External Building Power Washing Services

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services and/or supplies 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will NOT be issued. The solicitation number for this requirement is F2VUEN0167AQ01 and is hereby issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) using FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The 6th Contracting Squadron, MacDill AFB, Florida, requires the following item: Exterior Building Power Washing Services in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-42 effective 16 Jul 2010, DFAR DCN 20100713, and AFFAR AFAC 2010-0402. The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) is 561790, with a Small Business Size Standard of $7 million. The wage determination applicable to this acquisition is 2005-2125, revision No.-12. This requirement is being solicited as 100% Service Disable Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. A firm fixed price requirements contract will be awarded and the Government reserves the right to award without discussions to the lowest price technically acceptable offeror. To be considered technically acceptable the contractor must articulate their knowledge, skills, and abilities in commercial power washing practices for multiple surface types. This will be verified through the accuracy and completeness of the submitted proposals. The proposals will be evaluated and scored. Due to the nature of the USSOCOM area of operations, we request only serious bidders respond. At a minimum, the three proposals that achieve the highest scores will be invited for a site visit in order to submit Best and Final priced proposals. A site visit will be scheduled at a later date. Note: Only two individuals from each selected company may attend. Questions or requests for clarification are due by 1200 (noon) EST, 6 Aug 10. All items must be bid to be evaluated, scored and considered responsive. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: Base year plus four (4) options years SEE ATTACHED PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR FULL DETAILS OF SERVICES AND/OR SUPPLIES REQUIRED. Base Year - 1 Sep 10 TO 31 Aug 11 Exterior Building Power Washing Services, See PWS Schedule of Services for price submission 1st Option - 1 Sep 11 TO 31 Aug 12 Exterior Building Power Washing Services, See PWS Schedule of Services for price submission 2nd Option - 1 Sep 12 TO 31 Aug 13 Exterior Building Power Washing Services, See PWS Schedule of Services for price submission 3rd Option - 1 Sep 13 TO 31 Aug 14 Exterior Building Power Washing Services, See PWS Schedule of Services for price submission 4th Option - 1 Sep 14 TO 31 Aug 15 Exterior Building Power Washing Services, See PWS Schedule of Services for price submission DELIVERY ADDRESS: The services and/or supplies are procured on the behalf of HQUSSOCOM, HQUSCENTCOM, and the 6th Air Mobility Wing (AMW) on MacDill AFB (Tampa), FL 33621. PROVISIONS/CLAUSES: The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference (provisions and clauses may be obtained via the internet: http://farsite.hill.af.mil, http://www.arnet.gov/far/, or http://safaq.hq.afmil/contracting): FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items; FAR 52.225-13 -Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination. The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated in full text: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items (Offeror must complete this provision prior to submission of proposal to be considered. See https://orca.bpn.gov/ for online submittal); 52.219-28 - Post-Award Small Business Program Re-representation. (June 2007); FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, within FAR 52.212-5, the following clauses apply: 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 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans, FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, FAR 52.222-37 -- Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era., and Other Eligible Veterans, FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended (July 2005), 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (Nov 2006), 52.228-5 Insurance-Work on a Government Installation; FAR 52.232-33 Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration; FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services; 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; Far 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference. The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference: DFARS 252-204-7004 Alt A, Central Contractor Registration, Alternate A. The following DFARS clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated in full text: DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, within DFARS 252.212-7001, the following clauses apply: DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program, DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests, DFARS 252.247-7024, Notification of transportation of Supplies by Sea. The following Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) clause applies and is incorporated in full texts: AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman: (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication or protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM ombudsman Mr. Michael R. Jackson, HQ AMC/A7K, 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5022, (618) 229'0267, fax (618) 256-668, email: Michael.Jackson@scott.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreement, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/ACQ, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause); 5352.242-9000, Contractor Access to AF Installations. NOTE: The Government's obligation is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available and an order is issued, in writing, by the Contracting Officer. FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors-Commercial Items-ADDENDA OFFER PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: 1. This Addendum prescribes the format for your proposal, and describes the approach for the development and presentation of proposal data. These instructions are designed to ensure the submission of information essential to the understanding and comprehensive evaluation of your proposal. The instructions permit the inclusion of any additional data or information an offeror deems pertinent within the stated page limitations. You are cautioned to follow the detailed instructions fully and carefully. 2. To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of the proposal, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The offeror is required to submit all documentation/information detailed herein, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements. Failure to submit all required documentation/information may result in the proposal being ineligible for award. In submitting a proposal, the offeror is agreeing to the terms and conditions as written in the entire solicitation. The reference in FAR 5.212-1(e) encouraging submission of alternate proposals is hereby deleted for this solicitation and that subparagraph is marked "reserved". 4. The proposal shall be submitted to: 6th Contracting Squadron ATTN: SSgt Michael Winstead 2606 Brown Pelican Ave, Room 200 MacDill AFB, FL. 33621-5000 Contract Specialist's e-mail address: michael.winstead@macdill.af.mil 5. The proposal may be mailed, overnight mailed, hand-carried, or emailed to the above address so it is received by the contracting office by the due date and time. A faxed proposal will not be accepted. 6. The proposal will be evaluated and scored with 1 to 5 scoring criteria with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest with one score being awarded per each Part as described in the Offer Preparation Instructions. Clarification of terminology: Required information: The information that is requested in the descriptions of Parts 1- 5. Detail: Substantiating descriptions of facts, concepts, equipment, chemicals and management activities and events. Readable: Paper not stained as to make words indistinguishable. Letters, numbers and symbols minimum 11 Font, not blended nor covered by any visual obstruction. Photocopies are not too light nor to dark to distinguish letters, numbers, and symbols. Easy to understand: Content of each Part does not contain unidentified acronyms, unexplained complex terminology, or verbiage that a nonprofessional of power washing could not understand. Organized: The proposals will address each Part individually. Each Part will be clearly titled. Tables, pictures, and inserted graphics will be clearly labeled. Errors: The omission of words, phrases, or punctuation causing sentence distortion to the point that it makes no sense to the evaluator. The Part content refers to graphs, tables, pictures, or other content that has been omitted from the content. The description of scoring criteria is as follows: The score of 5 will be awarded to proposal Parts that provide exceeds required information, extremely detailed and organized in a manner in which is easily understood and provides readable and current substantiating documentations to verify representations, certifications, and examples of executing management, pre assessments and technical requirements. The score of 4 will be awarded to proposal Parts that provide full-required information with minimal details and organized with minor errors that slightly impede the ease of understanding of the proposal. Substantiating documentation is provided and is readable and current. The score of 3 will be awarded to proposal Parts that provide the minimal required information with minor errors and minimal organization that impedes understanding of the proposal. Substantiating documentation is provided, readable, and current. The score of 2 will be awarded to proposal Parts that do not provide minimal required information, is not easily understandable, and is not organized. Substantiating documentation is provided, but is not readable and/or is not current. The score of 1 will be awarded to proposal Parts that do not provide minimal required information, is not easily understandable, and is not organized. Substantiating documentation is not provided. The proposal shall consist of four (4) separate parts; Part I - Price Schedule -5 separate bid sheets (Basic, Options 1, 2, 3 and 4; provide total of all bid sheets), Part II - Complete Representations and Certifications, Part III - Past Performance, and Part IV - Technical Proposal. Part I. Price Schedule - See Appendix B. Part II. Completed Representations and Certifications as required in FAR 52.212-3 with Alt 1 (accessible at the Air Force Site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil), DFAR 252-212-7000. Copies may be retrieved and/or updated at https://orca.bpn.gov. In addition, the proposal must list the Company name, address, DUNS number, CAGE code, Federal TIN, and point of contact to include phone number and email address. In order to be eligible for the award the company must be registered in CCR. If you need to obtain or renew a DUNS number or CAGE code, please visit www.ccr.gov. . Part III. Past Performance. Contractor shall provide 3 examples of recent (within the last 5 years) and relevant past performance. Offer is requested to submit information on contracts considered relevant in demonstrating their ability to perform all requirements of the PWS. This information may include data on efforts performed by other divisions, corporate management, and critical subcontractors or teaming contractors, if such resources will significantly influence the performance of the PWS requirements. If a teaming arrangement is contemplated, provide complete information as to the arrangement, including any relevant and recent past performance information on previous teaming arrangements with same partner. If this is a first time joint effort, each party to the arrangement must provide a list of past and present relevant contracts to their references. Past performance information pertaining to a subcontractor cannot be disclosed to the prime offeror without the subcontractor's consent. Provide with the proposal a letter from all subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement, consenting to the release of their past performance information to the prime contractor. In addition to the data provided in this part of the proposal, the Government may use data obtained from other sources (Past Performance Information Retrieval System, other Government sources, commercial sources, etc.) in the review of relevant Past Performance. For all current or past contracts deemed relevant, provide all the applicable information requested in the following paragraphs: (a) Administrative Data 1. Company/Division Name 2. Program Title 3. Contracting Agency 4. Contract Number 5. Type of Contract (Fixed Price) 6. Dates Performed 7. Contract Value (including any option years) 8. Name, Address & Telephone/Fax Number of Government Program Director/Manager, Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), or CO. 9. Relevancy Data: Indicate the percentage of service actually performed by the offeror (prime), subcontractor (if applicable), and teaming contractors (if applicable). This information indicates the volume of required service actually performed by the offeror and company(ies) other than the offeror on past or current contracts in relation to Relevancy. (b) If the offer does not have any relevant past performance information to submit, a statement to that effect will satisfy the requirement for a past performance volume. Part IV. Technical Proposal. The technical approach will primarily describe and demonstrate the capability of the offeror to fulfill all requirements stated in the PWS. The proposal shall meet all technical requirements stated in Performance Work Statement (PWS) and elsewhere in the solicitation to be eligible for award. The information provided should be adequate and sufficient to allow the Government to evaluate the offer's technical capability. The proposal shall not merely offer to perform work in accordance with the PWS. The Government shall not assume an offeror possesses any capability unless specified in its proposal. Understanding of the requirements of the PWS must be demonstrated by more than a reiteration of the PWS. Repeating the PWS without sufficient elaboration will not be acceptable. Statements such as "the offeror understands", "can or will comply with all the requirements of the PWS"", standard procedures will be employed", etc., are insufficient. The technical proposal shall present your overall mission approach to Mission Capability: Expertise in providing external building power washing services as described in the PWS and demonstrate the ability to manage, coordinate, and interact with multiple organizations and residents; Program Management: Capability to manage multiple and diverse work orders, including your ability to identify and resolve various scheduling, cost requirements, conflicts, communications requirements, and a plan to provide personnel for after hour emergencies; Quality Control: Method of providing and administering an effective quality control plan and identify areas of concern and risks inherent in the proposed program operations. (end of provision) 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) Addendum to 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items. (Jan 1999) 1. Basis of Contract Award: The Government will make an award of a firm fixed price IDIQ/Requirements contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror. The following proposal parts shall be used to evaluate the offer: Price, Technical Capabilities, Past Performance, and Completed Representations and Certifications. 2. The evaluation of each proposal part is to ensure the offer understands the solicitation and its attachments. The Government's goal is to establish a technically sound contract. Each Part will be reviewed and documented for acceptability. 3. Part I, Price: Evaluation of offeror pricing will be based on total square footage (for the areas listed in Appendix B) multiplied by the price(s) quoted for each specific CLIN. Offerors are encouraged to quote square footage minimum/maximum ranges to reflect economy of scales savings in addition to individual square footage pricing. Award will not be made based on a single project proposal pricing (i.e. Appendix C). Pricing will be determined fair and reasonable based on commercial market evaluation/comparison. (a) 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). 4. Part II, Representations and Certifications: Completed Representations and Certifications are required by bid closing date. Offerors with incomplete Representations and Certifications or invalid Central Contractor Registration (CCR) registration status are ineligible for award. 5. Part III, Past Performance: a. The contractor shall provide 3 examples of recent and relevant past performance. (1) RELEVANCY OF PAST PERFORMANCE: Determined by comparing the offeror's current and recent past performance (contracts that have not expired more than three (3) years ago) to the scope and complexity of the effort required by the Performance Work Statement (PWS). The Government is not bound by the offeror's opinion of relevancy. (a) Relevancy information will be obtained from: 1. A review of information submitted from offeror's sources that have been performed within the last five (5) years. 2. A review of contract performance information from electronic posting systems such as Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and information independently obtained by the Government through other sources. 3. A review of the information in the offeror's is past performance proposal. 6. Part IV, Technical Proposal: a. A decision on the technical acceptability of the offeror's Technical Proposal shall be made. One of the following determinations will be made to the acceptability of the proposal of: (1) Acceptable: The Technical Proposal meets all the minimum mandatory Technical Proposal requirements in the solicitation. Only if the proposal is determined acceptable, will it be considered for award. (2) Unacceptable: The Technical Proposal substantially fails to meet the minimum mandatory requirements in the solicitation. Technical Proposals with an unacceptable determination will not be considered for award. b. The offer must show evidence of a capability to provide the mandatory requirements set forth in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and elsewhere in this solicitation. A technical review team composed of key Government personnel will use their technical skills, knowledge, and experience to thoroughly review the adequacy of the proposal. In evaluating the Technical Proposal, the Government will use the following evaluation criteria: (1) Compliance with the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and this entire solicitation. (2) Understanding of the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and this entire solicitation. (end of provision) 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2009) An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (m) of this provision. (a) Definitions. As used in this provision -- "Emerging small business" means a small business concern whose size is no greater than 50 percent of the numerical size standard for the NAICS code designated. "Forced or indentured child labor" means all work or service- (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or (2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties. Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), i.e., a corporation that used to be incorporated in the United States, or used to be a partnership in the United States, but now is incorporated in a foreign country, or is a subsidiary whose parent corporation is incorporated in a foreign country, that meets the criteria specified in 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c). Manufactured end product means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except-- (1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) FSG 88, Live Animals; (4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables; (5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials; (6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible; (7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products; (8) FSC 9610, Ores; (9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and (10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials. Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture. Restricted business operations means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate-- (1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan; (2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization; (3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan; (4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization; (5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or (6) Have been voluntarily suspended. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern-- (1) Means a small business concern-- (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. (2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). "Small business concern" means a concern, including its affiliates, which is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. Veteran-owned small business concern means a small business concern-- (1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and (2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans. "Women-owned business concern" means a concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. "Women-owned small business concern" means a small business concern-- (1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of its stock is owned by one or more women; or (2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. (b) (1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications posted on the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website. (2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. After reviewing the ORCA database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ----------. (Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (n) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any.) These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted on ORCA.] (c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. Check all that apply. (1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a small business concern. (2) Veteran-owned small business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a veteran-owned small business concern. (3) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.) The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (4) Small disadvantaged business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents, for general statistical purposes, that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002. (5) Women-owned small business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a women-owned small business concern. Note: Complete paragraphs (c)(6) and (c)(7) only if this solicitation is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (6) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern). (Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned business concern and did not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents that it ( ) is, a women-owned business concern. (7) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price: _____________________________________________ (8) Small Business Size for the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and for the Targeted Industry Categories under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. (Complete only if the offeror has represented itself to be a small business concern under the size standards for this solicitation.) (i) (Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as being set-aside for emerging small businesses in one of the designated industry g...