Piceance & Rangely Basin CRI 2023, 4152 acres
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 140L3723Q0003
- Agency
- Idaho Region Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Piceance & Rangely Basin
Amendment 0001 is issued to answer questions received about the RFQ. The closing date and time for quotes remains unchanged.
Q1. Does firm fixed price mean that there will not be any opportunities for change orders due to unanticipated sites, testing needs, or other unforseen circumstances?
A1. Per the RFQ vendors must have a valid Colorado consulting archaeological permit or be able to obtain a permit, and have or be able to obtain a Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation consulting permit; which require they have experience working in the area, so we expect that vendors will be familiar enough with the area to be able to quote a firm fixed price for the work. We do not plan to issue change orders but if the contractor comes across something extraordinary or that could not have been reasonably foreseen we would consider it. It would be the contractor's responsibility to immediately notify the Contracting Officer and COR of the situation and request guidance about what steps to take before performing any additional work.
Q2. Can the BLM provide GIS shape files of the project areas to use in proposal prep?
A2. Yes. KML and location shape files in various formats (CPG, DBF, PRJ, SBN, SBX, SHP, SHX) are available but these are not file formats that can be uploaded to sam.gov. Email Laura StJohn at lstjohn@blm.gov to request the files.
Q3. Is it possible that smaller portions or phases of the project will be awarded to different contractors or at different times, or will one award for the entire project go to a single contractor?
A3. Our intent is to award one contract for the entire project to a single contractor.
Q4. Are separate reports expected for each task, or one report that covers all tasks?
A4. We assume the question is asking about the 3 tasks in the SOW. Ultimately it is one overall report, just two separate versions - draft final and final.
Q5. We are a small business that meets the qualifications to participate in this RFQ. Although we are relatively new, we are permitted to conduct archaeology throughout Colorado. We have conducted work in other areas with satisfactory or exceeds expectations ratings in the CPARS system; however, we have not had previous company experience in the NW region. Does this exclude us from meeting the requirements to respond to the RFP? In particular, the section of the RFQ we are concerned with is under the award decision info: "and on the quality of past work demonstrated by example of acceptable work in northwest Colorado (Submit a minimum of 2 and no more than 4).
A5. That section would require previous experience in the Northwest Colorado area. This does not necessarily need to be with BLM. If they have previous projects with USFS or NPS, those could be used as previous acceptable work. This vendor (the vendor asking the question) was also permitted for survey in Canyon of the Ancients National Monument and Tres Rios Field Office. These offices are similar enough that I would be confident that the contractor could cite previous work in those field office areas, to show equivalent experience for northwest Colorado.
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Update #1 ·
Piceance & Rangely Basin Cultural Resource Inventory, Northwest Colorado, 4152 acres
The Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, has a requirement for an archaeological Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of 4,152 acres in Rio Blanco County Colorado. Details are included on the RFQ and Statement of Work attached to the RFQ. No site visit is scheduled but maps are included at the end the Statement of Work. The period of performance begin date is 5/1/2023 based on when BLM expects the areas to be snow free but the contractor may begin earlier if weather and conditions allow.
This solicitation is being issued as a total small business set-aside. The NAICS associated with this solicitation is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services, which has a small business size standard of $16.5M.
Award decision will be based on a Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable basis. See provision FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation on page 3 of the solicitation.
Technical: Technically acceptable means that the offeror includes a technical description of how it will accomplish the work, detail in addressing how standards and procedures for WRFO and Colorado are achieved to ensure a high quality product that requires minimal review and correction by the reviewing official, and on the quality of past work demonstrated by example of acceptable work in northwest Colorado (Submit a minimum of 2 and no more than 4). We also request a list of project leads and their experience conducting cultural surveys in Colorado.
The contractor must have a valid Colorado consulting archaeological permit or be able to obtain a permit (see attached BLM Handbook for more information). The contractor must also have, or be able to obtain, a Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation consulting permit prior to conducting work in the field office. In addition, the contractor must also carry a Fieldwork Authorization Form (FAF) at all times when conducting fieldwork.
Before an award is made the apparently successful offeror, if it does not already have the required permit, must obtain it within 45 days of notification of selection for award or the offer may be withdrawn.
Past Performance: The offeror must have satisfactory past performance. If the offeror has records in the CPARS system (Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System, www.cpars.gov) the ratings may not be less than Satisfactory. If Marginal or Unsatisfactory CPARS records do exist the offeror shall include a description of the problems encountered and steps taken to ensure the issues have been corrected. The Contracting Officer will review the information submitted.
Price - Offeror shall propose a firm fixed price for each of the tasks listed in the SOW and a total price for all tasks
See pricing schedule under provision 52.212-2.
Technical questions regarding this RFQ shall be submitted in writing only via email to the Contract Specialist Laura StJohn at lstjohn@blm.gov by no later than Wednesday November 30, 2022 at 4:00 pm MT. Any questions received will be answered via an amendment to the solicitation on or about Friday December 2, 2022. If no questions are received no amendment will be issued.
Quotes shall be submitted via email to lstjohn@blm.gov by no later than Monday December 12, 2022 at 4:00 pm MT. Please be sure to include the RFQ number (140L3723Q0003) in the subject line of the email to ensure your quote is properly identified. All quotes received will be acknowledged with a return email. Due to system limitations submissions through sam.gov or FBMS/PRISM will not be accepted. Offerors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (sam.gov) as of the closing date and time of this solicitation.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sol_140L3723Q0003_Amd_0001.pdf | ||
| SOW_Piceance__Rangely_Basins_2023_CRI.pdf | ||
| BLM_Handbook__Cultural_Resources.pdf | ||
| Sol_140L3723Q0003.pdf |
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