A21. Combined Synopsis Solicitation Rivers Project Office Rockwell AutomationAB Tech Support.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Number: W912P922Q0019 – 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. 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 2021-05, dated 03-07-2022.

The requirement is for a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 335999. The size standard for this NAICS codes is 500 Employees.

Description: Provider shall include technical support and software maintenance for Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Automation products used in the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District. Technical support shall be available 24/7 online and by telephone from 8-5 Monday-Friday. The technical support website shall provide a knowledge base, access to live chat support, and online case management. The latest software revisions shall be available for the products identified in this scope of work. The software updates shall be available online or on media by request. Support shall be available to any employee of the St. Louis District seeking assistance for any of the physical locations identified in the attached Scope of Work.

NOTE:

Contract Line Items:

Completely fill out the attached bid sheet for each line item.

The quantities indicated for line items are estimates only. The Contractor will be paid on the basis of actual work performed.

Basis for award: The Government will award a Purchase Order resulting from this combined synopsis solicitation on the basis of the lowest/fair and reasonable evaluated price of responsible offers whose service meets the requirements as listed in the purchase description, statement of work, and schedule.

The government intends to award an agreement 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 contractor shall provide Technical support and software maintenance from date of award through June 20, 2023.

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, Angie Grimes, at the below email address by 10:00 AM (CST) on Thursday, Sep 1, 2022. The electronic quotes and documents shall be in Portable Document Format (PDF) compatible with Adobe Reader.

Quotes should be emailed:

Email: angie.l.grimes@usace.army.mil Phone: 314-331-8965

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.

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SOLICITATION PROVISIONS:

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

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 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 http://www.acquisition.gov/far:

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

III

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 Organizations

ADDENDA to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors

1. SCHEDULE OF PRICES (LINE ITEMS/CLINS): Offerors must quote on all items and entire quantities contained in the basic contract period to be considered. Quotes received not complying with this requirement will be considered non-responsive and will be rejected.

Award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable quote. Please refer to clause 52.212-2, “Evaluation- Commercial Items” for evaluation factors and Technical Exhibit 3.

2. DOCUMENTS TO RETURN: In order to be considered responsive, offerors must complete and return all the following:

• Complete and return first page of solicitation, including CAGE code, offeror’s complete mailing address, telephone number, email address (if applicable) offeror’s name, title, and signature.

• Complete and return “Schedule of Prices”

Offerors must complete all fill-ins and assure all return pages are received by the due date and time shown on page 1 of the solicitation, at the address indicated. Please email the Contract Specialist and include, “Quote for Solicitation, SOLICITATION NUMBER (Input the actual number)” in the subject line and submit to the contract specialist, Angie Grimes, Angie.L.Grimes@usace.army.mil.

Angie.L.Grimes@usace.army.mil Contract Specialist -or- Betty.A.Foster@usace.army.mil Contracting Officer

3. REQUIRED INSURANCE: After award, the Contractor shall furnish proof of all required insurance, and valid driver’s license(s), to the Contracting Officer before starting work.

4. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

a) Thoroughly read the STATEMENT OF WORK, attached herein to the solicitation. Your quote should be based on the requirements of the job and what it will take to successfully complete the job. Be aware that you must have all equipment needed to fulfill requirements of the contract before the starting date of the contract.

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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.

Past Performance Acceptable/Unacceptable Rating Method

Adjectival Rating Description Acceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the offeror’s performance record is unknown. (See note above)

Unacceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Factor 2 – Price. This factor will use price analysis to determine the total evaluated price 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) 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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