REVISED Section E - Contract Provisions_Briar Patch.pdf

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SECTION E - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

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)

Deviations to provisions may be viewed at:

https://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/FARClassDeviations.htm

52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018)

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020)

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV

2021)

Addenda to provision 52.212-1:

Addenda to paragraph (b) Submission of Offers:

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

2) Offers submitted in response to this solicitation shall include a technical proposal, a price proposal, and contractor representations and certifications.

a) Technical Proposal – The technical proposal shall address the evaluation factors in 52.212-2. At a minimum technical proposal shall include:

i) Past Performance – Offerors shall complete the Attachment 5 –

Relevant Experience Questionnaire and provide a list of similar projects completed by your firm over the past three years. Include a brief description of the project, dollar amount, year completed, and project owner contact information (name, phone, and email). The government may use past performance information from any available source. If a company does not have past performance information available, information may be provided for predecessor companies, key personnel, or subcontractors.

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/agar https://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/FARClassDeviations.htm https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

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b) Price Proposal – Include the following: 1) completed, signed SF-1449 from

Section A of this solicitation, 2) Acknowledge any amendments issued on sam.gov for this solicitation by completing and signing the posted SF-30 and 3) Include the completed price schedule contained in Section B of this solicitation.

c) Representations and Certifications – Fill in the check boxes for provisions

52.204-24, 52.212-3 found in Section F of this solicitation and include a copy with your offer.

3) Submit offer by email to ian.barnes@usda.gov so that it is delivered into this inbox by 13 July 2022 by 12:00 PM ET. Emails should contain 3 separate attachments

(Technical Proposal, Price Proposal, and Representations and Certifications) in

Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Be aware that large attachments may increase the time required to deliver an email. It is the offerors responsibility to confirm receipt of the offer from Ian Barnes

4) Address questions about this solicitation to Mark Miller, mark.j.miller@usda.gov and

Ian Barnes, ian.barnes@usda.gov. Questions shall be submitted NLT 12:00PM EST on

1 July, 2022.

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 offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Factor #1: Price Proposal (Schedule of

Items)

Factor #2: Technical Proposal

The Government intends to award this using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. Offerors will be ranked by price. The Offeror’s Technical Proposal will be used to determine acceptability.

Offerors who submit a Technical Proposal deemed “Unacceptable” will be ineligible for award.

To be considered responsive and considered for an award, the offeror must have an ACTIVE account in the System for Award Management (SAM.Gov) at the time proposals are due.

(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.

52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (NOV2020)

(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) mailto:ian.barnes@usda.gov mailto:mark.j.miller@usda.gov mailto:ian.barnes@usda.gov provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

Pre-Bid/Pre-Proposal Conference

(a) The Government is planning a pre-bid/pre-proposal conference, during which potential offerors may obtain a better understanding of the work required.

(b) Questions will be considered at any time prior to or during the conference; however, offerors will be asked to confirm verbal questions in writing. Subsequent to the conference, an amendment to the solicitation containing an abstract of the questions and answers, and a list of attendees, will be disseminated.

(c) In order to facilitate conference preparations, it is requested that the person named on the

Standard Form 1449 of this solicitation be contacted and advised of the number of persons who will attend.

(d) The Government assumes no responsibility for any expense incurred by an offeror prior to contract award.

(e) Offerors are cautioned that, notwithstanding any remarks or clarifications given at the conference, all terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged unless they are changed by amendment to the solicitation. If the answers to conference questions, or any solicitation amendment, create ambiguities, it is the responsibility of the offeror to seek clarification prior to submitting an offer.

(f) The conference will be held:

Date:_21 June 2022

Time: _10:00 EDT_

Location: Apalach Work Center, 23288 County Road 12 NW, Bristol, FL 32321-4147