FMC Rochester- Install Above Ground Tanks

What they want

• Remove two existing underground fuel storage tanks and their pumps, piping and electrical, and file the required forms with the state pollution agency (MPCA)
• Install one 4,000-gallon unleaded gasoline tank and one 2,000-gallon diesel above-ground tank, both double-wall with leak detection and overfill prevention
• Build reinforced concrete tank pads and a fuel dispenser island for two dispensers, with steel bollards around the tanks and the island
• Install two new dispensers (QTY 1 unleaded, QTY 1 diesel, each at least 22 gallons per minute), new fuel piping and hazardous-location electrical with emergency shutoffs
• Install an integrated fuel management and tank monitoring system (basis of design: OPW PV200 controller and Veeder-Root TLS-450 Plus gauge) and provide 70 fuel access devices
• Provide a temporary 1,000-gallon unleaded tank and a 500-gallon diesel tank with meters for the length of the project
• Test the systems, deliver as-built drawings, manuals and warranties, and give factory-certified training to at least 2 Bureau of Prisons employees
• Work inside an active prison: 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM weekdays, with badging, escorts and tool controls

What they'll judge offers on

• Price
• Technical Capability
• Past Performance

What to include when you submit

• Send pages 1, 2, 7 and 47-48 of the solicitation document
• Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the offer form: complete blocks 10 and 14 through 20c, with the signer's title in block 20a
• The address in block 14 must match your SAM registration; give your unique entity ID, tax ID, CAGE code and email in block 10
• Schedule page 7: fill in the unit price (JB = job) and amount; they must equal the total price written on line 17 of SF 1442
• Complete FAO-0021, the Business Management Questionnaire: commercial versus government work percentages, last three related contracts, a bank reference, and the percent of work your firm will do itself
• Acknowledge any amendments with the offer, using the methods in item 11 of Standard Form 30
• Include a scanned SF 24 bid bond with the seal visible; penal sum at least 20% of the bid price, not above $3 million
• Surety must match Treasury Circular 570, its liability limit must be a dollar amount, and the principal's details must match your SAM registration
• Offers must allow at least 90 calendar days for the Government to accept
• Prices must include all taxes; no tax exemption certificate will be issued

After award, you must have

• Performance and payment bonds, due within 10 calendar days after award From 15B41227Q00000001 Request for Quotes.pdf: 18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.
• Employees must pass BOP security clearance checks; documents go in through the prime contractor within 14 days of the notice to proceed From RCH_26Z4AM8_Install Above Ground Tanks_SOW CERS Review (1).pdf: Security clearance documents will only be accepted from the prime contractor.

Current contractor

No incumbent is named. The notice says this was previously solicited as 15B41226Q00000005 as a small business set aside.

Not in the notice text

• Part of the main solicitation document (about 68,000 characters, including the bonds, insurance, magnitude and liquidated-damages terms) was left out here, and the wage rates file is attached but could not be read; check both on SAM.gov.
• The wage rates file named MN20260081 is attached but not read; the construction wage rate clause 52.222-6 (Davis-Bacon wage rule) is listed, so check the posted wage determination.
• Required insurance amounts (FAO-0003) and any liquidated damages rate are in the left-out part.
• A site map and drawings were to be added; the posted specifications are the only design documents seen here.
• The earlier question-and-answer file is titled for solicitation 15B41226Q00000006, while the notice names 15B41226Q00000005 as the earlier solicitation.