Collection and Disposal of Refuge & Garbage for the Family Housing Area at New Cumberland, PA

DLA Distribution Susquehanna, New Cumberland (DDSP), PA has a requirement to provide collection and disposal of refuse & garbage disposal for the Family Housing Area. This is a combined synopsis solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format Subpart 12.6 in conjunction with 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is SP3300-12-Q-0121 This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-60 effective 27 Aug 2012 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) DPN 20120724 edition and Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive (DLAD) Current to Revision 5 and PROCLTR 2012-48. The complete text of any of the clauses and provisions may be accessed in full text at http://farsite .hill.af.mil. This acquisition is unrestricted. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 562111 and the associated size standard is $12.5M. DLA Distribution Susquehanna, New Cumberland (DDSP) , PA has a requirement for a contractor to furnish all labor, material and equipment necessary for the collection and disposal of refuse, garbage and individual pieces considered normal from the Family Housing Area of Defense distribution center, New Cumberland, PA. In the event of federal holidays (see list at end of purchase description), equipment breakdowns or extreme weather conditions, the next day will be considered the alternate scheduled workday. If the containers cannot be emptied on the designated day, the contractor will be required to notify the Contracting Officer and/or the Housing Office prior to 10:00 AM so that the Housing Area can be notified. Refuse will be a type normal expected from a dwelling. Individual pieces of material will not exceed 6 feet length and 90lbs. in weight. During the grass cutting and fall season, the contractor is required to remove all bagged grass clippings and other bagged garden debris, i.e. leaves, within the stated weight and length specifications. The contractor must have the capabilities of picking up a tote refuse container of 64-gallon capacity. All refuse collected by the contractor shall be disposed of at a disposal site off-depot that is certified and approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept of Environmental Resources. The following schedule indicates the collection points and number of dwellings for all refuse to be collected and removed: Collection Point Number of Dwellings Qtrs 30 1 31A&B thru 37A&B 14 40A&B 2 41A&B 2 187 A&B thru 197A&B 22 164 thru 171 8 133 A thru H 8 134 A thru H 8 135 A thru H 8 136 A thru H 8 137 A thru H 8 138 A thru H 5 139 A thru H 8 140 A thru H 8 141 A thru H 8 142 A thru H 8 143 A thru H 8 144 A thru H 8 Federal Holidays New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veteran's Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day When one of the above holidays fall on the scheduled refuse day, the contractor will perform the service on the following workday. The period of performance is 01December 2012 through 30 November 2013, with one (1) option year. Base Year - Monthly charge - tiny_mce_marker___________________ Option Year 1 - 01 December 2013 through 30 November 2014 - Monthly charge - tiny_mce_marker_______________ Contractor shall collect refuse/garbage on MONDAYof each week Any award resulting from this solicitation will be issued on a Standard Form (SF) 1449. Payment for supplies and/or services under this order will be made by the Acquisition Operations Office via the Government Purchase Card (VISA). NOTE: Since all payments under this purchase order will be made via the Government purchase card, the Contractor must accept the VISA Credit card for payment of all supplies ordered under this purchase order. The following FAR and DFARS clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offers-Commercial Items. Addenda to 52.212-1; the following paragraphs are hereby deleted from this provision: (d) products samples, (e) multiple offers and (h) multiple awards. NOTE: To receive an award resulting from this solicitation, offerors MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database IAW FAR 52.212-1(k) and DFARS 204.1104. Registration may be done on line at: www.ccr.gov. DLAD 52.233-9000 AGENCY PROTESTS (NOV 2011) (a) Companies protesting this procurement may file a protest (1) with the Contracting Officer,(2) with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), or (3) pursuant to Executive Order Number 12979, with the Agency for a decision by the Activity's Chief of the Contracting Office. (b) Protests filed with the agency should clearly state that they are an "Agency Level Protest under Executive Order Number 12979." (c) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) procedures for Agency Level Protests filed under Executive Order Number 12979 allow for a higher level decision on the initial protest than would occur with a protest to the Contracting Officer; this process is not an appellate review of a Contracting Officer's decision on a protest previously filed with the Contracting Officer. Absent a clear indication of the intent to file an agency level protest, protests will be presumed to be protests to the Contracting Officer. (End of Provision) DLAD 52.233-9001 DISPUTES: AGREEMENT TO USE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) (NOV 2011) (a) The parties agree to negotiate with each other to try to resolve any disputes that may arise. If unassisted negotiations are unsuccessful, the parties will use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques to try to resolve the dispute. Litigation will only be considered as a last resort when ADR is unsuccessful or has been documented by the party rejecting ADR to be inappropriate for resolving the dispute. (b) Before either party determines ADR inappropriate, that party must discuss the use of ADR with the other party. The documentation rejecting ADR must be signed by an official authorized to bind the Contractor (see Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.233-1), or, for the Agency, by the Contracting Officer, and approved at a level above the Contracting Officer after consultation with the ADR Specialist and with legal. Contractor personnel are also encouraged to include the ADR Specialist in their discussions with the Contracting Officer before determining ADR to be inappropriate. (c) The offeror should check here to opt out of this clause: ( End of provision ) OFFER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS-Quotes must include the following items. Submission of a quote that does not contain all items requested below may result in elimination from consideration for award. 1. Quotations may be submitted in contractor format and shall include: (1) Company name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and FAX number; (2) Solicitation number; (3) Unit Price and extended prices for all CLINS; (4) Contractor DUNS Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, (5) Signed acknowledgements of amendments (applicable only if any amendments are issued against this solicitation) 2. Contractors are required to include a copy of the FAR provision 52.212-3-Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items and DFAR 252.212-7000-Offeror Representation and Certification-Commercial Items with its proposal or may indicate completion of the representations and certifications on the internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. Failure to include the certifications along with the price proposal or to complete the certifications on the internet may result in elimination from consideration for award. FAR 13-106-2 EVALUATION of Quotations or Offers -The Government intends to evaluate quotes in response to this quotation without discussions and will award one firm-fixed price contract to the responsible offeror whose quote represents the total overall lowest price for all CLINS. Therefore to be considered for award, a quote must be provided for all CLINS. 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 offeror is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items. Addenda to 52.212-4; the following clauses apply: FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 2 years and 6 months. FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders-Commercial Items (in paragraph (b)) the following clauses apply: FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Act FAR 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires In compliance with the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR Part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332. This statement is for information only: It is not a Wage Determination. Employee Class Monetary Wage -- Fringe Benefits Refuse Collector - WG-05 $16.36 FAR 52.223-18 Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items. The following additional clauses/provisions apply: DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DOD Officials DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea Service Contract Act Wage Determination No. 2005-2455 revision No.12 dated 06/13/2011 applies to this acquisition, and will be incorporated into the resulting purchase order. A copy of the Wage determination is attached to this solicitation. FAR 52.232-18 - Availability of Funds (Apr 1984) Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. DLAD 52.247-9012 REQUIREMENTS FOR TREATMENT OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM) (FEB 2007) (a) This clause only applies when wood packaging material (WPM) will be used to make shipments under this contract and/or when WPM is being acquired under this contract. (b) Definition. Wood packaging material (WPM) means wood pallets, skids, load boards, pallet collars, wooden boxes, reels, dunnage, crates, frame and cleats. The definition excludes materials that have undergone a manufacturing process, such as corrugated fiberboard, plywood, particleboard, veneer, and oriented strand board (OSD). (c) All Wood Packaging Material(WPM) used to make shipments under DOD contracts and/or acquired by DOD must meet requirements of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15, "Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Materials in International Trade." DOD shipments inside and outside of the United States must meet ISPM 15 whenever WPM is used to ship DOD cargo. (1) All WPM shall comply with the official quality control program for heat treatment (HT) or kiln dried heat treatment (KD HT) in accordance with American Lumber Standard Committee, Incorporated (ALSC) Wood Packaging Material Program and WPM Enforcement Regulations (see http://www.alsc.org/). (2) All WPM shall include certification/quality markings in accordance with the ALSC standard. Markings shall be placed in an unobstructed area that will be readily visible to inspectors. Pallet markings shall be applied to the stringer or block on diagonally opposite sides of the pallet and be contrasting and clearly visible. All containers shall be marked on a side other than the top or bottom, contrasting and clearly visible. All dunnage used in configuring and/or securing the load shall also comply with ISPM 15 and be marked with an ASLC approved DUNNAGE stamp. (d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this restriction may result in refusal, destruction, or treatment of materials at the point of entry. The Agency reserves the right to recoup from the Contractor any remediation costs incurred by the Government. Offerors responding to this announcement shall submit their quotations via FAX to Judy Erickson, 717-770-7442 or e-mail to Judith.Erickson@dla.mil. All quotes must be received by SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 AT 3:30 PM EST to be considered for award.