Grey Towers - Outdoor Sculpture/Statuary Conservatiion Treatment

The USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station intends to initiate a Request for Proposals (RFP) procurement action and award a Firm-Fixed Price contract for outdoor sculpture/statuary conservation treatment services. The Contractor shall provide all labor and materials to perform the services at the USDA Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, PA.

The acquisition will be solicited using the procurement process prescribed in Part 12, Commercial Items, of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Award will be made on the basis of best value. The Government will award the contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote, conforming to the RFQ will be the Best Value to the Government. Quotes will be reviewed for completeness and evaluated for acceptability against the following evaluation factors: Past Performance, Experience and Price. Past Performance and Experience when combined, are approximately equal to Cost or Price.

The Government may elect to conduct discussions with offerors whose quotes are technically acceptable (or which may be expected to be made acceptable by moderate modification) and fall within the competitive price range. The Government reserves the right, however, to award a contract based on initial offers without conducting discussions. Therefore, each proposal should be submitted from the offeror's most favorable technical and price standpoints. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to the offeror whose quote conforms to all requirements of the specifications and is the "greatest value" to the Government, cost and non-cost factors considered.

A site visit is scheduled for Friday, August 14, 2015 at 10:00 am EST. Please contact Ken Sandri, by e-mail at ksandri@fs.fed.us to register for the site visit. He may also be contacted by telephone at 570-296-9628.

Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located http://www.fbo.gov/ An electronic copy of Solicitation Number AG-3604-S-15-0029 will be posted on this site on August 10, 2015.

No hard copies will be issued and no written of fax requests will be accepted. Proposals are due on August 21, 2015 by 5:00 PM EST. Proposals may be emailed to Briana Chalmers at the following e-mail address: bcchalmers@fs.fed.us.

The NAICS Code for this project is 711510 with a size standard of $7.5 million. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM as required by FAR 4.1102. Also, contractors who receive a federal contract of $25,000.00 or more are required by legislation to submit an annual VETS-100 Report on your employment of targeted veterans. Information on submitting your report may be obtained by calling 703-461-2460 or by accessing the following Internet web site: http://vets.dol.gov/vets100/.

Service Contract Act Wage Rates will be applicable. Award will be made as a whole to one offeror.