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Solicitation Document Continuation Block #14 of SF1442 (continued) Project No. 663-405 Solicitation No. 36C10F19B0006 Project Description: Parking Garage Correction Items & Mental Health Research Building Completion Items Location: VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division Campus, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108.

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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

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is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY is not extended.

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is required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office.

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B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) A00001 11-25-2019 663-405 36C10F Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (003C4E) 400 Mare Island way Suite 100 Vallejo

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94590 36C10F Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (003C4E) 400 Mare Island way Suite 100 Vallejo

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94590 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C10F19B0006 11-07-2018

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Solicitation Amendment A00001 on 36C10F19B0006, Project Number: 663-405, Parking Garage Correction Items Mental Health Research Building Completion Items at the VA SeattlePuget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108-1597.

1. The purpose of this solicitation amendment is to add additional language for submission requirements.

2. All bidders are required to acknowledge receipt of amendments to the solicitation found on block#19.

3. The solicitation due date remains unchanged.

4. Request for Clarification TOC Section 000100 question from Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc.

Governement Response: See the attached document labeled as "TOC Rev 01"

5. See the attached Pre-proposal Conference/Site Visit document labeled as "S04 Sign-in Sheet"

6. See the attached Pre-proposal Conference Power Point labeled as "S04_Pre-Bid Conference 36C10F19B0006 11 20 2019" Ronald Ferrer Contracting Officer

Solicitation Document Continuation Block #14 of SF1442 (continued) Project No. 663-405 Solicitation No. 36C10F19B0006 Project Description: Parking Garage Correction Items & Mental Health Research Building Completion Items Location: VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division Campus, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108.

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Notice to Bidders : Bidders shall affix price the each of the following bid item(s). Failure to do so shall be grounds for rejection of the bid as non-responsive. An award shall be made to that responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, will be the most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and price-related factors included in the invitation. Bidders shall provide a Total Lump Sum Bid for the Base Bid Item and Deductive Alternate Bid Items 01 NOT just the deductive dollar amount. In the event that all of the bids exceed available funding for the Base Bid, a single award will be made exclusively on Deductive Alternate Bid Item 01.

All documents for the solicitation are available at https://beta.sam.gov/ it is the contractor’s responsibility to check this site for amendments to the solicitation.

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO BIDDERS

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT OF BID

The bidder shall submit the following in response to this Invitation for Bids:

1. A completed and signed Standard Form 1442.

1. A completed copy of the Representations and Certifications (See FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications (MAR 2012)).

1. A fully executed bid bond.

1. Documentation of their safety record.

1. All forms and/or certifications as directed in the solicitation, including the specifications.

DETERMINATION OF NON- RESPONSIVENESS-BID:

All bids in response to this solicitation will be reviewed for responsiveness to the solicitation. Failure to provide documentation as outlined, at date and time set for bid opening or receipt of proposal, may deem the bid Non-Responsive. The government relies upon two primary mechanisms for avoiding nonresponsible contractors: responsibility determinations and exclusion (i.e., debarment and suspension).

DETERMINATIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

The Government shall conduct a determination of responsibility of the above-mentioned solicitation considering whether the prospective bidders meets certain legal standard specified on Federal Acquisition Regulations.

The Determination of Responsibility shall be conducted without discussion with all prospective bidders and shall evaluate all bids submit promptly and make an award to that is most advantageous to the Government that considers only price and the other price-related factors found in the solicitation.

The Government shall review all OSHA, EPA violation(s) before from all prospective bidders before making an award. The Government shall review adequate financial research resources tools to perform an assessment of a prospective bidders’ businesses’ financial health. The Government shall verify all prospective bidders’ bonds and the financial capacity to perform a project of this skill level and capacity before making a contract award.

Before awarding a contract in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, the contracting officer shall review the performance and integrity information available in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), (available at https://www.cpars.gov ), including FAPIIS information from the System for Award Management (SAM) Exclusions and the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS).

SDVOSB SET-ASIDE: Effective June 20, 2007, Public Law 109-461, the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 allow procurements to be set-aside for SDVOSBs and VOSBs. This procurement is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Bids are solicited only from SDVOSB concerns and bids received from concerns that are not SDVOSB concerns shall be rejected. In order to be considered, the firm must be registered on the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs VIP website (https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/) as a SDVOSB at the time of submission of their bid. No award will be made to a bidder that is not registered.

PLANS/DRAWINGS/SPECIFICATIONS: Drawings and specifications are attached in electronic format to this solicitation. Bidder’s are responsible for downloading and printing their own bid sets. The VA will not provide hard copies of the drawings and specifications to any Bidder’s. Contractors are responsible for ensuring that any construction document package used for bidding or construction is complete and up-to-date.

METRIC PRODUCTS: Products manufactured to metric dimensions will be considered on an equal basis with those manufactured using inch-pound units, providing they fall within the tolerances specified using conversion tables and contained in the latest revision of Federal Standard No. 376, and all other requirements of this document are met.

If a product is manufactured to metric dimensions and those dimensions exceed the tolerances specified in inch-pound units, a request should be made to the Contracting Officer, in writing, to determine if the product is acceptable. The Contracting Officer, in concert with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), will accept or reject the product.

TRAINING: All employees of the general contractor and subcontractors shall have the 10-hour OSHA certified construction safety course and/or other relevant competency training, as determined by the COTR with input from the ICRA (Infection Control Risk Assessment) team. The General Contractor’s competent person shall have completed the 30-hour OSHA certified construction safety course. Documentation of training shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer for review and approval prior to any work being performed. No ID badge will be issued to an employee who does not provide this documentation. There shall be no exceptions to this requirement.

NOTE: ALL QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI’S) REGARDING THIS SOLICITATION MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA E-MAIL TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER:Dominik.Gammon@va.gov); NO TELEPHONE QUESTIONS WILL BE RESPONDED TO. ALSO, DO NOT CONTACT THE ARCHITECT-ENGINEER OR VAMC SEATTLE REQUESTING INFORMATION DIRECTLY. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDDER QUESTIONS IS 2:00 PM (PST), December 02, 2019. RESPONSES TO RFI’S RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE WILL BE ISSUED AS PART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION.

PREPARATION OF BIDS: Bidders are responsible for any and all costs incurred for the preparation and submission of bids or proposals.

FAR Part 46.105 Contractor responsibilities.

(a) The contractor is responsible for carrying out its obligations under the contract by-

(1) Controlling the quality of supplies or services;

(2) Tendering to the Government for acceptance only those supplies or services that conform to contract requirements;

(3) Ensuring that vendors or suppliers of raw materials, parts, components, subassemblies, etc., have an acceptable quality control system; and

(4) Maintaining substantiating evidence, when required by the contract, that the supplies or services conform to contract quality requirements and furnishing such information to the Government as required.

(b) The contractor may be required to provide and maintain an inspection system or program for the control of quality that is acceptable to the Government (see 46.202).

(c) The control of quality by the contractor may relate to, but is not limited to-

(1) Manufacturing processes, to ensure that the product is produced to, and meets, the contract’s technical requirements;

(2) Drawings, specifications, and engineering changes, to ensure that manufacturing methods and operations meet the contract’s technical requirements;

(3) Testing and examination, to ensure that practices and equipment provide the means for optimum evaluation of the characteristics subject to inspection;

(4) Reliability and maintainability assessment (life, endurance, and continued readiness);

(5) Fabrication and delivery of products, to ensure that only conforming products are tendered to the Government;

(6) Technical documentation, including drawings, specifications, handbooks, manuals, and other technical publications;

(7) Preservation, packaging, packing, and marking; and

(8) Procedures and processes for services to ensure that services meet contract performance requirements.

(d) The contractor is responsible for performing all inspections and test required by the contract except those specifically reserved for performance by the Government (see 46.201(c)).

See attached document: S04_Pre-Bid Conference 36C10F19B0006 11 20 2019.

See attached document: S04-PS Prebid Sign in Sheet 112019.

See attached document: TOC Rev 01.

A.1 VAAR 852.243-70 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGES—SUPPLEMENT (SEP 2019)

The FAR clauses 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions; 52.243-4, Changes; and 52.243-5, Changes and Changed Conditions, are supplemented as follows:

(a) Submission of request for equitable adjustment proposals. When directed by the Contracting Officer or requested by the Contractor, the Contractor shall, in accordance with FAR 15.403-5, submit proposals for changes in the work exceeding $500,000 in writing to the Contracting Officer or Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), and to the resident engineer.

(1) The Contractor must provide an itemized breakdown for changes exceeding the micro-purchase threshold (see FAR 2.101).

(2) The itemized breakdown shall include materials, quantities, unit prices, labor costs (separated into trades), construction equipment, etc. Labor costs shall be identified with specific material placed or operation performed.

(3) Proposals shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer or ACO and the resident engineer as expeditiously as possible, but not later than 30 calendar days, after receipt of a written change order by the Contracting Officer.

(4) Proposals shall be signed by each subcontractor participating in the change.

(5) The Contracting Officer will consider issuing a settlement by determination to the contract if the Contractor's proposal required by paragraph (a)(3) of this clause is not received within the time period specified in paragraph (a)(3), or if agreement has not been reached.

(b) Paragraphs (a)(1) through (5) of this clause and the following paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) apply to proposals for changes in the work $500,000 or less:

(1) As a basis for negotiation, allowances not to exceed 10 percent each for overhead and profit for the party performing the work will be based on the value of labor, material, and equipment required to accomplish the change. As the value of the change increases, a declining scale will be used in negotiating the percentage of overhead and profit. This declining scale will also be used to negotiate the prime Contractor's or upper-tier subcontractor's fee when work is performed by lower-tier subcontractors (to a maximum of three tiers) and will be based on the net increased cost to the prime or upper-tier subcontractor, as applicable. Profit (fee) shall be computed by multiplying the profit percentage by the sum of the direct costs and computed overhead costs. Allowable percentages on changes will not exceed the following:

(i) 10 percent overhead and/or 10 percent profit (fee) on the first $20,000.

(ii) 7.5 percent overhead and/or 7.5 percent profit (fee) on the next $30,000.

(iii) 5 percent overhead and/or 5 percent profit (fee) on a balance over $50,000.

(2) The Contracting Officer will consider issuing a settlement by determination to the contract if the Contractor's proposal required by paragraph (3) is not received within 30 calendar days, or if agreement has not been reached.

(c)(1) Overhead and Contractor's fee percentages shall be considered to include insurance other than mentioned herein, field and office supervisors and assistants, security police, use of small tools, incidental job burdens, and general home office expenses and no separate allowance will be made. Assistants to office supervisors include all clerical, stenographic and general office help. Incidental job burdens include, but are not necessarily limited to, office equipment and supplies, temporary toilets, telephone and conformance to OSHA requirements. Items such as, but not necessarily limited to, review and coordination, estimating and expediting relative to contract changes are associated with field and office supervision and are considered to be included in the Contractor's overhead and/or fee percentage.

(2) Where the Contractor's or subcontractor's portion of a change involves credit items, such items must be deducted prior to adding overhead and profit for the party performing the work. The Contractor's fee is limited to the net increase to Contractor or subcontractors' portions of cost computed in accordance with this clause.

(3) Where a change involves credit items only, a proper measure of the amount of downward adjustment in the contract price is the reasonable cost to the Contractor if it had performed the deleted work. A reasonable allowance for overhead and profit are properly includable as part of the downward adjustment for a deductive change. The amount of such allowance is subject to negotiation.

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