U--Employee Functional Development Training

Page 11 of 11 COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION EMPLOYEE FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AT THE HUDSON VALLEY VA MEDICAL CENTER AND NORTHPORT VA MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR12.6 and 13. Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and FAR 13. Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; packages are requested, and a written pre-solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation is being issued as a request for quote (RFQ). The Request for Quote will be submitted through fedbizopps.gov on RFQ reference number 36C24219Q1210. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-05 (eff.8/13/2019) (iv) This procurement is being issued as a total small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 611710, Employee Functional Development Training, with a small business size standard of $15.0 Million. (v) The Contractor shall provide pricing to provide Employee Functional Development Training. See Attached table (It is not mandatory to use this table specifically, but it is encouraged. The contract specialist will need to distinguish between the varying costs of the procurement in order to make a determination on price reasonableness.) This Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity requirement is for a base period of performance of one year and four (4) provisional option year periods of performance. The guaranteed minimum award amount for the resulting contract from this solicitation is for nine (9) students in the base period of performance. The Maximum aggregate of orders that may be placed against the resulting contract is fifty (50) students per period of performance. The Government does not guarantee that it will place any orders under the resulting contract in excess of the guaranteed minimum award amount. Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 for the base period of performance. The effective period for the resulting contract from this solicitation is the current period of performance as designated in said contract. Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor s and Government s rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract s effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after September 30, 2019 for the base period of performance. Any orders made against any option period of performance shall not be required after September 30th of that period. (vi) Description of requirement (See attached Statement of Work to include Wage determination information: The contractor shall provide all parts and labor identified in the SOW. (vii) Awardee shall coordinate with the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) prior to performance. Place of Performance: Hudson Valley: 2 campuses Montrose Campus Route 9A/P.O. Box 100 Montrose, NY 10548-0100 +1 (555) 000-0000 ATTENTION: DLO / Education Program (Building 14) Castle Point Campus 41 Castle Point Road Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 +1 (555) 000-0000 ATTENTION: DLO / Education Program (Building 13) Northport VAMC 79 Middleville Road Northport, NY 11768 +1 (555) 000-0000 ext. 7738 / 7121 ATTENTION: DLO / Education Program (Building 9) (viii) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. All offers must reference: Solicitation number for this requirement as 36C24219Q1210 Point of Contact, Company name, address, telephone and email address Technical description of services to be performed in accordance with the Statement of Work One redacted technical quote and one unredacted technical quote Price Past Performance History/References Acknowledgement of any solicitation amendments A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offeror that fails to furnish required representation or information or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation will be excluded from consideration. The following provisions are included as addenda to FAR 52.212-1: 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (JUL 2016) 52.216-1 Type of Contract (APR 1984) 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990) 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) 852.209-70 Organizational Conflicts of Interest (JAN 2008) 852.215-70 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factors (JUL 2016) 852.233-70 Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (JAN 2008) 852.233-71 Alternate Protest Procedure (JAN 1998) 852.252-70 Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (JAN 2008) (ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items (OCTOBER 2014), applied to this acquisition. In accordance with 52.212-2 award shall be made to the quoter whose quotation offers the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) to the government, considering technical capability, past performance, and price. Proposals will be determined by lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA). The government shall evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation represents the lowest price technically acceptable and providing appropriate past performance. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Evaluation Factors for Employee Functional Development Training technical capability to meet all of the requirements of the SOW, please provide a maximum 10-page capability statement. Past performance, please provide three references for contract of similar scope and magnitude to be evaluated, the contractors Past Performance shall also be reviewed in CPARs Price, the government will evaluate offers for total price. Except when it is determined in accordance to FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government s best interest, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. This requirement includes options executed under FAR 52.217-8. The government will evaluate prices for the option under FAR 52.217-8 by using the last year s option prices to calculate the price for six months of efforts and adding that amount to the base and other option years to arrive at the total. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the options. (x) The provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. * All firms or individuals submitting a quote shall include a completed copy of this provision OR have current Representations and Certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM - https://www.sam.gov). Representations, Certifications, and SAM must be current at award. IF NOT CURRENT AND/OR YOU DO NOT SUBMIT A COMPLETED COPY OF THIS PROVISION, YOUR QUOTE WILL BE CONSIDERED NON-RESPONSIVE. (xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following clauses are included as addenda to FAR 52.212-4: 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (JAN 2011) 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2016) 52.216-18 ORDERING (OCT 1995) 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995) 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995) 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (DEVIATION 2019-01) 52.232-19 Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year (APR 1984) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013) 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (JAN 2008) 852.215-71 Evaluation Factor Commitments (DEC 2009) 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018) 852.219-75 Subcontracting Commitments Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018) 852.219-76 Subcontracting Plans Monitoring and Compliance (JUL 2018) 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2012) 852.237-70 Contractor Responsibilities (APR 1984) 852.270-1 Representatives of Contracting Officers (JAN 2008) (xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order- Commercial items, applies to this acquisition. 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV2011) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (APR 2015) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (MAY 2014) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2015) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management (JUL 2013) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (MAY 2014) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards--Price Adjustment (MAY 2014) (xiii) The Service Contract Act of 1965 does apply to this procurement, the applicable wage determination is attached to this combined synopsis/solicitation (xiv) N/A (xv) This is an open-market total small business set-aside combined synopsis/solicitation for Employee Functional Development Training, at the Hudson Valley VAMC and Northport VAMC as defined herein. - The government intends to award an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR "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:" The offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s). Quotes received without this statement will be assumed to infer that terms and conditions are acceptable without modification, deletion or addition. Submission shall be received not later than 2:00 PM EST, Wednesday September 18, 2019. The government shall only accept electronic submissions via email, please send all quotations to contact@example.gov. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). RFI s will not be accepted after Friday September 13, 2019 @ 2:00 pm EST. (xvi) Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to Natalie Acevedo, Contracting Specialist, +1 (555) 000-0000 Ext 2105; contact@example.gov