Attachment 1 Tree Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf

FA670323Q0014

Attachment 1

31 August 2023

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Commercial Items/Services

General Information

Title: Timber Management TCC Document Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Solicitation Number: FA6703-23-Q-0014 Site Visit Date: 8 September 2023 @ 9:00 am

Classification Code: FSC F014 Tree Thinning Services

Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-aside NAICS Code: 561730- Landscaping Services Proposed Quote: Quote shall be valid for 60 calendar days Response Due Date: 15 September 2023

Contracting Office Address

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, Dobbins (ARB) Installation Operational Contracting Division, 1538 Atlantic Ave, Bldg. 812, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA 30069-4824.

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Offers are being requested and a written solicitation (paper copy) will not be issued. Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation.

Solicitation FA670323Q0014 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Electronic Code of Federal Regulation (eCFR), 17 August 2023 and Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular (AFAC) 2023-0707.

It is the Offeror’s responsibility to be familiar with applicable provisions and clauses. See https://gov.ecfr.io and https://www.acquisition.gov/ for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein.

This procurement is being issued as total small business set-aside under 561730- Landscaping Services and small business size standard of $9.5M average annual receipts.

https://gov.ecfr.io/ https://www.acquisition.gov/

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Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, GA, has a requirement for Timber Management Services. The contractor, on a firm fixed-price basis, shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform at Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB). All work shall be completed in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), dated 25 August 2023 (Attachment 2).

The period of performance is 45 calendar days from Written Notice of Award.

Please review this solicitation in its entirety including solicitation attachments provided herein and submit an offer for the services as outlined in the PWS (Attachment 2). Offerors shall submit their firm fixed-price quote using the attached Pricing Schedule (Attachment 3).

NOTE: Any modification to the combined synopsis/solicitation or its attachments, with the exception of inputting pricing on attachment 3, Bid - Price Schedule, will be rejected and render the proposal ineligible for award.

SITE VISIT INFORMATION: Site Visit is scheduled for 9:00 A.M. EST on 8 September 2023. Site visit will start at 1538 Atlantic Ave, bldg. 812, Dobbins ARB, GA 30069. To attend the site visit, interested parties MUST fill out a “Site Visit Form,”(attachment 5) with name(s); drivers licenses numbers of anyone attending to Dennis Parmer (dennis.parmer.1@us.af.mil), and copy to Kenneth Jacob (kenneth.jacob.1@us.af.mil) no later than 4:00 PM E.D.T. 6 September 2023.

(a) Your visitor’s pass will be pre-approved at the Main Gate visitors center. Your ID will be required. A background check will be conducted on you before arrival.

If you have a felony conviction within the last 10 years, you will not be allowed on base. If you received a Pardon for your conviction, you will not be allowed on base.

ONLY ONE (1) SITE VISIT WILL BE HELD/CONDUCTED.

(b) Submission of offers. Electronic Submission of offers is required. Offers shall be submitted via email to the following: Dennis Parmer (dennis.parmer.1@us.af.mil), and Ken Jacob (kenneth.jacob.1@us.af.mil) not later than 2:00 PM, (EDT) 15 September 2023. Offerors shall submit a clear and complete quote, and include only information that is relevant to this notice.

Offerors shall submit a firm fixed-price quote for CLIN 1 and CLIN 2; failure to submit a quote for both CLINS may render your offer unacceptable. Offerors shall submit their firm fixed-price quote using the attached Pricing Schedule (Attachment 3). Oral and FAX quotes are not authorized and will not be accepted.

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Email Format: The subject line of all emails that comprise the proposal shall be formatted as follows: Subject: FA670323Q0014/Company Name/Email X of X (insert number of the email and total number of emails)

Acknowledgement of Solicitation Amendments. The Government reserves the right to revise or amend the solicitation and attachments prior to the offer closing time. By submission of a quote, the Offeror acknowledges all amendments issued and posted with this Solicitation on sam.gov.

Discrepancies. If an Offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the Offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing with supporting rationale as well as the remedies the Offeror is asking the Contracting Officer to consider as related to the omission or error. The Offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial quote, as received, without discussion.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 Calendar Days from Response Date.

(d) Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a firm fixed-price contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a price. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

System for Award Management. In order for an Offeror to be considered for award, the Offeror must be registered in System for Management Award (SAM).

Visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov for further information.

If you are not registered, and active, you are ineligible for award.

Note that the clause at DFAR 252.232-7003 is included in this solicitation. DoD requires all payment requests to be submitted and processed electronically. All vendors/contractors must familiarize themselves with this clause and DFAR

252.232.7003 for specific procedures. The DoD electronic form for transmission is Wide Area Workflow – Receipt and Acceptance (see website – https://wawf.eb.mil). Wide Area Workflow Training may be accessed online at http://www.wawftraining.com. Payment will only be made via this system.

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The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014) applies.

(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:

(i) Price

(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.

Offerors shall use the Pricing Schedule (Attachment 2) to submit pricing for their firm fixed-price quote.

Offerors are required to complete the representations and certifications found in the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (DEC 2022) OR complete electronic annual representations and certifications at the System for Award Management https://www.sam.gov/SAM/.

Offerors are required to complete the representations found in the provision 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021)

If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v) of this provision

52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021), (c) The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all CLINS. Funding is available; however, based on available funding, the Government may award one, both or no CLINS.

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (DEC 2022), applies to this acquisition.

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (MAR 2023), applies to this https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

31 August 2023 acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to this acquisition:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) 52.204–27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (FEB 2023) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jun 2023).

52.212-5 Alternate I (Feb 2000) 52.212-5 Alternate II (Jun 2023) 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services) (Jun 2023) 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jun

2023)

52.209-6, Protecting the Government Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (NOV 2021) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (NOV 2020) DEVIATION 2020- O0008 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022)

(g) The Contractor shall comply with the limitations on subcontracting as follows:

(1) For contracts, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this clause— By the end of the base term of the contract and then by the end of each subsequent option period.

52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation (MAR 2023) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003) (E.O. 11755) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers With Disabilities (JUN 2020) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (Aug 2018) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (NOV 2021) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (JUN 2020) (E.O. 13513) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021) 52.232-33, Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer—System For Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018)

52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (JAN 2022) (EO 14026).

52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2022) (EO 13706).

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The following additional FAR and FAR Supplement provisions and clauses also apply:

52.204-7, System for Award Management (OCT 2018) 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 2016) 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Jul 2016) 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (Jun 2016) 52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal (Jan 2017) 52.228-5 Insurance-Work on a Government Installation (Jan 1997) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (Apr 1984) 52.247-34, FOB Destination (Nov 1991) 252.201-7000, Contracting Officer’s Representative (DEC 1991) 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

(SEP 2011)

52.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights. (SEP 2013) 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (NOV 2011).

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product (APR 1992) 252.204-7004 DoD Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors (FEB 2019) 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (OCT 2016) 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (DEC 2019) 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support (MAY 2016) 252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism. (MAY 2019) 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System—Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations (SEP 2019) 252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors. (JAN 2018) 252.223-7006, Prohibition on Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous Materials (SEP 2019) 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (JUN 2013) 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items (JUN 2013) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEC 2018) 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018) 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government’s Obligation (APR 2014) 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments (DEC 2006)

Attachment 1

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252.232-7017, Accelerating Payments to Small Business Subcontractors- Prohibition on Fees and Consideration 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel

(JUN 2013)

252.237-7023, Continuation of Essential Contractor Services (OCT 2010) 252.237-7024, Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services (OCT 2010) 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications (DEC 1991) 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items (JUN 2013)

5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (JUN 2016) is hereby incorporated into this solicitation. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Ombudsman: Col. Jeffery Elliott, HQ ARFC/DSD, 155 Richard Ray Blvd, Robins AFB, GA Phone: (478) 327-2440, email: jeffery.elliott@us.af.mil.

5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations (OCT 2019)

5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (OCT 2019)

All responsible organizations may submit a quote, which shall be considered.

mailto:jeffery.elliott@us.af.mil