36C10F20R0098_3.docx

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

3. DATE ISSUED

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4. CONTRACT NUMBER

5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER

6. PROJECT NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY

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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.

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36C10F20R0098 X 11/20/2020

923CM2006.11

003C4 Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (003C4B) 1425 Tri State Parkway, Suite 140 Gurnee IL 60031 Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (003C4B) 1425 Tri State Parkway, Suite 140 Gurnee IL 60031 Jeffrey Gerbensky 224-610-7311 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction & Facilities Management, anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Priced contract in support of the Great Lakes National Cemetery Phase 2 Development, Project No. 923CM2002.11, located at 4200 Belford Rd, Holly, MI 48442. In accordance with the master plan for the entire 544-acre site, this project will develop approximately 30 acres of the 469 undeveloped acres remaining at the Great Lakes National Cemetery. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment and supervision for the construction as shown on the plans and specifications (attached).

This procurement is 100% set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB).

The applicable North American Industry Classification System NAICS CODE: 237990 (size standard $39.5M).

The magnitude of construction cost for this project is between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000.

Pre-proposal site visit schedule - see page 9 of the solicitation

Please submit all questions regarding the solicitation in writing using the PPI Pre-Proposal Inquiry (PPI) Form - see Attachment 4 to the solicitation

All Offerors are responsible for monitoring this solicitation and any subsequent amendments at https://beta.sam.gov/

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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

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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

101F Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management (003C4B) 1425 Tri State Parkway, Suite 140 Gurnee IL 60031 Department of Veterans Affairs

FMS-VA-2(101)

Financial Services Center PO Box 149971 Austin TX 78714-9971 Jeffrey Gerbensky Contracting Officer

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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/ under the Contracting Opportunities section.

(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.

(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.

(d) An original, hard copy, executed Bid Guarantee (on form SF-24) must be mailed to the address below and received by the Contracting Officer within 5 business days of the proposal due date and time shown in Box 13a of solicitation form SF 1442 (or as subsequently amended).

(e) Volume II, TAB 2, of your proposal must contain a legible, scanned copy of your Executed Bid Guarantee (SF-24) before you upload it to the Vendor Portal. Please shade any raised seals pencil lead to make them legible before you scan the bond. See Section 6a of the solicitation, below.

(f) Postal Address/Courier Address for mailing hard copy Bid Guarantee:

Department of Veterans Affairs Office Construction & Facilities Management, 003C4B 425 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Attn: David Bullerwell

(g) All bond transmittal envelopes or other packaging shall be clearly marked with the solicitation number, offeror(s) name, and return address.

(h) All bonds should be mailed by fastest traceable means (i.e. FedEx, UPS, etc.) to avoid delays.

(i) DESCRIPTION OF WORK: See Block 10 of SF1442, Page 1.

(j) Project Cost Range: $20,000,000.00 to $50,000,000.00.

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO BIDDERS/OFFERORS

PART I - GENERAL

1. In accordance with FAR 52.215-1(f)(4), 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.

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

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.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. Offerors are encouraged to track this solicitation via the Contract Opportunities Section of the https://beta.sam.gov/website.

6. Amendments: Amendments to this solicitation will be posted at https://beta.sam.gov/. Paper copies of the amendments will NOT be individually mailed. Check https://beta.sam.gov/ regularly for updates. 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/vets421. For procurement awards in excess of $25,000, this report must be completed and accepted prior to any Federal contract award. Therefore, all potential contractors are encouraged to file every year.

9. Required registration with contractor performance assessment reporting system (CPARS)

a. As prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 42.15, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) evaluates contractor past performance on all contracts that exceed $750,000, 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; to include the Construction Contractor Appraisal Support System (CCASS), the Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS), and the Federal Awardee Performance & Integrity Information Retrieval System (FAPPIS). This site is maintained by the Naval Sea Logistics Center. The CPARS database information is shared with the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) database, which is available to all Federal agencies.

b. Each contractor whose contract award is estimated to exceed $750,000 is required to register with the CPARS database at the following web address: http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/accessforms/userforms.htm (Corporate Senior Contractor Representative). Help in registering can be obtained by contacting CPARS Support E-mail (webptsmh@navy.mil) or by calling (207) 438-1690. Registration should occur no later than thirty days after contract award and must be kept current should there be any change to the contractor’s registered representative.

c. For contracts with a period of one year or less, the contracting officer will perform a single evaluation when the contract is complete. For contracts exceeding one year, the contracting officer will evaluate the contractor’s performance annually. Interim reports will be filed each year until the last year of the contract, when the final report will be completed. The report shall be assigned in CPARS to the contractor’s designated representative for comment. The contractor representative will have thirty days to submit any comments and reassign the report to the VA contracting officer.

d. Failure to have a current registration with the CPARS database, or to reassign the report to the VA contracting officer within those thirty days, will result in the Government’s evaluation being placed on file in the database with a statement that the contractor failed to respond.

10. All submitted materials will become the property of the Government and will not be returned.

11. Regardless of the manner you choose to deliver your package; it is the Offeror’s responsibility to make sure it is received before the submission deadline.

12. PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE & JOBSITE WALKTHROUGH

a. A virtual pre-proposal conference is tentatively scheduled for 12/1/2020, from 8:00am (CST) to 9:00am (CT.) Additional information about the conference, including an agenda, will be distributed via solicitation amendment prior to the meeting.

b. A self-guided jobsite walkthrough is scheduled for 12/2/2020, from 10:00am (CT) to 1:00pm (CT.) All visitors who attend are required to check in upon arrival at the Cemetery Administration Bldg, located at 4200 Belford Rd, Holly, MI 48442 [phone (248) 328-0386]. No questions will be answered at the walkthrough. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer. If you are unable to attend this walkthrough, feel free to visit the cemetery during normal business hours. The cemetery office is open 8am-4:30pm Monday through Friday. Please contact the office and coordinate your visit with them so they are aware of your team’s presence on-site. No questions will be answered by cemetery staff during any site visit.

c. All interested parties are asked to provide the Contracting Officer with a list of names who plan to attend the 12/2/02020 jobsite walkthrough no later than 11/30/2020, by 3PM Central Time. Email the list to the Contracting Officer at Jeffrey.gerbensky@va.gov and Cc david.martino@va.gov.

d. Depending upon the level of vendor interest expressed in the walkthrough, the Contracting Officer may choose to assign specific time slots to vendors in order to reduce crowd sizes and maintain social distancing requirements. If you are assigned a specific time slot, please be on time and be considerate of the Cemetery staff, Cemetery Visitors, and fellow vendors on site.

e. An amendment to this solicitation will be issued that contains a list of all parties who expressed their intent to attend the 12/2/2020 in accordance with item c. above

13. PRE-PROPOSAL INQUIRIES (RFI’S)

a. All requests for information or clarification must be submitted via email to:Jeffrey.gerbensky@va.gov and Cc david.martino@va.gov via the Pre-Proposal Inquiry (PPI) Form (Attachment 4) by 12/11/2020 at noon Central Time.

b. Email subject line shall include Great Lakes National Cemetery Phase 2 Development RFP #: 36C10F20R0098.

c. Unless the question deals with issues of a proprietary nature, responses to questions or comments will be posted to https://beta.sam.gov/ under RFP #: 36C10F20R0098. VA responses will be posted on or about 12/18/2020.

PART II – PROPOSAL INFORMATION

1. PROJECT SUMMARY

The purpose of this project is to enable an existing national cemetery to continue to provide burial services for eligible veterans in southeast Michigan. Located in Oakland County, just north of Detroit near the town of Holly is Great Lakes National Cemetery serving a veteran population of approximately 352,100 within a 75-mile service area. This proposed development will provide an additional 10 years of continued burial service to a veteran population who has been served by this national cemetery since it opened in 2006.

In accordance with the master plan for the entire 544-acre site, this project will develop approximately 30 acres of the 469 undeveloped acres remaining at Great Lakes National Cemetery. This project will comprise the second 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 remainder of the site will be developed in future 10-year phased projects. Since this is an existing cemetery, only those facilities and infrastructure elements necessary to support the added maintenance, operations, and burial capacity for approximately 10 years will comprise this phase of construction. This investment will develop approximately 30 acres of undeveloped land to provide approximately 29,812 gravesites, including both casket and cremation sites in new burial sections including add alternates 1) New Committal Shelter 4 with associated loop road, grading; 2) Honor Guard parking for Shelter 2; 3) Assembly Area Parking Lot addition; 4) New covered storage building in Maintenance Yard; 5) Honor Guard parking lot near Shelter 1.

2. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD:

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

2.1 Relevant Projects

4.1 Project Organizational Chart and Narrative

3. EVALUATION FACTOR WEIGHTINGS

Technical factors are equal in importance and sub-factors within factors are equal in importance. When combined, Technical factors are significantly more important than price.

Responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.1 Responsible Prospective Contractors.

4. OFFEROR SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

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

1. Proposals will be submitted in two separate files/volumes.

a. Volume I shall be the Technical Proposal and shall include the offeror’s responses to Evaluation Factors 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well as their sub-factors (maximum 67 pages). See Solicitation Section 6 - VOLUME I – TECHNICAL PROPOSAL for Technical Proposal Formatting instructions; and

b. Volume II shall be the Price Proposal and shall include the offeror’s responses to Evaluation Factor 5 as well as a bid guarantee. See Solicitation Section 7 - VOLUME II – PRICE PROPOSAL for Price Proposal Formatting instructions (maximum 30 pages)

2. Method of Submission

a. Email: Proposals must be submitted via email.

i. Emailed proposals shall be sent to the Contracting Officer at jeffrey.gerbensky@va.gov.

ii. Emailed files must be no larger than 40 mb each.

1. If the file size is greater than 40MB, separate document into multiple files and label files logically & sequentially, for example Volume 1-part 1, Volume 1-part 2, etc.

2. NOTE: While 40MB is the maximum message size, things like encryption can add overhead to a message and increase its size, so there are times when a message may need to be under 40MB to be sent successfully to account for this overhead. Also, ensure no special characters (#@$!&^*+) or slashes (/, \) in the document title.

b. Offerors shall email the following documents to the Contracting Officer by the due date and time shown in Box 13a of solicitation form SF 1442 (or as subsequently amended):

i. one (1) copy of their Technical Management Proposal (Volume I),

ii. one (1) copy of their Price Proposal (Volume II).

c. Electronic Proposal File Format:

i. Adobe PDF is the only file format that will be accepted.

d. Proposals shall be identified with a title page that contains the following information:

· Solicitation Number

· Solicitation Title

· Contractor Name, address, email, and DUNS

· Contractor Authorized Representative information

· Volume Number (I or II)

· Volume Title (Technical Management Proposal or Price Proposal)

· Index of the sections contained in the volume

e. The first page of the proposal shall include the information identified in provision 52.215-1 paragraph (c)(2). Paragraph (c)(2)(iii) is modified to read “A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation.” This statement should be placed on the first page of Volume 1 and 2 with the contact information.

f. The proposal shall not exceed the number of pages identified in the table below. A page is considered to be the pdf file equivalent of one side of an 8-1/2 inch sheet of paper.

g. Proposals shall contain all applicable information as required by the evaluation factors.

h. Bid Guarantee (Bond):

ii. See Solicitation Section above titled, INFORMATION REGARDING BIDDING MATERIAL, BID GUARANTEE AND BONDS and Section 7 - VOLUME II – PRICE PROPOSAL

5. DEFINITIONS

Recent: Recent experience 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 50-percent complete at time of proposal submission. Based upon these criteria, past performance & experience will be assigned a rating of Recent or Not Recent.

Relevant: Relevant experience is defined as construction projects of a similar size and comparable level of complexity to this cemetery project. Examples of relevant size & complexity projects are as follows:

· Very Relevant

· VA/NCA National Cemetery projects & State/local/private cemetery projects exceeding $10M in construction costs

· Relevant

· Projects exceeding $10M in construction costs, requiring the construction of multiple features typical to a National Cemetery such as pre-placed crypts, columbarium niches, memorial walls, cast or natural stone columbarium caps, cast or natural stone veneers, turf (sod) placement and maintenance, tree and shrub placement and maintenance, irrigation systems with mainlines exceeding 4-inch in diameter, irrigation central control systems, roadways, wetlands/environmental remediation or restoration.

· Somewhat Relevant

· VA/NCA National Cemetery projects & State/local/private cemetery projects between $5M & $10M in construction costs

· Projects exceeding $10M in construction costs, including building construction, building remodel, golf courses, regional parks, multiple sport-fields complexes, or multi-phased recreation-oriented land development projects larger than 10 acres.

· Not Relevant

· Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

6. VOLUME I - TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

Technical qualification evaluation factors consist of: (1) Past Performance, (2) Relevant Experience, (3) Technical Approach, and (4) Construction/Project Management.

FACTOR 1 - 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.

Each Offeror shall provide three (3) project summaries for recent and relevant projects on which the offeror’s firm was the prime contractor, joint venture partner, or a major subcontractor. For each project selected, Offerors shall provide the following information, not to exceed two (2) pages for each project (total page limit – 6 pages):

1. Project name & Contract Number

2. Project location (city & state)

3. Detailed description of the overall project & work scope,

4. Contract award and completion date (if not complete, provide target completion date).

5. Describe your project’s relevance to this National Cemetery project.

6. Provide the name of organization that issued your contract

7. Provide an Owner point of contact (POC) that includes:

i. Name & Title,

ii. Current email address,

iii. Current phone number,

8. Provide a completed Past Performance Questionnaire or PPQ (see below)

OR

9. Provide information regarding completed CPARS evaluations (see below)

Past Performance Questionnaires (no page limit):

The Offeror shall initiate Past Performance Questionnaires, or PPQs, by completing blocks 1 through 7 on the form (see Attachment 3). The Offeror shall request that the owner’s representative most knowledgeable of the project complete block 8 on the form and email the PPQs directly to the Contracting Officer identified on the form no later than the proposal due date/time identified on Page 1, block 13 of form SF 1442.

In case PPQs are not received by the Contracting Officer prior to the proposal submission due date, the Offeror shall clearly identify all owner references to whom PPQs were sent.

Offerors are responsible for ensuring that the contact information provided for the owner’s representative indicated for each relevant project is accurate and that the representative is aware that the Contracting Officer may be contacting them regarding the questionnaire and the Offeror’s past performance. If completed PPQs are not received timely by the Contracting Officer from the owner’s representative, the Government reserves the right to disregard them, contact the references directly, or obtain the requested information from any other sources.

CPARS (no page limit):

For each of the three (3) projects identified above, if CPARS evaluations are available, the Offeror shall clearly identify which projects have interim and final CPARS past performance evaluations.

Using CPARS, the Government will attempt to locate & download the identified CPARS assessments for review and analysis.

Note: Multi-division or regionalized firms should submit projects performed by the division/business segment that would, if selected, perform the construction on this contract. Projects performed by other divisions/business segments may be submitted but may be considered less relevant than projects performed by the local division/business segment proposing on this project.

At the government's discretion, past performance information may be obtained from any other sources available to the Government including but not limited to interviews with Project Managers, Contracting Officers, other VA personnel, local agencies and other outside sources.

FACTOR 2 – RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

1. Sub-Factor 2.1, Relevant Projects Sub-factor 2.1 evaluates the Offerors relevant project experience. Does the Offeror have the experience to successfully deliver the project on-time and within budget? The evaluation will focus on the relevant experience of the Offeror and their specific experience constructing major features typical of a national cemetery.

Offerors should submit the following information for same three (3) recent and relevant projects that were submitted under Past Performance. Do not exceed two (2) pages for each project. (Total page limit – 6):

a. Detail the project team (major partners & subcontractors involved that you intend to use again on this cemetery project) and explain each firm’s role on the project

b. Describe the project pricing and schedule performance & include explanations for any price and/or time growth experienced

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

d. Describe how sustainable design principles were incorporated into the project; indicate to what extent environmental program goals (e.g., Energy Star, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) were achieved.

2. Sub-Factor 2.2, Key Personnel Sub-factor 2.2 evaluates the relevant experience of the Offeror's key personnel. Does the Offeror have the right key personnel in-place to ensure a successful and timely delivery of the project? Offerors shall provide resumes for each key person identified below including their relevant experience for being assigned to this project. Resume’ should describe work experience in sufficient detail to demonstrate its relevance to the evaluator. Resume’ should also show how many years the person occupied each position. (Total page limit 18, max 3 pages per resume’)

a. Project Executive Minimum Qualifications:

· 20 years of experience managing construction work of a similar size and complexity to this cemetery project.

· A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related field.

b. Project Manager Minimum Qualifications:

· 10 years of experience managing construction projects of a similar size and complexity to this cemetery project.

· A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related field.

c. Construction Superintendent Minimum Qualifications:

· 20 years of field superintendent experience and on-site management of construction work of a similar size and complexity to this cemetery project.

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

CQC System Manager is an individual within the onsite work organization that is responsible for overall management of CQC and has the authority to act in all CQC matters for the Contractor.

Minimum Qualifications:

· The CQC System Manager is required to be a graduate Engineer, graduate Architect, or a graduate of Construction Management, and;

· Have a minimum of five (5) years construction experience on construction similar to the scope of this cemetery project.

e. Safety Officer The designated Prime Contractor Safety Officer must meet the requirements of all applicable OSHA standards and be capable (through training, experience, and qualifications) of ensuring that the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.16 and other appropriate Federal, State, and local requirements are met for the project.

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.

f. Qualified Project Scheduler To fulfill all requirements of this specification section, the Contractor shall engage a Qualified Project Scheduler who is skilled in the time and cost application of scheduling using Precedence Diagrams Method (PDM) network techniques for similar sized construction projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

· Name and address of consultant.

· Sufficient information to show that the proposed consultant has the qualifications and experience to adequately prepare a schedule using the PDM method noted above.

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

· Provide a list of three (3) prior construction projects (of a similar size & scope as this cemetery project) on which the proposed consultant has performed complete project scheduling services. For each project, provide selected PDM network diagram samples.

FACTOR 3 - TECHNICAL APPROACH

This factor will be used to determine if the Offeror fully understands the project requirements, complexities, and constraints under which the work will be performed and has developed an acceptable strategy for managing and constructing the project within the given parameters. The Offeror shall demonstrate their ability to manage the project proactively, schedule and satisfactorily complete the construction, manage project quality control and safety, incorporate procedures and plans for managing subcontractor performance, incorporate innovative techniques and practices, prioritize and address activities, respond to emergency situations/requirements, and identify any assumptions, deviations, or exceptions to the RFP. (Total page limit – 20) The technical approach must clearly indicate how the Offeror would proceed if awarded this project contract. The Offeror must provide a detailed description of how the proposed approach will enable the project to be constructed within time and budget, with minimal interference to existing cemetery operations and visitors during and following Early Turnover and restroom expansion construction and to the highest quality standards worthy of national shrine stature. The Offeror shall demonstrate his capabilities to use various tools, processes, techniques, personnel, and sub-contractors to successfully manage and deliver this project and describe the following:

1. Understanding of the project, work requirements and anticipated challenges (construction)

2. Description of critical construction materials & techniques to ensure timely delivery and installation

3. Understanding of local conditions such as availability of materials, labor, potential impacts due to weather

4. Working in an operational cemetery,

5. Coordination of temporary and permanent utility services.

6. Punch List & Final Acceptance

7. Training & Project Close Out

FACTOR 4 – CONSTRUCTION/PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

The Offeror shall demonstrate its ability to manage a project of this magnitude and complexity. The Offeror shall describe its management capabilities and demonstrate that it has the necessary organization, experience, accounting, operational controls, and technical skills (including, as appropriate, such elements as budget and schedule control procedures, quality control measures, and safety programs applicable to materials to be procured and stored or services to be performed by the prospective contractor employees and its subcontractors) to design and build a National Cemetery.

1. Sub-Factor 4.1, Project Organizational Chart and Narrative:

The Offeror shall provide an Organization Chart and supporting narrative which includes the Offeror’s key personnel as well as major sub-contractors and their key personnel. Offeror shall demonstrate its ability to manage a project of this magnitude and that it has the necessary organization, experience, accounting, operational controls, and technical skills to build a National Cemetery. 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 and Columbarium Niche unit supplier and masonry subcontractor. (Total page limit – 3)

2. Sub-factor 4.2, Capacity to Perform the Work:

The Offeror and major sub-contractors shall demonstrate they have the resources and capacity to perform the work as required by the solicitation documents. The narrative shall include their company’s bonding capacity commitment letter (single project and aggregate) and current workload and existing staff utilization. (Total page limit – 3)

3. Sub-factor 4.3, 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. There is no need to submit a detailed quality control plan as the successful Offeror will provide that after award. The Government is interested in demonstrable capabilities to assure & control quality and how the Offeror can achieve or exceed this solicitation’s minimum quality control system requirements. (Total page limit – 2)

4. Sub-factor 4.4, 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 the course of construction. There is no need to submit a detailed safety plan as the successful Offeror will provide that after award. The Government is interested in demonstrable capabilities to assure a safe project site. (Total page limit – 2)

5. Sub-factor 4.5, Schedule:

The Offeror shall submit a proposed Level 3 project schedule in the format of a Gantt chart specific to this cemetery project. The schedule shall clearly show the Early Turnover Work (described in the Construction Documents) as completed with the number of calendar days specified from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. The schedule shall also clearly show the remainder of the required work completed 1004 Calendar days from issuance of the Notice to Proceed. 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 of the project requirements, critical path, and major milestones. The Offeror shall specify allowances for bad weather, days of the week and hours of operation, and the percentage of project completion achieved at the end of each month of the project performance period. The schedule shall be presented in 11” x 17” format, maximum 6 sheets plus a maximum 1 page (letter size) supporting narrative. (Total page limit – 7)

VOLUME I - TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FORMAT

Title Page – see instructions above

Volume I – Technical Proposal

Factor I - Past Performance

Project Summaries PPQs & CPARS Reports No Limit

Factor 2 – Relevant Experience

Factor 3 - Technical Approach

Factor 4 – Construction/Project Management:

**NOTE: Cover pages, title pages, index pages, PPQs, and CPARS Reports do not count towards page limitations. The Government will not review any information that exceeds the page limitation, including attachments, enclosures, charts, etc. For instance, if the total page limitation for a section is 10 pages, the Government will only review 10 pages. Information submitted on the 11th page and beyond will not be reviewed.

Total page limit for Volume I is 67 pages

7. VOLUME II - PRICE PROPOSAL

Pricing for each CLIN shall be entered onto the Offer Schedule located behind form SF1442.

Volume II, TAB 2, of your electronic proposal must contain a legible, scanned copy of your Executed Bid Guarantee (SF-24) before you upload it to the Vendor Portal. Please shade any raised seals with pencil lead to make them legible before you scan the bond.

FACTOR 5 - PRICE PROPOSAL

The Base Bid items and Add Alternate CLINs are listed on the Offer Schedule located behind form SF1442 in the solicitation. The add Alternates are listed in order of priority (i.e Add Alternate #1 is highest priority, Add Alternate #2 is second highest priority, and so on).

All work is to be performed within the period of performance specified in the solicitation.

Offerors are advised the Tradeoff process (Reference FAR 15.101-1) will be used to determine which proposal represents the best value to the Government. Award may be made to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror.

The Government will evaluate the following aspects of the Offeror’s price proposal 1) reasonableness, 2) completeness, 3) price.

Reasonableness:

· A fair and reasonable price is the price that a prudent businessperson would pay for an item or service under competitive market conditions, given a reasonable knowledge of the marketplace.

· The Federal Acquisition Regulations clearly establish the need to determine a price fair and reasonable prior to a Government Contracting Officer or Ordering Officer making a contract award.

· The Government intends to perform Price Analysis pursuant to FAR subpart 15.4 for all offers received. The Government’s planned price analysis method anticipates adequate price competition will exist to establish price reasonableness.

· In the unlikely event that adequate price competition does not exist, the Government may use any other method permitted under FAR Part 15.404-1 to determine price reasonableness.

Completeness:

The Government will review Offeror’s pricing proposals for completeness and accuracy. The Government will verify each proposal includes prices for all CLIN Items. The Government will also perform a general review of the submission to verify math calculations in the schedules. Based upon proposed price for the CLIN Items, a determination will be made as to whether the Offeror properly understands the price proposal instructions and properly completed the pricing tables.

Price:

Base Bid & Additive line item (CLIN #) prices in the Offer Schedule shall be evaluated to determine the items to be awarded. The evaluation shall be made as follows—

1. Prior to the opening of proposals, the Government will determine the amount of funds available for the project.

2. All proposals shall be evaluated on the Base Bid line items, plus (in the order stated in the list of priorities in the bid schedule) those additive line items that provide the most features within the funds determined available.

3. All proposals shall be evaluated on the basis of the Base Bid line items & the same additive line items.

a. If adding another item from the Offer Schedule list of priorities would make the award exceed the available funds for all offerors, the Contracting Officer will skip that item and go to the next item from the Offer Schedule of priorities; and

b. Add that next item if an award may be made that includes that line item and is within the available funds.

4. Once the Contracting Officer has determined which Offer Schedule line items will be the basis for the evaluation of all proposals received, each offeror’s aggregate price for those line items will carried forward to the Contracting Officer’s Tradeoff Analysis and Best Value Determination

VOLUME II - PRICE PROPOSAL FORMAT

Name and address of offeror Business Arrangement Contact Name and Phone Number Email Address DUNS Number

Total Page Limit for Volume II is 30 pages

2.1 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a Firm-Fixed-Price contract resulting from this solicitation.

(End of Provision)

2.2 52.222-5 CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS—SECONDARY SITE OF THE WORK (MAY 2014) (a)(1) The offeror shall notify the Government if the offeror intends to perform work at any secondary site of the work, as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of the FAR clause at 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements, of this solicitation.

(2) If the offeror is unsure if a planned work site satisfies the criteria for a secondary site of the work, the offeror shall request a determination from the Contracting Officer.

(b)(1) If the wage determination provided by the Government for work at the primary site of the work is not applicable to the secondary site of the work, the offeror shall request a wage determination from the Contracting Officer.

(2) The due date for receipt of offers will not be extended as a result of an offeror's request for a wage determination for a secondary site of the work.

(End of Provision)

2.3 52.222-23 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTRUCTION (FEB 1999)

(a) The offeror's attention is called to the Equal Opportunity clause and the Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction clause of this solicitation.

(b) The goals for minority and female participation, expressed in percentage terms for the Contractor's aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as follows:

These goals are applicable to all the Contractor's construction work performed in the covered area. If the Contractor performs construction work in a geographical area located outside of the covered area, the Contractor shall apply the goals established for the geographical area where the work is actually performed. Goals are published periodically in the Federal Register in notice form, and these notices may be obtained from any Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs office.

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