Operations and Maintenance Support Services

Added: Mar 13, 2014 5:11 pm

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Amendment No. 09 is being issued to:

Reissue and replace the answers provided for questions 19-25 of the "Final Q and A" in Amendment #7.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
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Added: Mar 12, 2014 6:06 pm -------------------------------------

Amendment No. 08 is being issued to extend the due date to submit proposals.

THE DUE DATE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014.

THE COMPLETE PROPOSAL PACKAGE - SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY - IS DUE BY 5:00 EST.

THE FIVE (5) HARD COPIES OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL ONLY ARE TO BE RECEIVED BY 4:00 PM CST.
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Added: Mar 12, 2014 5:57 pm

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Amendment No. 07 is being issued to:

1.  Provide the FINAL answers to the questions submitted in response to amendments to the subject solicitation;

2. Provide Revision #3 of the subject solicitation with tracked changes incorporated;

3. Provide Revision #2 of the PWS with tracked changes.


All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
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Added: Mar 07, 2014 11:04 am -------------------
Amendment No. 6 is being issued to:

1.  Provide the remaining answers to the questions submitted in response to the subject solicitation and pre-proposal conference.

2.  Provide Revision #2 of the subject solicitation with tracked changes incorporated.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
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Added: Mar 06, 2014 10:17 am

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Amendment No. 05 is being issued to:

1. Publish the FINAL due date for potential offerors to submit questions in response to

ALL posted amendments.

FINAL QUESTIONS ARE DUE MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014 AT 5:00 PM EST.

2. Extend the due date to submit proposals.

PROPOSALS ARE DUE MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014.

THE COMPLETE PROPOSAL PACKAGE - SUBMITTED

ELECTRONICALLY - IS DUE BY 5:00 EST.


THE FIVE (5) HARD COPIES OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL ONLY ARE TO BE RECEIVED BY 4:00 PM CST.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Added: Feb 28, 2014 8:34 pm

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Amendment No. 04 is being issued to:

1.  provide answers to questions submitted in response to the subject solicitation.  NOTE - Due to the large number of questions received, this amendment contains only a partial list.  The remainder of the questions will be provided in subsequent amendment(s);

2. provide Revision #1 of the subject solicitation with tracked incorporated changes;

3.  provide revised PWS of the subject solicitation with tracked change;

4.  incorporate the current Service Contract Act wage determinations;

5.  incorporate the current Davis Bacon Act wage determination;

6.  provide the Agenda from the Pre-Proposal Conference;

7.  provide the Attendee List from the Pre-Proposal Conference;

8.  provide Section B of the subject solicitation in optional fillable MS Excel format.  NOTE: the spreadsheet does not contain formulas. Accurate calculations are the responsibility of the Offeror.
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Added: Feb 20, 2014 4:19 pm -------------------------------------
Amendment No. 01  is issued to make an administrative revision to the language within the FedBizOpps notice.

No files are attached with this amendment.
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Amendment No. 03 is being issued to extend the due date to submit proposals.

Proposals are due Monday, March 10, 2014 at 1:00 pm EST/12:00 pm CST.
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Added: Feb 19, 2014 3:03 pm

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Amendment No. 02 is being issued to publish the deadline for vendors to submit questions.

All questions must be submitted by 5:00 pm EST on Thursday, February 20, 2014.

The proposal due date has NOT been extended and remains Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 5:00 pm EST.
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Added: Jan 07, 2014 9:25 am Modified: Jan 28, 2014 10:04 amTrack Changes  

The Southern Regional Research Center consists of twenty-four (24) buildings and a complete utilities system, sophisticated environmental controls, and a variety of specialized laboratories and rooms, all located on approximately thirty-three (33) acres.  The complex presently contains approximately 400,000 square feet of floor space. 

Government scientists, with the aid of research technicians and assistants, conduct research at SRRC.  The support of this research requires a large number of laboratories, many of which are furnished with extremely complex and expensive test equipment requiring closely controlled environments to function properly.

O&M functions at SRRC shall include the areas of work management, preventive maintenance, building maintenance, shop services, alteration and repair, grounds maintenance, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, housekeeping, information technology and administrative services.

The Government anticipates the award of a firm, fixed price contract with an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) component for additional work. The period of performance will bed to be one base period and five option periods, not to exceed five years in total.  This acquisition will be conducted using the authority of FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, and is set aside for small businesses.

This procurement requires the use of biobased products to the extent that such products are reasonably available, meet agency or relevant industry performance standards, and are reasonably priced. Where available, these products should first be acquired from among qualified products that fall under the umbrella of items designated through the USDA BioPreferred Program.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be considered and to be eligible for award.  Information about how to register can be obtained at www.sam.gov.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code associated with this action is 561210 with a size standard of $35.5 Million.

Any questions or concerns about this notice should be directed by email to Contract Specialist, Kelli Lightfoot at kelli.lightfoot@ars.usda.gov.  Telephone requests for information will NOT be accepted.

Added: Jan 07, 2014 9:25 am  

THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO SERVE SOLELY AS A SYNOPSIS OF AN ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION, AG-32SD-S-14-0001. NO PROPOSALS ARE REQUESTED AT THIS TIME AND ANY SUBMISSIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

The Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service intends to issue a solicitation for proposals for operations and maintenance (O&M) support services at the Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC) located at 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124.  The USDA anticipates the issuance of this solicitation will be in mid-to-late January 2014.  Prospective offerors are responsible for accessing the FedBizOpps portal to obtain all applicable solicitation documents and any subsequent amendments during the open period.  The solicitation will provide instructions about the proposal submission process.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be considered and to be eligible for award.  Information about how to register can be obtained at www.sam.gov.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code associated with this action is 561210 with a size standard of $35.5 Million.

The Southern Regional Research Center consists of twenty-four (24) buildings and a complete utilities system, sophisticated environmental controls, and a variety of specialized laboratories and rooms, all located on approximately thirty-three (33) acres.  The complex presently contains approximately 400,000 square feet of floor space. 

Government scientists, with the aid of research technicians and assistants, conduct research at SRRC.  The support of this research requires a large number of laboratories, many of which are furnished with extremely complex and expensive test equipment requiring closely controlled environments to function properly.

O&M functions at SRRC shall include the areas of work management, preventive maintenance, building maintenance, shop services, alteration and repair, grounds maintenance, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, housekeeping, information technology and administrative services.

The Government anticipates the award of a firm, fixed price contract with an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) component for additional work. The period of performance is anticipated to be one base period and five option periods, not to exceed five years.  This acquisition will be conducted using the authority of FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, and is anticipated to be set aside for small businesses.

Any questions or concerns about this notice should be directed by email to Contract Specialist, Kelli Lightfoot at kelli.lightfoot@ars.usda.gov.  Telephone requests for information will NOT be accepted.