Combo Sludge Removal Final.pdf

This acquisition is for service for fiscal year 2021. Currently, funds are not available. The government may cancel this combined synopsis/solicitation at any time if funds do not become available. If funds become available, the government intends to issue an award to the offeror who supplied the successful offer. Award will be contingent upon the availability of fiscal year

2021 funds.

The 375th Contracting Squadron (PKB1) at Scott AFB, IL is contemplating an award to perform

Sludge Removal / Land Application located at Scott AFB, IL for 01 October 2020 through 30

September 2021, subject to availability of funds. Scope of Work defined in attached Statement of Work (SOW) and paragraph (vi), Description of requirements.

This is a commercial purchase using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and Part 13 procedures. The following information, as required per FAR 12.603(c)(2) applies:

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with

FAR Part 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 will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation number is FA440720Q0014 issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation document, incorporated provisions, and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, effective 08-31-2020, and the Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement DPN 20200605.

(iv) This acquisition is being solicited as a 100% Small Business Set Aside via beta.SAM.gov under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 562991, Septic Tank and

Related Services. The small business size standard is $8.0 Million. The Product Service Code

(PSC) is Z1PD, Maintenance of Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities.

(v) Contract Line Item Number(s) CLINS:

Item # Description Quantity Unit Unit

Price Total Price

Sludge removal and land application up to four (4) times per year IAW the

Statement of Work (SOW). The quantity of 600,000 gallons is only an estimate. The actual amount available for removal may be less or more.

600,000 GA

GRAND TOTAL

(vi) Description of requirements:

Contractor shall be fully accredited to remove sludge in accordance with the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, material and transportation required to remove treated sludge from the wastewater treatment plant at Scott AFB, IL. Sludge removal shall be required up to four times per year, disposing an estimated total of 600,000 gallons of anaerobically digested liquid sludge. The amount of

600,000 gallons of liquid sludge is only an estimate. The actual amount available for removal could be significantly less or more. Liquid sludge shall be removed from both or either of two digesters located at the Scott AFB, IL., Wastewater Treatment Plant. Disposal methods shall be land application, and the contractor shall conform to all federal Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) and IEPA rules and regulations including 40 CFR 503.

The contractor shall abide by Scott AFB, local, county, state and federal laws under this contract.

The Contractor shall use innovative industry/commercial standards/procedures and equipment to minimize the expenditure or time and funds while ensuring the highest of quality work.

See attached SOW for complete details of the acquisition.

(vii) Period of Performance is 01 October 2020 – 30 September 2021 at Scott AFB, IL with FOB

Destination.

(viii) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Jan 2020) is hereby incorporated by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. In addition to the following addendum, all terms and conditions of FAR 52.212-1 remain in effect.

The following is tailored to this acquisition and is hereby added via addendum:

1. PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING OFFEROR INFORMATION WITH YOUR OFFER:

a. Offeror Name: _______________________________________________________

b. Offeror Address: _____________________________________________________

c. Point of Contact: ________________________________________________________

d. Phone Number: __________________________________________________________

e. Email Address: __________________________________________________________

f. DUNS Number: ___________________________________________________________

g. CAGE Code: ______________________________________________________________

h. Business Type (i.e. Small, Women-Owned, SDVOSB, etc.): ________________________

i. Quote Date and Expiration Date of Quote: _______________________________________

j. Proposed Payment Terms or Discount (i.e, Net 30): _______________________________

k. Begin Date and End Date of Performance: 01 October 2020 – 30 September 2021

l. FOB: Destination

2. NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA)

Complete the attached National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Certification form and submit with your offer.

3. WAGE DETERMINATION (WD)

At the time of this combined synopsis/solicitation, WD 2015-5075, Rev. 15, dated 5/14/20 was in effect. In the event of an updated revision to the applied WD, the updated revision will be incorporated into the award.

4. REAL ID ACT Version 39

Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the Federal Government "set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses." The Act established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for official purposes licenses and identification cards from states that do not meet these standards.

The following states/territories has an extension for REAL ID enforcement, allowing Federal agencies to accept driver's licenses and identification cards from at Federal facilities and nuclear power plants until

7 Aug 2020

Oregon

18 Sep 2020

Oklahoma

Under Review

A. Samoa N. Marianas

The following states/territories are compliant with the REAL ID Act.

Alabama Arizona Arkansas

Colorado Connecticut Delaware

DC Florida Georgia

Hawaii Indiana Iowa

Kansas Louisiana Maryland

Michigan Mississippi Nebraska

Nevada New Mexico New York

N. Carolina Ohio S. Dakota

Tennessee Texas Utah

Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin

Wyoming S. Carolina Idaho

N. Dakota Puerto Rico Washington

N. Hampshire Massachusetts Guam

Virginia Minnesota Illinois

Virgin Islands California Rhode Island

Alaska Montana Missouri

Pennsylvania Kentucky Maine

New Jersey

Below are acceptable forms of identification for identity proofing for access to Scott AFB if you do not have an Enhanced Driver’s License:

-Driver's licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)

-U.S. passport

-U.S. passport card

-DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)

-U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents

-Permanent resident card

-Border crossing card

-State-issued Enhanced Driver’s License

-Federally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID

-HSPD-12 PIV card

-Foreign government-issued passport

-Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and -Northern Affairs Canada card

-Transportation worker identification credential

-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)

-U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential

Please contact Pass and Registration at 256-3020/ 2008 if you have any questions or need additional information.

5. Offers are due no later than 3:00 P.M. CST, Thursday, 10 September 2020. All questions in regards to the solicitation must be directed to the contract specialist, Ms. Judy Jennings, via email judith.jennings@us.af.mil or contracting officer, Ms. Marcia Wuebbels, email marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil. Dead line for questions is 12:00 p.m. CST Tuesday, 08 September 2020.

Offers must be emailed to the above addresses. If issues are encountered with email, please contact

Ms. Wuebbels at 618-256-9308.

(ix) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Items (Oct 2014), applies to this acquisition.

(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. For this acquisition, the following factors shall be used to evaluate offers are:

Price

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) 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.

The following is tailored to this acquisition and is hereby added via addendum:

a. Award will be made to the offeror whose offer is determined to represent the overall best value to the Government using Lowest Price Technical Acceptable (LPTA) process in accordance with

FAR 13.106-2.

b. After receipt of offers, the Government will first evaluate the lowest price offer. If the lowest price offer is determine to technically acceptable and otherwise properly awardable, award will be made to that offeror. The Government reserves the right to evaluate only the lowest price offer or to conduct further evaluations of additional offers.

c. The Government will evaluate Price as follows:

1. Offers will be evaluated for (i) completeness and (ii) reasonableness. Offerors whose price is determined to be incomplete or unreasonable will not be considered for award.

1.1. Completeness. The offer will be reviewed to determine if all price elements have been addressed. The review will determine the adequacy of the offeror’s offer in addressing and fulfilling the requirements.

1.2. Reasonableness. For a price to be reasonable, it must represent a price to the Government that a prudent person would pay in the conduct of competitive business. The Government will determine price fair and reasonable through the use of one or more of the price analysis techniques at FAR 13.106-3(a).

(x) Offerors must include with their offer a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (Jun 2020), unless this information has been submitted electronically as part of its annual representations and certificates at https://www.sam.gov.

As prescribed in 52.212-3, an offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) site located at https://www.sam.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v) of this provision.

(xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Oct 2018), applies to this acquisition.

(xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or

Executive Orders—Commercial Items (Ju1 2020), applies to this acquisition.

The following additional Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses cited in 52.212-5(b) are applicable to the acquisition:

FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

(Jun 2020)

FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractor's

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Jun 2020)

FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Mar 2020)

FAR 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (May 2020)

FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003)

FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2020)

FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015)

FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016)

FAR 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020)

FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019)

FAR 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

(Jun 2020)

FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008)

FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management

(Oct 2018)

The following additional Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses cited in 52.212-5(c) are applicable to the acquisition:

FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018)

FAR 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014)

FAR 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015)

FAR 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2017)

(xiii) The following FAR, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and

Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) clauses/provisions are https://www.sam.gov/ determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and are incorporated by reference.

FAR 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements or Statements – Representation (Jan 2017) – Provision

FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018) - Provision

FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011) – Clause

FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) – Clause

FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 2016) - Provision

FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Jul 2016) - Clause

FAR 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014) –

Clause

FAR 52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal (Jan 2017) – Provision

FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment (Dec 2019) – Provision

FAR 52.223-5, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information (May 2011) – Clause

FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds (Apr 1984)

FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) – Clause

FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013)

– Clause

FAR 52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (Apr 1984) -

Clause

FAR 52.237-3, Continuity of Services (Jan 1991) – Clause

FAR 52.247-34, F.o.b. Destination (Nov 1991) – Clause

FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) – Provision

FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) - Clause

FAR 52.252-5, Authorized Deviations in Provisions (Apr 1984) – Provision

FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984) - Clause

FAR 52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms (Jan 1991) – Clause

DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials

(Sep 2011) – Clause

DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013) -

Clause

DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials

(Nov 2011) – Provision

DFARS 252.204-7003, Control Of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 1992) – Clause

DFARS 252.204-7006, Billing Instructions (Oct 2005) - Clause

DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

(Oct 2016) – Provision

DFARS 252.204-7009, Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported

Cyber Incident Information (Oct 2016) – Clause

DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident

Reporting (Dec 2019) – Clause

DFARS 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

(May 2016) – Clause

DFARS 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) - Clause

DFARS 252.209-7998, Representation Regarding Conviction of a Felony Criminal

(March 9, 2012) – Provision

DFARS 252.209-7999, Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax

Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (January 23, 2012) - Provision

DFARS 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Supplier Performance Risk

System in Past Performance Evaluations (Sep 2019) – Provision

DFARS 252.215-7013, Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors

(Jan 2018) - Provision

DFARS 252.223-7006, Prohibition On Storage, Treatment, And Disposal Of Toxic Or

Hazardous Materials—Basic (Sep 2014) - Clause

DFARS 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium (Jun 2013) – Clause

DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American-Balance of Payment Program Certificate (Nov 2014) –

Provision

DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program-Basic (Dec 2017) –

Clause

DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors (Dec 2017) – Clause

DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Dec 2017) - Clause

DFARS 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items (June 2013) – Clause

DFARS 252.225-7974 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

(Feb 2020) - Provision

DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

(Dec 2018) - Clause

DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018) - Clause

DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006) – Clause

DFARS 252.232-7011, Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations

(May 2013) - Clause

DFARS 252.237-7010, Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel

(Jun 2013) – Clause

DFARS 252.243-7001, Pricing Of Contract Modifications (Dec 1991) - Clause

DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jun 2013) – Clause

DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea-Basic (Feb 2019) – Clause

AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (Oct 2019) - Clause

AFFARS 5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

(Oct 2019) - Clause

AFFARS 5352.223-9001, Health and Safety on Government Installations (Oct 2019) – Clause

AFFARS 5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to Air Force Installations (Oct 2019) – Clause

(End of Clause)

(xiv) N/A

(xv) Offers are due to the individuals listed in paragraph (xvi) located at Scott AFB, IL no later than 3:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, 10 September 2020.

(xvi) Quotes are due via email to:

Primary: Ms. Judy Jennings - judith.jennings@us.af.mil

Secondary: Ms. Marcia Wuebbels - Marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil

Interested parties with questions by phone will be directed to ask questions in writing to the email address listed above.

The point of contact for this acquisition is Ms. Judy Jennings - Phone – 618-256-9271 or e-mail

– judith.jennings@us.af.mil. In the event this individual is not available, contact Ms. Marcia

Wuebbels: phone 618-256-9308 e-mail marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil mailto:judith.jennings@us.af.mil mailto:Marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil mailto:judith.jennings@us.af.mil mailto:marcia.wuebbels@us.af.mil