MARAD Heritage Asset Conservation - Cheatham

The purpose of amendment 0001 is to: 1. Extend the response date/time to 3pm local time, Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 2. Update the insurance requirements of the PWS, and, 3. To provide answers to questions received. IAW paragraph (b) of FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition, Offerors shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment to this solicitation by the date and time specified in the amendment(s). Proposals received without acknowledgement of all amendments issued are considered non-responsive and will not be evaluated. PLEASE READ NOTICE IN ITS ENTIRETY TO ENSURE SUBMISSION OF A RESPONSIVE PROPOSAL!! (Full notice attached) Important "excerpts" are listed below. SEE FULL NOTICE ATTACHED. (i) 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. (ii) The solicitation number is DTMA91R1600043 and is issued as a request for proposal (RFP). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-89-1 / 08-15-2016. (iv) This RFP is issued utilizing a Woman-owned Small Business (WOSB) Cascading Preference in order to ensure that WOSB have a fair opportunity to participate and in the interest of time. All interested Small Businesses are invited to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation. Evaluations will be conducted using a 2 tiered approach. Proposals received and evaluated under Tier 1 will be evaluated against the criterion outlined in the RFP. In the event that NO WOSB responds or is deemed eligible, responsive, responsible, or representing the best overall value to the government, MARAD will move to Tier 2, evaluation of small, non-WOSB offers. Offerors are hereby notified, that if a sufficient number of eligible, responsive, and responsible WOSB (2 or more) respond to the RFP, non-WOSB offers will not be considered for award. The NAICS code is 711510 with a small business size standard of $7.5M. A contractor must represent its size status in accordance with the size standard in effect at the time of its representation that corresponds to the NAICS code 711510. NAICS code 711510 must be listed in the offeror's SAM profile at the time of proposal sumission. (xiii) Additional information: a. A site visit at the Cheatham Annex in Williamsburg, VA will take place Tuesday, September 13, 2016. You must email Barbara Voulgaris at Barbara.Voulgaris@dot.gov for site visit registration and/or more information. (Due to the impending fisal year end and to allow sufficient proposal evaluation time, it is not likely that the site visit date will be changed.) b. Additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply and are included in the RFP document and attachments. (xv) Proposals are due no later than 3pm local time, Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Interested parties must submit proposals via email to erica.williams@dot.gov AND nyron.cameron@dot.gov. (Maximum email file size per offeror submission is 15MB). (xvi) For general information regarding this RFP contact Contract Specialist Nyron Cameron on 202-366-1711. Specific RFP questions must be submitted via email to both Contracting Officer Erica Williams at erica.williams@dot.gov AND Contract Specialist Nyron Cameron at nyron.cameron@dot.gov with "QUESTION - Cheatham Heritage Asset RFP" in the email subject line. Responses will be provided to properly submitted questions received through Monday, September 19, 2016. ATTENTION: DBE Certified or SBA Certified under Section 8(a); Small Disadvantaged Business; HUBZONE Empowerment Contracting Program; and Service-disabled Veterans! (Start-up businesses are not eligible.) To help small businesses gain access to the financing they need to participate in transportation-related contracts, DOT OSDBU's Financial Assistance Division manages the Short-Term Lending Program (STLP). STLP provides certified DBE's and other certified small businesses short-term working capital financing at competitive interest rates for DOT or DOT funded contracts and subcontracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at a variable rate tied to the Prime Rate published in the Wall Street Journal DOT Short-term Lending Program