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Solicitation Letter Replace Polvorin Fencing and Remove Trees San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico January 9, 2020 140P5520R0003

This letter is to identify a few areas that will help you to submit a successful response to the solicitation to replace the Polvorin fencing at the San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico.

All vendors interested in participating in this solicitation must have the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code registered in System for Award Management (SAM):

· The NAICS code for this acquisition is 238990 – All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.

· Your average annual Gross Revenue cannot exceed the small business size standard of 15 Million Dollars.

If you require assistance with SAM please contact your local Small Business Administration Office or your nearest Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), open this website and click on the map. http://www.aptac-us.org/new/

All Questions on the solicitation should be submitted no later than Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 11:00 pm, EST (local time); we cannot assure any answers to questions submitted after this deadline. Questions should be submitted by email to lara_wood@nps.gov and must reference the solicitation number in the subject line of your email. Phone Calls will NOT be accepted.

Answers to questions will be posted on Federal Business Opportunity https://www.fbo.gov on or near Tuesday, February 4, 2020.

Offers are instructed to submit the following information with their proposals:

The following is established as the specific information and format required for any proposal submitted.

1. Incomplete proposals are not acceptable and will render the Offeror non-responsive. Offeror shall submit only one complete proposal package.

2. To aid in the evaluation process, proposals shall be complete, comprehensive and clearly presented. Proposals shall be neat, and assembled in an orderly manner. Elaborate art work, expensive paper/binding, and expensive visual and other presentation aids are neither necessary nor desired. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the (RFP) number.

3. Proposals shall include: Please refer to Section L – Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offers.

Below are a few things to help with your proposal submission:

· Executed Request for Proposal Documents (Signed SF 1442)

· Completed Price Schedule

· Technical Approach – If a technical approach is not provide the offer will be considered not technically acceptable.

· Past Performance – Not to exceed 5 pages, shall include relevant past performance within past 3 years (Anything older than 3 years will NOT be reviewed)

· Bid Guarantee

4. Period of acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 days past the solicitation close-out date.

Please note that this solicitation is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Offers are not solicited from firms debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment. Ineligible firms shall consider this an informational copy only.

Pre-proposal Conference/Site visit:

All interested parties are urged and expected to attend the pre-proposal/site visit on, Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:00 am EST. Interested contractors shall meet at the Polvorin and you will be escorted by NPS employee from there.

All interested contractors shall RSVP for the site visit NLT 2:00 pm EST on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. RSVPs will be received at lara_wood@nps.gov. If no RSVPs are received by 2:00 pm EST on January 22, 2020 a scheduled formal site visit will NOT be conducted.

Proposals Due: Monday, February 10, 2020 at 2:00 pm EST Estimated Contract Award: February 19, 2020 Submit your solicitation by email to: Lara_Wood@nps.gov

You are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals; so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

Federal Acquisitions Regulations can be found at:

http://farsite.hill.afmil/vffara.htm, or http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

We appreciate your interest in participating in this procurement