Blanket Purchase Agreement for Concrete and Landscaping Materials

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) # BPACONCRETE. Submit written offers - Oral offers will not be accepted. All firms or individuals responding must be registered with the System Award Management (SAM) (http://www.sam.gov), formerly known as Central Contractor Registration (CCR). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-65 and DFARS DPN 20121231. This procurement is being issued as a 100% small business set aside under North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) 327320, Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing and Size Standard of 500 Employees apply to this procurement. *Please note in accordance with FAR 13.303-2(c)(1), the Government intends to establish BPAs with more than one (1) supplier to provide maximum practicable competition. Purchases against the awarded BPAs may be competed and/or rotated among the awardees. Project Number: BPACONCRETE Project Title: Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Concrete and Landscaping Materials (Concrete Base, Rock, Grounds Material, Masonry Materials) *Please see the attached document, "Material Specifications.doc" for details/specifications for each item. 1. Please review the Terms & Conditions document that is applicable to this BPA. 2. Please see attachments for Statement of Work and Material Specifications of required products. 3. Period of Performance: 5 years total, start date to be determined upon award of BPA. 4. Price list shall include all products listed in the Material Specifications document posted with this solicitation. You may complete and submit the Material Specifications document as your price list. Alternatively, you may elect to provide a price list of the required items and additional items your business can offer the Government in a format of your choice as long as item descriptions, unit prices and units of issue are clearly identified. 5. Any additional fees/charges shall be listed on the price list (stand-by fee, environmental fee, etc). 6. Price list shall be valid a minimum of 6 months, optimally for 1 year. 7. All questions or comments must be provided to the Contract Specialist in writing; telephone and other means of oral communication will not be permitted. The Contract Specialist is Stephen Kwak, stephen.kwak@us.af.mil; the Contracting Officer is Sandra Odem, sandra.odem@us.af.mil. The blanket purchase agreement will be Firm Fixed Price with the following general structure. Each item on attached specifications document must be separately priced. Offerors are requested to also provide the unit of issue the item is customarily sold in for each item (i.e. each, pounds, cubic feet, ton, etc.) CLIN 0001 Concrete Base CLIN 0002 Rock (Base Course) and Landscaping Materials CLIN 0003 Concrete Block (Masonry Materials) CLIN 0004 Concrete Wall Cap (Masonry Materials) CLIN 0005 Mortar (Bags) (Masonry Materials) Estimated annual use of materials by Vandenberg AFB, CA: CLIN 0001 Concrete: 300 yds CLIN 0002 Rock: 1084 tons CLIN 0003 Concrete Block: 2500 ea CLIN 0004 Concrete Wall Cap: 120 ea CLIN 0005 Mortar (bags): 120 ea *Due to the limited life time of concrete, potential vendors will need to make delivery within one and a half hours to Vandenberg AFB, CA after the truck is loaded. Therefore, vendors will need to be within the Santa Barbara County area and be able to ensure timely delivery. The following Clauses apply to this award: FAR 52.204-7: Central Contractor Registration FAR 52.204-9: Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel 52.204-13: Central Contractor Registration Maintenance FAR 52.212-4: Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items FAR 52.212-5 (Dev): Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders FAR 52.219-6: Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside FAR 52.219-28: Post-Award Small Business Program Representation FAR 52.222-3: Convict Labor FAR 52.222-19: Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies FAR 52.222-21: Prohibition of Segregated Facility FAR 52.222-26: Equal Opportunity FAR 52.222-36: Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities FAR 52.222-50: Combating Trafficking in Persons FAR 52.223-5: Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information FAR 52.223-18: Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving FAR 52.232-99 Dev: Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors FAR 52.233-3: Protest After Award FAR 52.233-4: Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim FAR 52.237-2: Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation FAR 52.252-2: Clauses Incorporated by Reference (view clauses at): http://farsite.hill.af.mil FAR 52.252-6: Authorized Deviations in Clauses DFARS 252.203-7000: Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials DFARS 252.203-7002: Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights DFARS 252.204-7003: Control of Government Work Product DFARS 252.204-7004 Alt A: Alternate A, Central Contractor Registration DFARS 252.212-7001 Dev.: Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items DFARS 252.223-7006: Prohibition on Storage and Disposal of Toxic and Hazardous Materials DFARS 252.223-7008: Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium DFARS 252.225-7001: Buy American and Balance of Payments Program DFARS 252.232-7010: Levies on Contract Payment AFFARS 5352.201-9101: Ombudsman Contact: AFSPC/A7K, 719-554-5300, A7K.wf@peterson.af.mil AFFARS 5352.223-9001: Health and Safety on Government Installations AFFARS 5352.242-9000: Contractor Access to Air Force Installations The following Provisions apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1: Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-2: Evaluation -- Commercial Items. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Price FAR 52.212-3 Alt I: Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items FAR 52.252-1: Provisions Incorporated by Reference DFARS 252.203-7005: Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials DFARS 252.225-7000: Buy American Statute - Balance of Payments Program Certificate All potential offerors are reminded that compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration, and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7004 Alternate A, Central Contractor Registration, is mandatory. Registration is accomplished via the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the SAM will make an offeror ineligible for award of this blanket purchase agreement. All price lists should be good for a minimum of 6 months from date of submission and must be sent to Stephen Kwak at stephen.kwak@us.af.mil no later than 3:00 PM PST on 12 March 2013.