Amendment 0001 - Update Wage Determinaitons - Attachment 2 replaced with Rev 23
Amendment 0002 – PWS updates and responses to Bidder Inquiry questions.
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION
W9127N24Q0105
Willamette Valley Downstream Fish Passage Monitoring
Reservoir & Quartzville Creek Sampling – 2025
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, PORTLAND DISTRICT (CENWP)
29 July 2024
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
Solicitation W9127N24Q0105 is a Request for Quotes under FAR Part 13 for the establishment of a firm fixed price contract to provide non-personnel services contract to collecting biological information regarding the downstream passage of juvenile Chinook salmon and winter steelhead including the reporting of results. within the Willamette Valley area. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items to perform the requested services as outlined in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).
The solicitation document’s incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05 Effective date 05/22/2024.
This solicitation is advertised as a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS Code 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services with a Small Business Size Standard of $19M. All prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov to be eligible for award. Lack of active SAM registration will make an offeror ineligible for award.
The Government requests pricing for the following task:
SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE TOTAL AMOUNT
0001 1 Job
Task 1: Coordination & Work Plan
The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items to perform the requested services as outlined in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).
SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE TOTAL AMOUNT
0002 1 Job
Task 2 - Reservoir Distribution Studies
The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items to perform the requested services as outlined in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).
SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE TOTAL AMOUNT
0003 1 Job
Task 3 - Juvenile Chinook Sampling
The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items to perform the requested services as outlined in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).
SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE TOTAL AMOUNT
0004 1 Job
Task 4 - Reporting 2025
The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items to perform the requested services as outlined in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).
Period of Performance:
Base Period: 20 September 2024 to 28 February 2026 (Reporting period is 2025)
52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2023) – ADDENDUM
Quotes shall include the following:
1. Name / Date: ________________________________________________________
2. Address / Telephone No.: _______________________________________________
3. Cage Code (or UEI, both from SAM): ______________________________________
4. Quote – Provide pricing in accordance with the foregoing CLINs.
Additional submittal requirements based on evaluation factors.
Pricing – Pricing – Contractors are to provide pricing for each line item listed above, with a breakdown of estimated costs used to arrive at price to including total estimated profit. The breakdown should provide sufficient detail to allow for Government analysis of labor pool, labor hours and any miscellaneous cost for each task.
Past Performance - The offeror shall demonstrate their specialized experience by furnishing at least two (2) projects of similar scope and magnitude to this requirement that was completed as a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor within five (5) years of the solicitation closing date. Similar scope and magnitude are defined as Biological Services as related to the PWS including the evaluating of anadromous fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the Northwestern United States (Oregon, Washington, northern California, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) and cover a 1-year reporting period. Limit is 5 pages not to include cover page. Experience information shall include:
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- Customer/contracting agency
- Contract number
- Contract title with location
- Identify whether experience was as a Prime or Subcontractor
- Award date
- Initial award amount
- Award amount at contract completion
- Contract completion date
- Actual completion date
- Description of project
- Describe how this projects scope and magnitude is similar to the current project.
- Describe any unique conditions and/or challenges and how they were overcome.
The Government will review all CPARS and SPRS evaluations regardless of project and may contact points of contact or evaluate any information provided to the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer to include USACE District Past Performance files.
Technical Approach - The vendor will submit a narrative of the technical approach they will be using to complete all required task and any other PWS requirements in the performance of this project. Limit is 15 pages not to include cover page.
Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. For offerors with a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), complete paragraph (b) of the provision and submit with the response to the RFQ.
NOTE: This solicitation requires offerors to enter a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) score in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS). The NIST score is a responsibility item. Those without a NIST score in SPRS will be deemed NON-RESPONSIBLE and will not be eligible for award.
The SPRS NIST Special Publication 800-171 website provides a comprehensive set of reference materials to assist you in this effort. This website is found at: https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/nistsp.htm and includes guides, frequently asked questions, and tutorials.
Potential offerors are encouraged to allow ample time to complete this responsibility item.
If you need assistance with SAM, NIST or preparing your quote, please contact your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). You may find your PTAC here: https://www.aptac-us.org/contracting-assistance/.
Submissions:
INQUIRIES – OFFEROR’S QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
USE OF BIDDER’S INQUIRY
Prospective offerors shall submit questions and inquiries related to this solicitation in accordance with the following (no other means of questions or inquiries will be answered except through Bidder’s Inquiry):
For information related to amendments, and the dates set for receipt of quotes, please check https://sam.gov/.
Contractual and Technical inquiries and questions relating to proposal procedures are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at https://www.projnet.org/.
1. To submit and review bid inquiry items, offerors will need to be a current registered user or self‐register into the system. To self‐register go to the aforementioned web page and click on the BID tab. Select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, and enter the Bidder Inquiry Key for this solicitation listed below, your e‐mail address, and then click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click continue.
2. From this page, you may view all bidder inquiries or add an inquiry.
3. Bidders will receive an acknowledgement of their question via e‐mail, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed.
Vendors are to view all responses in Bidder Inquiry using the below key.
The Bidder Inquiry System will be reopened for new inquiries based on responses, until 2:00 PM Pacific Time, 27 August 2024 in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary.
The Solicitation Number is: W9127N24Q0105.
The Bidder Inquiry Key is: JX8MVY-Q95GHC
The Bidder Inquiry System will be unavailable for new inquiries 2:00 PM Pacific Time, Wednesday, 14 August 2024 in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary.
4. Offerors are requested to review the specification in its entirety and review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry.
5. The call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800‐428‐HELP.
6. Offers will NOT be publicly opened. Information concerning the status of the evaluation and/or award will NOT be available after receipt of proposals.
7. Quotes are due no later than 06 Septembe 2024, at 10:00 AM PST. Offerors are responsible for verifying receipt of their quotes to this office before the offer due date and time. Facsimile (Fax) responses are not accepted.
Quotes must be emailed to: Nathean.w.stoner@usace.army.mil & mieko.g.alley@usace.army.mil.
(End of provision)
52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)
(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
1. Price Evaluation: The Government shall review acceptable offers by lowest price. Price reasonableness will also be evaluated.
2. Past Performance: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s previous experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities conducting similar types of work, and utilizing the types of equipment necessary for completion of this contract as an indicator of the understanding of and likelihood in meeting requirements of the PWS. Demonstrated experience must be clearly presented and be appropriate for the proposed approach and methodology, data collection, and analysis.
The Government will review all available CPARS and SPRS. Offerors must demonstrate the following minimum acceptability standards.
- All past or current performance must have overall ratings of Satisfactory or above, or otherwise be determined Acceptable.
- Any derogatory information may be grounds for an Unacceptable rating.
- Offerors with no past performance information will receive an “Acceptable” rating for this factor.
3. Technical approach: The Government will evaluate the proposed approach for consistency with the PWS and the likelihood in meeting requirements of the RFQ. The approach must be clearly and concisely presented, address all RFQ and PWS requirements, utilize tables and figures as appropriate, and cite pertinent literature.
(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.
(End of provision)
Attachments
- PWS Willamette Valley Downstream Fish Passage Monitoring and Sampling - Amend 0002
- Wage Determinations:
- Attachment 2A: WD # 2015-5569 Rev 23 Lane, OR
- Attachment 2B: WD # 2015-5587 Rev 23 Linn, OR
- Clauses and Provisions.
