CHIS Solar Array

Amendment 1
The purpose of this amendment is to provide additional details, in response to questions by interested contractors.
Q1. Please confirm this solicitation is for materials only (no design/installation/commissioning/etc) with final delivery to 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001.
A1. Confirmed, materials only, delivery adress is correct.

Q2. Are the new materials intended to be installed in addition to the existing PV systems?
A2. Yes, the GPS coordinates show our existing racks and locations. The new panels will be placed in the same location as the existing systems.

Q3. Please advise on what is considered an equal substitution for Sunpower X21 solar modules?
A3. The salient characteristics of the Sunpower X21-345-COM solar panels are efficiency, energy production, dimensions, and compatibility to existing Outback components.

Q4. The amount of module racking materials will depend on array layout configurations, which are based on constraints and preferences. What guidance is available for the array layouts?
A4. The layout will consist of the desired site panel quantities. Three arrays that have 26 panels and one array that accommodates 82 panels. (See satellite photos of exiting arrays)

Q5. Are as-builts for the existing systems available?
A5. No.

Q6. What provisions exist for a site visit examination?
A6. There is no scheduled site visit. Travel is available thru www.islandpackers.com. If a site visit is desired, please contact the Contracting Officer.

Q7. Will the installation of these materials appear in a future bid solicitation?
A7. Unknown

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for solar array components, commercial items, prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-99 of July 16, 2018. Quotations are being requested via this notice only. A written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 140P8418Q0108 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The acquisition is reserved exclusively for small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System code is 334413 and the size standard is 1,250 employees.

SCOPE: The National Park Service (NPS) has a requirement for 160 solar panels, roof and ground mounting systems, batteries and a power panel to replace an existing system on Santa Rosa Island. Satellite photographs of the existing system may be seen at: 33°59'56.2"N 120°03'55.0"W, 34°00'11.2"N 120°03'06.5"W, and 34°00'10.7"N 120°03'34.9"W

DELIVERY: NPS, Channel Islands National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 60 days ARO preferred

PAYMENT: The vendor must submit invoices via the IPP payment system. Payment will be made by electronic funds transfer generated by the US Treasury.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply:
52.204-7, System for Award Management
52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance
52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting
52.204-17, Ownership or Control Offeror
52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance
52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror
52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law
52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items
52.212-3, Offer Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (to be completed and provided with quotation unless "Certs & Reps" section of the contractor's www.sam.gov record is completed in full)
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 (within 52.212-5, applicable clauses are the following:
52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items
52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders
52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation
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, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities
52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons
52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies
52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management
52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications
52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
52.242-15, Stop-Work Order
52.242-17, Government Delay of Work
52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination
52.222-22 -- Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (Feb 1999)
The offeror represents that --
(a) It * has, * has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation;
(b) It * has, * has not filed all required compliance reports; and
(c) Representations indicating submission of required compliance reports, signed by proposed subcontractors, will be obtained before subcontract awards.

Full text versions of all FAR references and clauses are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/.

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (Apr 2013) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: VENDOR'S ITEMIZED INVOICE. Failure to attach the required documentation as specified above will result in the IPP invoice being rejected. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: Quotations are due Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 4:00 PM, PT to the attention of: Jack Northcutt, Contracting Officer, Crater Lake National Park at email: jack_northcutt@nps.gov. Confirmation of receipt of quotes sent via e-mail is the sole responsibility of the Contractor (if you have not received confirmation acknowledgement of your quote submitted by return e-mail, you must contact Contract Specialist for confirmation). Any quotation received after 4:00 pm Pacific Time will be considered late and will not be further considered. To be eligible for award, Offerors must have an active SAM record at http://www.sam.gov at the time of award, including the completed "Reps & Certs" section within their online active SAM record.

To ensure Offerors' questions are adequately addressed and appropriate action taken prior to submission of offer, questions must be received in writing no later than two calendar days prior to quotation due date shown in the latest amendment. Questions and/or comments received after this time may or may not be addressed prior to the solicitation closing date.

EVALUATION OF OFFERS: 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, on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotations meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards. All non-cost factors will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. The following factors will be used to evaluate the offers:

1. Technical Acceptability - The technical factor will be evaluated to determine whether the items proposed in the offeror's quote satisfy the government's minimum requirements as identified in the solicitation documents.

2. Price

The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

QUOTATION PACKAGE (WHAT TO SUBMIT): Include the following:

1. Price quote - use the form below or your firm's letterhead. The quote must include the following information: Company Name, Contact Name, Phone Number and email, Company DUNS No., Acknowledgement of Amendments (if any), Pricing, Description, and Availability for each line item.

2. If your quotation contains brands and models other than those specified, include descriptive literature such as manufacturers' cut sheets, item specifications, or a clear reference to information readily available to the Contracting Officer.

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. The Government intends to evaluate offers and make award without discussions; however, this does not preclude the Government from having discussions if it is in the best interest of the Government to do so.

THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS SOLICITATION IS: Jack Northcutt, Contracting Officer, Crater Lake National Park, telephone: 541-883-6884; email: jack_northcutt@nps.gov

Do NOT contact or send quotes to the default Contracting Office Address in Denver, Colorado

RFQ No. 140P8418Q0108
Solar Array
Channel Islands National Park
Ventura, CA

Line Item

Description

Qty

Unit

Price/Unit

Extended Price

1

Unirac Solarmount or Equal. Roof mount with 26 panel configuration.

3

EA

2

Unirac Solarmount or Equal. Ground mount with 82 panel configuration.

1

EA

3

Sunpower X21-345-COM solar panels, or Equal

160

EA

4

Outback 14.4Kw FLEXware Power Panel. P/N: OBFW10-VFR3648/Q or Equal

1

EA

5

GNB Absolyte GP 1-100G45 AGM 2 volt battery module or Equal

24

EA

TOTAL ($)

F.O.B. DESTINATION

.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for solar array components, commercial items, prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-99 of July 16, 2018. Quotations are being requested via this notice only. A written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 140P8418Q0108 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The acquisition is reserved exclusively for small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System code is 334413 and the size standard is 1,250 employees.

SCOPE: The National Park Service (NPS) has a requirement for 160 solar panels, roof and ground mounting systems, batteries and a power panel to replace an existing system on Santa Rosa Island. Satellite photographs of the existing system may be seen at: 33°59'56.2"N 120°03'55.0"W, 34°00'11.2"N 120°03'06.5"W, and 34°00'10.7"N 120°03'34.9"W

DELIVERY: NPS, Channel Islands National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 60 days ARO preferred

PAYMENT: The vendor must submit invoices via the IPP payment system. Payment will be made by electronic funds transfer generated by the US Treasury.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply:
52.204-7, System for Award Management
52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance
52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting
52.204-17, Ownership or Control Offeror
52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance
52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror
52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law
52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items
52.212-3, Offer Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (to be completed and provided with quotation unless "Certs & Reps" section of the contractor's www.sam.gov record is completed in full)
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 (within 52.212-5, applicable clauses are the following:
52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items
52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders
52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation
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, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities
52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons
52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies
52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management
52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications
52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
52.242-15, Stop-Work Order
52.242-17, Government Delay of Work
52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination
52.222-22 -- Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (Feb 1999)
The offeror represents that --
(a) It * has, * has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation;
(b) It * has, * has not filed all required compliance reports; and
(c) Representations indicating submission of required compliance reports, signed by proposed subcontractors, will be obtained before subcontract awards.

Full text versions of all FAR references and clauses are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/.

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (Apr 2013) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: VENDOR'S ITEMIZED INVOICE. Failure to attach the required documentation as specified above will result in the IPP invoice being rejected. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: Quotations are due Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 4:00 PM, PT to the attention of: Jack Northcutt, Contracting Officer, Crater Lake National Park at email: jack_northcutt@nps.gov. Confirmation of receipt of quotes sent via e-mail is the sole responsibility of the Contractor (if you have not received confirmation acknowledgement of your quote submitted by return e-mail, you must contact Contract Specialist for confirmation). Any quotation received after 4:00 pm Pacific Time will be considered late and will not be further considered. To be eligible for award, Offerors must have an active SAM record at http://www.sam.gov at the time of award, including the completed "Reps & Certs" section within their online active SAM record.

To ensure Offerors' questions are adequately addressed and appropriate action taken prior to submission of offer, questions must be received in writing no later than two calendar days prior to quotation due date shown in the latest amendment. Questions and/or comments received after this time may or may not be addressed prior to the solicitation closing date.

EVALUATION OF OFFERS: 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, on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotations meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards. All non-cost factors will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. The following factors will be used to evaluate the offers:

1. Technical Acceptability - The technical factor will be evaluated to determine whether the items proposed in the offeror's quote satisfy the government's minimum requirements as identified in the solicitation documents.

2. Price

The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

QUOTATION PACKAGE (WHAT TO SUBMIT): Include the following:

1. Price quote - use the form below or your firm's letterhead. The quote must include the following information: Company Name, Contact Name, Phone Number and email, Company DUNS No., Acknowledgement of Amendments (if any), Pricing, Description, and Availability for each line item.

2. If your quotation contains brands and models other than those specified, include descriptive literature such as manufacturers' cut sheets, item specifications, or a clear reference to information readily available to the Contracting Officer.

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. The Government intends to evaluate offers and make award without discussions; however, this does not preclude the Government from having discussions if it is in the best interest of the Government to do so.

THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS SOLICITATION IS: Jack Northcutt, Contracting Officer, Crater Lake National Park, telephone: 541-883-6884; email: jack_northcutt@nps.gov

Do NOT contact or send quotes to the default Contracting Office Address in Denver, Colorado

RFQ No. 140P8418Q0108
Solar Array
Channel Islands National Park
Ventura, CA

Line Item

Description

Qty

Unit

Price/Unit

Extended Price

1

Unirac Solarmount or Equal. Roof mount with 26 panel configuration.

3

EA

2

Unirac Solarmount or Equal. Ground mount with 82 panel configuration.

1

EA

3

Sunpower X21-345-COM solar panels, or Equal

160

EA

4

Outback 14.4Kw FLEXware Power Panel. P/N: OBFW10-VFR3648/Q or Equal

1

EA

5

GNB Absolyte GP 1-100G45 AGM 2 volt battery module or Equal

24

EA

TOTAL ($)

F.O.B. DESTINATION

.