Attachment 6 - Quote Submittal Instructions.pdf

QUOTE SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS

ADDENDUM

To the provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items. (DEVIATION 2018-O0018)

Provisions to fill-in and return with quote:

• FAR 52.212-3: If your System for Award Management (SAM) registration is current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation) as of the date of your offer, only paragraph (b) needs to be filled in; otherwise complete the entire provision.

• FAR 52.204-24 (d) (1) & (d) (2)

• DFARS 252.204-7016

• DFARS 252.204-7017

Questions: Contractual and Technical questions relating to the solicitation or procedures are to be submitted via email to Gregory M. Sies at gregory.m.sies@usace.army.mil and ‘cc’ Joshua K. Westgate at joshua.k.westgate@usace.army.mil no later than 11:00 a.m. EDT 7 April 2021. Use the solicitation number as the SUBJECT: W911WN21Q2366 (West View Grounds Maintenance). An amendment to the solicitation will be posted on Beta.SAM.gov to answer all questions received in a timely manner.

Price Schedule:

• Quoter shall use the standard US currency method of exactly two numerals to the right of the decimal point to calculate the extended price (i.e. use 12.34 not 12.3405289).

• The quoter is responsible for verifying all calculations.

Quotes will be evaluated as follows:

Price evaluation: The government shall review acceptable offers by lowest price. Price reasonableness and fairness will be evaluated for the Base, Options, and extensions. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items is not applicable to this solicitation.

Award will be made to the lowest-priced, responsible* offeror whose quote conforms to the requirements of the solicitation. [*Responsible means a contractor that meets the standards in FAR 9.104-1 – available at https://www.acquisition.gov/.] The government reserves the right to reject any quote determined to be unrealistically low for successful contract completion and that would not be in the best interest of the government.

System for Award Management:

Quoters must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be awarded a contract.

Quoters are expected to complete or update the Representations and Certifications within the SAM system.

Pre-Award Survey:

The vendor providing the apparent low quote will be notified no later than five business days after the quote due date to provide the information requested below to help the Contracting Officer make a Determination of Responsibility. This information should be on hand as it is required to be submitted to the Contracting Officer in a relatively short amount of time.

(a) Financial ability to perform the contract: including the availability of necessary working capital and credit.

Please furnish a copy of a current balance sheet, bank statement(s), and line(s) of credit along with any other pertinent data. Please include letters of reference from your firm’s banker and lender.

(b) Provide a detailed list of all equipment available for performance on proposed contract.

(c) Provide a list of key personnel and their qualifications

(d) Give brief history of business experience, including length of time in present business.

(e) Business and financial reputation and integrity.

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Please provide names and addresses of any Government installations for whom work is currently under contract or has been performed within the past two years along with a brief description of the projects and dollar values. (Work performed which is similar to the proposed work is preferred.) Please state how work performed is similar to the work proposed for this contract. Please provide the information above for four or more commercial firms for whom work is currently under contract or has been performed within the past two years.

(f) Indicate total (gross) dollar amount of all business on hand (Government and commercial).

(g) Provide names and address of proposed subcontractors.

The information above assists the Contracting Officer in confirming that the apparent low quoter has adequate financial resources, appropriate equipment and the expertise to successfully perform this contract.

END OF ADDENDUM

To the provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items. (DEVIATION 2018-O0018)

Quotes are due by Thursday, 15 April 2021 at 11:00 AM EDT. Quotes will be accepted via email to gregory.m.sies@usace.army.,mil and CC: joshua.k.westgate@usace.army.mil. Quoters must reference this solicitation number W911WN21Q2366, in the subject line of the email. Quotes cannot be accepted via mail or fax.

Please provide the following information for your company:

Company Name (Same as in SAM): _

Address (Same as in SAM): _

DUNS:

CAGE:

Point of Contact: _

POC Phone Number: _

POC Email:

Our company (does or does not) fit the Small Business Size Standard of $8,000,000 for NAICS 561730, Landscaping Service.

Company Representative Authorized to Submit Quote:

Signature: Date:

mailto:joshua.k.westgate@usace.army.mil.