A16 Site visit AGENDA - 7.28.21.docx

AGENDA

Site Visit – 28 July 2021 @ 1000 hours Solicitation #FA665621B0002 Sustain Airfield Markings and Rubber Removal

The work specified herein consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, tools, appliances, transportation, and materials required to remove 95% of the rubber buildup from 100% of designated area on the Youngstown ARS Assault (asphalt covered) Runway. The rubber removal is to be completed without damage to the pavement surface, joints, and joint and crack seals, or any other government property. Destruction of any runway or other pavement markings as a result of the rubber removal process will be restored, repainted as necessary. All LZ Markings, Controlled Apron and Non-Controlled Apron Markings shall be repainted as per specifications and as shown on plans dated 17 Apr 2021. Requirements are further detailed in the Drawings and in the General Requirements found at Specification Section 01 01 00.

This project has one (1) line item. This is a sealed bid solicitation whereby the bid opening will take place at Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Bldg.504—Conference Room at 1000 (10 o’clock am) local time on 17 August 2021. Offers will be publicly opened at that time. Envelopes containing offers must be sealed and marked with the offeror’s name, the solicitation number, and the date and time the offers are due.

Anyone who needs base access for the bid opening must submit a completed Entry Authority List form no later than 2:00pm local time on 6 August 2021. An updated form with instructions will be posted on sam.gov following this site visit. Even if you already completed one for this site visit, you will need to submit a new one.

This project is a HUBZone Set-Aside. Offers are only being solicited from certified HUBZone Small Businesses. Contract Clause 52.219-3 Deviation 2020-O0008(Revision 2), Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award is included in the solicitation at Section I page 17. (The full text of the clause is also attached to this agenda.)

Proposals are due on 17 August 2021 at 10:00 am, local time. Hand carried bids shall be delivered to the Contracting Office at Bldg. 504—Conference Room, no later than that time. Proposal package is to include required bonds. The Financial Institution Reference Sheet (Attachment 4 of the solicitation) is NO LONGER REQUIRED.

Contractors are reminded that in order to receive an award as a prime contractor, they must be registered and listed in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at website, www.sam.gov, as well as have completed the annual representations and certifications. NAICS code 237310 must be registered in SAM at the time of bid opening.

The proposal is to be based on the specifications/drawings. Contractors are urged to closely review the drawing notes. No changes are to be made unless received in writing from the Contracting Officer in the form of an amendment. It is the contractors’ responsibility to check the sam.gov website for updates and amendments.

Contractors are to direct all questions to the Contracting Office in writing. Questions can be e-mailed to the attention of Jasmine Corpa – jasmine.corpa@us.af.mil AND Joseph Perry –joseph.perry.14@us.af.mil. Emails are preferred. It is imperative all communications are identified with the full solicitation number, not project number, in the subject line. Any/all questions received, along with the response, will be posted to the sam.gov website. It is important to have your questions to us by 3 August 2021 no later than 2:00 pm Eastern to allow time to answer and post no later than 9 August 2021. If questions are not received by the deadline, they will not be answered.

Contractors are reminded that the Buy American Act pertains per the terms of the contract. The contractor shall use only domestic construction material in performing this contract. (Reference, Section I – Contract Clause 52.225-9). Consideration should also be given to biobased products. This clause can be found in Section K.

NOTICE OF HUBZONE SET-ASIDE OR SOLE SOURCE AWARD (OCT 2020) (DEVIATION 2020-O0008)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause— “HUBZone small business concern” means a small business concern, certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA), that appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the SBA (13 CFR 126.103).

“Similarly situated entity” means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that—

(1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to its socioeconomic status); and

(2) Is considered small for the size standard under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract.

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to—

(1) Contracts that have been set aside or awarded on a sole source basis to HUBZone small business concerns;

(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for HUBZone small business concerns;

(3) Orders set aside for HUBZone small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); and

(4) Orders issued directly to HUBZone small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii).

(c) General.

(1) Offers are solicited only from HUBZone small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not HUBZone small business concerns will not be considered.

(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a HUBZone small business concern.

(d) Independent contractors. An independent contractor shall be considered a subcontractor.

(e) Limitations on subcontracting. By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, a HUBZone small business concern agrees that, in the case of a contract assigned a NAICS code for—

(1) Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the prime contractor’s 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract. Other direct costs are excluded to the extent they are not the principal purpose of the contract and cannot be obtained from small business concerns;

(2) Supplies (other than acquisition from a nonmanufacturer of the supplies), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the prime contractor’s 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both supplies and services, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the supply portion of the contract;

(3) General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the prime contractor’s 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded; or

(4) Construction by special trade contractors, it will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the prime contractor’s 75 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.

(f) A HUBZone small business contractor shall comply with the limitations on subcontracting as follows:

(1) For contracts, in accordance with paragraphs (b)(1) or (2) of this clause— [Contracting Officer check as appropriate.] By the end of the base term of the contract and then by the end of each subsequent option period; or By the end of the performance period for each order issued under the contract.

(2) For orders, in accordance with paragraph (b)(3) or (4) of this clause, by the end of the performance period for the order.

(g) Joint venture. A HUBZone joint venture agrees that, in the performance of the contract, the applicable percentage specified in paragraph (e) of this clause shall be performed by the aggregate of the HUBZone small business participants.

(h) Nonmanufacturer.

(1) Unless SBA has waived the requirements of paragraphs (h)(1)(i) through (iii) of this clause in accordance with 13 CFR 121.1204, a HUBZone small business concern that provides an end item it did not manufacture, process, or produce, shall—

(i) Provide an end item that a small business has manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas;

(ii) Be primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sell the type of item being supplied; and

(iii) Take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; for example, providing storage, transportation, or delivery.

(2) For contracts or orders for multiple end items, at least 50 percent of the total value of the contract or order shall be manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas by small business concerns.

(3) Paragraphs (h)(1) through (2) of this clause do not apply to construction or service contracts.

(i) Notice. The HUBZone small business offeror acknowledges that a prospective HUBZone awardee must be a HUBZone small business concern at the time of award of this contract. The HUBZone offeror shall provide the Contracting Officer a copy of the notice required by 13 CFR

126.501 if material changes occur before contract award that could affect its HUBZone eligibility. If the apparently successful HUBZone offeror is not a HUBZone small business concern at the time of award of this contract, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful HUBZone small business concern or other offeror.

(End of clause)