J--Solicitation document W91247-10-T-0049 for Post Wide Maintenance and Repair of Underground Storage Tanks (UST) located on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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. COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes only the solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This Solicitation document W91247-10-T-0049 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) for Post Wide Maintenance and Repair of Underground Storage Tanks located on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (iii) This Solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-36 Effective August 11, 2009. (iv) Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. Quotes are solicited from small business concerns. Quotes received from other than small business concerns will be rejected. The associated NAICS code is 541380, Testing Laboratories and size standard is $12.0 Million. (v) This requirement is to provide Maintenance and Repairs of Underground Storage Tanks, Post Wide in Contract Line Items (CLINs) 0001-0008 base year, with two (2), one (1) year option periods. (SEE ATTACHMENT I) (vi) The requirement shall be Firm Fixed Price. (vii) The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, transportation, and materials necessary to perform all work in strict compliance with these specifications, schedules, and other applicable contract documents. (viii) This requirement is for delivery FOB (Destination) to the Environmental Compliance Branch Office, Fort Bragg, NC. (ix) The following provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors Commercial Items, FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (website provided http://farsite.hill.af.mil). (x) 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. The Government will evaluate offers in response to this request in accordance with FAR Part 13.106 procedures: lowest price and award a purchase order/contract to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this request, will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and the ability to meet all of the solicitation requirements. (xi) FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The contractor shall be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application ORCA at http://orca.bpn.gov/. DFAR 252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Terrorist Country, DFAR 252.225-7000 Buy American-Act Balance of Payments Program Certificate. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration, (xii) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, Paragraph (o) is changed to read: The contractor shall provide all standard commercial warranties to the government. (xiii) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, Incorporated by Full Text (website provided http://farsite.hill.af.mil): Applicable clauses under FAR 52.212-5: 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation, 52.222-3 Convict Labor, 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans, 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hire, 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons, 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration. Any resulting contract will be paid using the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) system at https://wawf.eb.mil/. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Full Text (website provided http://farsite.hill.af.mil). (ix) 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor anytime prior to contract expiration. (End of clause) (xii) 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 anytime prior to contract expiration; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days 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 42 months. (End of clause) (xiii) Applicable DFARS clauses: DFARS 252.204-7004 Central Contractor Registration Alternate A, DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Identification Valuation, DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, the following DFARS clause is considered checked and is applicable to this acquisition: DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submissions of Payment Requests. Additionally the following clauses are added to this combined synopsis/solicitation and considered applicable to this acquisition: DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program, DFAR 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests, DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments. 5152.209-4000 DoD Level Antiterrorism (AT) Standards, (a) Pursuant to Department of Defense Instruction Number 2000.16, DoD Antiterrorism (AT) Standards, dated October 2, 2006, each contractor employee requiring access to a Federally-controlled installation, facility and/or Federally-controlled information system(s) shall complete Level I AT Awareness Training on an annual basis and receive a certificate of completion. The training is accessible from any computer and is available at https://atlevel1.dtic.mil/at/. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that all applicable employees have completed antiterrorism awareness training and shall certify that their workforce has completed the training through the submission of completion certificate(s) to the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officers Representative (if appointed) within five working days after contract award or prior to access to a Federally-controlled installation or information system. (b) In the event that the automated system at https://atlevel1.dtic.mil/at/ is not available (e.g., server problems), Level I AT Awareness Training can be provided by a qualified instructor. However, if the training is not completed online, the Level I AT Awareness Instructor qualification must be coordinated with the Installation Antiterrorism Officer (or Installation Security equivalent) and the resultant name(s) of approved instructors shall be provided the contracting officer or designee along with all associated cost or schedule impacts to the contract. (c) Antiterrorism performance (Level I AT Awareness Training attendance and compliance) may be documented as a performance metric under the resultant contract, and be part of past performance information in support of future source selections. (xiv) 5152.233-4000, AMC-Level Protest Program (Nov 2008), If you have complaints about this procurement, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve those concerns with the responsible contracting officer. However, you can also protest to Headquarters, AMC. The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.103. If you want to file a protest under the AMC-Level Protest Program, the protest must request resolution under that program and be sent to the address below. All other agency-level protests should be sent to the contracting officer for resolution. HQ Army Material Command Office of Command Counsel 9301 Chapek Rd, Room 2-1SE3401 Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-5527 Facsimile number +1 (555) 000-0000 or 8875 Packages sent by FedEx or UPS should be addressed to: HQ Army Material Command Office of Command Counsel Room 2-1SE3401 1412 Jackson Loop Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-5527 The AMC-Level Protest procedures are found at: http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp. If internet access is not available, contact the contracting officer or HQ, AMC to obtain the AMC-Level Protest Procedures. (xv) ACCOUNTING FOR CONTRACT SERVICES: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the contractor shall report ALL contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. The contractor shall completely fill in all the information in the format using the following web address: https://contractormanpower.army.pentagon.mil. The required information includes: (1) Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, Contracting Officers Technical Representative; (2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number; (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period; (4) Contractor name, address, phone number, email address, identity of contractor employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-contractors); (6) Estimated direct labor dollar paid this reporting period (including sub-contractors); (7) Total payments (including sub-contactors); (8) Predominate Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-contractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (The Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the contractor with its UIC for the purpose of reporting this information; (11) Locations where contractor and sub-contractors performed the work (specific zip code in the United States and nearest city, county, when in a overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website; (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; (13) Number of contractor and sub-contractor employees employed in theater this reporting period (by country). Reporting period shall be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each government fiscal year and must be reported 31 October of each calendar year. Contractors may use a direct XML data transfer to the database server or fill in the fields on the website. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a contractors systems to the secure website without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the website. The specific format for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the website. (xvi) APPLICABLE WAGE DETERMINATION: The following U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determination is applicable to this procurement: Wage Determination No: 2005-2393 (Rev 9) dated 5/26/2009. A copy of this Wage Determination can be found at http://www.wdol.gov. (xvii) STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRE. In accordance with FAR Clause 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hire, incorporated into this contract by reference at paragraph (c) of FAR Clause 52.212-5, the following information is furnished: THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY: IT IS NOT A WAGE DETERMINATION. Employee Class, Wage: 23870 - Scale Mechanic, Maintenance $16.11/hour; 23470 - Labor, $10.18; 23312 - Fuel Distribution System Operator, $13.21 (xvii) 52.237-1 SITE VISIT (Apr 1984) Quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award. (End of Provision) SITE VISIT: A site visit is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. EST. Quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed. All participants are to meet at MICC Contracting Office Building 2-1105, C Stack, Fort Bragg, NC 28307 NLT 8:45 a.m. Site participant form must be emailed or faxed to +1 (555) 000-0000; ATTN: Ms. Jennifer Nesbitt no later than 11:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The Government point of contact for this action is SSG Kevin Ransom, Contract Specialist, at the email address contact@example.gov or Ms. LaTanya E. Johnson, Contracting Officer, at contact@example.gov. (xviii) Submission of quotes shall be forwarded by Monday, March 24, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. (ivxx) Submission of quotes shall be forwarded to SSG Kevin Ransom via ASFI website. Please direct any questions regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation to SSG Kevin Ransom at the email address contact@example.gov or Ms. LaTanya E. Johnson at contact@example.gov.