B08_Solicitation_Attachment_5_-_Instructions_for_Submission_of_Quotation.pdf

ATTACHMENT 5

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF QUOTATION

(RFQ No. 140P6218Q0010)

QUOTES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY E-MAIL.

ALTERNATIVE LINE ITEM QUOTES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

1. Documents/Information To Be Submitted With Quote: At a minimum, the following documents/information shall be completed/provided and submitted in your quotation package. Clauses and Provisions indicated below which are incorporated into the solicitation by reference rather than full text, can be accessed online, in full text, at:

For FAR Clauses and Provisions – 52.: https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar For DOI Clauses and Provisions – 1452.: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFDIARA.HTM

a. Attachment 3 – Quoter’s Price Schedule – Complete Items 1 thru 17 in their entirety, and sign and date in Item 18.

b. Attachment 4 – Technical and Financial Capability Statement –

(1) Complete Items 1 thru 3, and Items 6 thru 10. Complete, sign and date each page where indicated.

(2) On separate pages, provide the information requested by Item 5.

c. Refer to Attachment 6 - ‘Clauses and Provisions’ of Solicitation

(1) Clause 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data.

Provide the information requested by this clause.

(2) Provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications. Complete and submit.

• If you have completed your Annual Representations and Certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website at www.sam.gov, complete paragraph (b)(2) of the 52.212-3 provision and submit with your quote.

• If you have not completed your Annual Representations and Certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website at www.sam.gov, you must do so as soon as possible. See Paragraph 3 below.

(3) Provision 1452.215-71 – Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information – Department of the Interior. Complete and submit (if applicable).

(4) Provision titled ‘Evaluation Factors for Award’. Provide any other information that is called for in paragraphs (d)(1) through (d)(4) titled ‘Evaluation Factors’, if not requested elsewhere in these instructions.

d. Amendments to Solicitation: It is the responsibility of the quoters to monitor the FBO

(www.fbo.gov) and FedConnect (www.fedconnect.net) websites for amendments that may be issued against the solicitation. Quoter is to download, acknowledge and submit https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFDIARA.HTM http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.fedconnect.net/ all Amendments that may be issued against this solicitation, by signing the Amendment(s) and returning them with your quotation package.

2. Point of Contact:

a. The point of contact and Contracting Officer for this solicitation is Kathryn M. Logsdon, Contracting Officer, at telephone number (217) 391-3225, and by e-mail at kathryn_logsdon@nps.gov.

b. The Park’s Project Inspector for this project will be Laura Gundrum, at telephone number (217) 391-3215, and by e-mail at laura_gundrum@nps.gov.

3. System for Award Management (SAM) and Online Representations and Certifications: All quoters are to have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number (formerly known as Dun and Bradstreet number, or DUNS, number), be registered and active in the System for Award Management database, have completed their Representations and Certifications (Reps & Certs) and be represented as a small business under the NAICS Code of 811420, in order to be awarded a contract. Therefore, if you are not already registered and active in SAM, or have not completed your Representations and Certifications, it is strongly advised that you do so at this time. Failure on the part of the successful quoter to fulfill these requirements by the time the Contracting Officer makes award may result in award of the contract being made to the next otherwise successful quoter. Access to the System for Award Management (SAM) website and Representations and Certifications, can be made at https://www.sam.gov

4. Questions and Site Visit:

a. A site visit may be requested by contacting the Project Inspector named in paragraph

2.b. above. Accompanied site visits will not be conducted after 3:00 p.m. central time on Monday, December 18, 2017.

b. Quoters may pose questions or request an explanation or interpretation of the solicitation, or its attachments, by contacting the Contracting Officer named in paragraph 2.a. above. When sending a question(s) via e-mail, quoters are requested to include the solicitation number and title in the subject line of the e-mail and the Company’s full name and address within the body of the message. Questions will not be entertained after 2:00 p.m. central time on Tuesday, December 19, 2017.

5. Delivery of Quotations: E-mail Quotations to: kathryn_logsdon@nps.gov

Quotation packages are to be e-mailed so they are received by the Contracting Officer no later than Friday, December 22, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. central time. Failure to submit your quotation package so that it is received by this time and date may result in the quote not being considered. Faxed quotations will not be considered.

https://www.sam.gov/

6. Notice of Pre-Award Survey:

a. No award shall be made unless the Contracting Officer can make an affirmative determination of responsibility of the prospective contractor as per the standards identified in FAR Subpart 9.1. Quoters are advised that this is accomplished through a pre-award survey which may require the prospective contractor to provide additional information or documentation as requested by the Contracting Officer. Areas of interest on this survey may include, but are not limited to the following, with regard to the prospective contractor:

(1) Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them.

(2) Be able to comply with the required delivery date, taking into consideration all existing commercial and governmental business commitments.

(3) Have a satisfactory performance record.

(4) Have a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics.

(5) Have the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills, or the ability to obtain them, including, as appropriate, such elements as production control procedures, property control systems, quality assurance measures, and safety programs applicable to materials to be produced or services to be performed by the prospective contractor and subcontractors.

(6) Have the necessary production, construction, and technical equipment and facilities, or the ability to obtain them.

(7) Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations.

b. Quoters are advised that accomplishment of this survey is a part of the determination of responsibility process and is not to be construed that a request to the prospective contractor for additional information and documents is an indication that he/she will receive the resultant award.

8. Compliance: By submitting a quotation, the prospective quoter agrees to comply with all terms and conditions as set forth in the solicitation.

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