A02_-_Combination_Synopsis-Solicitation_for_Commercial_Purchases_forestry_amendment_01.docx

COMBO SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

1. Class Code: F0

2. NAICS Code: 115310

3. Subject: Forest management support on Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) and Blossom Point Research Facility (BPRF) through the implementation of the 2017 Forest Management Plan for BPRF and the 2017 Invasive Species Management Plan for ALC

4. Solicitation Number: W911QX18Q0038; Amendment 01

5. Set-Aside Code: Total Small Business Set-Aside

6. Response Date: 09-20-2018

7. Place of Delivery/Performance:

U.S. Army Research Laboratory Army Research Laboratory (ARL) 2800 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, MD 20783

8.

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The solicitation number is W911QX18Q0038. This acquisition is issued as an Request for Quotation (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-99-1

(iv) This acquisition is set-aside for small business. The associated NAICS code is 115310. The small business size standard is $7.5M.

(v) The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable):

CLIN 0001 ALC Invasive Species Management Plan Implementation CLIN 0002 (Option) BPRF Forest Management and Invasive Species Plan Implementation Compartment, IV, Stand 1 CLIN 0003 (Option) BPRF Forest Management and Invasive Species Plan Implementation Compartment,V,Stand 1 CLIN 0004 (Option) BPRF Forest Management and Invasive Species Plan Implementation Compartment, VI, Stand 1 CLIN 0005 (Option) BPRF Forest Management and Invasive Species Plan Implementation Compartment VI Stand 2 CLIN 0006 (Option) BPRF Forest Management and Invasive Species Plan Implementation Compartment I Stand 3 CLIN 0007 (Option) BPRF Forest Management and Invasive Species Plan Implementation Compartment VII Stand 2 CLIN 0008 Annual – Contractor Manpower Reporting CLIN 0009 Data – DD1423s

(vi) Description of requirements:

See Attached Performance Workstatement titled, “A01 – PWS Forest Mgmt” and SCA Wage Determination.

(vii) Performance begins upon contract award. Performance shall be made to Army Research Laboratory (ARL); 2800 Powder Mill Rd, Adelphi, MD 20783.

(viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this provision:

52.214-34 SUBMISSION OF OFFERS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

52.214-35 SUBMISSION OF OFFERS IN U.S. CURRENCY

(ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. The specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of that provision are as follows:

Evaluation Criteria - Service (Tradeoff)

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical, Past Performance and Price.

The Technical element of the evaluation will first be a determination as to whether the proposed product meets the performance characteristics and/or objectives in the solicitation. Those offers that meet or exceed the stated performance characteristics and/or objectives will then be evaluated in terms of technical aspects above the minimum requirements that would be most beneficial to the Government. In particular, the Government is willing to trade-off on price for offerors that exceed the following performance work characteristics/objectives and/or period of performance:

Demonstrable ability to remove trees with minor impacts to surrounding vegetation and soil such as through the use of less intrusive equipment.

Demonstrable ability to apply herbicides with accurate spot treatments to cut stumps of trees rather than broadcast spraying. The DoD's goal is to reduce the amount of pounds of active ingredient (PAI) of herbicides applied to its lands each year.

Demonstrable ability to accurately interpret the Government provided wetland location maps and keep heavy equipment out of the 100-foot tidal and 25-foot nontidal wetland buffers as directed in the PWS.

The Technical element of the evaluation shall be based solely on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, which is not identified in the proposal. To ensure sufficient information is available, vendors must furnish as part of their proposal all descriptive material (such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, processes or other information) necessary for the Government to determine whether the proposed effort meets or exceeds the performance characteristics and/or objectives of the requirement.

Past performance will be evaluated based on information provided by the offeror as to actual sales of the proposed effort to industry or Government agencies. Past performance will consider the ability of the offeror to meet characteristics/objectives, delivery schedules (with warranty fulfillment and maintenance reputation included as applicable). Offerors shall include ___3_____ records of sales/services over $100K from the previous ___48___ months. Offerors shall identify a point of contact for each sale by providing a name and telephone number.

Price will be evaluated based on the total proposed price, including options, (if any).

Technical and past performance are of equal importance and when combined are significantly more important than price but may also award to the lowest price offeror if the technical differences between offers do not justify payment of the higher price. The Government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest price and to award without discussions.

(x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer.

(xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this clause NONE.

(xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items and the selected clauses listed in DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR/DFARS clauses cited in this clause are applicable:

Provisions:

52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (JUL 2015)

52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative (DEC 1991) 252.203-7005 REPRESENTATION RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (NOV 2011) 252.203-7994 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS--REPRESENTATION (DEVIATION 2017-O0001) (NOV 2016) 252.204-7008 COMPLIANCE WITH SAFEGUARDING COVERED DEFENSE INFORMATION CONTROLS (OCT 2016)

252.204-7011 ALTERNATIVE LINE ITEM STRUCTURE (SEP 2011)

252.213-7000 NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE SUPPLIERS ON USE OF PAST PEFORMANCE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM—STATISTICAL REPORTING IN PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (JUN 2015)

52.219-6 NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE

252.222-7007 REPRESENTATION REGARDING COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (JAN 2015)

252.225-7031 SECONDARY ARAB BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL (JUN 2005)

252.225-7050 DISCLOSURE OF OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL BY THE GOVERNMENT OF A COUNTRY THAT IS A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM (DEC 2014)

252.247-7022 REPRESENTATION OF EXTENT OF TRANSPORTATION BY SEA (AUG 1992)

Clauses:

52.203-6 Alt I RESTRICTIONS ON SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT (SEP 2006) 52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper (May 2011) 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011) 52.204-10 REPORTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRST-TIER SUBCONTRACT AWARDS (JUL 2013)

52.204-14 SERVICE CONTRACT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (JAN 2014)

52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENTS INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (AUG 2013) 52.209-9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

52.219-3 NOTICE OF TOTAL HUBZONE SET-ASIDE (NOV 2011)

52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (MAY 2014)

52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2011)

52.219-28 POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATION (JUL 2013)

52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR (JUN 2003)

52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (APR 2015)

52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (APR 2015)

52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (JUL 2014)

52.222-36 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (JULY 2014)

52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON SPECIAL DISABLED VETERANS, VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE VETERANS (JUL 2014) 52.222-40 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (DEC 2010)

52.222-50 COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (MAR 2015)

52.222-54 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION (AUG 2013)

52.222-60 PAYCHECK TRANSPARENCY (EXECUTIVE ORDER 13673) (OCT 2016)

52.223-12 Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners (June, 2016) 52.223-18 ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLICIES TO BAN TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING (AUG 2011)

52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (JUN 2008)

52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER-- SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (JUL 2013) or

52.203-3 GRADTUITIES (APR 1984)

52.204-18 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE MAINTENANCE (JUL 2015)

52.232-40 PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS

52.222-17 NONDISPLACEMENT OF QUALIFIED WORKERS (MAY 2014)

52.222-41 SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965 (MAY 2014)

52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY 2014)

52.222-43 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AND SERVICE CONTRACT ACT--PRICE ADJUSTMENT (MULTIPLE YEAR AND OPTION CONTRACTS) (MAY 2014) 52.222-55 Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015)

52.222-62 PAID SICK LEAVE UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706)

252.203-7995 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (DEVIATION 2017-O0001) (NOV 2016) 252.204-7009 LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OR DISCLOSURE OF THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR INFORMATION 252.204-7015 NOTICE OF AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR LITIGATION SUPPORT (MAY 2016)

252.223-7008 PROHIBITION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (MAY 2011)

252.225-7012 PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN DOMESTIC COMMODITIES (AUG 2016)

252.226-7001 UTILIZATION OF INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIAN-OWNED ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (SEP 2004) 252.232-7003 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS AND RECEIVING REPORTS. (JUN 2012)

252.232-7010 LEVIES ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS (DEC 2006)

252.237-7010 PROHIBITION ON INTERROGATION OF DETAINEES BY CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL (NOV 2010)

252.243-7002 REQUESTS FOR EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT (DEC 2012)

252.244-7000 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUN 2014)

252.246-7003 NOTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES (JUN 2013)

252.246-7008 SOURCES OF ELECTRONIC PARTS (OCT 2016)

252.247-7023 TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES BY SEA—BASIC (APR 2014)

252.204-0009 CONTRACT-WIDE: BY FISCAL YEAR

252.204-7000 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION (OCT 2016)

252.204-7012 SAFEGUARDING COVERED DEFENSE INFORMATION AND CYBER INCIDENT REPORTING (OCT 2016) 252.203-7000 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2011)

(xiii) The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply (full text of all FAR/DFARS clauses that contain fill-in information, as well as all local clauses, can be found in the attached Provisions and Clauses Full-Text document):

Provisions:

52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (Jul 1990)

52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

D. AMC-LEVEL PROTEST PROGRAM (OCT 2016)

Clauses:

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

252.211-7003 ITEM UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (MAR 2016)

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2013)

B. GARRISON TAX EXEMPTION CERT

C. REQUIRED INSURANCE COVERAGE (AUG 1999)

(xiv) This acquisition is rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) as NA

(xv) The following notes apply to this announcement: Prices given in bids shall be in U.S. dollars and valid through the time of payment (Net 30 days after invoicing).

(xvi) Offers are due on 09-20-2018 by 11:59 AM EST at shall be sent electronically to Jamie White at Jamie.white2.civ@mail.mil

(xvii) For information regarding this solicitation, please contact Jamie White at Jamie.white2.civ@mail.mil

Contracting Officer:

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