Houghton Lab & Shop Renovation

The USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station intends to initiate a Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement action and award a negotiated, Firm-Fixed Price contract for building/lab and site renovations at the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station in Houghton, MI. The contractor shall provide all equipment, labor, materials, supervision and incidentals necessary to accomplish this task.

The acquisition will be solicited using the procurement processes prescribed in Part 12, Commercial Items, and Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation per Federal Acquisition Regulations. The period of performance will be from approximately August 25, 2014 to February 25, 2015.

The Government will award the contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the RFP will be the Best Value to the Government. The award may be made to a superior offeror which is not the lowest offered price, but which is significantly more technically advantageous than the lowest offer; therefore, justifying an award to a higher price offeror. Proposals will be reviewed for completeness and evaluated for acceptability against the following evaluation factors listed.

Factor 1 - Experience and Qualifications of Contractor and Key Personnel; Factor 2 - Past Performance; Factor 3 - Technical Capability; and Factor 4 - Price/Cost. Factors 1 and 2 are of equal weighting; Factors 1, 2, and 3 are significantly more important than price; however price will contribute substantially to the selection decision. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to the offeror whose proposal conforms to all requirements of the specifications and is the "greatest value" to the Government, cost and other factors considered. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to the offeror whose proposal conforms to all requirements of the specifications and is the "greatest value" to the Government, cost and other factors considered.

A Pre-Proposal Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 10:00 am Eastern Time at: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 410 Macinnes Drive, Houghton, MI 49931. Please contact Mr. Joe DesRochers, Facilities Operations Specialist, by email at jdesrochers@fs.fed.us or by telephone at 906-482-6303 x.15 (office).

Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov/ An electronic copy of Solicitation Number AG-3604-S-14-0011 will be posted on this site on or about 2 July 2014. No hard copies will be issued and no written or fax requests will be accepted. Proposals are due on or about 4 August 2014 by 11:00 am Eastern Time. Proposals may be e-mailed to Maria Evans at the following e-mail address: mtevans@fs.fed.us or sent by mail to the USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station, 11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073, ATTN: Maria Evans, Contracting Officer.

The NAICS Code for this project is 236220 with a size standard of $33.5 million. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. All contractors must be registered in: www.SAM.gov 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/.

Davis Bacon Contract Act Wage Rates will be applicable. Award will be made as a whole to one offeror. This procurement is Unrestricted.