SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Refurbish Cooling Tower No. 2 located at the Volpe Center
- Notice Date
- 10/1/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142
- ZIP Code
- 02142
- Solicitation Number
- DTRT57-09-Q-80007
- Response Due
- 10/9/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact -Karen Marino, Contracting Officer, 617-494-2437<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a competitive combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Solicitation No. DTRT57-09-Q-80007 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), FAR Part 13.5. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-26. The NAICS Code is 561210 and the Small Business size standard is $32.5M. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. A written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price Purchase Order on a competitive basis. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) has a requirement to refurbish Cooling Tower No. 2. The Statement of Work (SOW) is as follows: Statement of Work (SOW) Refurbish Cooling Tower No. 2, located at Volpe Center in the Center Support Building (Bldg. #5) 125 Munroe Street Cambridge, MA 02142. Volpe Center mailing address is 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 The exterior metal on this Cooling Tower has lost its protective coating. The metal has corroded (rusted) through in several locations due to age and usage. This problem results in loss of water and treatment. Remove fill material and eliminators. Remove walls on cooling tower and proceed with work as this unit is only accessible through this procedure. Power clean surfaces with wire brush. Remove existing caulking from joints and seams. Recaulk joints and seams using Vulkem one part poly urethane sealant or equivalent. Apply two coats of Carbomastic Number 15 two part self priming epoxy or equivalent. Replace deteriorated sections of walls with 16 gauge galvanized metal. Remove deteriorated fill support beams that are rusted through and replace with new support beams. Replace broken and deteriorated fill material as needed to put tower in operating order. Replace rusted wall panels as needed with new 16 gauge galvanized panels. Repair rusted uptake stack in areas that have rusted and apply self priming epoxy and overlay areas that have rusted through with 16 gauge galvanized metal. Work can be done during the operating day which is 6:30a.m.-6:30p.m., Monday-Friday or after hours and on weekends at the Contractors discretion. An unpaid site visit can be arranged through Contracting Officer with Technical point of contact Gary See (Operations Foreman) between hours of 6:30a.m.-6:30p.m. Government Point of Contact: Contracting OfficerKaren M. MarinoTel: (617)494-2437 For purposes of coordinating a scheduled site visit and obtaining drawings contact Karen Marino at (617)494-2437 or via email at Karen.Marino@dot.gov. Period of Performance: Date of award through December 30, 2008. Basis of Award: An award will be made to the offeror whose offer is considered to be the best value to the Government and shall be evaluated in terms of and in order of priority: 1. Relevant past performance experience and 2. Price. Evaluation Criteria ? Relevant Past Performance: Offeror must provide definitive information with their proposal that they have successfully refurbished a similar cooling tower for a Federal agency such as the Volpe Center or for private sector companies. Offeror must demonstrate in their proposal that they have performed similar work within the last 5 years. Please provide no more than 2 pages of documentation for this criterion. Price: The Government intends to award one purchase order to the offeror with the most advantageous offer. Proposal Pricing: The Contractor shall provide pricing in accordance with the above SOW. The item is as follows: CLIN 0001 - Refurbish Cooling Tower No. 2, 1 LS $_________________. This is a request for competitive quotes. FAR 52.212-1, Instruction of Offerors-Commercial Items, is hereby incorporated by reference; Addenda are as follows: (b) Submission of offers (1) The offer must be marked with Solicitation Number DTRT57-09-Q-80007. (2) The time for receipt of offers is 12:00 PM Eastern Time on 10/9/2008. The signed offer may be submitted electronically, via email to Karen.Marino@dot.gov or a hard copy can be mailed to the following address: Karen Marino, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Acquisition Division, RTV-6D2, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093. The Offeror must complete the Offeror Representations and Certifications required in FAR 52.219-1 by using the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at the following website: http://orca.bpn.gov. The Offeror is reminded that as of January 1, 2005, it must provide Certifications and Representations online at least annually via ORCA. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions ? Commercial Items, is hereby incorporated by reference. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items are hereby incorporated by reference. Additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 52.203-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, and 52.222-41. FAR Clause 52.237-1, Site Visit, (APR 1984) also applies to this solicitation. These references may be viewed at www.arnet.gov. This solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on the Fedbizopps website at the following address: http://www.fedbizopps.gov and on the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page at the following address: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. No telephone requests will be honored. When award is made a firm fixed-price purchase order is anticipated. The Government will not pay for any information received. The following notice is provided for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call DOT Office o f Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800)532-1169 or visit their website at http://osdbuweb.dot.gov.
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