36C24718R0307-036.docx

36C24718R0307 Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract 36C24718R0307

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 7

Point of Contact:

Elissa Goodman, Contracting Officer, Elissa.Goodman@va.gov

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

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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.

2 89 36C24718R0307 X 05-14-2018 557-18-3-5925-0001

(SEED PROJECT REQUEST NO)

Per Task Order 36C247 Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 7 Network Contracting Office LaVista Business Park - Bldg A 2008 Weems Road Tucker GA 30084 elissa.goodman@va.gov

Elissa Goodman 404.996.7389

TITLE: Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 7 Multiple Award Task Order Contract

Set-Aside Information: This solicitation will be issued pursuant to the authority under Public Law 109-461 (38 U.S.C. 8127) and is a 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The SDVOSB must be a small business under the relevant North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code and MUST be registered and verifiable at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov and www.sam.gov at time of submission to be eligible for award.

Registration in these sites must be accurate, complete and have not expired prior to proposal due date.

General Description: This is a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for construction services. Task orders awarded under this MATOC will consist of a broad range of construction, maintenance, alteration and repair affecting real property at eight (8) VISN 7 major VA Medical Centers (VAMC) and various related off-site facilities.

1.1.1.2. The Government intends to award up to eighteen (18) IDIQ contracts but reserves the right to award more or less, whichever is determined in the Government’s best interest. The following web link provides further information on the location of VISN 7 facilities: https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/region.asp?map=1&ID=7.

Period Of Performance: The ordering period for resultant contracts shall begin on the date of award and end five years from the date of award or the date in which the aggregate of all orders placed under the awarded contracts reach $500M.

NAICS CODE: 236220, General Construction with the annual small business size standard of $36.5 Million

Pre-Proposal Meetings/Site Visit: Two pre-proposal meetings are scheduled, 9:30 AM and 12:00 PM local time, on June 20, 2018 1826 Veterans Blvd, Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 215-1 (Main Conference Room). Seed project overview and Site Visit to Immediately follow each of the scheduled meetings. Site Visit attendance is highly encouraged, but not mandatory.

Reservations: A large group of interested offerors is expected and space is limited; therefore, participation is restricted to one of the scheduled meetings and limited to the SDVOISB owner and two associates. Reservations must be made to gain entry into the pre-proposal meeting area. A request shall be submitted via e-mail to elissa.goodman@va.gov.

Reservations will be made in the order e-mail request are received. Site visit attendance is not mandatory.

Request for Information (RFI): RFI are due by June 27, 2018 at 4:00 PM local time by email to elissa.goodman@va.gov. Late RFIs will not be accepted and offerors are responsible of ensuring questions are received by the Contracting Officer.

SEED PROJECT INFORMATION: See Section 1.4. Applicable bonds required. Blocks 10 & 11 below are specific to Seed Project.

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14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR

15. TELEPHONE NUMBER

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

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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:

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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

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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

Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 7 Network Contracting Office LaVista Business Park - Bldg A 2008 Weems Road Tucker GA 30084 Department of Veterans Affairs

FMS-VA-2(101)

Financial Services Center PO Box 149971 Austin TX 78714-9971

Table of Contents

1.1 SPECIAL MATOC REQUIREMENTS

1.1.1. CONSTRUCTION MATOC GENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK

1.1.1.1. The VISN 7 Construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) is an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) for construction services. Task orders awarded under this MATOC will consist of a broad range of construction, maintenance, alteration and repair affecting real property at eight (8) VISN 7 major medical facilities and other various related off-site VA owned medical facilities. General project descriptions and specifications shall be derived from the statement of work (SOW) of each individual Task Order (TO) that is issued against an identified requirement for a construction project. The eight major facilities are identified as follows:

· Atlanta VA Health Care System

· Birmingham VA Medical Center

· Carl Vinson VA Medical Center

· Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System

· Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

· Ralph H. John VA Medical Center

· Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center

· Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center

For specific locations see https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/region.asp?map=1&ID=7 .

1.1.1.2. The Government intends to award up to eighteen (18) IDIQ contracts but reserves the right to award more or less, whichever is determined in the Government’s best interest.

1.1.1.3. The ordering period for the resultant contracts shall begin on the date of award and end five years from the date of award or the date in which the aggregate of all orders placed under the awarded contracts reach $500,000,000.

1.1.1.4. All work will be initiated through Task Order Request for Proposals (TORFP) issued in accordance with FAR 16.505 “Ordering" as will be stated in the solicitation document. Work to be performed under the MATOC will include but is not limited to interior and exterior renovations, heating and air-conditioning, HVAC controls, plumbing, fire suppression, interior and exterior electrical and lighting, fire and intrusion alarms, communications, limited utilities, site-work, landscaping, fencing, masonry, roofing, concrete, asphalt paving, storm drainage, limited environmental remediation, construction of new facilities, and other related work. All work will be performed in accordance with individual requirements as determined at the task order level and will be in accordance VA master specifications and/or other VA regulations and requirements as provided and/or applicable.

1.1.2. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

1.1.2.1. Network Contracting Office 7 maintains administrative jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the VISN 7 Construction MATOC.

1.1.2.2. Subsequently issued TO’s shall be administered individually by the issuing Contracting Officer within VISN 7.

1.1.2.3. Only a warranted Contracting Officer, acting within their delegated limits, has the authority to issue modifications or otherwise change the terms and conditions of the MATOC and subsequently issued TO’s. If an individual other than the Contracting Officer attempts to make changes to the terms and conditions of the MATOC or subsequently issued task orders, the contractor is hereby directed NOT to proceed with the change and immediately notify the Contracting Officer.

1.1.2.4. No deviations or waivers to the MATOC or subsequently issued TO’s shall be effected without a modification executed by a Contracting Officer, authorizing such changes, deviations, or waivers.

1.1.2.5. Each contract awarded under this MATOC will be assigned a base contract number. Enumeration of TO’s will consist of a sequential numbering system comprised of the base contract number and the corresponding task order number.

1.1.2.6. For accounting and appropriation data purposes, each Task Order shall be individually funded.

1.1.2.7. All correspondence and data submitted by contractors under the base contracts established under the MATOC must reference the base contract number, Task Order number, project title, and project number (if applicable).

1.1.3. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The ordering period for the resultant contracts shall begin on the date of award and end five years from the date of award or the date in which the aggregate of all orders placed under the awarded contracts reach $500,000,000.

1.1.4. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PROVISIONS

1.1.4.1. The minimum order guarantee for the life of each resultant contract is $1000.

1.1.4.2. The Government may combine several projects, identified by separate statements of work and individual line items, in one task order.

1.1.4.3. The maximum net aggregate value of all task orders including, subsequent within scope modifications, awarded under this MATOC during the five (5) year period is $500,000,000.

1.1.5. SOLICITATION PROCEDURE OVERVIEW

1.1.5.1. This is a competitive procurement using the best value tradeoff source selection process identified in FAR Part 15.101-1 and will be conducted under a single solicitation.

1.1.5.2. The technical factors for the initial MATOC awards will be evaluated using adjectival ratings and past performance will be evaluated using a risk rating. MATOC Awards will be made on the basis of most highly technically rated offers.

1.1.5.3. For offerors selected to serve on the MATOC not awarded the seed project, will receive a Task Order for the minimum guarantee of $1000 issued concurrently with the award of the base contract. Once the value of Task Orders placed exceeds the minimum guarantee amount, the minimum guarantee Task Order will be modified to de-obligate the funds from the task order.

1.1.5.4. NCO 7 intends to award approximately eighteen (18) IDIQ’s, but reserves the right to award a greater or lesser amount than eighteen (18). The Government reserves the right to limit for purposes of efficiency, the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals 41 U.S.C.253B(d)). If the Contracting Officer, decides that an Offeror’ s proposal should no longer be included in the competitive range, the proposal shall be eliminated from consideration for award and written notice of the decision shall be provided to the unsuccessful Offeror in accordance with FAR 15.503.

1.1.5.5. All factors established for subsequent Task Orders placed against resultant MATOC will be relevant to the requirement at hand and stated clearly in the individual Task Order Proposal Request.

Evaluation procedures are further elaborated in Section 1.2 – Proposal Evaluation and Basis For Award

1.1.6. PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE/SITE VISIT

1.1.6.1. The site visit for is scheduled as follows:

1st Site Visit: 9:30 AM Local Time 2nd Site Visit: 12:00 PM Local Time

Date: June 20,2018 Location: Carl Vinson VAMC, 1826 Veterans Blvd, Dublin GA - Main Conference Room, Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room #215-1

Contractors are highly encouraged to attend.

1.1.6.2. Information provided at this pre-proposal/site visit shall not alter the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications. Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of solicitation amendments shall apply. Contractors are required to submit all questions in writing to the Contracting Officer following the pre-proposal conference/site visit. All questions and responses will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov.

1.1.7. QUESTIONS/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:

1.1.7.1. All questions and requests for information (RFI) shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer and must be received via email to elissa.goodman@va.gov NOT LATER THAN the time and date specified on page 2, block 10, or as otherwise amended. Late Questions/RFI’s may not be accepted.

1.1.7.2. Offerors are responsible of ensuring all submitted questions are received by the government and are strongly encouraged to submit questions early in this process.

1.1.8. PROPOSAL EXPENSES AND ACCEPTABILITY:

1.1.8.1. This RFP does not commit the Government to cost incurred in preparation and submission of initial and subsequent proposals or for other costs incurred prior to award of a formal contract. Costs for preparation of proposals and pre-award activities shall be the sole responsibility of the contractor. Contractors will not be reimbursed for attendance during negotiations, site visits, walk-throughs or any other pre-award activities relating to this MATOC, resultant IDIQ’s, and subsequent Task Orders.

1.1.8.2. Offerors are cautioned to strictly comply with all instructions within this solicitation to ensure submission of a complete proposal. Failure to furnish a complete proposal, at the time of proposal submission, may result in the proposal being unacceptable to the Government and eliminated from consideration for award. Offeror are hereby advised that all proposals are presumed to represent best and final offers in response to this solicitation.

1.2 PROPOSAL EVALUATION, BASIS FOR AWARD & SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

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1.1 1.2

1.2.1 GENERAL

1.2.1.1 The Government intends to award approximately eighteen (18) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts to those offerors whose proposals who have demonstrated the best combination of performance capability technical rating and seed project technical and price rating and who are qualified and determined responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 9.1. The Government reserves the right to award more or less than eighteen (18) as determined by the Contracting Officer to be in the best interest of the Government

1.2.1.2 Proposals must conform to the RFP's requirements and evaluated to represent the Best Value to the Government. The Best Value is the most advantageous offer, price and other factors considered, and consistent with the Government's stated importance of evaluation criteria. This may result in award being made to a high-rated, higher-priced offeror where the Contracting Officer determines that the Technical capability of the higher-priced offeror outweighs the price difference.

1.2.1.3 The Government reserves the right to limit for purposes of efficiency, the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals 41 U.S.C.253B(d)).

1.2.1.4 The source selection process will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.3, source selection procedures. Offers will be evaluated using the criteria listed under “Evaluation Factors.”

1.2.1.5 Contractors are required to be registered in VETBIZ.GOV at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business under the relevant North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code at the time of submission of offer and at the time of award.

1.2.1.6 Contractors subject to reporting requirements must file VETS-4212, Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report at http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm in accordance with far 22.1304.

1.2.2 EVALUATION APPROACH

The solicitation will incorporate evaluation factors as follows:

(a) Technical Factors: Technical factors are listed as experience, quality control.

(b) Past Performance: Present and Past Performance will be evaluated as a measure of confidence in the offeror’s ability to successfully perform based on previous and current contract efforts and will be determined by the Government whether relevant and involves work that is the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the construction services being procured under this Solicitation.

(c) Price: Seed Project Offer Sheet

(1) The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination.

(2) Offerors are to include a cost breakdown to include a detailed line item cost breakdown (materials, labor, and equipment) by trade, include overhead, profit, bond costs and breakdown of G&A expenses inclusive of all Project Staff and General Requirements OF THE PRIME CONTRACTOR, which exhibits the 15% of contract performance that will be incurred for SDVOSB personnel to comply with the limitation of subcontracting requirements in 13 CFR §125.6 in accordance with VAAR 852.219-10. Failure to do so may render proposal non-responsive.

(d) Source selection procedures will be in accordance with FAR 15.3. Technical evaluations will determine contractors' capabilities. The Government will award contracts to the offerors that offer the best value to the Government and may result in awards to other than the lowest price offeror.

(e) Technical factors and Past Performance, when combined, will be considered significantly more important than price.

(f) Offerors will be ranked according to the most highly technically rated, and then ranked by the most favorable proposed price for the seed project, with the most highly technically rated most favorably priced offeror ranked first.

(g) The technical factors for the initial MATOC awards will be evaluated using adjectival ratings and past performance will be evaluated using a risk rating.

(h) All factors established for subsequent task orders placed against resultant MATOC will be relevant to the requirement at hand and stated clearly in the individual Task Order Proposal Request.

1.2.3 EVALUATION FACTORS

PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY: Performance Capability consist of technical evaluation factors and past performance. In terms of relative importance of factors, all sub factors under technical, are approximately equal to each other. Technical and past performance, are approximately equal to each other and when combined will be considered significantly more important than price. Offerors shall limit proposal to no more than 40 pages.

(a) FACTOR 1 – Technical

Sub Factor 1: Experience. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s prior experience as a Prime Contractor as stipulated below.

(1) Prime Contractor Key Personnel experience will be accepted as a substitute for Prime contractor experience; however, it must be identified on the Contractor Experience Form.

(2) “Same or Similar” as referenced below, is defined as experience on projects that are the same or similar to the categories of construction stated in the solicitation. Offerors, must meet all standards under this factor.

(3) Offeror shall complete a minimum of three (3) no more than six (6), Experience Information forms for each project submitted as experience. All blocks must be completed and all data must be accurate, current, and complete.

a. All projects submitted must be the same or similar to one of the various categories of work described in the solicitation.

b. At least one project submitted should be 100% complete and all other projects submitted must be at least 50% complete.

c. At least two of the projects submitted must be valued more than $650,000 AND within the last five years.

d. At least two projects must consist of a renovation or new build performed at a healthcare facility in which in-patient or extended living is main purpose.

e. Each project can be used to satisfy multiple features or activities. Regardless of the number of forms submitted (not to exceed six), the offeror must demonstrate all of the above features/activities.

(4) Joint Ventures: If Offeror represents the combining of two or more companies for the purpose of this RFP, each company must provide experience forms identifying project examples, related to its role for this project. Joint Ventures must be in the form of a separate legal entity and CVE verified as an SDVOSB.

(5) Experience provided MUST be verifiable using the Point of Contract (POC) provided on Experience forms. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure the Government will be able to contact the POCs using the contact information listed on the experience form. Unverifiable POC information may lead to a lower rating for experience.

(6) In addition to fully completing and returning Attachment 1 of the solicitation, offerors shall separately address each of the sub-elements in the following order:

a. Provide detailed bonding capacity/information from Surety (per Attachment as will be provided in the solicitation)

b. Identify key personnel and their duties and responsibilities.

c. Describe your construction staff and how they will respond to the requirements of this multi-discipline contract.

d. Describe the organizational approach and how your approach will integrate with the Government staff to provide project management, on-site superintendence, quality control and administration.

Sub Factor 2: Quality Control. Offerors must clearly and in detail address each topic in the order as stated below. Offerors shall use the exact language as the title of each of the sub-elements.

1. How quality control is managed.

1. Approach to subcontractor management.

1. Approach to construction safety and infection control.

1. Handling and storage of hazardous material.

1. Compliance with typical project plans, design and specifications

1. Procedures used to ensure all work complies with specifications, drawings and requirements

1. Real case examples of how the quality problems were identified and corrected in a timely and acceptable methodology.

(b) FACTOR 2: Past Performance. The offeror shall provide past performance in one of two formats.

(1) A completed Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) provided as Attachment 3 of the solicitation and submitted in accordance with the following criteria.

a. The respondent must be familiar with the project, but not affiliated with the offeror.

b. The respondent must be able to provide an independent evaluation of the offeror’s performance on the referenced project.

c. The completed PPQ must be returned to the Government directly by the respondent to the email address identified in the Due Date & POC block of the PPQ. Completed PPQs submitted directly by the offeror or included in the offeror’s proposal will not be evaluated.

(2) It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure the Government will be able to contact the POCs using the contact information provided. Offerors are encouraged to send their request to the POC as soon as possible once a project is identified for experience under Factor 1.

OR

(3) Copies of Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPAR) for projects provided under Factor 1. If the project provided has a CPAR, it must be used by the offeror to demonstrate past performance. If CPAR submission is used to validate past performance, it will be the most recent evaluation in the system (i.e. for projects submitted as completed, the final 100% completed CPAR will be provided). If the offeror submits a CPAR, they are not required to submit a separate Past Performance Questionnaire for the specific project.

Note: If the CPAR is used, the Government reserves the right to check the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) to verify the accuracy of the CPAR submitted. CPARs submitted by the offeror which do not match those in the system, or for which there is a more current CPAR available, may cause the offeror to receive an “Unacceptable” for this factor.

(4) The SSEB will evaluate past performance to assess the risk associated with an offeror’s likelihood of success in performing the solicitation’s requirements as indicated by an offeror’s record of past performance under other contracts. The Contracting Officer will consider references from either inside or outside the federal government, so long as the performance is recent (within the last three years) and relevant (for the same or similar work). The Contracting Officer may also consider past performance information from sources other than those provided by the offerors.

(5) In the case of an offeror without a record of recent/relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance; however, the proposal of an offeror with no relevant past performance history, while not evaluated favorably or unfavorably, may not represent the most advantageous proposal to the Government.

(6) The Government reserves the right to use past performance information obtained from sources other than those identified by the offeror and may obtain information from any or all of the listed contract references and/or may contact all of the identified Points of Contact.

(c) FACTOR 3: Seed Project Price Offer Sheet

1.2.4 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

The following adjectival ratings and rating definitions will be used to assign an overall rating to each technical proposal and to assign a rating for each technical factor. Re

Adjectival Ratings/Definitions For Overall Technical Rating and Each Factor/Sub-factor

Outstanding (O)

Proposal/factor demonstrates thorough and detailed understanding of requirements. Technical considerations and capabilities significantly exceed performance and capability standards. Proposal/factor offers one or more strengths. Strengths significantly outweigh weaknesses, if any. The proposal/factor represents a high probability of success with no apparent risk in meeting the Government's requirements. Risk Level: Very Low

Marginal (M)

Proposal/factor demonstrates a limited understanding of requirements. Technical considerations and capabilities are questionable as to whether they meet performance and capability standards necessary for acceptable contract performance. Proposal/factor contains weaknesses and offers no strengths, or, if there are any strengths, these strengths are outweighed by weaknesses. The proposal/factor represents a low probability of success with overall high degree of risk in meeting the Government's requirements. Proposal/factor might be made satisfactory with additional information and without a major revision of the proposal. Risk Level: High

Poor (P)

Proposal/factor demonstrates a lack of understanding of requirements. Technical considerations and capabilities do not meet performance and capability standards necessary for acceptable contract performance. Proposal/factor contains major errors, omissions, significant weaknesses and/or deficiencies. The proposal/factor represents a very low probability of success with an extremely high degree of risk in meeting the Government's requirements. Proposal/factor could only be made satisfactory with major revisions of proposal. Risk Level: Very High.

RATINGS AND STANDARD DEFINITIONS

Standard Definitions

1.2.5 SAFETY OR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS AND EXPERIENCE MODIFICATION RATE (EMR)

1.2.5.1 “All Offerors shall submit the following information pertaining to their past Safety and Environmental record on and in accordance with Attachment 5. The information should contain, at a minimum, a certification that the offeror has no more than three (3) serious, or one (1) repeat or one (1) willful OSHA or any EPA violations(s) in the past three years. If such certification cannot be made, the 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.

1.2.5.2 All 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 offeror’s insurance company and be furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead. If a 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.

1.2.5.3 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. 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.

1.2.5.4 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.

1.2.5.5 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.

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

1.2.5.7 A Determination of Responsibility will be accomplished for apparent awardees 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 may result in a determination of “Non-Responsibility” for the offeror. NOTE: Any information received by the Government that would cause for a negative Determination of Responsibility in accordance with FAR 9.4 will make the offeror ineligible for award.

1.2.5.8 All awardees will be required to submit an updated EMR every year upon renewal of insurance. Failure to maintain an EMR rating of 1.0 or below may result in exclusion from competition within the MATOC or suspension of awardee until such rating is updated to reflect 1.0 or below or termination.

1.2.5.9 Personal Identity Verification: Security: FAR 52.209-4, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011), is incorporated into this solicitation by reference with the same force and effect as if given in full text. The full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html.

a. Upon Contract Award, all key personnel shall be subject to the appropriate type of background investigation or screening per VA Handbook 0710 and mush receive a favorable adjuration from CCA Personnel Security Specialist or VA Security and Investigations Center (SIC) depending on investigation or screening required. This requirement is applicable to all subcontract personnel. If the investigation or screening is not completed prior to the start date of the contract, the Contractor will be responsible for the actions of those individual they provide to perform work for the VA.

b. In accordance with FAR 52.204-9 and VA Directive 0735, prior to providing services under the contract, each contract person will be asked to provide two (2) forms of identification from the accepted identification documentation list to the appropriate VA representative in order to obtain a proper VA issued identification card.

c. The contractor shall submit the required forms for background investigation for the Site Superintendent, Project Manager, and any staff that routine access to the VA facility

1.2.6 PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

1.2.6.1 These instructions prescribe the format of proposals and the development and presentation of the proposal data. These instructions are designed to ensure the proper submission of information necessary to provide for comprehensive evaluation of proposals. Offerors shall carefully review this part prior to commencing proposal preparation, and take the necessary measures to ensure that the information submitted is factual, accurate, and complete.

1.2.6.2 To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Failure to furnish proposals that comply with the instructions, at the predetermined due date for submission, may result in elimination from consideration for award. Any solicitation amendments issued must be acknowledged in accordance with FAR Clause 52.215-1--Instructions to Offerors.

1.2.7 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

Technical proposal shall be submitted separately from the seed project price proposal. The following format shall be used:

Tab A: General Information

· Cover page with solicitation Number, Project Title

· Table of Contents

· Company information to include: DUNNs Number, Cage Code, Tax ID Number, Principle points of contact, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.

· Certifications and Licenses

Tab B: Factor 1 – Prime Contractor Experience Forms

· Attachment 1 - Contractor Experience Forms completed for each project submitted for Factor 1

· Attachment 2 – Contractor Surety Limitations for Sub Factor 1

· Sub Factors 2 through 4

Tab C: Factor 2 – Quality Control

· Sub factors 1 through 7

Tab D: Factor 3 – Past Performance

· Attachment 3 - Past Performance Questionnaire completed for each project submitted for Factor 1 or CPARS for each project submitted for Factor 1

· Attachment 4 - Subcontractor/Teaming Partner Past Performance Information and Consent Forms – If applicable

1.2.8 PRICE PROPOSAL – Price proposal shall be submitted separately from the technical proposal of the solicitation requirements identified below. The following format shall be used:

TAB A: General Information, Cover Sheet

· Page with Solicitation Number, Project Title,

· Table of Contents

· SF 1442 Signed and dated by the offeror

· Acknowledgment of Amendments

· Vet Biz Certification

TAB B:

· Offer Guarantee Bond

· Certifications

· General Contractor License

· Attachment 5 – EMR Form completed and submitted with Offer Tab C: Offer

· Price Offer Schedule for Seed Project

1.2.9 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

1.2.9.1 One electronic copy of the proposal shall be submitted by email to elissa.goodman@va.gov or on a Compact Disc (CD) to address listed below on or before the due date as specified in "Proposal Due Date" in Block 13 of the SF 1442.

1.2.9.2 Size limits of e-mails are restricted to 5MB. If more than one email is sent, please number emails in Subject line as “1 of n”. (Example: PROPOSAL SUBMISSION, # 36C24718R0307 – VISN 7 MATOC (1 of n, 2 of n, etc.). Offeror’s are completely responsible for ensuring electronic submissions reach the Contracting Officer by due date as specified. Sending received/read receipts or otherwise verifying receipt of offer by Contracting Officer is highly encouraged.

1.2.9.3 In addition to the electronic submission, offerors shall submit eight (8) hard copies by the proposal due date as specified in Block 13 of the SF 1442 to the following address:

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 7 ATTN: Elissa Goodman 2008 Weems Road Tucker GA 30084

1.2.9.4 In the event that discrepancies between the original hard copies and the electronic versions of proposals arise, the original hard copies shall prevail.

1.2.9.5 Offerors must mark the front of proposal packages as follows:

<Company Name>

VISN 7 MATOC PROPOSAL

36C24718R0307

COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION -- TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY

1.2.9.6 Requests for information or clarifications shall be submitted to the Contract Officer at elissa.goodman@va.gov no later the date indicated on Page 1 of the SF-1442.

1.2.9.7 Inquiries and all correspondence concerning this solicitation document should be submitted in writing via e-mail to the Contracting Officer at elissa.goodman@va.gov

1.2.9.8 Contractor signature shall be in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations Part 4.102 on all contractual documents (e.g. proposals, awards, modifications, etc.).

1.2.10 BASIS FOR AWARD

1.2.10.1 This is a competitive procurement using the best value tradeoff source selection process identified in FAR Part 15.101-1. For this procurement, the government will award contracts resulting from this solicitation to responsible offerors whose offers, conforming to the solicitation, are evaluated as being the most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. A contract will only be awarded to offerors determined responsible in accordance with FAR Part 9 and whose proposals conforms to the RFP’s requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, representations and certifications).

1.2.10.2 The Government intends to evaluate proposals and anticipates an award of approximately (18) IDIQ contracts without discussions, except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a). The Government reserves the right to award more or less than eighteen (18) as determined by the Contracting Officer to be in the best interest of the Government. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

1.2.10.3 The Government reserves the right to eliminate from consideration for award any or all offers at any time prior to award of the contracts; to negotiate with offerors in the competitive range; and to award the contracts to the offerors submitting the proposals determined to represent the best value—the proposals most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

1.2.10.4 The Contracting Officer will conduct proposal compliance review for determination of basic proposal adequacy prior to providing the proposals to the board. Non-compliance with the RFP requirements may be grounds to eliminate the proposal from consideration for contract award.

1.2.10.5 Although the assessment of Past Performance as a specific evaluation factor is separate and distinct from the Determination of Responsibility required by FAR Part 9, Past Performance information obtained herein will be used during the Government’s responsibility determination. The Government also reserves the right to obtain additional information solely for the purpose of making a responsibility determination from all Offerors after receipt of proposals. Requests for responsibility information do not constitute discussions.

1.2.10.6 The Government reserves the right to…