This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; no written solicitation will be issued. Solicitation No. DTRT57-15-Q-80065 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This RFQ is being conducted under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The incorporated document and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-82 dated May 07, 2015. The NAICS Code is 562112, Hazardous Waste Collection, and the Small Business size standard is $38.5 million. This RFQ is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The Government anticipates issuing a one year base award on Oct.1, 2015 with four option years. The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, is seeking to purchase commercially available on-call response, containment, identification, removal, disposal, and clean-up of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) from the Volpe Center's buildings and grounds. HAZMAT may include but is not limited to: packaged chemicals (commercial products and lab chemicals), wet cell batteries, paints, coatings, adhesives, solvents, and lubricants, etc. Provide suitable containers for routine collection of HAZMAT, remove and replace as needed. During the period of performance the vendor shall provide trained personnel, all equipment, supplies, and facilities necessary to respond to, contain, identify, remove, dispose of, and clean up hazardous materials from the Volpe Center's buildings and grounds. The vendor shall provide suitable containers for the routine collection of hazardous materials and remove and replace them as needed. For further information, please see Attachment 1 which includes the Statement of Work, Item Pricing Table, and Instructions to Offerors. FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -Commercial Items (APR 2014) is hereby incorporated by reference. Under FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, award will be made to an offeror that provides a quote that meets the Governments requirements and has the lowest price. The Government contemplates award of a single Firm-Fixed-Price, Indefinite Quantity contract resulting from this solicitation. NOTE: All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive an award from the Government. SAM registration information may be found at https://www.sam.gov/. Processing time, which normally takes 48 hours, should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. The Offeror's signed offer shall be prepared as either a PDF or Microsoft Word file document and submitted electronically via email to Regina.rockwood@dot.gov to arrive no later than 2:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, on July 30, 2015. The quote package must be marked RFQ: DTRT57-15-Q-80065. Quotes submitted via facsimile or U.S. Mail are not authorized and late responses will not be considered. The Government will not pay for any information received. Solicitation Provisions: All Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (MAR 2015) must be submitted with the offer, an offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete paragraphs (c) through (m) of this provision. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, is hereby incorporated by reference. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, is hereby incorporated by reference, additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 52.203-6, 52.203-13, 52.204-10, 52.209-6, 52.219-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-41, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, , 52.232-33, 52.232-40 and 52.247-21. This RFQ also incorporates by reference FAR 52.216-22, Indefinite Quantity, 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options, 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract and 52.232-18, Availability of Funds. This RFQ also incorporates the following clause by full text, which must be completed and submitted by the Offeror: "48 CFR 1252.223-70 (DEC 1997) Removal or disposal of Hazardous Substances-applicable Licenses and Permits (DEC 1997) The Contractor has _____ does not have ______ all licenses and permits required by Federal, state, and local laws to perform hazardous substance (s) removal or disposal services. If the Contractor does not currently possess these documents, it must obtain all requisite licenses and permits within 5 days after date of award. The Contractor shall provide evidence of said documents to the Contracting Officer or designated Government representative prior to commencement of work under the contract." Wage Determination (WD) 96-0223 (Rev, 34) is applicable to this solicitation and can be found at www.wdol.gov. This combined synopsis/solicitation hereby incorporates all FAR provisions and clauses contained herein. The offer should be addressed to the following: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Regina Rockwood, V-222, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. The signed offer must be submitted via e-mail to Regina.Rockwood@dot.gov by closing date of July 30, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST. No telephone requests will be honored. The Government will not pay for any information received. It is anticipated that an award resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation will be made on or about October 01, 2015. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)! The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov/.
