Basewide Tree Trimming on Vandenberg AFB CA

Added: Aug 10, 2015 2:03 pm

REQUEST FOR MAPS:  Maps corresponding to the CLIN structure outlined in the solicitation notice are available upon request by email.  Please forward an email request to Contract Specialist Mary Avants at mary.avants@us.af.mil or Contracting Officer Lucille Ngiraswei at lucille.ngiraswei@us.af.mil and interested parties will be provided with instructions on how to access the maps at the Armdec Websafe website. 

Added: Aug 06, 2015 9:05 pm

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; quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) PR# F4D3D15142A001.

 Submit written offers IAW CLIN structure outlined in announcement.  Quote template sheet will be provided upon request.  Oral offers will not be accepted.  All firms or individuals responding must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov).  This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-83 (effective 03 Aug 2015) and DFARS DPN 20150626 (effective 26 Jun 2015).  This acquisition is being conducted as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside IAW FAR 19.502-2(b).  North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) 561730, Landscaping Services,and Size Standard of $7.5 million dollars apply to this procurement. 

Purchase Request #:  F4D3D15142A001
Project Title:  Basewide Tree Trimming 

1.      Quotes should conform to the CLIN structure as established in the attached RFQ Template, a quote sheet is provided and shall be used to provide quotes.
2.      Quotes shall be valid through 30 Sep 2015. 
3.      Please see attached Performance Work Statement(PWS) for detailed description of requirements.
4.      All questions or comments must be provided to the Contract Specialist (CS) Mary Avants, mary.avants@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer (CO) is Lucy Ngiraswei, lucille.ngiraswei@us.af.mil in writing via email NLT 19 Aug 2015.  Answers will be posted 21 Aug 2015.  Telephone and other means of oral communication will not be permitted.
5.      Quotes must be submitted to Mary Avants, at email mary.avants@us.af.mil No Later Than 28 Aug 2015, 12:00 P.M. (PST). 

The contract will be Firm-Fixed Price with (FFP) and the CLIN is structure reflected below.  The period of performance will be one year from the time of the award of the contract.

Services, non-personal: Contractor to furnish all labor, tools, parts, materials, facilities, transportation and supervision necessary to perform FY15 Basewide Tree Trimming, in accordance with the Performance Work Statement PWS).   

CLIN 0001 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #101, 130 and 131                       Qty: 300 HOURS
Remove 4 Pine trees plus all Eucalyptus, Cyprus, Willow, Pine trees and Poison Oak (approx. .26 acres + 3.67 acres) from within boundary depicted on maps

CLIN 0002 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #103, 104 and 105                       Qty: 475 HOURS
Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 31 trees) on Map 103, 4 Pine trees on Map 104, and all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 11.33 acres) from within the boundary depicted on Map 105.

CLIN 0003 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #107, 108 109, and 117   Qty: 655 HOURS
Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees along sidewalk on Map 107;  remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 20 trees) on Map 108; remove all Pine trees (3 trees) on Map 109; and remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 4.78 acres) on Map 117.

CLIN 0004 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #106, 110, 113, 114, 121, 122, 123, and 124     Qty: 685 HOURS
Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 48 acres) on Map 106; remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. .59 acres + 30 trees) on Map 110; remove all Eucalyptus (1 tree) on Map 113; remove all Eucalyptus (2 trees) on Map 114; remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (25 trees) on Map 121; remove all Pine trees 91 tree) on Map 122; remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (25 trees) on Map 123; remove all Oak trees (2 trees) from within the boundary depicted on Map 124.

CLIN 0005 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #111, 112 and 127      Qty: 200 HOURS
Remove one tree from within boundary of Map 111; Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (4 trees) on Map 112; and all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (2 trees) from within the boundary depicted on Map 127.

CLIN 0006 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #115 and 116        Qty: 475 HOURS
Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (1 tree) on Map 115 and all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 2.7 acres) from within the boundary depicted on Map 116.

CLIN 0007 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #125 and 126         Qty: 390 HOURS
Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. .91 acres plus 1 tree) on Map 125; remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 3.48 acres) from within the boundary depicted on Map 126.

CLIN 0008 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #118, 119, 120 and 132   Qty: 400 HOURS
Remove all Pine trees (1 tree) from within boundary on Map 118; Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 4.18 acres) on Map 119; remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (1 tree) on Map 120, and all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 2.9 acres) from within the boundary depicted on Map 132.

CLIN 0009 -   Tree Trimming/Removal per Map #102, 128 and 129                       Qty: 485 HOURS
Remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. .64 acres) on Map 102; remove all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (2 trees) on Map 128, and all Eucalyptus and Pine trees (approx. 12.6 acres + .44 acres + 1.77 acres) from within the boundary depicted on Map 129.

CLIN 0010 -   Stump Grinding/Removal                 Qty: 100 HOURS
                      Stump Grinding/Removal      

CLIN 0011 -    Herbicide Stump                            Qty: 150 HOURS  
                       Herbicide Stump       

The following clauses are incorporated by reference in the solicitation and the resulting contract:

52.203-3          Gratuities

52.203-6          Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government

52.203-6 Alt I Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government-Alternate I

52.203-12        Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions

52.203-17        Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

52.204-4          Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Recycled Paper

52.204-9          Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel

52.204-10        Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.204-13        System for Award Management Maintenance

52.204-18        Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance

52.204-19        Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

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

52.209-10        Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

52.212-4          Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items

52.219-6          Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

52.219-8          Utilization of Small Business Concerns

52.219-14        Limitations on Subcontracting

52.219-28        Post-Award Small Business Program Representation

52.222-3          Convict Labor

52.222-17        Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers

52.222-21        Prohibition of Segregated Facility

52.222-26        Equal Opportunity

52.222-35        Equal Opportunity for Veterans

52.222-36        Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities

52.222-37        Employment Reports on Veterans

52.222-40        Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act

52.222-41        Service Contract Act of 1965

52.222-50        Combat Trafficking in Persons

52.222-54        Employment Eligibility Verification

52.222-55        Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658

52.223-5          Pollution Prevention and Right-To-Know Information

52.223-18        Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.225-13        Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

52.228-5          Insurance - Work on a Government Installation

52.232-33         Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-- System for Award Management

52.232-39        Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

52.232-40        Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.233-3          Protest After Award

52.233-4          Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

52.237-2          Protection of Government Building, Equipment and Vegetation

52.242-13        Bankruptcy

52.242-15        Stop-Work Order

52.246-4          Inspection of Services

252.201-7000  Contracting Officer's Representative

252.203-7000  Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002  Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.204-7003  Control of Government Personnel Work Product

252.204-7006  Billing Instructions

252.204-7012  Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information

252.209-7004  Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism

252.223-7001  Hazard Warning Labels

252.223-7006  Prohibition on Storage and Disposal of Toxic and Hazardous Materials

252.223-7008  Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.225-7048  Export-Controlled Items

252.232-7003  Electronic Submission of Payment Requests

252.232-7010  Levies on Contract Payments

252-237-7010  Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel

252.243-7001  Pricing of Contract Modifications

252.243-7002  Requests for Equitable Adjustment

The following clauses are incorporated by full text in the solicitation and the final award:

52.212-5 (Dev)   Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or
Executive Orders- Commercial Items

52.222-42        Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal hires

                        Fill-in information:

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY:  IT IS NOT A WAGE DETERMINATION

Laborer, Grounds Maintenance           WG-3/Step 3              $15.74             $5.71 (36.25%)

52.252-2          Clauses Incorporated by Reference
                       Fill-in information:  http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

52.252-6          Authorized Deviations in Clauses 
                       Fill-in information:  Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS)
                       (48 CFR 2)

252.203-7999  Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Confidentiality Agreements (Deviation 2015-O0010)

252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions  
                      Fill-in information to be provided at award.

5352.201-9101 Ombudsman 
                       Fill-in information for paragraph c:  AFICA/KS SCO, 150 Vandenberg
                       Street, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-1105 Commercial number 719-554-
                       5300, Fax number 719-554-5299, afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil

5352.223-9001 Health and Safety on Government Installations

5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Air Force Installations
                        Fill-in information for paragraph b:  ...the authorized contractor 
                        individual(s) should provide a valid driver's license, current vehicle
                        registration, and valid vehicle insurance certificate to obtain a vehicle 
                        pass.

The following provisions apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference. This section will be physically removed from the final award.

52.204-7          System for Award Management

52.204-16        Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting

52.212-1          Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items

52.237-1          Site Visit

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7004  Alternate A, System for Award Management

252.222-7007  Representation Regarding Combating Trafficking in Persons

The following provisions apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by full text. This section will be physically removed from the final award.

52.212-2          Evaluation-Commercial Items
                       Fill-in information for paragraph a: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable

52.212-3          Offeror's Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items

52.212-3 Alt I Offerors Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items - Alternate I

52.233-2          Service of Protest
               Fill in information for paragraph a: 
               30 CONS/LGCB 
               Attn:  Lucy Ngiraswei
               1515 Iceland Ave Room 150
               Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437

                        lucille.ngiraswei@us.af.mil

52.252-1          Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference
                       Fill-in information:  http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

52.252-5          Authorized Deviations in Provisions
                       Fill-in information:  Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) (48 CFR 2)

252.203-7998  Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements - Representation.  (DEVIATION 2015-O0010)

252.209-7992  Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law - Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations

5352.223-9000   Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Substances

5352.215-9001 Notice of Pre-Bid/Pre-Proposal Conference (see full text below)

(a) A pre-bid/pre-proposal conference will be conducted at the Visitors Center just outside the Main Gate off of HWY 1, Bldg. 17595 California Blvd, Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437 on Monday, 17 August 2015 at 10:00AM PST for the purpose of answering questions regarding this solicitation and a short site visit (approximately 1.5hrs).

(b) Submit the names and driver's license number of all attendees to Mary Avants at mary.avants@us.af.mil before 10:00AM PST Thursday, 13 August 2015 (please cc: lucille.ngiraswei@us.af.mil). This information must be provided in advance in order to ensure access to the military base/conference site and adequate seating for the conference attendees.

(c) Offerors are requested to submit questions via email to both point of contacts noted above No Later Than 10:00AM PST Tuesday, 19 August 2015.  Information provided at this conference shall not qualify the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications. Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of solicitation amendments shall apply.

(d) A record of the conference shall be made and furnished to all prospective offerors. The record should include minutes of the meeting, including questions (on a non-attribution basis) and answers.
(End Provision)

All potential offerors are reminded that compliance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, is mandatory.  Lack of registration in the SAM will make an offeror ineligible for contract award.  All quotes should be valid through 30 September 2015.  The Site Visit is optional, but is highly encouraged.  Quotes must be sent to the attention of Mary Avants at mary.avants@us.af.mil and Lucy Ngiraswei at lucille.ngiraswei@us.af.mil No Later Than 10:00AM PST Friday, 28 August 2015.