RFQ_FA4803-18-Q-B008.pdf

Request For Quotation, FA4803-18-Q-B008 This is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Mulching/Mowing of Poinsett Range.

CLIN Description Quantity Unit of Issue

Unit Price Extended Price

The Contractor shall furnish all labor and materials to mechanically reduce undesirable forest fuels from 339 acres. This work consists of the mechanical removal of woody understory vegetation under pine stands. See SOW.

1 Lot $ $

Additional Notes:

⇒ The basis for award will be Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).

⇒ This Requirement is 100% small business set aside.

⇒ NAICS –115310; Size Standard – $7.5M

⇒ F.O.B. Destination to: Shaw AFB SC 29152

⇒ Quotes are required to be valid through for 30 days after response cutoff date

⇒ The Government reserves the right to award on an “All or None” basis

⇒ The Government reserves the right to award without discussions

⇒ Annotate “Quote Expiration Date”, “Best Delivery Date”, and any “Discount Terms”

⇒ The Government intends to conduct site visits on 21 June 2018 and 26 June 2018 at 10:00am

EST. Contact Katelyn Lauzon at katelyn.lauzon@us.af.mil to RSVP NLT 20 June 2018 at

2:00pm EST.

⇒ Questions are due NLT 27 June 2018. Responses will be posted NLT 28 June 2018.

⇒ Quotes are due NO LATER THAN 29 June 2018 12:00 PM EST. For submitted quotes to be considered vendors must be registered in SAM at www.sam.gov. All quotes must be submitted in a format similar to this RFQ. Quotes that fail to include all solicited requirements will be found non responsive and discarded.

⇒ Quotes may be e-mailed to: katelyn.lauzon@us.af.mil

20th Contracting Sq

20 CONS / PKAA

Shaw AFB, S.C.

20 CONS / PKAA 11 Jun 2018 321 Cullen Street Attn: A1C Katelyn Lauzon Shaw AFB, SC 29152-2610 Phone: (803) 895-5280 Fax: (803) 895-5623 E-Mail Address: katelyn.lauzon@us.af.mil mailto:katelyn.lauzon@us.af.mil http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:%20katelyn.lauzon@us.af.mil

Provisions and Clauses

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

The full text of provision and clauses are located at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/:

52.204-7 System for Award Management 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interests when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors - Commercial Items 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items 52.212-5

Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items

52.219-1 52.219-6

Alternate I, Small Business Program Representations Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.222-40 Notification Of Employee Rights Under The National Labor Relations Act 52.223-18 Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-18 Place of Manufacture 52.232-1 Payments 52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment 52.232-11 Extras 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-- System for Award Management 52.233-1 Disputes 52.233-3 Protest After Award 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting 252.204-7004

Alternate A, System for Award Management http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

252.232-7003 252.232-7006

Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

Wide Area Workflow Instructions

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications 5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations

INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT:

52.209-11 – Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law.

Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016)

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that--

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that—

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability; and

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(End of provision)

52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999)

(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:

Price

Technical Acceptability.

(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.

(End of Provision)

52.252-1 – Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses

Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address (es):

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

(End of Provision)

52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference.

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

52.252-6 -- Authorized Deviations in Clauses.

As prescribed in 52.107(f), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts that include any FAR or supplemental clause with an authorized deviation. Whenever any FAR or supplemental clause is used with an authorized deviation, the contracting officer shall identify it by the same number, title, and date assigned to the clause when it is used without deviation, include regulation name for any supplemental clause, except that the contracting officer shall insert “(Deviation)” after the date of the clause.

Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(End of Clause)

INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT:

5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (JUN 2016)

(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, Lt Col Aaron D. Judge 129 Thompson St., Bldg. 586, Rm 129, Comm: 757-764-5372, Email: aaron.judge@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)

Point of Contact: A1C Katelyn Lauzon, 20th Contracting Squadron, 321 Cullen Street, Shaw AFB SC, 29152. Phone: 803-895-5280. Fax: 803-895-5623.Email: katelyn.lauzon@us.af.mil.

Note: Offerors may use another format for submission of quotes. However, all quotes must contain the minimum information required under FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items (Jun 2008).

List of Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Mulching SOW dated 11 May 18 – 5 Pages Attachment 2 – WD 15-4439 (Rev-5) – 11 Pages Attachment 3 – REAL ID ACT – 1 Page