Remove Hazardous Trees

This is a combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the ONLY SOLICITATION. Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation number is 140P5119Q0015 and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Description: This project is to establish a contract for the removal of hazardous and potentially hazardous trees and limbs at various locations within Kennesaw Mountain Nation Battlefield Park. The work will be ordered, as needed by the National Park Service (NPS) approximately once per month. Trees will range from 10 inches to 37+ inches in diameter and up to 100+ feet high. Trees will need to be cut down and debris chipped and/or moved from park boundaries, roads, parking lots and trails as order by the NPS. Tree stumps shall be cut at ground level. Of particular concern in these cutting operations is the protection of the historic earthworks. These earthen fortifications date back to the battle here and are a major resource to be protected within the park boundaries. These earthworks are particularly vulnerable to damage by the operation of both the tracked and wheeled vehicles which are often used in timbering operations. The complete details of the hazardous tree removal is outlined in the Statement of Work. Set Aside: Total Small Business NAICS: 561730 (Landscaping Services) This Acquisition will result in a Firm Fixed Price contract. Place of Performance: Kennesaw National Battlefield Park, 905 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, Kennesaw, Georgia 30152. Site Visit: A site visit is scheduled for May 8, 2019 at 10:30 am EDT at the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The purpose of this site visit is for contractors to ascertain the complexities and the location along with general local conditions which could materially affect conduct of operations of the cost thereof. If there any questions or concerns pertaining the Statement of Work, contact Carlos Hurston, contact@example.gov or +1 (555) 000-0000. Questions must be submitted in writing to contact@example.gov NO LATER THAN 10:00 am EDT on May 14, 2019. A summary of questions and answers arising from the site inspection and/or review of the package will be provided to all prospective contractors as an amendment to the solicitation. Only those written answers provided to all offerors will be the Government official response to questions. Information provided at this site visit shall not qualify the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications. No oral questions will be accepted. Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of solicitation amendments shall apply. Attendance of this site visit is highly recommended and is considered vital to the preparation of a competitive and cost effective quote, and to understand the total result desired by the Government and important for each contractor to have qualified representation at the site inspection. NO individual site inspections will be conducted. 145.228-70- LIABILITY INSURANCE - DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (JULY 1996) (a) The Contractor shall procure and maintain during the term of this contract and any extension thereof liability insurance in form satisfactory to the Contracting Officer by an insurance company which is acceptable to the Contracting Officer. The named insured parties under the policy shall be the Contractor and the United States of America. The amounts of the insurance shall be not less than as follows: $ 50,000.00 each person $100,000.00 each occurrence $100,000.00 property damage (b) Each policy shall have a certificate evidencing the insurance coverage. The insurance company shall provide an endorsement to notify the Contracting Officer 30 days prior to the effective date of cancellation or termination of the policy or certificate; or modification of the policy or certificate which may adversely affect the interest of the Government in such insurance. The certificate shall identify the contract number, the name and address of the Contracting Officer, as well as the insured, the policy number and a brief description of contract services to be performed. The contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer with a copy of an acceptable insurance certificate prior to beginning the work. Award shall be made to the quoter whose quotation offers the best value to the government, considering technical capability, past performance, and price. The government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: (1) price, and (2) past performance, which are all equally weighted. Your company must not be excluded from conducting business with the federal government or be delinquent on a federal debt. The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition: 1) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items (Oct 2018) 2) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation, Commercial Items (Oct 2014) 3) FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications, Commercial Items (Oct 2018) Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications, Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition: -FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items (Oct 2018) -FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders (Oct 2018) The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: The following clauses within FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEPT 2006), with Alternate I (OCT 1995), (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402), 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (OCT 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509)), 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (June 2010), FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) (Pub. L. 109-282)(31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 52.209-6, Protecting the Government¿s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) (41 U.S.C. 2313), 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644), 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)), 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (JUL 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)), FAR 52.219-30, FAR 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013)(15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)); FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003)(E.O. 11755); 52.222-19, Child Labor, Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018) (E.O. 13126), 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015), 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246), 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793), 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627), FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513); FAR 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C chapter 83); FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Action (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, Pub L 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 109-53 and 109-169). (iii) Alternate III (May 2014), 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUNE 2008), FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award (Oct 2018)(31 U.S.C. 3332), 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.), 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67), and 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O. 13658) DOI ELECTRONIC INVOICING Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 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 shall utilize the attachments feature in the lower right hand corner of the IPP invoicing screen to attach a copy of invoices. Vendor invoice must include name and address of the Contractor; invoice date and number; contract number, description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price and extended price of the services provided and the completion date. 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 SAM 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 quotation. (End of Local Clause) All quoters shall complete blocks 8a through 8f, 11c through 14 of the Solicitation form (SF-18). The SF-18 is attached to this solicitation for pricing information only. Make sure to include your total price, your DUNS number and acknowledge any amendments in your email submitting your quote. All quotations shall be submitted via email to contact@example.gov. Obtain emailed confirmation of offer. Offers must acknowledge receipt of any/all solicitation amendments and include all required information mentioned above. The offeror bears full responsibility for on-time delivery of the quote to the Contracting Officer; there will be no relief given for undelivered emails that aren't received in time (by 4:00 pm EDT on May 22, 2019). This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for services as defined herein. The government intends to award a contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:" Quoter shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s). Submission shall be received not later than 4:00 pm EDT on May 22, 2019 via email to contact@example.gov. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). QUESTIONS: Email any questions to the Contracting Officer at contact@example.gov no later than 10 am EDT on May 14, 2019 to be addressed. Answers to questions will be posted in the same manner as this notice. It is the Offerors' responsibility to check for updated information and acknowledge any amendments with your offer. No oral or late questions will be accepted.