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140P8521Q0025

1. REQUEST NO.

5a. ISSUED BY

NAME

a. NAME

c. STREET ADDRESS

d. CITY

10. PLEASE FURNISH QUOTATIONS TO

THE ISSUING OFFICE IN BLOCK 5a ON

OR BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS (Date)

2. DATE ISSUED 3. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO. 4. CERT. FOR NAT. DEF.

UNDER BDSA REG. 2

AND/OR DMS REG.1

RATING

6. DELIVERY BY (Date)

7. DELIVERY

9. DESTINATION

a. NAME OF CONSIGNEE

b. STREET ADDRESS

PAGE OF PAGES

5b. FOR INFORMATION CALL: (No collect calls)

TELEPHONE NUMBER

AREA CODE NUMBER

8. TO:

b. COMPANY

e. STATE f. ZIP CODE

c. CITY

d. STATE e. ZIP CODE

IMPORTANT: This is a request for information, and quotations furnished are not offers. If you are unable to quote, please so indicate on this form and return it to the address in Block 5a. This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or services. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotations must be completed by the quoter.

11. SCHEDULE (Include applicable Federal, State and local taxes)

THIS RFQ

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

(THIS IS NOT AN ORDER)

IS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDEX

06/25/2021 0040536851

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333 Bush Street Suite 500 San Francisco CA 94104

NPS, PWR - SF/SEA MABO

08/19/2021

NPS, Yosemite NP

PO Box 700-W 5083 Foresta Road

El Portal

CA 95318

928 612-0074Lisa Henson

07/08/2021 1700 PD

FOB DESTINATION

OTHER

(See Schedule)X

ITEM NO.

(a)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES

(b)

QUANTITY

(c)

UNIT

(d)

UNIT PRICE

(e)

AMOUNT

(f)

Note: 100% set-aside for small business under the Total Small Business Procurement Program, in accordance with FAR 19.502-2.

Description: This is a Request for Quotation to procure 144 tons of brand name Park Tread or equivalent trail tread material. Reference attached specifications for full requirement.

Award will be based on lowest price, technically acceptable and will be issued as firm fixed price. Quotes for equivalent material must provide adequate information to determine technical product acceptability.

Quotes will be accepted by email only to Continued ...

12. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

a. 10 CALENDAR DAYS (%) b. 20 CALENDAR DAYS (%) c. 30 CALENDAR DAYS (%) d. CALENDAR DAYS

NUMBER PERCENTAGE

NOTE: Additional provisions and representations

13. NAME AND ADDRESS OF QUOTER

b. STREET ADDRESS

c. COUNTY

d. CITY e. STATE f. ZIP CODE

14. SIGNATURE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO

SIGN QUOTATION

16. SIGNER

a. NAME (Type or print)

c. TITLE (Type or print)

a. NAME OF QUOTER

AREA CODE

NUMBER

15. DATE OF QUOTATION

b. TELEPHONE are are not attached

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

Previous edition not usable

STANDARD FORM 18 (REV. 6-95)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.215-1(a)

ITEM NO. SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

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CONTINUATION SHEET

REFERENCE NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED PAGE OF

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)

140P8521Q0025 lisa_henson@nps.gov no later than 07/08/2021 at

5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

VENDOR DUNS NO.:________________________________

VENDOR POINT OF CONTACT:________________________

DELIVERY ARO:___________________________________

The NAICS code for this request for quotation is

325998. Contractors must be currently listed in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) as a small business under this NAICS code to be considered for award.

00010 Supply and deliver 144 tons of Park Tread trail material or equivalent in accordance with the attached specifications.

Product/Service Code: 5680

Product/Service Description: MISCELLANEOUS

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Delivery: 08/19/2021

Period of Performance: 07/19/2021 to 08/19/2021

NSN 7540-01-152-8067 OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)

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This solicitation is a 100% total small business set-aside in accordance with FAR 19.502-2. The NAICS code is 325998 with an associated small business size standard of 500 employees.

The government intends to award a single firm fixed price purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror (pursuant to FAR subpart 9.1) whose offer will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. See attached clause 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items and specifications for complete requirements and evaluation criteria.

Offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for a Federal award. See attached clause 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items for further information.

Specifications Supply and Delivery of Non-asphalt Park Tread® or Equal Trail Tread Material

Yosemite National Park

Part 1 - General

1.1 Description

A. The work consists of provision and delivery of 144 tons of non-asphalt, brand name Park Tread® or equivalent material to storage site in Yosemite National Park.

B. Material must meet material specifications supplied in this summary.

C. Material will be billed by the ton, per certified weight slips.

D. Work will be performed under single purchase order.

1.2 Location of Delivery

A. Bridalveil Creek Campground, Glacier Point Road, Yosemite National Park.

B. Due to project needs, preferred delivery is 30 days ARO.

C. Note-Travel restrictions on Route 140. All vehicles are restricted to 45 feet total length on route 140 into the Park. Updated road conditions are available at the California Department of Transportation website. Permits for longer vehicles have been approved on case by case basis by Cal-Trans.

1.3 Submittals

A. Copy of certified weight tickets shall accompany each load as well as delivery location clearly marked on every weight ticket.

B. All invoices submitted for payment shall include location of delivery, date, tonnage and copy of certified weight ticket.

1.4 Quality Assurance

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A. The material certification shall be from a California Sate Certified Laboratory.

B. All equipment shall be cleaned prior to entering the Park and will be subjected to random inspections by park personnel. If vehicles are not clean and weed free, they will be subject to immediate removal from the Park, along with the material they are hauling at no additional expense to the Government.

Part 2 - Products

1.5 Material Aggregate Specifications

A. Clean, hard, durable fragments or particles of quarried shale/cert processed specifically to meet durability standards required for trails, roads, and parking lots. The aggregate shall be free of organic material, vegetable matter and deleterious substances, and shall be of such nature that it can be compacted readily to form a firm base. All materials shall be weed free with a certified sample of proof, if the aggregate is found to contain weeds; it shall immediately be replaced with weed free material at no additional expense to the Government.

B. R-value minimum of 70 determined by ASTM D 2488 Methodology (R-value is a measure of wear resistance)

C. Sand equivalent – an engineering measurement of the portion of sand to silt, will stay at a range of 30-55. As determined by ASTM 2419 methodology.

D. Material shall meet following screen analysis requirements by weight:

Sieve Size Percent Passing Percent Passing

1” (25mm) 100%

¾” (19mm) 90-96%

½” (12.5mm) 80-84%

3/8” (9.5mm) 70-75%

No. 4 (4.75mm) 40-45%

No. 8 (2.36mm) 22-28%

No. 200 (.075mm) 7-15% cohesive

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Part 3 - Blending

1.6 Mix and Cure Specifications

A. Waterless Natural Pavement (WNP) blending shall be under the direction of a WNP

Manufacturer experience in the production of WNP products.

B. Material shall be prepared with mixing that is dedicated to WNP production and equipped with metering controls for accurate proportioning of WNP ingredients.

C. Water shall bead or form droplets on material surface and shed off.

D. Material shall set up only by compaction and can be stockpiled up to 1 month prior to installation.

E. Material shall be tan/beige in color and sample shall be offered prior for approval.

Part 4 - Measurement and Payment

1.7 Weight and Payment

A. Payment for this material will be by the ton, to the nearest tenth of a ton, verified by certified weight tickets on this schedule item. Payment will be made at the purchase order unit price.

B. Total ordered amount is for 144 tons.

Offerors must review and comply with the FAR provisions or clauses that apply to this Request for Quotation (RFQ). The following provisions and clauses are added in whole or by reference to this RFQ.

Full text can be accessed on the internet at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.

Clauses incorporated by reference:

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Oct 2018) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013)

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –

Commercial Items (JAN 2021) applies to this acquisition including:

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jun 2020) 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Jun 2020) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020) 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Nov 2020) 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule (Mar 2020) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)).

52.222-3 Convict Labor (Jun 2003) 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2020) (E.O. 13126).

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

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

52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

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52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Oct 2020) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) 52.225-1 Buy American-Supplies (Jan 2021) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

(End of Clause)

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: Contractor’s invoice with description of goods or services billing for, to include date and/or period of performance, and invoice number.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in CCR) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(End of clause)

Provisions incorporated by reference:

52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020) 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jun 2020)

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Oct 2020)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation at paragraph (d)(1) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument" in paragraph (c)(1) in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. The Offeror shall not

RFQ 140P8521Q0025 – Park Tread or Trail Tread for Yosemite National Park Page 7 of 9 complete the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services" in paragraph (c)(2) of the provision at 52.204-26, or in paragraph (v)(2)(ii) of the provision at 52.212-3.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

Backhaul, covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, interconnection arrangements, reasonable inquiry, roaming, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. (1) Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(2) Section 889(a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2020, from entering into a contract or extending or renewing a contract with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. This prohibition applies to the use of covered telecommunications equipment or services, regardless of whether that use is in performance of work under a Federal contract. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services".

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that—

(1) It __ will, __ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(1) of this section if the Offeror responds "will" in paragraph (d)(1) of this section; and

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry, for purposes of this representation, the Offeror represents that—

It __ does, __ does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. The Offeror

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(e) Disclosures. (1) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "will" in the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment—

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand;

model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the Product Service Code (PSC) of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(2) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "does" in the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment—

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand;

model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

or

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(B) If not associated with maintenance, the PSC of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.

(End of provision)

52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror 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: lowest price, technically acceptable.

(End of provision)