Construction Project – remove wall carpet, repair and paint walls per the attached Statement of Work.

Total Small Business Set-Aside per FAR Part 13 under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT). Firm Fixed-Price contract will be awarded per the Trade-Off criteria in CAR 1352.213-70. See the attached full SF 18 Construction Clauses and Provisions with all terms and conditions which all Offerors must be in compliance with to be eligible for award. New contract, no incumbent.

BONDING/LETTER OF CREDIT WILL BE REQUIRED UNLESS YOUR QUOTE IS UNDER $35K.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
Work completed no later than 90 calendar days following date of award, quotes must provide confirmation they can fulfill this requirement.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:
National Weather Service (NWS)
Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
2350 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512-3900

THE DAVIS-BACON ACT GENERAL DECISION NV20250040 01/24/2025, MODIFICATION 1 WILL BE INCORPORATED AND MAY BE VIEWED AT WWW.SAM.GOV

SEE THE ATTACHED SF 18 CONSTRUCTION WITH ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHICH ALL OFFERORS MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TO BE ELIGIBLE 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 RECEIPT.

CONSTRUCTION PURCHASE ORDER CLAUSES
(FIXED-PRICE)

UPDATED THROUGH FAC 2025-03 (JAN 2025)

FAR 36.204 Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects

The magnitude is: Less than $25,000.


UTILIZATION OF FEDCONNECT® FOR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
The Department of Commerce will utilize the FedConnect® web portal in administering this award. The contractor must be registered in FedConnect® and have access to the FedConnect® website located at https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect® questions please call the FedConnect® Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. There is no charge for registration in or use of FedConnect®.

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CAR 1352.215-72 Inquiries (Apr 2010)
OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS SOLICITATION IN WRITING VIA EMAIL TO kerri.coffey@noaa.gov QUESTIONS SHOULD BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN Friday, February 21, 2025. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract.
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FAR 52.236-27 Site Visit (Construction) (Feb 1995)
(a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.
(b) Site visits may be arranged during normal duty hours by contacting:
Name: Josh Davis
Phone: (385) 465-4701
Email: Joshua.Davis@noaa.gov
or
Name: Mike Kent
Phone: (805) 988-6615
Email: Mike.Kent@noaa.gov
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A site visit is highly recommended but not required. Offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award.

CAR 1352.213-70 Evaluation Utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures (APR 2010)
The Government intends to award a trade-off, firm fixed price purchase order resulting from this request for quotation to the responsible offeror whose quotation results in the best value to the Government, considering both price and non-price factors with payment terms of Net 30.

The evaluation will consider the Non-Price Technical Solution (Technical Approach, Capability, Experience and Past Performance) to be significantly more important than price. However, as quotes are determined to be more equal in the non-price evaluation factors, price becomes more important.

The Government reserves the right not to award a purchase order depending on the quality of the quote(s) submitted and the availability of funds.

The Government may award to other than the lowest-priced Offeror or the Offeror with the highest technical rating if the Contracting Officer determines that to do so would result in the best value to the Government. The Government will not make an award at a significantly higher overall price to achieve only slightly superior performance capability.

The following factors are listed in or