Roof Replacement

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has a requirement to replace the roof at the Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, WI. Solicitation 12505B21R0001 is issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation document, with the incorporated clauses and provisions, is issued in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 15 and 36 and will be incorporated in the awarded firm-fixed price order. Interested vendors should reference the solicitation documents for all terms and conditions. All interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the most current information (i.e. Amendments) for the solicitation. No paper solicitation will be available. Notice of Set-Aside for Small Business Concerns: This requirement is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set Aside. The associated NAICS Code is 238160, Roofing Contractors. The small business size standard is $15.0 million. Magnitude of Construction is between $250,000 and $500,000. Period of performance is 180 days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed. Bonds: Bid, Payment, and Performance Bonds are required. Site Visit: Organized site visits are tentatively scheduled for January 12 and 13, 2021 at 9:00 AM Central Standard Time (CST) and 1:00 PM CST on both days. These dates are subject to change based on the COVID-19 restrictions. Attendance is limited to 10 people per site visit. Face coverings must be worn at all times. The site visit will be held at the project location. The same information will be provided at all site visits, so offerors only need to attend one. In order to attend the site visit, you MUST pre-register by 3:00 PM CST on January 11, 2021. Pre-register by emailing contact@example.gov with your company name, the name(s) of the representatives who will attend, and which site visit you are registering for. An email response will be sent confirming your registration. The site visit will be held for the purpose of providing contractors with the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the site which may be helpful in the preparation of offers. Attendance at this site visit is not mandatory for offer submission; however, failure to visit the site will not relieve or mitigate the successful contractor's responsibility and obligation to fully comply with the terms, conditions, and specifications contained and/or referenced in this document. All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer, Josh Dobereiner, via email to contact@example.gov. Questions must be submitted no later than 3:00 PM CST on January 21, 2021. Answers to all questions received by that time will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation. No questions will be answered after this date unless determined to be in the best interest of the Government as deemed by the Contracting Officer. Telephone requests for information will not be accepted or returned. Biobased Products: This procurement requires the use of Biobased products to the extent that such products are reasonably available, meet agency or relevant industry performance standards, and are reasonably priced. The products should first be acquired from the USDA designated product categories. All supplies and materials shall be of a type and quantity that conform to applicable Federal specifications and standards, and to the extent feasible and reasonable, include the exclusive use of biobased and recycled products. Please visit www.biopreferred.gov for more information on the USDA Biobased Program and to reference the catalog of mandatory biobased products. AMENDMENT 01 JANUARY 29, 2021 The amendment does the following: Provide responses to all requests for information (RFI) received by the RFI deadline; Update the relevant drawings referenced in the RFIs (D102 and G002); Provide the site visit sign-in sheets; Incorporate revised wage determination WI20210005 dated 01/01/2021. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. AMENDMENT 02 FEBRUARY 05, 2021 The amendment does the following: Provide responses to additional requests for information; Update the relevant drawings referenced in the RFIs (A301 and A603); and Extend the proposal due date to February 19, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. AMENDMENT 03 FEBRUARY 17, 2021 This amendment adds the Past Performance Questionnaire as an attachment to use for submitting past performance information. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. AMENDMENT 04 FEBRUARY 17, 2021 This amendment is extending the due date for proposals to 4:00 PM CST on March 5, 2021 to allow time to send the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) to the client. If the offeror is unable to obtain a completed PPQ from a client for a project(s) before proposal closing date, the offeror shall complete and submit with the proposal the first page of the PPQ, which will provide contract and client information for the respective project(s). The Government may make reasonable attempts to contact the client noted for that project(s) to obtain the PPQ information; however, offerors should follow-up with clients/references to help ensure timely submittal of questionnaires. If the client requests, questionnaires may be submited directly to the Government's point of contact, Josh Dobereiner, at contact@example.gov. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.