Revised_Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation_FA667019QA007.docx.pdf

Department of the Air Force

Niagara Falls ARS

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Requirement Title: Tree Removal and Tree Planting

Solicitation Number: FA667019QA007

Solicitation Issue Date: Friday, 30 August 2019

Response Deadline: Friday, 20 September 2019 no later than 15:00 PM EST

Point(s) of Contact: Stephany Johnson /stephany.johnson@us.af.mil

Alternate POC: Mary Pyle Platts/mary.pyleplatts@us.af.mil

Contracting Officer: Mary Pyle Platts/mary.pyleplatts@us.af.mil

Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s):

Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The

Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the

Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.

1. 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.

2. This solicitation is being issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ).

3. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through:

Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-05

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Public

Notice

20190809 Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular 2018-0525

4. This acquisition is set-aside for 100% Small Business Concerns

The North American Industry Size Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this requirement is 561730

The Small Business Size Standard associated with this NAICS is Size standard is $7.5 Million

Description:

This work involves the cutting and removal of 50 trees of various diameter, height, health, and location at the Niagara Falls Air

Reserve Station. This work also involves the removal the tree stumps and roots within the drip zone of the trees. All debris generated from the tree cutting, stump removal, and root removal shall be disposed of off-base at waste facility as part of this work. The waste facility must be able to accept tree debris that may contain material infected by the Emerald Ash Borer. The work also includes the ground restoration of tree, stump, and root removal areas. Finally, the work also includes the planting of 40 trees at designated locations within the improved grounds.

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

Period of Performance Date of Contract Award – June 30, 2020; 914th MSG/PK, Operational Contracting Flight, 2720 Kirkbridge

Drive, Niagara Falls, New York 14304-5001 (exact customer address will be provided in the resulting contract).

Line Item Description Qty/UOM Price

0001 Remove 50 Trees – See PWS for detail

50/ Each $

0002 Plant 40 Trees – See PWS for detail

40/ Each mailto:/stephany.johnson@us.af.mil mailto:Platts/mary.pyleplatts@us.af.mil mailto:Platts/mary.pyleplatts@us.af.mil

Total $

FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(b)(1), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the quote, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

The contracting officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition.

Upon examination of the initial offers, the contracting officer will review this determination and if, in the contracting officer's opinion, adequate price competition exists, no additional cost information will be requested.

However, if at any time during this competition the contracting officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists, offerors may be required to submit information to the extent necessary for the contracting officer to determine the reasonableness and affordability of the price.

Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the items described in this synopsis/solicitation are invited to submit in writing a complete quote including delivery FOB destination (Niagara Falls ARS, 14304). Offerors are required to submit with their quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the minimum requirements detailed in this synopsis.

Email the completed solicitation and required documentation to stephany.johnson@us.af.mil

Company Name: Point of Contact:

Address: Telephone Number:

Discount Terms SAM Registered: Yes/No

Small Business: Yes/No DUNS #

CAGE #: Veteran-Owned: Yes/No

Woman-Owned: Yes/No Estimated Period of Performance/Delivery:

Signature/Date:

Printed Name:

FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(c), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

(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:

(i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement;

(ii) price

Only the Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offeror will be requested to perform tree removal and tree plantings. Award will be made to the LPTA offer that is most advantageous to the Government.

mailto:stephany.johnson@us.af.mil

FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with alternate I applies to this acquisition;

the offeror verifies by submission of their offer that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR

52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation.

FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition; the following checked clauses are hereby included by reference:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government with Alternate I

52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct

52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.204-14, Service Reporting Requirement

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

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Set-Aside

52.219-9, Small Business Subcontract Plan

52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting

52.219-18, Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(a) Participants

52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside

52.219-28, Post Award SB Representation Program

52..219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns

52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business

Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program

52.222-3, Convict Labor

52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers

52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity

52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans

52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights

52.222-41. Service Contract Labor Standards

52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires

52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons

52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification

52.222-55, Combating Trafficking in Persons

52.222-60, Paycheck Transparency

52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items

52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT Registered Imaging Equipment

52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT Registered Televisions

52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy Consuming Products

52.222-16, IEEE 1680 Std for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products

52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965

52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires

52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)

52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment

52.222-55, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors (Deviation)

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

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

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

52.232-36, Payment by Third Party

The provisions and clauses listed below have been determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. All provisions and clauses are available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by full text or by reference as prescribed:

52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.

52.204-7 System for Award Management

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations.

52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation

52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran -

Representation and Certifications

52.232-18 Availability of Funds

52.232-39 Unforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.233-1 Disputes

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

52.247-34 F.O.B Destination (as applicable)

The following DFARS clauses and provisions cited are applicable to this solicitation:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

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

252.211-7003 Item Identification and Valuation

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items

252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea

The following AFFARS clauses and provisions cited are applicable to this solicitation:

5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

Clauses incorporated by full text:

52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY 2014)

In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29

CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY: IT IS NOT A WAGE DETERMINATION

Employee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits

11210 – Laborer Grounds Maintenance, WG-03, $14.68

(End of clause)

52.252-2 – Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

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

52.252-6 – Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984)

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)

252.232-7006 – Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions

Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Dec 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and

Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003, Electronic

Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for

Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the

Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based

Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File

Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s):

Combo (Invoice 2 in 1)

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

N/A

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in

WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC F87700

Issue By DoDAAC FA6670

Admin DoDAAC FA6670

Inspect By DoDAAC -

Ship To Code -

Ship From Code -

Mark For Code -

Service Approver (DoDAAC) F5J3DS

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) F5J3DS

Accept at Other DoDAAC -

LPO DoDAAC -

DCAA Auditor DoDAAC -

Other DoDAAC(s) -

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable

Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

N/A

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact.

https://wawf.eb.mil/

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

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 <http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a076_a76_incl_tech_correction/> competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Lt Col Alaric Jorgensen, HQ AFRC/DSD, 255 Richard Ray Blvd. Robins AFB GA 31098, Comm 478-327-2440,Email: Alaric.jorgensen@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.

Performance Work Statement

Attachment 1 – Tree Survey Map

Attachment 2 - Tree Survey List

Attachment 3 - Tree Planting Map

Attachment 4 – DOL Wage Determination mailto:Alaric.jorgensen@us.af.mil