RFQ_W912UM19Q0809_-Lab_Services_BPA.pdf

RFQ: W912UM-19-Q-0809

Title: Laboratory Analytical Services BPA for various locations in Korea

I. General Information:

Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: W912UM-19-Q-0809

Posted Date: 16 September 2019 Response Date: 27 September 2019, 11:00 A.M. Korea Standard Time Product or Service Code: Q301 NAICS Code: 541380-Testing Laboratories

II. Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Army Engineer, Far East District Contracting

Division, Unit#15546, APO AP 96271-5546

III. Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.1 and 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.

(i) This requirement is being solicited as a request for quotation (RFQ) under W912UM19Q0809.

(ii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019 - 04.

(iii) Please refer to Bid Schedule for a complete listing on CLINS

(iv) Please refer to Statement of Work (SOW) for Laboratory Analytical Services BPA for a complete description of the requirement.

(v) Dates and locations of reports required through this BPA will be identified on each resulting BPA Call.

(vi) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial (Jan 2017), applies to this acquisition. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 is included in this solicitation to provide detail instruction for proposal.

(vii) Offers will be evaluated on the basis of lowest priced technical acceptable offeror: See the 52.212-2

- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(viii) The Government intends to award 3 BPAs. No more than 3 BPAs will be selected as a result of this RFQ.

Placing calls after BPA Award: All calls placed under this BPA will be awarded to the offeror whose price amounts to be the lowest total price of the required services per call based upon the quotes submitted in response to the price schedule of this RFQ.

(ix) Ensure that the Offeror Representations and Certifications portion of your SAM profile is complete.

(x) The FAR Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(xi) The FAR clause at 52.212-5 (Deviation), Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Jan 2018), applies to this acquisition and subparagraph (xii) (A) 52.222-20 is marked as included.

(xii) A statement regarding any additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements or warranty requirements) determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. - Deleted

(xiii) The POC for this solicitation is Contract Specialist, Ms. Han, Un Kyong at un-kyong.han@usace.army.mil mailto:un-kyong.han@usace.army.mil

BPA TERMS AND CONDITIONS

THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 13.303-3.

1. DESCRIPTION OF AGREEMENT. THE CONTRACTORS SHALL PROVIDE THE

REQUESTED SERVICES DESCRIBED IN THE SOW, IF AND WHEN REQUESTED BY THE

CONTRACTING OFFICER (OR OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE

CONTRACTING OFFICER) DURING THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE ESTABLISHED AT THE

TIME OF AWARD WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE (5) YEARS AND THE AGGREGATE

AMOUNT OF ALL AWARDS SHALL NOT EXCEED $2 MILLION DOLLARS.

2. EXTENT OF OBLIGATION. THE GOVERNMENT IS OBLIGATED ONLY TO THE

EXTENT OF AUTHORIZED CALLS ACTUALLY PLACED AGAINST THIS BLANKET

PURCHASE AGREEMENT. NO MINIMUM PURCHASES ARE GUARANTEED.

3. PURCHASE LIMITATION. TOTAL DOLLAR LIMITATION FOR THE OVERALL BPA IS

$. NO INDIVIDUAL CALL PLACED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL EXCEED $250,000 OR

THE CURRENT SIMPLIFIED ACQUSITION THRESHOLD, WHICHEVER IS LOWER.

4. INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE UNDER THE BPA. THE CONTRACTING

OFFICER WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO PLACE CALLS AND

THEIR RESPECTIVE LIMITS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

5. DELIVERY TICKETS. ALL SHIPMENTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE

ACCOMPANIED BY ONE COPY OF THE DELIVERY TICKET OR SALES SLIP WHICH SHALL

CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM INFORMATION:

a. NAME OF SUPPLIER

b. BPA NUMBER

c. DATE OF PURCHASE

d. PURCHASE NUMBER

e. ITEMIZED LIST OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FURNISHED

f. QUANTITY, UNIT PRICE, AND EXTENSION OF EACH ITEM, LESS APPLICABLE

DISCOUNTS (UNIT PRICES AND EXTENSIONS NEED NOT BE SHOWN WHEN

INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE USE OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, PROVIDED THAT THE INVOICE

IS ITEMIZED TO SHOW THIS INFORMATION)

g. DATE OF DELIVERY OR SHIPMENT

6. INVOICES. THE FOLLOWING METHOD OF INVOICING MAY BE USED FOR MONTHLY

PAYMENTS:

A SUMMARY INVOICE SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST MONTHLY OR UPON EXPIRATION

OF THE BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, WHICEVER OCCURS FIRST, FOR ALL

DELIVERIES MADE DURING THE BILLING PERIOD, THE 24TH DAY OF THE PRECEDING

MONTH THROUGH THE 23RD DAY OF THE CURRENT MONTH, IDENTIFYING THE

DELIVERY TICKETS COVERED THEREIN, STATING THEIR TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE, AND

SUPPORTED BY RECEIPTED COPIES OF THE DELIVERY TICKETS. THE PERIOD OF ANY

DISCOUNTS WILL COMMENCE ON THE FINAL DATE OF BILLING PERIOD OR ON THE DATE

OF RECEIPT OF INVOICES FOR ALL DELIVERIES ACCEPTED BURING THE BILLING PERIOD

WHICHEVERIS LATER.

7. PLACING CALLS. ALL CALLS PLACED UNDER THIS BPA WILL BE AWARDED TO

THE OFFEROR WHO HAS THE LOWEST TOTAL PRICE OF THE REQUIRED SERVICES

BASED UPON THE QUOTES SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFQ AND THE

VALIDITY OF RESPONSES RECEIVED ON PREVIOUS CALLS. IF A BPA HOLDER IS FOUND

TO CONSISTENTLY RETURN ERRONEOUS REPORTS, THE GOVERNMENT MAY TERMINATE

THE AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME. PER FAR 13.303-5(d), ON ANY PARTICULAR CALL/ORDER, IF THERE IS AN INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF BPAs TO ENSURE MAXIMUM PRACTICABLE

COMPETITION, THE CONTRACTING OFFICE SHALL SOLICIT QUOTATIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES

AND MAKE THE PURCHASE AS APPROPRIATE. THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL ALSO

ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL BPAs IF THE FACTORS UNDER 13.303-5(d) (2) ARE MET.

ADDITIONAL FAR PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting JUL 2016 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance JUL 2016 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and

Certifications.

DEC 2014

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

OCT 2015

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications –

Commercial Items Oct 2018

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items. Oct 2018 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. Jan 2019 52.223-15 Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging

While Driving Aug 2011

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. Jun 2008 52.242-17 Government Delay of Work Apr 1984 252.204-7004 Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors. FEB 2019 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and

Receiving Report Dec 2018

252.247-7023 Continuation of Essential Contractor Services Oct 2010

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

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

EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEVIATION 2018-O0021) (AUG 2019)

(a) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (a) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records—Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement.

Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of any other clauses of this contract, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (b) (1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(iii) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(iv) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2018) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $700,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(v) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (MAY 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (l) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

(vi) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015).

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

(viii) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(ix) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (July 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(x) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(xi) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(xii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xiii)(A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O.

13627).

(B) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

(xiv) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xv) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services-Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xvi) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015) (E.O. 12989).

(xvii) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015).

(xviii) 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2017) (E.O. 13706).

(xix)(A) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (JAN 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

(B) Alternate I (JAN 2017) of 52.224-3.

(xx) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C.

2302 Note).

(xxi) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (May 2014) (42 U.S.C.

1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xxii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C.

Appx. 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

(End of clause)

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 address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

(End of Provision)

52.252-2 - Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses 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. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

(End of Clause)

52.252-5 - Authorized Deviations in Provisions (Apr 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any DFARS (48 CFR Chapter 2) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

52.252-6 - Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any DFARS (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(End of Clause) http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. (DEVIATION 2018-O0018)

Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Oct 2018)

As prescribed in 12.301(b) (1), insert the following provision:

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear in Block 10 of the solicitation cover sheet (SF 1449). However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show --

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

(7) “Remit to” address, if different than mailing address;

(8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212- 3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically);

(9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

(10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and

(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

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(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(d) Product samples. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of offers. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender’s request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing.

(e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with subpart 4.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation), or alternative commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due.

(2)

(i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and—

(A) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or

(B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or

(C) If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received.

(ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel.

(4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(5) Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers. Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer.

(g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(h) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(i) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation.

(1)

(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to--

GSA Federal Supply Service Specifications Section

Suite 8100 470 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20407 Telephone (202) 619-8925)

Facsimile (202 619-8978).

(ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision. Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

(2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites--

(i) ASSIST (https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/ ).

(ii) Quick Search (http://quicksearch.dla.mil/).

(iii) ASSISTdocs.com (http://assistdocs.com).

(3) Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by—

(i) Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard ( https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm );

(ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to 1600 EST; or

(iii) Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4 Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Telephone (215) 697/2197, Facsimile (215) 697-1462.

(4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(j) Unique entity identifier. (Applies to all offers exceeding $3,500, and offers of $3,500 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “Unique Entity Identifier” followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.

Class Deviation 2018-O0018—Micro-Purchase Threshold, Simplified Acquisition Threshold, and Special Emergency Procurement Authority. Effective August 31, 2018. This deviation remains in effect until it is incorporated into the FAR or DFARS, or otherwise rescinded

(j) Unique entity identifier. (Applies to all offers exceeding the micro-purchase threshold and offers at any dollar value if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.) * * *

(k) Reserved.

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(l) Debriefing. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror’s offer.

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of rationale for award;

(5) For acquisitions of commercial items, the make and model of the item to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFEROR--COMMERCIAL ITEMS

FAR 52.212-1 is hereby amended to provide detail instruction to offeror for proposal.

A. PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. General Instruction: This solicitation is for local contractor only.

Offeror shall strictly adhere to the requirements in this Section when preparing the quotation to be submitted in response to this Request for Quote (RFQ). All quotes shall be in English. Quotes may be submitted by any legally organized offeror authorized to do business in the Republic of Korea.

1.1 System for Award Management (SAM): Only Offeror registered in the SAM database will be eligible to receive award of a contract under this Solicitation. Instructions for registering with SAM are located at the SAM Web site: https://www.sam.gov/. Offeror located outside of the United States must obtain a NATO Commercial and Government Entity (NCAGE) code and a Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number prior to registering at the SAM site.

1.1.1 DUNS and Cage Code Number

A CAGE code and a DUNS number are a requirement to do business with the U.S. Federal Government.

For more information regarding obtaining a CAGE code:

FOR NON-U.S. COMPANIES

Non-U.S. companies are issued NATO Cage Codes (NCAGE) by contacting the designated Point of Contact (POC) at the National Codification Bureau (NCB) of the country where the company is located.

For a list of addresses and POCs, go to for NCAGE: http://www.d2b.go.kr for DUNS: http://www.nicednb.co.kr/

Please note: Organizations with an address containing APO, FPO or AE do not need an NCAGE assigned by an Allied Nation or NATO-sponsored NCB. Instead, these companies must register in the SAM to receive a U.S. Cage Code.

The POC for South Korea is:

The Standard Planning Team Of the Standard Management Bureau Defense Acquisition Program Division (23 Yongsangogyogil) #2-15 Yongsan 2 ga dong Yongsan-gu

SEOUL (140-841)

Republic of Korea

TEL: +82-2-2079-4639

FAX: +82-2-773-7587

E-MAIL:

CAGEKR@dapa.go.kr https://www.sam.gov/ http://www.d2b.go.kr/ mailto:CAGEKR@dapa.go.kr

Ms. Han, A Lum 02-6203-

2. Proposal Submission Requirements

2.1 Proposal Format: Portable Document Format (PDF)

2.2 Proposal revision format.

2.2.1 Format revisions submitted prior to the date/time set for receipt of proposals, and/or revisions submitted as a result of discussions, as follows:

2.2.2 Resubmit the entire Volume containing the revision(s) with a list of the revised pages printed on the cover page.

2.2.3 Next to the page numbers of the revised pages, indicate the date of the revision.

2.2.4 Number proposal replacement pages and clearly mark them with “REVISED” and the date of revision.

2.2.5 Submit revised text and revised page numbers and revision dates in red text.

2.2.6 Begin and end revised charts, tables or illustrations with the word, “Revised” in red

3. Packaging proposals

3.1 Submit the Price and Technical portions of the proposal in separate PDF files as described in Table -1, Volume Submission Instructions. Failure to follow this instruction may require the Government to disqualify the offer.

Table -1, Volume Submission Instructions

PDF File #1 Factor A

Contents PDF File #2 Factor B

Contents

Technical Factor 1- Laboratory Accreditation Certificate (See paragraph C.1. below)

- Price Schedule

- Cage and Duns Number (Active Status on SAM)

Technical Factor 2 – Personnel Capability (See paragraph C.2. below)

Technical Factor 3 - Past Performance

(See paragraph C.3 below)

B. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

1. Proposals shall be submitted no later than 11:00 A.M, 27 September 2019 (Korean Standard Time).

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION VIA FedBizOpps (FBO) website and email at un-kyong.han@usace.army.mil as following:

In an effort to reduce paperwork and reduce costs, all proposals shall be submitted electronically. All submissions shall be in Adobe PDF format, bookmarked according to the Factors described in the solicitation. The price and technical proposals shall be submitted as “separate” single files. Vendors may use compressions utility software such as WinZip or PKZip to reduce file size and facilitate transmission.

a. Submit the price and technical proposals electronically via the FedBizOpps (FBO) website https://fbo.gov. Access the site select the solicitation and submit your proposal through the Bids (Electronic Submission/Responses document upload option).

b. Offerors are required to submit complete proposals (Price and Technical Proposal): Contract Specialist, Ms. Han, Un Kyong, email at un-kyong.han@usace.army.mil

c. When completing the information for transmittal, provide the following information in each of the relevant fields:

i. Name of person submitting proposal – Use the name of individual signing proposal.

ii. Email address of person submitting proposal – Use the email address of the individual signing the proposal.

iii. File Information – Title the file(s) in the following format:

Volume I – Technical Proposal: Solicitation Number-Company Name – Technical Volume II – Price Proposal: Solicitation Number-Company Name-Price

2. Proposal Submission Date and Time

a. Vendors are required to submit proposals (Price and Technical Proposal) no later than 11:00 A.M. 20 September 2019 (Korean Standard Time).

3. Offeror's Questions and Comments.

3.1 Submit all technical inquiries and questions relating to proposal procedures via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at http://www.projnet.org/projnet. To submit and review proposal inquiry items, Offeror will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register:

- Go to the ProjNet web page;

- Click the BID tab;

mailto:un-kyong.han@usace.army.mil

- Select “Bidder Inquiry”;

- Select agency USACE;

- Enter the Key for this solicitation which is listed below;

- Enter the Offeror’s e-mail address;

- Click “login;

- Fill in all required information;

- Click “create user”;

- Verify that the information on the next screen is correct; and

- Click to continue.

3.2 From this page the Offeror may view all Offeror inquiries or add an inquiry.

3.3 Offeror will receive an acknowledgement of each question via email, followed by an answer to the question after it has been processed by the Contracting Officer.

3.4 The Solicitation Number is: W912UM-19-Q-0809; the Bidder Inquiry Key is: P9MX5Y-S89IV4

3.5 Submit only one (1) question per submission. Multiple questions will not be allowed. Any inquiries with multiple questions will have only the first question answered.

3.6 Offeror should review the Solicitation in its entirety and review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry.

3.7 For technical assistance accessing the Bidder Inquiry System, a ProjNet call center operates weekdays from 8am to 5pm U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is +1- 800-428-4357. The number is not toll free from Korea.

3.8 New questions will not be accepted by the Bidder Inquiry System five (5 days) prior to the date set for receipt of proposals in order to ensure the Contracting Officer has adequate time to prepare an appropriate response and/or amend the solicitation in response to a question, if necessary.

C. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL CONTENT REQUIREMENTS (Factor A)

1. Technical Factor 1 - Laboratory Accreditation Certificate

Submittal: Offeror shall submit current and valid certificates as following:

(1) Subfactor 1: Certificate – Accreditation Program by National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP). Prime contractor shall be accredited by NELAP in at least Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (GRO/DRO), BTEX and Heavy Metals.

(2) Subfactor 2: Certificate - Water Quality Measurement Agency (수질측정대행업) with the list of items of accreditation published by Republic of Korea (ROK).

2. Technical Factor 2 – Personnel Capability

a. Submittal: Offeror shall submit at minimum one (1) but no more than three (3) Sampling personnel complete and current training certificates for Hazardous Waste and Emergency

Response (HAZWOPER) training under OSHA standard 29 CFR Part 1910.120. Certificates shall not be expired and must be current at the time of submittal..

3. Technical Factor 3 - Past Performance

3.1 The Offeror shall submit three (3) USACE/ NAVFAC Past Performance Questionnaire Completed in English from Clients for which the Offeror has provided over $10,000 of same or similar services as those required under the SOW of this Solicitation. (Attachment 3 is enclosed at the attachments). Provide previous CPARS (Contract Performance Assessment Report) information if available.

3.1.1 Information submitted in response to past performance shall describe the quality of the Offeror’s work in response to requirements that are the same or similar to the requirements described in the SOW.

3.1.2 Submit past performance information for each project submitted in response to the contract/task order submission for same or similar to the requirements described in the SOW.

3.1.3 Information submitted in response to past performance shall describe the quality of the Offeror’s work in response to requirements that are the same or similar to the requirements described in the SOW.

3.1.4 The Offeror shall complete Blocks 1 through 4 on page 1 of the Past Performance Questionnaire and furnish the Questionnaire to the owner’s point of contact (POC) for the project.

3.1.5 The POC for the project shall return the completed Questionnaire to the Offeror. All completed Questionnaire’s shall be submitted by the Offeror as part of their Technical Proposal.

3.1.6 It is the responsibility of the Offeror to make sure that all past performance questionnaire for each project is submitted to the Government on time. Late receipt of questionnaires by the Government may not be considered.

3.1.7 The Contracting Officer may review any source of information for evaluating past performance including past performance information retrieved through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) reports, inquiries of owner representative(s), Past Performance Questionnaires previously submitted under other solicitations, Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), and any other known sources of past performance information.

D. PRICE PROPOSAL (Factor B)

1. Complete and submit the BPA Price Schedule per sample provided as Attachment #2.

***Note: Please enter a Percentage (%) in the unit price column per sample for the accelerated testing.

The percentage should be based on a reasonable increase in cost due to expedited sampling service.

2. Provide a copy of SAM showing DUNS number and Cage Code in accordance with the Paragraph No.

1.1 System for Award Management (SAM).

E. ATTACHMENT – TABLES

Attachment 1: Scope of Work (SOW) Attachment 2: Price Schedule Attachment 3: Past Performance Questionnaire

F. BASIS OF AWARD

1. The Government will award no more than three (3) Blanket Purchase Agreements resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced technically offerors.

52.212-2 - Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) 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:

Award will be made to the responsible offeror submitting the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer that satisfies all terms and conditions of the solicitation. Award will be made to the Offeror who is rated “acceptable” for technical factors and has the lowest evaluated cost or price, and whose proposal conforms to the solicitation requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by FAR 52.212-1). The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions, if determined necessary by the Contracting Officer.

Each factors will be rated either acceptable or unacceptable. A rating of unacceptable for any factors will result in an overall unacceptable rating.

FACTOR A – TECHNICAL: This factor will be rated as either acceptable or unacceptable.

Factor 1 (Laboratory Accreditation Certificate): The prime contractor shall demonstrates possessing current and valid certificates at this time of submittal for the following:

1. National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) Certificate. Prime contractor shall be accredited by NELAP in at least Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (GRO/DRO), BTEX and Heavy Metals.

2. ROK Water Quality Measurement Agency (수질측정대행업) with the list of items of accreditation.

*Failure to provide the required copy of both two (2) licenses will result in a rating “Unacceptable”.

This factor will be rated as either acceptable or unacceptable.

Factor 2 (Personnel Qualification): The prime contractor shall demonstrate possessing at least one (1) current Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training certificate for sampling person.

* Failure to provide the required above submittal will result in a rating “Unacceptable”.

Factor 3 (Past Performance): The offeror’s past performance will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.305(a)(2). Past performance will be evaluated in the following manner:

Acceptable (A) – Acceptable represents offeror demonstrate adequate and relevant past performance with overall satisfactory ratings.

Unacceptable (U) – Unacceptable offeror fails to demonstrate adequate and relevant past performance with overall satisfactory ratings.

Past performance will be rated on an “acceptable” or “unacceptable” basis. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable”.

(b) The Government will award no more than three (3) Blanket Purchase Agreements resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced offerors based upon prices provided in Attachment 2 – Price Schedule.

(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. (End of Provision)