Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Question Received and SEC Response provided is uploaded as an Attachment. The closing date and time is not extended and remains 2:00 PM ET, Monday, May 9, 2022. ====... The Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Question Received and SEC Response provided is uploaded as an Attachment. The closing date and time is not extended and remains 2:00 PM ET, Monday, May 9, 2022. ======================================================== (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6 and FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation document will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation Number 50310222R0007 is issued as a request for proposal (RFP). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-04 effective January 30, 2022. (iv) Solicitation Number 50310222R0007 is a 100% total small business set-aside. The associated NAICS code for this procurement is 238210 – Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors, with a small business size standard of $16.5 Million. (v) This combined synopsis/solicitation contains the following Line Item Numbers (CLIN): 00001 Base Period – (Contract Year 1 & 2). – SEC Headquarters Electric Services. Provide licensed electrical services in accordance with the Statement of Work. Date of Award through twenty-four (24) months. 00002 Option Year One (1) – (Contract Year 3). – SEC Headquarters Electric Services. Provide licensed electrical services in accordance with the Statement of Work. Date of option year one through twelve (12) months. 00003 Option Year Two (2) – (Contract Year 4). – SEC Headquarters Electric Services. Provide licensed electrical services in accordance with the Statement of Work. Date of option year two through twelve (12) months. 00004 Option Year Three (3) – (Contract Year 5). – SEC Headquarters Electric Services. Provide licensed electrical services in accordance with the Statement of Work. Date of option year three period through twelve (12) months. (vi) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of Acquisitions, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-2000 is seeking the services of an Electrical Contractor licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to perform electrical (low and high voltage) and related work. The SEC intends to award a non-personal services Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with firm-fixed labor hours and firm-fixed unit pricing to provide the required services in accordance with the Statement of Work and SEC Specific Clauses at Attachment 1. The Maximum Threshold under the IDIQ contract is $5,000,000.00. (vii) Place of Performance. Work shall primarily be performed at the SEC’s Headquarters currently located at the following address: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Headquarters Station Place 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549-2000 (viii) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021), applies to this acquisition. Offerors may obtain full text versions of these clauses electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov. (ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition as follows: Addendum to 52.212-2 Evaluation - Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. This is a Best Value Procurement. Comparative Analysis: Following the receipt of responses to the request for proposal, the Government will perform a comparative analysis (comparing Offerors’ responses to one another) to select the proposal that is best suited to fulfill the requirements, based on the offerors’ responses to the factors outlined in this solicitation and their relative importance. It is anticipated that the contract award will be made to the responsible offeror submitting an overall quote that is determined to be most advantageous to the Government, price and non-price factors considered. The following factors, in descending order, shall be used to evaluate quotes: Technical Approach and Understanding Past Performance Price Technical Approach and Understanding is more important than Past Performance. When combined, the evaluation factors of 1. Technical Approach and Understanding and 2. Past Performance, are more important than price. As the technical offers become more equal, price becomes more important in making the award determination. In the event that two or more offers are determined not to have any substantial technical differences, i.e., are technically equivalent, award may be made to the lower priced offer. It should be noted that award may be made to other than the lowest priced offer if the Government determines that a price premium is warranted due to technical merit. The Government may also award to other than highest technically rated quote, if the Government determines that a price premium is not warranted. Awards may also be made on the basis of initial offers without conversations. Offerors are therefore cautioned that each initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms. The Qfferor’s Technical Quote (Volume 1) must demonstrate the vendor’s capability to perform the requirements outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW). Quoters shall provide a technical quote that includes the following two (2) general areas/factors: Factor 1, Technical Approach and Understanding and Factor 2, Past Performance. 1. Technical Approach & Understanding: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s capability to satisfy the requirements defined in the SOW to provide electrical services to the SEC Headquarter’s location. The Government will also evaluate the degree to which the proposed solution meets the requirements to include: 1) the proposed methods and techniques for completing the Sample Tasks at Attachment A and Attachment B; 2) the qualifications and expertise of the company and proposed program manager to satisfy the SOW requirements to include evidence of Electrical Licensing in Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia; the Offeror’s labor mix required to conduct the tasks (must be identified in the technical quote without pricing) and the terms of any express warranty. 2. Past Performance: The Government will evaluate relevance, breadth and quality of past performance by surveying CPARS, reviewing past performance references, and other measures. Relevant Past Performance is previous or current performance of a similar size and scope, where performance was within three years prior to offer submission. 3. Price: The firm-fixed price will be evaluated for the two Sample Tasks at Attachment A and Attachment B and for the total Overall Price summation of all CLINS through base and all option periods in Enclosure 2. Attachment A and Attachment B Sample Task firm-fixed price should be supplemented with a price break-out to include labor mix and the price break-out should be included in the price proposal to support each firm-fixed price. 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). Technical offers submitted in response to this RFP will be evaluated by comparing each offer to another in order to determine rank order for selection. The comparison of the offers will be based on the following: Technical Approach and Understanding – the degree to which the Offeror effectively demonstrates a knowledge, understanding, and technical ability to successfully perform the requirements of the SOW. Past performance – will assess the relevance, breadth and quality of the Offeror’s recent past performance on similar type of work. The Government intends to evaluate and rank quotes and award an IDIQ Contract without conversations. It is anticipated that the IDIQ Contract award will be made to the responsible Offeror submitting an overall offer that is determined most advantageous to the Government, price and non-price factors considered. Award will be made to the Offeror whose offer meets the Government’s requirements and whose technical proposal and price represent the best value to the Government. Offerors are cautioned that their initial offer should contain the best terms from a technical and price standpoint. The failure of a Offeror to meet any given requirement or instruction of the RFP in their proposal may result in the entire proposal being found to be unacceptable and thus eliminated from the competition. The Government intends to use narrative statements to justify the ultimate selection decision. (x) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 , Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Services. Note: If your firm’s completed electronic representations and certifications are available on System for Award Management (SAM), it is not necessary to provide a copy with your quote; (xi) The clause FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. (xii) The clause FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Jun 2020), with Alternate I (Nov 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402). 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Nov 2021) (41 U.S.C. 3509)). 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jun 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (Pub.L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C). 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Nov 2021) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) (41 U.S.C. 2313). 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644). 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Sep 2021) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14). 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2022) (E.O. 13126). 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015). 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246). 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212). 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793). 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jun 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212). 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627). 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Nov 2021). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) (E.O. 13513). 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332). (xiii) Services under this acquisition are required to be provided by an Electrician licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to perform electrical (low and high voltage) and related work. Wage Determination WD-2015-4281-Rev 21 at Enclosure 4 applies to this acquisition. (xiv) Defense Priority and Allocations Systems (DPAS) is not applicable. (xv) Submission of offers. Proposals are due Monday, May 9, 2022 by 2:00 pm Eastern Time. Proposals shall be submitted electronically via e-mail to Gabriel Aviles at AvilesG@sec.gov and Tammy Oliver at OliverT@sec.gov. A complete proposal will consist of: (1) Completed Enclosure 2 Price Sheets; (2) Signature on a proposal cover letter which includes the proposal’s acceptance period; (3) Technical Approach & Understanding information to include Electrical Licensing Certification proof; (4) Past Performance information; and (5) Certification that the Offeror’s Representations and Certifications are current, (https://sam.gov/). The contracting officer will review the proposals received for completeness, and may reject any incomplete proposals. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). Faxed proposals will not be accepted. (xvi) Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail not later than 2:00 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, April 28, 2022 to the Contract Specialist, Tammy Oliver, at Olivert@sec.gov. RFP# 50310222R0007 Enclosures & Attachments: Enclosure 1 – Statement of Work (SOW) Enclosure 2 - Pricing Instructions and Attachment A and Attachment B Firm-Fixed Price - Unit Price Workbook Enclosure 3 – Contract Terms and Conditions and SEC Instructions Enclosure 4 -- Wage Determination No. 2015-4281 Rev 21 dated December 27, 2021 Attachment A – Sample Task Order Drawing – Contractor Work Room Attachment B – Sample Task Order Drawing – Convert Workstation to Office Contract Attachments for review that may be required at contract award: Attachment 1 – Non-Disclosure Agreement – Contractor Entity Attachment 2 – Non-Disclosure Agreement – Contractor Personnel Attachment 3 – Authorization for Release of Credit Information Attachment 4 – Request for PERSEC Determination Attachment 5 – Declaration for Federal Employment Attachment 6 – Fingerprint Form