W911YU-17-R-0003_ENV_SYNOPSIS.pdf

SYNOPSIS

W911YU-17-R-0003

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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.

The Guam Army National Guard is seeking contractor support to provide Environmental Compliance Specialist. This is being solicited as a competitive Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) requirement. Period of performance will be one base year and three option years.

**The submission of business handouts, brochures or other company literature is neither required nor desired. **

A. Proposal Format: All submissions shall be in 12 point font in Times New Roman and may be in 10 point font for charts or illustrations. Page Limitation for Technical Proposal including past performance information, should not exceed 10 pages. The Pricing Sheet will not be included in the page limitation.

Include the solicitation number: W911YU-17-R-0003 in all correspondence or on the Subject line of any e-mail.

All questions and requests for information (RFI) must be received NOT LATER THAN 21

FEBRUARY 2017, FRIDAY, 5:00 P.M., GUAM TIME. OFFERORS ARE STRONGLY

ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS EARLY IN THIS PROCESS.

B. Technical Proposal: Shall be evaluated to assess the offeror's understanding of the requirement.

The Offeror is cautioned that merely re-stating they will meet the technical requirements of this Solicitation is not adequate for a response and may be found unacceptable if such a response is received.

The technical proposal should address your approach to the management of the requirement to include but not limited to: retention, quality control and recruitment. The offeror is hereby advised that their proposal is presumed to represent the best and final offer in response to this solicitation. The government intends to evaluate offers and award without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. Do not assume you will have the opportunity to clarify, discuss or revise your proposal. Offeror may, at the discretion of the Government, be asked to provide more information and clarification regarding their proposals. Requests for such information do not constitute discussions.

C. Price Proposal: The offeror must submit a completed pricing sheet (Attachment provided) with an hourly billable rate for the requirement. Include pricing for the base year and two option years.

D. Past Performance: The Past Performance evaluation will assess the relative risks associated with an offeror's likelihood of success in performing the solicitation's requirements as indicated by that

This solicitation is set-aside for Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) with a NAICS code of 541620 and small business size of $15 million.

offeror’s record of past performance. Not more than five (5) projects within the prescribed time period shall be submitted. All data must be accurate, current and complete, to include a point of contact with phone number, e-mail address, contract number and dollar amount.

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

As prescribed in FAR 12.301(c), the Contracting Officer inserts an evaluation provision: 52.212-2

EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) Basis of Award. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer 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, and the Government intends to use tradeoff procedures set forth in FAR 15.101-1 in ascertaining the offer that represents the best value to the Government.

The significant evaluation factors and sub-factors, in descending order of importance (note that the subfactors are also listed in descending order of importance), are as follows:

(i) Technical Capability

(a) Retention

(b) Quality Control

(c) Recruiting

(ii) Price

(iii) Past Performance

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

Evaluation Factors.

Price: The government will rank all offers by price in order from least to greatest. The price evaluation will document the fairness and reasonableness of the price. The Government may evaluate price realism.

Technical Capability: Evaluation of the Technical Capability factor submission will examine an offeror’s understanding of the requirements and an offeror’s approach to satisfying the requirement of the PWS. Evaluation will further examine recruitment, retention and quality control in an offeror’s approach to satisfying the requirement of the PWS. The Government will evaluate the qualitative aspects of each offer’s technical capability, and will assign adjectival ratings as detailed in the following table. The Government will evaluate each sub-factor under the Technical Capability factor and will utilize adjectival rating as specified below. For the Retention and Recruiting evaluation subfactors, the Government specifically examine offerors’ understanding of, and approach to overcoming the employment challenges of a remote area with finite population and resources. An unacceptable rating in any one of the three (3) sub-factors will result in an overall technical capability rating of unacceptable, and in order for an offer to be eligible for award, the technical submission for each subfactor must receive a rating of no less than ”Acceptable”.

TECHNICAL EVALUATION RATINGS

ADJECTIVAL RATING DEFINITION

Outstanding Proposal meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Good Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance. Risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths. Risk of unsuccessful contract performance is high.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements and contains one or more deficiencies. Proposal is unawardable.

Past Performance: The government will evaluate recent and relevant past performance information on all offerors based on:

i. Past Performance information submitted IAW the Instructions above

ii. Any past performance data independently obtained by the Government

The evaluation of past performance will result in the assignment of one of the following confidence ratings.

PAST PERFORMANCE CONFIDENCE RATINGS

RATING DESCRIPTION

Substantial Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Limited Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Unknown Confidence (Neutral)

No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.

(A) The Government will only consider and evaluate “Recent” past performance information, which includes contracts performed and/or being performed for like services within three (3) years from the closing date of the Solicitation.

(B) Relevant past performance includes contracts being performed and/or being performed for like services, similar in scope, magnitude, and/or effort to the requirements set forth in this solicitation. The government will assess and assign a relevancy rating as follows.

PAST PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY RATING

RATING DEFINITION

Very Relevant Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Note: present/past performance for the same or similar services as set forth in the solicitation and performed on Guam shall be a significant consideration that will affect the Government’s evaluation of Past Performance.

CLAUSES:

52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (June 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5) 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (JAN 2011) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Aug, 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)

52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 2015)

52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR

EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEC 2014)

52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)

52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (OCT 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657f) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2014) (E.O. 3126) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (July 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (July 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O.

13496) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O.

13513) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management (July 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards--Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (MAY 2014) (E.O. 13495) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2013)

52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2014) (Executive Order 13658) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013) 52.237-2 Protection Of Government Buildings, Equipment, And Vegetation (APR 1984) 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (DEC2015) 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation (MAR 2016) 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (JUN 2012)

Proposals are due by 1 MARCH 2017, WEDNESDAY, 5:00 P.M., GUAM TIME and can be emailed to arnold.g.arizala.mil@mail.mil and tommy.j.taitano.mil@mail.mil or mailed to:

USPFO for Guam ATTN: CPT Arnold Arizala 430 Army Drive Bldg 300 Rm 1135 Barrigada, Guam 96913-4421

Request an email notification of any mailed proposals for tracking purposes. All correspondence should include the Solicitation # W911YU-17-R-0003. Any proposals submitted after the due date may not be considered for award.

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