Shrine Project Houston National Cemetery

Added: Feb 12, 2018 2:08 pm Modified: Mar 06, 2018 8:27 amTrack Changes Solicitation amended to 1) add CLIN 0004 to price schedule, 2) add FAR clause 52.228-16 Performance and Payment Bonds Other than Construction (Nov 2006) and 3) add VAAR clause 852.228-70 Bond Premium Adjustment.



1. Revised Price Schedule is as follows:

Period of Performance: 365 Days from Notice to Proceed Date

CLIN

No.

Description:

Grounds Maintenance Services

Quantity

Unit

Unit Price

Total Price

0001

Realign, raise/lower, level, backfill flat markers onto grass paving system in Sections J, K, K1 and K2 includes installation of continuous grass paving system spanning 111 unoccupied sites (i.e. with no flat markers). Includes surveying and installation.

10,065

EA

$ ________

$ ____________

0002

Level topsoil surface, renovate and re-establish turf grass stand in Sections J, K, K1, and K2.

447,149

SF

$ ________

$ ____________

0003

Clean flat markers

10,065

EA

$ ________

$ ____________

0004

Payment and Performance Bond (Estimated Price Do Not Include in Total Price)

1

EA

$________

$____________



Total Price:

$ ____________



Payment and Performance Bonds will be required within 10 days of award notice. Award of this contract is contingent upon the apparent awardee s ability to obtain bonding. If the apparent awardee is unable to obtain bonding within 10 days of award notice, award will be made to the next offeror in line for award.

2. Addition of FAR 52.228-16 Performance and Payment Bonds Other Than Construction (Nov 2006)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause

Original contract price means the award price of the contract or, for requirements contracts, the price payable for the estimated quantity; or, for indefinite-quantity contracts, the price payable for the specified minimum quantity. Original contract price does not include the price of any options, except those options exercised at the time of contract award.

(b) The Contractor shall furnish a performance bond (Standard Form 1418) for the protection of the Government in an amount equal to 100 percent of the original contract price and a payment bond (Standard Form 1416) in an amount equal to 100 percent of the original contract price.

(c) The Contractor shall furnish all executed bonds, including any necessary reinsurance agreements, to the Contracting Officer, within 10 days, but in any event, before starting work.

(d) The Government may require additional performance and payment bond protection if the contract price is increased. The Government may secure the additional protection by directing the Contractor to increase the penal amount of the existing bonds or to obtain additional bonds.

(e) The bonds shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or by other acceptable security such as postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, in accordance with Treasury Department regulations, certain bonds or notes of the United States. Treasury Circular 570 is published in the Federal Register, or may be obtained from the:

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Financial Management Service

Surety Bond Branch

3700 East West Highway, Room 6F01

Hyattsville, MD 20782.

Or via the internet at http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570/.

(End of clause)

3. VAAR 852.228-70 Bond Premium Adjustment (Jan 2008)

When net changes in original contract price affect the premium of a Corporate Surety Bond by $5 or more, the Government, in determining the basis for final settlement, will provide for bond premium adjustment computed at the rate shown in the bond.

(End of Clause)

End of Document

Added: Feb 12, 2018 2:08 pm See attached 36C78618Q0147