Scaffolding Services

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 DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-95. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 532490- Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing. The small business size standard is $32.5M. This acquisition is set aside for small businesses. Simplified acquisition procedures will be utilized. Background Information The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks services for as needed scaffolding systems to include all labor, material, tools, management and equipment necessary for rental, erection, dismantling and delivery that meets CFR 29 1926.451 OSHA Scaffold Standard and CFR 29 1926.501 Fall Protection Standard. These requirements are to protect NIST employees who are engaged in tasks requiring access to elevated areas that are inaccessible by conventional means (ladders, lifts or other means) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Gaithersburg, MD. APPLICABLE ATTACHMENTS: Attached to this solicitation is the following: - Attachment 1 - Combined Synopsis/Solicitation - Attachment 2- Applicable Provisions and Clauses - Attachment 3 - Statement of Work for basic contract - Attachment 4 - Schedule of Pricing - Attachment 5 - Evaluation Criteria - Attachment 6 - Statement of Work for Task Order 0001 (to be awarded at time of contract award) - Attachment 7 - Schedule of Pricing for Task Order 0001 - Attachment 8 - Guidelines for OFPM Contractors dated 04 June 2018 - Attachment 9 - Wage Determination under the Services Contract Act #WD 15-4269 dtd 1/01/2019 1352.215-73 INQUIRIES (APR 2010): Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing electronically to contact@example.gov. Questions must be received no later than 5 calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. (End of Provision). SITE VISIT: An organized site is scheduled for: 16 April 2019 in front of Building 320 at 10:000 AM EDT. Only one site visit will be conducted. The Government requests that the Company signature authority and the project manager attends this site visit. Please send a list of attendees with the following information: Name: US Citizen Company Name By 12 April 2019 to attend scheduled site visit to Kathy Thomerson at contact@example.gov so visitor access thru the front gate may be accepted. RFI's Due Date and Time: By 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2019. CONTRACT LINE ITEM STRUCTURE: Responsible offerors shall provide pricing for the following line items: Base Year Ordering Period CLIN 0001: The contractor shall furnish all equipment, labor, and material to provide Scaffolding System services in accordance with the statement of work. Ordering Period One CLIN 1001: The contractor shall furnish all equipment, labor, and material to provide Scaffolding System services in accordance with the statement of work. Ordering Period Two CLIN 2001: The contractor shall furnish all equipment, labor, and material to provide Scaffolding System services in accordance with the statement of work. PAYMENT TERMS Invoices shall be submitted monthly upon completion of work for each specific requirement. REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS All offerors shall submit the following: 1. For the purpose of evaluation of Technical Capability: Please see Attachment 5 - Evaluation Criteria 2. For the purpose of evaluation of Price: Please see Attachment 5 - Evaluation Criteria 3. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a requirements contract for Scaffolding Services. The Government intends to award a contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein. In order to facilitate the award process, ALL quotations shall include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: a. The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR b. The offeror shall state "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:..." Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s) Please note that this procurement IS NOT being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If an offeror submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price. However, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant Purchase Order, not the terms and conditions of the offeror's FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation. 4. The DUNS # for the offeror's active System for Award Management (SAM) registration. Quoters must have an active registration at www.SAM.Gov to be considered for award. DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS E-mail quotations are required. All quotations must be submitted, via e-mail, to Kathy Thomerson at contact@example.gov. Facsimile quotations will NOT be accepted. Submission must be received not later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 26 April , 2019. An e-mail quotation shall be considered received when it is received in Kathy Thomerson's electronic inbox. EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR AWARD The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quotation, conforming to the solicitation, is the lowest price technically acceptable quote for the sample statement of work. See Attachment 5 for Evaluation Criteria. Price will be evaluated for reasonableness.