Facilities Improvement Repairs at USDA ARS, National Clonal Germplasm Repository , Corvallis, OR

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 40+PAGES TO THIS SOLICITATION. THEREFORE, PLEASE READ THIS AMENDMENT A000001, THE REVISED RFQ & ALL ITS ATTACHMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETIES.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR QUOTE AND IT IS A 100% SET-ASIDE FOR TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS:

REVISED QUOTE DUE: FEBRUARY 19, 2016; 4:00 PM (PST)

IMPORTANT - NOTICE TO INTERESTED CONTRACTORS

Please read this RFQ in its entirety including the SECTIONS B, K, L & M and all ATTACHMENTS.  Some of the SECTIONS & ATTACHMENTS have been REVISED.  Besides REVISED SECTION B & the Evaluation Factors listed in SECTION M, please complete the following:

•A) Sign and return TWO copy of the RFQ form - Standard Form (SF) 18 & for any Amendments, also signed the SF 30.

•B)  Along with a completed REVISED SECTION B, include a BREAKDOWN OF THE OFFERED PRICE ATTACHMENT 3); a CALCULATION OF SELF PERFORMED WORK (ATTACHMENT 4); and a PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (ATTACHMENT 5). 

•C) It is highly recommended and strongly encouraged that all interested Contractors visit the project site, inspect and observe the site conditions, and review the project scope and requirements at the site prior to submission of an offer.  The 1st Site Visit was on December 22, 2015.  Another, site inspection will be conducted for prospective offerors on January 29, 2016 to provide information concerning the Government's requirements and to answer any questions regarding this RFQ.  Failure on the part of the Contractor to acquaint him/herself with the site conditions will not be sufficient reason for any increase in contract price. 

•D) All Terms & Conditions of the Solicitation shall remain unchanged, unless formally changed by a written amendment to the Solicitation and posted to www.fbo.gov.  

•E) Interested Contractors are required to register or update their registration (including Representations & Certifications) at the System for Award Management (SAM) website at www.sam.gov  in order to receive a contract award under this Solicitation.  As a confirmation of this requirement, SECTION K must be signed and submitted with their quotes.

Furnish Quotes to Ms. Washingtoni, Contracting Specialist/Contracting Officer, USDA, ARS, WBSC, Contracting Office, via email to Washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov no later than 4:00 pm (PST) on FEBRUARY 19, 2016.  NO QUOTES AFTER THIS TIME OR DATE WILL BE ACCEPTED.  

Q&As resulted from the 1st Site Visit are included in Attachment #6.  For the 2nd Site Visit, a Conference Call will be held immediately afterwards to address any additional questions or concerns on this project.  The call-in number will be provided to the attendees only.  No more written or emailed questions will be accepted unless the questions are critical.  All Questions/Answers from the Conference call will be posted to www.fbo.gov. 

 As a friendly note:

The Facilities Improvement Repairs is a new requirement for the Government. Also, the RFQ, Section B, B.1 Description, 2nd sentence will be corrected to read as follows:

Please Note: The Government has leased most of the facilities from Oregon State University. Therefore, out of the 10 facilities mentioned in SECTION C, C-1, only the Pole Building 26 is located on USDA owned land (33707 Peoria Rd.) and the other buildings are located on leased land at 33447 Peoria Rd.

Also, resulting from the Site Vist on December 22, 2015, many questions were submitted and are pending responses. Upon receipt of the responses, an Amendment to the Solicitation will be posted which will include the Questions & Answers (Q&As); an official time extension for receiving the Quotes; and any other additional changes to the SOW resulting from the Q&As.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR QUOTE AND IT IS A 100% SET-ASIDE FOR TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS:

QUOTE DUE: JANUARY 05, 2016; 4:00 PM (PST)

IMPORTANT - NOTICE TO INTERESTED CONTRACTORS

The USDA, ARS, National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR) is seeking interested & qualified Small Business (SB) Contractors within or near Corvallis & Portland Areas for minor facilities improvement repairs. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 236220 -- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the small business size standard is $36.5M. The anticipated award amount will be between $150K to $197K.

Please read attached RFQ package in its entirety including the SECTIONS B, K, L & M and all ATTACHMENTS. Besides SECTION B & the Evaluation Factors listed in SECTION M, please complete the following:

A) Sign and return ONE copy of the RFQ form - Standard Form 18.

B) Along with a completed SECTION B, include a BREAKDOWN OF THE OFFERED PRICE ATTACHMENT 3); a CALCULATION OF SELF PERFORMED WORK (ATTACHMENT 4); and a PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (ATTACHMENT 5).

C) All Terms & Conditions of the Solicitation shall remain unchanged, unless formally changed by a written amendment to the Solicitation and posted to www.fbo.gov.

D) It is highly recommended and strongly encouraged that all interested Contractors visit the project site, inspect and observe the site conditions, and review the project scope and requirements at the site prior to submission of an offer. A site inspection will be conducted for prospective offerors on December 22, 2015 to provide information concerning the Government's requirements and to answer any questions regarding this RFQ. Failure on the part of the Contractor to acquaint him/herself with the site conditions will not be sufficient reason for any increase in contract price.

E) Interested Contractors are required to register or update their registration (including Representations & Certifications) at the System for Award Management (SAM) website at www.sam.gov in order to receive a contract award under this Solicitation. As a confirmation of this requirement, SECTION K must be signed and submitted with their quotes.

Furnish Quotes to Ms. Washingtoni, Contracting Specialist/Contracting Officer, USDA, ARS, WBSC, Contracting Office, via email to Washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov no later than 4 p.m. (PST) on JANUARY 05, 2016. NO QUOTES AFTER THIS TIME OR DATE WILL BE ACCEPTED.

All questions on this project must be in writing and should be emailed to Washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov by COB the day after the site visit. Questions/Answers will be posted to www.fbo.gov.