140P8420Q0051 REDW Aggregate.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

No. 140P8420Q0051

Base Aggregate

Redwood National & State Parks

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the supply and delivery of approximately 6,500 tons of 1 ½ inch base aggregate, a commercial item, prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 140P8420Q0051 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020- 05 as of March 30, 2020. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small businesses. The North American Standard Industrial Classifications System Code is 212319 with an associated small business size standard of 500 employees.

Quotations are requested via this notice only. A written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract to a single vendor determined to be responsive and responsible, based on a Best Value determination IAW FAR 13.106. It is anticipated that award of a purchase order will be made to the quote that overall represents the best value to the Government. To determine the best value, the following factors will be reviewed: price, technical acceptability, and past performance. The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFQ.

In addition, you must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov/.

DESCRIPTION:

LINE ITEM QTY UNIT

10 1 ½ inch Base Aggregate (price per ton, delivered to site #1) 4,000 tons 20 1 ½ inch Base Aggregate (price per ton, delivered to site #2) 2,500 tons

OPTION Option for additional quantity, in 250-ton increments (price per ton, delivered to site #2)

SPECIFICATIONS: Furnish hard, durable particles or fragments of crushed aggregate base conforming to the size and quantity requirements for crushed aggregate material normally used locally in the construction and maintenance of highways by Federal agencies. Furnish quarried crushed aggregate with a maximum size of 1 ½ inch as determined by AASHTO T27 and T1. Furnish crushed aggregate uniformly graded from coarse to fine and free of organic matter, lumps, balls of clay and other deleterious matter. Aggregate must be derived from natural stone formation which has been mined or quarried: no recycled material or material derived from river run material will be accepted. 1 ½ inch aggregate must conform to sections A and B below:

A. General. Furnish hard, durable particles or fragments of crushed stone conforming the following:

Los Angeles abrasion, AASHTO T 96 35-50% Sodium sulfate soundness loss (5 cycles), 12% max

AASHTO T 104

Durability index (coarse), AASHTO T 210 35 min.

Durability index (fine), AASHTO T 210 35 min.

Fractured faces, ASTM D 5821 75% min.

Free from organic matter and lumps or balls of clay Do not use material that breaks up when alternately frozen and thawed or wetted and dried.

Obtain the aggregate gradation by crushing, screening, and blending processes as necessary. Fine aggregate, material passing the No. 4 sieve, shall consist of natural or crushed sand and fine mineral particles.

B. Subbase or base aggregate. In addition to (a) above, conform to the following:

Gradation Table 1 Liquid limit, AASHTO T 89 25 max.

Table 1

1 ½” maximum Percent Passing

Sieve Sizes Operating Range

Contract Compliance

1 ½” 90-100 87-100 1” ¾” 50-85 45-90 No. 4 25-45 20-50 No. 30 10-25 6-29 No. 200 2-9 1-12

Aggregate materials must be free of all the following:

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) hedge bindweed/ morning glory (Calystegia sepium)

Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica) pampas/jubata grass (Cortadaria jubata) diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Spanish broom (Cytisus multiflorus)

French broom (Genista monspessulana) Spanish heather/heath (Erica lusitanica)

Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobeae)

Italian thistle (Carduus pynnocephalus) three corner leek (Allium triquetrum) leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) yellow star thistle (Centaurea solsitialis) meadow knapweed (Centaurea X pratensis)

DELIVERY: Site #1, off Howland Hill Road, Crescent City, CA 41°45'44.4"N 124°08'52.7"W; Site #2 – Davison Road in Orick, CA 41°19'25.7"N 124°02'30.8"W. Deliveries will be accepted Monday through Thursday, from 7:00 am to 4:30 pm except federal holidays. Coordinate deliveries with Contracting Officers Designated Representative (COR). Weigh tickets must be provided for each load. Complete deliveries by August 10, 2020.

PAYMENT: Multiple invoices are acceptable. The vendor shall submit invoices via the IPP payment system. Payment will be made by electronic funds transfer generated by the US Treasury.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply:

52.204-7, System for Award Management 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications 52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items 52.212-3, Offer Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (to be completed and provided with quotation unless “Certs & Reps” section of the contractor’s www.sam.gov record is completed in full) 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (within 52.212-5, applicable clauses are the following:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities 52.217-4, Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award 52.217-7, Option for Increased Quantity – Separately Priced Line Item (30 days) 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order 52.242-17, Government Delay of Work 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination

Full text versions of all FAR references and clauses are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

52.211-16, Variation in Quantity (Apr 1984)

(a) A variation in the quantity of any item called for by this contract will not be accepted unless the variation has been caused by conditions of loading, shipping, or packing, or allowances in manufacturing processes, and then only to the extent, if any, specified in paragraph (b) of this clause. (b) The permissible variation shall be limited to: two Percent increase and two Percent decrease. This increase or decrease shall apply to each quantity specified in the delivery schedule.

Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)

CPARS is a web-based system that allows for electronic processing of performance evaluation reports. The reports are available for Government use in evaluating past performance as part of a source selection action in accordance with

FAR 42.1500.

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements – Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (Apr 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: VENDOR’S ITEMIZED INVOICE. Failure to attach the required documentation as specified above will result in the IPP invoice being rejected. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: Quotations are due May 14, 2020 at 4:00 pm and must include the following information:

1. Company name and DUNS number, Contact name, phone number and e-mail, source of aggregate

2. Pricing for all items (use the SF-18)

3. Laboratory Sieve Analysis with name and location of quarry or pit

4. Acknowledgement of Amendments: Acknowledge all RFQ amendments (if any are posted) using one of the methods set forth in Block 11 of the amendment, Standard Form 30.

5. References: Provide name, current contact info, and contract number for three recent and relevant contracts of similar size and nature

Email quotes to the attention of: Jack_Northcutt@nps.gov. Quotes will only be accepted through electronic mail.

Confirmation of receipt of quotes sent via e-mail is the sole responsibility of the Contractor (if you have not received confirmation acknowledgement of your quote submitted by e-mail, you must contact the Contract Specialist for confirmation).

If you have any questions, please contact the Contracting Officer by May 11, 2020.

To be eligible for award, Offerors must have an active SAM record at http://www.sam.gov at the time of award, including the completed "Reps & Certs" section within their online active SAM record.

The point of contact for this solicitation is Jack Northcutt, Contracting Officer, Crater Lake National Park, telephone:

541-883-6884; email: jack_northcutt@nps.gov

OFFER EVALUATION(S):

52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(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:

1. Technical capability of the firm to complete the work, as evidenced by providing a detailed and itemized proposal that demonstrates an understanding of the requirement.

2. Price

3. Past performance (an offeror's or contractor's performance on active and physically completed contracts)

(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.