Furnish, deliver, and tailgate spread stone on Forest Service roads on the Cumberland Ranger District in Kentucky

Furnish all labor, materials and equipment necessary to furnish, deliver and tailgate spread stone on six NFSR Forest Service roads located on the Cumberland Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Bath, Menifee, Powell, Rowan and Wolfe Counties, Kentucky as indicated on the attached Schedule of Items and in accordance with the attached Section 813 Spot Surfacing specifications. Deliveries will be coordinated with the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and the documents incorporate provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83. This procurement is set aside for small business. The NAICS code is 212312 and the Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation. Those that are incorporated by reference can be viewed in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (APR 2014) 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items (OCT 2014) (a) 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: 1. Price: Governments evaluation will include the total cost to furnish, deliver and tailgate spread the stone. 2. Past Performance Any award resulting from this solicitation will be a firm, fixed price contract. Price is more important than past performance in the evaluation process. (b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (MAR 2015) (The Offeror must complete this certification online electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed through http://www.acquisition.gov or print this clause in full, complete the appropriate blocks, and submit with your offer.) AGAR 452.209-70 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION ALT 1 (DEVIATION 2012-01) (FEB 2012) (a.) Awards made under this solicitation are subject to the provisions contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. No. 112-74), Division E, Sections 433 and 434 regarding corporate felony convictions and corporate federal tax delinquencies. To comply with these provisions, all offerors must complete paragraph (1) of this representation, and all corporate offerors also must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of this representation. (b) The Offeror represents that - (1) The Offeror is [ ], is not [ ] (check one) an entity that has filed articles of incorporation in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the various territories of the United States including American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Note that this includes both for-profit and non-profit organizations.) If the Offeror checked "is" above, the Offeror must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of the representation. If Offeror checked "is not" above, Offeror may leave the remainder of the representation blank. (2) (i) The Offeror has [ ], has not [ ] (check one) been convicted of a felony criminal violation under Federal or State law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer. (ii) Offeror has [ ], has not [ ] (check one) had any officer or agent of Offeror convicted of a felony criminal violation for actions taken on behalf of Offeror under Federal law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer. (3) The Offeror does [ ], does not [ ] (check one) have any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability. 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (MAY 2015) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (MAY 2015) Clauses listed in 52.212-5 that apply to this solicitation: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUL 2013) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (AUG 2013) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (DEC 2014) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (JUL 2013) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUNE 2003) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2014) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (APR 2015) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies (MAY 2014) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (JUL 2013) AGAR 452.209-71 ASSURANCE REGARDING FELONY CONVICTION OR TAX DELINQUENT STATUS FOR CORPORATE APPLICANTS ALT 1 (DEVIATION 2012-01) (FEB 2012) (a) This award is subject to the provisions contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. No. 112-74), Division E, Sections 433 and 434 regarding corporate felony convictions and corporate federal tax delinquencies. Accordingly, by accepting this award the contractor acknowledges that it - (1) does not have a tax delinquency, meaning that it is not subject to any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, and (2) has not been convicted (or had an officer or agent acting on its behalf convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within 24 months preceding the award, unless a suspending and debarring official of the United States Department of Agriculture has considered suspension or debarment of the awardee, or such officer or agent, based on these convictions and/or tax delinquencies and determined that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (b) If the awardee fails to comply with these provisions, the Forest Service may terminate this contract for default and may recover any funds the awardee has received in violation of sections 433 or 434. SUBMIT QUOTATIONS: Use the attached Schedule of Items Quote Sheet to submit your response to this solicitation. Quotes must be received on or before 1:00 PM EST on August 27, 2015. You can fax your quote to +1 (555) 000-0000 and then follow-up and mail your quote by regular or express mail to the following address: USDA Forest Service Attn: Procurement 1700 Bypass Road Winchester, KY 40391 You may contact Sharon Martin at contact@example.gov or via phone at +1 (555) 000-0000 or Leslie Hughes at contact@example.gov or via phone at +1 (555) 000-0000 for technical questions or to confirm the delivery of your fax. System for Award Management: All interested firms are advised that registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) formerly Central Contractor Registration (CCR) is required to be eligible for award of a contract. For more information, please check the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Registration in SAM is free.