MODIFICATION
S -- Provide landscape services at the U.S. Salinity Lab, in Riverside, CA - Amendment 1
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 561730
— Landscaping Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area, Area Office, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California, 94710-1105, United States
- ZIP Code
- 94710-1105
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SD-D-12-0060
- Archive Date
- 10/4/2012
- Point of Contact
- Louise L. Snitz, Phone: 510-559-6022
- E-Mail Address
-
louise.snitz@ars.usda.gov
(louise.snitz@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Revised SOW The following provision and clause are added to the combined synopsis/solicitation above. Also, a revised Statement of Work is posted. 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification. As prescribed in 23.406(a), insert the following provision: Biobased Product Certification (May 2012) As required by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (7 U.S.C. 8102(c)(3)), the offeror certifies, by signing this offer, that biobased products (within categories of products listed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 7 CFR part 3201, subpart B) to be used or delivered in the performance of the contract, other than biobased products that are not purchased by the offeror as a direct result of this contract, will comply with the applicable specifications or other contractual requirements. (End of provision) 52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts. As prescribed in 23.406(b), insert the following clause: Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (Jul 2012) (a) In the performance of this contract, the contractor shall make maximum use of biobased products that are United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-designated items unless- (1) The product cannot be acquired- (i) Competitively within a time frame providing for compliance with the contract performance schedule; (ii) Meeting contract performance requirements; or (iii) At a reasonable price. (2) The product is to be used in an application covered by a USDA categorical exemption (see 7 CFR 3201.3(e)). For example, all USDA-designated items are exempt from the preferred procurement requirement for the following: (i) Spacecraft system and launch support equipment. (ii) Military equipment, i.e., a product or system designed or procured for combat or combat-related missions. (b) Information about this requirement and these products is available at http://www.biopreferred.gov. (c) In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall- (1) Report to the environmental point of contact identified in paragraph (d) of this clause, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, on the product types and dollar value of any USDA-designated biobased products purchased by the Contractor during the previous Government fiscal year, between October 1 and September 30; (2) Submit this report no later than- (i) October 31 of each year during contract performance; and (ii) At the end of contract performance; and (3) Contact the environmental point of contact to obtain the preferred submittal format, if that format is not specified in this contract. (d) The environmental point of contact for this contract is: Louise L. Snitz (510)559-6022 louise.snitz@ars.usda.gov (End of clause)
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/ARS/PWAO/AG-32SD-D-12-0060/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, 450 W Big Springs Road, Riverside, California, 92507-4614, United States
- Zip Code: 92507-4614
- Zip Code: 92507-4614
- Record
- SN02883443-W 20120916/120915000429-5dbdc8ab3c38b6fb8a9ba04756b4994c (fbodaily.com)
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