Post-Accident Toxicological Testing of Human Samples and Related Laboratory Services

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION Post-Accident Toxicological Testing (PATT) of Human Samples and Related Laboratory Services This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format found in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and under the authority of FAR Part 13, 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. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is issued under RFQ No. FRA23PATTLaboratory and includes incorporated provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-01. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 621511 - - Medical Laboratories, Product and Service Code (PSC) is Q301 - - Medical - Laboratory Testing. This RFQ is a set aside for small businesses. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is soliciting quotations for mandatory post-accident testing of human samples (e.g., urine, whole blood, and tissue samples) and related services pursuant to 49 CFR Part 219 - Control of Alcohol and Drug Use, Subpart C - Post-Accident Toxicological Testing. FRA's post-accident testing program is an essential part of FRA's investigation of major rail accidents and incidents. FRA's special emphasis is on determining whether drugs or alcohol were a cause or a contributing cause of an accident. Please provide a quote in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Performance Requirements Summary (PRS). Eligible Offerors shall maintain one or more of the following laboratory credentials: Certification by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/SAMSHA) National Laboratory Certification Program (NLCP) Accreditation as a forensic toxicology laboratory by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT), or whomever ABFT employs as a credentialing body for its accreditation (at this time it is the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) with an additional ABFT checklist) Accreditation as a forensic toxicology laboratory by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The period of performance for this order should be 12 months from the date of award, plus two (2) 12-months option periods. The following FAR subpart 12.3 provisions and clauses apply to the solicitation: Solicitation Provisions: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors'Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2023). Each offeror is required to submit their quotation in accordance with FAR provision 52.212-1 and the PWS and PRS. 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications'Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022) 52.216-31 Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Proposal Requirements'Commercial Acquisition (Nov 2021) (a) The Government contemplates award of a Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hour type of contract resulting from this solicitation. (b) The offeror must specify fixed hourly rates in its offer that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. The offeror must specify whether the fixed hourly rate for each labor category applies to labor performed by- (1) The offeror; (2) Subcontractors; and/or (3) Divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the offeror under a common control. Clauses: 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions'Commercial Items, by reference, Alternate I (Nov 2021) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders'Commercial Items (applicable clauses included as an attachment) 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000) 52.203-98 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2022) 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Oct 2022) Alternate II (Nov 2016) 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages - Subcontracting Plan (Sep 2021) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) 52.244-2 Subcontracts (Jun 2020) 52.246-6 Inspection-Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour (May 2001) Interested Offerors are reminded that award can only be made to a Contractor who is registered in accordance with FAR 52.204-7, Alternate I System for Award Management. Offerors must submit a subcontracting plan in response to this solicitation. Quote Submission: Offerors are encouraged to direct any questions by email to the Contract Specialist, Christie Ong at christie.ong@dot.gov. Questions regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation must be submitted to the email address above no later than Tuesday, August 1st, 2023, at 9:00 am ET. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible, best-suited, qualifying offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price, and other factors considered. Offerors are strongly encouraged to submit thier best technical solutions and price. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical approach - Offerors shall clearly demonstrate their understanding, knowledge, and approach towards accomplishing the Government requirements - laboratory specimen analysis/qualification, and laboratory and specimen administration and security. Reference the PWS and PRS accordingly. Offerors are strongly encouraged to share innovation and enhancements for efficiency where possible. Price - Offerors shall propose price/cost for line items in accordance with the PWS and PRS. Include detailed supporting documentation that results in the estimated price for each line item. Refer to the attached spreadsheet titled, - PATT Lab Pricing Reference as a guidance when proposing price/cost. If the Offeror has a different way of tracking applicable services and supplies, please provide as much necessary detail for review and consideration. Provide total amounts, which includes the base period and all option periods. List all the line-item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measures, including option(s). Provide description of requirements for the items to be acquired. Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point (as applicable). Provide total amounts, which includes the base period and all option periods. Explanation narrative. Please include any relevant information to the price quotation. The Offeror is not required to include information on the following below. See following comments to clarify as to what these elements are referencing or why an Offeror may want to include a statement that provides: Clarifications and Assumptions Exclusions. The Offeror may state that pricing does not include A, B, C anything that the Offeror does not want FRA to infer that is in the Offeror pricing that customarily may be included in such services. Rationale for pricing, rates, and/or labor categories used, etc. For example, suppose an Offeror has an incredibly low price on a particular service area. Here is where the Offeror could explain the extremely lower-than-market pricing, allowing FRA to be aware of Offeror's intention. Mention any additional discounts provided. 3. Past Performance - The Offeror shall provide three recent past performance records from the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). If the Offeror does not have any CPARS records, please provide a narrative. Describe the company's experience providing similar services over the last 36 months; refer to three past relevant projects as it relates to the PWS. Relevant experience means projects/acquisitions of similar nature in size, scope, complexity, technical difficulty, and dollar value in a manner that ensures maximum accuracy throughout the period of performance, cost effectiveness and overall client satisfaction to the effort required in the PWS. Projects where the Offeror served as the Prime Contractor are preferred. Quotations which merely state the Offeror's relevant past projects without explanation will not be eligible for award. The Offeror must clearly demonstrate providing similar services to the requirement in the PWS. Relevant project experience demonstrates the relevancy of what the Offeror has done as it relates to the PWS. The Government reserves the right to consider information provided by the Offeror in its submission, as well as any other past performance information available to the Government, including but not limited to CPARS. Technical and past performance, when combined are significantly more important than cost or price. Once the Government determines the Offeror that is best-suited (i.e., apparent successful quoter), the Government reserves the right to communicate with only that quoter to address any remaining issues, if necessary, and finalize a task order with that quoter. These issues may include technical and price. If the parties cannot successfully address any remaining issues, as determined pertinent at the sole discretion of the Government, the Government reserves the right to communicate with the next best-suited quoter based on the original analysis and address any remaining issues. Once the Government has begun communications with the next best-suited quoter, no further communications with the previous quoter will be entertained until after the task order has been awarded. This process shall continue until an agreement is successfully reached and a task order is awarded. Quotations are due no later than Tuesday, August 8th, 2023, at 9:00 am ET and should be submitted via e-mail to Christie Ong at christie.ong@dot.gov. No late responses will be accepted. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.