LIHO - Nitrogen Generator Installation (Fire Suppression)
Solicitation Number:
140P6218Q0006
Notice Type:
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Synopsis:
(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
(ii) This solicitation, 140P6218Q0006, shall serve as a Request For Quotation (RFQ).
(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-95 (Effective 19 JAN 2017) [FAR obtained from AFLCMC HIBB via http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm
(iv) The associated North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) is 333999 - All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing B? Includes Gas Generating Machinery and Fire Sprinkler Systems
(v-vi)
The National Park ServiceB?s Lincoln Home National Historic Site is seeking a quotation for the purchase and installation of a nitrogen generation system for maintaining the fire sprinkler suppression system. Work includes removal of operational air compressor system and inoperable nitrogen storage tanks.
CLIN 0010 B? Nitrogen Generator (including removal of existing system and installation) in accordance with the attached description of work.
(vii) Delivery: No Less Than 60 days From Award
Place of Performance: Lincoln Home NHS
413 South Eighth Street
Springfield IL 62701-1905
(viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda are made to the provision. Paragraph (b) Submission of offers is added to read: Quotations shall contain at a minimum the following information: Company name, POC name, phone, and e-mail, service description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, total price, and period of performance.
Quotes are required to be received NO LATER THAN 16:00 P.M. CST, 8 December 2017. Submit written offers ONLY, via email. Oral offers will not be accepted.
All quotes must be sent to the attention of Matt Frank via email to matthew_frank@nps.gov.
1. Quotes should conform to the CLIN structure as established in this synopsis/solicitation.
2. Additional costs outside of the categories identified in the CLIN structure shall be identified in the offerors quote.
3. Quotes shall be valid through 4 January 2018
4. An organized site visit has been scheduled for 30 November 2017 at 1:00 PM. Interested parties shall RSVP at by emailing the contract specialist at matthew_frank@nps.gov. I
Please send any questions or comments via email to both Matthew Frank with the subject: LIHO B? Nitrogen Generator
(ix) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. There are two specific evaluation criteria included in paragraph (a). The first one is (i) past performance, potential offerors shall provide three recent customer points of contract. The last one is (ii) price. The lowest priced offer with acceptable past performance will be selected.
(x) The provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The quotation must include a complete copy of this provision. See https://www.acquisition.gov.
(xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.
(xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (DEVIATION), applies to this acquisition.
The following clauses/provisions also apply to this acquisition:
FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference/ 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference/ 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses.
This solicitation and resultant contract contains provisions and clauses that may be included by reference. You may view provisions or clauses incorporated by reference at this website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil
The following provisions are included by reference:
52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting
The following provisions are included by full text:
52.203-18 B? Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements--Representation
As prescribed in 3.909-3(a), insert the following provision:
Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements--Representation (Jan 2017)
(a) Definition. As used in this provision--
B?Internal confidentiality agreement or statementB?, B?subcontractB?, and B?subcontractorB?, are defined in the clause at 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.
(b) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report waste, fraud, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.
(c) The prohibition in paragraph (b) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.
(d) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it will not require its employees or subcontractors to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse related to the performance of a Government contract to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information (e.g., agency Office of the Inspector General).
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The following clauses are included by reference:
52.204-7 System for Award Management
52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel
52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance
52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance
52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to IranB?Representation and Certifications
52.237-2 Protection of Government Building, Equipment and Vegetation
The following clauses within 52.212-5 are applicable:
52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation
52.222-3 Convict Labor
52.222-19 Child Labor
52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-26 Equal Opportunity
52.222-50 Combat Trafficking in Persons
52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
52.225-1 Buy AmericanB?Supplies
52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-- System for Award Management
The following clauses are incorporated by full text in the final award:
52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017)
(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
B?Internal confidentiality agreement or statementB? means a confidentiality agreement or any other written statement that the contractor requires any of its employees or subcontractors to sign regarding nondisclosure of contractor information, except that it does not include confidentiality agreements arising out of civil litigation or confidentiality agreements that contractor employees or subcontractors sign at the behest of a Federal agency.
B?SubcontractB? means any contract as defined in subpart 2.1 entered into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies or services for performance of a prime contract or a subcontract. It includes but is not limited to purchase orders, and changes and modifications to purchase orders.
B?SubcontractorB? means any supplier, distributor, vendor, or firm (including a consultant) that furnishes supplies or services to or for a prime contractor or another subcontractor.
(b) The Contractor shall not require its employees or subcontractors to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse related to the performance of a Government contract to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information (e.g., agency Office of the Inspector General).
(c) The Contractor shall notify current employees and subcontractors that prohibitions and restrictions of any preexisting internal confidentiality agreements or statements covered by this clause, to the extent that such prohibitions and restrictions are inconsistent with the prohibitions of this clause, are no longer in effect.
(d) The prohibition in paragraph (b) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.
(e) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, (Pub. L. 113-235), and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions) use of funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) is prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause.
(f) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in subcontracts under such contracts.
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52.232-40 B? Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.
(a) Upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, the Contractor shall make accelerated payments to its small business subcontractors under this contract, to the maximum extent practicable and prior to when such payment is otherwise required under the applicable contract or subcontract, after receipt of a proper invoice and all other required documentation from the small business subcontractor.
(b) The acceleration of payments under this clause does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act.
(c) Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts with small business concerns, including subcontracts with small business concerns for the acquisition of commercial items.
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DOI ELECTRONIC INVOICING Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (Apr 2013)
Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).
"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the
requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.
Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:
None
The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in CCR) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.
If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.
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(xiii) All firms or individuals responding must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) in order to be considered for award. IAW FAR 9.405(a); Contractors debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment as listed in the SAM Exclusions Listing are excluded from receiving contracts, and agencies shall not solicit offers from, award contracts to, or consent to subcontracts with these contractors. IAW FAR 9.103, Purchases shall be made from, and contracts shall be awarded to, responsible prospective contractors only.
(xiv) (RESERVED)
Frank, Matthew
