M2036415Q0005_RFQ.doc

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Regional Contracting Office

2010 Henderson Rd

Quantico, Virginia 22134-5001

From:

Nicholas Bailey, Contracting Specialist, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force Subject:

Request for Quote (RFQ) M20364-15-Q-0005 Date:

26 February 2015 This is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This RFQ document and all incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-78, published December 26, 2014.

This acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 611699, size standard of $11,000,000.

Request for Quotation on the following items or services:

The Contractor is responsible for providing a facility in order to provide training for CBIRF personnel. The Contractor provided facility shall not exceed 1,600 miles from Indian Head, MD (ref Google Maps). All training shall be in accordance with FEMA’s Training Program Administration Manual, National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. All participates who complete the course shall be given a certificate of completion or equivalent NLT 10 days after completion. A copy of all certificates shall be forwarded to the supporting Contracts Specialist. The contractor is to ensure that personnel who complete the course are officially recognized by FEMA for responding to an event that requires credentialing.

The period of performance is negotiable, but both training iterations must be completed prior to 30 September 2015. The class size is expected to consist of 15 military members. The number of military members shall not exceed 15 per class designated from CBIRF. The vendor however, is allowed to have other agencies participate in the class on an open enrollment basis. The Contractor shall provide all course materials. The Government shall be responsible for providing its own Personal Protective Equipment.

The closing date and time for quote submission is 27 February 2015 by 12:00PM EST., Offers received after this date and time may be considered non-responsive and will not be given further consideration. Please provide all submissions to Government Point of Contact: Nicholas Bailey at (301) 744-1087 (phone); (301) 744-2018 (fax) or e-mail nicholas.bailey@usmc.mil.

All contractors must comply with the requirement listed above for this request. Failure to comply may result in disqualification. This will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract.

This acquisition will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures in accordance with FAR 15.101-2. Technical tradeoff will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability. Award will be made to the acceptable offeror with the lowest evaluated price, which is deemed responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and whose quote conforms to the solicitation requirements. The solicitation requirements include all stated terms, conditions, representation and certifications, and other information required by this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if determined necessary by the Contracting Officer.

The Government may reject any quote that is evaluated to be unrealistic in terms of requirements, contract terms and conditions, or an unrealistically high or low price when compared to Government estimates, such that the quote is deemed to reflect an inherent lack of competence or failure to comprehend the complexity and risk of the program.

Technical acceptability will be evaluated on all quotes. Only those quotes determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for award. Then, price will be evaluated and the quotes will be listed from lowest to highest price based on the total evaluated price and technical acceptability. Award will be made to the lowest evaluated priced quote meeting the acceptability standards for the non-priced factors.

TECHNICAL EVALUATION STANDARD:

The contractor shall address the following three factors:

1. Factor 1 – Technical Capability – Offeror shall clearly demonstrate its approach to technical ability to meet the requirements of CLIN/Line Items based on meeting the requirements of the Request for Quote, Peformance Work Statement, quantity, quality and timeliness of delivery.

2. Factor 2 – Past Performance – Provide three (3) references supporting the ability to deliver the items on schedule and in quantities requested. Offerors are to provide: Customer; Contract/Task Order Number, Contract type, total contract value, description of work performed, relevancy pertinent to this requirement, names, telephone numbers, and email address for point of contact.

3. Factor 3 – Price – The offeror shall complete CLIN pricing on page one (1) of this solicitation. In addition to the completed CLIN pricing on page one (1), the offeror shall provide sufficient price information to allow the contracting officer to determine the completeness and reasonableness of the offerors prices.

DISCUSSIONS: If during the evaluation period it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government to hold discussions, Offeror responses to clarifications/discussion notices will be considered in making the source selection decision.

AWARD DECISION: The award decisions will be made as follows:

(1) Step One – Determine Technical Acceptability. The technical evaluation, Factor 1, stated above, will assess the offerors capability to satisfy the Government’s requirement. The Government will evaluate all technical capability quotes received by the required date/time. The Technical Capability factor will receive a rating of acceptable and unacceptable. If any factor is rated “unacceptable”, the entire quote is rendered technically unacceptable, and the quote will be removed from the competitive range. Only quotes deemed technically acceptable (either initially or as the result of discussions) will be considered for award. The ratings are defined in the following table.

Table A-1

(2) Step Two – Evaluate Price. The offeror’s Price quote will be evaluated, for award purposes, based upon the total price proposed as annotated under Factor 3 – Price.

(3) Step Three – Award Decision. Award will be made the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror, subject to a positive responsibility determination in accordance with FAR Part 9 and conformance of the offeror’s quote to the terms and conditions of the solicitation.

PAST PERFORMANCE FACTOR RATING SCALES

Past Performance ratings will be assessed based upon the citations provided by the Offeror relative to the criteria cited in Factor 2 and based upon feedback provided by government principals with cognizance over previous performance. The following table illustrates the past performance ratings rationale that will be applied.

Government has no reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Table A-2

DISCLAIMER:

This is a request for the submission of a quote and does not constitute a contract or authorization to begin work. Nor does an offeror’s submission of a quote constitute a contract or authorize the individual or company to being work.

Please Provide the Following:

1. Tax Identification Number: _____________________

2. Company Registered in WAWF-RA (Wide Area Workflow):_______________

If Not, Will Your Company Register? ________________

3. Company Registered In System for Award Management (SAM):_______________

If Yes, What Is Your DUNS# and/or Cage Code: _______________

If No, Will You Register: ________________

4. Company Considered Small or a Large Business under the NAICS Code of 611699: _____________

5. Delivery Time of Requested Items: ____________ Please show earliest delivery date possible.

6. FOB Cost If Applicable:_______________

A. NOTE: Is Freight (Fob) Included In Price? If Not, Please Indicate Price and Where It’s Being Originated From: _______________

Discount Terms: ___________

Company Name and Address: ___________________________________________________________

Company Point of Contact: _____________________________________________________ Company Telephone: __________________ Company Facsimile: ___________________

The following FAR clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition and can be viewed at http://www.acquisition.gov/far:

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance

52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items

(Complete and return with offer unless registered electronically in SAM at http://www.sam.gov/.)

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 (The following numbered items apply: 14, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39, 49) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

52.222-41 Service Contract Act

52.222-42 Statem of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires 52.252-1 Clauses Incorporated by Reference 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.204-7012 Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests

252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions

252.232-7010 Levies on Cotnract Payments 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea 5237.102-90 Enterprise-wide Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (ECMRA) U3 DD 250 Receiving Report Submission Through Wide Area Workflow – Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA)

** Special Invoicing Instructions: Wide Area Work Flow – Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) **

WAWF-RA is the only method authorized by the United States Marine Corps to electronically process payment requests. Compliance with WAWF-RA is mandatory. Include in each offer a statement acknowledging that you are WAWF-RA compliant. In order to get registered with WAWF-RA, visit https://wawf.eb.mil/. In order to WAWF-RA you must designate an Electronic Business Point of Contact (EB-POC) to serve as the group administrator within you company.

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