Solicitation - 36C24724Q0677 - A00004 - PRICE SCHEDULE Eval Factors - 9 17 24.docx

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

General Information

Contracting Office Address NCO 7 / Atlanta Commodity Team U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs LaVista Business Park – Bldg. A 2008 Weems Road Tucker, Georgia 30084 Description This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for Ant & Weed Treatment Services as defined herein prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Network Contracting Office (NCO7) has a requirement to provide the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center located at 3701 Loop Road East, Tuscaloosa AL 35404 a contract with labor, personnel, equipment, and materials to complete total weed control treatment and ant control treatment on the Tuscaloosa VA campus. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation for proposals, a written solicitation document will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-06 and VAAR Update 2008-37.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561710, with a small business size standard of 17.5 Million.

Services Contract will provide Ant & Weed Treatment Services.

Contract Type: The award will be firm fixed price.

This action is being executed as a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concern. Per VAAR clause VAAR 852.219-73VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SET-ASIDE FOR CERTIFIED SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) and in accordance with 38 USC 8127(d) Veterans First Contracting Program VAAR 852.219-73VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SET-ASIDE FOR CERTIFIED SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION), offerors must be listed on the VETBIZ website as an SDVOSB and System for Award Management System (SAM) and completion of Reps and Certs in the SAM system at www.sam.gov for consideration.

Submission of Quotes:

a. Company Full Name, Address and Telephone Number of point of contact.

b. Cage Code, SAM UEI Number, Duns Number and Tax Identification Number

c. Include completed PRICE/COST SCHEDULE (see below).

d. Written statement demonstrating the offeror has the required technical capability, experience, and past performance.

e. VAAR 852.219-75 certification is a submission requirement and shall be submitted electronically by the solicitation closing date.

f. An offeror must be SDVOSB Verified (reference VAAR 852.219-73) at time of quote submission and at time of award. "Any offeror submitting a quote as a joint venture must provide a certification from each SDVOSB joint partner, signed by an authorized official of each partner to the joint venture, stating that the parties to the joint venture (1) have entered into a joint venture agreement that fully complies with paragraph (c) of 13 CFR § 128.402 and (2) will perform the contract in compliance with the joint venture agreement. Failure to submit the certification with the offeror’s quote will render the offeror ineligible for award."

g. An offeror is required to be Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (52.204-7) when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation.

h. Offerors must submit 2 references of Past Performance.

All interested companies shall provide a separate Technical Proposal and Pricing Schedule.

PRICE/COST SCHEDULE / ITEM INFORMATION

Contractor will provide all supervision, professional advice/guidance, labor, parts, materials, equipment, and personnel to provide weed control throughout facility. Contractor will complete weed control treatment and ant control treatment/eradication facility wide. The services to be provided by contractor shall consist of labor, personnel, equipment, and materials to complete total weed control treatment and ant treatment (as needed) on the Tuscaloosa VA campus. Areas include but not limited to, flower beds, grass areas, sidewalks, children's playground area (bldg. 40), all building perimeters, and all parking lots (a site map is included for the areas needing pesticide and the areas herbicide). Soil test should be taken every two years; the fertilizer & lime should be applied according to the test results. Description of the services:

Fall Treatment Pre-Emergent- October Spring Post-Emergent & Pre-emergent-March Spring Fertilizer & Broadleaf weed control- May Summer Post emergent - July Late Summer Post emergent September Ant control (if needed) Lime- Early spring Soil Test Cost (if required) Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 11-01-2024 POP End: 10-31-2025

Contractor will provide all supervision, professional advice/guidance, labor, parts, materials, equipment, and personnel to provide weed control throughout facility. Contractor will complete weed control treatment and ant control treatment/eradication facility wide. The services to be provided by contractor shall consist of labor, personnel, equipment, and materials to complete total weed control treatment and ant treatment (as needed) on the Tuscaloosa VA campus. Areas include but not limited to, flower beds, grass areas, sidewalks, children's playground area (bldg. 40), all building perimeters, and all parking lots (a site map is included for the areas needing pesticide and the areas herbicide). Soil test should be taken every two years; the fertilizer & lime should be applied according to the test results. Description of the services:

Spring Post-Emergent & Pre-emergent-March Spring Fertilizer & Broadleaf weed control- May Summer Post emergent - July Late Summer Post emergent September Ant control (if needed) Lime- Early spring Soil Test Cost (if required) Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 11-01-2025 POP End: 10-31-2026

Contractor will provide all supervision, professional advice/guidance, labor, parts, materials, equipment, and personnel to provide weed control throughout facility. Contractor will complete weed control treatment and ant control treatment/eradication facility wide. The services to be provided by contractor shall consist of labor, personnel, equipment, and materials to complete total weed control treatment and ant treatment (as needed) on the Tuscaloosa VA campus. Areas include but not limited to, flower beds, grass areas, sidewalks, children's playground area (bldg. 40), all building perimeters, and all parking lots (a site map is included for the areas needing pesticide and the areas herbicide). Soil test should be taken every two years; the fertilizer & lime should be applied according to the test results. Description of the services:

Spring Post-Emergent & Pre-emergent-March Spring Fertilizer & Broadleaf weed control- May Summer Post emergent - July Late Summer Post emergent September Ant control (if needed) Lime- Early spring Soil Test Cost (if required) Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 11-01-2026 POP End: 10-31-2027

Contractor will provide all supervision, professional advice/guidance, labor, parts, materials, equipment, and personnel to provide weed control throughout facility. Contractor will complete weed control treatment and ant control treatment/eradication facility wide. The services to be provided by contractor shall consist of labor, personnel, equipment, and materials to complete total weed control treatment and ant treatment (as needed) on the Tuscaloosa VA campus. Areas include but not limited to, flower beds, grass areas, sidewalks, children's playground area (bldg. 40), all building perimeters, and all parking lots (a site map is included for the areas needing pesticide and the areas herbicide). Soil test should be taken every two years; the fertilizer & lime should be applied according to the test results. Description of the services:

Spring Post-Emergent & Pre-emergent-March Spring Fertilizer & Broadleaf weed control- May Summer Post emergent - July Late Summer Post emergent September Ant control (if needed) Lime- Early spring Soil Test Cost (if required) Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 11-01-2027 POP End: 10-31-2028

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Contractor will provide all supervision, professional advice/guidance, labor, parts, materials, equipment, and personnel to provide weed control throughout facility. Contractor will complete weed control treatment and ant control treatment/eradication facility wide. The services to be provided by contractor shall consist of labor, personnel, equipment, and materials to complete total weed control treatment and ant treatment (as needed) on the Tuscaloosa VA campus. Areas include but not limited to, flower beds, grass areas, sidewalks, children's playground area (bldg. 40), all building perimeters, and all parking lots (a site map is included for the areas needing pesticide and the areas herbicide). Soil test should be taken every two years; the fertilizer & lime should be applied according to the test results. Description of the services:

Spring Post-Emergent & Pre-emergent-March Spring Fertilizer & Broadleaf weed control- May Summer Post emergent - July Late Summer Post emergent September Ant control (if needed) Lime- Early spring Soil Test Cost (if required) Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 11-01-2028 POP End: 10-31-2029

GRAND TOTAL

DELIVERY SCHEDULE

TUSCALOOSA VAMC

3701 LOOP ROAD

TUSCALOOSA, AL 35404

USA

205 554-2000 ext 3619 Tracy.Clements2@va.gov

Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items / Evaluation Criteria

The government intends to award a contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. 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."

Quotes shall remain valid for 60 days. Submitted quotes shall list two points of contacts including name, phone number, and email address.

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items (NOV 2021), applies to this solicitation.

BASIS FOR AWARD: This Request for Quote (RFQ) is issued in accordance with FAR 12 and in conjunction with Simplified Acquisition Procedures FAR 13.5. Evaluation of price and other factors will be performed in accordance with procedures outlined in FAR 13.106-3. A single award will be made to the offeror who represents the “Best Value” utilizing comparative analysis, considering, technical, past performance, and price.

a. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive, responsible Vendor in accordance with FAR 9.104-1 and whose quote conforms to the solicitation and provides the best value to the Government; price and any other non-price factor considered. Evaluation Approach: Past Performance is more important than price. As such, the Government reserves the right to make an award to other than the lowest priced quoter if it is in the government’s best interest to do so. Since award may be made to the Vendor with other than the lowest price, price is not necessarily the determining factor.

1. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

a. Past Performance: The past performance evaluation will be accomplished by reviewing aspects of a Vendors recent and relevant past performance. The Vendor shall submit past performance information that is both recent (within the past three (3) years) and relevant (similar in size, scope, and complexity to the requirement being procured), if applicable. Recent and relevant past performance shall be discussed for the prime contractor and/or any major ‘team members” or “teaming partners” proposed to support this contract. The Vendor is provided an opportunity to submit a list of a minimum of two (2) of the Vendor’s most recent and relevant past performance information on projects: similar in size, scope, and complexity to the requirement being procured under this solicitation, performed for Government agencies and/or commercial customers within the last three (3) years from the solicitation release date. The past performance submittals shall include (when applicable): Contract Number, Contracting Officers (CO): Name, Phone number and Email address, Contracting Officers Representatives (COR): Name, Phone number and Email address, Non-Government Points of Contact (if applicable), Total Contract Value at time of award and final price after any/all modifications, Initial Period of performance (POP) and final POP after any/all modifications, Narrative describing the requirement and reason for any modifications which effected price or performance period. The Government reserves the right to obtain past performance data from other sources than those identified by the Vendor in evaluating past performance. In the case of a Vendor without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the Vendor may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the Vendor shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of confidence, the Vendor will be evaluated as “Unknown Confidence” and shall be considered “neutral.”

2. The government intends to make an award against initial quotes received, so offerors should fully comply with all solicitation quote submission requirements

(End of Provision)

All solicitation questions must be in writing (e-mail) and should be forwarded by COB 09/19/2024 12:00 pm EST via e-mail to the Contracting Specialist, Elizabeth Gonzalez, at elizabeth.gonzalez6@va.gov.

Submission shall be received not later than 09/26/2024 at 03:00 PM EST. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). E-mailed quotes will be accepted.

Attachments Attachment A: For the Statement of Work (SOW).

Attachment B: For the Wage Determination Act.

Attachment C: For the FAR provisions and clauses or they may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

Attachment D: Q & A Responses Attachment E: VAAR 852.219-73 and VAAR 852.219-75 Point of Contact Elizabeth Gonzalez Contract Specialist elizabeth.gonzalez6@va.gov