Feasibility Study Combined Synopsis-Sol.pdf

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in FAR Subpart 12.6, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. This combined synopsis/solicitation SHALL be posted on beta.SAM.gov.

Solicitation number is 1305M222QNWWG0480 and is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ).

This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through:

a. Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-06, effective 05/26/2022, located at:

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

b. Commerce Acquisition Regulations (CAR), effective 6/23/2022, located at:

http://www.osec.doc.gov/oam/acquistion_management/policy/default.htm,

c. NOAA Acquisition Manual, located at:

https://sites.google.com/noaa.gov/acquisition-and-grants-office/policy-procedure/noaa-acquisition-manual

It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330 and the associated Federal Supply Code (FSC) code is B513 for this procurement:

Is not being set-aside for small businesses.

Is being set-aside 100% for small business. The small business size standard is $22.5 million.

The table below lists the Contract Line Item Number(s) (CLIN(s)) and items, quantities and units of measure, inclusive of any applicable options.

PRICE SCHEDULE

CLIN DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT UNIT

PRICE

EXTENDED

PRICE

0001 Radiosonde Frequency Migration Project (RFMP) Upper Air Inflation Buildings (UAIB) Feasibility Study in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Firm-Fixed Price

59 EA $ $

0002 Other Direct Costs (ODCs) and Travel

Travel will be authorized in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 31.205-46(2)(i)- Federal Travel Regulations (FTR). All travel shall be pre-approved by the Government and supporting documentation shall be submitted with all invoices.

This is a cost reimbursable type line item. It is understood that the ODCs estimated within the ceiling may vary only as expressly authorized by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), based on the execution of tasks outlined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS); however, the Contractor shall not exceed the Not to Exceed (NTE) amount except at its own risk in accordance with FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (NOV 2021) Alternate I (NOV 2021).

1 EA NTE

$354,000.00

NTE

$354,000.00

NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD)

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION 1305M222QNWWG0480

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It is anticipated one firm-fixed price purchase order will be issued in response to this RFQ. The anticipated period of performance is April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. Deliverables will be submitted to the COR in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Questioning pertaining to this RFQ via email to Contract Specialist, Nicole Frie, at Nicole.Frie@noaa.gov by 5:00pm Eastern Time on October 14, 2022. Telephonic requests will not be honored.

All responsible sources may submit a quote for consideration by the agency. Quotes must be submitted via email to Nicole.Frie@noaa.gov by 5:00pm Eastern Time on October 25, 2022. All quotes shall include price(s), a point of contact, name and phone number, business size, Unique Entity ID number, and payment terms.

Quoters must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed on-line at http://www.sam.gov/.

The following provisions are applicable to this procurement:

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

REGULATION TITLE

FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Nov 2021) FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Items (Nov 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote 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:

• Technical Capability: Technical Capability will be based on the quoter providing sufficient explanation/documentation to demonstrate their ability to conform to the requirements of the PWS and their ability to meet or exceed all requirements listed in the PWS. Failure to comply with the PWS will result in a Technically Unacceptable rating. Quotes that receive a technically unacceptable rating will not be considered for award.

• Past Performance: Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the recency and relevancy based on scope, complexity and magnitude to the PWS/solicitation and the quality of work performed within the past three years prior to the solicitation closing date and demonstrated performance that is the same or similar to the scope, complexity and magnitude of the work being described by this solicitation. The Government will give greater consideration to the contracts that the Government feels are most relevant to the RFQ. Quoters without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available will be given a neutral rating.

• Price: Price will be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness IAW FAR 13.106-3(a).

(b) 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.

Discussions: The government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective vendors. The government however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest. The Government may conduct discussions with one, some, none or all vendors at its discretion.

(End of provision) FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (May 2022)

FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Nov 2021) Addendum:

The following words stating “offer”, “offeror”, and “proposal” are replaced with “quotation”, “vendor”, and “quote”.

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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 quote firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

Technical Capability (Limited to fifteen (15) pages; cover page, Table of Contents, and/or list of Acronyms/Glossary are not included in the page limit.):

The quoter shall provide their plan and proposed method for performing comprehensive Upper Air Inflation Building assessments at the locations specified in the PWS and for preparing radome removal feasibility study reports for each Upper Air Inflation Building site in accordance with the requirements as stated in in the PWS. This plan shall demonstrate the quoter’s

• Specialized experience and technical competence in building assessment field and feasibility studies,

• Infrastructure (i.e. organizational structure and ability) to support the travel required in the PWS, and

• Capacity to accomplish the work in an agreed upon schedule, in coordination with the NWS, to meet NWS requirements for inspection execution and deliverables as specified in the PWS.

Past Performance (Limited to six (6) pages; cover page, Table of Contents, list of Acronyms/Glossary, and Past Performance Questionnaires submitted by past performance points of contact are not included in the page limit.):

The quoter shall submit, as part of its quote, information on previously performed contracts or on-going contracts that are similar in terms of scope, magnitude and complexity to the statement of work\ in the solicitation performed for Federal, State or local Governments, and for commercial firms. Information shall be provided on either 1) all such contracts within the past three years, or 2) the last three such contracts performed, whichever is fewer, and shall be limited to the name and address of the organization for which the product was supplied and services were performed and the number (phone, fax or Internet) of a contact for each contract listed.

Recent and relevant past performance is performance under contracts within the past three (3) years prior to the solicitation closing date and demonstrated at least one (1) year of completed performance that is the same or similar to the scope, complexity and magnitude of the work being described by this solicitation.

To demonstrate its past performance the quoter shall provide the information below:

1. Contract Number (provide the Task Order numbers if using an IDIQ contract)

2. Name and Address of the Government Agency or Commercial Entity

3. Brief Description of Work/Services provided, the results achieved, and the Relevance to the requirements herein

4. Point of Contact with Current Phone Number and E-Mail Address

5. Date of Contract Award

6. Period of Performance

7. Initial and Current Contract Value, and the Extent of Subcontracting.

The Attachment I -Past Performance Information Form is provided for quoters to submit information requested under Items 1-7 for each Past Performance record submitted.

In the description of work, quoters must provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the similarity of the contracts in terms of scope and magnitude, to the requirements of this RFP for purposes of relevancy. This information for each past performance reference shall be in the quoter’s Past Performance submission.

The Government reserves the right to contact references identified in the form and solicit further information about performance in regard to quality, timeliness and cost. The accuracy of past performance data, including phone numbers of the points of contact are the full responsibility of the quoter and inaccuracy may result in non-consideration of the reference.

Other related past performance information may be sought and used for evaluating completeness and accuracy of the quoter’s proposal. Past performance information may be obtained from a variety of sources including other Government agencies.

In addition to the information requested above, Quoters shall contact their past performance references and request that each reference complete Attachment II –Past Performance Questionnaire, and e-mail the completed questionnaire directly to CS at nicole.frie@noaa.gov by the due date of this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to consider or not consider questionnaires received after the due date of the solicitation and to contact references for verification or additional information. It is the Quoter’s obligation to ensure timely receipt of the questionnaire for the government’s consideration.

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The Government may consider this information, as well as information obtained from any other sources, when evaluating the Quoter’s past performance.

The Government reserves the right to obtain information for use in the evaluation of past performance from any and all sources including sources outside of the Government.

Offeror Representations and Certifications: Quoters shall include a completed copy of 52.212-3 as a separate document or as an Appendix to the Pricing volume.

Additional contract terms and conditions applicable to this procurement that shall be incorporated by reference in the resulting purchase order are:

SOLICITATION AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

REGULATION TITLE

FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities (Apr 1984) FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020) FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (Nov 2021) Alternate I (Nov 2021) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –

Commercial Items (May 2022)

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

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Nov 2021) ( 31 U.S.C. 6101).

• 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020) ( 15 U.S.C. 644).

• 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Sep 2021) ( 15

U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

• 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O.11755).

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

• 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O.11246).

• 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020) ( 38 U.S.C. 4212).

• 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) ( 29 U.S.C. 793).

• 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jun 2020) ( 38 U.S.C. 4212).

• 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act

(Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

• 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021) ( 22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and

E.O. 13627).

• 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (May 2022) (Executive Order

12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial products or commercial services as prescribed in FAR 22.1803.)

• 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) (E.O. 13513).

• 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

• 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

• 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

• 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

• 52.222-55, Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026 (Jan

2022).

• 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2022) (E.O. 13706).

FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability Of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 1996)

FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) CAR 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer’s Authority (Mar 2010) CAR 1352.201-72 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) (Apr 2010) CAR 1352.233-70 Agency Protests (Apr 2010) NAM 1330-52.222-70 NOAA Sexual Assault And Sexual Harassment Prevention And Response Policy (May 2018) NAM 1330-52.237-70 Contractor Communications (No Date) NAM 1330-52.242-70 Submittal of Invoices (Feb 2011) NAM 1330-52.243-70 Requests For Equitable Adjustment (Oct 2017) NAM 1330-52.270-304 NOAA Acquisition And Grants Office Ombudsman (Oct 2016) NOAA/AGO/EAD Reimbursement of Travel Costs (No Date)

(1) Area of Travel. Performance under this contract may require travel by contractor personnel. If travel, domestic or overseas, is required, the contractor is responsible for making all needed arrangements for these personnel. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Medical examinations

• Immunizations

• Passports, visas, etc.

• Security Clearances

(2) Travel Policy. The Government will reimburse the contractor for allowable travel costs incurred by the contractor in performance of the contract and determined to be in accordance with FAR subpart 31.2 Contracts with Commercial Organizations, subject to the following:

Travel required in performance of this task order shall be governed in accordance with rules set forth for temporary duty travel (TDY) in FAR subsection 31.205-46 Travel Costs.

(3) Travel. Travel, subsistence, and associated labor charges for travel time are authorized, whenever performance of the work requires work to be accomplished at a temporary alternate worksite.

Travel performed for personal convenience and daily travel to and from work at contractor’s facility or a designated Government worksite or a designated alternate worksite will not be reimbursed.

(4) Per Diem. Per diem for travel on work assigned under this task order will be reimbursed to employees consistent with company policy, but not to exceed the amount authorized in the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR).

(5) Shipboard Stays. Whenever work assignments require temporary duty aboard ships, the contractor will be reimbursed in accordance with the FTR.

(6) Air/Rail Travel. In rendering the services, the contractor shall be reimbursed for actual cost of transportation incurred by its personnel not to exceed the cost of tourist class rail, or plane fare, to the extent that such transportation is necessary for the performance of the services hereunder and is authorized by the Contracting Officer. To the maximum extent practicable without the impairment of the effectiveness of the mission, transportation shall be tourist class.

In the event that only first class travel is available, it will be allowed, provided justification is fully documented and warranted.

(7) Private Automobiles. The use of privately owned conveyance within the continental United States by the traveler will be reimbursed to the contractor at the mileage rate allowed by the Federal Travel Regulations. Authorization for the use of privately owned conveyance shall be indicated on the document authorizing travel. Distances traveled between points shall be shown in standard highway mileage guides. The traveler shall explain any deviations from distance shown in such standard mileage guides on his expense report.

(8) Car Rental. The contractor shall be entitled to reimbursement for car rental, exclusive of mileage charges, when the services are required to be performed outside the normal commuting distance from the contractor’s facilities or a designated Government or a designated alternate worksite. Car rental for TDY team will be limited to a rate of one car for every four (4) persons on TDY at one site.

(End of clause)