Notice_to_Prospective_Offerors.pdf

Project: Recreation Improvements

Location: Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve

Solicitation Number: 140P5522R0005

The information below is provided to identify a few areas that will help you to submit a successful response to the solicitation to improve existing trails; including soil erosion & sediment control, trail surfacing, and boardwalk construction at the Barataria Preserve, Marrero, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish

All vendors interested in participating in this solicitation must have the following North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code registered in System for Award Management (SAM):

• The NAICS code for this acquisition is 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering

Construction

• Your average annual Gross Revenue cannot exceed the small business size standard of

39.5 million dollars.

• Please note that this solicitation is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Offers are not solicited from firms debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment. Ineligible firms shall consider this an informational copy only.

If you require assistance with SAM, please contact your local Small Business Administration Office or your nearest

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), open this website and click on the map. http://www.aptac-us.org/new/

THE MAGNITUDE of this PROJECT is expected to be between $500,000 and $1,000,000

Offerors are instructed to submit the following information with their proposals:

The following is established as the specific information and format required for any proposal submitted.

1. Incomplete proposals are not acceptable and will render the Offeror non-responsive. Offeror shall submit only one complete proposal package.

2. To aid in the evaluation process, proposals shall be complete, comprehensive, and clearly presented.

Proposals shall be neat and assembled in an orderly manner. Elaborate artwork, expensive paper/binding, and expensive visual and other presentation aids are neither necessary nor desired. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the (RFP) number.

3. Proposals shall include Please refer to Section L – Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offers.

Below are a few things to help with your proposal submission:

• Executed Request for Proposal Documents (Signed SF 1442)

• Acknowledgment of All amendments

• Completed price schedule

• Technical Approach – A technical description of the items/services being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. IF a technical approach is not provided the offer will be considered not technically acceptable.

• Past Performance – Shall include relevant past performance within the past 5 years (Anything older than 5 years will NOT be reviewed)

• Bid Guarantee

4. Period of acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 days past the solicitation close-out date.

5. Site Superintendent for the project MUST be an employee of the prime contractor. No exceptions will be made.

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Pre-proposal Conference/Site visit:

All interested parties are urged and expected to attend the pre-proposal/site visit on, Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 10:00 am CDT. Interested contractors will meet at the Barataria Preserve Visitor Center and will be escorted by NPS employee from there. All interested contractors shall RSVP for the site visit NLT 10:00 am EDT on Thursday, July 28, 2022. RSVPs will be received at lara_wood@nps.gov. If no RSVPs are received by 10:00 am ET on July 28, 2022, at 10:00 am EDT a scheduled formal site visit will NOT be conducted.

All Questions on the solicitation should be submitted no later than Monday, August 8, 2022, at 10:00 am, EDT; we cannot assure any answers to questions submitted after this deadline. Questions should be submitted by email to lara_wood@nps.gov and must reference the solicitation number in the subject line of your email. Phone Calls will NOT be accepted.

Answers to questions will be posted on beta.SAM.gov https://beta.sam.gov/ on or near Thursday, August 11, 2022.

Proposals Due: Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 10:00 am EDT

Estimated Contract Award: September 2022

Submit your solicitation by email to:

Lara_Wood@nps.gov

Reference RFP 140P5522R0005

You are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals; to reach the

Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

Federal Acquisitions Regulations can be found at:

http://farsite.hill.afmil/vffara.htm, or http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

We appreciate your interest in participating in this procurement mailto:lara_wood@nps.gov https://beta.sam.gov/ mailto:Lara_Wood@nps.gov http://farsite.hill.afmil/vffara.htm http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html