W91QV1-25-R-0005 Pest Control Services

The following have been added by full text: 
        SITE VISIT

SITE VISIT INFO

There will be a 2 day Site Visit held between 07 November-08 November at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and U.S. Soldier’s Airmen’s Home National Cemetery (USSAHNC). Contractors will need to limit the number of vehicles to one per vendor as to limit the interference with cemetery daily operations. Contractors will follow the COR Mr. Craig Gray 703-963-9737 (the GOV POC) to different places in the cemetery. Contractors who plan to attend this Site Visit will need to complete and return the attached ANC Access Roster Request for Pest Control Contract Recompete Walkthrough no later than 05 November 04:00 p.m. (EST) to amber.k.peeples.civ@army.mil.

07 November 2024 from 11:30a-1:30p (EST) ANC 

Contractors will need to meet at the security checkpoint before the Women Memorial main gate to be escorted, contractors who name is on the list will only be allowed to enter.

08 November 2024 from 11:30a-12:30p (EST) USSAHNC

Contractors will drive they’re own vehicle and meet at the front entrance. This walkthrough will take place from the outside since the maintenance of the requirement does not require entrance of buildings at that site. 

The following have been modified: 
        INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The Request For Proposal (RFP) closes 25 November 2024 at 04:00 P.M. Please submit proposals in writing via email to amber.k.peeples.civ@army.mil. Reference RFP W91QV1-25-R-0005 on all inquiries. The submission of documentation will constitute the offeror’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, concurrence with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), and contract type. The Contractor shall submit a signed solicitation with associated pricing for all CLINs (ECMRA CLINs are typically Not Separately Priced (NSP)) and both a Technical proposal and a separate Price proposal, as follows:

Proposal Submission: The offeror’s proposal shall consist of three (3) separate Volumes. 
Volume I – Administrative
Volume II – Technical 
Volume III – Price

The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:
Volume I – Administrative – Offerors must submit the Standard Form (SF)1449 in its entirety. Offerors must fill in all information required in block 17a. Including offeror’s Cage Code. Offerors must also return any applicable SF30-amendment cover sheets. Both the SF1449 and the SF30s shall be signed and dated by an official having authority to contractually bind the firm. In addition, a complete copy of the offeror’s System for Award Management (SAM) record, inclusive of Representations and Certifications shall be submitted. 

Volume II – Technical Capability (Non price) – The technical volume shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in Addendum to FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Statements that the offeror understands, can, or will comply with the PWS (including referenced publications, technical data, etc); statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof (including applicable publications, technical data, etc.); and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used,” etc., will be considered unacceptable. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s proposal. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired. The Technical Volume shall be organized and include offeror’s past performance history. The Contractor shall provide within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. 

Volume III – Price- The offeror shall complete the Schedule of Supplies/Services page(s) of the SF1449, of the solicitation with pricing for each contract line item number (CLIN). The offeror shall include a spreadsheet with the breakout of the proposed labor category and all estimated supplies, equipment, and materials. Along with the SF1449, a price model Excel spreadsheet is provided at the Government point of entry at SAM.gov which shall be filled out by the offeror. The proposed unit prices for the materials in the Price Model shall not exceed the prices provided in the commercial price list. The offeror shall include a breakout of the proposed labor categories with fully loaded hourly labor rates, G&A, overhead, profit, and total estimated material, equipment, and other costs. The offeror shall provide fully burdened labor rates for all personnel for the base year and all option years as well as projected costs for the supplies, equipment, and material in accordance with the specific tasks in Part 5 of the PWS. Offeror shall not submit a price for the extension of services period at FAR 52.217-8. If items required to meet the intent of the PWS are missing or inaccurately estimated, the offeror is expected to address the inadequacy in their narrative or provide for the addition(s) in their cost proposal. 

BASIS FOR AWARD
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The proposal submitted by the Vendor must be technically acceptable in a line-by-line review, conducted by the Government, as compared to the work required within the associated PWS. Additionally, the Vendor's proposed price must fall within what the Government has determined to be fair and reasonable for the work as stated in the PWS. The Government will evaluate the contractor's technical proposal to ensure that it reflects a sound understanding of this requirement and complies with the requirements in the solicitation. An evaluation will be made to verify that the Offeror is capable of providing the required services at a fair market price. Award is also subject to acceptance of all terms and conditions of the contract and a determination of a fair market price. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) will be used to evaluate the offer and award this requirement.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 

Factor I – Technical Capability (Non-Price)

Factor II – Price

FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED
The following factors shall be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical requirement.

FACTOR I. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY (NON-PRICE) 
Offeror shall provide narrative as to their understanding of the specific requirements and the overall scope of work required within the PWS. The offeror shall provide a scheduling narrative describing how they propose to accomplish the tasks outlined in the PWS, which demonstrates their capability of planning, managing, and performing the work outlined under each task. To include, the past performance within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. The following definitions will be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical.

Rating    Description
Acceptable    Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation
Unacceptable     Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Factor II. Price
The Price Factor will not be scored or rated. Pricing will be evaluated for completeness, price reasonableness, and pricing balance in accordance (IAW) FAR 12.602(b). Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). As part of price evaluation, the government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR 52.217-8) by adding one-half of the offeror’s final option year to the offeror’s total price. Thus, the offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base year, option year one (OY1), option year two (OY2), option year three (OY3), option year four (OY4), and one-half (1/2) of OY4. Offerors are not required to enter a price for the six-month period. 

Please see attached solicitation amendment 1 and pricing template attachments for futher details regarding this requirement. 

The following have been added by full text: 
        SITE VISIT

SITE VISIT INFO

There will be a 2 day Site Visit held between 07 November-08 November at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and U.S. Soldier’s Airmen’s Home National Cemetery (USSAHNC). Contractors will need to limit the number of vehicles to one per vendor as to limit the interference with cemetery daily operations. Contractors will follow the COR Mr. Craig Gray to different places in the cemetery. Contractors who plan to attend this Site Visit will need to complete and return the attached ANC Access Roster Request for Pest Control Contract Recompete Walkthrough no later than 05 November 04:00 p.m. (EST) to amber.k.peeples.civ@army.mil.

07 November 2024 from 11:30a-1:30p (EST) ANC 

Contractors will need to meet at the security checkpoint before the Women Memorial main gate to be escorted, contractors who name is on the list will only be allowed to enter.

08 November 2024 from 11:30a-12:30p (EST) USSAHNC

Contractors will drive they’re own vehicle and meet at the front entrance. This walkthrough will take place from the outside since the maintenance of the requirement does not require entrance of buildings at that site. 

The following have been modified: 
        INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The Request For Proposal (RFP) closes 25 November 2024 at 04:00 P.M. Please submit proposals in writing via email to amber.k.peeples.civ@army.mil. Reference RFP W91QV1-25-R-0005 on all inquiries. The submission of documentation will constitute the offeror’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, concurrence with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), and contract type. The Contractor shall submit a signed solicitation with associated pricing for all CLINs (ECMRA CLINs are typically Not Separately Priced (NSP)) and both a Technical proposal and a separate Price proposal, as follows:

Proposal Submission: The offeror’s proposal shall consist of three (3) separate Volumes. 
Volume I – Administrative
Volume II – Technical 
Volume III – Price

The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:
Volume I – Administrative – Offerors must submit the Standard Form (SF)1449 in its entirety. Offerors must fill in all information required in block 17a. Including offeror’s Cage Code. Offerors must also return any applicable SF30-amendment cover sheets. Both the SF1449 and the SF30s shall be signed and dated by an official having authority to contractually bind the firm. In addition, a complete copy of the offeror’s System for Award Management (SAM) record, inclusive of Representations and Certifications shall be submitted. 

Volume II – Technical Capability (Non price) – The technical volume shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in Addendum to FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Statements that the offeror understands, can, or will comply with the PWS (including referenced publications, technical data, etc); statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof (including applicable publications, technical data, etc.); and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used,” etc., will be considered unacceptable. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s proposal. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired. The Technical Volume shall be organized and include offeror’s past performance history. The Contractor shall provide within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. 

Volume III – Price- The offeror shall complete the Schedule of Supplies/Services page(s) of the SF1449, of the solicitation with pricing for each contract line item number (CLIN). The offeror shall include a spreadsheet with the breakout of the proposed labor category and all estimated supplies, equipment, and materials. Along with the SF1449, a price model Excel spreadsheet is provided at the Government point of entry at SAM.gov which shall be filled out by the offeror. The proposed unit prices for the materials in the Price Model shall not exceed the prices provided in the commercial price list. The offeror shall include a breakout of the proposed labor categories with fully loaded hourly labor rates, G&A, overhead, profit, and total estimated material, equipment, and other costs. The offeror shall provide fully burdened labor rates for all personnel for the base year and all option years as well as projected costs for the supplies, equipment, and material in accordance with the specific tasks in Part 5 of the PWS. Offeror shall not submit a price for the extension of services period at FAR 52.217-8. If items required to meet the intent of the PWS are missing or inaccurately estimated, the offeror is expected to address the inadequacy in their narrative or provide for the addition(s) in their cost proposal. 

BASIS FOR AWARD
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The proposal submitted by the Vendor must be technically acceptable in a line-by-line review, conducted by the Government, as compared to the work required within the associated PWS. Additionally, the Vendor's proposed price must fall within what the Government has determined to be fair and reasonable for the work as stated in the PWS. The Government will evaluate the contractor's technical proposal to ensure that it reflects a sound understanding of this requirement and complies with the requirements in the solicitation. An evaluation will be made to verify that the Offeror is capable of providing the required services at a fair market price. Award is also subject to acceptance of all terms and conditions of the contract and a determination of a fair market price. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) will be used to evaluate the offer and award this requirement.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 

Factor I – Technical Capability (Non-Price)

Factor II – Price

FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED
The following factors shall be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical requirement.

FACTOR I. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY (NON-PRICE) 
Offeror shall provide narrative as to their understanding of the specific requirements and the overall scope of work required within the PWS. The offeror shall provide a scheduling narrative describing how they propose to accomplish the tasks outlined in the PWS, which demonstrates their capability of planning, managing, and performing the work outlined under each task. To include, the past performance within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. The following definitions will be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical.

Rating    Description
Acceptable    Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation
Unacceptable     Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Factor II. Price
The Price Factor will not be scored or rated. Pricing will be evaluated for completeness, price reasonableness, and pricing balance in accordance (IAW) FAR 12.602(b). Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). As part of price evaluation, the government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR 52.217-8) by adding one-half of the offeror’s final option year to the offeror’s total price. Thus, the offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base year, option year one (OY1), option year two (OY2), option year three (OY3), option year four (OY4), and one-half (1/2) of OY4. Offerors are not required to enter a price for the six-month period. 

Please see attached solicitation amendment 1 and pricing template attachments for futher details regarding this requirement. 

The following have been added by full text: 
        SITE VISIT
SITE VISIT INFO
There will be a 2 day Site Visit held between 07 November-08 November at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and U.S. Soldier’s Airmen’s Home National Cemetery (USSAHNC).
07 November 2024 from 11:30a-1:30p (EST) ANC  
Contractors will need to park in the ANC visitor parking garage and meet at the Welcome Center.  
08 November 2024 from 11:30a-12:30p (EST) USSAHNC
Contractors will drive they’re own vehicle and meet at the front entrance. This walkthrough will take place from the outside since the maintenance of the requirement does not require entrance of buildings at that site.  
 

The following have been modified: 
        INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The Request For Proposal (RFP) closes 25 November 2024 at 04:00 P.M. Please submit proposals in writing via email to amber.k.peeples.civ@army.mil. Reference RFP W91QV1-25-R-0005 on all inquiries. The submission of documentation will constitute the offeror’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, concurrence with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), and contract type. The Contractor shall submit a signed solicitation with associated pricing for all CLINs (ECMRA CLINs are typically Not Separately Priced (NSP)) and both a Technical proposal and a separate Price proposal, as follows:

Proposal Submission: The offeror’s proposal shall consist of three (3) separate Volumes. 
Volume I – Administrative
Volume II – Technical 
Volume III – Price

The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:
Volume I – Administrative – Offerors must submit the Standard Form (SF)1449 in its entirety. Offerors must fill in all information required in block 17a. Including offeror’s Cage Code. Offerors must also return any applicable SF30-amendment cover sheets. Both the SF1449 and the SF30s shall be signed and dated by an official having authority to contractually bind the firm. In addition, a complete copy of the offeror’s System for Award Management (SAM) record, inclusive of Representations and Certifications shall be submitted. 

Volume II – Technical Capability (Non price) – The technical volume shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in Addendum to FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Statements that the offeror understands, can, or will comply with the PWS (including referenced publications, technical data, etc); statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof (including applicable publications, technical data, etc.); and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used,” etc., will be considered unacceptable. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s proposal. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired. The Technical Volume shall be organized and include offeror’s past performance history. The Contractor shall provide within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. 

Volume III – Price- The offeror shall complete the Schedule of Supplies/Services page(s) of the SF1449, of the solicitation with pricing for each contract line item number (CLIN). The offeror shall include a spreadsheet with the breakout of the proposed labor category and all estimated supplies, equipment, and materials. Along with the SF1449, a price model Excel spreadsheet is provided at the Government point of entry at SAM.gov which shall be filled out by the offeror. The proposed unit prices for the materials in the Price Model shall not exceed the prices provided in the commercial price list. The offeror shall include a breakout of the proposed labor categories with fully loaded hourly labor rates, G&A, overhead, profit, and total estimated material, equipment, and other costs. The offeror shall provide fully burdened labor rates for all personnel for the base year and all option years as well as projected costs for the supplies, equipment, and material in accordance with the specific tasks in Part 5 of the PWS. Offeror shall not submit a price for the extension of services period at FAR 52.217-8. If items required to meet the intent of the PWS are missing or inaccurately estimated, the offeror is expected to address the inadequacy in their narrative or provide for the addition(s) in their cost proposal. 

BASIS FOR AWARD
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The proposal submitted by the Vendor must be technically acceptable in a line-by-line review, conducted by the Government, as compared to the work required within the associated PWS. Additionally, the Vendor's proposed price must fall within what the Government has determined to be fair and reasonable for the work as stated in the PWS. The Government will evaluate the contractor's technical proposal to ensure that it reflects a sound understanding of this requirement and complies with the requirements in the solicitation. An evaluation will be made to verify that the Offeror is capable of providing the required services at a fair market price. Award is also subject to acceptance of all terms and conditions of the contract and a determination of a fair market price. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) will be used to evaluate the offer and award this requirement.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 

Factor I – Technical Capability (Non-Price)

Factor II – Price

FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED
The following factors shall be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical requirement.

FACTOR I. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY (NON-PRICE) 
Offeror shall provide narrative as to their understanding of the specific requirements and the overall scope of work required within the PWS. The offeror shall provide a scheduling narrative describing how they propose to accomplish the tasks outlined in the PWS, which demonstrates their capability of planning, managing, and performing the work outlined under each task. To include, the past performance within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. The following definitions will be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical.

Rating    Description
Acceptable    Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation
Unacceptable     Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Factor II. Price
The Price Factor will not be scored or rated. Pricing will be evaluated for completeness, price reasonableness, and pricing balance in accordance (IAW) FAR 12.602(b). Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). As part of price evaluation, the government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR 52.217-8) by adding one-half of the offeror’s final option year to the offeror’s total price. Thus, the offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base year, option year one (OY1), option year two (OY2), option year three (OY3), option year four (OY4), and one-half (1/2) of OY4. Offerors are not required to enter a price for the six-month period. 

Please see attached solicitation amendment 1 and pricing template attachments for futher details regarding this requirement. 

The following have been added by full text: 
        SITE VISIT
SITE VISIT INFO
There will be a 2 day Site Visit held between 07 November-08 November at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and U.S. Soldier’s Airmen’s Home National Cemetery (USSAHNC).
07 November 2024 from 11:30a-1:30p (EST) ANC  
Contractors will need to meet at the Women Memorial main gate to be escorted. 
08 November 2024 from 11:30a-12:30p (EST) USSAHNC
Contractors will drive they’re own vehicle and meet at the front entrance. This walkthrough will take place from the outside since the maintenance of the requirement does not require entrance of buildings at that site.  
 

The following have been modified: 
        INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The Request For Proposal (RFP) closes 25 November 2024 at 04:00 P.M. Please submit proposals in writing via email to amber.k.peeples.civ@army.mil. Reference RFP W91QV1-25-R-0005 on all inquiries. The submission of documentation will constitute the offeror’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, concurrence with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), and contract type. The Contractor shall submit a signed solicitation with associated pricing for all CLINs (ECMRA CLINs are typically Not Separately Priced (NSP)) and both a Technical proposal and a separate Price proposal, as follows:

Proposal Submission: The offeror’s proposal shall consist of three (3) separate Volumes. 
Volume I – Administrative
Volume II – Technical 
Volume III – Price

The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:
Volume I – Administrative – Offerors must submit the Standard Form (SF)1449 in its entirety. Offerors must fill in all information required in block 17a. Including offeror’s Cage Code. Offerors must also return any applicable SF30-amendment cover sheets. Both the SF1449 and the SF30s shall be signed and dated by an official having authority to contractually bind the firm. In addition, a complete copy of the offeror’s System for Award Management (SAM) record, inclusive of Representations and Certifications shall be submitted. 

Volume II – Technical Capability (Non price) – The technical volume shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in Addendum to FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Statements that the offeror understands, can, or will comply with the PWS (including referenced publications, technical data, etc); statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof (including applicable publications, technical data, etc.); and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used,” etc., will be considered unacceptable. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s proposal. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired. The Technical Volume shall be organized and include offeror’s past performance history. The Contractor shall provide within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. 

Volume III – Price- The offeror shall complete the Schedule of Supplies/Services page(s) of the SF1449, of the solicitation with pricing for each contract line item number (CLIN). The offeror shall include a spreadsheet with the breakout of the proposed labor category and all estimated supplies, equipment, and materials. Along with the SF1449, a price model Excel spreadsheet is provided at the Government point of entry at SAM.gov which shall be filled out by the offeror. The proposed unit prices for the materials in the Price Model shall not exceed the prices provided in the commercial price list. The offeror shall include a breakout of the proposed labor categories with fully loaded hourly labor rates, G&A, overhead, profit, and total estimated material, equipment, and other costs. The offeror shall provide fully burdened labor rates for all personnel for the base year and all option years as well as projected costs for the supplies, equipment, and material in accordance with the specific tasks in Part 5 of the PWS. Offeror shall not submit a price for the extension of services period at FAR 52.217-8. If items required to meet the intent of the PWS are missing or inaccurately estimated, the offeror is expected to address the inadequacy in their narrative or provide for the addition(s) in their cost proposal. 

BASIS FOR AWARD
This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The proposal submitted by the Vendor must be technically acceptable in a line-by-line review, conducted by the Government, as compared to the work required within the associated PWS. Additionally, the Vendor's proposed price must fall within what the Government has determined to be fair and reasonable for the work as stated in the PWS. The Government will evaluate the contractor's technical proposal to ensure that it reflects a sound understanding of this requirement and complies with the requirements in the solicitation. An evaluation will be made to verify that the Offeror is capable of providing the required services at a fair market price. Award is also subject to acceptance of all terms and conditions of the contract and a determination of a fair market price. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) will be used to evaluate the offer and award this requirement.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 

Factor I – Technical Capability (Non-Price)

Factor II – Price

FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED
The following factors shall be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical requirement.

FACTOR I. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY (NON-PRICE) 
Offeror shall provide narrative as to their understanding of the specific requirements and the overall scope of work required within the PWS. The offeror shall provide a scheduling narrative describing how they propose to accomplish the tasks outlined in the PWS, which demonstrates their capability of planning, managing, and performing the work outlined under each task. To include, the past performance within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed. The following definitions will be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical.

Rating    Description
Acceptable    Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation
Unacceptable     Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Factor II. Price
The Price Factor will not be scored or rated. Pricing will be evaluated for completeness, price reasonableness, and pricing balance in accordance (IAW) FAR 12.602(b). Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). As part of price evaluation, the government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR 52.217-8) by adding one-half of the offeror’s final option year to the offeror’s total price. Thus, the offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base year, option year one (OY1), option year two (OY2), option year three (OY3), option year four (OY4), and one-half (1/2) of OY4. Offerors are not required to enter a price for the six-month period. 

Please see attached solicitation amendment 1 and pricing template attachments for futher details regarding this requirement. 

This requirement is for monthly Pest Control Services at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) in Virginia and the United States Soldier's and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (USSAHNC) in Washington, D.C. 

This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The Request For Proposal (RFP) closes 06 November 2024 at 04:00 P.M. Please submit proposals in writing via email to amber.k.peeples.civ@army.mil. Reference RFP W91QV1-25-R-0005 on all inquiries. The submission of documentation will constitute the offeror’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, concurrence with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), and contract type. The Contractor shall submit a signed solicitation with associated pricing for all CLINs (ECMRA CLINs are typically Not Separately Priced (NSP)) and both a Technical proposal and a separate Price proposal, as follows:

Proposal Submission: The offeror’s proposal shall consist of three (3) separate Volumes.

Volume I – Administrative

Volume II – Technical

Volume III – Price

The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:

Volume I – Administrative – Offerors must submit the Standard Form (SF)1449 in its entirety. Offerors must fill in all information required in block 17a. Including offeror’s Cage Code. Offerors must also return any applicable SF30-amendment cover sheets. Both the SF1449 and the SF30s shall be signed and dated by an official having authority to contractually bind the firm. In addition, a complete copy of the offeror’s System for Award Management (SAM) record, inclusive of Representations and Certifications shall be submitted.

Volume II – Technical Capability (Non price) – The technical volume shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in Addendum to FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Statements that the offeror understands, can, or will comply with the PWS (including referenced publications, technical data, etc); statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof (including applicable publications, technical data, etc.); and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used,” etc., will be considered unacceptable. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s proposal. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired. The Technical Volume shall be organized according to the following three sub-factors as outlined below:

Subfactor 1:

Quality Control Plan (QCP)-The Contractor is responsible for the delivery of quality services/supplies to the Government (see FAR 52.246-1, Contractor Inspection Requirements). The Contractor shall develop, implement, and maintain an effective Quality Control System, which includes a written Quality Control Plan (QCP). The QCP shall implement standardized procedure/methodology for monitoring and documenting contract performance to meet all requirements of the contract. The Contractors’ QCP shall contain a systematic approach to monitor operations to ensure acceptable services/products to the Government.

Subfactor 2:

Pest Control Work Plan (PCWP)- The Contractor shall develop a Pest Control Work Plan (PCWP) document describing how the requirements of this contract will be met. The plan shall establish strategies and methods for conducting a safe, effective, and environmentally sound Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. The PCWP shall be submitted within 10 days of contract award. Final within 30 days of receipt of COR comments.

Subfactor 3:

Past Performance-The Contractor shall provide within their capability statement details of the specific pest control services they have successfully managed.

Volume III – Price- The offeror shall complete the Schedule of Supplies/Services page(s) of the SF1449, of the solicitation with pricing for each contract line item number (CLIN). The offeror shall include a spreadsheet with the breakout of the proposed labor category and all estimated supplies, equipment, and materials. Along with the SF1449, a price model Excel spreadsheet is provided at the Government point of entry at SAM.gov which shall be filled out by the offeror. The proposed unit prices for the materials in the Price Model shall not exceed the prices provided in the commercial price list. The offeror shall include a breakout of the proposed labor categories with fully loaded hourly labor rates, G&A, overhead, profit, and total estimated material, equipment, and other costs. The offeror shall provide fully burdened labor rates for all personnel for the base year and all option years as well as projected costs for the supplies, equipment, and material in accordance with the specific tasks in Part 5 of the PWS. Offeror shall not submit a price for the extension of services period at FAR 52.217-8. If items required to meet the intent of the PWS are missing or inaccurately estimated, the offeror is expected to address the inadequacy in their narrative or provide for the addition(s) in their cost proposal.

BASIS FOR AWARD

This requirement is intended as a Small Business 100% Set Aside Competitive Award. The proposal submitted by the Vendor must be technically acceptable in a line-by-line review, conducted by the Government, as compared to the work required within the associated PWS. Additionally, the Vendor's proposed price must fall within what the Government has determined to be fair and reasonable for the work as stated in the PWS. The Government will evaluate the contractor's technical proposal to ensure that it reflects a sound understanding of this requirement and complies with the requirements in the solicitation. An evaluation will be made to verify that the Offeror is capable of providing the required services at a fair market price. Award is also subject to acceptance of all terms and conditions of the contract and a determination of a fair market price. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) will be used to evaluate the offer and award this requirement.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Factor I – Technical Capability (Non-Price)

Subfactor 1: QCP

Subfactor 2: PCWP

Subfactor 3: Past Performance

Factor II – Price

FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED

The following factors shall be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical requirement.

FACTOR I. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY (NON-PRICE)

Offeror shall provide narrative as to their understanding of the specific requirements and the overall scope of work required within the PWS. The offeror shall provide a scheduling narrative describing how they propose to accomplish the tasks outlined in the PWS, which demonstrates their capability of planning, managing, and performing the work outlined under each task. Details should cover, at a minimum:

Subfactor 1: QCP

The Government will evaluate how the offeror intends to implement standardized procedure/methodology for monitoring and documenting contract performance to meet all requirements of the contract. The QCP shall clearly meet the minimum requirements outlined in PWS 1.6.1. The Technical Capability (Non-Price) rating will be based on an “Acceptable/Unacceptable” basis. The following definitions will be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical requirement:

Rating

Description

Acceptable

Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Subfactor 2: PCWP

The Government will evaluate how the offeror intends to establish strategies and methods for conducting a safe, effective, and environmentally sound IPM program. The Technical rating will be based on an “Acceptable/Unacceptable” basis. The following definitions will be used in evaluating the offeror’s proposal against the technical requirement:

Rating

Description

Acceptable

Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Factor II. Price

The Price Factor will not be scored or rated. Pricing will be evaluated for completeness, price reasonableness, and pricing balance in accordance (IAW) FAR 12.602(b). Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). As part of price evaluation, the government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR 52.217-8) by adding one-half of the offeror’s final option year to the offeror’s total price. Thus, the offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base year, option year one (OY1), option year two (OY2), option year three (OY3), option year four (OY4), and one-half (1/2) of OY4. Offerors are not required to enter a price for the six-month period.

Please see attached solicitation for futher details regarding this requirement.