S--Non-hazardous solid waste disposal services

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial service prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number DE-SOL-0006676 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 562111 and the business size standard is $35.5 million. All responsible business sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), located at 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, West Virginia has a requirement for the pickup and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste (trash). No recycling is included in this work. The following services are being acquired: 1. Non-Hazardous Solid Waste Disposal in accordance with the Statement of Work, Section B, Article 1 located in Section J of this solicitation. Offerors shall be required to be authorized as a designated independent contractor through Morgantown City Municipal Solid Waste Collection Ordinance to be a service provider for these services within the city limits. Please note that pricing for this item is a loaded rate and the total monthly rate charges for these services shall include the cost for pickup, disposal, maintenance, rental fee for dumpster usage, etc. 2. Rental of one (1) ? 40 cubic yard dumpster to be placed within a fenced, locked area provided by DOE/NETL in accordance with the statement of Work, Section B, Article 2 located in Section J of this solicitation. 3. Fee per ton to empty dumpster listed in Item 2 above on an ?as called? basis. The period of performance of this contract will be thirty-six (36) months and may be extended for up to sixty (60) months total, if option(s) are exercised by the Government. The base period of performance for this requirement will be effective June 01 2014. A synopsis/solicitation of RFQ DE-SOL-0006676 is to be available for downloading on FedBizOpps (https://www.fbo.gov/) and FedConnect (https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/). Once the RFQ is issued, the proposal and all questions must be submitted electronically through FedConnect. Only those questions posted to FedConnect will be accepted. You must register with FedConnect to respond as an interested party to submit questions, and to view responses to questions. Questions and answers will also be posted to the electronic reading room available at the following Web address: http://netl.doe.gov/business/site-support. Questions will not be answered over the phone. The Contracting Officer must receive questions regarding the request for quotation (RFQ) via FedConnect within seven (7) business days after the issuance of the RFQ. The Government reserves the right to not respond to any questions received after this timeframe. All responses to the solicitation questions will also be released on FedConnect referencing the RFQ number, with copies of both questions and answers, without reference to the originating sources. This is an electronic RFQ therefore no hard (paper) copies of the RFQ and related documents will be made available. Offers must be submitted in accordance with the requirements of the RFQ (see Section L) and be received not later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on March, 31, 2014. You will be able to find the RFQ by clicking on ?Search Public Opportunities? and search by the RFQ Number, DE-SOL-0006676. Please bookmark this page and check it frequently for updates to the RFQ. It is highly recommended that once you access the opportunity that you request to be alerted for amendments, messages, and any e-mail alerts associated with the RFQ. To do so, you will need to click on the ?Register to Receive Notifications? button under ?What do I do now?? If someone from your company has already registered interest for this opportunity, the ?Register to Receive Notifications? button will not display. Instead, you will have the option to join the response team by clicking the Join the Team button within the Response Team section. Information regarding how to submit information via FedConnect can be found at https://www.fedconnect.net. Please note - FedConnect is owned and operated by Compusearch Software Systems Inc., not by the Department of Energy and DOE does not provide help desk assistance for FedConnect. For assistance with FedConnect, please contact FedConnect directly: By e-mail: contact@example.gov By phone: +1 (555) 000-0000 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, except Federal holidays).