Chickamauga Lock, Courtesy Dock Purchase - Chattanooga, TN

1. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside for all materials, labor, supervision, and quality control necessary to supply and deliver eighty (80) feet of courtesy floating dock that meets or exceeds the salient characteristics within the Performance Work Statement. 2. TYPE OF CONTRACT: The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price supply contract under NAICS Code: 336611 - Ship Building and Repairing. 3. BASIS FOR SELECTION OF AWARD AND EXERCISE OF OPTIONS: Award shall be made to the lowest priced offeror who is determined to be responsible. Quote must meet or exceed the technical specifications and delivery schedule to be considered for award. 4. PLACE OF DELIVERY: US Army Corps of Engineers Chickamauga Lock 5532 Trailhead Drive Chattanooga, TN 37415 ATTN: Cory Richardson 5. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The completion date for this contract is 120 calendar days from the contract award. 6. QUESTIONS: Questions must be submitted to Robert Todd Allman via email at contact@example.gov by 19 AUGUST 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time. After that time no further questions will be answered. 7. POC FOR COMMUNICATIONS: Any communications regarding this procurement before award must be made via email to the Contracting Branch to Robert Todd Allman at email contact@example.gov. Inquiries must identify the solicitation number, the requestor's company name, address, email address, and telephone number to include area code. Phone calls or requests to arrange meetings at the Nashville District during the solicitation period to discuss project requirements or company's capabilities are highly discouraged and will not be allowed. 8. QUOTE SUBMISSION: All quotes shall be submitted electronically through the PIEE site. Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE). a. The quote shall include the following elements to be considered for award: (1) SF 1449: Filled out by the vendor for: Block 17a, Block 17b (if applicable), Block 30a, Block 30b, and Block 30c (2) Acknowledge all SF 30s, Amendment of Solicitation (if applicable). (3) CLINS: Complete CLINS and any included QUOTE SCHEDULE. Include the Total Price for all CLINS on page 1 of the solicitation in Block 24. (4) In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, registration is required in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) database located at www.sam.gov. More specifically, An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM.gov when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. (See FAR 52.204-7(b)(1)). For SAM.gov Customer Service, contact: Federal Service Desk URL: www.fsd.gov Hours: 8am - 8pm (Eastern Time) US Calls: +1 (555) 000-0000 International Calls: +1 (555) 000-0000 DSN: +1 (555) 000-0000 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Effective June 29, 2018, vendors creating or updating their registration can have their registration activated prior to the approval of the required notarized letter. However, the signed copy of the notarized letter must be sent to the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) within 30 days of activation, or the vendor risks no longer being active in SAM.gov. Vendors can check whether an account is active by performing a query by their CAGE or Unique Entity Identifier (previously known as DUNS). The new registration process may now take several weeks, so vendors are highly encouraged to begin registering as soon as possible to avoid any possible delays in future contract awards. Remember, there is no cost to use SAM.gov. To find out additional information about the changes of the SAM.gov registration process, contractors should visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) link located at the top of the SAM.gov homepage (www.sam.gov). (5) Provide business Unique Entity Identifier Number (previously known as DUNS): ________________________________________ (6) Provide business CAGE code: _______________________________________ (7) Tax Identification Number: _______________________________________ 9. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ELECTRONIC QUOTES: In an effort to reduce paperwork and cost, all bids shall be submitted electronically via the Solicitation Module of Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite, as described below. Submissions shall be in Adobe PDF format. Electronic Bid Submissions is required through the Army's Electronic File Sharing Service in PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil/). The PIEE Application is used to send large files to individuals that would normally be too large to send via email. Information regarding how to set up a vendor registration is included in this link: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/portal/overview/vendorRegister.xhtml. On this page, click on the Vendor User Registration Doc and it will take you through the process of registering as a vendor. If you plan on submitting a proposal, be sure to select SOL-Solicitation in the drop-down list and choose the Proposal Manager role to be given the proper permissions. Further training is available at the following links: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml - This link shows information regarding the Solicitation application in PIEE and the different roles available. https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml - This link is for Offerors regarding the Proposal Manager function and instruction on submitting an offer. a. File Size Limitations: Offerors are advised to follow the PIEE instructions for uploading files. PIEE supports delivery of up to 1.9GB per file, with no limit on the number of files, as well as multiple file formats. If needed, Offerors are advised to break the files down into smaller sections in order to upload them into the system. In such cases, please divide the sections as logically as possible and be sure to clearly name the files as specified below. b. File Description: To ensure your submission is received and processed appropriately, it is important that interested parties CAREFULLY ensure their electronic files adhere to the following naming convention. Each file name shall begin with the firm's name, and a brief file description. NOTE: Do NOT enter Privacy Act Data (Personal Identification Information (PII)) in the file description. Submission shall be in Adobe PDF format. c. Upload Completion and Deadline: Interested parties shall submit responses no later than the date specified on the Solicitation document. The time and date of bid receipt will be the upload completion/delivery time and date recorded within the PIEE site. Do not assume that electronic submission will occur instantaneously. Large files (e.g. 10MB or more) will take some time to upload. Offerors should time their upload effort with prudence by not waiting until the last few minutes'this will allow for unexpected delays in the transmittal process. Offerors are encouraged to keep a copy of the upload confirmation for their record. Submissions after the deadline will be considered late and will be processed in accordance with FAR 14.304. 10. APPARENT SUCCESSFUL OFFEROR: The following may be requested from the apparent successful offeror prior to actual award of the contract: a. A minimum of one (1) banking reference for their firm and a minimum of three (3) past performance references for similar contracted work. 1. The banking reference should include the financial institution's legal name, complete physical address, a point-of-contact (POC) at the financial institution, the POC's telephone number, and email address. 2. The past performance references should include firm's name, the contract number, the contract period of performance and/or contract completion date, the contract's aggregate value, a brief description of the project, a POC, the POC's telephone number, and email address. 11. CONTRACTOR FEEDBACK: Help us in BUILDING STRONG. Please provide us with your feedback, comments, and recommendations for improvement by visiting our Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) website at: https://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=cardandsp=110797ands=856