Cross Connection/Backflow Prevention Survey In Accordance With AFI 32-1066 for Battle Creek ANGB, MI

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in
accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional
information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only
solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be
issued.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) against solicitation
number W912B-15-T-8003 for a services non-personal acquisition for a contractor to provide all plant, labor, materials, and supervision necessary to provide a thorough Cross-Connection/Backflow Prevention Survey IAW AFI 32-1066 section 9.4 at Battle Creek ANGB, MI.

This is being solicited as unrestricted.

This acquisition is unrestricted and award will be made based on Best value to
the Government considering all requirements listed below.

FOB Destination pricing required.

Offers must be received no later than 4:00 p.m., EST, April 17, 2015.
Point of contact for this RFQ is MSgt Daniel Taliaferro at 269-969-3364 email
daniel.taliaferro@ang.af.mil

Offer must be capable of invoicing via WAWF/Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
https: //wawf.eb.mil and be registered with Systems for Award Management
(SAM) www.sam.gov with a valid DUNS number and CAGE code.

The Government will award a contract to the responsible offeror whose offer
conforms to all technical requirements & deliverables on this request for quote and will be a best value to the Government.

Quotation evaluation factors will be in order: Price, Socio economic class, and Delivery

Description of requirements & work to be performed for the non-personal services to be acquired are the following:

1. INTRODUCTION
Public Law 93-523, which established the Safe Drinking Water Act, was approved and passed in 1974. This Law states that the water purveyor is responsible for the integrity of the water supplied from the distribution system. The intention of the act of 1974 is to designate the water purveyor as the prime entity responsible for the quality of water to the furthest most point, or last free flowing tap of the distribution system. As a result, States and water purveyors have developed backflow programs via ordinances or laws to ensure that drinking water is not accidentally
contaminated as it passes through the distribution system. One critical portion of a backflow program is conducting a survey for existing facilities to identify unprotected cross connections.
Battle Creek ANGB requires a Comprehensive Drinking Water Cross-Connection and Backflow Prevention Survey. The objectives of this project include the following:
Identify and document unprotected drinking water cross connections;
Determine the cross connection control requirements of the local water purveyor or other applicable
regulatory agency;
Identify and catalog existing backflow prevention equipment;
Assess the adequacy of protection, installation, and testability of existing backflow prevention devices;
Enter inventory and survey results into an existing database developed for maintaining backflow
devices;
Recommend appropriate backflow prevention devices for unprotected cross connections; and
Develop a budgetary cost estimate for installation of recommended devices.

2. APPICABLE DOCUMENTS
The following documents and sources shall be considered a minimum of documents applicable to this project:
Uniform Plumbing Code, Section 603, Cross-Connection Control
AFI 32-1066, Plumbing Systems
University of Southern California, Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research,
Manual of Cross-Connection Control
American Water Works Association,
Any applicable state and local cross-connection control ordinances
Existing base Backflow Prevention Device (BPD) inventory, testing results, or other BPD records.

3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
3.1 Meetings
A project kickoff meeting, and additional required meetings, will be held between the Contractor, the Technical
Program Manager (TPM), and the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) to clarify all project requirements (may
be accomplished by telecon). The contractor shall prepare an agenda and record meeting minutes and action items
for all meetings such as base site visit in-briefings.

3.2 Planning and Preparation
Project planning and preparation shall include the development of a draft and final Work Plan and Health and Safety
Plan, acquisition and review of a building list, inventory of existing installed backflow prevention assemblies,
installation maps, and other applicable documents.
A Work Plan and Health and Safety Plan will be developed. The Work Plan will be used as a guidance document
for all work conducted under this task order, and shall include an example field survey form, a description of field
survey methodology, and data entry procedures. The health and Safety Plan will be prepared to comply with U.S.
Air Force and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Also during the Planning and Preparation task, the contractor will obtain and review preliminary information
necessary to efficiently conduct field survey work. This will include a list of buildings, an inventory of existing
installed backflow assemblies, and installation maps.
The survey form (printed or electronic) to be used by the contractor will facilitate the documentation of the following
data while on site:
Building number,
Building name,
Organization,
Cross-connection location, description, and pipe diameter,
Hazard type (health, non-health),
Potential contaminants (when known),
Any deficiencies and recommended corrective action,
Brand name, model number, serial number, and size of any installed backflow prevention assemblies,
and
List of digital photographs taken.
3.3 Field Work
Field work will consist of conducting a comprehensive drinking water backflow prevention assembly inventory and
cross-connection survey. The survey shall follow the criteria established by the University of Southern California,
Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research (USC FCCR HR) and the American Water Works
Association (AWWA). Where applicable, state and local regulations shall take precedence over these organizations.
The backflow prevention assembly inventory will identify and catalog existing backflow prevention equipment. The
cross-connection survey will identify and document unprotected drinking water cross-connections. Data will be
collected using the survey forms derived from the backflow database specified by the ANG. The inventory and
survey results will be entered into the backflow database. All cross-connections will be tagged with and ID number
and photographed. Digital photographs will be provided to the base on CD-ROM and linked to the database.
4. CONTRACT DELIVERABLE AND SUBMITTALS
4.1 Letter of Submittal
The contractor shall prepare and submit a cover sheet quote mark Letter of Transmittal quote mark for each submittal. As a minimum this
letter shall include the following information:
Contract and delivery order number
Statement of Work (SOW) reference
Date of submittal
Brief description of item(s) being submitted
Contractor's point of contact.
Unless other wise specified in the SOW, only a copy of the letter of transmittal shall be submitted to the contracting
officer. This transmittal letter shall be submitted to the contracting officer concurrently with the submittal of the
associated deliverable item to the responsible government office.
4.2 Transportation Methods and Review Times for Deliverables
The contractor shall provide draft deliverables via email to each government POC. The contractor shall allow 30
calendar days for government review of draft documents. The contractor shall provide both electronic and paper
copies of the final technical reports to the TPM, the COR and Base POC no greater than 30 calendar days after
receiving comments from the government. The contractor shall consider consolidated review comments from
AFIOH/RSE (i.e., TPM) to be the official comments that determine due dates.
4.3 Report Development
A Technical Report shall be prepared and database populated with inventory and survey results. The report shall list
corrective actions including but not limited to replacement or repairs required for deficient backflow prevention
devices, and installation of new devices.
4.3.1 Inventory Results/Database
Inventory and survey results shall be entered into a backflow database that the base can use as a management tool for
the base cross-connection and backflow prevention control program. The contractor shall use existing or other
commercially available software and is to specify which database is to be used. Furthermore, the contractor is
responsible for the purchase of any commercially available software to be used and supplied to each base.
4.3.2 Management Action Plan
The Technical Report shall consist of a Management Action Plan that explains the requirements of a backflow
program, proposes a phased approach to achieve regulatory compliance, prioritizes the various implementation steps
in order of importance, and provides a budgetary cost estimate for implementing a compliant backflow program.
This plan shall include at a minimum an inventory of devices, testing requirements, recordkeeping requirements,
training requirements and program responsibilities.
4.4 Technical Reporting Requirements
The contractor shall produce and electronically submit a monthly status report to the Technical Program Manager and the COR by the tenth of each month for the preceding month until this task order is at close out as specified by the contracting officer. The project status management report shall outline for each reporting period:
Tasks completed
Planned activities for next reporting period
Compliance with schedule
Expenditures (labor by category and itemized ODC's) to date
Cumulative expenditures
Graph showing planned expenditures vs. date
Graph showing actual expenditures vs. date
5. SCHEDULE
The contractor shall complete all required tasks no later than 120 days After Delivery of Contract. Task-specific due dates are listed in paragraph 6.
6. DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE - Please see attachment.

By submission of a quote, offeror acknowledges the requirement that a
prospective awardee must be registered in SAM prior to award, during
performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this
RFQ.

The following FAR Provisions and Clauses apply to this acquisition:
52.203-3, Gratuities
52.203-6 ALT I, Restrictions of Subcontractor Sales to the Government
52.204-4, Printed or Copied-Double Sided on Recycled Paper
52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration
52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel
52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal
52.211-16, Variation in Quantity (25% Increase/25% Decrease)
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items
52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (Evaluation factors being price and
past performance with each being equally considered in the evaluation process)
52.212-3 ALT I, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items
Alternate I
52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items
52.212-5 (Dev), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement
Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Deviation)
52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business
Concerns
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
52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the
Vietnam Era, and other Eligible Veterans
52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities
52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of
the Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans
52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor
Registration
52.233-2, Service of Protest
52.232-18 Availability of Funds
52.233-3, Protest after Award
52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim
52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination
52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated By Reference
52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated By Reference
52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses
The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS)
provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation:
252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DOD
officials
252.204-7004, Alternate A
252.212-7001 (Dev), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement
Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (Deviation)
252.204-7011 Alternative Line Item Structure
252.217-7019 ALT I, Sanitary Conditions-Alternate I
252.217-7022, Code Dating
252.217-7023, Marking
252.223-7006, Prohibition on Storage and Disposal of Toxic and Hazardous
Materials
252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests
252.225-7000 Buy American Statute-Balance of Payments Program
Certificate
252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment
252.246-7000, Material Inspection and Receiving Report
252.209-7993 (DEV), Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid
Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law-Fiscal
Year 2014 Appropriations (Deviation)

Copies of all provisions and clauses, including Representations and
Certifications, are available at http://www.arnet.gov/far.

Formal communications (such as request for clarifications and/or information)
concerning this solicitation must be submitted in writing or via e-mail to the
POC address given below NLT 4:00 p.m. EST, on April 15, 2015.

Point of contact for this RFQ is MSgt Daniel Taliaferro at (269)969-3364.
Quotes can be e-mailed to daniel.taliaferro@ang.af.mil or mailed to: 110 MSC
Contracting Division, 146 Sabre Avenue, Bldg. 6901, Room 206A Battle
Creek ANG Base, Michigan 49037 . No special format or form is required for
your quote.

Quotes are due not later than 4:00 PM, EST on April 17, 2014.

All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the
agency.