Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS General Information Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: 36C24721Q1211 Posted Date: 08/24/2021 Original Response Date:... COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS General Information Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: 36C24721Q1211 Posted Date: 08/24/2021 Original Response Date: 09/07/2021 Current Response Date: 09/07/2021 Product or Service Code: R431 Set Aside : SDVOSB NAICS Code: 624190 Contracting Office Address NCO 7 Contracting Office Department of Veterans Affairs Ralph H. Johnson VAMC 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401 Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued. This unrestricted solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 624190 - Other Individual and Family Services; Small Business Size Standard $12.0 Million. The Human Resource Department at the Birmingham VA Medical Center, 700 19th Street S, Birmingham, AL is seeking Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services. This requirement is for a base plus 4 option years. All interested companies shall provide offer(s) for the base plus 4 option year period of performance in accordance with the attached Schedule and Statement of Work SEE ATTACHED: SCHEDULE SEE ATTACHED: STATEMENT OF WORK Place of Performance Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Birmingham VAMC 700 19th Street S Birmingham, Alabama Postal Code: 35233 Country: UNITED STATES Award shall be made to the offeror whose quotation offers the best value to the government, considering technical capability, past performance, and price. The government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: PRICE ALONE. The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items October 2018 FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items December 2019 Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items October 2018 FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders January 2020 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options July 1990, Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government s best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services November 1999, The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days. Addendum to 52.217-8, For purposes of award of this Contract, the Government intends to evaluate the option to extend services under FAR 52.217-8 as follows: The evaluation will consider the possibility that the option can be exercised at any time and can be exercised in increments of one to six months, but not for more than a total of six months during the life of the contract. The evaluation will assume that the prices for any option exercised under FAR 52.217-8 will be those rates in effect under the contract each time an option is exercised under this clause. The evaluation will therefore assume that the addition of the price or prices of any possible extension or extensions under FAR 52.217-8 to the total price for the basic requirement and the total price for the priced options has the same effect on the total price of all proposals relative to each other, and will not affect the ranking of proposals based on price, unless, after reviewing the proposals, the Government determines that there is a basis for finding otherwise. This evaluation will not obligate the Government to exercise any option under FAR 52.217-8. 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000), a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days, provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice. of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.      (b)If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.      (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years. The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: 52.204 10, 52.209-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-27, 52.219-28, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-26, 52.222.35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-41, 2.222-42, 52.222-43, 52.222-55, 52.223-18, 52.225-1, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, and 52.232-34. All offerors shall submit the following: Submitted offers shall not exceed 25 single-sided pages and any pages beyond this amount will be removed and not evaluated. Files should be sent in PDF format and no larger than 10MB or they may be automatically rejected by the server. The Government is not responsible for rejected e-mails that exceed the e-mail capacity. All quotations submit shall include the Solicitation Number and Title in the subject line of the email. This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for services as defined herein.  The government intends to award a contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following: Quote shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s). Submission shall be received not later than 5:00pm (EST) on September 7, 2021. Offerors must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist (CS), Charity Cazee at Charity.Cazee@va.gov . ONLY ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Hand deliveries or facsimile will not be accepted. Telephone responses will NOT be accepted. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail no later than August 31, 2021 at 9:00 am (EST) to Charity Cazee, Contract Specialist (CS) at Charity.Cazee@va.gov . No questions received after this date will be answered. Telephone or faxed questions will not be answered. ONLY ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED. The solicitation number must be identified on all submitted questions. Statements expressing opinions, sentiments, or conjectures are not considered valid inquiries and will not receive a response Point of Contact Charity Cazee Contract Specialist, NCO 7 Contracting Office (90) Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center Department of Veterans Affairs 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29403-5799 (706) 733-0188 Ext. 31127 Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. (Applies to all offers exceeding $3,000 and offers of $3,000 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation "DUNS" or "DUNS +4" followed by the DUNS or DUNS +4 number that identifies the offeror's name and address. The DUNS +4 is the DUNS number plus a 4-character suffix that may be assigned at the discretion of the offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) accounts (see FAR Subpart 32.11) for the same concern. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. An offeror within the United States may contact Dun and Bradstreet by calling 1-866-705-5711 or via the internet at http://www.fedgov.dnb.com/webform. An offeror located outside the United States must contact the local Dun and Bradstreet office for a DUNS number. The offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office. System for Award Management. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov.