Rail Integrity Consulting Services

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. 6913G624Q300038 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation document and Incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-02, effective 02/23/2024. The NAICS Code is 541330; the Small Business size standard is $25.5M.

The U.S. Department of Transportation/John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) intends to solicit and award on a sole source basis with David Jeong, North Reading, MA, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b).   The Volpe Center has a requirement for Track System Safety Research Rail Integrity Consulting Services.  The contractor shall provide engineering consulting services to the Volpe Center on track system safety research.  This highly specialized, deep historical knowledge and technical expertise will assist the Volpe Center with providing support to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Track Safety Research Program, in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS

The Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. This notice is expected to result in a single award, subject to receipt of an acceptable quote. Please provide a firm fixed price quote in accordance with the contract line item (CLIN) below and the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

CLIN 00100 Rail Neutral Temperature Management (Task 1.1) and Rail Integrity Research (Task 1.2), Quantity: 1, Unit: JOB, Unit Price: $__________________ Total Price $__________________ PSC: R499

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS:

This combined synopsis/solicitation hereby incorporates all Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses contained herein.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference.

The contractor is required to meet all solicitation requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may result in a vendor submission being ineligible for award. If the vendor finds it necessary to take exception to any of the requirements specified in the solicitation, the vendor shall clearly identify where it is addressed in its proposal. Each exception shall clearly identify the specific paragraph and/or part of the solicitation to which the exception is taken.

FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (FEB 2024) (attached). All Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3. An Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through http://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v)) of this provision. All Contractors must be registered in SAM with an active account in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency.

FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items is hereby incorporated by reference.

FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (FEB 2024), is hereby incorporated by reference; additional clauses cited in FAR 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 52.204-27, 52.204-9, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-50, 52.223-15, 52.223-18, 52.225-1, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, 52.232-40 and 52.252-1. 

The contractor must have completed the following representations via Sam.Gov. If the offeror has not completed these representations, they must be included as an attachment in the quote submission:

• FAR 52.204-26 OR FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

The FAR provisions and clauses cited in this notice can be viewed at http://www.acquisition.gov/far.

Questions shall be submitted by 3:00PM EST on 4/15/2024 EST, to Karen Marino via email at Karen.Marino@dot.gov.

The offer should be addressed to the following: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Karen Marino, V-222, 220 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. The signed offer must be submitted via e-mail to the contracting officer Karen.Marino@dot.gov. The time for receipt of offers is 3:00 PM Eastern Time on 4/18/2024. No telephone requests will be honored. The Government will not pay for any information received.