Supply and Delivery of Hydrated Lime

SOLICITATION EXTENDED

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested.
Solicitation Number W912EE-16-T-0044 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) with the intent to award as a Firm -Fixed Price Contract. The solicitation will be competed unrestricted. The solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-42. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 327410 Lime Manufacturing with a size standard of 750.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Vicksburg District has a requirement to the procurement and delivery of Hydrated Lime FOB DESTINATION to various project locations within a radius of 200 miles of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

The government intends to make one award for one firm fixed price contract. Offers for less than the required delivery will not be accepted. The Government intends to award without discussions while reserving the right to hold discussions if determined advantageous to the Government. Offerors are encouraged to provide their best proposed pricing in their initial offer.
52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items (Oct 2015) applies to this acquisition. All quotes submitted will be evaluated under Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The government will issue purchase orders to the supplier whose quote is the lowest priced of those determined to meet at least the minimum requirements for capability to perform. For LPTAs, this is done through the establishment of requirements to be evaluated on an "acceptable" or "unacceptable" basis. Proposals are evaluated for acceptability, but not ranked using the non-price factors/subfactors. Capability to Perform is defined as meeting the minimum requirements listed in Price, Technical, and Past Performance listed below. The Government intends to award a single firm-fixed-price purchase order as a result of this Solicitation, and intends to award without discussions. The Government reserves the right to hold discussions if it deems them necessary. Significant factors that will affect contract award are listed below:

FACTOR 1 Technical and Management Capability (Acceptable/Unacceptable)
To be determined Technically Acceptable, offeror must certify in its quote that it has the capability to complete the required deliveries in accordance with the projects Scope-of-Work, including but not limited to, the capability to provide the material specified, complete delivery on schedule and maintain deliveries at the daily rate specified.

FACTOR 2 Past Performance (Acceptable/Unacceptable)
Past Performance will be rated on an "acceptable" or "unacceptable" basis using the rating table below. The offeror shall demonstrate recent and relevant experience on same or similar projects to that of the solicitation requirements using the Experience Overview Sheet (Attachment B) and Experience Form (Attachment C).

FACTOR 3 Price
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable will be used on known, firm requirements, readily available in the commercial marketplace. Fair and reasonable price determination will be based on adequate price competition. Price quotes will be examined to determine the extent to which proposed prices are comparable with the Government estimates, and previous procurement history and a determination made of Price Reasonableness. The Government may reject any proposal that is determined to be Not Fair and Reasonable, unrealistically high or low in price when compared to Government estimates, or are unbalanced, such that the proposal is deemed to reflect an inherent lack of competence or failure to comprehend the requirements. Pricing SHALL include ALL associated cost for the entire scope-of-work, including delivery, licenses, taxes & fees if due. All proposals will be evaluated and a determination made of lowest price, from prices presented on the Fully Completed Bidding Schedule, based on the Total of all line items. The government will issue award to the offeror whose quote is the Lowest Price of those determined to be Technical Acceptable.

SAM Registration:
All offerors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), if you are not registered in (SAM), an award CANNOT be made to your company. You may register electronically at http://www.sam.gov.

The following FAR Clauses apply to this acquisition:
52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper MAY 2011
52.204-7 System for Award Management JUL 2013
52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance JUL 2013
52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities SEP 1989
52.211-16 VARIATION IN QUANTITY (APR 1984)
52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2015)
52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2016)
52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 2015)
52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2016)
52.216-18 ORDERING. (OCT 1995)
52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS. (OCT 1995)
52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY. (OCT 1995)
52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)
52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)
52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)
52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)
252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative DEC 1991
252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials SEP 2011
252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials NOV 2011
252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. DEC 2015
252.205-7000 Provision Of Information To Cooperative Agreement Holders DEC 1991
252.213-7000 Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Past Performance
Information Retrieval System--Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations JUN 2015
252.225-7001 Buy American And Balance Of Payments Program-- Basic (Nov 2014)
252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations and Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns SEP 2004
252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports JUN 2012
252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea APR 2014
252.211-7003 ITEM UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (MAR 2016)

TECHNICAL INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS

Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder
Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org) . Offerors are encouraged to submit questions
at least 3 days prior to the closing date in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an
appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. To submit and review inquiry
items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow
the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment
/question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an
answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our technical team. All timely
questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. Approved answers to
all timely questions will also be posted on the FedBizOps in the form of a report generated from
ProjNet as soon as the comment/question entering period is over and all answers are all finalized.
The Solicitation Number is: W912EE-16-T-0021
The Bidder Inquiry Key is: PCENWH-Z2YVP8
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROJNET BID INQUIRY ACCESS:

1. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen.
2. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.
3. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.
4. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication.
5. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form.
6. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system.
7. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are
currently logged into the system.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE PROJNET BID INQUIRY ACCESS:

1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be emailed any type of password. You will utilize
your Secret Question and Secret Answer to log in.
2. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the
screen.
3. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.
4. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.
5. Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet.
6. Click Continue. A page will then open asking you to enter the answer to your Secret Question.
7. Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system.

NOTES TO OFFERORS:

Quotes are due 06 Sept, 2016 not later than 2:00pm CST. to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Spenlinda Lake, 4155 East Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435. Quotes may be submitted electronically via email, providing that they are complete and provide all required
information to: Spenlinda.L.Lake@usace.army.mil. For information concerning this solicitation, contact Spenlinda Lake at (601) 631-7905; E-mail: Spenlinda.L.Lake@usace.army.mil.

• You are responsible for reading all information contained in this solicitation and all
attachments if any posted with it.
• Offerors should check the FedBizOpps web site often for a new solicitation and/or
modifications to this solicitation.
• Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their proposals arrive prior to the scheduled
closing time.
• Quotes must be clearly identified for Solicitation No. W912EE-16-T-0044 and submitted
electronically to Spenlinda.L.Lake@usace.army.mil

• OFERORS ARE REMINDED TO INCLUDE ALL DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY FAR CLAUSE 52.212-2 - EVALUATION FACTORS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS OR THE QUOTE WILL BE DEEMED TECHNICALLY UNACCETABLE.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested.
Solicitation Number W912EE-16-T-0044 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) with the intent to award as a Firm -Fixed Price Contract. The solicitation will be competed unrestricted. The solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-42. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 327410 Lime Manufacturing with a size standard of 750.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Vicksburg District has a requirement to the procurement and delivery of Hydrated Lime FOB DESTINATION to various project locations within a radius of 200 miles of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

The government intends to make one award for one firm fixed price contract. Offers for less than the required delivery will not be accepted. The Government intends to award without discussions while reserving the right to hold discussions if determined advantageous to the Government. Offerors are encouraged to provide their best proposed pricing in their initial offer.
52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items (Oct 2015) applies to this acquisition. All quotes submitted will be evaluated under Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The government will issue purchase orders to the supplier whose quote is the lowest priced of those determined to meet at least the minimum requirements for capability to perform. For LPTAs, this is done through the establishment of requirements to be evaluated on an "acceptable" or "unacceptable" basis. Proposals are evaluated for acceptability, but not ranked using the non-price factors/subfactors. Capability to Perform is defined as meeting the minimum requirements listed in Price, Technical, and Past Performance listed below. The Government intends to award a single firm-fixed-price purchase order as a result of this Solicitation, and intends to award without discussions. The Government reserves the right to hold discussions if it deems them necessary. Significant factors that will affect contract award are listed below:

FACTOR 1 Technical and Management Capability (Acceptable/Unacceptable)
To be determined Technically Acceptable, offeror must certify in its quote that it has the capability to complete the required deliveries in accordance with the projects Scope-of-Work, including but not limited to, the capability to provide the material specified, complete delivery on schedule and maintain deliveries at the daily rate specified.

FACTOR 2 Past Performance (Acceptable/Unacceptable)
Past Performance will be rated on an "acceptable" or "unacceptable" basis using the rating table below. The offeror shall demonstrate recent and relevant experience on same or similar projects to that of the solicitation requirements using the Experience Overview Sheet (Attachment B) and Experience Form (Attachment C).

FACTOR 3 Price
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable will be used on known, firm requirements, readily available in the commercial marketplace. Fair and reasonable price determination will be based on adequate price competition. Price quotes will be examined to determine the extent to which proposed prices are comparable with the Government estimates, and previous procurement history and a determination made of Price Reasonableness. The Government may reject any proposal that is determined to be Not Fair and Reasonable, unrealistically high or low in price when compared to Government estimates, or are unbalanced, such that the proposal is deemed to reflect an inherent lack of competence or failure to comprehend the requirements. Pricing SHALL include ALL associated cost for the entire scope-of-work, including delivery, licenses, taxes & fees if due. All proposals will be evaluated and a determination made of lowest price, from prices presented on the Fully Completed Bidding Schedule, based on the Total of all line items. The government will issue award to the offeror whose quote is the Lowest Price of those determined to be Technical Acceptable.

SAM Registration:
All offerors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), if you are not registered in (SAM), an award CANNOT be made to your company. You may register electronically at http://www.sam.gov.

The following FAR Clauses apply to this acquisition:
52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper MAY 2011
52.204-7 System for Award Management JUL 2013
52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance JUL 2013
52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities SEP 1989
52.211-16 VARIATION IN QUANTITY (APR 1984)
52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2015)
52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2016)
52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 2015)
52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2016)
52.216-18 ORDERING. (OCT 1995)
52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS. (OCT 1995)
52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY. (OCT 1995)
52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)
52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)
52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)
52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)
252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative DEC 1991
252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials SEP 2011
252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials NOV 2011
252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. DEC 2015
252.205-7000 Provision Of Information To Cooperative Agreement Holders DEC 1991
252.213-7000 Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Past Performance
Information Retrieval System--Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations JUN 2015
252.225-7001 Buy American And Balance Of Payments Program-- Basic (Nov 2014)
252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations and Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns SEP 2004
252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports JUN 2012
252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea APR 2014
252.211-7003 ITEM UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (MAR 2016)

TECHNICAL INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS

Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder
Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org) . Offerors are encouraged to submit questions
at least 3 days prior to the closing date in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an
appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. To submit and review inquiry
items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow
the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment
/question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an
answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our technical team. All timely
questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. Approved answers to
all timely questions will also be posted on the FedBizOps in the form of a report generated from
ProjNet as soon as the comment/question entering period is over and all answers are all finalized.
The Solicitation Number is: W912EE-16-T-0021
The Bidder Inquiry Key is: PCENWH-Z2YVP8
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROJNET BID INQUIRY ACCESS:

1. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen.
2. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.
3. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.
4. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication.
5. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form.
6. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system.
7. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are
currently logged into the system.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE PROJNET BID INQUIRY ACCESS:

1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be emailed any type of password. You will utilize
your Secret Question and Secret Answer to log in.
2. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the
screen.
3. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.
4. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.
5. Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet.
6. Click Continue. A page will then open asking you to enter the answer to your Secret Question.
7. Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system.

NOTES TO OFFERORS:

Quotes are due 31 August, 2016 not later than 12:00 CST. to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Spenlinda Lake, 4155 East Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435. Quotes may be submitted electronically via email, providing that they are complete and provide all required
information to: Spenlinda.L.Lake@usace.army.mil. For information concerning this solicitation, contact Spenlinda Lake at (601) 631-7905; E-mail: Spenlinda.L.Lake@usace.army.mil.

• You are responsible for reading all information contained in this solicitation and all
attachments if any posted with it.
• Offerors should check the FedBizOpps web site often for a new solicitation and/or
modifications to this solicitation.
• Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their proposals arrive prior to the scheduled
closing time.
• Quotes must be clearly identified for Solicitation No. W912EE-16-T-0044 and submitted
electronically to Spenlinda.L.Lake@usace.army.mil

• OFERORS ARE REMINDED TO INCLUDE ALL DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY FAR CLAUSE 52.212-2 - EVALUATION FACTORS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS OR THE QUOTE WILL BE DEEMED TECHNICALLY UNACCETABLE.