Attachment 1 - 36C24225Q0581 - Combined Synopsis Solicitation Commercial Products and Commercial Services.pdf

Attachment 1: Combined Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Effective Date: 04/18/2025 Revision: 02

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation;

quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is issued as an RFQ. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2025-03.

This solicitation is set-aside for Total Small-Business Set-Aside.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors, with a small business size standard of $19.0 Million.

The FSC/PSC is J041 – Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment - Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Air Circulating Equipment.

The New Jersey VA Healthcare System, East Orange and Lyons Campuses is seeking to purchase Air Balancing, Adjusting and Testing Services.

All interested companies shall provide quotations for the following:

Supplies/Services

LINE

ITEM

DESCRIPTION QUANTIT

Y

UNIT UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

PRICE

0001 Base Period: East Orange Campus – Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (annual) in the 2ND quarter.

1 JB

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0002 Base Period: East Orange Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (semi-annual) in the 1st and 3rd quarter.

2 JB

0003 Base Period: Lyons Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (quarterly) in the 1st and 3rd quarters.

2 JB

Total Base Year:

1001 Option Year 1: East Orange Campus – Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (annual) in the 2nd

1002 Option Year 1: East Orange Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (semi-annual) in the 1st and 3rd quarter.

2 JB

1003 Option Year 1: Lyons Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (quarterly) in the 1st and 3rd quarters.

Total Option Year 1:

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2001 Option Year 2: East Orange Campus – Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (annual) in the 2nd quarter.

1 JB

2002 Option Year 2: East Orange Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (semi-annual) in the 1st and 3rd quarter.

2003 Option Year 2: Lyons Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (quarterly) in the 1st and 3rd quarters.

2 JB

Total Option Year 2

3001 Option Year 3: East Orange Campus – Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (annual) in the 2nd

3002 Option Year 3: East Orange Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (semi-annual) in the 1st and 3rd quarters.

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3003 Option Year 3: Lyons Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (quarterly) in the 1st and 3rd quarters.

2 JB

Total Option Year 3:

4001 Option Year 4: East Orange Campus – Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (annual) in the 2nd quarter.

1 JB

4002 Option Year 4: East Orange Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (semi-annual) in the 1st and 3rd quarters.

2 JB

4003 Option Year 4: Lyons Campus - Contractor shall provide air balancing, adjusting and testing services (quarterly) in the 1st and 3rd quarters.

2 JB

Total Option Year 4:

Base and All Option Years Total:

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STATEMENT OF WORK

AIR BALANCING SERVICES

1. BACKGROUND:

The Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System is currently seeking for air balancing, adjusting and testing services for Lyons Campus and East Orange Campus. Lyons Campus which was built in the early 1920’s with over 30 major buildings and a few smaller outbuildings sits on 306 acres. East Orange Campus is located on 3 acres with one (1) high-rise building of 13 floors and 12 outbuildings.

Contractor shall provide air balancing services for the above two campus at specified months, and quarters as stated in this document and under Equipment List.

2. SCOPE OF WORK:

Contractor shall provide all supervision, labor, materials and equipment necessary to perform air balancing, traverses of air handlers and exhaust systems and provide all related documentation for both campuses.

3. SPECIFICATIONS:

Contractor shall take CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) readings from supply and exhaust and make necessary adjustments for the designated areas to be in compliance with room-to-room pressurization design criteria.

Contractor will take test readings of each diffuser and grill to include the required Feet per Minute/Cubic Feet per Minute, test results of the Feet Per Minute/. Cubic Feet per Minute and provide instrument calibration reports to comply with requirements in ASHRAE 111, Section 4, Instrumentation. And to provide instrumentation calibration reports to include, instrument type and make, serial number, application, dates of use and dates of calibration.

4. REPORTS:

Contractor shall provide 3 hard copy reports of all readings for both campuses in their TAB (testing, Adjusting and Balancing) report.

An electronic version of same report shall be sent to the Contracting Officer Representative. Contractor will provide reports in triplicate to include:

- A print of the area showing air flow directions and pressures.

- Air exchange per hour for each room or corridor to include room volume, cu’, design and actual Cubic Feet per Minute for supply and exhaust air

- Certificate of recalibration for all testing equipment.

Service Reports must be signed by both service provider and Contracting Officer Representative at the completion of each work.

5. FREQUENCY:

Contractor shall conduct air balancing, testing and adjusting annually in the 2nd Quarter and semi-annually in the 1st and 3rd Quarters for:

1) East Orange Campus 385 Tremont Avenue

East Orange, NJ 07018-109

Contractor shall conduct air balancing, testing and adjusting quarterly in the 1st and 3rd quarters for:

2) Lyons Campus

151 Knollcroft Road Lyons, NJ 07939

6. REQUIREMENTS:

Contractor shall demonstrate that it is a firm regularly engaged in the field of air balancing services.

Contractor must be certified in Air balancing and must be licensed and insured for this type of work.

Contractor must be certified by either AABC (Associated Air Balance Council) or NEBB (National Environmental Bureau) and provide personnel who are AABC or NEBB certified and qualified to do air balancing.

Contractor must provide certification as required by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with a valid 30-hour safety card for personnel identified to work on this requirement.

Contractor shall follow all the Department of Veterans Affair Administrations, State, Federal and OSHA rules and safety regulations.

7. EQUIPMENT LIST:

EAST ORANGE EQUIPMENT LIST:

AREAS TO BE DONE SEMI-ANNUALLY IN THE 1ST AND 3RD QUARTERS

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1) O.R. 2ND FLOOR, C-

WING

A. AHU 33 C LEVEL B. AHU-34 C

LEVEL

C. AHU-35

C LEVEL

D.

EXHAUST

#1 1ST FLR

C W

E. EXHAUST #2 F. EXHAUST 40A

2) SPS 2ND. FLOOR, B-

A. SPS AIR HANDLER 2ND

FLR

B. EXHAUST #1

6TH FLR ROOF

B. EXHAUS

T #2

6TH FLR ROOF

D.

EXHAUST

6TH FLR

ROOF

E. EXHAUST #4 F. EXHAUST #5 G. EXHAUST

#6

6TH FLR ROOF 6TH FLR ROOR 6FLR ROOF

3) ENDOSCOPY 2ND.

FLOOR, B-WING

A. ENDOSCOPY AHU 2ND

FLOOR B-W

B. EXHAUST #1 C. EXHAUST

#2

6TH FLR B WING 6TH FLR B

4) DENTAL 3RD FLOOR, B-

WING - DENTAL AHU

A. EXHAUST #1 B. EXHAUST #2

6TH FLOOR ROOF B SIDE 6TH FLOOR ROOF

B SIDE

5) PHARMACY IV ROOM

8TH FLOOR, A-WING

A. PHARMACY AHU B

LEVEL ROOF

6) HISTOLOGY A-LEVEL, B

A. AHU-1, A-146 B. HOOD

EXHAUST 6TH

FLOOR ROOF B-

7) CATH. LAB 9-166

A. AHU CATH. LAB 9-163

8) MORGUE B-LEVEL, C-

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A. AHU 10A C LEVEL B. TBEF #7

9) GAMMA CAMERA 6-

CORE

A. AHU-2 PENTHOUSE B. AHU-5

PENTHOUSE

AREAS TO BE DONE ANNUALLY IN THE 2ND QUARTER

10) FIRST FLOOR LAB 1ST

FLOOR B-WING

A. AHU-17 B-LEVEL ROOF B. EXHAUST, 6TH

FLOOR ROOF, B-

WING ROOF

C. HOOD EXHAUST, 6TH

FLOOR ROOF, B-WING

ROOF

11) FIRST FLOOR

RADIOLGY C WING

AHU A LEVEL ROOF OVER

A-215

12) NEW ED A WING

A. AHU ROOF OF ED

2ND FLOOR ROOF A

WING

B. EXHAUST

AUDITORIU

M ROOF

13) SICU/MICU 2ND FLOOR,

D-WING

A. AHU-2D, 2ND FLOOR

B. EXHAUST 21,

C. ISOLATION EXHAUST

3RD FLOOR BUMP-OUT.

14) WARD 5B, FLOOR 5 B-

A. AHU-1 PENTHOUSE B. AHU-4,

C. EXHAUST 4 PENTHOUSE D. MUSHROOM ON

6B ROOF

15) WARD 5-C, FLOOR 5 C-

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A. AHU-5C, 6TH FLOOR

ROOF C-WING

B. EXHAUST 1,

6TH FLOOR ROOF

C-WING

C. EXHAUST 2, 6TH FLOOR

ROOF C-WING

16) WARD 5D, FLOOR 5, D-

A. AHU-3, PENTHOUSE B. AHU-6,

C. EXHAUST 18

D. EXHAUST,

MUSHROOM ON

6D ROOF

17) WARD 6B, FLOOR 6 B-

A. AHU-1, PENTHOUSE B. AHU-4,

C. EXHAUST 10,

18) WARD 9A, 9TH FLOOR,

A-WING

A. AHU-3, PENTHOUSE B. AHU-6,

C. EXHAUST 23,

19) WARD 12B, 12TH

FLOOR

A. AHU-8, PENTHOUSE B: AHU-1,

C. EXHAUST 7, PENTHOUSE D. EXHAUST 5,

E: RETURN FAN 4, IN AHU-8

20) EMERGENCY ROOM 1ST

FLOOR

A. AHU11-A, C-LEVEL B. TBEF-1

EXHAUST,

C. EXHAUST 5, PENTHOUSE

21) RADIATION THERAPY,

A-LEVEL, WING D

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A. AHU-1D, A-LEVEL ROOF B. RETURN FAN

1D, A-LEVEL

22) AAALAC SURVEY IN BLDG. 7 VIVARIUM

1) AREA B

A. AHU-B LOWER ROOF

TOP

B. EF-7-2 ROOF

TOP

2) AREA C

A. AHU-C AHU-B LOWER

ROOF TOP

B. EF-7-3 ROOF

TOP

3) AREA D

A. AHU-D AHU-B LOWER

ROOF TOP

B. EF-D ROOF TOP

4) AREA E

A. AHU-E BASEMENT B. EF-E ROOF TOP

5) AREA X

A. AHU-X UPPER ROOF TOP B. EF-X ROOF TOP

TRAVERSE'S TO BE DONE ANNUALLY IN THE 2ND QUARTER

23) AHU-1…PENTHOUSE

24) AHU-

2…PENTHOUSE

25) AHU-

3…PENTHOUS

E

26) AHU-4…PENTHOUSE 27) AHU-

5…PENTHOUSE

28) AHU-6…PENTHOUSE

29) AHU-7…PENTHOUSE 30) AHU-

8…PENTHOUSE

31) AHU-9…B-LEVEL ROOF

32) AHU-10…3-171A 33) AHU-11…C-132 34) AHU-11A…C-132

35) AHU-12…C-132 36) AHU-13…C-132 37) AHU-17…B-LEVEL

ROOF

38) A-LEVEL LAB AHU…A-

39) 5-C AHU…6TH

FLOOR C-WING

ROOF

40) AUDIOLOGY AHU…4-

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41) ECHO LAB AHU…6TH

FLOOR D-WING ROOF

42) AHU-1D…A-

LEVEL ROOF

43) 2D AHU…ON ROOF

OUTSIDE OF ROOM 2-437

44) CATH LAB UNIT…9-163 45) FILE ROOM

AHU…A-128D

LYONS CAMPUS EQUIPMENT:

ALL WORK TO BE DONE SEMI-ANNUALLY IN THE 1ST QUARTER AND 3RD

QUARTER

1) SPD- BUILDING #1

A. CLEAN STORAGE AREA B.

DECONTAMINATIO

N AREA

2) BUILDING # 3 –

NEGATIVE PRESSURE

ROOMS

A. D114 B. E116 C. F114 D. H114

E. G113 F. H112

3) BUILDING #4 – NEGATIVE

PRESSURE ROOM

A. 56

BUILDIING # 3

B. PHARMACY

BUILDING # 135 CLC

C. PHARMACY

BUILDING # 53

D. PHARMACY

8. WORKING HOURS:

All work shall be performed at East Orange for the following areas evenings After 5:00pm or weekends.

O.R.’s, SPS, Endoscopy, Dental, Pharmacy, Histology, Cath Lab, the Morgue, Gamma Camera, Radiation Therapy and Radiology.

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Lyons and all other areas at East Orange can be done between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday excluding Federal Holidays. Contractor shall not perform work outside of these hours without prior approval from COR/Facility Manager.

9. FEDERAL HOLIDAYS:

Federal Holidays which are observed by the federal government are annotated below.

- New Year’s Day

- Martin Luther King’s Birthday

- President’s Day

- Memorial Day

- Independence Day -

- Labor Day

- Columbus Day

- Veterans Day

- Thanksgiving Day

- Christmas Day

10. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

The period of performance for these services will be one year from date of award of contract with the provision of four (4) option years.

The purchase order period of performance is 12-month base year from time of award with four options year.

Place of Performance of Delivery

Address: East Orange Campus 385 Tremont Avenue East Orange, NJ

Postal Code: 07018-109

Country: UNITED STATES

Address:

Postal Code:

Country:

Lyons Campus 151 Knollcroft Road Lyons, NJ 07939

UNITED STATES

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.

file:///C:/Users/VHAMACSTEVIB/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/D0W2TKP0/VIEWS%2010769758.zip

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Products and Commercial Services”.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1:

52.201-1 Acquisition 360: voluntary Survey

52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021)

52.204-29 FEDERAL ACQUISITION SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY ACT

ORDERS—REPRESENTATION AND DISCLOSURES (DEC 2023)

52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT

2018)

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

(OCT 2018)

852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (OCT 2018)

52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

(FEB 1998)

52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (NOV 2024)

52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING

(AUG 2020)

52.229-11 TAX ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PROCUREMENTS—NOTICE AND

REPRESENTATION (JUN 2020)

852.239-75 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE (FEB 2023)

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

2. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Products and Commercial Services” Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://sam.gov/ in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications– Commercial Products and Commercial Services.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

https://sam.gov/

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3. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services [In accordance with FAR 12.301(c) when the use of evaluation factors is appropriate, the contracting officer may (1) Insert the provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, in solicitations for commercial products or commercial services (see 12.602); or (2) Include a similar provision containing all evaluation factors required by 13.106, subpart 14.2 or subpart 15.3, as an addendum (see 12.302(d)).]

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

• FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Products and

Commercial Services” (NOV 2023) Addendum to FAR 52.212-4

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB) 1998 http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR)

52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest (DEC 2011)

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform

Employees of Whistleblower Rights (APR 2014)

52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper (MAY

2011)

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018)

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020)

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)

52.228-5 Insurance-Work on a Government Installation (JAN 1997)

CL-120 Supplemental Insurance Requirements

52.232-18 Availability of Funds (APR 1984)

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013)

(DEVIATION AUG 2020)

852.212-70 Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items (APR

2020)

852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (JAN 2008)

852.215-70 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business

Evaluation Factors (OCT 2019)

852.215-71 Evaluation Factor Commitments (SEP 2019)

852.219-75 Subcontracting Commitments Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018)

852.219-76 Subcontracting Commitments Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018)

(DEVIATION)

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_2 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-12#FAR_12_602 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13#FAR_13_106 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-14#FAR_Subpart_14_2 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-15#FAR_Subpart_15_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-12#FAR_12_302 http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp

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852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2012)

852.233-70 Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolutions (OCT 2018)

852.233-71 Alternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018)

852.270-1 Representatives of Contracting Officers (JAN 2008)

• FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Products and Commercial Services” JAN 2025

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

52.203–6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with

Alternate I (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655).

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

(JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109–282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

52.204–14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements (OCT 2016) (Pub. L. 111–117, section 743 of Div. C).

52.204–27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023) (Section 102 of Division R of Pub. L. 117–328).

52.204–30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders— Prohibition. (DEC

2023) (Pub. L. 115–390, title II).

52.209–6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with

Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded. (JAN 2025) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (OCT 2018) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644).

52.219–14 Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022) (15 U.S.C. 657s).

52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (JAN 2025) (15

U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755).

52.222–35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

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52.222–36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) (29 U.S.C.

793).

52.222–37 Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act

(DEC 2010) (E.O. 13496).

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (NOV 2021) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and

E.O. 13627).

52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification (JAN 2025). (E.O. 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial products or commercial services as prescribed in FAR 22.1803.)

52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services (MAY 2024) (DEVIATION FEB 2025) (7 U.S.C. 8102, 42 U.S.C. 6962, 42 U.S.C. 8259b, and 42 U.S.C. 7671I).

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

(MAY 2024) (E.O. 13513)

52.229–12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021).

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management

(OCT 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

52.232-36 Payment by Third Party (MAY 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

52.240–1 Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act—Covered Foreign Entities (NOV 2024) (Sections 1821–1826, Pub. L. 118–31, 41 U.S.C. 3901 note prec.).

52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C.

206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price

Adjustment (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

2.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026

(JAN 2022).

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52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2022) (E.O. 13706).

All quoters shall submit the following:

All quotes shall be sent to the Natalie Acevedo at Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov.

Award may be based upon a comparative evaluation of quotes in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR 13. Comparative evaluation is the side by side pairwise comparison of quotes based on factors resulting in a Contracting Officer decision for the quote most favorable to the Government.

Options will be evaluated at time of award.

The following are the decision factors:

Factor I – Technical Capability: The Government will evaluate the contractor`s understanding of the requirements in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW).

The contractor must submit a summary of experience of a similar nature, scope, complexity, difficulty, and size to that which will be supplied under the prospective contract contemplated by this solicitation.

Factor II – Past Performance: The Government will evaluate the quality of the contractors past performance deemed relevant to the requirements of this RFQ. The Government will use information submitted by the contractor and any other sources of information available to assess past performance.

Factor III – Price: The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness and consistency with the work described in the SOW.

The award will be made to the response most advantageous to the Government.

Responses should contain your best terms, conditions.

See Attachment 2 Instructions to Offerors.

To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

mailto:Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov

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Quoters shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s), if any.

Submission of your response shall be received not later than May 26, 2025, at 10:00 AM ET via email at Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov.

Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f).

Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Point of Contact listed below.

Point of Contact

Natalie Acevedo, Contracting Officer, 718-584-9000 x 2105, Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov.