COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION

VA RFQ 36C26326Q0724

for Roof Anchor Certification Iowa City VA Healthcare System

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, FAR Subpart 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate solicitation will not be issued.

2. SOLICITATION NUMBER: 36C26326Q0724

3. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

4. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2026-01 03/13/2026, and Revolutionary FAR Overhaul FAR Part 12.

5. This solicitation is Unrestricted.

6. The associated NAICS code and small business size standard:

NAICS code: 541350 Size Standard: $11.5M

7. Description of Requirements:

Roof Anchor Certification, pre-work plan, one job, deliverables include diagrams, report and certification letter with professional engineer stamp for State of Iowa.

Contractor will provide all labor, travel/mobilization, equipment and tools necessary.

Work will be performed according to required standards and regulations.

8. Period of Performance.

Anticipated award date is June 1, 2026.

Period of Performance: Work is expected to be completed by 60 days of award.

Work will be performed at: Iowa City VA Healthcare System, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246

9. PROVISIONS, CLAUSES, STATEMENT OF WORK and ATTACHMENTS and all other terms that apply to this acquisition, are included in the attached RFQ 1449 36C26326Q0724

a. See page 3 for Instructions to Offerors (also are below)

b. See page 39 for Evaluation Factors (also are below).

c. See page 6 for the Statement of Work (is also below).

10. SUBMITTAL OF QUESTIONS & OFFERS.

SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS.

Questions can be submitted immediately; please do not wait until May 22 to submit questions.

Questions will be accepted up until 12:00 PM, CST, Friday, May 22, 2026.

Questions shall be emailed to the Contract Officer at Joseph.Bennett@va.gov.

The SUBJECT LINE of the email must include: RFQ 36C26326Q0724.

SUBMISSION OF OFFERS.

Offers must be received no later than 04:00 PM, CST, Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

Offers shall be emailed to: Joseph Bennett@va.gov

The SUBJECT LINE of the email must include: RFQ 36C26326Q0724.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

1) IMPORTANT. All Instructions to Offerors added by the Contract Officer in addition to the standard language of Clause 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS, are here and on page 3 of the RFQ 1449. Read this entire page.

2) GENERAL INFORMATION.

This solicitation is unrestricted.

Anticipated award date: June 1, 2026.

Period of Performance: Job completed with 60 days of award. Plan for recertification due within 30 days of award.

Both parties agree to schedule dates to perform the work with 10 days of VA receiving plan. All deliverables are due within 30 days of completing recertification. See SOW for all details.

This solicitation is issued under Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR Part 12 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

The Government intends to award without discussions.

Partial offers are not being accepted.

The Contract will be: Single Award, Firm Fixed-Price, Services Purchase Order.

Late offers will not be accepted regardless of how late offers are addressed anywhere else in this solicitation.

Offerors are required to be registered in SAM when submitting a quote and at time of award.

The Service Contract Labor Standards Clause 52.222-41 applies and is included; therefore see the Wage

Determination is attached.

3) SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS.

Questions can be submitted immediately; please do not wait until May 22 to submit questions.

Questions will be accepted up until 12:00 PM, CST, Friday, May 22, 2026.

Questions shall be emailed to the Contract Officer at Joseph.Bennett@va.gov.

The SUBJECT LINE of the email must include: RFQ 36C26326Q0724.

4) SUBMISSION OF OFFERS.

Offers must be received no later than 04:00 PM, CST, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Offers shall be emailed to: Joseph Bennett@va.gov The SUBJECT LINE of the email must include: RFQ 36C26326Q0724.

5) ATTACHMENTS.

a) Attachment A. Wage Determination

b) Attachment B. 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations (to be completed, described below).

6) SUBMITTALS.

a) SF 1449.

i) Offerors may fill in and sign this SF 1449 and submit it with their offer. To do so, sign and submit the whole document - do not just sign and submit the first page. Or, if an Offeror chooses not to sign the SF 1449, they must include the following statement in their offer: “The terms and conditions contained in the Request for Quote are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition.”

iI) Any offeror that does not sign the 1449 and who does not include the statement in 5)b) above, shall explain what section of the RFQ they do not agree to and why. Note: Rejection of any terms and conditions may result in exclusion from evaluation for award.

b) ATTACHMENT B. 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATIONS.

Check appropriate boxes “is” or “is not” for all boxes highlighted in yellow and fill in the names and UEIs of any joint ventures that are applicable. Must submit with offer.

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c) SUBCONTRACTOR.

If the offeror intends to use a subcontractor, the offer must demonstrate what work the Prime contractor will perform and what work the Subcontractor will perform. If no subcontractor will be used, the offer shall include a statement that the Offeror will be performing all of the work themselves. If the Prime contractor will be on the ground performing the core and vital work of the statement of work alongside and with the subcontractor, this shall be clearly described in the offer.

d) NARRATIVE.

Offeror shall submit a narrative on a separate page - titled “Narrative.” The narrative can be less than, but not more than two pages. The offer shall use the narrative to describe their method and approach to performing the Statement of Work (SOW).

e) REFERENCES

i) List 3(three) references for contracts of same or similar scope performed within the last 3(three) years.

Provide the following information for each reference:

Name of person to be contacted Phone number Email address Name of federal/public agency or private organization Contract number Title of contract or very short description of work performed

ii) This information shall be clearly presented, easy to find or provided on a separate page. We will not dig or hunt through the offer to find this information.

iii) Lack of Past Performance will not be counted against an offer; it will be counted as neutral.

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STATEMENT OF WORK

B.3 STATEMENT OF WORK

A. GENERAL

The purpose of the contract is to perform a 5-year Recertification/Load Test, of roof Anchors at ICVAHCS Buildings 1(69

EA), and 49 (2 EA). The scope of services will include the following:

The Roof Anchor Recertification/Load Test “shall” be performed according to the most current edition of OSHA and

ANSI/ASSE Z359 Standards The elements of performance focus on the Recertification/Load Test of 71 Anchors. Anchors are used for Fall protection according to the most current edition of OSHA and ANSI/ASSE Z359 Standards.

Anchor testing shall be conducted by qualified personnel under the supervision of a professional Engineer. The professional Engineer shall be on location when the work is being performed and where the work is being performed.

Vendor will prepare a report that has pictures of testing pressures and lengths of the time tested, along with measurement of the deflection distance the Anchor moved during testing. Contractor shall provide a Certification Letter of testing results by a Professional Engineer with the State of Iowa PE stamp.

A completed plan for testing all Anchors is required to be submitted to VA within 30 days of award of the Contract.

Documentation will include drawings/pictures and description of how testing will be performed. Layout drawing of buildings and locations of Anchor points. Pictures will not contain any PI, Staff or patients. Within 10(ten) days of the VA receiving the plan for testing, both parties shall come to an agreement on the dates the testing will begin and end. If more than 10(ten) days are needed to agree on dates, more time may be used upon mutual agreement by both parties.

Final documentation and final deliverables will be delivered within 30 days of completion of Recertification of anchors.

Applicable Documents: OSHA and ANSI Z359, most current edition

B. SCOPE OF WORK

1. Conduct the 5-year Recertification of 71 Roof Anchors. Recertification Shall be performed according to most current OSHA and ANSI Z359 standards.

2. A Recertification plan shall be presented to the Iowa City VA Safety Office, for approval, within 30 days of award of the Contract.

3. Recertification of all Roof Anchors. Roof Anchors shall meet the OSHA and ANSI Z359 standards.

4. Recertification of every Anchor will be performed in the month of June 2021.

5. Fall protection for workers will be provided by contractors during testing.

6. All equipment needed for testing will be provided by the contractor.

7. Contractor will need a ladder to reach roof of Building 49 that is approximately 18 feet high.

8. Contractor will be allowed to use elevator, fixed ladders and stairs to reach roof access doors on Building 1.

9. Conduct Recertification/Load Test of all 71 Anchors.

10. Identify and document (with pictures) (Pictures will not contain any PI, Staff or patients) all Anchor point Recertification testing, with the applicable code reference and list any deviations from Most current OSHA and ANSI Z359 standards.

11. Contractor will be required to get a visitor badge daily while working on VA property. VA Police will issue daily badges.

12. The following data shall be presented in a format using the most current Microsoft Word and/or Adobe Acrobat

a. Statement of Qualifications for contractors performing the Recertification.

b. Statement of Qualifications for onsite Engineer.

c. General building or Anchor description including height, size, construction classification.

d. Documentation showing each employee’s OSHA 10 Qualifications.

e. Make recommendations on how to correct any noncompliant items that are not correctable by simple, straight forward methods.

g. Prepare a Quote for repairing any deficiencies identified.

13. Provide one master copy of drawings/documentation, including pictures of testing and test results from every Anchor point and one electronic copy of testing results. Drawings include building layout and location of Anchor points.

14. Provide an exit conference after all testing is complete with Iowa City VA hospital, Safety Office, and Engineering staff to discuss findings and trends for a total of one hour. Included in the out brief will be a spread sheet with list of deficiencies, with locations.

C. ACCESS

The Government will provide access to areas where Anchors are located.

D. DELIVERABLES

The contractor will provide one master copy of drawings/documentation, including pictures of testing and test results from every Anchor point, within 30 days of completion of Anchor Testing.

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EVALUATIONS:

E.5 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES (NOV 2021) Tailored

(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.

This is a competitive solicitation that will be evaluated and awarded using comparative evaluation procedures authorized in RFO FAR Part 12.203(c)(2) Quotations. The contract will be awarded to the responsible offeror whose offer best meets the government’s needs.

Quotes will be evaluated by performing a direct comparison of one offer with another in a uniform manner to determine which quote provides the government with its needs, as identified in the RFQ.

The government reserves the right to consider a response that offers more than the minimum and select that response if it provides a benefit to the government. The government has the discretion to accept other than the lowest priced offeror that provides additional benefits.

Evaluation Factors:

1) Completeness and organization of offer. Offer shall be organized and easy to understand and shall not leave the reader guessing or searching for required information. Offer shall comply with Instructions to Offerors.

2) Technical or Quality. 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 instructions to quoters section of the solicitation.

3) Past Performance References.

Other than the past performance references, past performance will be a part of the Determination of

Responsibility.

(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.

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