GENERATOR INSTALLATIONS FOR SEVEN VIDEO TOWER SITES NEAR NOGALES, AZ IN SUPPORT OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION (CBP)

UPDATE POSTED 2/7/2022 SOLICITATION AMENDMENT 1 Revised Solicitation Document to 6973GH-22-Q-00003_Amendment_1.pdf to add Clause 3.6.2-47 MINIMUM WAGES FOR CONTRACTOR WORKERS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14026 (January 2022). No phone calls please. All inquiries should be in writing for documentation purposes. All submittals should be submitted via email to: contact@example.gov. DUE DATE FOR QUOTES EXTENDED TO 2/14/2022 ********************************************************************* UPDATE POSTED 2/2/2022 Revised Solicition Document to 6973GH-22-Q-00003_FINAL_Rev.1.pdf to reflect the change of the period of performance as stated in the Q&A document. Previous requirement was for work to be completed within 45 days of receiving the Notice to Proceed. New requirement is for work to be completed withing 60 days of receiving the Notice to Proceed. ALL OTHER DUE DATES REMAIN UNCHANGED ********************************************************************** UPDATE POSTED 1/19/2022 CHANGES: UPDATED SOW TO 6973GH-22-Q-00003_Attachment_1_SOW_7_Sites_rev.1 UPDATED SITE OVERVIEW TO 6973GH-22-Q-00003_Attachment_7_Site Overviews_rev.1 ADDED ATTACHMENT 6973GH-22-Q-00003_Attachment_13_Install_Details ADDED ATTACHMENT 6973GH-22-Q-00003_Attachment_14_QandA ADDED ATTACHEMENT 6973GH22Q000003_CBP Site Visit Request Form SITE VISIT SCHEDULED FOR 2/1/2022 EXTENDED DUE DATE FOR QUOTES TO 2/9/2022 The FAA has scheduled a pre-bid site visit opportunity for 8:00AM through 12:00PM local time on 2/1/2022 in Nogales, AZ. Attending this site visit is not mandatory to submit a bid; however, interested offerors are highly encouraged to attend. Document titled "6973GH22Q000003_CBP Site Visit Request Form" has been added to the attachments of this announcement. A description of the physical location of the worksite has been provided on this document. Offerors who wish to attend the site visit must complete this attached document and email directly to the following email address: contact@example.gov Completed forms must be submitted no later than 4:00 PM CST on 1/25/2022 to attend. Forms will then be approved and re-sent to the interested offeror, respectfully. Offerors must physically possess a fully executed site visit request form upon arrival to the site or they will not be granted access to the site. Attendance of this site visit is at the offeror's risk. The FAA will not reimburse any expense associated with attendance. Offerors are cautioned that AMS clauses 3.2.2.3-42, Differing Site Conditions and 3.2.2.3-43, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, are included in this solicitation and will also be included in any resulting contract awarded. As stated previously, offerors must include "6973GH-22-Q-00003 within the subject line of your email. No phone calls please. All inquiries should be in writing for documentation purposes. All submittals should be submitted via email to: contact@example.gov. THE DATE FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT QUOTES IS HEREBY EXTENDED TO 4:00 PM CST ON 2/9/2022. ********************************************************************************************************** UPDATE POSTED 1/4/2022 NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF DUE DATE FOR OFFERORS QUOTES The date to submit quotes under this solicitation has been extended to 4:00pm January 21, 2022. The FAA anticipates releasing an amended Statement of Work (SOW) and a Q&A form to SAM.gov within the week. No other changes have been made to this announcement at this time. THE DATE FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT QUOTES IS HEREBY EXTENDED TO 1/21/2022 4:00PM CST. ********************************************************************************************************** UPDATE POSTED 12/2/2021 NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF DUE DATE FOR OFFERORS QUOTES The date to submit quotes under this solicitation has been extended to 4:00pm CST January 7, 2022. The FAA anticipates releasing an amended Statement of Work (SOW) and a Q&A document to SAM.gov around 12/10/2021. The current date to submit questions pertaining to this announcement is still 4pm CST on 12/3/2021. No other changes have been made to this announcement at this time. THE DATE FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT QUOTES IS HEREBY EXTENDED TO 1/7/2022 4:00PM CST. *********************************************************************************************************** SYNOPSIS OF REQUIREMENT This requirement is to provide installation and wiring of standby 7KW Stealth Power generators (government furnished), auxiliary diesel tanks (government furnished) automatic transfer switches (to be procured by contractor) at seven (7) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) towers located in the Nogales, Arizona area. SOLICITATION The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is soliciting quotes for the consideration of a contract award from interested offerors for the construction of electrical infrastructure and installation of government furnished generator for seven (7) surveillance towers located near Nogales, AZ in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW). SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE This requirement is a 100% SEDB/8(a) set-aside in accordance with FAA Acquisition Management System Policy 3.6.1.3.5. The FAA reserves the right to cancel this requirement at any time and without notice to offerors. An award for this requirement is anticipated to be made to the offeror with the lowest priced quote received on or before the aforementioned due date that can be determined fully responsive and responsible. The anticipated award date for this requirement is on or around 7 Jan 2022. This is a competitive solicitation for a FIRM FIXED PRICE (FFP) contract. As such, any proposals received that takes exception to the terms and conditions in this solicitation, proposes additional terms or conditions, or otherwise indicates within their proposal that their proposed pricing is not all inclusive of the FFP proposed, cannot be evaluated at face value in a competitive environment and will, therefore, be determined ineligible for a contract award. Any activities or costs associated with offerors proposal development and submission thereof is at the risk of the offeror and will not be reimbursed by the FAA. SITE VISIT No site visit is currently planned for this announcement. The availability of any future site visit is subject to availability of Government resources to facilitate such an event. If offerors wish to conduct a site visit, please contact the POC of this announcement via email. If a site visit is scheduled as a result of request(s) received, it will be done so at a time and date at the discretion of the FAA and will be made available to all interested offerors via updates to this announcement. Interested offerors are encouraged to follow this announcement for such updates. A. INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS 1. OFFEROR RESPONSIVENESS Offerors must be determined - Responsive to be eligible for a contract award. An offeror will be determined - Responsive upon their timely submittal of a proposal guarantee, a completed solicitation document and Organizational Experience Questionnaire (OEQ). The requirements for each of these documents are as follows: a. Proposal Guarantee Offerors shall submit a proposal guarantee in accordance with Clause 3.4.1-1 PROPOSAL GUARANTEE (JAN 2017) upon submission of their proposal. See page 11 of the solicitation document for details. b. Solicitation Document Offerors must complete the following: Page 2, Block 14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR (Include Zip) Page 2, Block 15. TELEPHONE NO. Page 2, Block 16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS Page 2, Block 17. Offer Validity Period and Total Amount Page 2, Block 19. ACKNOWLEGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS (If Applicable) Page 2, Block 20A. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER Page 2, Block 20B. SIGNATURE Page 2, Block 20C. OFFER DATE Page 3, Column F: Fill-In Pricing Information for Line Items (NOTE: The FAA intends to award a contract without discussions. As such, offerors are encouraged to submit their lowest and best pricing in their initial response to this announcement.) Pages 15/16, Clause 3.6.4-3, Offerors must fill-in determination contained in Paragraph d if applicable. Pages 16/17, Clause 3.6.4-18, Offerors must fill-in certifications contained in clause. Certification ***DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS*** Pages 17/18, Clause 3.6.4-22, Offerors must fill-in representations contained in Paragraph d Representation ***DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS*** Page 18/19, Clause 3.6.4-24, Offerors must fill-in representations contained in Paragraph c Representation ***DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS*** c. Organizational Experience Questionnaire (OEQ) Offeror shall submit at least one (1) OEQ which cites an example of same or similar work completed within the last 5 years for work valued to be at least $100,000.00 or greater. If performance occurred as a subcontractor, the value of work done specifically by your company must be at least $100,000.00 or greater. Offerors must complete the following: Block 1. Contractor Block 2. Contract/Task Order (TO)/Purchase Order (PO) Number Block 3. Contract/TO/PO Dollar Value Block 4. Contract/TO/PO Status Block 5. Project Title Block 6. Project Description Block 7. Project Owner or Project Manager for the Client 2. OFFEROR RESPONSIBILITY Offerors must be determined - Responsible to be eligible for a contract award. a. SAM: An offeror will be determined - Responsible if a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov), and has no active exclusions and within their FAR 52.219-1 Representations and Certifications, the offeror is identified as an SEDB/8(a) under the NAICS Code associated with this announcement. B. HOW YOUR PROPOSAL WILL BE EVALUTED To be determined eligible for a contract award, an offeror must be determined - Acceptable for three evaluation factors. 1. RESPONSIVENESS 2. RESPONSIBILITY 3. RISK ASSESSMENT Evaluation Factors 1. RESPONSIVENESS Each offer received will be evaluated for responsiveness and determine - Acceptable or - Unacceptable using the following evaluation criteria: a. Acceptable: I. Proposal Guarantee: Offeror has submitted a proposal guarantee in accordance with Clause 3.4.1-1 PROPOSAL GUARANTEE (JAN 2017) upon submission of their proposal. AND II. Solicitation: All pages of the solicitation document are contained in the document submitted, and the offeror has filled in all required sections of the solicitation document described in INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS above, and offeror certifies that - covered telecommunications equipment are not being provided and are not in current use in their company in Clauses 3.6.4-22 and 3.6.4-24. AND III. OEQ: The offeror has filled in all required sections of the OEQ and is determined to have completed same or similar work, was completed no later than 5 years ago, and the work is valued to be at least $100,000.00 or greater. b. Unacceptable: I. Proposal Guarantee: Offeror does not submit a proposal guarantee with their proposal, or the proposal guarantee submitted is not in accordance with Clause 3.4.1-1 PROPOSAL GUARANTEE (JAN 2017). OR II. Solicitation: Offeror does not include all pages of the solicitation document are contained in the document submitted, or the offeror has not filled in all required sections of the solicitation document described in INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS above, or offeror certifies that - covered telecommunications equipment are being provided or are in current use in their company in Clauses 3.6.4-22 and 3.6.4-24, or fails to certify either way. OR III. OEQ: The offeror has not filled in all required sections of the OEQ, or the work cannot be determined to be same or similar in scope, or was completed later than 5 years ago, or the work specifically performed by the offeror is valued to be at less than $100,000.00. 2. RESPONSIBILITY Each offer received will be evaluated for responsibility and determine - Acceptable or - Unacceptable using the following evaluation criteria: a. Acceptable: I. SAM: Offerors are found to have a current registration in SAM, are not found to have any active exclusions, and do certify they are a small business for the NAICS Code associated with this announcement. b. Unacceptable: I. SAM: Offerors are not found to have a current registration in SAM, or are found to have any active exclusions, or do not certify they are a small business for the NAICS Code associated with this announcement. 3. RISK ASSESSMENT A risk assessment based on information obtained using the Organizational Experience Questionnaire (OEQ) will be conducted on the lowest priced offeror otherwise determined eligible for award. The Contracting Officer may contact the POC identified in the OEQ to ask questions pertaining to cost, schedule, and performance matters for the work described in the OEQ at their discretion. The Contracting Officer may also utilize any other US Government tools, databases, and/or previous contracts to determine award risk to the FAA at their discretion. If utilized, these measures will be done only to such an extent that the respective offeror's past performance poses no significant risk to the FAA. Offerors will be determined - Acceptable or - Unacceptable based on the following criteria: a. Acceptable I. Organizational Experience: The offeror's experience can be determined recent, relevant, and poses no perceived significant cost, performance, or schedule risk to the FAA. b. Unacceptable I. Organizational Experience: The offeror's experience cannot be determined recent, relevant, or poses perceived significant cost, performance, or schedule risk to the FAA. 4. EVALUATION OF PRICING The total evaluated price of each offeror will consist of a sum of both line items. No additional pricing data is needed for initial responses to this solicitation notice. The FAA will evaluate the lowest total evaluated priced quote for balance and reasonability. The FAA reserves the right to seek data other than certified cost and pricing data after receipt of proposals to determine balance and reasonability of proposed pricing, if needed. Offerors will not be allowed to change their initially submitted pricing if this occurs. Unbalanced pricing is defined for this announcement as pricing which exceeds a reasonable price for each line item a prudent person would pay in the course of good business or constitutes an advanced payment. Unreasonable pricing is defined for this announcement as pricing that is unusually high or low, or cannot be supported by additional data provided by the offeror upon request. If proposed pricing is determined to be unbalanced and/or unreasonable, such pricing creates undue risk to the FAA and the offeror will, therefore, be determined ineligible for award. AWARD DECISION The FAA intends to award a contract to the lowest price offeror determined to be eligible for award. The FAA reserves the right to cancel this requirement at any time and without notice. QUESTIONS Questions about this requirement are due not later than 4:00PM on 3 Dec, 2021, but may be submitted at any time prior to this date to the FAA Contract Specialist via email at contact@example.gov. Offerors are encouraged to submit any questions pertaining to this announcement as soon as possible. Offerors must include "6973GH-22-Q-00003 within the subject line of your email. OFFER DUE DATE All responses to this solicitation for quotes must be received by email on Thursday, 9 Dec 2021 at 4:00 PM, (Central). Extensions to this due date are not likely to occur. Offerors must include "6973GH-22-Q-00003 within the subject line of your email. No phone calls please. All inquiries should be in writing for documentation purposes. All submittals should be submitted via email to: contact@example.gov. Acquisition Management System (AMS) applies to FAA in place of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and various other provisions of Federal acquisition law. Thank you for your interest and participation in this competition.