AG-9AC7-S-15-0126_Response_Packet.docx

GRCC Cone Collection 2015 AGAR Provision 452.209-70

Standard Form 1449

DATE

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME

SANDRA VINCENT

Email: svincent02@fs.fed.us

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER 530-226-2408 Office 530-226-2474 Fax

8. OFFER DUE DATE

4:30 PM Local Time 6 / 26 / 2015

USDA FOREST SERVICE

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ACQ SERVICE AREA

3644 AVTECH PARKWAY

REDDING, CA 96002

|_| UNRESTRICTED OR |X| SET ASIDE: 100% FOR

|X| SMALL BUSINESS

|_| EMERGING SMALL BUSINESS

|_| HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS

|_| SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED

|_| 8(A) OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

NAICS: 113210 SIZE STANDARD: $11.0 M

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINATION UNLESS /BLOCK IS MARKED

|_| SEE SCHEDULE

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

|X| RFQ |_| IFB |_| RFP

15. DELIVER TO CODE

SEE BOX 9

16. ADMINISTERED BY CODE

SEE BOX 9

17a. CONTRACTOR/ OFFEROR

NAME:

EMAIL:

PHONE #:

DUNS #:

MAILINGADDRESS:

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

INVOICES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP) AT WWW.IPP.GOV.

PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (EFT).

|_| SEE ADDENDUM

(Per Day Price)

AMOUNT

(Quantity X Unit Price)

Collection of Doug Fir and Ponderosa Pine Cones from GRCC Seed Orchards

SEE CONTINUATION SHEET (NEXT PAGE)

FOR PER-SEED ORCHARD QUOTE

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

|X|

ARE

ARE NOT ATTACHED

ARE

ARE NOT ATTACHED

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN ONE (1) COPY TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED.

|_| 29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF._____ OFFER DATED ______________________ YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION (BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS: ____________________

GRCC Cone Collection 2015 Solicitation AG-9AC7-S-15-0126

Response Packet Page 7 of 7 Continuation of 1449

SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

GENETIC RESOURCE AND CONSERVATION CENTER, MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES, AND PRICES/COSTS

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32c. DATE

32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

32f. TELPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

CORRECT FOR

|PARTIAL | |FINAL

|_| COMPLETE |_| PARTIAL |_| FINAL

41a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER

FOR PAYMENT

42a. RECEIVED BY (Print)

42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)

|_| RECEIVED |_| INSPECTED |_| ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED:

SUBMISSION OF OFFERS

There is no need to return any portion of the solicitation that is not part of an offer.

Submission of offers by email is preferred, to svincent02@fs.fed.us.

Submission of offers by fax of up to 20 pages is acceptable to 530-226-2474.

Offers may be mailed or delivered to: USDA FS NCASA (c/o SVincent) 3644 Avtech Parkway Redding, CA 96002

RESPONSE REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD

SAM (System for Award Management) Entity SAM replaces and consolidates CCR (Central Contractor Registration), ORCA (Online Representations and Certifications) and other systems. Offerors must have a DUNS Number and an Active SAM Entity to receive award.

1. Offerors with an Active SAM Entity shall provide their DUNS Number.

2. Offerors without an Active SAM Entity shall:

a. Fill out FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, and return it completed as part of the offer. The Provision has been provided in full-text in the Solicitation Provisions section.

b. Offerors may submit offers before SAM Entity Registration/Activation is complete, but are advised that Activation takes 7-10 to process after Registering and that award may follow as soon as one day after the Solicitation closes. Offerors without an Active SAM Entity cannot receive award.

There is no cost to obtain a DUNS Number or SAM Entity or to contact the FSD through the official sources.

To obtain a DUNS Number: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform To Register or Renew a SAM Entity: www.sam.gov To contact the SAM Helpdesk (The Federal Service Desk, or FSD): www.fsd.gov

AGAR Provision 452.209-70 All Offerors shall fill out AGAR Provision 452.209-70 (Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction, Deviation 2012-01, Alternate 1) and return it as a part of the offer. This provision is provided as an Attachment.

Response to Evaluation Factors (Technical and Price Criteria) All Offerors must respond to all Evaluation Factors as described in the Evaluation Factors section. Incomplete offers may not be considered.

Site Visit (Pre-Quote) A Pre-Quote Site Visit is scheduled for June 17, 2015 at 10:00 AM at the GRCC in Chico, CA. Attendance at the site visit is not required, but it is an Evaluation Sub-Factor. Thus, should an Offeror be unable to attend the scheduled site visit, scheduling a separate site visit is highly encouraged. See the Solicitation Provisions and Government Points of Contact section for contact information to schedule a Pre-Quote Site-Visit.

Optional Response Form Name of Quoter:

Note: The use of this form is NOT required. Quoters may respond to the Evaluation Factors using any written format they desire. This form is provided as a convenience for Quoters to organize their response to the technical requirements. Offerors may also use this form in addition to written response of their own design. Please review the criteria in the Contract Documents and Evaluation Factors for more information.

FACTOR 1: RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND PAST PERFORMANCE

What kind of experience does your firm have in this type of work? If yours is a new firm or has no directly relevant experience, how do you propose to acquire the expertise to perform the contract?

What contracts has your firm performed which are similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to this project?

Who may we contact concerning your performance on the projects listed above?

GRCC Cone Collection 2015 Optional Response Form

FACTOR 2: CAPACITY

a) How extensive was your site visit for this project? What did the site visit reveal about the comparative difficulty of the project—e.g., the problems that are likely to be encountered during performance?

b) Estimated Daily Production Rates:

c) Proof of current mobile aerial lift certification (check one):

|_| Is attached as part of the quote |_| Exists and will be provided after award of contract

FACTOR 3: SAFETY PLAN

FACTOR 4: QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

Method to identify insect-infected cones and not collect them:

Method to identify levels of sound seed/cone and maturity of seed embryos:

Method to ensure the avoidance of damage to Government property (such as above ground irrigation):

Other concerns (Optional):

Attach additional or supplemental information as necessary.

AGAR Provision 452.209-70

AGAR 452.209-70 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction (FEB 2012) -- Alternate I (FEB 2012)

(a.) Awards made under this solicitation are subject to the provisions contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. No. 112-74), Division E, Sections 433 and 434 regarding corporate felony convictions and corporate federal tax delinquencies. To comply with these provisions, all offerors must complete paragraph (1) of this representation, and all corporate offerors also must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of this representation.

(b.) The Offeror represents that –

(1) The Offeror is |_|, is not |_| (check one) an entity that has filed articles of incorporation in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the various territories of the United States including American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Note that this includes both for-profit and non-profit organizations.)

If the Offeror checked “is” above, the Offeror must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of the representation. If Offeror checked “is not” above, Offeror may leave the remainder of the representation blank.

(2) (i) The Offeror has |_|, has not |_| (check one) been convicted of a felony criminal violation under Federal or State law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer.

(ii) Offeror has |_|, has not |_| (check one) had any officer or agent of Offeror convicted of a felony criminal violation for actions taken on behalf of Offeror under Federal law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer.

(3) The Offeror does |_|, does not |_| (check one) have any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability.

Name of Company:

Name of Company Representative:

Date: