Heavy Equipment Rental

The period of performance is scheduled to begin in early January and run for a minimum of 6 months. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in 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 assigned to this action is W912QG-16-T-0501. This acquisition is utilizing procedures in FAR part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) from the 169 MSG/MSC, McEntire JNGB, SC 29044. This acquisition is being set-aside exclusively for Small Business concerns. In the event of insufficient small business participation, the government reserves the right to make an award on an unrestricted basis. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 532412, with a size standard of $37.5M.The solicitation document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-84 dated 3 September 2015 and Defense Acquisition Circular (DAC) 97-27 DPN 20150930. The South Carolina Air National Guard's requirement is to rent a 01 EA Caterpillar D6 Series Bulldozer (or equal), 01 EA Caterpillar Excavator 320 Series (or equal), and 01 EA Fuel Dispenser System capable of providing 1,300 gallons of fuel per month for a minimum term of 6 months on site at McEntire JNGB in Eastover, SC. Contractor must provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, supervision, transportation, and supplies required for delivery of the equipment. Contract will be awarded on a best value basis. Best value will be based on past performance, technical capabilities, and price. The Government intends to place a Single, Firm-Fixed Price contract without discussions. Therefore, offerors should submit their best offer up front. Do not assume you will be able to revise your offer. "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." SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submitted quotes must include the following: (1) the solicitation number; (2) the name, address and telephone number of the offeror; (3) the price and discount terms (quote FOB Destination); (4) completion of the provisions 52.212-3 and 252.213-7000; (5) details of services to be provided for each requirement identified with pricing. (6) Proposal should be submitted under company letterhead, with DUNS number, FTID, company Name, Address and POC included. The solicitation closing date is 15 December 2015 at 4:00PM local time. Submit all offers in response to this synopsis/solicitation to the Point of Contact A1C Keith Boulware; either electronically at: keith.boulware.mil@mail.mil or via facsimile at: (803) 647-8487. Submit any requests for additional information, technical data, or a site visit in writing by email to the aforementioned no later than December 8, 2015 (questions or inquiries received by telephone will not be addressed). (a) Insert proposed prices in the Pricing Schedule provided below. (b) Complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications in provision 52.212-3 section (b) provided below and return along with your cost proposal. (c) There is no additional requirement to submit a history of past performance on similar projects. Past Performance will be evaluated utilizing a combination of information obtained from the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), and the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System. (d) Prior to award, the vendor must be registered and have completed online representations and certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. The following provisions are included by reference for the purposes of this combined synopsis/solicitation: 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment; 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel; 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items: Evaluation will be in accordance with FAR 13.106-1 and is based on Best Value to the Government with Price, Technical Acceptability, and Performance History all given equal consideration; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-14 Limits on Subcontracting 52.237-1 Site Visit: 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.252-1 Provisions Incorporated by Reference (http://farsite.hill.af.mil) The following clauses are included for the purposes of this combined synopsis/solicitation and the most current versions will be incorporated into any resulting order: 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First Tier Subcontracts; 52.204-99(Dev) System for Award Management Registration (Deviation); 52.208-4 Vehicle Lease Payments 52.208-5 Condition of Leased Vehicles 52.208-6 Marking of Leased Vehicles 52.208-7 Tagging of Leased Vehicles 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Debarred or Suspended Contractors; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (Dev.); 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans; 52.222-41 Service Contract Act 0f 1965; 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires; 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right to Know Information; 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.228-8 Liability and Insurance Leased Motor Vehicles 52.232-18 -- Availability of Funds 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 52.233-2 Service of Protest 52.233-3 Protest After award; 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation; 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, http://farsite.hill.af.mil; 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses; 252.201-7000 Contracting Officers Representative; 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials; 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials; 252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Terrorist Country; 252.223-7006 Prohibition on Storage and Disposal of Toxic and Hazardous Materials; 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program; 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports; 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments; 252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel; 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items; 252.245-7001 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea; 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea GENERAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Submit TOTAL price for the following CLINS: CLIN 0001: Provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, supervision, transportation, and supplies required for delivery of 01 EA Caterpillar D6 bulldozer or equal for 6 months minimum SUBCLIN 0001AA: QTY: 6 MONTH $ MINIMUM SUBCLIN 0001AB: QTY: 1 MONTH $ ADDITIONAL MONTHLY RATE CLIN 0002: Provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, supervision, transportation, and supplies required for delivery of 01 EA Caterpillar Excavator 320 or equal for 6 months minimum SUBCLIN 0002AA: QTY: 6 MONTH $ MINIMUM SUBCLIN 0002AB: QTY: 1 MONTH $ ADDITIONAL MONTHLY RATE CLIN 0003: Provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, supervision, transportation, and supplies required for delivery of a 01 EA Fuel Dispenser System capable of providing 1,300 gallons of fuel per month for a term of 6 months minimum SUBCLIN 0003AA: QTY: 6 MONTH $ MINIMUM SUBCLIN 0003AB: QTY: 1 MONTH $ ADDITIONAL MONTHLY RATE The following provisions are included by full text and must be completed and returned along with the cost proposal: 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2012) An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at https://www.acquisition.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 (o) of this provision. (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 accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov . After reviewing the ORCA database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representation 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 (o) 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 electronically on ORCA.] (End of provision) 52.232-18 -- Availability of Funds. 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. 252.213-7000 NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE SUPPLIERS ON USE OF PAST PEFORMANCE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM-STATISTICAL REPORTING IN PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (JUN 2015) (a) The Past Performance Information Retrieval System-Statistical Reporting (PPIRS-SR) application (http://www.ppirs.gov/) will be used in the evaluation of suppliers' past performance in accordance with DFARS 213.106-2(b)(i). (b) PPIRS-SR collects quality and delivery data on previously awarded contracts and orders from existing Department of Defense reporting systems to classify each supplier's performance history by Federal supply class (FSC) and product or service code (PSC). The PPIRS-SR application provides the contracting officer quantifiable past performance information regarding a supplier's quality and delivery performance for the FSC and PSC of the supplies being purchased. (c) The quality and delivery classifications identified for a supplier in PPIRS-SR will be used by the contracting officer to evaluate a supplier's past performance in conjunction with the supplier's references (if requested) and other provisions of this solicitation under the past performance evaluation factor. The Government reserves the right to award to the supplier whose quotation or offer represents the best value to the Government. (d) PPIRS-SR classifications are generated monthly for each contractor and can be reviewed by following the access instructions in the PPIRS-SR User's Manual found at https://www.ppirs.gov/pdf/PPIRS-SR_UserMan.pdf. Contractors are granted access to PPIRS-SR for their own classifications only. Suppliers are encouraged to review their own classifications, the PPIRS-SR reporting procedures and classification methodology detailed in the PPIRS-SR User's Manual, and PPIRS-SR Evaluation Criteria available from the references at: https://www.ppirs.gov/pdf/PPIRS-SR_DataEvaluationCriteria.pdf. The method to challenge a rating generated by PPIRS-SR is provided in the User's Manual. (End of provision)