36C24226Q0329.docx

Combined Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 2 James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx NY 10468-3904

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Natalie Acevedo natalie.acevedo@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Lyons Campus

Bldg.141

151 Knollcroft Road

Lyons New Jersey

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice 36C24226Q0329 - RFQ - Wastewater Lab Analysis / New Jersey Licensed Operator

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.202, “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 2025-06.

This solicitation is set-aside for Total Small Business vendors.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 221320, with a small business size standard of $35 Million.

The FSC/PSC is B533.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey VA Healthcare System, Lyons Campus located at 151 Knollcroft Road Bldg.141 Lyons, NJ 07939 is seeking a fixed-price service contract for New Jersey State Licensed Operator in Charge Services & Wastewater Plant Lab Analysis Services.

All interested companies shall provide quotation via the attached “36C24226Q0329 Price/Cost Schedule”. See additional documentation required with quote at Page 3 of this document.

See attached Statement of Work (SOW) for detailed description of the requirement.

The purchase order period of performance is estimated Date of Award – 3/31/2027 with 4 provisional option years.

Place of Performance/Place of Delivery:

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

The following solicitation provisions and clause apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (SEP 2023) (DEVIATION OCT 2025) All communication regarding this solicitation must be done via email. Telephonic calls will not be accepted.

Questions and clarifications must be submitted by email to Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov no later than March 25, 2026, by 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. After said date, questions and clarifications will not be accepted unless the Contracting Officer determines otherwise.

The following provisions are included as addenda to FAR 52.212-1:

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52#FAR_52_252_1 (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR)

Addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items All quoters shall submit the following:

1. A technical capability statement that clearly and concisely describes how the offeror will provide the required services without parroting back each section of the statement of work. This should be a maximum 10-page technical capability statement demonstrating the Vendor’s technical capability to meet all the requirements of the statement of work. The technical capability statement shall:

· Provide an approach and sequencing plan for all Statement of Work requirements that incorporates staffing and timelines and;

· Submit copies of all required licenses, certifications and permits:

· S3/C1 License in accordance with (IAW) New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Regulations N.J.A.C. 7:10A.

· Final Surface Water Permit, NJPDES Permit No. NJ0021083

· Residual General Permit Authorization, NJPDES Permit No. NJG0212164

· Laboratory Certification

· Provide a narrative describing your firm’s specific experience providing r New Jersey State Licensed Operator in Charge Services & Wastewater Plant Lab Analysis similar to work required by this Solicitation, and;

· Provide a minimum of three reference contracts involving New Jersey State Licensed Operator in Charge Services & Wastewater Plant Lab Analysis similar to work required by this Solicitation. For each referenced contract the Quoters narrative must clearly state the following information:

· The legal name of entity with whom the Quoter held the contract;

· The contract number;

· A description providing details of the specific tasks the Quoter performed under that contract;

· The dates during which the Quoter performed the contract;

· Whether the provided reference contract is for services provided by the Quoter or provided by a proposed subcontractor of the Quoter’s (a minimum of two of the reference contracts shall be contracts which the Quoter provided services, as prime or subcontractor);

· the name, phone number, and email address of a person at the entity with whom the Quoter (or Quoter’s proposed subcontractor) held the contract who can verify the information the Quoter provides in the narrative description for this factor.

NOTE: The information requested above is required for the Government to evaluate quotes for the technical capability factor. General statements claiming experience providing contracted water quality management services that do not include specific references to prior contract work, or that do not include the information required above, may result in a determination that the offeror has no relevant experience.

2. Terms of any express warranty;

3. Price and any discount terms. Quoters shall complete and submit the Price/Cost Schedule attached to Solicitation. Submitted quotes must provide pricing for each unit price and extended prices. No other format will be accepted. Failure to provide complete pricing will result in offerors package being determined incomplete;

4. Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

5. Completed VAAR 852.219-75 Certificate of Compliance;

6. Past performance information, when included as an decision factor, to include a minimum of three recent and relevant reference contracts for the same or similar services and references (including contract numbers, points of contact with email address and other relevant information);

All quotes shall be sent to the NCO 2 Contracting Officer Natalie Acevedo at Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov.

Evaluation Approach.

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.

Award may be based upon a comparative evaluation of quotes in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of RFO FAR 12. Quotations may be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotations.

“Evaluations of Options" FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services:

For purposes of award of this Contract, the Government intends to evaluate the option to extend services under FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services as follows: The evaluation will consider the possibility that the option can be exercised at any time and can be exercised in increments of one to six months, but not for more than a total of six months during the life of the contract. The evaluation will assume that the prices for any option exercised under FAR 52.217-8 will be those rates in effect under the contract each time an option is exercised under this clause. The evaluation will therefore assume that the addition of the price or prices of any possible extension or extensions under FAR 52.217-8 to the total price for the basic requirement and the total price for the priced options has the same effect on the total price of all proposals relative to each other, and will not affect the ranking of proposals based on price, unless, after reviewing the proposals, the Government determines that there is a basis for finding otherwise. This evaluation will not obligate the Government to exercise any option under FAR 52.217-8.

Options will be evaluated at time of award

2. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021) (DEVIATION OCT 2025): In accordance with RFO FAR 12.201-1 and FAR 12.201-2 when 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.

Basis for Award. The Government will issue a purchase order to the responsible quoter whose quotation conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The following are the decision factors:

A. Technical Capability: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government’s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors section of the solicitation.

B. Past Performance: The past performance evaluation will assess the relative risks associated with a quoter’s likelihood of success in fulfilling the solicitation’s requirements as indicated by the quoter’s record of past performance. The past performance evaluation may be based on the contracting officer’s knowledge of and previous experience with the supply or service being acquired; Customer surveys, and past performance questionnaire replies, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) at http://www.cpars.gov/; or any other reasonable basis.

C. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-item prices, including all options. The Total Evaluated Price will be that sum. Price will be evaluated to determine whether it is fair and reasonable and if it reflects that the offeror understands the work.

3. RFO FAR 52.212-3 is RESERVED. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://sam.gov/.

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

4. FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (NOV 2023) (DEVIATION OCT 2025) The following provision is incorporated into 52.212-4 as an addendum to this solicitation:

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52#FAR_52_252_2 (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR) 52.203-6 ALT I. Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. (NOV 2021)

United States law will apply to resolve any claim of breach of this contract.

Fill-In: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and 48 CFR Chapter 1 Fill-In: VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) and 48 CFR Chapter 8

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:"

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

Submission of your response shall be received not later than March 30, 2026 by 10:00 AM at Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov. A complete package as stated in this solicitation must be submitted and received by response due date and time.

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

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 Contract Specialist Natalie Acevedo, e-mail address: Natalie.Acevedo@va.gov.

See attached document: SOW - 36C24226Q0329.

See attached document: SCHEDULE - 36C24226Q0329.

See attached document: Service Contract Act WD - 2015-4209.

See attached document: Limitations on Subcontracting.