Contracting Discussion - W911WN22Q8015.pdf

Contracting Discussion

Introduction

Good morning, my name is Connie Ferguson, I’m a Contract Specialist with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District Contract, Ed Midkiff is the Contract Specialist assigned to this solicitation.

We want to welcome everyone to this Pre-Quote Site Visit for the Overlay Pavement of Maintenance Area and Full Depth Construction of Parking Pad at Kinzua Dam, here Warren County, Pennsylvania.

The Contracting Officer is Magdalena (Maggie) Bernard.

The Administrative Contracting Officer will be David Conrad.

Reason for this Pre-Quote Conference

The reason for this Pre-Quote Site Visit is to improve your understanding of the Government’s requirement for this project.

We will consider any constructive comments or recommendations that you make.

My discussion will be posted to the SAM.gov website.

You are cautioned that any remarks made at this site visit shall not qualify the terms of the solicitation unless the solicitation is amended in writing.

The one thing we will not do at this visit is to make any comment or opinion regarding your particular Offer or approach that you may take for this requirement – this is up to you.

Solicitation Discussion

1. The Solicitation Number is W911WN22Q8015 which was issued on 26 August 2022 as a Request for Quote (RFQ) on Standard Form (SF) 18.

2. The OFFER DUE DATE is currently scheduled for Tuesday, 13 September 2022, at 17:00 P.M. ET.

All Offers including Acknowledgement of Amendments (ALL) must be in the Government possession by the due date and time. All Offers must be submitted ELECTRONICALLY VIA PROCUREMENT

INTEGRATED ENTERPRICE ENVIRONMENT (PIEE), NO OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY

ANY OTHER METHOD. (see ADDENDUM TO SECTION 00 21 00, para 00 21 00 – 08 QUOTE

SUBMISSION)

3. The NAICS Code for this Solicitation is 238990 - All Other Specialty Trade Contractors. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS is $16.5 Million.

4. The Estimated Magnitude of Construction is between $100,000 and $250,000.

5. The Restricted Procurement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

6. Your Company must have an ACTIVE registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), AND IT MUST BE ACTIVE PRIOR to Bid submission. If awarded this contract, your SAM Status including your Representations and Certifications (Reps & Certs) must remain CURRENT throughout the contract period. If you are not already registered in SAM or your registration requires renewal, be sure to do it right after the site visit because it can take a few days to process. Registration is FREE. Website:

http://www.sam.gov .

7. This is a Firm Fixed Price Contract.

8. Term of the contract will be 300 calendar days after Notice to Proceed (NTP). The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup at the project site. It is the Government's intent to award the Contract with one Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001. The pricing will be broken down on the PRICE SCHEDULE which contains Line Items number 0001 through 0004.

9. Documents to submit with your Quote include,

a. Submission of a Bid Bond is not required on this Solicitation.

b. Entire Solicitation (or the Solicitation Pages) with applicable Pages completed.

• OFFER blocks 12 thru 16

• The total of QUOTE, CLIN 0001

• The Price Schedule with appropriate pricing and Total, Items 0001 Thru 0004

• FAR 52.204-8(d), if applicable

• DFARS 252.204-7007 Alt A (e), if applicable

10. Award will be made as a whole to one Offeror; that Offeror must be determined by the Contracting Officer (KO) to be RESPONSIBLE per FAR 9.104.

11. Provisions and Clauses – Provisions are conditions used in solicitations and apply before contract award. Clauses are conditions in both solicitations and contracts and apply before and after contract award. The VAST majority of provisions and clauses in this solicitation are included by reference only;

that means, we’ve only given you the Number, the Title and the Date. It is up to you to go online to the websites provided and look up each one whether FAR and DFARS.

12. Questions are to be submitted by 11:00 AM ET five (5) days prior to the quote due date identified in Block 10 of the SF18.

14. Wage Determination, PA20220002, Heavy and Highway, dated 07-08-20222 is applicable to this project. If the Wage Determination is updated prior to receipt of offers, an amendment will be issued and posted to SAM.gov via PIEE.

This concludes the Contracting portion of the meeting.

Next, Tom Forsyth, Facilities Maintenance Engineer, will now provide an overview of the project’s technical requirements.

Thank you all for attending the Site Visit today.