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- W91ZLK-20-R-0455
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This solicitation is seeking proposals for maintenance, repair, and ammonia refrigeration support services for environmental test chambers at Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The services include preventative maintenance, repairs, emergency response, and mechanical integrity inspections in accordance with IIAR standards. The contractor must be located within 25 miles for emergency response, have two technicians with a minimum of five years' experience working on industrial refrigeration systems using ammonia and other refrigerants. Technicians must have current hazardous materials training. The contractor must also have two years of experience performing mechanical integrity inspections and process safety management knowledge.
The acquisition will use lowest price technically acceptable source selection. Proposals are due by March 20, 2020 and shall address fixed price CLINs for base and option year preventative maintenance, emergency response, and manpower reporting. Evaluation factors are price, past performance, and technical capability. The award will be a 100% small business set-aside firm fixed price contract to the responsible offeror with the lowest price proposing a technically acceptable approach.
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Instructions for Offerors:
Basis for Contract Award: This acquisition will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 13.106-2. Technical tradeoffs will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability. Award will be made to the acceptable offeror with the lowest evaluated price, which is deemed responsible in accordance with the FAR and whose proposal conforms to the solicitation requirements. The technical evaluation will be a determination based on information furnished by the vendor. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Therefore, each 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 determined necessary by the Contracting Officer.
Evaluation Methodology: Technical acceptability will be evaluated on all proposals. Only those proposals determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for award. Then price will be evaluated and the proposal will be listed from lowest to highest price based on the total evaluation price. The award will be made to the proposal with the lowest evaluated price and which meets the acceptability standards for the non-cost factors.
Award Decision will be made as follows:
(1) Step One – Determine Technical Acceptability. The technical evaluation provides an assessment of the offeror’s capability to satisfy the Government’s requirements. The technical Approach Factor will receive a rating of Acceptable or Unacceptable. Only proposals deemed technically acceptable (either initially or as the result of discussions) will be considered for award.
(2) Step Two – Evaluate Price. The offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated, for award purposes, based upon the total price proposed.
(3) Step Three – Award Decision. Award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror, subject to a positive responsibility determination in accordance with FAR Part 9 and conformance of the offeror’s proposal to the terms and conditions or the solicitation.
Evaluation Factors:
Factor 1 Price
• The Government will evaluate the price proposal for award purposes by adding the total of all CLIN prices, including all options by using price analysis techniques described in FAR 15.404-1(b).
Factor 2 Past Performance
• The Government will evaluate the offeror's past performance during the last five (5) years for demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in providing services that meet the contract requirements
Factor 3 Technical
• Contractor must be located within 25 miles for response to emergencies
• Contractor must show they have a minimum of two qualified field personnel capable of HVACR maintenance & repair tasks, piping fitting and control automation calibrations and adjustments. Technician shall have a minimum (5) years’ experience working with industrial refrigeration systems that utilize refrigerants such as: Ammonia, R-507, R-22, 404A, 508B, and secondary fluid D-Limonene systems.
• Contractor must show each technician has current First Responder Training to include Level-A suit, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), and full face respirators.
• Contractor must show 2 years’ experience performing Mechanical Integrity Inspections in accordance with the latest Industrial Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) forms and bulletins.
• Contractor must show each technician has Process Safety Management knowledge and experience.
• Company must have an active Refrigeration Engineering Technical Association (RETA) membership. This organization governs the Ammonia Refrigeration Industry and provides input the OSHA on Process Safety Management plans.
Discussions:
If during the evaluation period it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government to hold discussions, offeror responses to Evaluation Notices (ENs) and the Final Proposal Revision (FPR) will be considered in making the source selection decision
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