Replace Joint Sealant Spillway at Elk City Lake, Kansas

AMENDMENT #0001 - THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO: 1. Extend the Request for Quote due date from 02Sep2021 to 07Sep2021 2. Incorporate FAR Clauses 52.222-40, 52.222-54 and 52.228.1; DFAR Clauses 252.225-7048 and 252.232-7017 as specified in Section 00 72 00 Contract Clauses 3. Update Instructions to Offerors as specified in Section 00 21 00 Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors. 4. The POC for this action is: Caroline Wallace, Contractor Support, Caroline.A.Wallace@usace.army.mil SUMMARY OF CHANGES SECTION 00 11 00 - SF 1442 AND CLIN SCHEDULE The required response date/time has changed from 02-Sep-2021 02:00 PM to 07-Sep-2021 02:00 PM. The performance payment bonds calendar days 10 has been added. SECTION 00 21 00 - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS & NOTICES TO OFFERORS The following have been modified: INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS 1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK In general, this Scope of Work consists of the Contractor being responsible for providing the labor, equipment, and materials needed to efficiently and effectively complete all work in accordance with this scope of work, the attached drawings, the specifications, and all other contract documents and requirements. The final result will be cleaning and repairing the concrete joints providing the final features with a uniform and consistent sealant transition application as engineered. This work includes all aspects of sealant application at Elk City Lake Auxiliary Concrete Spillway in Montgomery County, Kansas. 1.2 COPIES OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND AMENDMENTS Copies of the solicitation and amendments are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All solicitation documents will be posted through the Beta Sam Contract Opportunities (formerly FedBizOpps/FBO) website at: https://www.sam.gov It shall be the offeror's responsibility to check the beta.sam.gov website for any amendments. The offeror shall submit all requested information specified in this solicitation. Read the solicitation and all amendments in their entirety. There will be no public opening of quotes received as a result of this solicitation. 1.3 OFFERORS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND BIDDER INQUIRY USED FOR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI) Questions and/or comments relative to the RFQ shall be submitted via Bidders Inquiry (reference instructions below). Any information given to an offeror which impacts the solicitation and/or offer will be given in the form of a publicized question and answer on ProjNet's Bidder Inquiry and/or written amendment to the solicitation. Contractual and Technical inquiries and questions relating to proposal procedures are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at: https://www.projnet.org/projnet To submit and review bid inquiry items, offerors will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register, go to the web page and click on the BID tab. Select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, and enter the Bidder Inquiry Key for this solicitation listed below, your e-mail address, and then click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify the information on the next screen is correct and click continue. From this page you may view all bidder inquiries or add an inquiry. Bidders will receive an acknowledgement of their question via e-mail, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed. The solicitation number is: W912BV21Q0085 The Bidder Inquiry Key is: 8IH2IK-3HBEFC The bidder inquiry system will close for new inquiries six (6) days prior to proposal due date to ensure adequate time to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. Offerors are requested to review the specification in its entirety, and review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry. The bidder inquiry technical help call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is (800)428-HELP. Offers will NOT be publicly opened. Information concerning the status of the evaluation and/or award will NOT be available after receipt of proposals. The points of contacts for this solicitation are: Contract Specialist: Caroline Wallace, Contractor Support Telephone: 918-669-7391 E-mail: Caroline.A.Wallace@usace.army.mil Contracting Officer: Robert Connors Telephone: 918-669-7078 E-mail: Robert.W.Connors@usace.army.mil Note: All questions and/or comments should reach the above referenced Contracting Office no later than six (6) calendar days prior to the solicitation close date, so they may be given consideration or actions taken prior to receipt of offers. All requests for information must be submitted via ProjNet's Bidder Inquiry (see above). Payment(s) will be made after receipt of a proper invoice and receipt of acceptable supplies or services. Do not delay in submitting a quote while your information is processing at Dun & Bradstreet (www.dnb.com) and/or System for Award Management (SAM) (https://sam.gov). Your registration must be finalized by the time selection of award is made. Regular office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, CST. 1.4 SITE VISIT Refer to FAR 52.236-27, Site Visit (Construction) (FEB 1995) - Alternate I (FEB 1995) contained in this solicitation for detailed information regarding the site visit that is scheduled for this project. Site visits are routinely offered to potential offerors for services and construction requirements. Site visits are not mandatory, but are highly encouraged for potential offerors to attend. 1.5 ACCURACY IN QUOTES Proposals must set forth full, accurate, and complete information as required by this RFQ, (including attachments). The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in 18 U.S.C.1001. 1.6 QUOTE SUBMITTALS All quotes shall be submitted electronically. Fax and/or paper copies WILL NOT be accepted. Provide one (1) copy in PDF format to the following at: Robert.W.Connors@usace.army.mil Caroline.A.Wallace@usace.army.mil Quotes will be received until the time and date shown on Standard Form (SF) 1442 or as amended on an SF30. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and FAR Part 36, Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts. Any reference to offers or bids, or offerors or bidders, should be substituted with quotations or quoters. All reference to discussions shall not be interpreted under FAR Part 15, but rather indicates that the Government may communicate with quoters as allowed under simplified acquisition procedures. QUOTE PREPARATION CHECKLIST - DO NOT RETURN THIS CHECKLIST Important items for you to check are included, but not limited to those listed below. This checklist is furnished only to assist you in submitting a proper quote. Do not return the checklist with your quote. ____ Have you obtained a DUNS number? Provide your Duns number on the first page or cover page. A DUNS number can be obtained through the D&B D-U-N-S Request Service at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. ____ Have you registered in System for Award Management (SAM)? The name you use to submit a quote must be the exact name you use to register in SAM. Do not delay returning a quote while processing your SAM entry. It does not cost to register into SAM. http://beta.sam.gov. _____ Is the NAICS code on the solicitation incorporated into your SAM profile? This solicitation is being advertised under the North American Industrial Classification Systems (NAICS) Code 237990 (listed in Box 10 on Page 1 of the SF 1442). You must ensure this NAICS Code is incorporated into your current SAM Profile if your company can provide the type of product or service applicable to this NAICS Code. Failure to have this NAICS Code in your current SAM Profile may result in not being considered for award. NAICS Codes may be viewed at the U.S. Census Bureau website at http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics. ____ Have you entered a unit price for each line item? The quantity multiplied by the unit price equals the total amount. Ensure all prices on line items are filled in. All line items must be priced to be considered for award. Unit prices must be rounded to the nearest cent (hundredths). $20.56 IS an acceptable price. $20.564 IS NOT an acceptable price. Do not round total amount numbers. If your price exceeds $2,000 for construction work or $2,500 for services, you will be required to pay employees at least the wage rates specified in the applicable wage decision/determination. ____ NO cross-outs or strikethrough marks will be accepted. Submit a legible quote with no correction marks. ____ Did you sign the original solicitation? Ensure to include the first page of the solicitation and fill out block 14, 15, 17, 30a, 30b and 30c. A signature of an authorized individual is required for your quote. ____ Have you acknowledged all amendments if any have been issued? Acknowledge amendments by signing and dating the first page of the amendment. Ensure to read the amendment to determine if further documents are required to be submitted and to see what changes have been made to the solicitation. Reference the solicitation number in the subject line when submitting. ____ Have you submitted all information to evaluate your offer? Refer to the Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors and Statement of Work sections. You may need to submit references, relevant work experience or past performance information for the Government to evaluate your quote. ADMINISTRATIVE AND ADVISOR ACCESS TO PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have contracted for various business and staff support services, some of which require contractor personnel to provide administrative and advisory support, which may include administrative access to proprietary information submitted by other contractors. (a) Offerors are advised that an employee of the firm identified below may serve as a nongovernmental advisor in the acquisition process. The individuals will be authorized access only to those portions of the proposal data and discussions that are necessary to enable performance of specific advisory roles/responsibilities their respective duties. Such firms are expressly prohibited from competing on the subject acquisition. HyQuest Consulting Solutions, LLC 7051 Heathcote Village Way, Suite 265 Gainesville, VA 20155 caroline.wallace@hyquestconsulting.com (b) The anticipated services include: (1) Provide assistance, as a contract specialist, including but not limited to contract administration and acquisition support services consisting of all aspects of the process from pre-award to post-award in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. (2) The services do NOT include performing the duties reserved for a warranted contracting officer, including without limitation, any determination on a fair and reasonable price or decision-making related to contract award. (c) In accomplishing the duties related to the acquisition process, the aforementioned firm's employees, may require access to proprietary information contained in the offerors proposals. Therefore, pursuant to FAR 9.505-4(b), this firm must execute an agreement with each offeror that states that they will (1) protect the offerors information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it remains proprietary and (2) refrain from using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. To expedite the evaluation process, each offeror must contact the above company to effect execution of such an agreement prior to the submission of proposals. Each offeror shall submit copies of the agreement with their proposal. Note: This requirement shall flow down to all Subcontractors. SECTION 00 72 00 - CONTRACT CLAUSES The following have been added by reference: 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act DEC 2010 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification OCT 2015 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items JUN 2013 252.232-7017 Accelerating Payments to Small Business Subcontractors--Prohibition on Fees and Consideration APR 2020 The following have been added by full text: 52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996) (a) Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening of bids, may be cause for rejection of the bid. (b) The bidder shall furnish a bid guarantee in the form of a firm commitment, e.g., bid bond supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the Government, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury Department regulations, certain bonds or notes of the United States. The Contracting Officer will return bid guarantees, other than bid bonds, (1) to unsuccessful bidders as soon as practicable after the opening of bids, and (2) to the successful bidder upon execution of contractual documents and bonds (including any necessary coinsurance or reinsurance agreements), as required by the bid as accepted.- (c) The amount of the bid guarantee shall be twenty (20) percent of the bid price or $3M, whichever is less.- (d) If the successful bidder, upon acceptance of its bid by the Government within the period specified for acceptance, fails to execute all contractual documents or furnish executed bond(s) within 10 days after receipt of the forms by the bidder, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract for default.- (e) In the event the contract is terminated for default, the bidder is liable for any cost of acquiring the work that exceeds the amount of its bid, and the bid guarantee is available to offset the difference. 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