Basewide Tree Trimming & Removal

Added: May 31, 2016 5:45 pm Modified: Jul 11, 2016 5:15 pmTrack Changes 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; proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP).

Submit written offers IAW CLIN structure outlined in announcement. 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) 2005-88 (effective 16 May 2016) and DFARS DPN 20160510 (effective 10 May 2016). 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 #: F4D3D16089A002
Project Title: Basewide Tree Trimming/Removal

1. Proposals should conform to the CLIN structure as established in the attached Proposal Template. Proposals shall be submitted on the Proposal Template.
2. Proposals shall be valid through 30 Sep 2016.
3. Please see attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for detailed description of requirements.  Email Mary Avants, mary.avants@us.af.mil, to request access to the Tree Maps on the AMRDEC secure website.
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 No Later Than (NLT) 10:00 AM PST Thursday, 30 Jun 2016. Answers will be posted 11 Jul 2016.  Telephone and other means of oral communication will not be accepted.
5. Proposals must be submitted to Mary Avants, at email mary.avants@us.af.mil NLT 10:00 AM PST Monday, 18 Jul 2016.

The resulting contract will be Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) and the period of performance (PoP) will be for a period of twelve (12) months from the contract effective date.

Services, Non-Personal: Contractor to furnish all labor, tools, parts, materials, facilities, transportation and supervision necessary to perform FY16 Basewide Tree Trimming/Removal, in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

CLIN 0001 - Tree Trimming/Removal per Tree Maps #1- 19 and IAW the Performance Work Statement (PWS).
CLIN 0002 - Stump Grinding/Removal IAW the PWS.
CLIN 0003 - Herbicide Stump IAW the PWS. CLIN 0004 - Emergecy Tree Trimming/Removal IAW the PWS:
Small (6 in. - 24 in. diameter)
Medium (25 in. - 36 in. diameter)
Large (37 in. & greater diameter)

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
252.209-7004 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 $16.12 $5.84 (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 Chapter 2)

252.203-7997 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements (Deviation 2016-O0003)

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

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 St, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-1105 Commercial number 719-554-5300, Fax number 719-554-5299, afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil

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

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 Alt A 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 Chapter 2)

252.203-7996 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements - Representation. (DEVIATION 2016-O0003)

252.209-7991 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law - Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations

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 Tuesday, 28 June 2016 at 10:00AM PST for the purpose of answering questions regarding this solicitation and an extensive site visit. A pickup truck or 4-wheel drive vehicle is recommended for the site visit due to the varying terrain on Vandenberg AFB,CA.

(b) Submit the names, birthdate, driver's license number and issuing state of all attendees to Mary Avants at mary.avants@us.af.mil before 10:00AM PST Thursday, 23 June 2016 (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 NLT 10:00 AM PST Thursday, 30 June 2016 . 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 2016. Site Visit attendance is mandatory. 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 10:00 AM PST Monday, 18 Jul 2016.