Security & Privacy Fence Installation- USDA, ARS, Byron, GA   2

PLEASE SEE UPDATED SOW POSTED 08/7/23. ALL QUOTES SHOULD BE BASED ON THE UPDATE.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Southeast Area (SEA), Fruit & Tree Nut Research Laboratory in Byron, GA has a requirement for Security & Privacy Fence Installation (Subject to the Availability of Funds) to be performed in strict accordance with attached Statement of Work (SOW).

Scope:

1. Contractor to provide all material, labor and equipment to relocate the existing 8' metal panel security fence 12' from chain link fence. Furnish and install approximately 941' of 8' 18 Gauge Metal Panel Fence using 3" Galvanized Steel Posts and Steel Runners between the two existing fences. Includes welding the steel 2x4 runners and Tek Screws for securing Metal panels. A double gate of same materials must also be installed in the center point of the area. Furnish and install approximately 900' of same fencing materials on both the west and east running ends of the existing fence. All materials will be powder coated to prevent rusting and painted to match existing security fence.

2. Contractor to provide all material, labor, and equipment to install approximately 872' of privacy fencing; 8' H AFS Board on Board Aluminum Privacy Fence details: Height: 96 Inches; Width: 72 inches; Number of Horizontal Rails: 4 Rail, Horizontal Rail Size: 1" x 2" x 1" x .100" wall thickness, Vertical Picket Size: 5" wide x 1/16" wall thickness, 6' W panels and 4 x 4 x 130 line and end post. Post caps are required.

The solicitation number is 12405B23R0026. This is being solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238190. The small business size standard is $19M.

Site Visit:

Bidders are encouraged to visit the site and be escorted by a government representative to confirm locations, dimensions, and conditions of the project before a bid is submitted. The site visit shall be for observing firsthand any conditions relevant to the completion of this project. No consideration will be given to claims based on lack of knowledge of existing conditions, except where contract documents make definite provisions for adjustment in cost or extension due to existing conditions not readily foreseeable.

Site Visit is scheduled for August 3, 2023, at 10:00 am Eastern (ET). The site visit location is 21 Dunbar Rd. Main Bldg. 1, Byron, GA.

Site Visit POC: William F. Rengstorf, Phone: C (478) 297-9040, Email: William.Rengstorf@usda.gov

All QUESTIONS regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing ONLY to the Contracting Officer, Shalunda Mix, via email to shalunda.mix@usda.gov. Questions must be submitted by August 4, 2023, no later than 12:00 p.m. Central Time (CT). Answers to all questions received by that time will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation. No questions will be answered after this date unless determined to be in the best interest of the Government as deemed by the Contracting Officer. Telephone requests for information will not be accepted or returned.

Proposals must be received by Thursday, August 10, 2023, no later than 2:00 p.m. Central Time (CT). Proposals must be emailed to Contracting Officer, Shalunda Mix at shalunda.mix@usda.gov. Proposal must be annotated as such and reference the solicitation number. Please reference solicitation number and brief project description in email subject line.

All proposals shall be in unlocked MS Word format and all cost proposals shall be detailed and presented in unlocked MS Excel format with formulas working. Contractor shall perform the work as specified in the Statement of Work (SOW).

DISCLAIMER: The official contract documents are located on the government webpage and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to Contract Opportunities for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to this solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible, due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies.