Geotechnical Investigation and New Steel Pole Design

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Both this announcement and the 2 attachments hereto, are the only documents to be issued.  Solicitation No. 6913G621Q300011 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).  This solicitation is being conducted in accordance with the policies and procedures prescribed in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.  The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, effective July 2, 2020.  This procurement is being solicited under NAICS code 541330 Engineering Services, small business size standard is $16.5 million. This Combined Synopsis/ Solicitation is being issued as a small business set-aside only competition.  The PSC for this solicitation C1LB.

The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, has a requirement under CLIN 00100 to perform both Tasks 1 and 2 in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) including but not limited too geotechnical core sampling, analysis the core samples, a report of analysis and findings, etc. and to provide an engineering work and design of new steel poles and all associated hardware to replace wooden poles at the Lowell, Massachusetts National Historic Park Trolley system.  The contractor is required to provide all materials, labor and equipment necessary to meet the requirement in accordance with the two attachments: Attachment 1 the Statement of Work and Attachment 2 – Instrcutions, Conditions Representations and Notice to Offerors.

 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

The Offeror’s proposal shall be prepared in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items incorporated by reference, Instructions, Conditions and Notice to Offeror (attached) and the all other instructions included in this solicitation. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference All Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification-Commercial Items (the complete provision is provided in an attachment).  An Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically using the System for Award Management (SAM) accessible via http://www.Sam.gov.  If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision.  All Contractors must be registered in SAM in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency.   They must be registered at time of award.  The Government intends to award a single purchase order on a firm-fixed price basis as a result of this solicitation, subject to receipt of an acceptable technical proposal(s). FAR Clauses and Provisions 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items and FAR Clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment, are hereby incorporated by reference. 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items. Additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 52.209-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-41, 52.222-42, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-1, and 52.232-33.

The FAR and TAR provisions and clauses cited in this notice can be viewed at: https://www.acquisition.gov/browsefar

http://www.dot.gov/administrations/assistant-secretary-administration/transportation-acquisition- regulation-tar

Contractors may submit clarification questions regarding any aspect of this solicitation including, but not limited to: the quote, technical narration, SOW, drawings, etc.  All clarification questions must be submitted no later than 7 December 2020 at 2:30 pm EST to the attention Contracting Officer (CO) David J. Berger at: david.berger@dot.gov

All Offeror quotes and technical proposals are due electronically via email in accordance the instructions above to the CO David J. Berger no later than 14 December 2020 at 2:30 pm EST.  The offer quote/proposal must be submitted via e-mail to by closing date to david.berger@dot.gov.  No written quotes will be accepted.  No telephone calls of any kind will be honored.  The Government will not pay for any information received.  It is anticipated that a single contract award resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation will be made on or about 21 December 2020.

In the event there are any changes to this requirement, in any manner, there will be an amendment issued through Beta.SAM.gov citing those changes.