REDW Tree Thinning in the Dooleyville Unit

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION No. P16PS01678 TREE THINNING IN THE DOOLEYVILLE UNIT AT REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, ORICK, CA The National Park Service (NPS) has a requirement for tree thinning services for Redwood National and State Parks, a commercial item. This solicitation was prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-89 of July 14, 2016. Quotations are being requested via this notice only. A written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is P16PS01678 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The acquisition is reserved exclusively for small business concerns. The North American Standard Industrial Classifications System (NAICS) Code is 115310, Forestry Support with a corresponding size standard of $7.5 million in average gross receipts for the past three years ($19 MILLION FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT). Offers are solicited only from small business concerns and offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered non-responsive and will be rejected. DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this work is to reduce the threat presented by the presence of Douglas-fir (DF) in oak woodland and grasslands habitats. All treatable trees will be felled, lopped, and left in place. There is one Contract Line Item for tree thinning on a total of 46 acres, in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (Attachment 1). Interested parties shall submit a quotation based on price per acre. All work will be performed under a single, fixed price contract. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance will be approximately September 15, 2016 to October 31, 2017 and will be finalized with the Contracting Officer after award. THE FOLLOWING FAR PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES APPLY: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (addenda are attached); 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (addenda are attached); 52.212-3, Offer Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (to be completed and provided with quotation unless "Certs & Reps" section of the contractor's www.sam.gov record is completed in full); 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (addenda are attached); 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items; within 52.212-5, applicable clauses are the following: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside Orders; 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; 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - System for Award Management; 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards; 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires; 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658. Addenda: Additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions: 52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements-Representation (Mar 2015) (DEVIATION); 52.203-99, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements (Mar 2015) (DEVIATION); 52.204-7, System for Award Management; 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance; 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting; 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror; 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance; 52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror; 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports; 52.215-8, Order of Precedence - Uniform Contract Format; 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance; 52.228-5, Insurance - Work on a Government Installation; 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations; 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors; 1452.201-70, Authorities and Delegations, 1452.233-2, Service of Protest. Based upon clause 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, in compliance with the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR Part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332. Employee Class: GS-0462-5 Forestry Technician; Monetary Wage: $15.49/hr.; Fringe Benefits: $1.18/hr. This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination. For applicable wage rates Reference Wage Determination No: WD 77-0727 (Rev.-49) posted on www.wdol.gov on January 5, 2016. DOI Electronic Invoicing Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (Apr 2013) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: - The Contractor must upload their actual business invoice as an attachment when submitting their payment request through the IPP system. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in CCR) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email contact@example.gov or phone +1 (555) 000-0000. If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation. The full text of the FAR and DIAR references may be accessed electronically at these addresses: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm and http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfdiara.htm INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: Quotations are due by Thursday, September 1, 2016, 4:00 PM, PDT to the attention of: Jack Northcutt, Contracting Officer, Crater Lake National Park. QUOTATION PACKAGE (WHAT TO SUBMIT) (a) Acknowledgement of Amendments: Acknowledge all RFQ amendments (if any are posted) using one of the methods set forth in Block 11 of the amendment, Standard Form 30. (b) Complete the Contract Price Schedule (below, last page) and provide your pricing for this project in the spaces indicated. An official having the authority to contractually bind the offeror's company must sign the form in accordance with the procedures prescribed in FAR 4.102. (c) Complete Sections I and II of the form entitled "Experience and Past Performance". (Attachment 2) Submit the completed forms with your quotation. Use as many copies of this form as may be required. The information provided on this form will be used to collect the information needed to determine overall technical acceptability as outlined in the Evaluation Criteria (technical capability) and (past performance). This form contains a listing of reference information related to the offeror's financial data, existing commitments, past performance, and relevant experience. Information provided may be used in making a determination of responsibility pursuant to FAR 9.103. EVALUATION CRITERIA The Government shall award a Purchase Order resulting from this RFQ to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the RFQ presents the best value to the government based on the basis of the lowest evaluated price quotation meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for the non-cost factors (Items (a) and (b) below). All non-cost factors will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)); therefore, the offeror's initial quotation should be clear and complete and contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later deemed necessary. The Government further reserves the right to reject any or all offers if such action is in the Government's best interest. (A) TECHNICAL CAPABILITY Technical capability of the firm to complete the work - Provide a list of three jobs of similar nature/scope as successfully performed within the last three years. Thinning projects listed must be similar to the scope of work described for this solicitation (i.e. thinning stands of commercial-sized trees 4 to 24 inch dbh) especially with forest restoration objectives (i.e. thinning for stand improvement or wildlife habitat improvement). Fuels reduction projects such as pile burning do not qualify. If the offeror cannot provide four projects needed for the minimum, list as many that apply. Redwood National and State Parks must be able to contact the references to verify the work performed. This criterion will be evaluated using information provided in the Experience and Past Performance form. (B) PAST PERFORMANCE Metrics include quality, efficiency, and effectiveness, adherence to terms and conditions of contract, timeliness, cooperativeness, commitment to customer satisfaction, and business relations. This criterion will be evaluated using information provided in the Experience and Past Performance form and interviews with past customers. SITE VISIT An organized site visit has been scheduled for Thursday August 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. PDT. Work boots, long pants, and shirt with at least 4" sleeves, are required. The site visit should last approximately 4 hours. Interested parties should register for the site visit a minimum of 3 business days in advance by contacting Leonel Arguello, Redwood National and State Parks, at +1 (555) 000-0000 or contact@example.gov. Participants will meet at the South Operations Center parking lot, 121200 US Hwy 101, Orick, CA. For detailed directions, please visit the Redwood National and State Parks website: http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/directions.htm QUOTATIONS Quotations may be hand delivered, e-mailed or sent via mail through regularly scheduled delivery services for delivery to the attention of Jack Northcutt, NPS, Klamath Ranger District, 2819 Dahlia St. Ste A, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 on or before the closing date and time. Confirmation of receipt of quotes sent via e-mail is the sole responsibility of the Contractor (if you have not received confirmation acknowledgement of your quote submitted by e-mail, you must contact Contract Specialist for confirmation). Quotes may be sent to e-mail address: contact@example.gov . Any quotation received after 4:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time will be considered late and will not be further considered. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT OR SEND QUOTATIONS TO THE DEFAULT CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS IN DENVER, COLORADO. For information regarding the solicitation, please contact Jack Northcutt at contact@example.gov or at +1 (555) 000-0000. CONTRACT PRICE SCHEDULE Provide your pricing for this project in the spaces indicated. An official having the authority to contractually bind the offeror's company must sign below in accordance with the procedures prescribed in FAR 4.102. Offers providing less than 30 calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected. All offers shall be expressed on a dollar-per-acre basis. Contract Line Item Number Description Qty Unit Unit Price ($ per acre) Total Amount ($) 00010 Douglas-fir Thinning 46 acres, in accordance with the Statement of Work 485 AC Signature _________________________________________ Name ____________________________________________ Title _____________________________________________ Company_________________________________________ Address__________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Dun & Bradstreet # (DUNS) ________________________ Phone #________________________________________ E-mail ___________________________________________