St. Paul Chiller Replacement System

Added: Apr 28, 2014 2:11 pm Modified: May 26, 2014 6:38 amTrack Changes

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 replacement of St. Paul, MN Chiller system. The contractor shall provide all equipment, labor, materials, supervision, parts, supplies, and incidentals necessary to accomplish the replacement of the HVAC Chiller system.

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 July 11, 2014 to December 31, 2014 with an anticipated start date of September 8, 2014 for demolition.

3. 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 facts listed.

FACTOR 1): Experience and Qualifications of Contractor and Key Personnel [and Subcontractors, if applicable]; FACTOR 2): Past Performance; FACTOR 3): Technical Capability (sub factors: Technical Approach and Quality Control/Quality Assurance), & 4) Price

Factors 1, 2, and 3 when combined are more important than Factor 4.

 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 Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 1:00 pm Central Time located at: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 1992. Please contact Mr. Rick Sindt, Civil Engineer, by email at: rsindt@fs.fed.us. He may also be contacted by telephone at 651-649-5120 (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-14-0005 will be posted on this site on or about May 28, 2014. No hard copies will be issued and no written or fax requests will be accepted. Proposals are due on or about June 30, 2014 by 1:00 pm Central Time (2:00 pm Eastern Time). Proposals may be e-mailed to Maria T. Evans at the following e-mail address: mtevans@fs.fed.us Proposals may also be faxed to 610-557-4224, or sent by mail to the USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station, 11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073, ATTN: Maria T. Evans.

The NAICS Code for this project is 238220 with a size standard of $14.0 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 set aside 100% for small business concerns.

Added: Apr 28, 2014 2:11 pm Modified: May 06, 2014 12:50 pmTrack Changes

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 replacement of St. Paul, MN Chiller system. The contractor shall provide all equipment, labor, materials, supervision, parts, supplies, and incidentals necessary to accomplish the replacement of the HVAC Chiller system.

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 July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 with an anticipated start date of September 8, 2014 for demolition.

3. 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 facts listed.

FACTOR 1): Experience and Qualifications of Contractor and Key Personnel [and Subcontractors, if applicable]; FACTOR 2): Past Performance; FACTOR 3): Technical Capability (sub factors: Technical Approach and Quality Control/Quality Assurance), & 4) Price

Factors 1, 2, and 3 when combined are more important than Factor 4.

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, May 28, 2014 at 1:00 pm Central Standard Time located at: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 1992. Please contact Mr. Rick Sindt, Civil Engineer, by email at: rsindt@fs.fed.us. He may also be contacted by telephone at 651-649-5120 (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-14-0005 will be posted on this site on or about May 13, 2014. No hard copies will be issued and no written or fax requests will be accepted. Proposals are due on or about June 16, 2014 by 02:00 pm CST. Proposals may be e-mailed to Maria T. Evans at the following e-mail address: mtevans@fs.fed.us Proposals may also be faxed to 610-557-4224, or sent by mail to the USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station, 11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073, ATTN: Maria T. Evans.

The NAICS Code for this project is 238220 with a size standard of $14.0 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 set aside 100% for small business concerns.

Charlie Cernat
Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer

Added: Apr 28, 2014 2:11 pm

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 replacement of St. Paul, MN Chiller system. The contractor shall provide all equipment, labor, materials, supervision, parts, supplies, and incidentals necessary to accomplish the replacement of the HVAC Chiller system.

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 July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 with an anticipated start date of September 8, 2014 for demolition.

3. 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 facts listed.

FACTOR 1): Experience and Qualifications of Contractor and Key Personnel [and Subcontractors, if applicable]; FACTOR 2): Past Performance; FACTOR 3): Technical Capability (sub factors: Technical Approach and Quality Control/Quality Assurance), & 4) Price

Factors 1, 2, and 3 when combined are more important than Factor 4.

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 Monday, May 19, 2014 at 1:00 pm Central Standard Time located at: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 1992. Please contact Mr. Rick Sindt, Civil Engineer, by email at: rsindt@fs.fed.us. He may also be contacted by telephone at 651-649-5120 (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-14-0005 will be posted on this site on or about May 13, 2014. No hard copies will be issued and no written or fax requests will be accepted. Proposals are due on or about June 16, 2014 by 02:00 pm CST. Proposals may be e-mailed to Maria T. Evans at the following e-mail address: mtevans@fs.fed.us Proposals may also be faxed to 610-557-4224, or sent by mail to the USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station, 11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073, ATTN: Maria T. Evans.

The NAICS Code for this project is 238220 with a size standard of $14.0 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 set aside 100% for small business concerns.

Charlie Cernat
Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer