Non-personal services for charter vessel to support mooring work in the northern Gulf of Alaska for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION Non-personal services for charter vessel to support mooring work in the northern Gulf of Alaska for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). (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 and in accordance with the simplified acquisition procedures authorized in FAR Part 13. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (II) This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). Submit written quotes on RFQ Number 1305M322QNFFS0064DR. (III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-06 (MAY 2022) (Deviation 2020-11)(AUG 2020) (IV) This solicitation is being issued as a total small business set-aside. The associated NAICS code is 483114. The small business size standard is 500. (V) This combined solicitation/synopsis is for purchase of the following commercial services: Line Item 0001 Services, non-personal, to provide all equipment, labor, and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for charter vessel to support mooring work in the northern Gulf of Alaska in accordance with the attached statement of work for four day period, the Statement of Work (SOW) is attached the Request for Quote form SF18. The period of performance is September 01, 2022 through October 31, 2022. (VI) Description of requirements is as follows: See attached Statement of Work which applies to all line items which is attached to the Request for Quote form SF18. (VII) Place of performance: Gulf of Alaska Period of performance: September 01, 2022 through October 31, 2022 (VIII) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Nov 2021) applies to this acquisition and is in full text in the RFQ SF18. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: Instructions for submitting quotations under this request for quote must be followed. Failure to provide all information to aid in the evaluation may be considered non-responsive. Offers that are nonresponsive may be excluded from further evaluation and rejected without further notification to the offeror. In addition to written price quotes, offers are instructed to provide: 1. Quotes shall be fully executed and returned on the Standard Form (SF) 18 and any acknowledgements of solicitation amendments on the SF 30 (if any are issued). 2. Submit quotations to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the time specified in the solicitation. Email quotes are acceptable and can be sent to Diana.Romero@noaa.gov. 3. At a minimum the contractor shall provide the following information: a) Point of contact name, telephone and E-mail address. b) Vendor Unique Entity ID from SAM.gov c) Cage Code 4. Provide all evaluation criteria in accordance with 52.212-2 in this package. 5. The offeror shall complete the annual representations and certifications electronically in System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ in order to be considered for award. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR NON-RECEIPT OF QUOTES. IT IS THE CONTRACTOR S RESPONSIBILITY TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION OF THE QUOTE CONTRACTORS MUST BE ACTIVE IN SAM IN ORDER FOR QUOTES TO BE ACCEPTABLE. (IX) FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2021) applies to this acquisition. Offers will be evaluated based on price and the factors set forth in paragraph (a) 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. Paragraph (a) is hereby completed as follows: Evaluation will be based on: 1) Technical Capability/Qualifications: - It is the contractor s responsibility to provide the quote, all necessary documentation and/or information for the government to make a determination that all experience and skills are met by the contractor. 2) Past Performance quote shall include at least 2 references for similar services including the name, phone number, full address and email address. The government will use its discretion to determine the sources of past performance information used in the evaluation, and the information may be obtained from references provided by the offeror, the agency s knowledge of the contractor s performance, other government agencies or commercial entities, or past performance databases, and past performance will be based on responsiveness, timeliness, quality, and customer service. 3) Price. The Government intends to award a best value trade-off, firm fixed-price purchase order on an all or none basis with payment terms of Net 30. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of provision) (X) FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL Products and Commercial Services (MAY 2022) (DEVIATION 2020-11) (AUG 2020) applies to this acquisition and is in full text in the RFQ SF-18 applies to this acquisition and is in full text in the RFQ SF-18.The offeror shall complete the annual representations and certifications electronically in System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1. The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v)) of this provision. The offeror shall complete the annual representations and certifications electronically in System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ (XI) The clause at FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (NOV 2021) (Deviation 2017-02) (Aug 2017), applies to this acquisition and is in full text attached to the Request for Quote form SF18. (XII) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (MAY 2022) (Deviation 2021-06) (Sept 2021) (Deviation 2020-11) (Aug 2020) (Deviation 2020-05) (Apr 2020) (Deviation 2017-05)(Sept 2017) applies to this acquisition and is in full text in the RFQ SF18. (XIII) The following clauses/provisions are also applicable to this acquisition: 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions 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. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far (End of provision) 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (Nov 2020) (a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the provision. (b) The use in this solicitation of any Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR)(48 CFR Chapter 1352) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation. (End of clause) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) 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): https://www.acquisition.gov/far/…