Aerial Herbicide Treatment Craney Island VA

Solicitation: W9123618Q0020
Agency/Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location: USACE District, Norfolk
Title: Herbicide Treatment Services Craney Island VA

Description(s):

Aerial application of herbicide is necessary for the upkeep of the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area in Portsmouth Virginia.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services, reference solicitation number W9123618Q0020, prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This synopsis/solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) using FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items in conjunction with Simplified Acquisition Procedures as authorized by FAR 13. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
The successful offeror shall accept the binding order by written acceptance of the SF1449 to be issued at award, prior to undertaking performance. This RFQ is issued as a 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code is 561710, Exterminating and Pest Control Services, small business size standard is $11 million dollars.
The below Wage Determination is applicable to this solicitation:
Portsmouth: Wage Determination No.: 1995-0317 Rev No. 41 Date of Rev 01/10/2018
Place of Performance: 4599 River Shore Road, Portsmouth VA, 23703-1513
See the attached Bid Schedule for additional information regarding performance locations. A site visit will be scheduled to assist Offerors in quote preparation. The site visit date is TBD. The site visit information is provided in the below paragraph. Questions in response to this requirement shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist, Garland Cooper via email at garland.d.cooper@usace.army.mil on or before Monday, 16 Jul 2018, 2:00pm EST. The Government may not respond to questions submitted after the date and time questions are due.
To schedule the site visit, Offerors shall contact the Government point of contact, Jorel Nadal at (757) 201-7186 before Tuesday, 10 Jul 2018, 2:00pm EST. The Government may not honor site visit requests received after Tuesday, 10 Jul 2018, 2:00pm EST. The site visit will be limited to two persons per company. Offerors will be required to present a valid photo identification to gain access to the location.
Unless otherwise specified in the proposed contract resulting from this solicitation, the Government is responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements and quality control. Inspection and Acceptance shall be at destination by the Government.
Quote Submission Requirements:
When submitting pricing for consideration, please provide a price in sufficient detail for the Government to determine your proposed pricing fair and reasonable for the total amount. Failure to address any of these areas of this RFQ may result in an "unacceptable" rating and disqualification for award.
Proposals submitted will be evaluated by the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the total price is significantly unbalanced. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation offers the lowest price.
Offerors shall provide the following company information:
Company Name
Address
City State
CAGE Code
DUNS
TIN
Website
Point of Contact Name
Phone
Email

Clauses incorporated by Reference
The following FAR provisions and clauses are applicable to this procurement:
CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
52.204-7, System for Award Management
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items
52.212-3 and its ALT I, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items
52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government
52.208-9, Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services
52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns
52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3, Convict Labor
52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-26, Equal Opportunity
52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965
52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires
52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act-Price Adjustment
52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-1, Payments
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management 52.233-3, Protest After Award
52.243-Alt 1, Changes--Fixed Price
252.212-7001, Contract Terms And Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders Applicable To Defense Acquisitions Of Commercial Items
52.203-3, Gratuities
252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program
252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities 252.243-7001, Pricing Of Contract Modifications
252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment
The above provisions and clauses can be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil.
All firms must be registered in the System for Award Management to be eligible for award. https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Registration is free and can be completed online.
This acquisition is set-aside for the exclusive participation of small business concerns, provided that a minimum of two quotes, in accordance with this combined synopsis/solicitation, are received from responsible small business concerns whose quotes meet the solicitation requirements. If the Government receives only one such responsive quote from a small business concern, the Government reserves the right to make award to this source's quote or to withdraw the small business set-aside and award on the basis of full and open competition to any responsible offeror (including large business concerns).
Quotes are due on or before Thursday, 19 Jul 2018, 1:00 PM (EST). Late quotes will be handled in accordance with 52.212-1(f). Offers shall be submitted electronically via email to the Contract Specialist, Garland Cooper, at garland.d.cooper@usace.army.mil. Responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered.
Attachments:
1.Performance Work Statement(PWS)
2.Bid Schedule
3.Wage Rates

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