Landscaping at Schriever Air Force Base Visitor's Center

This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial service prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This notice is being posted as a Request for Quotations for Purchase Request F3R3D00203A003. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-40. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for HUBZone businesses. The NAICS code for the requirement is 561730. The size standard for this NAICS code is $7.0M. CLIN 0001: Provide Landscaping that is incorporated with the anti-terrorism/ force protection elements currently in place at the SAFB Visitors Center. In addition, landscaping will be performed IAW with the Statement of Work and Landscape Visitors Center Specifications Site Visit is scheduled for 24 August 2010 at 10:00 am MDT at the Schriever Air Force Base Visitors Center. Attendance to site visit is required. Attendees will receive Landscape Visitors Center Specification at this time. Offer/quote should include a technical description of the items and services being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. Performance period will be IAW with the attached Statement of Work. FOB point is Destination (Schriever AFB, CO 80912). The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: lowest price and technical acceptability. Responding contractors shall include quotations and descriptive literature with their response to allow the government to make a complete evaluation and appraisal of the offering with respect to the requirements set forth in this combined synopsis solicitation. This Request for Quotation incorporates the following provisions and clauses by reference. Their full text may be accessed electronically at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. FAR clauses are hereby incorporated. FAR 52.204-3 Taxpayer Identification, 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration, 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel, 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment, 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items with Alternate I, 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, 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, 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services, 52.219-3 Notice of Total HUB Zone Set-Aside, 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation, 52.222-3 Convict Labor, 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965, 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, 52.222-50 Combat Trafficking in Persons, 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration, 52.233-3 Protest After Award, 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim, 52.237-1 Site Visit, 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation, 52.247-11 Net Weight - Household Goods or Office Furniture, 52.247-12 Supervision, Labor, or Materials, 52.247-13 Accessorial Services - Moving Contracts, 52.247-15 Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading, 52.247-21 Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage, 52.247-22 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Freight Other than Household Goods, 52.247-27 Contract Not Affected by Oral Agreement, 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporate by Reference, 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses. DFARS 252.204-7004 Alternate A, 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests with Alternate III. AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman, 5352.242-9000 Contractor Access to Government Installations. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ By submission of a quote, the quoter acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.237-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. Wide Area Workflow-Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF- RA) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. QUOTES ARE DUE NOT LATER THAN 2 PM, MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, 27 August 2010. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT QUOTES ELECTRONICALLY to SrA Anthony S. Quarles Contract Specialist, at anthony.quarles-2@schriever.af.mil or Ms. Zenja Henry-Owens, Contracting Officer, at Zenja.henry-owens@schriever.af.mil . You may also submit quotes via fax on letterhead to the attention of SrA Anthony S. Quarles, Contract Specialist at (719) 567-3438. This announcement and written request for quote constitutes the only "Request for Quote" that will be made for this requirement.