Attachment_2_Evaluation_Factors.pdf

Solicitation No. 1291S8-18-R-0018

Attachment 2 – Evaluation Factors

USDA/USFS A/E Multi Award IDIQ

EVALUATION FACTORS

1. Submissions of completed Standard Form 330 (SF 330) received in response to this notice will be evaluated by a government evaluation board in accordance with The Brooks Act, Public Law 92-582, the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) Part 36, and USDA/USFS Source Selection Procedures to determine the most highly qualified firms. In addition, evaluation of past performance, and experience may include information provided by the offeror, customer inquiries, government databases, and publicly available sources. Failure to provide requested data, accessible points of contact, or valid phone numbers could result in a firm being considered less qualified. Offerors are responsible for submitting past performance information with their final packages.

2. Selection Criteria: Each firm must demonstrate their (including subcontractors’) qualifications with respect to the selection criteria listed below. Evaluation criteria a, b, c, d, and e are of equal importance. SF-330s will be evaluated to determine the most highly qualified firm/team based on submitted SF-330 responses. Failure to provide requested data or comply with the instructions in this synopsis and SF-330 instructions could result in a firm considered being less qualified or eliminated from consideration. Specific evaluation criteria include:

a. Professional qualifications: For satisfactory performance of required services

b. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: State your firm’s experience and technical competence

c. Capacity: To accomplish the work in the required time

d. Past performance: On contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules

e. Geographic Location: Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project.

3. Selection Criteria Evaluation Factors:

a. Professional qualifications: For satisfactory performance of required services. The information provided in the SF-330, and other information gathered by the Government will be used to evaluate the general qualifications, and experience of the proposed team, including key personnel, and sub-contractors.

b. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: State your firm’s experience and technical competence. The Offeror shall provide specific information on completed projects which are similar in nature to Forest Service facilities described in this announcement. Offeror shall also provide other information on specialized experience and technical competence, including, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, the use of recovered materials, and historic preservation.

c. Capacity: To accomplish the work in the required time. The Offeror shall provide specific information supporting that their office, including subcontractors will have the capacity to perform multiple

Task Orders in addition to existing work load. Multiple Task Orders, up the maximum allowable under the contract may be placed at one time, and contract time for those Task Orders may run concurrently.

d. Past performance: On contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. The Offeror shall identify all contracts and subcontracts currently in process and completed by the Offeror’s firm in the past 3 years. Include contracts and subcontracts similar in nature and complexity to that required by this solicitation and contracts entered into with Federal, State and local governments and commercial customers. Provide additional specific information of recent relevant contracts which support past and present performance in the past 3 years.

Provide references who can confirm your past performance. For each relevant contract or reference, the

Offeror is requested to provide:

Agency/company and contact information (contact name, and phone number or email address)

Contract number and type (i.e. design, design-build, construction management)

A description of the project

Solicitation No. 1291S8-18-R-0018

Attachment 2 – Evaluation Factors

USDA/USFS A/E Multi Award IDIQ

Dollar value of contract

Period of Performance – include contract duration and completion date

A description any problems encountered and the efforts made to correct and prevent future occurrences

The Offeror may discuss past accomplishments and recognition that indicates the firm's ability to perform the work required by the contract.

Offerors with no record of relevant past performance will be evaluated neither favorably nor unfavorably.

e. Geographic Location: Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. The Offeror shall demonstrate proposed team is located near, or can readily meet with Forest Service personnel in the following service areas, namely, Northern California service area located in Redding California, Central California service area located in Nevada City California, Southern

California service area located in Arcadia California, and USFS Region 5 located in Vallejo California. The

Offeror shall demonstrate knowledge of areas the work may be performed; familiarity with the worksites in the area (including local historical facilities), and familiarity with the various types of worksites for which the Forest Service may require services, including administrative sites, research centers, work centers, training facilities (classrooms, training apparatus for fire fighters, IT training, etc.), bunkhouses, and historical buildings. The Offeror shall demonstrate knowledge of U.S. Forest Service Agency architecture, history and culture, and other architecture, history and culture that may be relevant to projects being designed in the area covered by the contract.

4. Evaluations

The following adjectival ratings will be used to evaluate the documentation submitted:

Outstanding Submittal meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements. Submittal contains multiple strengths and no weaknesses or deficiencies.

Good

Submittal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Submittal contains at least one strength and no deficiencies.

Acceptable Submittal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Submittal has no strengths or deficiencies.

Marginal Submittal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements.

Unacceptable

Submittal does not meet requirements and contains one or more deficiencies.

5. Evaluation and Award Statement

Technical Proposals, including Past Performance will be evaluated. Technical interviews (aka “discussions” per

FAR Part 36, not FAR Part 15) may be held with at least three of the most highly qualified firms as identified by the selection board. Upon review and approval of the selection report, the Contracting Officer will request prices from the 2-3 most highly qualified firm. An evaluation will be conducted to determine if prices offered are fair and reasonable or require price negotiations to be conducted. In the event a fair and reasonable price cannot be reached with the most highly qualified firm, the Contracting Officer may enter into negotiations with another firm on the selection report. A selection report indicating the final recommendations of the selection board will be prepared for review and approval by the Source Selection Authority.

An IDIQ Award will be made to the 2-3 most highly qualified firm for which a fair and reasonable price is negotiated and agreed to.

The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the

Government.