FA462522R1010 Synopsis Solicitation COMBO.docx

FA462522R1010

Waste Water Management

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

The Request for Proposal (RFP) number FA462522R1010 shall be used to reference any written proposal provided under this RFP.

The RFP document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-06; Effective 05/26/2022.

This is a set-aside for total small business.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 562119 with a size standard of $41.5M.

The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitations for the performance of Waste Water Management Service in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The bid schedule and contract CLIN schedule are provided in Attachment 3 – Bid Schedule.

Attachments: (4) Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement dated 2 Aug 2022 Attachment 2 – Wage Determination No. 2015-5089 rev 20 Attachment 3 – Bid Schedule Appendix 1 – Provisions and Clauses

Notice to Offerors(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this RFP until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFP, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this RFP, the Government has no obligation to reimburse a vendor for any costs.

*FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jan 2017) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: “The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear above.”

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its proposal firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of proposals, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the proposal.”

RFP due date: 7 September 2022 RFP due time: 1:00 P.M. CST Email to 509CONS.PKA.Services@us.af.mil

Note: .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through our email system.

All questions regarding this RFP must be emailed to 509CONS.PKA.Services@us.af.mil by 18 August, 1:00 P.M. CST.

Proposals must include a copy of this document with the following table filled out:

Company Name

Address

City, State, Zip

Point of Contact (Name)

Email

Telephone

CAGE Code

DUNS

Socioeconomic Status (SB, WOSB, Hubzone, etc.)

SAM Expiration

Estimated Delivery Time

Payment Terms

Warranty

All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be considered for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Invoice instruction shall be provided at time of award.

FAR Provision *52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition and the following evaluation is applicable:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this RFP to the responsible vendor whose proposal conforming to the RFP will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate proposals:

0. Price

0. Past Performance

0. Past Experience

0. Technical Technical, past performance, and past experience, when combined, are less important than price. Offers will be sorted by price and evaluated in an ascending order (from lowest-priced, to highest-priced). Evaluation of non-price factors will cease once the Government identifies three offers that are acceptable across all non-price factors, or until all offers have been evaluated, whichever occurs first. Consequently, in the interest of lessening administrative burden, and depending on the outcome of the competition, some offers may not undergo non-price evaluation.

NOTE: A vendor must be determined to be responsible by the Contracting Officer in order to be eligible for award. Responsibility is described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.1, “Responsible Prospective Contractors.” Part of the determination addresses financial capability. Please provide the names, addresses and points of contact for all financial institution organizations utilized to determine if contractor has adequate financial resources to perform the contract or the ability to obtain them to include written authority to contact the provided financial institution.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate proposals for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that a proposal 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 a proposal, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful vendor within the time for acceptance specified in the proposal, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the proposal’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept a proposal (or part of a proposal), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision) ADDENDUM TO FAR PROVISION 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

52.212-2, ADDENDUM:

A. Price will be evaluated by utilizing “Total Contract Value” on the Attachment 3 – Bid Schedule (cell Y10). The Bid Schedule automatically calculates all totals; therefore, offerors are advised to only adjust the highlighted cells. If supplemental pricing information is provided, information contained in Attachment 3 will prevail.

B. Past performance will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis using the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). CPARS is a web-enabled application that assesses a contractor's performance and provides a record, both positive and negative, based on objective facts and supported by program and contract management data. Offeror's past performance will be determined Acceptable if the record shows that the offeror has no adverse past performance on recent and relevant contract efforts. For the purposes of this solicitation, adverse Past Performance means a rating of Unsatisfactory or Marginal in any category of the CPARS report.

i. Recent means that the end of the period of performance was within 5 years of the date this solicitation was issued. "Within" means that no more than 5 years passed between the end of the period of performance and the date that this solicitation was issued.

ii. Relevant means contracted efforts where the government is the end user, and where the offeror has performed work in the same or related industry.

iii. If CPARS data generates multiple recent and relevant reports for the offeror, the Government may only evaluate three (3) of the most recent CPARS reports in relevant contract efforts to identify any adverse past performance.

C. Past experience will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis. Offeror's past experience will be determined Acceptable if Offeror submits two references for recent and relevant contract efforts with Federal, State, or Local Governments. If the Offeror does not have Government references, the Offeror shall provide references from private industry sources that are not prohibited from furnishing information to the Government.

i. Recent means that the end of the period of performance was within 5 years of the date this solicitation was issued. "Within" means that no more than 5 years passed between the end of the period of performance and the date that this solicitation was issued.

ii. Relevant means contracted efforts where the government is the end user, and where the offeror has performed work in the same or related industry.

iii. Each reference must provide, at minimum:

D. Technical will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis. Offeror’s technical submission will be determined Acceptable if Offeror submits, with its proposal, a current DOT Certification permitting transport of hazardous waste. Certifications belonging to subcontractors are acceptable if the subcontractor will be used to perform the components of the service requiring the certification.

i. If the offeror does not submit a copy of the DOT Certification by the time offers are due, the offeror may include a written narrative, detailing the steps the offeror intends to undertake to obtain the certification before the first day of the period of performance (1 Nov 2022). In order to be determined Acceptable, the narrative must:

ii. Offerors are advised that evaluations of technical narratives are inherently subjective. Therefore, omissions, vagueness, and ambiguities may deem the technical narrative unacceptable. Lack of detail, lack of clarity, or clerical errors may be sufficient evidence that the offeror lacks understanding of the requirement, and thus capability to perform in a satisfactory manner.

(End of Addendum)

Discussions: The government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective vendors/offerors. The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest.

FAR Provision *52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Nov 17), with its Alternate I (Oct 14), applies to this acquisition. All vendors must be registered in System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at the time of Proposal submittal.

FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Jan 17), applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum: Paragraph (c) of this clause is tailored as follows: Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of administrative changes, such as changes in the paying office, appropriations data, etc., which may be changed unilaterally by the Government.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the proposal terms and conditions and/or agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

The following AFFARS clauses are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.201-9101 AFGSC Ombudsman Oct 2019

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, for AFGSC (Air Force Global Strike Command) acquisitions please contact the Director of Contracts, Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Operating Location – Global Strike (AFICC/KG OL-GSC) via the following e-mail workflow address: ig.afica_kg.workflow@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

(End of clause)

5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations In addition, the government may further extend the performance period for up to six months under FAR 52.217-8.

The full text of these clauses and (*) provisions may be assessed electronically at the website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil. NOTE: ALL PROVISIONS WILL BE REMOVED AT TIME OF AWARD BUT SHALL REMAIN PART OF THE CONTRACT FILE.