A12. Combined Synopsis Solicitation 22Q0001.docx

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Number: W912P922Q0001 – Request for Quote

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format FAR 12.603 - Streamlined Solicitation for Commercial Items, FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and FAR 13.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs).

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-02, dated 11-23-2020.

NAICS Code: 113210 - Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products - Size Standard: $12,000,000

Description: The supply will be Tree and Plant material and delivery. Species and genotypes will be local to the Upper Mississippi River floodplain. Trees and plants will also be of suitable size and free of disease or defect. See attached Statement of Objectives. This supply will be used for reforestation and habitat management in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain. This supply is required indefinitely by our office to complete necessary habitat management projects. Delivery will be required and can be coordinated on a per order basis.

NOTE:

· The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under the BPA.

· Maximum Ceiling for the BPA is $1,000,000.00.

· All Call Orders call only be issued by a Warranted Contracting Officer.

· The Government has the right to award agreements to multiple vendors if it is in the best interest of the Government.

Contract Line Items:

Completely fill out the Price list sheet.

*See attachments for Price List*

Estimated quantities are an estimate only. Bid Price Per Unit equals price for individual units.

Basis for award: The Government will award a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) resulting from this combined synopsis solicitation on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of responsible offers whose service meets the requirements as listed in the purchase description, statement of objective, and schedule.

The government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offerors. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later the Contracting Officer determines to be necessary. The Government may reject any and all offers if such is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in received offers.

Period of Performance:

The period of performance shall be for up to five (5) years. The agreement may be discontinued at any time if it is in the best interest Government.

Questions: Please provide your questions by Friday, November 12, 2021, by 10:00 AM (CST).

Questions can be provided electronically to Contract Specialist (Logan Kohrmann) to the email address below. All inquiries will be answered in writing and provided to all Offerors via Contract Opportunities at www.beta.sam.gov

Offerors are required to be actively registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://beta.sam.gov/ prior to award. Offerors are highly encouraged to download and review all attachments to this solicitation prior to submitting an offer.

Please submit all quotes electronically to Contract Specialist, Logan Kohrmann, at the below email address by 10:00 AM (CST) on Friday, November 19, 2021. The electronic quotes and documents shall be in Portable Document Format (PDF) compatible with Adobe Reader. If the data is too much to email the offeror may email POC and request a DoD SAFE link for uploading the proposal. Requests for DoD Safe Link must be submitted a minimum of two (2) business days prior to the solicitation closing to guarantee receipt of login account information prior to the close of the solicitation.

Quotes should be emailed:

Email: Logan.R.Kohrmann@usace.army.mil

The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation.

Please fill out information below: Contractor's Name: __ Address:

Contractor's Phone #:

Contractor's Email address: _

Tax ID #:

Cage Code: _

Dun's Number: _

Contractor Signature.

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS:

The following provisions and clauses are applicable to this solicitation and can be found in full text at www.acquisition.gov/far:

-Bold Clauses apply

52.204-7 System for Award Management 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items (see addenda/section L at the bottom of this solicitation) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (full text) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders. The following FAR Clauses cited within 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition:

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.219-3 Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-6 Alt I Alternate I of 52.219-6 52.219-6 Alt II Alternate II of 52.219-6 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders 52.219-27 Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.219-29 Notice of Set-Aside for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business 52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the WOSB Program 52.222-3 Convict Labor 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification 52.223-15 Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-3 Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act 52.225-3 Alt I Alternate I of 52.225-3 52.225-3 Alt II Alternate II of 52.225-3 52.225-3 Alt

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Alternate III of 52.225-3 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management 52.239-1 Privacy or Security Safeguards 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires 52.222-51 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-- Requirements 52.222-53 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements 52.226-6 Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organization

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS

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

Factor 1 – Past Performance. Past Performance – Government may review any sources of information for evaluating past performance. Sources may include, but are not limited to past performance information retrieved through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), including Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), using all CAGE codes/DUNS numbers of team members (partnership, joint venture, teaming arrangement, or parent company/subsidiary/affiliate) identified in the Offeror’s proposal, inquiries of owner representative(s), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), and any other known sources not provided by the Offeror.

Factor 2 – Price. This factor will use price analysis to determine the total evaluated price in order to support the selection of the lowest priced, technically acceptable proposal. The offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated using the price analysis techniques described at FAR 13.106- 3(a) to determine which proposal offers the total evaluated lowest price to the Government.

Past performance is equal to price. The award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-price factors.

(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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