SF18.rtf

OMB Control No. 1505-0081

REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS

(THIS IS NOT AN ORDER)

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THIS RFQ IS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS PURCHASE SET-ASIDE.

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1. REQUEST NO.

TIRNE-15-Q-00049

2. DATE ISSUED

09/02/2015

3. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO.

D-6-D9-12-DE-L05 000

4. CERT. FOR NAT. DEF. UNDER BDSA REG. 2 AND/OR DMS REG. 1

RATING

5a. ISSUED BY

6. DELIVER BY (Date)

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

NE Area Procurement Branch (A:P:F:NE) 290 Broadway 3rd Floor New York, NY 10007 12157

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

7. DELIVERY

TELEPHONE NUMBER

X

FOB DESTINATION

OTHER (See Schedule)

NAME

ARIANE OSIT

AREA CODE

NUMBER

436 - 1775

9. DESTINATION

a. NAME OF CONSIGNEE

8. TO:All Offerors Internal Revenue Service

a. NAME

b. COMPANY

b. STREET ADDRESS 310 Lowell Street Stop 239

c. STREET ADDRESS

c. CITY Andover

d. CITY

e. STATE

f. ZIP CODE

d. STATE

MA

e. ZIP CODE 01810

10. PLEASE FURNISH QUOTATIONS TO THE ISSUING OFFICE IN BLOCK 5A ON OR BEFORE

09/16/2015, 2:00 PM EST

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)

ITEM NO.

(a)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES

(b)

QUANTITY

(c)

UNIT

(d)

UNIT PRICE

(e)

AMOUNT

(f)

See Attached Schedule(s)

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 are are not attached.

13. NAME AND ADDRESS OF QUOTER

14. SIGNATURE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN QUOTATION

15. DATE OF QUOTATION

a. NAME OF QUOTER

b. STREET ADDRESS

16. SIGNER

a. NAME (Type or Print)

b. TELEPHONE

c. COUNTY

AREA CODE

d. CITY

e. STATE

f. ZIP CODE

c. TITLE (Type or Print)

NUMBER

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

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Standard Form 18 (Rev. 6-95) Prescribed by GSA – FAR (48 CFR) 53.125-1 (a)

TIRNE-15-Q-00049

Page B - Section B

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

Line Item No.

Description of Supplies/Services Qty U/I Unit Price Total

Trash Removal and Disposal Services

Scope of Work is attached

Base Year Period of Performance: 10/01/2015 -09/30/2016

A site visit will be conducted Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 10:00 am EST at 310 Lowell Street, Andover, MA 01810. Please be on time. An email must be sent by Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 10:00 am EST to Ariane.Osit@irs.gov with the names of the individuals attending the site visit. Please include the representative's full name and phone number. A government issued photo ID is required to enter the facility the day of the site visit. *Attendance to the site visit is highly recommended.

All questions must be submitted via email by Friday, September 11, 2015, 11:00 am EST to the Contracting Officer, Ariane Osit, at Ariane.Osit@irs.gov

Submission of quotes including completion of the certifications in clauses AB 1052.209-72 and DTAR 1052.209-71 are due Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 2:00 pm EST, no exceptions.

Provide 1 (one) thirty five (35) yard compactor with container and entry enclosure

Approximate measurements 23 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 8 feet high (including wheels.)

12.00

MO

Period of Performance:

Start 10/01/2015 - End 09/30/2016

Delivery To:

Andover, MA 01810

FOB:

Destination

Emptying of trash compactor

*Contractor is required to have a 24 hour turn-around time from the time the pick-up call is placed

Disposal and certified trash destruction

Cafeteria Waste Disposal

A six (6) cubic yard dumpster with access doors on the top and side

*Monthly cost should be calculated as one pick-up per week

Additional Services / Emergency Services as needed

Additional dumpsters, additional pickups and other trash related services, in addition to regular services.

*Immediate response time needed for emergency calls 1.00

AJ

Option Year 1

Option Year One Period of Performance: 10/01/2016 -09/30/2017

Approximate measurements 23 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 8 feet high (including wheels.)

Start 10/01/2016 - End 09/30/2017

*Contractor is required to have a 24 hour turn-around time from the time the pick-up call is placed

*Monthly cost should be calculated as one pick-up per week

Additional dumpsters, additional pickups and other trash related services, in addition to regular services.

*Immediate response time needed for emergency calls

Option Year 2

Option Year Two Period of Performance: 10/01/2017 -09/30/2018

Provide 1 (one) thirty five (35) yard compactor with container and entry enclosure, Approximately 23 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 8 feet high (including wheels.)

Start 10/01/2017 - End 09/30/2018

*Contractor is required to have a 24 hour turn-around time from the time the pick-up call is placed

*Monthly cost should be calculated as one pick-up per week

Additional dumpsters, additional pickups and other trash related services, in addition to regular services.

*Immediate response time needed for emergency calls

Option Year 3

Option Year Three Period of Performance: 10/01/2018 -09/30/2019

Approximate measurements 23 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 8 feet high (including wheels.)

Start 10/01/2018 - End 09/30/2019

*Contractor is required to have a 24 hour turn-around time from the time the pick-up call is placed

*Monthly cost should be calculated as one pick-up per week

Additional dumpsters, additional pickups and other trash related services, in addition to regular services.

*Immediate response time needed for emergency calls

Option Year 4

Option Year Four Period of Performance: 10/01/2019 -09/30/2020

Approximate measurements 23 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 8 feet high (including wheels.)

Start 10/01/2019 - End 09/30/2020

*Contractor is required to have a 24 hour turn-around time from the time the pick-up call is placed

*Monthly cost should be calculated as one pick-up per week

Additional dumpsters, additional pickups and other trash related services, in addition to regular services.

*Immediate response time needed for emergency calls

TIRNE-15-Q-00049

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Trash Removal and Disposal Services for IRS 310 Lowell Street, Andover, MA

TRASH COMPACTOR

SERVICES

1.1 The contractor will provide a 35 yard compactor for trash removal and disposal of all debris to be burned from the IRS Building (RMA0137) located at 310 Lowell Street, Andover MA. The government will supply only the electricity to the unit.

*Contractor is required to have a 24 hour turn- around time from the time the pick-up call is placed.

1.2 The vendor will retain ownership of the supplied equipment and is solely responsible for all maintenance and repairs. On termination of the contract, the vendor will remove their equipment. All maintenance, repair, replacement and clean up pertaining to the equipment including any spilling of hydraulic fluids will be the contractor’s sole responsibility.

Haul And Dispose

2.0 All trash shall be removed by the contractor. The area around the container shall be kept free of debris and or trash so as to not attract vermin or other animals. The container should have little to no odor to the maximum extent possible.

Contractor shall NOT mix debris hauled from the IRS facility with any other entities. In the event of a dumpster fire, the contractor will be expected to respond, remove and replace the existing dumpster immediately.

3.0

Equipment

The contractor shall provide (1) 35 yard compactor with container and entry enclosure, complete and operational to the IRS facility in Andover, MA. The compactor must have doors to isolate the compacting area from the loading dock area. The doors must have a devise that renders the compactor inoperable when the doors are not in the closed position. All trucks and other equipment must be equipped with back up alarms. Any truck/equipment used to haul debris must be capable of rapidly dumping its load without the assistance of other equipment. All trucks and other equipment must be in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local rules and regulations. The compactor must be sealed with little to no gaps to prevent debris from seeping out of the container and spreading over Federal properties and roadways. The compactor should also be kept free from snow and other debris to the maximum extent possible. Maintenance of the compactors will be the sole responsibility of the contractor.

3.1

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

Upon award contractor shall provide enclosure system for trash compactor, compactor, dumpster and all necessary equipment. The purpose of the enclosure is to allow the dumping/tipping of trash without being exposed to the atmosphere and weather as well as to keep the access up to the tipping doors essentially free from the hazards of the weather. The current enclosure measurements are to be verified by contractors during the site visit.

Certified Destruction - Vendor is required to supply, within thirty (30) days from a pick-up, a certified document stating that the thirty-five (35) yard container was taken to a facility that will burn all contents and that the contents were not used unburned in a landfill or other storage area. This certification will be required for each load removed from the site. IRS will keep a log of each removal and disposal of debris from the Andover, MA Service Center, 310 Lowell Street, Andover, MA.

Certified Weight Slip - Vendor is also to supply a certified weight slip within thirty (30) days for contents of each container removed from the site for disposal for the thirty-five (35) ton compactor. IRS Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will keep records of destruction sheets.

There will be no additional charge for the certificates referenced above.

The unit priced costs for this work is to be billed monthly per instructions in the contract award. The amount of debris removed will depend upon the size of the compactor and amount of pickups.

All equipment, supplies and resources to complete this job and maintain it until the end of this contract will be supplied by contractor or their vendors.

Upon termination of the contract, the contractor shall remove all of the installed fixtures associated with the operation of the compactor leaving the site in the condition received at inception.

CAFETERIA SERVICE

Provide one (6) six cubic yard dumpster, opening from the top as well as having a right hand sliding door for cafeteria access, at Andover Campus RMA #0137, Cafeteria Waste pickup. Cost should be all inclusive and charged on a monthly basis. The desired pickup schedule is every Thursday, 52 weeks. Additional pickups necessary will be on an “on-call” basis. Additional pick-ups may be needed during the busy season; these pick-ups will be determined by the COR. If there is a scheduled holiday or closure that occurs on Thursday, then the pick-up day will become the day before (Wednesday) or the day after (Friday) after the holiday at the contractor’s discretion. The area around the container shall be kept free of trash and debris. The container should have little to no odor to the maximum extent possible to avoid attracting vermin or other animals.

Section I

I.1 DTAR 1052.209-71 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING A UNPAID FEDERAL TAX LIABILITY OR CONVICTION OF A FELONY CRIMINAL VIOLATION UNDER FEDERAL LAW (DEVIATION 2015-00002) (JAN 2015)

(a) In accordance with Sections 744 and 745 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that-

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that-

(1) It is [ ] Is not [ ]a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability.

(2) It is [ ] Is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(End of provision)

I.2 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://www.arnet.gov/far/

Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) Clauses Incorporated by Reference

NUMBER

TITLE

DATE

52.204-7 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Jul 2013)

52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters. (Apr 2010)

(DEC 2001)

AB 1052.203-99

Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements. (Mar 2015)(DEVIATION 2015-00003)

52.217-8

OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

(NO 1999)

52.217-9

OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)

(MAR 2000)

52.223-19 52.223-19 Compliance with Environmental Management Systems (May 2011)

52.223-10 WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAM (May 2011)

(AUG 2000)

52.237-3

CONTINUITY OF SERVICES (JAN 1991)

(JAN 1991)

52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations-Representation. (Dec 2014)

52.232-18

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984)

(APR 1984)

52.232-19

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR (APR 1984)

(APR 1984)

52.237-1

SITE VISIT (APR 1984)

(APR 1984)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (May 2015) (Feb 2002) 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations. (Dec 2014)

52.222-41 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014)

(MAY 1989)

1052.232-7003 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements for the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (Aug 2012)

DT52.222-99

ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM WAGE FOR CONTRACTORS (DEVIATION 2014-00003) (JUN 2014)

52.236-12

CLEANING UP (APR 1984)

(APR 1984)

52.223-18 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving. (Aug 2011)

52.232-40 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. (Dec 2013)

I.3 AB 1052.209-72 REPRESENTATION BY ENTITIES REGARDING INCORPORATION OR CHARTER IN BERMUDA OR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS? FISCAL YEAR 2015 APPROPRIATIONS, DIVISION E AGENCIES (DEVIATION 2015-00004) (APR 2015)

(a) In accordance with Section 627 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations, Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) none of the funds made available by Division E of Public Law 113-235 may be used to enter into any contract with an incorporated entity if such entity`s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such entity`s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such entity was previously incorporated in the United States.

(b) The Offeror represents that it is [ ] is not [ ] an entity incorporated or chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and was [ ] or was not [ ] previously incorporated in the United States.

(End of provision)

WD 05-2257 (Rev.-20) was first posted on www.wdol.gov on 07/14/2015

REGISTER OF WAGE DETERMINATIONS UNDER | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT | EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

By direction of the Secretary of Labor | WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

| WASHINGTON D.C. 20210

| Wage Determination No.: 2005-2257 Daniel W. Simms Division of | Revision No.: 20 Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Revision: 07/08/2015 Note: Executive Order (EO) 13658 establishes an hourly minimum wage of $10.10 for 2015 that applies to all contracts subject to the Service Contract Act for which the solicitation is issued on or after January 1, 2015. If this contract is covered by the EO, the contractor must pay all workers in any classification listed on this wage determination at least $10.10 (or the applicable wage rate listed on this wage determination, if it is higher) for all hours spent performing on the contract. The EO minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually. Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under the EO is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

Applicable in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as listed below:

Massachusetts:

ESSEX COUNTY: Excluding these cities and towns: Lynn, Lynnfield, Nahant, and Saugus

New Hampshire:

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: Including these cities and towns: Atkinson, Brentwood, Danville, Derry, East Kingston, Hampstead, Kingston, Newton, Plaistow, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, and Windham

See WD 2005-2339 for other cities and towns that are excluded.

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE FOOTNOTE RATE

01000 - Administrative Support And Clerical Occupations

05000 - Automotive Service Occupations

07000 - Food Preparation And Service Occupations

09000 - Furniture Maintenance And Repair Occupations

11000 - General Services And Support Occupations

12000 - Health Occupations

13000 - Information And Arts Occupations

Administrator

14000 - Information Technology Occupations

14072 - Computer Programmer II (see 1) 14073 - Computer Programmer III (see 1) 14074 - Computer Programmer IV (see 1) 14101 - Computer Systems Analyst I (see 1) 14102 - Computer Systems Analyst II (see 1) 14103 - Computer Systems Analyst III (see 1)

15000 - Instructional Occupations

16000 - Laundry, Dry-Cleaning, Pressing And Related Occupations

19000 - Machine Tool Operation And Repair Occupations

21000 - Materials Handling And Packing Occupations

23000 - Mechanics And Maintenance And Repair Occupations

Mechanic 23411 - Heating, Ventilation And Air Contditioning 26.02 Mechanic (Research Facility)

24000 - Personal Needs Occupations

Coordinator 24630 - Homemaker 19.55 25000 - Plant And System Operations Occupations

27000 - Protective Service Occupations

28000 - Recreation Occupations

29000 - Stevedoring/Longshoremen Occupational Services

30000 - Technical Occupations

30620 - Weather Observer, Combined Upper Air Or (see 2) 26.27 Surface Programs 30621 - Weather Observer, Senior (see 2) 29.20 31000 - Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations

99000 - Miscellaneous Occupations

99842 - Vending Machine Repairer Helper 15.79

ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

HEALTH & WELFARE: $4.27 per hour or $170.80 per week or $740.13 per month

VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3 weeks after 5 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)

HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4174)

THE OCCUPATIONS WHICH HAVE NUMBERED FOOTNOTES IN PARENTHESES RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING:

1) COMPUTER EMPLOYEES: Under the SCA at section 8(b), this wage determination does not apply to any employee who individually qualifies as a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employee as defined in 29 C.F.R. Part 541. Because most Computer System Analysts and Computer Programmers who are compensated at a rate not less than $27.63 (or on a salary or fee basis at a rate not less than $455 per week) an hour would likely qualify as exempt computer professionals, (29 C.F.R. 541.

400) wage rates may not be listed on this wage determination for all occupations within those job families. In addition, because this wage determination may not list a wage rate for some or all occupations within those job families if the survey data indicates that the prevailing wage rate for the occupation equals or exceeds $27.63 per hour conformances may be necessary for certain nonexempt employees. For example, if an individual employee is nonexempt but nevertheless performs duties within the scope of one of the Computer Systems Analyst or Computer Programmer occupations for which this wage determination does not specify an SCA wage rate, then the wage rate for that employee must be conformed in accordance with the conformance procedures described in the conformance note included on this wage determination.

Additionally, because job titles vary widely and change quickly in the computer industry, job titles are not determinative of the application of the computer professional exemption. Therefore, the exemption applies only to computer employees who satisfy the compensation requirements and whose primary duty consists of:

(1) The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;

(2) The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;

(3) The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or

(4) A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills. (29 C.F.R. 541.400).

2) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND WEATHER OBSERVERS - NIGHT PAY & SUNDAY PAY: If you work at night as part of a regular tour of duty, you will earn a night differential and receive an additional 10% of basic pay for any hours worked between 6pm and 6am.

If you are a full-time employed (40 hours a week) and Sunday is part of your regularly scheduled workweek, you are paid at your rate of basic pay plus a Sunday premium of 25% of your basic rate for each hour of Sunday work which is not overtime (i.e. occasional work on Sunday outside the normal tour of duty is considered overtime work).

HAZARDOUS PAY DIFFERENTIAL: An 8 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a high degree of hazard when working with or in close proximity to ordinance, explosives, and incendiary materials. This includes work such as screening, blending, dying, mixing, and pressing of sensitive ordance, explosives, and pyrotechnic compositions such as lead azide, black powder and photoflash powder. All dry-house activities involving propellants or explosives.

Demilitarization, modification, renovation, demolition, and maintenance operations on sensitive ordnance, explosives and incendiary materials. All operations involving regrading and cleaning of artillery ranges.

A 4 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a low degree of hazard when working with, or in close proximity to ordance, (or employees possibly adjacent to) explosives and incendiary materials which involves potential injury such as laceration of hands, face, or arms of the employee engaged in the operation, irritation of the skin, minor burns and the like; minimal damage to immediate or adjacent work area or equipment being used.

All operations involving, unloading, storage, and hauling of ordance, explosive, and incendiary ordnance material other than small arms ammunition. These differentials are only applicable to work that has been specifically designated by the agency for ordance, explosives, and incendiary material differential pay.

** UNIFORM ALLOWANCE **

If employees are required to wear uniforms in the performance of this contract (either by the terms of the Government contract, by the employer, by the state or local law, etc.), the cost of furnishing such uniforms and maintaining (by laundering or dry cleaning) such uniforms is an expense that may not be borne by an employee where such cost reduces the hourly rate below that required by the wage determination. The Department of Labor will accept payment in accordance with the following standards as compliance:

The contractor or subcontractor is required to furnish all employees with an adequate number of uniforms without cost or to reimburse employees for the actual cost of the uniforms. In addition, where uniform cleaning and maintenance is made the responsibility of the employee, all contractors and subcontractors subject to this wage determination shall (in the absence of a bona fide collective bargaining agreement providing for a different amount, or the furnishing of contrary affirmative proof as to the actual cost), reimburse all employees for such cleaning and maintenance at a rate of $3.35 per week (or $.67 cents per day). However, in those instances where the uniforms furnished are made of "wash and wear" materials, may be routinely washed and dried with other personal garments, and do not require any special treatment such as dry cleaning, daily washing, or commercial laundering in order to meet the cleanliness or appearance standards set by the terms of the Government contract, by the contractor, by law, or by the nature of the work, there is no requirement that employees be reimbursed for uniform maintenance costs.

The duties of employees under job titles listed are those described in the "Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations", Fifth Edition, April 2006, unless otherwise indicated. Copies of the Directory are available on the Internet. A links to the Directory may be found on the WHD home page at http://www.dol.

gov/esa/whd/ or through the Wage Determinations On-Line (WDOL) Web site at http://wdol.gov/.

REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND WAGE RATE {Standard Form

1444 (SF 1444)}

Conformance Process:

The contracting officer shall require that any class of service employee which is not listed herein and which is to be employed under the contract (i.e., the work to be performed is not performed by any classification listed in the wage determination), be classified by the contractor so as to provide a reasonable relationship (i.e., appropriate level of skill comparison) between such unlisted classifications and the classifications listed in the wage determination. Such conformed classes of employees shall be paid the monetary wages and furnished the fringe benefits as are determined. Such conforming process shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by such unlisted class(es) of employees. The conformed classification, wage rate, and/or fringe benefits shall be retroactive to the commencement date of the contract. {See Section 4.6 (C)(vi)} When multiple wage determinations are included in a contract, a separate SF 1444 should be prepared for each wage determination to which a class(es) is to be conformed.

The process for preparing a conformance request is as follows:

1) When preparing the bid, the contractor identifies the need for a conformed occupation(s) and computes a proposed rate(s).

2) After contract award, the contractor prepares a written report listing in order proposed classification title(s), a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed classification(s), job description(s), and rationale for proposed wage rate(s), including information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the authorized representative of the employees involved, or where there is no authorized representative, the employees themselves. This report should be submitted to the contracting officer no later than 30 days after such unlisted class(es) of employees performs any contract work.

3) The contracting officer reviews the proposed action and promptly submits a report of the action, together with the agency's recommendations and pertinent information including the position of the contractor and the employees, to the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, for review. (See section 4.6(b)(2) of Regulations 29 CFR Part 4).

4) Within 30 days of receipt, the Wage and Hour Division approves, modifies, or disapproves the action via transmittal to the agency contracting officer, or notifies the contracting officer that additional time will be required to process the request.

5) The contracting officer transmits the Wage and Hour decision to the contractor.

6) The contractor informs the affected employees.

Information required by the Regulations must be submitted on SF 1444 or bond paper.

When preparing a conformance request, the "Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations" (the Directory) should be used to compare job definitions to insure that duties requested are not performed by a classification already listed in the wage determination. Remember, it is not the job title, but the required tasks that determine whether a class is included in an established wage determination.

Conformances may not be used to artificially split, combine, or subdivide classifications listed in the wage determination.

Section M

Evaluation Criteria / Method of Award:

The Government will award a Firm Fixed Price contract to include 4 Option Years for trash removal / disposal services resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror. Offerors will either be technically acceptable or technically unacceptable. The following factors shall be used to determine technically acceptable offers. All aspects must be met to be considered technically acceptable.

Criteria 1: Past Performance / Experience The IRS will evaluate information that describes the offeror’s past performance record of successful trash removal / disposal services for private industry and/or state/federal sector. Please include the size of the agency for which trash removal / disposal services were provided and the scope of responsibility. References should be provided for at minimum two trash removal / disposal contracts within the past five years to include names, telephone numbers and email addresses of the points of contact.

Criteria 2: Capability Adherence to all the requirements and specifications in the Solicitation Package