Description
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation documents, incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-27. Solicitation number R3-03-05-43 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in accordance with FAR subpart 13.5. This acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside. The Northern American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 484220 and the size standard is $21.5 Million. A firm-fixed price purchase order will be issued under the Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. Period of performance – 14 Calendar Days. The solicitation is for Rio Chama Road 151 Aggregate Haul and windrow, with the line items as follows: Item 1, approx. 10,000 loose cubic yards of aggregate, haul and windrow, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico; The accepted lump sum quantity will be paid for at the contract unit price accepted in this contract. All other items of work necessary to complete the project will be considered incidential to the cubic yard payment. Payment shall be full compensation for all labor, material, equipment, tools, transportation, and incidentals necessary to complete the work prescribed. RIO CHAMA ROAD 151 - LOAD GOVERNMENT FURNISHED AGGREGATE, HAUL AND WINDROW ON FSR 151 - STATEMENT OF WORK Work consists of loading, hauling and windrowing 10,000 loose cubic yards from Forest Service stockpile near FSR 151 to locations along FSR 151. At approximate mile post 3.7 beginning of project. Begin placement of spot surfacing. At approximate mile post 3.8 begin windrow stockpile to the left side of road At approximate mile post 11.52 end windrow placement of material. Contractor to provide all labor, supervision, transportation, services and facilities necessary to perform work. Contractor is responsible for loading, hauling, and windrowing of government furnished crushed aggregate materials. Placement of all windrows to be as directed by COR. For technical questions related to this project, please contact Patrick Leyba at 505-438-7878. Location is on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Forest Service Road 151 is located on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Beginning of FSR 151 is at junction with U.S. Highway 84 at approximately 12 miles north of Abiquiu, NM. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items is applicable. The Government will award the contract to that responsible vendor whose quotation, conforming to the combined synopsis/solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, considering price and the price-related factors included in the combined synopsis/solicitation. The factors are in descending order of importance. Factor One - Price of hauling per Cubic Yard. Price-Related Factor One - Vendor’s availability of equipment – provide details. Price-Related Factor Two - Vendor’s availability to perform Starting early Sept. 2005. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, must be completed and included with offer. These clauses can be accessed through the website http://www.arnet.gov/far/. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate 1, 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items, 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-- Commercial Items, with the following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause which are applicable to this acquisition. 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer -- Other than Central Contractor Registration For information regarding this solicitation, contact Greg Martinez at 505 346-3808. Vendors wishing to respond to this solicitation should send their responses to Cibola National Forest, Attn: Greg Martinez, AQM, 2113 Osuna Road NE, Suite A, Albuquerque, NM 87113 or fax responses to (505) 346-3909, Attn: Greg Martinez. Be sure to reference the solicitation number listed above. Quotations must be in writing accompanied by the completed representations and certifications or they will be rejected. Telegraphic offers will not be accepted. Quotations are due no later than August 30, 2005 at 4:45 pm Local Time. Note: A copy of the location map is available by contacting Greg Martinez at 505-346-3808.