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The International Boundary and Water Commission is seeking a price quote for a 73/20 TONS Gantry Crane Assessment as per Scope of Work attached with this solicitation.

73/20 TONS Gantry Crane Assessment for the USIBWC Falcon Field Office, located at PO Box, 1 FM 2098 Reservoir Rd., Falcon Heights, TX 78545.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 333923 Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is 1,250 employees.

The government will award to the lowest price, technically acceptable, responsible offeror.

The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred because of this request for proposal.

Active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI number) must be included with your offer.

Quote Due Date: Submit quote via email by 3:00p MST by September 14, 2023 to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov

Submit questions via email by 3p MST by September 8, 2023 to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov

Site visits are encouraged. Please contact Mr. Edi Delgado at edi.delgado@ibwc.gov and coordiate diretly with him with a copy to me. Site visits will close on 9/6/23 by 3p MST.

After this date, questions might not be responded.

Quote shall be good for 90 days.

Provide approximate start date.

This RFQ must be quoted all or none as per CLIN Structure and SOW with Specifications attached.

CLIN Structure attached SHALL be returned with your offer.

NOTE: The Federal Government is Tax Exempt

Payment information:

The Contractor will be paid in accordance with FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management (October 2018). Invoices must be submitted via the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP).

Invoice Processing Platform

The U.S. Section International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has transitioned to an electronic invoicing system. The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is a secure, web-based system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.

Information concerning accessing the IPP system will be provided at time of award.

If you have any questions, please contact me via email ONLY at angelica.baca@ibwc.gov

Attachments:

SOW with Specifications

CLIN Structure

Wage Determination

8/21/23 Q&A:

SOW, section 2.1:

item 22; Inspect for Alignment and Level of current rail crane mounted on the building concrete structure

does this SOW require a formal rail survey to be performed or is the intent only to be a visual inspection of the rail

system? The Contractor shall determine means and methods required to provide an assessment that meets the

objective of the Performance Work Statement.

item 23; Inspect Building Infra Structure where crane is mounted inside the building

Does the SOW for this project require a civil engineer inspection of the building? The Contractor shall determine means

and methods required to provide an assessment that meets the objective of the Performance Work Statement.

Is this structural inspection of the building only required at the crane runway and the areas directly attached to the

building or the entire building structure? It is required for the building elements that transfer the crane forces to the

foundation.

Is the structural inspection to be visual only? The Contractor shall determine means and methods required to provide

an assessment that meets the objective of the Performance Work Statement.

8/25/23 MOD is issued to add "site visits are encouraged".

8/29/23 MOD is issued to add "Overhead Crane" attachment.

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