Trades Training Program Instructor to instruct Marine Pipe Fitting at the CG Yard

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6 of the FAR and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation number HSCG40-14-Q-60719 applies, and is issued as a Request for Quotation. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-72 (30 Jan 2014). (iv) This procurement is 100% small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 611710 and the business size standard is $7.0 million. U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Contract. (v) ITEM NO. 0001: TRADES TRAINING PROGRAM INSUTRUCTOR TRADES TRAINING PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR TO INSTRUCT MARINE PIPE FITTING TO PROMOTE AND ASSURE THAT THE YARD MAINTAINS EXPERTISE IN THE MARINE TRADES. SOLICITATION OF A CONTRACTOR AS PER THE STATEMENT OF WORK. PERFORMANCE PERIOD TO BE COVERED IS THE SPRING 2014 SEMESTER WHICH IS THE FIRST SEMESTER FOR THE 2017 GRADUATING CLASS. START DATE FOR SPRING SEMESTER IS MARCH 17, 2014. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: ITEM 0002: OPTIONAL SEMESTER #1. OPTIONAL SEMESTER #1 FOR THE FALL SEMESTER OF 2014. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: ITEM 0003: OPTIONAL SEMESTER #2. OPTIONAL SEMESTER #2 FOR THE SPRING OF 2015. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: ITEM 0004: OPTIONAL SEMESTER #3. OPTIONAL SEMESTER #3 FOR THE FALL SEMESTER OF 2015. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: ITEM 0005: OPTIONAL SEMESTER #4. OPTIONAL SEMESTER #4 FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER OF 2016. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: ITEM NO. 0006: OPTIONAL SEMESTER #5. OPTIONAL SEMESTER #5 FOR THE FALL SEMESTER OF 2016. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: ITEM NO. 0007: OPTIONAL SEMESTER #6. OPTIONAL SEMESTER #6 FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER OF 2017. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: ITEM NO. 0008: OPTIONAL SEMESTER #7. OPTIONAL SEMESTER #7 FOR THE FALL SEMESTER OF 2017. QUANTITY: 1 UNIT: JOB HOURLY RATE: ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT: NOTE: TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS BASED ON AN ESTIMATED 4 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION, ONE DAY PER WEEK. Contractor shall be required to instruct Marine Pipe Fitting portion of its Trades Training Program and to consult with the Coast Guard Yard's Trades Training Program Advisory Committee on program policy and curriculum to assure that the YARD maintains the expertise in their Marine Pipefitter trade. Instructor shall be responsible for making lesson plans, presenting course material, maintaining attendance records, maintaining discipline in the classroom, and issuing grades. Each semester shall be up to eighteen (18) weeks, four (4) hours of instruction per week. First semester shall begin the week of 9 January 2012. Instructor shall be required to attend two (2) Trades Training Committee meetings per month. The meetings will be two (2) hours in duration each. The U. S. Coast Guard YARD shall supply basic materials including text books. Additionally, the Coast Guard will supply the training facility where office space, computer, and telephone will be made available for use. Rates shall include all costs to perform the required services, including but not limited to, travel and per diem. STATEMENT OF WORK: The United States Coast Guard Shipyard required a contractor to instruct the Marine Pipefitter portion of its Trades Training Program and to consult with the Coast Guard Yards' Trades Training Program Advisory Committee on program policy and curriculum to assure that the Yard maintains expertise in their Marine Pipefitter Trade. This need has been identified as critical to economic efficiency of the Coast Guard Yard. The Yard's Executive Steering Committee has prepared an outline and curriculum for the program. To facilitate the program the Yard requires outside expertise to instruct students in this course and to provide advice on future program direction. The following Statement of Work (SOW) details the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed from a Training Instructor. Provider shall have knowledge in all areas listed in Paragraph (A): A) Contractor must have in depth knowledge and provide documentation for the following: 1) The Marine Pipefitter field to include all shipyard marine trades including marine engineering and how they interact with one another. 2) Safety practices and how they affect the operating environment of a shipyard. 3) Quality Management Program as it plays in the day to day duties of shop personnel. 4) In depth knowledge of the Marine Pipefitter Trade to include state of the art techniques used in industry today. Contractor shall have extensive experience in the Marine Pipefitter Trade. **Documentation is required knowledge of Marine Pipefitter** 5) The capability to provide instruction as part of the Trades Training Program to include: preparation, grading, and classroom instruction as required. B) The Coast Guard Yard will supply all training materials including the curriculum and text books. Additionally, the Coast Guard Yard will supply the training facility, office space, computer, and telephone will be made available for use on this project. C) The instructor shall be responsible for making lesson plans, presenting course material, maintaining attendance records, maintaining discipline in the classroom and issuing grades. D) The instructor shall have completed an apprenticeship or equivalent program in the Marine Pipefitter field and have served as a journey men in the Marine Pipefitter field. **Documentation is required** E) The performance period: 1) Eight eighteen week semesters 2) Four hours of instruction to take place one day per week. 3) Day and time to be determined although training hours will take place between the hours of 7a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday. (vi) Place of Performance is: CG YARD/SURFACE FORCES LOGISTICS CENTER, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD 21226. **** Please quote prices FOB Destination. **** (vii) The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation. Offerors may obtain full text versions of these clauses electronically at http://www.arnet.gov/far. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Jul 2013). 1. Parties responding to this solicitation may submit their offer in accordance with their standard commercial practices (e.g. on company letterhead, formal quote form, etc.) but must include the following information: a) company's complete mailing and remittance addresses, b) discounts for prompt payment if applicable c) cage code, d) Dun & Bradstreet number, e) Taxpayer ID number. f) Offerors shall submit no more than three relevant past performance history including: contract number, point of contact and the contact information. g) Offerors shall agree to the deliver condition that the vendor shall start the performance within 48 hours of notification by the government. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their offer. If any offeror is registered in ORCA, verification by the applicable vendor is needed to evidence that the record is current and valid. (viii) 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (Jan 1999). - Relevant past performance/technical information, Delivery and Pricing are the evaluation factors. This is a commercial item acquisition. Award may be made to other than the lowest price. Award will be a best value decision. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price. The Government intends to award on an all or none basis to a responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation, and provides the Government with the best value. The evaluation and award procedures in FAR 13.106 apply. (ix) FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Nov 2013) with Alt 1 included are to be submitted with your offers. (x) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Sep 2013) applies to this acquisition. (xi) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders, Commercial Items (Jan 2014). The following clauses listed in 52.212-5 are incorporated: a. 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013) b. 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set- Aside (Nov 2011) c. 52.219-13, Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) d. 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632 (a)(2)). e. 52.222-3 Convict labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755) f. 52.222.19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (EO 11755) g. 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999) h. 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (March 2007)(E.O. 11246) i. 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793). j. 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug. 2011) (E.O. 13513). k. 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb. 2009) l. 52.225-1 Buy American Act- Supplies (Feb 2009) (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d) m. 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). n. 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration (Jul 2013)(31.S.C. 3332). o. 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965 (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). p. 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 1989)(29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). q. 52.233-3 Protest after award (Aug. 1996.) r. 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Chain (Oct.2004). s. The following items are incorporated as addenda to this solicitation: (USCG) (DEC 2003), HSAR clause 3052.209-70 Prohibitions on contracts with corporation expatriates. Copies of HSAR clauses may be obtained electronically at: http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/DHS_HSAR_DEC_2003.pdf , COMDTINST (Ombudsman) 4200.14 at http://cgweb.comdt.uscg.mil/G-CFP/g-cpm/instruction/AGENCY%20PROTESTS.HTM. Copies of HSAR clauses may be obtained electronically at http://www.dhs.gov. (xii) See required documents for scanned copies of each item requested. (xiii) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS): N/A (xiv) QUOTES ARE DUE BY 4:00 PM EST on WED. FEB. 26, 2014. Quotes may be faxed +1 (555) 000-0000 or emailed to contact@example.gov (xv) POC is Carolyn Ward, Procurement Agent, +1 (555) 000-0000.