is 14 feet long. A minimal additional length may be accepted if it is dictated by manufacturing of the mats. Based on the requested dimensions, 7 individual mats would be supplied. The mats should be comprised of individual blocks which have an approximate dimension of 1 foot square and have a height of ~ 6 inches. Open cell blocks are requested and should have an open cell area of ~ 20%.

B. Fastening and other Product Specific Hardware: All fasteners and product specific hardware requested are based on the required ACBMs dimensions stated above.

C. Geotextile Fabric: Fabric shall be supplied as the same square footage as the ACBMs (784 sqft.) plus additional fabric for fabric seem overlap specified by the manufacturer.

1.4 Delivery: Products will be delivered to the Greens Draw Junction of Highway 191 at milepost 382.3 in Daggett County. The delivery location is approximately .2 miles along the native surface Greens Draw Road. Product will be offloaded by Forest Service heavy equipment operators at this location.

1.5 Pricing: Product will be paid as a lump sum including delivery.

(vii) Date(s) and Place(s) of Delivery and Acceptance Products will be delivered to the Greens Draw Junction of Highway 191 at milepost 382.3 in Daggett County. The delivery location is approximately .2 miles along the native surface Greens Draw Road. Product will be offloaded by Forest Service heavy equipment operators at this location.

CLAUSES:

(viii) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses 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. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clauses:

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far (FAR clauses begin with 52) Department of Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) Clauses: https://www.acquisition.gov/agar (AGAR clauses begin with 452) FAR and AGAR Deviations to clauses may be viewed at: Policies & Regulations | USDA

Clauses Incorporated by Reference:

(ix) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEC 2022) (DEVIATION 2017-1) Addenda to 52.212-4:

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020) 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (DEC 2014) 52.232-9 Limitation on Withholding of Payments (APR 1984) 52.232-11 Extras (APR 1984) 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (JUN 2013) 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service)(APR 1984)

(x) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders– Commercial Products and Commercial Services (JUN 2023) (DEVIATION 2017-1, DEVIATION DEC 2022) (a)(1)–(7)

(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 products and commercial services:

☒ (8) 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023) (Section 102 of Division R of Pub. L. 117-328).

☒ (15) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020) (15 U.S.C.644).

☒ (23) (i) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation (MAR 2023) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

☒ (28) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003) (E.O.11755).

☒ (29) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Dec 2022) (E.O.13126).

☒ (30) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

☒ (31) (i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O.11246).

☒ (33) (i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (29 U.S.C.793).

☒ (36) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

☒ (45) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) (E.O. 13513).

☒ (49)(i) 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

☒ (52) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

☒ (59) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

(d)(1)-(3) (e)(1), (2)

Clauses Incorporated by Full Text:

(xi) 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR 4) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(xii) 452.204-70 Modification for Contract Closeout (DEVIATION JUL 2022) Upon contract closeout for contracts utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) according to FAR 13:

(a) If unobligated funds in the amount of $1000 or less remain on the contract, the Contracting Officer (CO) shall issue a unilateral modification for de-obligation. The contractor will receive a copy of the modification but will not be required to provide a signature. The CO shall immediately proceed with contract closeout upon completion of the period of performance, receipt and acceptance of supplies or services, and final payment.

(b) If unobligated funds of more than $1000 remain on the contract, the CO shall issue a bilateral modification for de-obligation. The contractor will receive a copy of the modification and will be required to provide a signature. (The CO may also request a Release of Claims be completed by the contractor, although not required for contract and orders using SAP procedures.) If the bilateral modification and Release of Claims are not returned to the CO within 60 days, the CO shall release the modification as unilateral and proceed with contract closeout upon completion of the period of performance, receipt and acceptance of supplies or services, and final payment.

Exhibit #1 – Experience and Equipment Questionnaire

EXPERIENCE & EQUIPMENT QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Contractor Name, Address, & Telephone Number

EXPERIENCE

5a. List Below all Articulated Concrete Block Mat projects you or your business has completed within the last three (3) years:

5b. List below the Projects that are incomplete:

6a. Have you ever failed to complete any work awarded to you? [ ] YES [ ] NO 6b. If “yes” to item 6a specify location(s), reason(s) why and COR: (Attach separate sheet of paper)

EQUIPMENT

7. Number of employees available for this project: a. Minimum No. of employees ______ & Maximum No. of employees______ b. Are Employees regularly on your payroll? [ ]YES [ ]NO

8. Specify Equipment available for this project (if required as part of the contract):

9. List Experience of Employees intended to perform on this project:

Certification: I certify that all of the statements made by me are complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. That any persons named as references area authorized to furnish the Forest Service with information needed to verify my capability to perform this project.

______________________________________________________ ______________________________ Signature Date

Contractors are strongly encouraged to use this form and supplement it with additional narrative to fully address the evaluation criteria detailed in the section- Evaluation-Commercial Supplies and Commercial Services.

PROVISIONS:

(xiii) 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):

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clauses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far (FAR clauses begin with 52) Department of Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) Clauses: https://www.acquisition.gov/agar (AGAR clauses begin with 452) FAR and AGAR Deviations to provisions may be viewed at: Policies & Regulations | USDA

Provisions Incorporated by Reference:

(xiv) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2023) Addenda to provision 52.212-1:

52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999)

Addenda to Provision 52.212-1:

For simplified acquisitions, the word quote or quoter is substituted in provision 52.212-1 for the word offer or offeror.

Addenda to Provision 52.212-1 paragraph (b) Submission of Offers:

AT A MINIMUM, QUOTER SHALL SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS BACK

WITH THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION:

1. Schedule of Items (Page 1).

2. Exhibit #1 Experience and Equipment Questionnaire (Page 5).

3. 52.212-3(b)(2) Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Page 7).

4. 52.204-24(d) Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Page 7).

5. Technical Response as Identified in Evaluation Factors for Award. (See Evaluation Commercial Items (Page 8).

6. 452.211-71 Equal Products Offered If Applicable (Page 9).

1) Quoters must have an active entity registration in the System for Award Management in order to submit a quote. https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

2) Quotes submitted in response to this solicitation shall be submitted by email to the purchasing agent listed in section (xxi) so that it is delivered into the inbox by the due date and time. Emails should be in Microsoft Word, or Adobe PDF format. Be aware that large attachments may increase the time required to deliver an email. It is the quoter’s responsibility to confirm receipt of the quote from the purchasing agent.

3) Address questions about this solicitation to the purchasing agent listed in section (xxi).

Questions are due on 09/18/2023 by 10:00 AM Mountain Time.

(xv) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEC 2022) (DEVIATION DEC 2022) (DEVIATION NOV 2022) [If Offeror Representations and Certifications are not complete in SAM the offeror shall submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with your offer. The full provision is available from http://www.acquisition.gov/far/.

If Offeror Representations and Certifications are complete in SAM, the offeror shall complete the following:] (b)(1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the Offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications in SAM.

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM accessed through http://www.sam.gov. After reviewing SAM information, the Offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard(s) applicable to the NAICS code(s) referenced for this solicitation), at the time this offer is submitted and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ______________.

[Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (v) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any. Write “None” if there are no changes needed to your online reps and certs. DEVIATION NOV 2022] Offerors that are representing as joint ventures should submit their socio-economic status in the space provided above until such time that SAM.gov has been updated to include the joint venture representations contained within provision 52.212-3 paragraph (c). These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on SAM.] Provisions Incorporated by Full Text:

(xvi) 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021)

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that—

(1) It ☐ will, ☐ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(1) of this section if the Offeror responds "will" in paragraph (d)(1) of this section; and

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry, for purposes of this representation, the Offeror represents that— It ☐ does, ☐ does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(2) of this section if the Offeror responds "does" in paragraph (d)(2) of this section.

(xvii) 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract 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 shall be used to evaluate quotes:

Factor #1: Technical Capability:

Sub-Factor #1: Quote must demonstrate adequate technical capability to meet the specifications listed in the description (section vi). This can include product brochures, literature, etc.

Sub-Factor #2: Quote must demonstrate ability to meet the required delivery date or provide the earliest possible alternative date.

Factor #2: Experience/Past Performance: Quote must at a minimum demonstrate experience and past performance in providing Articulated Concrete Block Mats. This can be demonstrated on Exhibit #1 through former contracts and/or demonstrating key personnel experience on similar type projects. The experience should indicate the successes of the quoter in completing similar type work projects. (See boxes 5, 6 and 9 of Exhibit #1 Experience and Equipment Questionnaire). The Government considers “recent” present/past performance to be within the past 3 years. The Government considers “relevant” present/past performance to be present/past performance effort involved in similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires. Quoter must submit references from past projects as listed above. (See box 5 of Exhibit #1 Experience and Equipment Questionnaire.) The Government may also use past performance information obtained from other than the sources identified by the quoter. Information obtained from the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) database located at http//www.ppirs.gov is one of the sources that will be utilized. PPIRS functions as the central warehouse for performance assessment reports received from several Federal performance information collection systems and is sponsored by the DOD E-Business Office and administered by the Naval Sea Logistics Center Detachment Portsmouth.

NOTE: In accordance with FAR 15.305 (a)(2)(iv)), in the case of a quoter 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 quoter shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” will be considered “acceptable.”

Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, are equal in importance to price.

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of a quote, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the quote, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the quote’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept a quote (or part of a quote), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(xviii) 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 4) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

(xviiii) 452.211-71 Equal Products Offered (NOV 1996)

(a) Quoters proposing to furnish an "equal" product, in accordance with the "Brand Name or Equal" provision of this solicitation, shall provide the following information for each quoted "equal" product:

Contract Line Item Number (if any): _____________________________ Brand Name or Equal Product identified by the Government in this solicitation: _____________________________________________________________ Offered Product Name:___________________________________________ Catalog Description or part number:_________________________________ Manufacturer's Name:____________________________________________ Manufacturer's Address:__________________________________________

(b) Quoters are responsible for submitting all additional information on the above product necessary for the Contracting Officer to determine whether the product quoted meets the "brand name or equal" product's salient characteristics listed in the solicitation.

(xx) Date, Time, and Place Offers are due Quotes are due by 10:00 AM Mountain Time on 09/24/2023 at the email address in section (xxi)

(xxi) Government Point of Contact Tammy Mikkelsen Purchasing Agent tamara.mikkelsen@usda.gov