USBP Horse Caretaking -Willcox AZ Station

REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) Requirement Title: HORSE CARETAKING - Kansas Settlement, Willcox, AZ (Tucson Sector Border Patrol) PR 20108406 Issued by: US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Contracting Officer and Point of Contact (POC): Teresa Nechvatal, Contract Specialist E-mail Address: contact@example.gov Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000 Furnish quote and pricing data to the POC on or before the closing time for this RFQ. 1. Description/Intent of Work To Be Performed: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), US Border Patrol (USBP) has a requirement for obtaining horse caretaking services for the Kansas Settlement area of the Willcox Border Patrol Station. These services are described in detail in the attached Statement of Work (SOW). 2. Acquisition Information: In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106, CBP intends to enter into an agreement with a vendor to fulfill these recurring requirements. A Purchase Order (PO) will be issued to the successful offeror. This RFQ is being competed among all service providers with a NAICS of any of the following codes: 115210. All business sizes are encouraged to submit an offer. Contract type is: Purchase Order (PO) Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) 3. Location of Work to Be Performed: See Statement of Work (SOW). 4. Anticipated Period of Performance: Base Period: 9/21/2018 - 9/20/2019 Option Period 1: 9/21/2019 - 9/20/2020 Option Period 2: 9/21/2020 - 9/20/2021 Option Period 3: 9/21/2021 - 9/20/2022 Option Period 4: 9/21/2022 - 9/20/2023 5. Quote Submission Instructions: This RFQ contains the following documents: 1) Attachment 1: INSTRUCTIONS TO INTERESTED PARTIES 2) Attachment 2: RFQ - Additional Clauses 3) Attachment 3: Matrix - Questions concerning business type 4) Attachment 4: Statement of Work (SOW) 5) Attachment 5: Past Performance Information 6) Attachment 6: Wage Determination 7) Attachment 7: Standard Form 18 (SF18 - Request for Quote - NOT AN ORDER) Submission of quotes are due by September 13, 2018 at 1:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. There will be no extensions or exceptions to the time and date on which responses are due, unless determined otherwise by the Government. Quotes shall be valid for a minimum of 90 days after the due date. Your response, including all attachments, shall be forwarded electronically to the POC, contact@example.gov, no later than the date and time identified above (9/13/2018 at 1:00 PM MST). When responding, please include "KANSAS SETTLEMENT HORSE CARETAKING - PR20108406" In the subject line. To verify receipt of your response, please contact POC by e-mail. Only responses received via e-mail with all required attachments will accepted, all other responses will be determined to be non-responsive. Important note regarding email attachments: CBP's email system limits incoming email attachments to 10 MB per email. Contractors should not submit .zip files as these may be stripped by CBP's email system. All incoming files are scanned so there may be a delay between the time the file is submitted and the time it is received. Therefore, Contractors must ensure they submit quotes with sufficient time to reach the required destination no later than the response due date identified above. Contractors are strongly encouraged to verify receipt of their response (via email) as noted above. Contractors may submit attachments in multiple emails due to size constraints; however, the complete quote (including all required submissions) must be received by the due date and time identified above. The cutoff date for technical questions related to this request for quotes is September 10th, 2018 at 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST). Questions received after this cutoff date may not be answered. All questions will be compiled with answers and posted as an attachment so all interested vendors can view the document. 6. Quote Requirements: CBP will conduct a streamlined evaluation of offers using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures. CBP reserves the right to award a Purchase Order without further communication and exchange; therefore, each response to this request should contain the vendors best pricing, terms, and conditions. Please read and comply with all requirements for submitting a quote. Failure to comply with all instructions contained within this request for quote could result in the quote being ineligible for award. It is the Offeror's responsibility to ensure its quote meets all the requirements identified herein. TECHNICAL RESPONSE (10 page limit) Offerors shall submit a technical response to demonstrate the offeror's technical approach for satisfying the requirements in the SOW that demonstrates a clear understanding of the work to be performed, including competent and thorough knowledge of the requirement(s) and demonstrated technical expertise. The technical response is limited to 10 pages in length. Each page must be formatted in no less than 11 point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins. Any information submitted beyond the 10 page limit will not be evaluated by the Government. Any cover page, cover letter, and table of contents will not count toward the 10 page limit. Acknowledge all amendments to this RFQ in your cover letter. As part of their technical response, offerors are asked to provide requested information shown in Attachment 5, Past Performance Information. See Attachment 5 for complete information and instructions. Past Performance information must be submitted as part of each offeror's technical response and will not count toward the 10 page limit. PRICING (No page limit) Each offeror shall submit their pricing on Attachment 7 of this RFQ. In addition to submitting the filled out Attachment 7, each offeror shall submit a current copy of their applicable GSA schedule along with any schedule price lists. 7. Basis for Selection: CBP will make an award based on lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA); the contractor whose quote is determined to be technically acceptable and the lowest price. Technical Evaluation - Technical acceptability will be determined on a pass/fail basis. The offeror's technical response will be evaluated to determine if it meets the requirements of the Statement of Work. Past performance will be evaluated to determine that each offeror has experience similar to that described in the SOW and has performed in a satisfactory manner. Price Evaluation - The price evaluation will be based on the Contractor's overall pricing for base and option periods. The Government will evaluate pricing, for each year, adding these together to get the total cost for each of the base and option years. These yearly prices will then be added together to determine the total price for the entire period of performance. The total price for the entire period of performance will be used as the offeror's lowest price. 8. Clauses: See Attachment 2, Additional Clauses.