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36C10F20R0091 Section J

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

3. DATE ISSUED

PAGE OF PAGES

4. CONTRACT NUMBER

5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER

6. PROJECT NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY

CODE

8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

a. NAME

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 _____________________________).

YES

NO

a.

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.

36C10F20R0091 X 11/20/2020 549-820E 003C4D Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (003C4D) 1425 Tri-State Parkway, Ste. 140 Gurnee IL 60031

Deontrinese Dalton 202-256-5809 The contractor must provide all Supervision, labor, materials, tools, transportation, and travel necessary to construct the Central Utility Plant (CUP) Dallas. The construction project located at the VA North Texas Health Care System 4500 S. Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216. Construction for Building 70 (Energy Center) and Building 37 (Cooling Towers) work includes but is not limited to the Central Utility Plant (CUP) upgrade.

Period of performance is 426 calendar days from receipt of Notice to Proceed.

The project magnitude is between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. Davis Bacon WD apply.

The NAICS is 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors), Size Standard $16.5Million.

This project is being solic i ted as UNRESTRICTED competition.

please submit all questions regarding the solicitation and supporting documentation in writing using the RFI submission attachment. The RFI attachment must be submitted via email to Deontrinese.Dalton@va.gov, RFIs will be accepted until 12:00 noon, Central Time, December 14, 2020.

All offerors are responsible for monitoring and downloading attachments and amendments from Contracting Opportunities (www.BETA.SAM.Gov), Proposals are due January 25, 2021, 1:00p.m. CST.

All offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) before submitting an offer and at time of award, in compliance with FAR 52.204-7 and 52.204-8 and certify compliance with 52.204-25 via SAM.

Offerors submitting as SDVOSB or JV, in addition to the before mentioned SAM registration must be CVE certified and visible on VETBIZ at time of proposal and award.

Due to the current COVID 19 Pandemic, alternative proposal submissions processes are being used. In all clauses/provisions That specify electronic submission “facsimile” replace “Facsimile” with “email”.

X 52.211-10 X

1CD

1:00 01/25/2021 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

AMENDMENT

NUMBER

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

CLIN 0001 Base __________________________ CLIN 0002 Asbestos Testing & Analysis ________________________ 101F Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management 425 I Street NW Washington DC 20001 Department of Veterans Affairs

FMS-VA-2(101)

Financial Services Center PO Box 149971 Austin TX 78714-9971

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Table of Contents

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT (CUP)

PROJECT NO. 549-820E

VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM-DALLAS CAMPUS

4500 S. Lancaster Road

DALLAS, TEXAS 75216

A. PART I – GENERAL

A1. SOW for CUP Project 549-820E

Building 70 (Energy Center) and Building 37 (Cooling Towers) work includes but is not limited to Central Utility Plant Upgrade. Work is to include an additional new 1,500-ton chiller; and associated related work, equipment and piping within Building 70. Also, to be included are provisions for underground connections from this equipment to the cooling towers. The Building 70 footprint is to remain the same as it currently exists. The work includes removal of four existing field erected cooling towers. It also includes the addition of six new pre-packaged stainless-steel cooling towers and installing them on existing and extended concrete basins. (There will be three new concrete basins added.) The work includes the provision of sluice gates to allow them to connect with each other. Also included is the addition of basin sweepers with centrifugal separators for the new cooling tower cells. Also included are other related provisions for pumps, piping, etc. within and near Building 70 and other items described in the documents.

ASBESTOS TESTING – Asbestos surveys were conducted for Building 70 (Energy Center) and Building 37 (Cooling Towers). No asbestos containing material was found. It should be noted however, that an inspection of and sample collection from the electrical components [electrical components specifically for four existing chillers and for four existing cooling towers to be impacted by activities within the current project] were excluded because the systems were energized during the time that asbestos surveys were being conducted. The CONTRACTOR must have the electrical components for these specific items inspected for the presence of suspect asbestos-containing materials (ACM) and samples tested after the affected systems have been de-energized and before the components are disturbed. CONTRACTOR must use proper lock-out tag-out procedures. Samples must be collected in sufficient quantity and analyzed to assure compliance with the Texas Asbestos Health Protection Rules and collected by a properly trained individual who is licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services as either an Asbestos Inspector or an Asbestos Individual Consultant. Testing results will be provided to the Resident Engineer and the Architect within twelve (12) calendar days of completion of each phase of sample collection activities. Abatement of any asbestos containing materials found by this testing process is excluded from the base bid scope for this project, but the testing and analysis for such specific items is included. [[ CONTRACTOR is responsible to account for scheduling of asbestos surveys (for inspection and sample collection), including receipt of testing results, within the schedule for the work effort and for any impacts of these to the work effort and its sequencing. (Abatement if required, is not included within base bid scheduling/ sequencing provisions.) It is possible that the inspection/testing and analysis will need to be phased just like the work on the equipment is phased. Contractor is responsible for repair to any electrical casings and to any other portions of existing equipment if damage occurs by such inspection/testing and related activities (and if damage occurs by other construction/ renovation activities) to any equipment and related items slated to remain in service.]]

SCHEDULE OF CONTRACT LINE ITEMS AND PRICES

A single award will be made on the BASE CLIN-CLIN 0001, and CLIN 0002 Asbestos testing and analysis.

CLIN 0001 BASE CLIN is defined herein in general terms as cost for all labor, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, management, supervision, quality control and all other necessary services and incidental related work IAW the RFP, project specifications and drawings for the Dallas CUP, VAMC North Dallas, TX

CLIN 0002 Asbestos Testing and Analysis is defined herein in general terms as cost for all labor, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, management, supervision, quality control and all other necessary services and incidental related work IAW the RFP (ASBESTOS TESTING), project specifications and drawings for the Dallas CUP, VAMC North Dallas, TX

Safety or Environmental Violations and Experience Modification Rate All Bidders/Offerors shall submit the following information pertaining to their past Safety and Environmental record. The information shall contain, at a minimum, a certification that the bidder/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. All Bidders/Offerors shall submit information regarding their current Experience Modification Rate (EMR) equal to or less than 1.0. This information shall be obtained from the bidder’s /offeror’s insurance company and be furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead. Self-insured contractor 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.

A Determination of Responsibility will be accomplished for the apparent awardee prior to processing the award. 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 the Determination of Responsibility. Failure to affirm being within the guidelines above or submit this information will result in a determination of “Non-Responsibility” for the bidder/offeror. NOTE: Any information received by the Government that would cause for a negative Determination of Responsibility will make the bidder/offeror ineligible for award.

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

7. Construction Manager (CM): This is a contracted employee who works under the direct supervision of the VA CFM Resident Engineer Office and as such takes direction from the VA CFM Resident Engineer Office. Duties may include but are not limited to surveillance of all construction work to assure compliance with the contract documents, interpretation of the contract documents, approval of changed work, approval of all submittals, samples, shop drawings, schedule review, cost estimating etc.

A3. Source Selection Procedures

Tentative Schedule:

Requests for additional site visits will not be considered.

**All contractors in attendance shall sign in providing all contact information. The sign in sheet will be posted after the meeting on www.beta.sam.gov. All contractors shall register in Contracting Opportunities www.beta.sam.gov under this solicitation 36C10F20R0091 as an interested vendor/party to receive any notifications, communication with other contractors and query to this requirement.

A6. Selection Criteria and Weightings

1. Award will be made to the offeror whose price and technical proposals provide the best overall value to the Government. Importance of price will increase if offerors in the competitive range are essentially equal in terms of technical capability, or if a price is so significantly high as to diminish the value of technical superiority to the Government.

2. Proposals will be evaluated, and award will be made on the basis of all price and technical, considered most advantageous to the government as per FAR Part 15. The offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. Responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.1, Responsible Prospective Contractors.

3. Technical Evaluations - Technical and Non-Technical factors are equal, and when combined are equal in importance to price. Evaluations will be based on the following: Factor I Construction Management and Experience (sub-factors: a) Corporate Project Experience, b) Project Personnel Experience, c) Technical/Management Approach; Factor II Schedule; Factor III Small Business Participation/Subcontracting Plan; Factor IV Past Performance. (All subfactors are equal in importance). Price will be evaluated separately. Selection of an offeror for contract award will be made on the basis of an assessment of each offeror’s response to the Request for Proposal (RFP). The basis of evaluation for each factor is indicated in each section.

4. Price Proposal – Price proposals are submitted & evaluated separately. Price will be evaluated to determine price reasonableness, and acceptability to the Government. Analysis will be performed using one or more of the below techniques to ensure a fair and reasonable price:

(a) Comparison of proposed prices received in response to the RFP.

(b) Comparison of proposed prices with the Independent Government Cost Estimate.

(c) Comparison of proposed prices with available historical information

B. PART II - RESPONSIBILITIES

B1 VA Team

1. The VA Architect/Engineer (A/E) is the A/E of record hired by the VA to produce the contract drawings and specifications. The VA will retain the A/E Team for the remainder of the project’s development for construction period review, and monitoring purposes.

2. The VA team is also comprised of VA Office of Facilities Management and others at the Central Region Office, located in Gurnee, IL and the VA Headquarters located in Washington, DC, a SRE and Resident Engineer Staff who will be located at the construction site and VA medical center staff. The coordinator/manager of the VA team will be the SRE. Neither the AE nor the local VA staff have the authority to provide contractual direction during the solicitation and proposal period or the construction period. All authority is delegated formally in writing by the Contracting Officer. Please do not contact the A/E of record or the local VA in Dallas.

B2. CONSTRUCTION TEAM

1. The Construction Team includes the Contractor or all J/V partners, Subcontractors, and other entities who shall provide construction services for construction of the project.

2. The RFP Documents are intended to define the contract requirements. It is the Construction Team’s responsibility to complete the construction in a manner consistent with the intent of the RFP Documents within the required time period (contract length).

1. Submit offers to:

a) Electronic Submission to:

Email: Deontrinese.Dalton@va.gov

b) US Postal Service Deliveries:

Deontrinese Dalton, Contracting Officer (003C4D) c/o Andrea Morris, Director of Acquisitions Office of Construction & Facilities Management Department of Veterans Affairs 1425 Tri-State Parkway, Ste. 140 Gurnee, IL 60031

OR

c) Commercial Delivery Services / Hand Carry (Monday- Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 PM):

Deontrinese Dalton, Contracting Officer (003C4D) c/o Andrea Morris, Director of Acquisitions Office of Construction & Facilities Management Department of Veterans Affairs 1425 Tri-State Parkway, Suite 140 Gurnee, IL 60031

2. Technical and Price sections of the Offers proposals will be evaluated independently. Offeror shall separately compile each section. Each section must therefore be labeled with the Offeror's organization, business address, and Solicitation Number. Offerors shall affix their names and return addresses on their envelope/packaging.

3. Carefully follow “Solicitation, Offer, and Award” (Construction, Alteration, or Repair. Standard Form 1442 “Solicitation, Offer, and Award” (Construction, Alteration, or Repair) shall be used for submitting cost offers. Submit SF1442 with a bid guarantee as stipulated in the Section “Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors”:

3. Offerors are to ensure vendorization via self-service portal:

https://vaww.cpm.fsc.va.gov/

· ID.me Walkthrough v2.pdf

· Customer Engagement Portal (CEP) Vendor File Webform User Guide v1.pdf

Include verification of such with the price proposal package under TAB 2, this is not an evaluated item. All information submitted will be kept in strict confidence and will only be used if contractor is made award.

4. The offeror shall demonstrate that it has adequate bonding capacity or the ability to obtain the required bonds. The offeror shall submit documentation such as a commitment letter from its bonding company to be included in the price proposal package TAB 4. The documentation submitted shall provide the offeror’s total aggregate bonding capacity, the amount currently in use to bond other contracts and the remaining amount., current available bonding capacity and expected available capacity in 2019 and 2020. The offeror shall demonstrate that it has adequate financial resources required to successfully perform the work required for a project of this magnitude or the ability to obtain them include documentation of this requirement in TAB G of the technical Proposal.

These pages are not included in the proposal count page.

The Offeror is notified that the Government may further review the Offeror’s financial stability through other sources such as the Dun & Bradstreet report as required of all potential contractors for projects of this magnitude. Any negative information may be provided to the Offeror to address.

C2. Proposal Revisions (FAR 52.215-1)

1. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 15.306(a)(3) and FAR 52.215-1, THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO EVALUATE PROPOSALS AND MAKE AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS. Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

2. Proposal revisions will be submitted as per Part III.C1 above, except as noted below. The contracting officer will establish a common cut-off date only for receipt of final proposal revisions. Offerors submitting proposal revisions will not be requested to re-submit any documents which are unchanged from their initial proposals. They should provide necessary changes to individual paragraphs, as briefly as possible, together with a table of contents that clarifies where within the initial proposal the additional information or changed documents would be placed. Proposal revisions shall include a completed Standard Form 1442 “Solicitation, Offer and Award” (Construction, alteration, or Repair) and Standard Form 30 “Amendment of Solicitation/Modifications of Contract” that acknowledges receiving all amendments, by number. A new bid bond shall be submitted only if the final proposal revisions of the offeror’s price proposal is greater than its initial price proposal.

C3. Technical Proposal Requirements

1. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL – The technical proposal shall be limited to no more than 160 single-sided, 8 ½” x 11” pages and shall address the evaluation factors. Pages beyond the stated limit will NOT be considered. The pages of the technical proposal must be numbered. Offers are required to submit one (1) technical package via email attachment and one (1) CD via mail (USPS)of the technical evaluation factors/responses CLEARLY MARKED; “TEB – DO NOT OPEN IN MAILROOM” Offerors shall prepare Technical proposals with the Selection Criteria and Evaluation Factors in mind, in terms of both content and organization, to facilitate the evaluation.

Technical Proposal package must be in .pdf, maximum size 20MB attachment for email submission. Package shall not contain more than 160 single-sided pages, if the attachment is larger than 20MB the attachment will have to be divided into two attachments and sent in two separate email submissions labeled 1of 2 and 2 of 2 etc., (the total pages contained in the two attachments must not be larger than the before stated 160 single-sided 8 ½ X 11 page size in .pdf.

2. Technical proposals shall be tabbed and contain the following in the below order:

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL PACKAGE SUBMITTAL CHECKLIST

(One original and one CD) Page # [if the pages range for the entire proposal]

Project: Central Utility Plant (CUP), VANTHCS – Dallas Campus Dallas, TX

Name and Address of Offeror Business Arrangement (Joint Venture or Teaming Arrangements clearly identified) Contact Name and Phone Number Email Address DUNS Number CAGE Code Tax Identification Number

3. Evaluation ratings will be based on the evaluation criteria and weightings as stated in Part I, A6, 3.

GENERAL NOTE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS AND EVALUATION PROPOSSES:

Failure to provide the required information or to meet the minimum requirement will result in a lower or unacceptable technical proposal rating.

The proposal shall address the following evaluation factors:

I. Factor I: Construction Management and Experience

a. Subfactor I (a) Corporate Project Experience

(i) Submittal Requirements: The Offeror (prime contractor only) shall demonstrate relevant corporate experience with a minimum of three (3), maximum of five (5) projects completed within the last five (5) years, similar in size, scope, and complexity to this project.

In describing project construction experience, provide the following information:

(ii) Basis of Evaluation: The basis of evaluation will include the Offeror’s experience in performing relevant construction projects as defined in the solicitation submittal requirements. The assessment of the Offeror’s relevant experience will be used as a means of evaluating the capability of the Offeror to successfully meet the requirements of the RFP. Proposals that fail to provide required and complete information may result in a lower or unfavorable rating. Relevant projects where the Prime and Sub-contractors have previously worked together may receive a higher rating.

Relevancy is defined as similar in scope and size (dollar value and square footage). The offeror should include detailed information and describe in the technical proposal any coordination and phasing challenges & how they were met.

b. Subfactor I (b): Project personnel Experience (Specialized experience and technical competence).

(i) Submittal Requirements: The Offeror shall demonstrate the relevant experience of key project personnel.

1) Supply biographical data for at least the following key personnel (Note if one individual is proposed for more than one position listed):

a) Project Executive;

b) Project Manager;

c) Project Superintendent(s);

d) Project Engineer;

e) QA/QC Specialist

f) Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO)

g) Scheduler

2) Biographical data shall include the following:

e) Describe work experience with projects that were new construction of comparable size (sq. ft) or type (health care or hospital) on active campuses or environments and the company (by name) they worked for when involved in the project. Key project personnel with experience (or more experience) on comparable projects will be rated more favorably.

f) Provide an indication of which (if any) projects submitted under Corporate Project Experience (above) the individual participated in and what the individual’s responsibility was for that project.

g) Provide an indication of which other individuals submitted under Project Personnel Experience this individual has worked with and the project they worked on together, noting if that project has been submitted under Corporate Project Experience (above). Please submit this information in the form of a table.

h) Indicate the position that the individual will hold regarding this contract/Construction Team, description of duties and what percentage of the individual’s time that would be committed to the project during the construction of the project. Though a proposed individual may hold two roles, a more favorable rating will be accorded to a proposal that has individuals in single key roles.

h) Describe job related education, licenses, and certifications including degrees, certificates, etc. and granting institutions.

i) For the scheduler: Provide acknowledgement in the form of a narrative, that the individual will meet paragraph 1.2 of specification section 01 32 16.13.

(ii) Basis of Evaluation: The basis of evaluation will include the Offeror’s proposed personnel’s experience in performing relevant construction projects as defined in the solicitation submittal requirements. The assessment of the personnel’s experience will be used as a means of evaluating the capability of the Offeror’s personnel to successfully meet the requirements of the RFP.

Offerors who demonstrate that the proposed team has relevant experience working together on similar projects may be rated higher on project personnel experience. A higher rating will be accorded for this factor for teams (general & subcontractors) which have previously and/or frequently worked together.

All Key Personnel, Competent Persons (CP) and/or Qualified Persons must be in compliance with the required training per Specification Section 01 35 26.

An engineering, architectural or construction management degree from an accredited university for the PM will be rated more favorably than if the PM does not have this credential. Offerors who indicate that the Superintendent has USACE Safety & Health Requirements Manual EM-385-1-1 40-hour training certificate in addition to the minimum requirements (OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety Course) within the past 5 years) will be rated more favorably than those who do not.

Offerors who demonstrate the proposed SSHO currently holds the required certifications IAW Section 01 35 26 will be rated more favorably than a proposed individual having to meet the maximum 60day of award to obtain certifications.

Any additional safety or health training for the SSHO will be considered more favorably. For any of the indicated roles, extensive experience in relevant and/or comparable projects will be considered favorably.

IAW CFR Title 48, Section 1352.237-75-Key Personnel. No change in fixed prices shall occur as a result of key personnel substitution.

c. Subfactor I (c): Technical/Management Approach

(i) Submittal Requirements: The Offeror shall demonstrate the following, relevant to the subject procurement:

1)Project Delivery:

a) Describe offeror’s approach to performing the work of the project, including avoiding or minimizing adverse impact to medical center operations and avoiding or minimizing cost or schedule growth.

b) Describe approach to Successful Partnering, Communication, Commitment, and Conflict Resolution.

2) Provide Project Organizational Chart and Narrative - Include team members submitted under Project Personnel Experience above. Clearly describe the prime responsible firm (or firms if a J/V) and individuals as well as the roles and responsibilities of individuals proposed as subcontractors. Provide a list of all proposed Subcontractors, including address, telephone number, primary name of contact and discipline of work.

(Note, identifying multiple “potential” subcontractors for each major trade, who may or may not end up part of the offeror’s team, will be considered ambiguous and will be evaluated as though the major subcontractor had not been identified, which may be rated lower).

3) Capability to perform: Provide the Offeror's current workload and availability of adequate staff listed under Project Personnel Experience to execute the project. Include project schedules for current and pending projects, as well as the anticipated impact of this project on those schedules and staffing plans. An example of an illustration of workload will indicate the other projects that the offeror has & illustrate the percentage of time that each team member who is listed for this project will also participate in other projects.

4) The Offeror shall describe in a written narrative, the plan for sequencing the work to avoid or minimize adverse impact to the Medical Center ensuring that the facility remains operational while modifying the structure & architecture & building systems of existing building 74 (acute care SCI), and/or demolition of underground utilities are performed. The narrative shall also detail how the Offeror intends to prepare the site, disassemble, relocate, reassemble, and reactivate utility services to the facility within any specified time limits.

5) Offeror shall identify which elements of the work it intends to self-perform, the percentage of the work, and the overall percentage it represents of the proposed total price.

6) Offeror shall provide QA/QC plan specific to this project. The manager of this plan must be the QA/QC specialist indicated under the key personnel section.

(ii) Basis of Evaluation: The basis of evaluation is the consideration of Offeror’s proposed technical/management approach for this construction project as defined in the solicitation submittal requirements. The assessment of the Offeror’s method to manage the project shall be used as a means of evaluating the Offeror’s ability to successfully meet the requirements of the RFP.

Factor II: Schedule

(i) Submittal Requirements: The progress schedule will be in a time scaled bar graph format. The horizontal axis will be scaled for time beginning with the tentative Notice to Proceed and concluding with contract completion. The vertical axis will show the milestones and major portions of the contract work including all phasing. All schedule items will show a start date and a completion date. The detailed schedule will indicate specific tasks with dates for each step of the process including:

a) The Offeror shall specify how much allowance has been made for bad weather in the schedule, the days of the week and the hours of construction operations during each sequence of the work, and the percentage of contract completion that will be achieved at the end of each month of the contract.

b) The offeror will clearly show on the schedule, the sequence of activation of each cooling tower Illustrating how the downtime for the system or system components will be minimized. This may be shown in a separate bar graph or other graphic form that also shows relationship to the overall schedule.) Please refer to specification section 01 00 00 paragraph “1.6 I. Phasing” and drawing 70-GS-001 for the requirements. The offeror must clearly indicate that he understands the criticality of maintaining function for existing system & understands the requirements for advance notification to the VA.

3) Short Schedules - Short schedules will not be accepted and will be evaluated unfavorably. Critical path activity durations shall total the number of days indicated on Standard Form 1442, Construction, Offer and Award (Construction, Alteration or Repair) block 11, and in section F, F.1 paragraph 1. This duration shall establish the contract completion date (see preceding section titled “Definitions”) for definition of “completion” as it relates to duration) and assessment of liquidated damages (see FAR 52.211-12 Liquidated Damages – Construction, Sept 2000).

(ii.) Basis of evaluation: The factor will be evaluated based on the extent to which the Offeror demonstrates a clear understanding of the construction period and general project delivery including the logic and reasonableness of the schedule including sufficient time for VA activities such as approvals & evacuations of spaces by VA. The Government will evaluate how reasonably and realistically the proposed schedule captures and addresses key elements and project phasing with respect to conditions, the stated schedule given the technical requirements of the RFP. Narratives and/or graphic representations of schedules that do not provide time for VA activities (as indicated in other parts of the specification), narratives and/or graphs which list events out of logical sequence or required phasing, or failure to provide any information as requested or in the format requested above will result in a lower or unacceptable rating. A schedule that results in minimal downtime for the existing cooling system will be evaluated more favorably.

Factor III: Small Business Participation/Subcontracting Plan

(i) Submittal Requirements: Offeror shall provide information based on whether it is a large or small business. Offerors submitting as a large business shall, in accordance with FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan, submit a subcontracting plan that shall indicate the total target as a percentage of contract value for each of the categories listed in Factor III, 1) a.