B08 Combined Synopsis-Solicitation.pdf

140L0621Q0057

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 12.603(a) and 13.106, the Contracting Officer is issuing a combined synopsis/solicitation for the acquisition of Cone Collection Services for the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) in Oregon.

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the acquisition of commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 and 13.1, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation Number 140L0621Q0057 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This solicitation will utilize the policies contained in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation evaluation and award prescribed in

FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as appropriate for this acquisition.

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through

Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-05 effective March 10, 2021.

(iv) This solicitation is being issued as an unrestricted RFQ. The North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this solicitation is 113210, titled Forest

Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products, with a size standard of $12.0 Million.

(v) See the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for detailed requirements (Attachment

2). The price schedule to be completed and returned with your quote is provided as a separate document (Attachment 1). Wage Determination 2015-5569, Revision 11, dated December 21, 2020 is hereby incorporated into this combined synopsis/solicitation.

(vi) The services to be acquired through this combined synopsis/solicitation are for Cone

Collection Services for BLM Oregon in accordance with the PWS.

(vii) Performance location and period of performance is detailed in the attached PWS.

(viii) FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

Potential offerors shall read and comply with all terms and conditions, see Addendum FAR 52.212-1

– Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items for additional instructions.

(ix) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, see Provisions for detailed evaluation criteria. The basis of award will be best value source selection based upon an integrated assessment of Factor 1: Past Performance (see Past Performance References Document), and Factor 2: Price. The Government will award two contracts resulting from this solicitation, one contract for each seed orchard. A contractor may provide a quote for both orchards but the

Government will only award one contract per contractor due to the narrow biological window for the work. The Government will award a contract for each orchard that is the most advantageous to the

Government.

(x) Offerors shall ensure that their Representations and Certifications are up to date in the

System for Award Management (SAM) which can be accessed through https://www.sam.gov.

Offerors shall ensure that this acquisition’s NAICS Code of 113210 is listed in FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items.

Even if offeror has an active SAM registration all offerors must 1) print, complete required entries and submit with their quote FAR provision 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment; and 2) Ensure FAR provision

52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation is incorporated into their SAM Registration and if not, they must print, complete required entries and submit with their quote.

If the offeror does not have an active SAM registration, offeror must print, complete the required entries and submit with their quote FAR Provisions 52.212-3, 52.204-24 and 52.204-26.

https://www.sam.gov/

140L0621Q0057

(i) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. See this clause for additional FAR Clauses marked with “X” showing they are applicable to this acquisition (Attachment 4 - Clauses).

(ii) FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 4 - Clauses, FAR Clause 52.212-5 for additional information.

(iii) Additional FAR clauses that apply to this acquisition are provided in Attachment 4 - Clauses.

All FAR clauses will be incorporated into the successful offerors’ contract award. Additional provisions that apply to this acquisition are provided at Attachment 5 - Provisions. These provisions are incorporated into this solicitation but will not be incorporated into the successful offerors’ contract award.

(iv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply to this acquisition.

(v) Quotes are due no later than June 3, 2021 5:00 p.m MT Quotes shall be submitted via electronic mail to the point of contact listed below.

(vi) Interested parties may submit questions relating to this solicitation via electronic mail to the point of contacts listed in section (xvi) and are due no later than 10:00 a.m. MT, 10 days after combined synopsis/solicitation issuance.

The following individual is the points of contact for this combined synopsis/solicitation:

Ian Steinheimer

Contracting Officer

Department of Interior

Bureau of Land Management

National Operations Center isteinheimer@blm.gov

The following sections and attachments are hereby incorporated into this combined synopsis/solicitation and are provided as attachments to 140L0621Q0057:

Attachment 1 – Price Schedule

Attachment 2 – Performance Work Statement with Attachments

Attachment 3 – Wage Determination

Attachment 4 – Clauses

Attachment 5 – Provisions

Attachment 6 – Addendum FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items

Attachment 7 – Past Performance References mailto:isteinheimer@blm.gov