Voltage Repair Services- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, MD   2

Solicitation Number 12305B22Q0225

Voltage Repair Services

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (Beltsville, MD)

The Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area Administrative office, Acquisition and Personal Property office intends to solicit and award a single Indefinite Delivery-Requirements contract for voltage repair services at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), 10300 Baltimore Ave in Beltsville, MD. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items along with FAR subpart 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under Request for Quotation (RFQ) number 12305B22Q0225.

This requirement is being solicited under NAICS code 221122 and Set Aside: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. The SBA size standard for is acquisition is 1000 Employees.

All FAR references are based off FAC 2022-07, Effective 10 August 2022.

This Indefinite Delivery-Requirements award for voltage repair services at BARC is for a base one-year period. The initial period of performance for the base period is anticipated to start 30 September 2022. All quantities on Attachments and Exhibits are estimates only. Firm- Fixed Price task orders will be issued against estimates, with invoicing allowed for actual performance against the pricing in Exhibit A.

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is applicable to this acquisition. An addendum will be added in Section L.

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation of Offerors, is applicable to this acquisition.

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. FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures utilizing Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) factors will be used for the evaluation process. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical Factor #1- Offeror's organization shall have at least five years' experience in performing voltage repair services and individual(s) performing the services shall work directly for the company submitting the offer. Failure to meet either of these requirements will cause the offeror to be found unacceptable.

Technical Factor #2-Vendor must certify their ability to respond to the timelines of the PWS. Failure to submit a letter signed by the President certifying the vendors abilities will cause the vendor to be found unacceptable.

Technical Factor #3- Offeror must price all mint green fields in Exhibit A, the bid schedule. Failure to price all mint green fields OR price at $0.00 OR leave blank will cause the offeror to be found unacceptable.

Technical Factor #4- Offeror must submit contact information for two relevant contracts they've worked within the previous three years and receive a satisfactory or better rating from those entities. Failure to provide two relevant contracts and contacts will cause the offeror to be found unacceptable. A below satisfactory response from any contact may cause the offeror to be unacceptable.

If an offeror receives an adjectival rating of unacceptable in any factor they will not be eligible for contract award.

Offeror must sign and date the 52.212-1 Addendum found of page 13, along with all amendments posted to beta.sam.gov for 12305B22Q0225.

Vendors need not submit a copy of their Reps and Certs. USDA contracting specialist will pull the FAR Reps and Certs as needed.

FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and no addendum has been added.

FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and applicable clauses within 52.212-5 to this acquisition have been marked with three X's.

Other additional FAR Clauses have been added to this synopsis/solicitation. If they are incorporated by reference in this synopsis/solicitation, use acquisition.gov to read them in their entirety.

Submittals Formats: Only Electronic submissions via email will be accepted due to Contract Specialist working remotely.

Offers are due to the Contract Specialist, Mr. David Hildebrand, at david.hildebrand@usda.gov by 12:00 PM (EST) 27 September 2022.

For information regarding this synopsis/solicitation, please contact Mr. David Hildebrand at david.hildebrand@usda.gov. Only written submitted questions will be given a response. They will be answered via a Questions from Industry posting to sam.gov. Due to USDA-ARS operating remotely, Mr. Hildebrand is only available via email.

Notice to Offeror(s): Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred.

Site Visit: No Site visit will be conducted.