COMBINED SYNOPSIS 1284N820Q0034 MCH Bubble.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

General Information

Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis

Solicitation Number: 1284N820Q0034

Posted Date: 02/19/2020

Original Response Date: 03/04/2020

Current Response Date: 03/04/2020

Product or Service Code: 6810

Set Aside: 100% Total Small Business

NAICS Code: 325320

Contracting Office Address

Utah Acquisition Support Center 1749 W. 500 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial

Items,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement and attachment constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), US Forest Service (FS), Intermountain Region 4 Regional Office, Intermountain Office, 324 25th Street, Ogden, Utah

84401 is in need of Item 1: MCH Single Bubble Capsules: Procurement of 18,430 dispensers that are currently registered by EPA for control of Douglas-fir beetle. Each dispenser to contain at least 400 mg of MCH, 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one. See listing for the quantity and distribution of the material to be shipped to 5 different locations in

Montana. Pricing shall include shipping costs. Each shipment to individual offices shall include current EPA label and

MSDS. Item 2: MCH Double Bubble Capsules: Procurement of 10,350 dispensers that are currently registered by EPA for control of Douglas-fir beetle. Each dispenser to contain at least 1,000 mg of MCH, 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one.

See listing for the quantity and distribution of the material to be shipped to 6 different locations in Idaho, Montana, and

Utah. Pricing shall include shipping costs. Each shipment to individual offices shall include current EPA label and

MSDS. Item 3: Verbenone Pouches: Procurement of 1,394 pouches that are currently registered by EPA for control of mountain pine beetle. Each pouch to contain at least 6.75 mg of verbenone, 4,6,6-Trimethylbicyclo(3.1.1)hept-3-en-2-one. See listing for the quantity and distribution of the material to be shipped to 3 different locations in Idaho and

Montana. Pricing shall include shipping costs. Each shipment to individual offices shall include current EPA label and

MSDS. Item 4: Verbenone SPLAT Tubes: Procurement of 43 caulking tubes that are currently registered by EPA for control of mountain pine beetle. Each tube to contain at least 750 g of verbenone, 4,6,6-Trimethylbicyclo(3.1.1)hept-3-en-2-one. See listing for the quantity and distribution of the material to be shipped to 4 different locations in Idaho, Montana, and Utah. Pricing shall include shipping costs. Each shipment to individual offices shall include current EPA label and MSDS.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 325320, with a small business size standard of 1,000.

All interested companies shall provide quotation(s) for the following:

Specifications:

See detailed schedule of items enclosed in this solicitation to include delivery locations.

Place of Delivery:

Address: See Attached Schedule of Items

A contract will be awarded to the lowest-priced Brand Name or Equal offeror. Quotes will be evaluated for acceptability to meet or exceed salient characteristics, but will not be ranked using the non-cost/price factors. In order to be eligible for award, offerors must receive a rating of “acceptable” in every non-price factor/subfactor. In the interest of economy and efficiency, the Government will start by evaluating the technical quote of the lowest-priced offeror and will award to that offeror if the technical quote is rated “technically acceptable”. If the lowest offeror receives a rating of “unacceptable” in any of the non-cost factors, the Government will then move on to evaluating the technical quote of the next lowest offeror and so on until a quote is rated “technically acceptable”. Therefore, the technical quote of the non-low price offerors may or may not be evaluated.

Per, FAR 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990), Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government’s best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

The following factors and sub-factors will be used to determine technical acceptability. Offeror shall provide the information necessary, including for any subcontractors, to evaluate the following factors and subfactors:

Factor #1 – Technical Capability of Offeror.

Subfactor # 1- In order to receive a rating of “acceptable” for this subfactor, offer must at a minimum, demonstrate adequate technical capability of the item offered to meet or exceed the item specifications as Brand Name or Equal.

Subfactor #2 – Ability to Meet Delivery/Installation - In order to receive a rating of “acceptable” for this subfactor, offeror shall demonstrate the capability to deliver the product in the time frame identified in the solicitation, which is listed in the schedule of items. Delivery date is crucial to deploy the bubbles.

Factor #2 – Price Award will be made to the lowest priced offeror that is evaluated as “acceptable” for all non-price factors.

Factor #3 -Past Performance Subfactor #1- Recency and relevancy of present/past performance in relation to this effort - In order to receive a rating of “acceptable” for this subfactor, offeror must, at a minimum provide past experience on similar type contract(s). The past experience should indicate successes of the contractor in completing/meeting delivery dates and customer satisfaction.

The Government considers “recent” present/past performance to be within the past 3 years

The Government may also use past performance information obtained from other than the sources identified by the offeror. 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 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 shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability,“unknown” will be considered “acceptable.”

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” (OCT 2018)

2. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items” (DEC 2019)

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov 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” (OCT 2018) The following clauses are added to the terms and conditions in FAR 52.212-4

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (FAR 52.204-7)(OCT 2018)

PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL (FAR 52.204-9)(JAN 2011)

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (FAR 52.204- 19)(DEC 2014) PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS (FAR 52.209- 2)(NOV 2015) AFFIRMATIVE PROCURMENT OF BIOBASEED PRODUCTS UNDER SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (FAR 52.223- 2)(SEPT 2013)

LIMITATION ON WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS (FAR 52.232-9)(APR 1984)

EXTRAS (FAR 52.232-11)(APR 1984)

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (FAR 52.232-18)(APR 1984)

UNENFORCEABILITY OF UNAUTHORIZED OBLIGATIONS (FAR 52.232-39)(JUN 2013)

PROVIDING ACELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS (FAR 52.232- 40)(DEC 2013)

APPLICABLE LAW FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT CLAIM (FAR 52.233-4)(OCT 2004)

PROTECTION OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, AND VEGETATION. (FAR 52.237- 2)(APR 1984)

STOP-WORK ORDER (FAR 52.242-15)(AUG 1989)

GOVERNMENT DELAY OF WORK (FAR 52.242-17)(APR 1984)

INSPECTION OF SERVICES (FIXED PRICE) (FAR 52.246-4)(AUG 1996)

DEFAULT (FIXED-PRICE SUPPLY AND SERVICE)(FAR 52.249-8)(APR 1984)

FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders” (JAN 2020)

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

Subparagraph (a)(1) – (4) (b)(1),(14),(22),(25),(26),(27),(28), (33), (42), (46),(49),,(55) (c)(1)-(5),(8),(9) (d)(1)-(3) (e)(1),(2) http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

The following contract clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition

AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT OF BIOBASED PRDUCTS UNDER SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (FAR 52.223-

2)(SEP 2013)

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. (FAR 52.232-19)(APR 1984)

GOVERNMENT PROPERTY INSTALLATION OPERATION SERVICES (FAR 52.245-2) (APR 2012)

EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT (AGAR 452.211-75)(FEB 1988)(DEVIATION)

POST AWARD CONFERENCE (AGAR 452.215-73)(NOV 1996)

KEY PERSONNEL (AGAR 452.237-74)(FEB 1988)

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FAR 52.212-1) (OCT 2018)

PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES ENGAGING IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO

IRAN-REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS. (FAR52.225- 25)(AUG 2018)

UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER. (FAR 52.204-6)(OCT 2016)

OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS. (FAR 52.212-3)(DEC 2019)

BIOBASED PRODUCT CERTIFICATION (FAR 52.223-1)(MAY 2012)

INQUIRIES (AGAR 452.204-70)(FEB 1988)

SIZE STANDARD AND NAICS CODE INFORMATION (AGAR 452.219-70)(SEP 2001)

All quotations shall be sent to the Utah Acquisition Support Center, 1749 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104

This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for services as defined herein. The government intends to award a purchase order as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quotes 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:"

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

Submission shall be received not later than 11:00 A.M. Mountain Time, March 04, 2020 at 1749 West 500 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104. If hand delivering, call Thomas Wenner at (801) 908-1902, to arrange for delivery in the lobby at the address above. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). Faxed or e-mailed quotes will be accepted.

Fax: (801) 908-1930 Email: thomas.wenner@usda.gov

All quoters shall submit the following: 1 Copy of

1. SF-1449 – SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Complete, Date and Sign)

2. SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

3. TECHNICAL RESPONSE AS IDENTIFIED IN EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

4. Part 5.1.2, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS, paragraph (b) of provision 52.212-3. (OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS), COMPLETE ENTIRE PROVISION OR PARAGRAPH (b) ONLY, AS APPLICABLE.

5. Part 5.1.2, REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW. Paragraph

(q) (2) of provision 52.212-3 (PAGE 74) FILL OUT AND SIGN AND DATE IN MARGIN.

6. ATTACHMENT F-FORM SF-1413 SUBCONTRACTOR (IF APPLICABLE).

SITE VISIT: N/A

Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the purchasing agent, Thomas Wenner, (801) 908-1902, thomas.wenner@usda.gov