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J061--Generator Maintenance and Repair Services

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36C25924Q0746Federal

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Request for Quote 36C25924Q0746 is a solicitation issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office 19, for a firm-fixed price contract providing maintenance, inspection, testing, and repair services for CAT generators. The scope of work includes quarterly and annual preventative maintenance services, as well as repair services for labor, parts, and materials with a not-to-exceed limit of 20,000 dollars per year. The contract structure consists of a base year running from September 30, 2024, to September 29, 2025, with four subsequent option years, allowing for a total potential duration of five years. The procurement is unrestricted under NAICS code 811310. To be eligible for award, offerors must demonstrate technical capability by providing proof of Caterpillar factory trained and certified technicians and submit at least three recent and relevant past performance references. Evaluation is based on technical capability, past performance, and price, with the government reserving the right to award to a responsible offeror providing the most advantageous benefit. An award notice indicates that contract 36C25924P1359 was issued to Wagner Equipment Co on September 11, 2024, for a total amount of 368,600.00 dollars.

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Contract Value

$273,000

NAICS

811310 - Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance

Place of Performance

CO, USA

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NONE

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AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Network Contract Office 19 (36C259)
Contacts1 person available
OfficeGreenwood Village, CO, 80111, USA
Office AddressGreenwood Village, CO, 80111, USA
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Noaa LanotteContract Specialist

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Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25924Q0746 Generator Maintenance, Inspection, Testing, and Repair Services 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. * The deadline for all questions is 10:00am MT, 08/28/2024 All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation. ** Quotes are to be provided to contact@example.gov no later than 4:00pm MT, 09/04/2024. Quotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is 36C25924Q0746. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-05 effective May 22, 2024. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 811310 with a small business size standard of $12.5 Million. This solicitation is unrestricted. List of Line Items; Base Year: September 30, 2024 September 29, 2025 CLIN Description Est. Qty Unit Unit Cost Total Cost Supplies/Services 0001 Quarterly PM Services for CAT Generators 16 EA $ _________ $ _________ 0002 Annual PM Services for CAT Generators 4 EA $ _________ $ ___________ 0003 Repairs Services including labor, parts, and materials as needed. NTE $20,000 per year 1 YR $ _________ $ _________ Total Cost for Base Year: $ ____________ Option Year 1: September 30, 2025 September 29, 2026 CLIN Description Est. Qty Unit Unit Cost Total Cost Supplies/Services 1001 Quarterly PM Services for CAT Generators 16 EA $ _________ $ _________ 1002 Annual PM Services for CAT Generators 4 EA $ _________ $ ___________ 1003 Repairs Services including labor, parts, and materials as needed. NTE $20,000 per year 1 YR $ _________ $ _________ Total Cost for Option Year 1: $ ____________ Option Year 2: September 30, 2026 September 29, 2027 CLIN Description Est. Qty Unit Unit Cost Total Cost Supplies/Services 2001 Quarterly PM Services for CAT Generators 16 EA $ _________ $ _________ 2002 Annual PM Services for CAT Generators 4 EA $ _________ $ ___________ 2003 Repairs Services including labor, parts, and materials as needed. NTE $20,000 per year 1 YR $ _________ $ _________ Total Cost for Option Year 2: $ ____________ Option Year 3: September 30, 2027 September 29, 2028 CLIN Description Est. Qty Unit Unit Cost Total Cost Supplies/Services 3001 Quarterly PM Services for CAT Generators 16 EA $ _________ $ _________ 3002 Annual PM Services for CAT Generators 4 EA $ _________ $ ___________ 3003 Repairs Services including labor, parts, and materials as needed. NTE $20,000 per year 1 YR $ _________ $ _________ Total Cost for Option Year 3: $ ____________ Option Year 4: September 30, 2028 September 29, 2029 CLIN Description Est. Qty Unit Unit Cost Total Cost Supplies/Services 4001 Quarterly PM Services for CAT Generators 16 EA $ _________ $ _________ 4002 Annual PM Services for CAT Generators 4 EA $ _________ $ ___________ 4003 Repairs Services including labor, parts, and materials as needed. NTE $20,000 per year 1 YR $ _________ $ _________ Total Cost for Option Year 4: $ ____________ PRICE SUMMARY TOTALS Estimated Total Cost Base Year: $_______________________ Option Year 1: $ ______________________ Option Year 2: $ ______________________ Option Year 3: $ ______________________ Option Year 4: $ ______________________ Est. Grand Total (Base + all Option Years): $ ______________________ Description of Requirements: Please see attached Statement of Work. 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis. State if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract. If the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be VetCert verified and visible in the SBA Veteran Small Business Certification: https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award. Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote. Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical Capability; (II) Past Performance; and (III) Price Volume I - Technical Capability Offeror must demonstrate the ability to meet the requirements of the Statement of Work. Offeror must provide proof of Caterpillar factory trained and certified technicans to service and repair Caterpillar generators and automatic transfer switches. Volume II Past Performance Offeror must provide at least three recent and relevant past performance references (including contract numbers, amount of contract award, point of contact with email address, telephone numbers and other relevant information, and a description of product/work performed under the contract). To be relevant, the effort must be similar in nature of work, size, magnitude, complexity, and scope of this procurement. Recent Relevant past performance is defined as not more than five years from the RFQ release date of this procurement. Volume III Price Price - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. (End of Addendum to 52.212-1) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS: 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 considering price and other factors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: Factor 1. Technical Capability Factor 2. Past Performance Factor 3. Price Evaluation Approach. The Government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation, but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotations. The evaluation will consider the following: Factor 1. Technical Capability: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation. If an offeror fails to provide required Caterpillar certifications, their quote will be determined ineligible for award. Factor 2. Past Performance: The Offeror shall be evaluated on performance of past contracts and how well the identified performance relates to the product/work being procured under the Statement of Work for this procurement. Factor 3. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-item prices, including all options. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability of the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price. Options. The Government will evaluate quotations for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. This includes options under FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, which applies to this solicitation. Evaluation of options under FAR 52.217-8 will be accomplished by adding six months of the quoter's price for the last potential period of performance under this contract to the quoter's total price. For example, if the contract includes option periods that are exercisable under FAR 52.217-9, the quoter's total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base period, all option periods, and an additional six months of the last option period. Quoters must price only the base and option periods specified in the contract line item numbers (CLINs), and shall not submit a price for the potential six-month extension of services under FAR 52.217-8. The Government reserves the right to exercise the option under FAR 52.217-8 before the end of any of the contractor's performance periods and will be exercised at the price and/or rates in effect at the time the clause is exercised. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (End of Addendum to 52.212-2) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. Offerors must be registered in SAM at time of offer submission. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAY 2024) applies to this acquisition FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference; FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (OCT 2020) FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (NOV 2021) FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (FEB 2024) FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUN 2003) FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (FEB 2024) FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) FAR 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (OCT 2020) FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026 (JAN 2022) FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2022) FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021) FAR 52.228-5 Insurance-Work on a Government Installation (JAN 1997) FAR 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (MAY 2024) FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management (OCT 2018) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions: 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 within fifteen (5) days of the expiration date of the current contract period. 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 within 30 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 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 5 Years 852.212-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items (Apr 2020) VAAR 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (MAY 2018) VAAR 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) VAAR 852.233-70 Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (SEP 2018) VAAR 852.233-71 Alternate Protest Procedure (SEP 2018) 852.252-70, Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Jan 2008) The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, or the clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer. http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html https://www.acquisition.gov/vaar The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) The following VAAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: None The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2023) FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020) FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) FAR 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (APR 1984) FAR 52.237-3 Continuity of Services (JAN 1991) The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference: None DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE DETERMINATIONS: Department of Labor Wage Determination 2015-5419 Revision Number 27 dated July 22, 2024, applies to this acquisition. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply. Date and Time offers are due to contact@example.gov by 4:00pm MT, 09/04/2024. Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Noaa Lanotte contact@example.gov

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