36C24918R0170-011.docx

LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE:

Project #614-15-109, Upgrade Spinal Cord Injury Patient Bathrooms

All evaluation factors are of equal importance. The evaluation factors are: 1. Hospital/Healthcare Construction Management 2. Technical Management Approach 3. Past Performance 4. Price FACTOR 1 – Hospital/Healthcare Construction Management The offeror shall provide a narrative that describes the offeror’s overall organization, organizational chart, as well as number of personnel and the duties of proposed technical staff to determine if offeror has the ability to manage multi-discipline projects without significant difficulty. The proposal narrative must adequately address functions, responsibilities and authorities for performing such duties as overall project management, site superintendence, quality control, safety, administration and in-house trade capabilities.

Sub-Factor 1a – Experience: The Prime Contractor shall provide demonstrated experience in new construction or the addition of a hospital/medical center and/or health care facility for two (2) completed projects within the past ten (10) years with a contract value of at least $1,000,000.00 or greater. The subject project must have involved multiple trades so as to demonstrate the management and coordination of trades by the Prime Contractor.

Standard for Acceptability: The Prime Contractor must provide complete project title, location, start and completion dates, contract price, and trades involved. Provide written narrative of work and a reference for verification.

Sub-Factor 1b - Key Personnel: Provide the names of the Prime Contractor’s project manager and on-site superintendent, including name with title, years with prime contractor, and total work experience as it relates to the new construction or the addition of a hospital/medical center and/or health care facility. Both Project Manager and Site Superintendent must demonstrate (by way of professional resume) experience in managing and providing oversight with new hospital construction or construction additions with a project magnitude of $1M or more over the past 5 years.

Standard for Acceptability: Project manager and the on-site superintendent must have a minimum of three (3) or more years of experience managing new construction and/or construction additions in a hospital or medical center environment.

FACTOR 2 – Technical Management Approach: The offeror shall provide a narrative that outlines the proposed technical approach for this project, including assumptions and rationale for choosing the preferred approach.

Sub-Factor 2a-Project & Construction Quality Control: Include a discussion of how the duration of project time was achieved; provide a Gantt chart of contract times broken into schedule of values by trade discipline and by General Wage Decision (formerly Davis-Bacon Act). Offeror must include identification of proposed personnel for project management, site superintendence, and quality control; including role in commissioning, safety during construction, and in-house trade capabilities.

Standard for Acceptability: Gantt chart achieving successful project completion in 500 calendar days, with all requirements met for contract. Technical narrative demonstrates sound logic with minimal disruption to medical center operations at all times.

Sub-Factor 2b-Change Order Management: Based on your experience in new construction or new additions to hospitals/healthcare facilities, clinics, medical centers and your review of project specifications and the proposed work you viewed at the site visit. Discuss potential changes or any unforeseen conditions, or work not considered.

Standard for Acceptability: When the offeror proposes a realistic view of potential changes or unforeseen conditions, or work not considered.

FACTOR 3 – Past Performance: Offeror shall list three (3) only prior clients for completed projects of renovation of hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinics where the projects dollar magnitude was $1,000,000.00 or greater within the last five (10) years on the VA Past Performance questionnaire and ask the client to forward directly to the CO via email at Keith.Nestinger@va.gov by the solicitation closing date and time.

Standard for Acceptability: This factor is met when up to three (3) past performance questionnaires that the offeror has worked with in the past ten (10) years are submitted, and are deemed satisfactory. The Government will evaluate the relative merits of each project listed under past performance as well as verify the information provided through direct contact, as well as other government websites.

NOTE: In the case of an offeror without a record of 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 may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (SEE FAR 15.305 (a) (2) (iv)). Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable”.

The past performance evaluation results is an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the minimum past performance solicitation requirements. This assessment is based on the offeror’s record of relevant and recent past performance information that pertain to the products and/or services outlined in the solicitation requirements. The government may also obtain past performance information through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) other sources known to the Government.

FACTOR 4 – Price: The offeror shall provide a price for the Offer Item. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes.

The price proposal is required to include the S02-Price Schedule Worksheet (3 pages), the signed SF 1442, with acknowledgment of any amendments, plus the Offeror’s Bid Guarantee documents.

Standard for Acceptability: This standard is met when the Offeror submits a price proposal consistent with the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) and when analyzed by each price line item, is determined to be consistent with the work required.

The proposed price will be analyzed for reasonableness. It may also be analyzed for the different divisions of work to be performed, reflects a clear understanding of the requirement; and is consistent with the Offeror’s Technical Proposal. A detailed price breakdown is required and shall be provided on the “S02-Solicitation Attachment-Price Schedule” worksheet provided with the solicitation.

If a detailed price breakdown is not included in the offeror’s price proposal, the contractor may be excluded from further consideration of contract award. Pricing will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.4 to determine reasonableness and evaluate potential performance risks. In this context, reasonableness will be determined by comparing offered prices with the government estimate. This factor will be evaluated as either reasonable or unreasonable. The Government reserves the right to cancel subject RFP and re-solicit via another mechanism should a fair and reasonable price not be achieved or reasonableness of price cannot be determined.