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Solicitation Letter Repair Lameshur Road Virgin Islands National Park, St. Johns’, US Virgin Islands November 23, 2020 140P5521R0001

This letter is to identify a few areas that will help you to submit a successful response to the solicitation to repair Lameshur road at the Virgin Islands National Park, US Virgin Islands.

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 237310 – Highway, Street and Bridge Construction

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

39.5 million dollars.

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/

Offers 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)

· Technical Approach – 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.

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.

Pre-proposal Conference/Site visit:

All interested parties are urged and expected to attend the pre-proposal/site visit on, Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 10:30 am AT. Interested contractors will meet at the Salt Pond Trailhead Parking lot and will be escorted by NPS employee from there. All interested contractors shall RSVP for the site visit NLT 11:00 am ET on Monday, December 7, 2020. RSVPs will be received at lara_wood@nps.gov. If no RSVPs are received by 11:00 am ET on December 7, 2020 a scheduled formal site visit will NOT be conducted.

All Questions on the solicitation should be submitted no later than Friday, December 11, 2020 at 11:00 am, ET; 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 Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Proposals Due: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 11:00 am ET Estimated Contract Award: January 2021 Submit your solicitation by email to: Lara_Wood@nps.gov Reference RFP 140P5521R0001

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