2020 1209 FINAL SB Geotech IDIQ Synopsis 21R0011.pdf

Synopsis:

Solicitation No. W91238-21-R-0011

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) A-E Contract for Geotechnical-

Focused Engineering, Investigation & Design Services in Support of South Pacific

Division - Wide Dam & Levee Safety Programs

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Contracts are being procured in accordance with the

Brooks Architect-Engineer (A-E) Act as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) Subpart 36.6. The Government anticipates awarding at least three contracts.

A-E services are required to provide a wide spectrum of geotechnical-focused needs, for primarily, Civil Works Projects (the primary needs); but also secondarily, for Military, Military Construction (MILCON), Interagency and International Services (IIS), and

Hazardous, Toxic, Energy Resilience Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) requirements, and Radioactive Wastes (HTRW) projects (the secondary needs). Projects will be located within the South Pacific Division’s Civil Works boundaries of CA, NV, AZ, NM, UT, and portions of OR, ID, CO, TX, and WY, and the military boundaries of

CA, NV, UT, NM, and AZ.

The selection criteria for the A-E firms selected for contracts will emphasizes the primary geotechnical services needed, but also may consider the secondary needs.

This procurement will be conducted under FSC Code: C219; NAICS Code: 541330. The size standard for this code is $16,500,000.00. To be considered a Small Business under this NAICS Code, the respondent’s average revenue for the last three years cannot be more than $16,500,000.00. This announcement is restricted to only firms that qualify as a small business for NAICS Code: 541330.

This will proceed as a 100% small business set-aside. Solicitations will be issued to the most highly qualified firms based on the response to this synopsis. The Government intends to negotiate and award three (3) contracts within one year after the required response date to this synopsis.

Contracts will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs). The MATOCs will have a period of performance of up to five (5) years, consisting of a base contract period of three (3) years and an option to extend the contract period by an additional two (2) years. The MATOCs will share a total combined capacity of $20,000,000.00.

Selection for task order awards will be made in accordance with U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers (USACE) Director’s Policy Memorandum (DPM) 2020-02, dated 03 Mar 20, Subject, Procedures for the Selection of Task Orders on A-E IDC Contracts. All awardees will be given a fair opportunity to be considered for each task order award in excess of $3,500.00. When a task order is to be awarded under these IDC contracts, the

Contracting Officer shall notify all the A-E firms within the MATOC pool by the issuance of a Task Order Requirement Notice (TORN). The TORN shall include a short summary of the scope of work, selection criteria, and a Request for Supplemental

Information tailored to the specific task order requirement. Information requested in the

TORN is intended to supplement existing information and as such will focus on information required to effectively evaluate each firm relative to the specific task order requirement. All firms who are sent a TORN will be promptly notified upon a selection decision. Details of the selection process will be included in the resultant contracts. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.1) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to employee’s office location (not the location of the work). Firms should indicate personnel and subcontractors selected to work on the contract and state their management structure. At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance must be performed by the small business firm selected for award in accordance with 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

To be eligible for contract award a firm or joint venture must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Register via the Internet Site at https://www.BETA.sam.gov. Note that a firm need not be registered to submit SF330s in response to this synopsis. When the highly qualified selected firms are notified and issued

Requests for Price Proposals (RFPP) (i.e., a solicitation), firms should have a reasonable time in which to register in the SAM. This notwithstanding, it is solely the firms responsibility to register in SAM and be registered in SAM prior to submission of a price proposal. If a firm or joint venture is currently registered in SAM, the response to this announcement should include the applicable Commercial and Government Entity Code

(CAGE).

Contractor Performance Evaluations: In accordance with FAR Subpart 36.604 -

Performance Evaluation, A-E contractor’s performance shall be evaluated throughout the performance of the contract. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) follows the procedures outlined in EP 715-1-7 to fulfill this FAR requirement.

Performance evaluations will be prepared in the Contractor Performance Assessment

Reporting System (CPARS), which is a web-based system. Note that the Architect-

Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS) is obsolete. An update to

EP 715-1-7, Chapter 6 is forthcoming and will reflect the change from ACASS to

CPARS. Past performance evaluations shall be prepared for each architect-engineer services contract of $35,000 or more. A final evaluation will be prepared for each task order exceeding $35,000.00. For this procurement, the evaluation shall be prepared after acceptance of the A-E product on each task order. Past performance evaluations may also be prepared for contracts below $35,000. After an evaluation (interim or final) is written up by the USACE, the contractor will have the ability to access, review and comment on the evaluation for a period of 30 days. Accessing and using CPARS requires specific software, called Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certification, which is installed on the user’s computer. The certification is a Department of Defense requirement and was implemented to provide security in electronic transaction. The certification software could cost approximately $100-$120 per certificate per year and is purchased from

External Certificate Authorities (ECA) vendors. Current information about the PKI certification process and for contracting vendors can be found on the web site http://www.cpars.gov. If the contractor wishes to participate in the performance evaluation process, access to CPARS and PKI certification is the sole responsibility of the Contractor.

2. PROJECTS INFORMATION:

Architectural-Engineering (A-E) services are required for wide geotechnical design services primarily for Civil Works Projects needs, which may also include construction phase services, and, secondarily, for the secondary needs for projects including Military, Military Construction (MILCON), Interagency and International Services (IIS), and

Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Wastes (HTRW) projects. The primary emphasis and selection criteria for A-E services will focus on the geotechnical aspects of Civil Works

Projects and Civil Engineering Design efforts. Projects will primarily be located within the South Pacific Division’s civil works boundaries of CA, NV, AZ, UT, and portions of

OR, ID, CO, TX and WY and the military boundaries of CA, NV, UT, NM and AZ. The contracts may also be used by other Districts within South Pacific Division (Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Border District, and Albuquerque Districts) to encompass the entire South Pacific Division geographical area of responsibility.

Task orders under this contract may include, but are not limited to:

Full service interdisciplinary design of new or remediation of existing structures, to include feasibility level design thru preparation of plans and specifications for construction. Design experience will be evaluated to determine ability to design features such as: dams, levees, foundation improvement, seepage and stability berms, cutoff walls, relief wells, dewatering, bank protection, and other geotech-centric infrastructure projects.

Engineering Reports (Feasibility Studies, Design Documentation Reports (DDR), Engineering Considerations and Information for Field Personnel (ECIFP), Operation and Maintenance Manual (O&M), and other engineering reports.

Risk assessments (quantitative and qualitative, including economic and life loss consequences).

Investigations, data collection, and testing (surveying, bathymetry, photogrammetry, drilling, geophysics, pump tests, laboratory testing, and other methods of site characterization).

Data analysis (materials property development, seismicity and seismic analysis, seepage, soil and rock slope stability, blasting, erosion, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis to include physical modeling and other engineering analyses).

Alternatives analysis (including cost/benefit) to include cost estimates (M-

CACES);

Infrastructure inspections.

Project support efforts could include environmental and wetland assessments, wildlife and habitat assessments and historical assessments in accordance with National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) are included as potential project requirements. Construction phase services may also be required. Laboratory testing includes testing of disturbed and undisturbed soil and rock samples, using only Corps Materials Test Center certified laboratories.

The contractor shall be responsible for designs and drawings using computer aided design and drafting (CADD) and delivering the two or three-dimensional drawings. The

Government will only accept the final product for full operation, without conversion or reformatting. Work may be performed in the recent versions of AutoDesk AutoCAD or

Bentley MicroStation. Geographic Information System (GIS) work may be field, desktop or Internet based. Exploration borehole and other logs shall be prepared to Corps standards. All final text files generated under each task order shall be furnished to the

Sacramento District in Adobe Acrobat (PDF), with a working copy in Microsoft Office

MS Word. Drawing files and as-built drawings shall be submitted in AutoCAD or

MicroStation, in the same environment as designed, in accordance with- the current

Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (A/E/C) CADD Standard. Drawing files shall also be delivered in Portable Document Format (PDF). The specifications will be produced in SpecsIntact with the Extensible Markup Language (XML) using the Unified

Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS). Specification files shall also be delivered in

PDF electronic digital files. The Government will only accept final documents found to be fully operational without conversion or reformatting on the target platform specified.

Responding firms must show computer and Internet capability for accessing the Design

Review and Checking System (DrChecks) https://www.projnet.org. Estimates shall be prepared using Corps of Engineers Computer Aided Cost Estimating system (MCACES

Second Generation MII)(software provided by Government) software; however training to use this software and the current pending Cost Book library will require purchasing by the Contractor.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria” a” through “e” are primary. Criteria “f” through

“g” are secondary and will only be used as tiebreakers among equally rated firms.

a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence will be evaluated, in performing design for the primary civil works programs, including dam and levee safety work within the South Pacific Division boundaries in categories listed below. All of the following items listed under section 3 a. are weighted equally; provided however that significant work experience within the Sacramento District boundaries will be considered more favorably in determining the most highly qualified firms.

Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in performing the non-Civil

Works secondary needs may be beneficial but are not necessary.

Full service interdisciplinary design of new or remediation of existing structures, to include feasibility level design thru preparation of plans and specifications for construction. Design experience will be evaluated to determine ability to design features such as: dams, levees, foundation improvement, seepage and stability berms, cutoff walls, relief wells, dewatering, bank protection, and other geotech-centric infrastructure projects.

Engineering Reports (Feasibility Studies, Design Documentation Reports (DDR), Engineering Considerations and Information for Field Personnel (ECIFP), Operation and Maintenance Manual (O&M), and other engineering reports.

Risk assessments (quantitative and qualitative, including economic and life loss consequences).

Investigations, data collection, and testing (surveying, bathymetry, photogrammetry, drilling, geophysics, pump tests, laboratory testing, and other methods of site characterization).

Data analysis (materials property development, seismicity and seismic analysis, seepage, soil and rock slope stability, blasting, erosion, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis to include physical modeling and other engineering analyses).

Alternatives analysis (including cost/benefit) to include cost estimates (M-

CACES);

Infrastructure inspections.

b. Professional Personnel will be evaluated. Qualified professional personnel who are certified, registered, and highly trained in the following key disciplines:

Geotechnical Engineering, Geology, Civil Site Engineering, Structural Engineering, Geophysics, Hydrogeology, Seismology, Blasting Technology, and Project

Management will be evaluated. Given the primary needs of this MATOC for Civil

Works, personnel with relevant embankment evaluation and design of both levees and dams will be considered more favorably in determining the most highly qualified firms. The evaluation will weigh equally; education, training, registration, longevity with the firm, other relevant dam & levee safety experience, and civil works design. Qualified personnel for the non-Civil Works needs may be beneficial but are not required.

c. Past Performance will be evaluated. Past performance on Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense (DOD) and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedule, as determined by

CPARS/ACASS and other sources will be evaluated. Additionally, Past

Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) may be used to provide or supplement a firm's past performance with other than U.S. Government clients. The Government prefers

PPQs to be consistent with the projects submitted for section 3 a. Specialized

Experience and Technical Competence. PPQ's may be submitted for up to five (5) projects. Firms which choose to use the PPQ may do so by using the attached PPQ form and providing it in your SF330. Past performance on project used to demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence will be weighed most heavily.

d. The Work Management of the offerors will be evaluated. Information about the offeror’s actual or planned Work management plan that describes in detail the approach to completing tasks orders will be evaluated. The evaluation will consider how personnel are assigned, how sub-consultants are integrated into the team, internal quality management processes, and internal/external communication protocols. Plans that clearly demonstrate sound internal quality management processes (examples include: quality management of team products, sub-consultant products, version control, comment tracking, independent reviews) and effective internal communication protocols will be considered more favorably in determining the most highly qualified firms.

e. Knowledge of the Locality will be evaluated. Examples include knowledge of geologic features, climatic conditions or local construction methods that are unusual or unique.

f. The Volume of DOD contract awards received in the last 12 months will be evaluated.

g. The government will evaluate the extent of participation of Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business (HUBZone), Veteran-

Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small

Business (SDVOSB) in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated efforts.

4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested Architect-Engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit an original and FOUR (4) completed SF 330 (8/2016) Part I, and an original and FOUR (4) copies of the SF 330

Part II for the prime firm and all consultants/ subcontractors including related services questionnaires regarding past performance on non-Government projects to the office shown below, ATTN: A-E Contracting Section.

The SF 330 shall not exceed 200 single pages (100 pages if double sided) 8 ½ x 11, not counting the cover letter, table of contents or any dividing page used to identify each SF

330 Section. Font size will be 10 or 12 font in either Times New Roman, Arial or

Courier. No more than (3) three 11 x 17 pages for organization charts. Font size for tables, figures or charts is at the discretion of the submitter, but it must be legible and large enough to be easily read by the reviewer.

Provide the information required to inform the government of the matters to be evaluated as disclosed in parts 3 a. through 3 g. above. In block D of the SF 330, provide the quality management plan and organization chart for the proposed team. In block E of the

SF 330 provide resumes for all key team members, whether with the prime firm or a subcontractor; list specific project experience for key team members; and indicate the team members role on each listed project (i.e. project manager, design engineer, etc.). In block H of the SF 330 indicate the number and amount of fees awarded on DoD (Army, Navy, and Air Force) contracts during the 12 months prior to this notice, including change orders and supplemental agreements for the submitting office only.

A task specific quality control plan must be prepared and approved by the Government as a condition of contract award, but is not required with this submission.

In addition to all the hard copies of the SF 330s and attachments, ONE (1) additional portable document format (PDF) copy, stating the solicitation number and the firm’s name must be submitted electronically. The electronic digital submission shall not exceed 20 Megabytes (MB). They must be sent to the following three (3) email addresses: Harold.Williamson@usace.army.mil, Jin.Kim@usace.army.mil and

Greg.L.Treible@usace.army.mil.

The most highly qualified firm(s) may be required to provide interviews prior to final selection and will be advised accordingly.

Responses received by the close of business (4:00 pm Pacific Time (PT)) January 11, 2021 will be considered for selection. No other notification will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposals. All responsible sources may submit the required SF 330, which shall be considered by the agency.

Contracting Office Address:

US Army Engineer District, Sacramento, 1325 J. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Place of Performance:

US Army Engineer District, Sacramento 1325 J. Street, Sacramento CA 95814

5. OFFERORS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS:

Prospective respondents should submit inquiries related to this synopsis in accordance with the following:

For information related to amendments, and the dates set for bid opening, please check https://beta.sam.gov/.

All inquiries are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at https://www.projnet.org/projnet.

To submit and review bid inquiry items, respondents will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register go to the aforementioned web page mailto:Harold.Williamson@usace.army.mil mailto:Jin.Kim@usace.army.mil mailto:Greg.L.Treible@usace.army.mil http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ http://www.projnet.org/projnet and click on the QUICK ADD link. Select agency as USACE, and enter the Bidder

Inquiry Key for this solicitation listed below, your e-mail address, and then click continue. Fill in all required information and click Add User. From this page you may view all bidder inquiries or add an inquiry. Bidders will receive an acknowledgement of their question via e-mail, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed.

The Solicitation Number is: W9123821R0011

The Bidder Inquiry Key is: AMHT53-AVZ86G.

The Bidder Inquiry System will be closed for new inquiries on December 31, 2020 in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and revise the synopsis, if necessary.

Respondents are requested to review the synopsis in its entirety, and review the Bidder

Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry.