Building 2002 Colville SO, Entrance Security

Amendment 01 attached.

LOCATION OF WORK
Colville National Forest
Supervisors Office
765 South Main
Colville, WA 99114

ESTIMATED START OF WORK
June 1st, 2018

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
August 31, 2018

DATE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) WILL BE ISSUED
15 calendar days from the date of this Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) presolicitation notice.

CONTRACT TYPE
Stand-Alone Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Construction/Service Contract

ASSOCIATED NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
The primary NAICS for this project is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the secondary NAICS is 56162 - Security System Services. The primary contractor will be a construction contractor with oversight and control of the security system services sub-contractor (refer to Scope of Work for more details).

WAGE DETERMINATIONS
The RFP will include both construction and service provisions and clauses. The contract will include both the wage determinations for the Construction Wage Rate Requirements (FAR 52.222-6) and the Service Contract Labor Standards (FAR 52.222-41) formerly known as the Davis-Bacon Act / Service Contract Act. The wage determinations apply to labor categories in Washington State, Stevens County.

WHAT IS EPACS AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) established that all departments and agencies shall require the use of LincPass to gain access to federally controlled facilities. The Departmental Management (DM) OHSEC identified the need to develop and implement U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS) to centralize, and provide a means to distribute identity data related to LincPass credentialed individuals to all USDA PACS. ePACS will:

• Integrate several disparate PACs into an enterprise application;
• Provide a single source of verification for employee and contractor credentials;
• Maintain a system that is less susceptible to identity fraud, tampering, counterfeiting and terrorist exploitation;
• Provide a system that can rapidly authenticate credentials electronically; and
• Ensure that only providers whose reliability has been established by an official accreditation process can issue cards.

FAR 52.211-6 BRAND NAME OR EQUAL
The access control system shall meet the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS Pub) 201 and shall interface with the USDA enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS) infrastructure. If an "or Equal" product is proposed it shall be compliant with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). The salient characteristics for the "or Equal" access control system will be described in this provision.

SCOPE OF WORK
The purpose of this contract is to secure performance based services for installation of an access control system (Brand Name Lenel or Equal), associated doors and hardware, a closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system, and reconstruction of the building's store front. The access control system shall be installed by a USDA-certified installer, which can be a sub-contractor.

The base item requires the contractor to install the access control system on five (5) interior and exterior security doors. The construction contractor shall provide an architectural door hardware specialist to ensure all components are compatible and functional according to the specifications.

The project also includes four (4) option items. Option 1 to provide and install a badge printer to go with the access control system; Option 2 to provide and install the CCTV system consisting of five (5) cameras. Option 3 to replace the exterior store front windows. Option 4 to install access control system on the remaining 5 doors in the contract including interior doors not currently electrified and an elevator. Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportations, supplies, and incidentals to perform all work necessary to complete all base and option items.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE
A pre-bid conference will be held at a date/time/location that will be established in the RFP.


PLANNED EVALUATION FACTORS FOR CONTRACT AWARD
#1: Technical Proposal; Factor #2: Past Performance Information; and Factor #3: Price. These evaluation factors are subject to change, but the final details will be stated in the final RFP.

FUNDING NOTICE TO POTENTIAL OFFERORS
Funds are not presently available to fund all base + option items for this project. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the solicitation's closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred.

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT
Kamber L. Box, Telephone (509) 684-7254, E-mail: klbox@fs.fed.us.