36C10F20R0042.docx

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8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

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b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Title, identifying number, date) 12a. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS?

(If "YES," indicate within how many calendar days after award in Item 12B.)

12b. CALENDAR DAYS

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014)

STANDARD FORM 1442

Prescribed by GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 52.236-1(d)

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

SOLICITATION

SOLICITATION

IMPORTANT - The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror.

9. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance within ____________ calendar days and complete it within calendar days after receiving award, notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory negotiable. (See _____________________________).

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Sealed offers in original and ___________________copies to perform the work required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by _____________ (hour) local time _____________________ (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time. Sealed envelopes containing offers shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, the date and time offers are due.

b.

An offer guarantee is, is not required.

c.

All offers are subject to the (1) work requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference.

d.

Offers providing less than _______________________ calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

36C10F20R0042

X 07-02-2020

818-032

003C4 Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (00C3C4B) 425 I Street NW Washington DC 20001

Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (003C4B) ATTN: Athena Jackson 425 I Street, NW Washington DC 20001 Athena Jackson 202-632-5751 The Department of Veteran Affairs, CFM, intends to award a Construction Contract for Project No. 818-032 for the Massachusetts National Cemetery Phase 4 Expansion, Connery Avenue, Bourne, MA. Provide all labor, materials, equipment and supervision for the construction project in accordance with the solicitation, specifications, drawings, wage rates, and other documents.

This solicitation is being issued as a tiered evaluation for SDVOSB concerns, or in the alternative, a tiered evaluation for VOSB concerns, or in the alternative, a Set-Aside for other small business concerns with HUBZone and 8(a) participants having priority, or in the alternative, large business concerns.

SDVOSBs are given the highest preference in the tiered evaluation. See Evaluation Methodology, Tiered Evaluation, Pages 13-14.

All SDVOSB and VOSB firms must be verified in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov) by the proposal due date and time.

NAICS 237990 Size $39.5M - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.

Magnitude for this project is between $20,000,000.00 and $50,000,000.00.

SITE VISIT: Site Visit date is 7/14/20. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES MUST PROVIDE THE PROJECT MANAGER AND CONTRACTING OFFICER WITH A LIST OF NAMES OF PERSONS THAT WILL ATTEND THE SITE VISIT NO LATER THAN 7/9/20, 4:00 PM EDT.

There will be three small tours conducted at 9:30 AM EDT, 11:00 AM EDT; AND 1:00 PM EDT.

Send the list of names and preferred time to Lori.hoden@va.gov and Athena.jackson@va.gov.

Request for Information (RFI) cut-off date and time is 7/17/20 at 4:00 PM EDT.

CONTRACTORS WILL BE REQUIRED To ELECTRONICALLY SUBMIT THE PROPOSAL BY EMAIL TO Athena.jackson@va.gov.

BID BOND shall be included in emailed proposal and original bid bond mailed to the address in Block 8, ATTN: Athena Jackson, by the proposal due date and time.

Offerors shall include the Safety or Environmental Violations and Experience Modification Rating Information, including filling out the Contractor Safety and Environmental Record Evaluation Form.

All contractors and joint ventures must be registered in BETA.SAM x X

FAR 52.211-10

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1:00 PM

08-03-2020 X

14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR

15. TELEPHONE NUMBER

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

CODE

FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified below in strict accordance with the terms of the solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in writing within __________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

AMOUNTS

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

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DATE.

20a. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER 20b. SIGNATURE 20c. OFFER DATE

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT

23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN

ITEM

25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( 41 U.S.C. 3304(a) (

26. ADMINISTERED BY

27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

PHONE:

FAX:

28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

29. AWARD

Your Contractor agrees offer on this solicitation is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This to furnish and deliver all items or perform all work requirements identified award consummates the contract, which consists of (a) the Government on this form and any continuation sheets for the consideration stated in solicitation and your offer, and (b) this contract award. No further cont-this contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract ractual document is necessary.

shall be governed by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certifications, and specifications incorporated by reference in or attached to this contract.

30a. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31a. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

TO SIGN

30b. SIGNATURE 30c. DATE 31b. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31c. AWARD DATE

BY

OFFER

AWARD

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) BACK

(Include ZIP Code) (Include area code) (Include only if different than Item 14.)

(Insert any number equal to or greater than the minimum requirement stated in Item 13d. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13d.)

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each) (Type or print) (4 copies unless otherwise specified) (Type or print) (Type or print) (Contractor is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to issuing office.)

(Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

(Must be fully completed by offeror) (To be completed by Government)

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

SEE SCHEDULE FOR LINE ITEMS.

101F Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management 425 I Street NW Washington DC 20001

FMS-VA-2(101)

Financial Services Center PO Box 149971 Austin TX 78714-9971

Athena Jackson Contracting Officer

general construction, alterations, roads, walks, grading, drainage, mechanical and electrical work, utility systems, water storage facilities, necessary removal of existing structures and construction and certain of other items and all other work necessary to construct the project.

TOTAL CLIN 001 thru 009:

Evaluation of Alternates – The Government intends to award a single contract for CLIN 001-CLIN 002 at the time of award. Add Alternates may also be awarded if there is available funding. Add Alternates are listed in the order of priority. Add Alternates will be awarded in accordance with VAAR Clause 852.236-92.

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INFORMATION REGARDING BIDDING MATERIAL, BID GUARANTEE AND BONDS

(a) Hard copies of bidding documents will not be provided. The solicitation, all bidding documents, subsequent solicitation amendments, award notification, and all other solicitation related information will be posted to the website https://beta.sam.gov/ (Contract Opportunities).

(b) A bid guarantee is required in an amount not less than 20 percent of the bid price but shall not exceed $3,000,000. Failure to furnish the required bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for receipt of proposals, will require rejection of the bid in all cases except those listed in FAR 28.101-4, and may be cause for rejection even then.

Offerors shall submit an original bid bond complete with original signatures, original notary stamps, & corporate seals.

The BID BOND shall be included in the emailed proposal and the hard copy mailed to the address in Block 8 of the SF 1442 by the proposal due date and time.

(c) The bidder to whom award is made will be required to furnish two bonds, a Payment Bond, SF 25A, and a Performance Bond, SF 25, each in the penal sum as noted in the General Conditions of the Specification. Copies of SFs 25 and 25A may be obtained upon application to the issuing office.

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INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO BIDDERS/OFFERORS

PART I – GENERAL

1. Request for Proposal.

This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with FAR Part 15. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the “best value” to the Government utilizing the Lowest Price-Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. Evaluation Factors include Past Performance, Relevant Experience, and Construction/Project Management contained in Volume I (Non-Price Factors) and Price contained in volume II (Price).

In order to be eligible for award, a rating of ACCEPTABLE must be achieved for ALL FACTORS in Volume I (Non-Price Factors).

A responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.1, Responsible Prospective Contractors. All proposals shall be subject to evaluation by a team of Government personnel.

In accordance with FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offeror-Competitive Acquisition, The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offerors initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

If the Offeror communicates in its proposal any qualifications, exceptions, exclusions, or conditions to the proposed prices in the Offerors proposal documents, the Contracting Officer may reject the proposal and exclude the Offeror from further consideration.

2. Gender: Whenever the feminine gender is used in this solicitation and contract documents, it shall be considered to include masculine.

3. The Government makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of the electronic copies of drawings.

4. Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.beta.SAM.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting their proposal.

5. Mailing List: Offerors are encouraged to enter their contact information in the Contracting Opportunities website at https://beta.sam.gov/.

6. Amendments: Amendments to Solicitation No.36C10F20R0042 will be posted at https://beta.sam.gov/. Paper copies of the amendments will NOT be individually mailed. By registering to Receive Notification list at https://beta.sam.gov/, you will be notified by e-mail of any new amendments that have been issued and posted. No other notification of amendments will be provided. Potential Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging any amendments to the solicitation. Failure to acknowledge an amendment may result in your proposal being considered non-responsive.

7. A public bid opening will not occur under this RFP solicitation.

8. VETS 4212: Title 38, USC Section 4212(d) and Public Law 105-339, requires that federal contractors report, at least annually, the number and category of veterans who are within their workforce. Submission of the VETS 4212 reporting information can be done electronically at: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212. FAR 22.1303(c) states The Act requires submission of the VETS-4212 Report in all cases where the contractor or subcontractor has received an award of $150,000 or more, except for awards to State and local governments, and foreign organizations where the workers are recruited outside of the United States.

9. Contractor CPARS.

(a) As prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 42.1502, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) evaluates contractor past performance on all contracts that exceed $700,000 and shares those evaluations with other Federal Government contract specialists and procurement officials. The FAR requires that the contractor be provided an opportunity to comment on past performance evaluations prior to each report closing. To fulfill this requirement VA uses online databases located at the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) website http://www.cpars.gov/.

(b) Contracts. Except as provided in paragraphs (e), (f), and (h) of this section, agencies shall prepare evaluations of contractor performance for each contract that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold and for each order that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. Agencies are required to prepare an evaluation if a modification to the contract causes the dollar amount to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(c) Orders under multiple-agency contracts. Agencies shall prepare an evaluation of contractor performance for each order that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold that is placed under a Federal Supply Schedule contract or placed under a task-order contract or a delivery-order contract awarded by another agency (i.e., Governmentwide acquisition contract or multi-agency contract). Agencies placing orders under their own multiple-agency contract shall also prepare evaluations for their own orders. This evaluation shall not consider the requirements under paragraph (g) of this section. Agencies are required to prepare an evaluation if a modification to the order causes the dollar amount to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(d) Orders under single-agency contracts. For single-agency task-order and delivery-order contracts, the contracting officer may require performance evaluations for each order in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold when such evaluations would produce more useful past performance information for source selection officials than that contained in the overall contract evaluation (e.g., when the scope of the basic contract is very broad and the nature of individual orders could be significantly different). This evaluation need not consider the requirements under paragraph (g) of this section unless the contracting officer deems it appropriate.

(e) Past performance evaluations shall be prepared for each construction contract of $700,000 or more, and for each construction contract terminated for default regardless of contract value. Past performance evaluations may also be prepared for construction contracts below $700,000.

(f) Past performance evaluations shall be prepared for each architect-engineer services contract of $35,000 or more, and for each architect-engineer services contract that is terminated for default regardless of contract value. Past performance evaluations may also be prepared for architect-engineer services contracts below $35,000.

(g) Past performance evaluations shall include an assessment of the contractor's-

(1) Performance against, and efforts to achieve, the goals identified in the small business subcontracting plan when the contract includes the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan; and

(2) Reduced or untimely payments made to small business subcontractors, determined by the contracting officer to be unjustified.

10. Offeror shall include the Safety or Environmental Violations and Experience Modification Rating Information, including filling out Attachment Safety or Environment Violations and Experience Modification Rating.

1. All Offerors shall submit information pertaining to their past Safety and Environmental record. The information must contain a certification that the Offeror has no more than three (3) serious, or one (1) repeat or one (1) willful OSHA or any EPA violation(s) in the past three years. If such certification cannot be made, an Offeror shall explain why and submit as much information as possible regarding the circumstances of its past safety and environmental record, including the number of EPA violations and/or the number of serious, repeat, and/or willful OSHA violations, along with a detailed description of those violations.

2. All Offerors shall submit information regarding their current Experience Modification Rate (EMR). This information shall be obtained from the Offeror’s insurance carrier and be furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead. If an Offeror’s EMR is above 1.0, Offeror must submit a written explanation of the EMR from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead, describing the reasons for the elevated EMR and the anticipated date the EMR may be reduced to 1.0 or below.

3. Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide their EMR rating on insurance letterhead must obtain a rating from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) by completing/submitting form ERM-6 and providing the rating on letterhead from NCCI. Note: Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide EMR rating on insurance letterhead from the states or territories of CA, DE, MI, NJ, ND, OH, PA, WA, WY, and PR shall obtain their EMR rating from their state run worker’s compensation insurance rating bureau.

4. If the NCCI cannot issue an EMR because the Offeror lacks insurance history, Offeror shall submit a letter indicating so from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead, and include a letter from the NCCI indicating that is has assigned Offeror a Unity Rating of 1.0.

5. The above information, along with other information obtained from Government systems, such as the OSHA and EPA online inspection history databases, will be used to make an initial Determination of Responsibility.

6. This requirement is applicable to all subcontracting tiers, and prospective prime contractors are responsible for determining the responsibility of their prospective subcontractors.

*If the EMR rating for the subcontracting tiers cannot be provided at time of proposal submission, the prime contractor shall acknowledge this and provide as a submittal with the insurance and bonding requirements.

11. Pre-Proposal Inquiries & Requests for Information All requests for information or clarification must be submitted via email to: Athena.jackson@va.gov and cc Lori.hoden@va.gov by 7/17/2020 at 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Email subject line shall include Massachusetts National Cemetery RFP #: 36C10F20R0042.

The Government’s responses to RFI questions or comments will be posted to https://beta.sam.gov/ under RFP # 36C10F20R0042.

12. Proposal Due Date, Time & Place of Submission Proposals are due Monday, 08/03/2020 at 1:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). See OFFEROR SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS, below for instructions.

Late submissions will not be accepted. NO FAX proposals will be accepted. All submitted materials will become the property of the Government and will not be returned. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to make sure the proposal is received before the submission deadline.

13. Liquidated Damages In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 36.206, liquidated damages will be assessed for each calendar day required to complete the construction work on this project past the scheduled completion date. [$1,442.00 per day].

PART II – PROPOSAL INFORMATION

The purpose of this Contract is to secure the services of a General Contracting firm, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, to provide construction services for development of the project entitled, “Massachusetts National Cemetery Phase 4 Expansion Project No. 818-032”, located in Bourne, MA. Cost Range: $20,000,000.00 to $50,000,000.00.

The Statement of Work (SOW), in conjunction with the Specifications/Drawings, describes the work required necessary to the project for the VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM), 425 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001.

1.0 STATEMENT OF WORK

The purpose of this project is to enable an existing national cemetery to continue to provide burial services for eligible veterans in the southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island area. The Massachusetts National Cemetery is in Barnstable County on Cape Cod, approximately 65 miles southeast of Boston and adjacent to Otis National Guard Base with 749 acres of land donated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This site, adjacent to the Cap Edwards Military Reservation and near Otis Air National Guard, was developed by NCA as a national cemetery opening in October 1980.

This project will comprise the fourth construction phase of cemetery development and will primarily include the construction of additional burial facilities intended to provide 10 years of service on existing undeveloped land. The project will develop approximately 20 acres of land and will include approximately 12,000 gravesites including both casket and cremation sites in new burial sections.

Additionally the project responds to operational needs of the cemetery by the construction of a vehicle storage building of approximately 12,000 SF as well as various other repairs in and around the maintenance complex, repairs to existing columbarium units, the addition of a rostrum and assembly area, select road paving throughout the cemetery, expansion of the irrigation system, the addition of a cortege lane and information booth adjacent to the administration building as well as other repairs in and around the administration building. The period of performance is expected to be 730 calendar days from Notice to Proceed.

This project will provide for the following elements and features:

1. Interment Areas (Burial Sections):

1. Casketed Remains:

approximately 4,000 total pre-placed crypt full casket gravesites

- approximately 300 total over size pre-placed crypt full casket gravesites

- approximately 290 total traditional full casket gravesites

1. Cremated Remains:

- approximately 6,000 in-ground cremain sites

- approximately 1,500 columbarium niches

1. Access Roadway Expansion and roadway improvements

1. Construction of a rostrum and public assembly area

1. Restoration of existing columbarium niches

1. Grading, drainage, and landscaping

1. Signage and site furnishings

1. New irrigation well and well improvements

1. Extend irrigation into new burial sections compatible with existing system

1. GPS/GIS

1. Renovations to existing administration, maintenance and restroom facilities

1. Construction of an additional cortege lane

1. Construction of an information booth

1. Construction of a material storage facility

1. Construction of an equipment storage facility

1. Utilities as required

For each additive Alternate awarded, the following number of days shall be added to the Base bid contract duration:

Alt 1 Existing Maintenance Bay Expansion –0 calendar days

• Alt 2 Material Storage Building (3-BIN) –0 calendar days

• Alt 3 Roadway 1 –0 calendar days

• Alt 4 Maintenance Building – Restrooms –0 calendar days

• Alt 5 Metal Roof Replacement –0 calendar days

• Alt 6 Upgrade Irrigation Controllers –0 calendar days

• Alt 7 Hard Wire Solar Irrigation Controllers –0 calendar days

2.0 EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD:

A Technical Evaluation Board (TEB) shall evaluate the Offeror’s technical proposal using the following technical factors and subfactors:

2.1 Relevant Team Experience

3.1 Project Organization and Chart Narrative

Non-Technical Factor Factor 4 Price

3.0 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

Tiered Evaluation Offerors are advised that proposals will be grouped by the socioeconomic category based on the business size of the offeror that submits the proposal and that each proposal will only be evaluated once. Evaluation will take place in the highest tier for which the requirement is met. For example, a VOSB concern will only be evaluated in tier 2 and likewise, a Small Business concern will only be evaluated in tier 3. The tier chart is as follows:

The Government reserves the right to use any of the techniques outlined in FAR 15.404-1 to ensure award at a fair and reasonable price.

In accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 8127(h), the Contracting Officer will evaluate proposals received in response to this solicitation in the following order of priority:

(1) Offers, if any, submitted by SDVOSB concerns. If no offers were submitted by SDVOSB concerns, or if no offers are found to be technically acceptable, the Contracting Officer will withdraw the SDVOSB set-aside, and proceed to the next tier set-aside for VOSB concerns.

The lowest price technically acceptable offer for CLIN 0001 will be analyzed to determine price reasonableness. If none of the offers would result in award at a fair and reasonable price that offers the best value to the United States, the Contracting Officer will withdraw the SDVOSB set-aside and proceed to the next tier set-aside for VOSB concerns.

(2) Offers, if any, submitted by VOSB concerns. If no offers were submitted by VOSB concerns, or if no offers are found to be technically acceptable, the Contracting Officer will withdraw the VOSB set-aside, and proceed to the next tier set-aside Small Business concerns.

The lowest price technically acceptable offer for CLIN 0001 will be analyzed to determine price reasonableness. If none of the offers would result in award at a fair and reasonable price that offers the best value to the United States, the Contracting Officer will withdraw the VOSB set-aside and proceed to the next tier set-aside for Small Business concerns with HUBZone and 8(a) participants having priority.

(3) Offers, if any, submitted by other small business concerns with HUBZone and 8(a) participants having priority. If no offers were submitted by Small business concerns with HUBZone and 8(a) participants having priority, or if no offers are found to be technically acceptable, the Contracting Officer will proceed to the next tier for Large Business concerns.

The lowest price technically acceptable offer for CLIN 0001 will be analyzed to determine price reasonableness. If none of the offers would result in award at a fair and reasonable price that offers the best value to the United States, the Contracting Officer will withdraw the Small Business set-aside with HUBZone and 8(a) participants having priority, and proceed to the next tier set-aside for Large Business concerns.

(4) Offers, if any, submitted by Large Business concerns. If no offers were submitted by Large Business concerns, or if no offers are found to be technically acceptable, the Contracting Officer will cancel the solicitation.

The lowest price technically acceptable offer for CLIN 0001 will be analyzed to determine price reasonableness. If none of the offers would result in award at a fair and reasonable price that offers the best value to the United States, the Contracting Officer will cancel the solicitation.

4.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION RATING DEFINITIONS

VOLUME I, TECHNICAL FACTORS.

DEFINITIONS

Recency: “Recent”, for the sake of this solicitation, refers to construction project/contract work experience performed in the last five (5) years (between 2015 to 2020). Projects may be completed or “well underway”. A "well underway" construction project is at least 50-percent complete at the time of proposal submission.

Relevancy: “Relevant” experience is defined as construction contracts of a similar size (projects of 10 acres or larger and exceeding $15M in construction costs) and comparable level of complexity to the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Phase 4 Project. Relevant complexity aspects are identified as the examples in the bullets below. All examples identified below are of equal relevance.

· VA/NCA National Cemetery projects

· State/local/private cemetery projects

· Golf courses, national, state and regional parks, multiple sports-fields complexes or multi-phased recreation-oriented land development projects of 10 acres or larger

5.0 EVALUATION FACTORS

Technical qualifications evaluation factors consist of: (1) Past Performance, (2) Relevant Experience, and (3) Construction/Project Management.

FACTOR 1 - PAST PERFORMANCE

The Government will utilize the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) as a source for past performance data. The focus of the Government's PPIRS query will be for construction projects recently completed or “well underway” within the past 5 years.

Offerors shall provide the following.

1. Offerors shall submit Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) Forms (See Attachment 10) for no less than THREE (3), and no more than FIVE (5), construction contracts or “well underway” contracts. Each submitted Past Performance contract must meet Recency and Relevancy definitions as described in solicitation section entitled “TECHNICAL EVALUATION RATING DEFINITIONS”. Offerors shall have their project reference fill out a PPQ Form and email them directly to the Contracting Officer on or before the closing date of the RFP. For the Government to solicit candid, fair comments, the Government will not release the PPQ Form to the Offeror. The Offeror may supplement the PPQ with additional information at their discretion.

If a completed past performance evaluation is available in CPARS, it shall be submitted with the proposal for each project referenced for Past Performance. If there is not a completed past performance evaluation available in CPARS, then the Offeror shall submit a Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) (reference Attachment 10) for each project referenced for Past Performance. The Offeror shall notify their client that the PPQ shall be submitted via email to the Government’s point of contact, Athena.jackson@va.gov.

2. A listing of (no less than THREE (3), and no more than FIVE (5)) past performance project names and current points of contact (name, phone number, and email address) so the TEB may contact them directly if need be. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that the telephone numbers provided for the owner’s representative provided are accurate and that the representative is aware that the TEB may be contacting them regarding the questionnaire and the Offeror’s past performance.

Past performance evaluation results in an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. It considers each offeror’s demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in supplying products and services that meet the contract requirements. One past performance recency rating and one past performance relevancy rating will be assigned for each offeror after evaluating the offeror's recent past performance, focusing on performance that is relevant to the contract requirements. (see FAR 15.305). There are three aspects to the past performance evaluation:

Recency: Each contract will be assigned a rating of Recent or Not Recent.

Relevancy: Each project submitted for evaluation will be assigned a Relevancy Rating factor as defined in Section 4.0 Technical Evaluation Rating Definitions.”

Quality: “Quality” refers to how well the contractor performed on the recent and relevant past contracts. This process gathers and evaluates information from customers on how well the offeror performed those past contracts. The TEB shall identify the summary performance rating for each contract and identify, in narrative format, all past performance information that would bolster or diminish the Government’s confidence in the offeror’s ability to perform work on this contract.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Offeror provides Past Performance Questionnaires for at least three (3) completed construction contracts or “well underway” projects that are recent and relevant as defined in the TECHNICAL EVALUATION RATING DEFINITIONS for which the customer indicates that their overall satisfaction with the Offeror’s performance is Satisfactory or better.

NOTE: If no recent/relevant performance record is available, or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned, Past Performance will be identified as a Neutral with a Rating of Acceptable. In accordance with FAR Part 15.305(a)(2), such offerors may submit relevant past performance information regarding predecessor companies; key personnel who have relevant experience; or subcontractors that will be performing major or critical aspects of this requirement; provided that such information is relevant to the construction in this solicitation.

FACTOR 2 – RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Sub-Factor 2.1, Relevant Team Experience For the same projects identified in Factor 1, Offerors shall provide summaries for no less than Three (3), and no more than five (5) projects. The projects must demonstrate recent and relevant construction experience as defined in solicitation section entitled “TECHNICAL EVALUATION RATING DEFINITIONS”. A project performed by both the General Contractor and a key subcontractor/partner that demonstrates relevant construction experience will be counted as one relevant project.

Offerors must summarize the following information not to exceed two (2) pages for each project.

· Project title, location, and customer.

· Provide project statistics including start and completion dates (original vs actual) and project cost (original vs actual). If original vs actual completion dates and project cost differ, shall provide an explanation as to why they differ. If the project is in progress, state the percent complete.

· Describe, in detail, the relevance in scope to the Massachusetts National Cemetery Phase 4 project.

· Describe the project team composition including key personnel and subcontractors.

· Include the project's safety record (i.e. the number of lost time accidents/days)

· Provide project's Point of Contact (name, title, email, and phone number).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: The offeror provides summaries for no less than three projects demonstrating recent and relevant experience as defined in the TECHNICAL EVALUATION RATING DEFINITIONS and the summaries contain ALL information identified in the six bullets above (sub-factor 2.1).

Sub-Factor 2.2, Key Personnel

Offerors shall provide Resumes for each key person identified below including their relevant experience relevant to this solicitation in the role proposed. Resumes shall include summaries of past employment including company names, dates employed, position titles, and project assignments.

Resumes for additional key personnel may be provided, to include subcontractor key personnel, in order to demonstrate the team’s capability.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: The offeror provides resumes for all key personnel identified with no less than the minimum qualifications for each (sub-factor 2.2).

Project Manager:

Minimum Qualifications: 10 years of experience managing construction projects of a similar size and complexity to Massachusetts National Cemetery. A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related field.

Construction Superintendent:

Minimum Qualifications: 10 years of field superintendent experience and on-site management of construction work of a similar size and complexity to Massachusetts National Cemetery.

Quality Control Officer/Contractor Quality Control (CQC) System Manager:

Minimum Qualifications: The QCO/CQC System Manager is required to be a be an Engineer (Bachelor’s degree in Engineering), Architect (Bachelor’s degree in Architecture) or a bachelor’s degree in Construction Management and, have a minimum of five (5) years construction experience on construction similar to the scope of this contract; or In lieu of a degree, 10 years of construction experience on projects of similar size and complexity in positions cited in paragraph 1.5.1.2, Qualifications, of specification section 01 45 00 will be accepted for the Quality Control Officer.

Safety Officer:

Minimum Qualifications:

Provide evidence that candidate has completed the OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety class within the last five (5) years. Demonstrate that candidate has the following:

· Five (5) years of construction industry safety experience or

· Three (3) years of construction industry safety experience if he/she possesses a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or certified Construction Safety and Health Technician (CSHT) certification or has a safety and health degree from an accredited university or college.

Qualified Project Scheduler:

Minimum Qualifications:

· Name and address of consultant- Qualified Project Scheduler

· Resume must indicate qualifications and experience using the Critical Path method (CPM), skill in the time and cost application of scheduling using the Critical Path Method (CPM) for similar sized construction projects, experience preparing a schedule using the CPM method.

· Resume’ must indicate experience with Primavera P6 scheduling software.

FACTOR 3 – CONSTRUCTION/PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

Sub-Factor 3.1, Project Organizational Chart and Narrative:

The Offeror shall provide an Organizational Chart and supporting narrative which includes the Offeror’s key personnel identified in Factor 2 as well as major sub-contractors. The chart shall clearly show lines of authority. Provide names, duties and levels of responsibility of key personnel to include the Project Manager, Site Superintendent(s), Quality Control Manager, Safety Manager and indicate to whom the Quality Control, Safety and Infection Control Managers report. Clearly describe the prime responsible firm and key personnel as well as the roles and responsibilities of major sub-contractors including Crypt supply and placement, Irrigation System installation, Earthwork subcontractor, Columbarium Niche unit supplier and installer, and masonry subcontractor.

MINIUMUM REQUIREMENT:

The Organizational Chart shall include all key personnel and major subcontractors, and their lines of authority. Provide names, duties and levels of responsibility of key personnel to include the Project Manager, Site Superintendent(s), Quality Control Manager, Safety Manager and indicate to whom the Quality Control, Safety and Infection Control Managers report.

The narrative shall describe the prime responsible firm, duties and levels of responsibility of key personnel and who they report to. The narrative describes roles and responsibilities of major subcontractors including Crypt supply and placement, Irrigation System installation, Earthwork subcontractor, Columbarium Niche unit supplier and installer, and masonry subcontractor.

Sub-factor 3.2, Capacity to Perform the Work:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:

Offeror narrative identifying personnel, equipment, current workload, and existing staff utilization to perform the work identified in the scope of work for the solicitation.

Letter from the Surety Company that clearly indicates that the Offeror has the bonding capacity available to perform this contract (single project and aggregate).

Sub-factor 3.3, Quality Control Plan:

The Offeror shall describe the team’s quality control approach, corporate systems and capabilities to maintain quality control of the construction. The Offeror shall describe the proposed quality control organization, including the proposed staffing plan. The Government is interested in demonstrable capabilities to assure control quality and how the Offeror can achieve or exceed the contract’s minimum quality control system requirements MINIMUM REQUIREMENT: The Offeror shall provide a quality control plan that is consistent with the requirements of Specification Section 014500.

Sub-factor 3.4, Safety Plan:

The Offeror shall describe the team’s approach to safety, systems and/or procedures in-place, and capabilities to maintain a safe work environment during construction and to respond to emergencies that may arise during construction.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT: The Offeror shall provide a Safety Plan that is consistent with the requirements of Specification Section 013526.

Sub-factor 3.5, Schedule:

The Offeror shall submit a Level 3 project schedule in the format of a Gantt chart with an accompanying narrative. The narrative shall discuss the contractor’s approach to using the schedule as a tool to plan the work, phasing of the work, allowances for weather, holidays, and describes the work week (days of the week/hours of operation). The schedule shall be presented in 11” x 17” format, maximum 6 sheets, plus a 1-page supporting narrative in 9 1/2” x 11” format and shall indicate the following.

· Clearly show the required work completed within 730 Calendar days from issuance of Notice to Proceed.

· Includes long lead or critical materials

· The schedule shall be broken down by Phase and major division of work showing start and completion dates.

· The major work divisions shall be further broken down in sufficient detail to demonstrate the Offeror understands the project requirements.

· The critical path and major milestones shall be indicated.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:

The Level 3 schedule provided by the Offeror is in the Gantt chart format and includes all items specified in six bullets above.

The narrative shall discuss the contractor’s approach to using the schedule as a tool to plan the work, phasing of the work allowances for weather, holidays, and describes the work week (days of the week/hours of operation).

6.0 FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED

Volume I, Factor 1, Past Performance Recency: Each contract will be assigned a rating of Recent or Not Recent.

Recent refers to construction project/contract work experience performed in the last five (5) years (between 2015 to 2020). Projects may be completed or “well underway”. A "well underway" construction project is at least 50-percent complete at the time of proposal submission. Based upon these criteria, past performance and experience will be assigned a rating of Recent or Not Recent.

Relevancy: Each contract will be assigned a rating of Relevant or Not Relevant.

Offerors shall submit the information on past performance. Information submitted will be reviewed to determine if the offeror’s technical rating is ACCEPTABLE or UNACCEPTABLE. Acceptable is defined as the Offeror demonstrated the ability to meet all of the Government’s minimum requirements as identified in the solicitation or no recent/relevant performance record is available, or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. Unacceptable is defined as the offeror failed to demonstrate the ability to meet the Government’s minimum requirements as defined in the solicitation. Minimum requirements are defined Minimum requirements are identified in Factor 1.

Volume 1, Factor 2, Relevant Experience Offerors shall submit the information on relevant experience. Information submitted will be reviewed to determine if the offeror’s technical rating is ACCEPTABLE or UNACCEPTABLE. Acceptable is defined as the Offeror demonstrated the ability to meet all of the Government’s minimum requirements as identified in the solicitation. Unacceptable is defined as the offeror failed to demonstrate the ability to meet the Government’s minimum requirements as defined in the solicitation. Minimum requirements are identified in Factor 2, Sub-factors 2.1 and 2.2.

Volume 1, Factor 3, Construction/Project Management Offerors shall submit the information on construction/project management. Information submitted will be reviewed to determine if the offeror’s technical rating is ACCEPTABLE or UNACCEPTABLE. Acceptable is defined as the Offeror demonstrated the ability to meet all of the Government’s minimum requirements as identified in the solicitation. Unacceptable is defined as the offeror failed to demonstrate the ability to meet the Government’s minimum requirements as defined in the solicitation. Minimum requirements are identified in Factor 3, Sub-factors 3.1 – 3.5.

Volume II, Factor 4, Price The Offeror who provides the lowest evaluated reasonable price will be determined to be the lowest priced Offeror. Price evaluation will be completed in accordance with the process identified in the section titled Tiered Evaluation, Evaluation Methodology. There are Additive Line Items included in the solicitation. In accordance with VAAR 852.236-92, Additive line items shall be evaluated to determine the low offeror and items to be awarded.

7.0 OFFEROR SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

OFFEROR SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

NAICS code applicable to this solicitation is 237990 and the associated small business size standard is $39.5M.

a. Submitted proposals that do not adhere to the following instructions may be deemed unacceptable and ineligible for an award.

b. Proposals will be submitted in two separate volumes.

i. Volume I shall be the Technical Proposal and shall include the offeror’s responses to Evaluation Factors 1, 2, and 3 as well as their sub-factors. (maximum 75 pages); and

ii. Volume II shall be the Price…