Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation – CAT A Decontamination/Transportation Services
Notice Type: Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Posted Date:
Office Address:
Subject: CAT A Decontamination/Transportation Services
Classification Code: Q - Medical services
Solicitation Number: FA441816DECONTR
Contact:
Setaside: Total Small BusinessTotal Small Business
Place of Performance (address): Joint Base CharlestonNorth
Place of Performance (zipcode): 29404
Place of Performance Country: US
Description:
Air Mobility Command
628th CONS
AMENDMENT FOUR- The purpose of this amendment is to cancel this solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a contract at this time. AMENDMENT THREE- The solicitation response date is hereby extended from 01 Apr to
(ii) This solicitation/synopsis reference number is FA441816DECONTR and is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).
(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-86 Dated
(iv) This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small businesses. The associated NAICS code is 562211 with and
(v) Contractors shall complete the attached RFQ worksheet for contract line items 0001 through 2002 to include the decontamination/ scene cleanup/ collection and the transportation/ disposal of Category A hazardous waste in accordance with the requirement detailed in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) dated
(vi) The contractor shall perform decontamination, handling, collection, and transportation/ disposal of Category-A medical waste, to include Ebola Virus, at
(vii) Services will initiate at
(viii) The following clauses and provisions are incorporated and will remain in full force in any resultant award: full text of clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at this website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil.
FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial is amended as follows:
a. See Appendix C "Sample List/Details of TIS and Clinic Room Items for Disposal" of PWS for detailed list of (all but not limited to) items in the Transportation Isolation Unit and
b. Contractors shall submit on the attached Request for Quotation Worksheet.
c. Contractors shall send the attached Past Performance Questionnaire to a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 references. The references shall submit completed questionnaires to the Contract Administrator, 2d Lt
d. Contractors shall submit all questions concerning the requirement by
(ix) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items Evaluation. 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 in the following relative order of importance 1. Technical, 2. Past Performance, and 3. Price. Technical and Past Performance are significantly more important than price.
FACTOR 1 - TECHNICAL
Initially, the government technical evaluation team shall evaluate the technical proposals on a pass/fail basis, assigning ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable. Proposals will be evaluated against the following:
Sub Factor 1 - Certifications -
The contractor shall submit applicable registrations/permits/certifications authorizing performance of infectious waste transportation and cleanup/decontamination, to include Ebola scene cleanup. In addition, the contractor shall submit all federal or state registrations/permits/certifications required to transport infectious waste from JB CHS to an approved disposal site.
FACTOR 2 - PRICE: Next, the government shall rank all technically acceptable offers by price. Price will be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness.
2 FACTOR 3 - PAST PERFORMANCE: Beginning with the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror, the contracting officer shall seek recent and relevant performance information on offerors based on (1) the past efforts provided by the offeror and (2) data independently obtained from other Government and commercial sources.
1. Recent performance includes projects performed within the past three years. Relevant performance includes performance of efforts involving waste decontamination, collection and transportation services that include category A hazardous waste that involved similar scope, magnitude, and complexities required by the PWS.
Very Relevant - Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires. Relevant - Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires. Somewhat Relevant - Present/past performance effort involved some of the magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires. Not Relevant - Present/past performance involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.
2. The purpose of the past performance evaluation is to allow the government to assess the offeror's probability of meeting the solicitation requirements based on the offeror's demonstrated past performance.
The assessment process will result in an overall performance confidence assessment of Substantial Confidence, Satisfactory Confidence, Limited Confidence, No Confidence, or Unknown Confidence as defined in table below. Past performance regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience, or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement will not be rated as highly as past performance information for the principal offeror. Offerors with no recent/relevant performance history or if the offeror's performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned shall receive the rating "Unknown Confidence," meaning the rating is treated neither favorably nor unfavorably (neutral).
Table 2. Performance Confidence Assessments Rating Description Substantial Confidence Based on the offeror's recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. Satisfactory Confidence Based on the offeror's recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. Limited Confidence Based on the offeror's recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. No Confidence Based on the offeror's recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort. Unknown Confidence (Neutral) No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror's performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.
(x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. Full text of clause may be accessed electronically at this website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil.
(xi) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Satutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (DEVIATION 2013-O0019) (
(a) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (a) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation.
(1) The Comptroller General of
(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.
(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.
(b)
(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of any other clause in this contract, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (b)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause-
(i) 52.203-13,
(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (
(iii) 52.222-17,
(iv) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).
(v) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (
(vi) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (
(vii) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (
(viii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (
(ix) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (
(x) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (
(xi) ____ (A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (
___ (B) Alternate I (
(xii) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (
(xiii) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (
(xiv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2013).
(xv) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (
(xvi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (
(xvii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (
(xviii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned
(2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.
(End of Clause)
(xiii) CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
52.202-1 Definitions 52.203-3 Gratuities 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government 52.203-6 Alt I Restrictions On Subcontractor Sales To The Government -- Alternate I 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations
52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns 52.219-14 Limitations On Subcontracting 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3 Convict Labor 52.222-19 Child Labor- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21 Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-1
CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT
52.219-18 ORDERING. (
(a) 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
52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS. (
(a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than
(c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) above.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) above, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 3 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor's intent not to ship the item (or items) called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the supplies or services from another source.
(End of clause)
52.216-21 REQUIREMENTS (
(a) This is a requirements contract for the supplies or services specified and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. Except as this contract may otherwise provide, if the Government's requirements do not result in orders in the quantities described as "estimated'' or "maximum" in the Schedule, that fact shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment.
(b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. Subject to any limitations in the Order Limitations clause or elsewhere in this contract, the Contractor shall furnish to the Government all supplies or services specified in the Schedule and called for by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.
(c) Except as this contract otherwise provides, the Government shall order from the Contractor all the supplies or services specified in the Schedule that are required to be purchased by the Government activity or activities specified in the Schedule.
(d) The Government is not required to purchase from the Contractor requirements in excess of any limit on total orders under this contract.
(e) If the Government urgently requires delivery of any quantity of an item before the earliest date that delivery may be specified under this contract, and if the Contractor will not accept an order providing for the accelerated delivery, the Government may acquire the urgently required goods or services from another source.
(f) 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
(End of clause)
52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (
The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 15 (fifteen) days of contract expiration.
(End of clause)
52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (
(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 15 (fifteen) days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 (sixty) days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.
(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.
(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 30 (thirty) months. (End of clause)
52.219-2 EQUAL LOW BIDS (
(a) This provision applies to small business concerns only. (b) The bidder's status as a labor surplus area (LSA) concern may affect entitlement to award in case of tie bids. If the bidder wishes to be considered for this priority, the bidder must identify, in the following space, the LSA in which the costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by the bidder or the first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price.
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(c) Failure to identify the labor surplus areas as specified in paragraph (b) of this provision will preclude the bidder from receiving priority consideration. If the bidder is awarded a contract as a result of receiving priority consideration under this provision and would not have otherwise received award, the bidder shall perform the contract or cause the contract to be performed in accordance with the obligations of an LSA concern. (End of Provision)
52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (
In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY: IT IS NOT A WAGE DETERMINATION
Employee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits 31363 Truck Driver, Heavy WG-8
(End of clause)
52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (
This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil/
(End of clause)
52.252-6 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN CLAUSES (
(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48
(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any
(End of clause)
252.204-7006 BILLING INSTRUCTIONS (
When submitting a request for payment, the Contractor shall--
(a) Identify the contract line item(s) on the payment request that reasonably reflect contract work performance; and
(b) Separately identify a payment amount for each contract line item included in the payment request.
(End of clause)
252.216-7006 ORDERING (
(a) 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 contract schedule. Such orders may be issued from
252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (
(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer:
(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system. (4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request. (5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the email address identified below in the "Send Additional Email Notifications" field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.
(End of clause)
252.237-7023 CONTINUATION OF ESSENTIAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES (
(a) Definitions. As used in this clause- (1) Essential contractor service means a service provided by a firm or individual under contract to
(End of clause)
5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (
(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.
(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).
(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the Center/MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA ombudsmen, Mr.
(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.
(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer.
5352.223-9001 HEALTH AND SAFETY ON GOVERNMENT INSTALLATIONS (
(a) In performing work under this contract on a Government installation, the contractor shall:
(1) Comply with the specific health and safety requirements established by this contract;
(2) Comply with the health and safety rules of the Government installation that concern related activities not directly addressed in this contract;
(3) Take all reasonable steps and precautions to prevent accidents and preserve the health and safety of contractor and Government personnel performing or in any way coming in contact with the performance of this contract; and
(4) Take such additional immediate precautions as the contracting officer may reasonably require for health and safety purposes.
(c) The contracting officer may, by written order, direct Air Force Occupational Safety and Health Standards (AFOSH) and/or health/safety standards as may be required in the performance of this contract and any adjustments resulting from such direction will be in accordance with the Changes clause of this contract.
(d) Any violation of these health and safety rules and requirements, unless promptly corrected as directed by the contracting officer, shall be grounds for termination of this contract in accordance with the Default clause of this contract.
5352.237-9001 REQUIREMENTS AFFECTING CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL PERFORMING MISSION ESSENTIAL SERVICES (
(a) The Contracting Officer has identified all or a portion of the services performed under this contract as "Essential DoD Contractor Services" as defined and described in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 3020.37, "Continuation of Essential DoD Contractor Services During Crises." Hereafter, the personnel identified by the contractor to perform these services shall be referred to as "Mission Essential Contractor Personnel." (b) Within 15 (fifteen) days after contract award or incorporation of this clause into a contract by modification, the Contractor shall provide a written list of all "Mission Essential Contractor Personnel" to the Contracting Officer or designee. The list shall identify names and country(ies) where each employee will perform work under this contract. (c) As required to comply with or perform pursuant to
5352.242-9000 CONTRACTOR ACCESS TO AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS (
(a) The contractor shall obtain base identification and vehicle passes, if required, for all contractor personnel who make frequent visits to or perform work on the
(b) The contractor shall submit a written request on company letterhead to the contracting officer listing the following: contract number, location of work site, start and stop dates, and names of employees and subcontractor employees needing access to the base. The letter will also specify the individual(s) authorized to sign for a request for base identification credentials or vehicle passes. The contracting officer will endorse the request and forward it to the issuing base pass and registration office or Security Forces for processing. When reporting to the registration office, the authorized contractor individual(s) should provide a valid driver's license, current vehicle registration, valid vehicle insurance certificate to obtain a vehicle pass.
(c) During performance of the contract, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining required identification for newly assigned personnel and for prompt return of credentials and vehicle passes for any employee who no longer requires access to the work site.
(d) When work under this contract requires unescorted entry to controlled or restricted areas, the contractor shall comply with AFI 31-101, Integrated Defense and AFI 31-501, Personnel Security Program Management citing the appropriate paragraphs as applicable.
(e) Upon completion or termination of the contract or expiration of the identification passes, the prime contractor shall ensure that all base identification passes issued to employees and subcontractor employees are returned to the issuing office.
(f) Failure to comply with these requirements may result in withholding of final payment.
(xiv) A statement regarding the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating, if applicable. NONE
(xv) Response to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email, fax, mail, or delivery by
(xvi) Address questions to 2d Lt
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