140R6018R0019_Amend_0001.pdf

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140R6018R0019 x x x

Billings MT 59107

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PO Box 36900 Regional Office Great Plains Region Bureau of Reclamation

08/07/20180001

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended , by one of the following methods: (a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning ____1_______ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT

THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted , such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)CODE 6. ISSUED BY

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.3. EFFECTIVE DATE2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

08/03/2018

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

Project Title: Seminoe Powerplant Access Road Rockfall Hazard Mitigation

See Page 2 of 2 for changes incorporated by this amendment.

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Michael L. Birkland

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

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FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

Previous edition unusable

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect .

Solicitation 140R6018R0019 Amendment No. 0001

Description of Changes:

1. In the Foreward –Remove the Foreward in its entirety and substitute therefor with the attached Revised Foreward.

2. In Section L – Representations and Instruction—Section L, Remove pages L-9 and L-10 and substitute therefor with the Revised page L-9 and L10.

For convenience, essential changes on the revised solicitation pages are indicated by a vertical line in the margin where lines or paragraphs changed from the previous version. However, all portions of the revised solicitation pages shall apply whether changes thereon have or have not been indicated.

Acknowledgement: See Block 11 above regarding how to acknowledge this amendment. The Government must receive the acknowledgement at the place designated for receipt of bids (See Block 10 of the Standard Form 1442).

Receipt of Proposals: The hour and date for receipt of proposals remains the same; 5:00 PM (Mountain Time), August 17, 2018.

Third Party: If you have given a copy of the solicitation to someone else, please forward this amendment accordingly.

IDIQ – Universal Accessibility Modifications, Fencing, and Minor General Construction, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas Solicitation No. 140R6018R0011

Foreword - 1

Seminoe Powerplant Access Road Rockfall Hazard Mitigation

SOLICITATION No. 140R6018R0019

FOREWORD

The Great Plains Regional Office of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to award a contract for the Seminoe Powerplant Access Road Rockfall Hazard Mitigation project. The project is to design and perform the work necessary to stabilize the overlying-colluvial wedge adjacent to the road, shown at Station 3+00, on Drawings 144-D-T40322, Sheet 1 and Sheet 2. The contractor shall furnish all materials, equipment, supplies, services, personnel, and all other resources to perform this work. The work shall also include a method to prevent human access to areas below the work where falling, dropped, or dislodged materials might directly or indirectly strike plant personnel or the public. Bureau of Reclamation will clear dropped or dislodged materials that might block the road to the Seminoe Powerplant on a daily basis. Close coordination with Bureau of Reclamation is required to ensure minimal disruption to Seminoe Powerplant operations.

EMAIL INQUIRIES REGARDING THIS SOLICITATION SHOULD BE MADE TO:

Contractual Matters: Michael Birkland, Contracts Specialist Billings, Montana Email: mbirkland@usbr.gov

PRE-PROPOSAL SITE VISIT: An organized site visit will be held on, August 9, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. mountain time at the Siminoe Powerplant. If you have questions about the site visit, contact Nicole Nielsen at 307-261-5611.

Attendees are to provide and wear safety boots, hard hats, and safety vests. Prospective offerors are strongly encouraged to attend the walk-thru and visit the site to gain first-hand knowledge of the work requirements and site conditions. Failure of the prospective offerors to inspect the site will not relieve the offerors from the responsibility to properly estimate the difficulty or cost of the project and successfully perform the work in accordance with the requirements of the contract.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: For date and place proposals are due, see “SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD,” Standard Form 1442, immediately following the Table of Contents.

ORAL INFORMATION: In accordance to provision 52.214-06 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, oral explanations, information, or instruction given before the award of the contract will not be binding.

mailto:mbirkland@usbr.gov

IDIQ – Universal Accessibility Modifications, Fencing, and Minor General Construction, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas Solicitation No. 140R6018R0011

Foreword - 2

SAFETY AND HEALTH MANUAL: For information regarding Bureau of Reclamation's publication "Reclamation Safety and Health Standards" (RSHS) November 2009 Edition, which is applicable to work under this contract, see clause WBR 1452.223-81 (Safety and Health) of the solicitation. The electronic version of the publication can be found at:

https://www.usbr.gov/safety/rshs/index.html

SAM: Effective July 29, 2012, any contractor interested in doing business with the federal government must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract or agreement. SAM is a federal government owned and operated free website, which consolidates the central contractor registration (CCR), the online representations and certifications application (ORCA), and the excluded parties list system (EPLS).

DUNS: The vendor's DUN & Bradstreet number and banking information are required for registration. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM website accessed through https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/sam/ or by the federal service desk at 1-866-606-8220.

IPP: Payment requests for the anticipated contract must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Internet Payment Platform system (IPP). The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. The contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. 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.

METHOD OF PROCUREMENT: This procurement is set-aside for Total Small Business Concerns and is a construction acquisition, pursuant to Federal Acquistioon Regulations (FAR) Part 15.

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/sam/ https://www.ipp.gov/ mailto:ippgroup@bos.frb.org

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(d) The Contractor shall provide written notification to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor, within 10 working days following award of any construction subcontract in excess of $10,000 at any tier for construction work under the contract resulting from this solicitation. The notification shall list the -

(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the subcontractor;

(2) Employer's identification number of the subcontractor;

(3) Estimated dollar amount of the subcontract;

(4) Estimated starting and completion dates of the subcontract; and

(5) Geographical area in which the subcontract is to be performed.

(e) As used in this Notice, and in any contract resulting from this solicitation, the "covered areas" is Seminoe Powerplant, located approximately 40 miles northeast of Sinclair, Wyoming in Carbon County.

L.10 52.225-12 NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT--

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

MAY 2014

(a) Definitions - “Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “construction material,” “domestic construction material,” and “foreign construction material,” as used in this provision, are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American--Construction Materials” (Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.225-9).

(b) Requests for determinations of inapplicability - An offeror requesting a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute should submit the request to the Contracting Officer in time to allow a determination before submission of offers. The offeror shall include the information and applicable supporting data required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 in the request. If an offeror has not requested a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute before submitting its offer, or has not received a response to a previous request, the offeror shall include the information and supporting data in the offer.

(c) Evaluation of offers -

(1) The Government will evaluate an offer requesting exception to the requirements of the Buy American statute, based on claimed unreasonable cost of domestic construction material, by adding to the offered price the appropriate percentage of the cost of such foreign construction material, as specified in paragraph (b)(3)(i) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9.

(2) If evaluation results in a tie between an offeror that requested the substitution of foreign construction material based on unreasonable cost and an offeror that did not request an exception, the Contracting Officer will award to the offeror that did not request an exception based on unreasonable cost.

(d) Alternate offers -

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(1) When an offer includes foreign construction material not listed by the Government in this solicitation in paragraph (b)(2) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9, the offeror also may submit an alternate offer based on use of equivalent domestic construction material.

(2) If an alternate offer is submitted, the offeror shall submit a separate Standard Form 1442 for the alternate offer, and a separate price comparison table prepared in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 for the offer that is based on the use of any foreign construction material for which the Government has not yet determined an exception applies.

(3) If the Government determines that a particular exception requested in accordance with paragraph (c) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 does not apply, the Government will evaluate only those offers based on use of the equivalent domestic construction material, and the offeror shall be required to furnish such domestic construction material. An offer based on use of the foreign construction material for which an exception was requested—

(i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or

(ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations.

L.11 52.236-27 A1 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) - ALTERNATE I FEB 1995

(a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.

(b) An organized site visit has been scheduled for, AUGUST 9, 2018, at 10:00 AM MOUNTAIN

(WYOMING) TIME ZONE.

(c) Participants will meet at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Siminoe Powerplant. If you have questions about the site visit, contact Nicole Nielsen at 307-261-5611.

L.12 52.236-28 PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS – CONSTRUCTION OCT 1997

(a) Proposals must be

(1) submitted on the forms furnished by the Government or on copies of those forms, and

(2) manually signed. The person signing a proposal must initial each erasure or change appearing on any proposal form.

(b) The proposal form may require offerors to submit proposed prices for one or more items on various bases, including --

(1) Lump sum price;

(2) Alternate prices;

(3) Units of construction; or

(4) Any combination of paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(3) of this provision.