Site work for a laboratory facility in Berkeley, California. Completed plans call for site work for a laboratory facility.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Pacific West Area Office has a construction requirement for Repair of Fencing at USDA ARS PWA WRRC 800 Buchanan Street Albany, CA. The Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, supplies, transportation and supervision performing all required work in accordance with the plans and specifications for this requirement. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204 the magnitude of this construction project is $25,000.00 or less. The requirement will be a Total Small Business Set Aside, under NAICS Code 238990 with a size standard of $16.Sm. All offerors shall be registered with the System for Award Management Registration per FAR Clause 52.204-7 and 52.204-8. See attachments SF18, Terms and Conditions, SOW, DCA Wages, SF 371 and SF 372 QUOTE SCHEDULE In order to be considered responsive, a Quote must propose on all items in the quantities stated in the schedule. B.2 SCOPE OF WORK The USDA ARS requires that all labor, supervision, tools, and materials be provided to repair fencing at USDA ARS PWA WRRC Albany, CA. All work shall be performed in accordance with the terms, conditions, drawings and specifications contained in this document. B.3 SCHEDULE OF ITEMS CLIN # Description Price/Cost 0001 Repair Fence in WRRC-Albany, CA $ B.4 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 45 calendar days after notice to proceed. B.5 ADDITIONAL QUOTER INFORMATION Quote MUST be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, Wednesday June 22, 2022. Quote must be in writing and emailed to: rob.risch@usda.gov Quote MUST BE ANNOTATED AS SUCH AND REFERENCE THE SOLICITATION NUMBER. SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION/WORK STATEMENT C.1 STATEMENT OF WORK/SPECIFICATIONS (AGAR 452.211-72) (FEB 1988) The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities (except as otherwise specified), to perform the Statement of Work/Specifications referenced in Section J. C.2 ATTACHMENTS TO STATEMENT OF WORK/SPECIFICATIONS (AGAR 452.211-73) (FEB 1988) The attachments to the Statement of Work/Specifications listed in Section J are hereby made part of this solicitation and any resultant contract. Bid Guarantee: A bid guarantee is not required for quotes less than $150K. If a quote is above $150K, a bid guarantee is required in an amount not less than 20 percent of the proposed price but shall not exceed $3,000,000 (for quotes of $35,000 or more). Failure to furnish the required bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for receipt of quotes, shall require rejection of the quote in all cases except those listed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 28.101-4. Bid Bonds must be provided using Standard Form 24 (see FAR 28.106-1) electronic versions of Bid Guarantee will be accepted. Individual sureties have to be acceptable to the Contracting Officer (see FAR 28.203) and be accompanied by Standard Form 28 Affidavit of Individual Surety. Other forms of offer security are acceptable as denoted in solicitation provision FAR Part 28.203-2. The cost of a Bid Guarantees will not be reimbursed. After award, in accordance with Contract Clause 52.228-15, and FAR 28.102, Contractors are reminded that any amount awarded over $35,000.00 shall require a Payment Bond (SF 25A), and awards exceeding $150,000.00 shall require both Payment and Performance Bonds (SF 25). Payment and Performance bonds are due no later than 10 days after notification of award. Performance and Payment bonds will be required after award should they meet the threshold per FAR 28.102. As a general reference, payment bonds are needed for all quotes above $35K and performance bonds are needed above $150K. Bid Bond Guarantees are also required when the quote is above $150K. (c) Site visit - see Section L.4, clause 52.236-27 for site visit date and time. (d) All questions pertaining to this Request for Quote, including questions that arise during the site visit, must be submitted to rob.risch@usda.gov 9:00 a.m. PDT, Friday June 17, 2022. Questions that are not submitted in writing or that are not submitted by this deadline above may not receive a response. Questions/answers discussed at the site visit will not be binding on the resultant contract unless submitted in writing. (e) The following will be made part of the contract upon award: The contractor is required to submit copies of all payrolls. The prime contractor is responsible for the submission of copies of payrolls by all subcontractors. This information may be submitted in any form. The optional form WH-347 from the Department of Labor may be used and is available at: http://www.dol.gov/libraryforms/forms/ESA-WHD/Form_WH-347.pdf