20-02452 CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES - 2020-06-18 SCMedits .docx

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

NONPERSONAL SERVICES FOR OPERATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT OF THE SAIPAN CORAL NURSERY PILOT PROJECT TABLES PROJECT, WHERE NURSERY TABLES WILL BE ADDED TO THE SITE IN THE MANAGUA MARINE SANCTUARY ON SAIPAN WHICH CURRENTLY HAS CORAL TREE STRUCTURES

(I) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice and in accordance with the simplified acquisition procedures authorized in FAR Part 13. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(II) This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). Submit written quotes on RFQ Number NFFT5000-20-02452SRG.

(III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06 (JUNE 2020) (DEVIATION 2019-03) (JUNE 2019).

(IV) THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED AS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The associated NAICS code is 541620. The small business size standard is $16.5 MILLION.

(V) This combined solicitation/synopsis is for purchase of the following commercial services:

CLIN 0001 – BASE YEAR: SERVICES, NON-PERSONAL, TO PROVIDE ALL EQUIPMENT, LABOR, AND MATERIALS (UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN) NECESSARY FOR OPERATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT OF THE SAIPAN CORAL NURSERY PILOT PROJECT TABLES PROJECT, WHERE NURSERY TABLES WILL BE ADDED TO THE SITE IN THE MANAGUA MARINE SANCTUARY ON SAIPAN WHICH CURRENTLY HAS CORAL TREE STRUCTURES 9/30/2020 THROUGH 9/29/2021

CLIN 1001 – OPTION YEAR 1: SERVICES, NON-PERSONAL, TO PROVIDE ALL EQUIPMENT, LABOR, AND MATERIALS (UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN) NECESSARY FOR OPERATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT OF THE SAIPAN CORAL NURSERY PILOT PROJECT TABLES PROJECT, WHERE NURSERY TABLES WILL BE ADDED TO THE SITE IN THE MANAGUA MARINE SANCTUARY ON SAIPAN WHICH CURRENTLY HAS CORAL TREE STRUCTURES 9/30/2021 THROUGH 9/29/2022

CLIN 2001 – OPTION YEAR 2 SERVICES, NON-PERSONAL, TO PROVIDE ALL EQUIPMENT, LABOR, AND MATERIALS (UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN) NECESSARY FOR OPERATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT OF THE SAIPAN CORAL NURSERY PILOT PROJECT TABLES PROJECT, WHERE NURSERY TABLES WILL BE ADDED TO THE SITE IN THE MANAGUA MARINE SANCTUARY ON SAIPAN WHICH CURRENTLY HAS CORAL TREE STRUCTURES 9/30/2022 THROUGH 9/29/2023

QUOTING TABLE Saipan Coral Nursery Pilot Project Tables-1: 2020-2023

Contractual Services - Firm Fixed Price

CNMI

Contractual Services (Project Management, Coordination of Field Logistics, Procurement of Project Materials and Supplies)

Total

Quoted Cost of Contractual Services Costs for Base Year (Firm Fixed Price)

Supplies (collection, deployment and maintenance)***

Quoted Cost of Contractual Services Costs for Option Year 1 (Firm Fixed Price)

Equipment (replacement parts for tables and anchors)**

Supplies (tools for maintenance and fragmenting)***

Quoted Cost of Contractual Services Costs for Option Year 2 (Firm Fixed Price)

Equipment (replacement parts for tables and anchors)**

Supplies (tools for maintenance and fragmenting)***

* Daily Boat prices based on costs for equivalent work in the Spring of 2020 adjusted for inflation

** Tables must have space to support 600 coral fragments per the scope.

*** Supplies are an estimate based on the need for specialized tools for coral collection, nursery construction and anchor deployment

**** Rates based on known regional contractor rates within the region with Overhead & Markup assumed at 30% or lower

***** Inflation assumed to be 3% per option year

(VI) Description of requirements is as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA)

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS)

PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIONAL OFFICE (PIRO)

HABITAT CONSERVATION DIVISION (HCD)

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (CNMI) NOAA FIELD OFFICE

OPERATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT OF

THE SAIPAN CORAL NURSERY PILOT PROJECT TABLES-1

BACKGROUND

The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) is responsible for the management, conservation, and protection of living marine resources within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Pacific Islands Region (PIR) includes waters surrounding American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Hawaii, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. The PIR is unique in that it encompasses a large percentage of the nation’s coral reefs. It is the largest geographic area within NMFS jurisdiction with an EEZ of more than 1.7 million square nautical miles of ocean. The role of Habitat Conservation Division (HCD) within NMFS PIRO is to conserve, protect and restore marine habitat and coastal ecosystems in the PIR. PIRO HCD has a field office in the CNMI that partners with territorial agencies, NGOs and the public to manage, conserve and enhance habitats for fishery resources, protected species and other living marine resources in accordance with appropriate Acts and mandates.

HCD staff based in the CNMI actively address many resource management and conservation issues. They include essential fish habitat consultations, response and restoration in the aftermath of physical impact events, reef resilience science and management, reduction of and mitigation for land-based sources of pollution, and implementation of coastal habitat restoration projects. HCD staff are now pursuing active population enhancement of coral communities in the CNMI. Given the remote location of the CNMI field office, HCD staff are often faced with logistical limitations when responding to other hazard events and/or when conducting general coral reef management and research activities, all of which require extensive regional partnering with the CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ), Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), any other contractors funded to work at the site, and others partners. For the purposes of this contract DLNR/DFW, BECQ, and any current contractors working at the site are considered the local stakeholders.

While NMFS and local agencies have some limited personnel and interest in supporting population enhancement activities, we often have difficulties securing the necessary logistical and scientific support to implement these activities in a timely manner ourselves. The Saipan Coral Nursery Pilot Project (SCNPP) has already been funded by two different contracts, which focused on the deployment and maintenance of nursery trees, data collection, initial coordination, and site management of the nursery, dating back to 2018. The first 10 trees were deployed under a single-year contract (#1333MF18PNFFT0144) for which a summary report and all supporting environmental compliance documents are now available. Deployment of the second 10 trees and two years of ongoing maintenance and outplanting activities are detailed in a second contract that will be entering option year 1 in FY21 (#1305M319PNFFT0285).

This new contract will expand the SCNPP to include table structures, expand parent colony diversity, and provide up to two follow-on years of capacity for ongoing maintenance, nursery growth and resources for outplanting efforts. Expanding the nursery design to include tables will help further explore proof of concept for the pilot design with the goal of facilitating the recovery of shallow-water reef communities and ensuring that the best possible designs are being utilized for future scaling up activities.

This is a firm-fixed price non-personal service order to support additional scoping, construction, and deployment and the ongoing monitoring, maintenance and outplanting from new SCNPP table structures. The Project Lead will be responsible for the overall scheduling of project activity and will provide the Contractor with scheduling information as appropriate.

BASE YEAR TASKS (Twelve Months from the Date of Award Starting in Fiscal Year 2020)

Deliverable: Detailed diagrams, materials lists, storm plan and notes from a local stakeholder meeting confirming agreement on tables design, due 2/28/2021.

Deliverable: Confirmation that materials have been purchased for tables capable of holding a minimum of 600 10cm coral fragments by 3/15/21 and received by 4/30/21.

Deliverable: Pre-construction of tables, and confirmation of spacing for a minimum of 600 10 cm fragments completed and provided to the governmental Project Leader, estimated date 5/15/21.

Deliverables: Vessel and personnel support to perform maintenance and algae control, deploy storm plan protocols, collect data, or address other emergent issues bi-monthly beginning 2 months after initial deployment of the tables.

Deliverable: Monthly progress reports to include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: accomplishments, issues encountered, work performed, and key outcomes. Reports should be submitted via email and are due by the 5th of each month. The final report of the year should also include key information for transferring the management of the nursery to local government agencies, including a recommended maintenance schedule and is due to the Project Lead for draft review 1 month before the end of the contract year.

Additional tasks and deliverables may include:

(a) The Contractor, in partnership with local stakeholders, should apply for additional funding from at least two different sources by June of each contract year to fund continued maintenance and upscaling of the SCNPP tables project.

(b) If the Contractor has not found additional funding by August of the contract year, then the Contractor will begin transitioning project management to DLNR/DFW which will be further detailed at that time.

(c) The Contractor is encouraged to bring in additional partners, diversify the nursery to include sexual reproduction, or apply other approaches if and when additional resources are identified so long as those activities have the full support of the local stakeholders.

OPTION YEAR 1 & 2 TASKS (Maintenance, fragmenting and outplanting tasks in development)

Deliverables: Vessel and personnel support to perform maintenance and algae control, deploy storm plan protocols, collect data, or address other emergent issues bi-monthly, beginning 2 months after the option year begins.

Deliverable: Vessel and personnel support for an estimated 8 field days to fragment and outplant a minimum of at least 200 coral fragments from the nursery that meet target size for their species, due June of each year. The Contractor shall monitor the outplanted corals and include survivorship information within the annual report.

Deliverable: Monthly progress reports to include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: accomplishments, issues encountered, work performed, and key outcomes. Reports should be submitted via email and are due by the 5th of each month. The final report of the year should also include key information for transferring the management of the nursery to local government agencies, including a recommended maintenance schedule.

Additional tasks and deliverables may include:

(a) The Contractor, in partnership with local stakeholders, should apply for additional funding from at least two different sources by June of each contract year to fund continued maintenance and upscaling of the SCNPP tables project.

(b) If the Contractor has not found additional funding by August of the contract year, then the Contractor will begin transitioning project management to DLNR/DFW, which will be further detailed at that time.

(c) The Contractor is encouraged to bring in additional partners, diversify the nursery to include sexual reproduction, or apply other approaches if and when additional resources are identified so long as those activities have the full support of the local stakeholders.

REQUIRED SERVICES

To successfully complete the tasks outline above the Contractor shall provide services that include both vessel support and diver support for a variety of tasks associated with this contract and must be able to meet the requirements listed here:

Vessels: In order to support the activities outlined in the Tasks and Deliverables section, the Contractor shall need provide an estimated 20 days of access annually to a small (21’ - 30’) vessel that meets the following or equal requirements:

Personnel: Personnel furnished by the Contractor shall meet the following minimum or equal personnel requirements:

POST-AWARD CONFERENCE

The Contractor shall attend a Task Order Kick-off conference with the Contracting Officer, COR, and/or Project Lead no later than 10 business days after the date of award. The purpose of the Task Order conference, which will be chaired by the Contracting Officer, is to set the standards of performance, clarify details, place of performance, building access time, communication channels, anticipated travel (if any), required GOV training, and progress report and invoicing details. The Task Order Kick off conference will be held at the Government’s facility, located at CNMI NOAA Field Office and/or via teleconference.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND DATA PRIVACY

This contract may require that services contractors have access to Privacy Information. Services contractors are responsible for maintaining confidentiality of all subjects and materials and may be required to sign and adhere to a Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All deliverables are the property of the U.S. Government. All documents, analyses, files (digital or other), reports, notes and photos are to be used only by Contractor personnel assigned to this Task Order. Documents, files and other data are to be stored exclusively on Government owned equipment and at no point should be saved or archived on personal drives or devices. Copies are not to be disseminated to anyone outside of the NMFS or to any other contractor personnel without explicit release from the Project Lead.

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

The Saipan Coral Nursery Pilot Project Tables contract will generate environmental data and information, including but not limited to: health and growth rate data for nursery and outplanted corals, health and recovery data for parent colony corals, as well as temperature and current data from instruments deployed at the nursery, parent colony and outplanting sites. Datasets will be collected quarterly from instruments and semi-annually from the nursery, parent colony and outplanting sites as part of collection, fragmenting and outplanting activities. Data will be collected by the Contractor according to the procedures that have been developed and implemented as part of the Saipan Coral Nursery Baseline setting activities and will be provided by the Project Lead. All data shall be provided to the governmental Project Leader via email, gdrive sharing or hard copy delivery within two weeks of data collection or by request. The data will be available to the public within one year of data collection with the metadata hosted within InPort or CoRIS following all NOAA Data and Information Policy Directives. All future sub-awardees not identified in this plan will have as a condition of their contract acceptance of this data sharing plan. Any additional data sharing stipulations for future sub-awardees may be outlined at that time and described in their contract.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED RESOURCES

The Government will not furnish any resources to the Contractor in support of this contract.

IT SECURITY

The Contractor must meet the Department of Commerce IT Security Program Policy and Minimum Implementation Standards (found at https://connection.commerce.gov/collection/it-security-policy-and-fisma-reporting-program). The Contractor must also adhere to NOAA and NMFS security policies (found at https://www.csp.noaa.gov/policies/).

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Work will be conducted in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, at a site other than the government facility (i.e. off-site)

OVERTIME, TRAVEL & TRAINING

This is a firm fixed price contract, therefore overtime is not anticipated nor authorized at this time.

Travel is not expected or authorized for this task order.

Training is authorized for NMFS/NOAA/DOC specific systems and requirements only as required by the task order. Completion certificates must be submitted to the COR within 3 business days of the start of the contract/task order.

· NOAA IT security (required for all contractors)

· Records Management 101 (required for all contractors)

· Complete the course at https://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/audit/records_management/Training.html using Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox; COR to send completion certificate to records.management@noaa.gov

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

The following additional aspects are / are not anticipated during the performance of this order:

PROVIDE CERTIFICATES OR SELF-CERTIFICATION THAT THE PRODUCTS WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE TASKS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL BE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL PER THE FAR CLAUSES LISTED _________ (INITIAL AND/OR ADD DOCUMENTATION.

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO AWARD A LOWEST PRICED TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE FIRM-FIXED-PRICE BEST VALUE ORDER RESULTING FROM THIS SOLICITATION.

PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION DEMONSTRATING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW).

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE BY INITIALING BELOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THIS REQUIREMENT IS REQUIREMENT IS UNDER WHAT USED TO BE THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT (SCA) AND IS NOW CALLED THE SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS STATUTE (SCLS),WAGE DETERMINATION (WD). YOUR COMPANY MUST PAY ITS EMPLOYEES NO LESS THAN THE VERY MINIMUM OF THE WAGE AND HEALTH & WELFARE HOURLY AMOUNT FOR THIS LOCATION BASED ON WHAT IS PROVIDED IN THE WDOL.GOV WEBSITE.

INITIALS & DATE __________

A QUOTE CANNOT BE ACCEPTED FROM YOUR COMPANY IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED AND ACTIVE IN THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: https://www.sam.gov/

QUOTE’S RECEIVED FROM CONTRACTORS WHO ARE NOT ACTIVE IN SAM WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR NON-RECEIPT OF QUOTES. IT IS THE CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO REQUEST A CONFIRMATION OF THE QUOTE RECEIPT.

100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, FIRM FIXED PRICE PURCHASE ORDER TO BE AWARDED TO LOWEST PRICED, TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE QUOTE. QUOTES WILL BE EVALUATED BASED ON FAR 52.212-2 LISTED IN THE POSTING.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE DETERMINATION (WD) WAGE RATES: WD 05-5682, REVISION NO. 10, DATED 12/23/2019, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON: https://wdolhome.sam.gov/.

(VII) Period of performance shall be and Work will be conducted in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, at a site other than the government facility (i.e. off-site)

Base Year September 30, 2020 through September 29, 2021 Option Year 1 September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022 Option Year 2 September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2023

(VIII) FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2020)(DEVIATION 2019-03)(JUNE 2019)(DEVIATION 2020-07)(MAY 2020)

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code(s) and small business size standard(s) for this acquisition appear elsewhere in the solicitation. However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show— (1)The solicitation number;

(2)The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

(3)The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(4)A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5)Terms of any express warranty;

(6)Price and any discount terms;

(7)“Remit to” address, if different than mailing address;

(8)A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically);

(9)Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

(10)Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and (11)If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(d) Product samples. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of offers. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender’s request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing.

(e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with subpart 4.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation), or alternative commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(f)Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

(1)Offerors 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. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due.

(2) (i)Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and- (A)If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or (B)There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or (C)If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received.

(ii)However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3)Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel.

(4)If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(5)Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers. Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer.

(g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(h) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(i)Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation.

(1) (i)The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to-

GSA Federal Supply Service Specifications Section Suite 8100 470 East L’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20407 Telephone (202) 619-8925 Facsimile (202) 619-8978.

(ii)If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision. Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

(2)Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites:

(i)ASSIST ( https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/).

(ii)Quick Search ( http://quicksearch.dla.mil/).

(iii)ASSISTdocs.com (http://assistdocs.com).

(3)Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by- (i)Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard (https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm);

(ii)Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to 1600 EST; or (iii)Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Telephone (215) 697-2667/2179, Facsimile (215) 697-1462.

(4)Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(j) Unique entity identifier. (Applies to all offers exceeding $10,000.00, and offers at any dollar level if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “Unique Entity Identifier” followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.

(k)[Reserved]

(l) Debriefing. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1)The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror’s offer.

(2)The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and the debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(3)The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4)A summary of the rationale for award;

(5)For acquisitions of commercial items, the make and model of the item to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(6)Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS: Instructions for submitting quotations under this request for quote must be followed. Failure to provide all information to aid in the evaluation may be considered non-responsive. Offers that are non-responsive may be excluded from further evaluation and rejected without further notification to the offeror.

Quotes shall be fully executed and returned on the Standard Form (SF) 18 and any acknowledgements of solicitation amendments on the SF 30 or provided within the text of the posting. Submit quotations to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the time specified in the solicitation. Email quotes are acceptable (preferred) and can be sent to Suzanne Garrett, email suzanne.garrett@noaa.gov.

At a minimum the contractor shall provide the following information:

CAR 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010)

OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS SOLICITATION IN WRITING (EMAIL) TO SUZANNE.GARRETT@NOAA.GOV. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 4:00 P.M. MDT/MST, 6/22/2020. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract.

(IX) FAR 52.212-2, EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014), APPLIES TO THIS ACQUISITION. Offers will be evaluated based on price and the factors set forth in paragraph (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:

(IX) FAR 52.212-2, EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014), applies to this acquisition. Offers will be evaluated based on price and the factors set forth in paragraph (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.

Paragraph (a) is hereby completed as follows: Evaluation will be based on four criteria with the first criteria weighing double:

1) Continuity of Service / Location - Due to the amount of local agency coordination required, schedule of field activities and need for quick response following any disturbance at the nursery site; preference will be given to bidders that first, can provide continuity of service to work done previously on this project or second, who have a permanent presence on Saipan, preferably including staff that are capable of SCUBA diving and who have expertise in coral taxonomy, ecology and restoration. (40 points)

2) Technical Approach - The Offeror’s approach for meeting the technical requirements of statement of work and Task Orders, the effectiveness of the approach and a demonstration of in-depth understanding of the requirements will be evaluated per the criteria in this section. Adequacy and realism of resources will be considered as one indicator of the Offeror’s understanding of the requirements. (20 points)

3) Past Performance - Vendors shall submit no more than three past performance references relevant to the Tasks, Deliverables and Required Services outlined in this statement of work. Describe at least three projects, contracts or grants performed in the last three years that are relevant to this project (similar in scope and complexity). (20 points)

4) Management Approach - Evaluation will be made of the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Offeror’s management approach.

(a) The Offeror’s overall approach to Program and Contract management including organizational structure, program reporting, records management, communications, teaming and risk. (5 points)

(b) The Offeror’s overall proposed organizational structure, including the rationale for its application to the contract requirements and rationale that demonstrates the proposed organizational approach will ensure success in each of the critical areas identified within the proposal. (5 points)

(c) The Offeror’s proposed structure for contract management and reporting with any teaming partners and subcontractors, as well as the proposed benefits and rationale of the teaming/subcontractor arrangements and the associations, division of tasks and responsibilities relative to the contract statement of work. This assessment will include evaluation of the proposed lines of communication, local autonomy, span of control, and corporate support provided, including lines of succession and authority, and the proposed subcontractors, team members, or joint venture partners proposed to illustrate their relationships within the proposed structure or between the organizational elements. Also to be evaluated will be the proposed reporting responsibilities of the Program Manager to corporate management and the relationship between the Program Manager and the prime Contractor’s corporate management, as well as, the management of any proposed subcontractors, team members, or joint venture partners. (10 points)

5) Price.

The Government intends to award a best value, firm fixed-price purchase order on an all or none basis with payment terms of Net 30.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) 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.

(X) THE OFFEROR MUST SUBMIT A COMPLETED COPY OF THE PROVISION AT FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUN 2020) The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. Ifthe Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v)) of this provision.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— “Covered telecommunications equipment or services” has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service—

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

Immediate owner means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees.

Inverted domestic corporation, means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except—

(1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

Predecessor means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor.

Restricted business operations means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate—

(1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan;

(2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization;

(3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan;

(4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization;

(5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or

(6) Have been voluntarily suspended. “Sensitive technology”— Sensitive technology—

(1) Means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is to be used specifically—

(i) To restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or

(ii) To disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran; and

(2) Does not include information or informational materials the export of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3)of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).

Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern—

(1) Means a small business concern—

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly…