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Coefficients and Multipliers

1. PRE-PRICED COEFFICIENTS

The offeror’s Pre-Priced coefficient is a multiplier that represents costs (generally indirect costs) to be applied to the work item unit price information from the online RS MEANS Cost Data, Facilities and Commercial Renovation. The offeror’s Pre-Priced coefficients shall account for a wide variety of risks of doing business, including but not limited to:

· Prime Contractor's overhead and profit.

· Sub Contractor's overhead and profit.

· Salaries of personnel required to operate and manage the contract, job site supervision/ superintendent, project management, company officers and support staff.

· Costs associated to office space, administrative supplies, office equipment, off site storage facilities, vehicle operations and maintenance expenses and telephones charges.

· Insurances.

· Base labor rate mark-ups

· Mobilization and Demobilization

· Submittals and job planning

· Taxes (Except material sale/use taxes)

· Incidental engineering

· Quality control and inspections.

· Costs associated with facility protection, protection of installed construction, safety (personal protection equipment) and fire protection.

· Costs associated with compliance to security requirements

· Compliance with environmental laws (overhead (indirect)) costs associated with performing work in compliance with EPA/OSHA, and State regulations, including any necessary licenses and permits, reporting requirements, and training.) Excludes costs for abatement of hazardous material.

· Employer's portion of taxes such as FICA, unemployment compensation, and fringe benefits

· Differences in Federal and State Unemployment costs, Builders Risk Insurance and Public Liability costs.

· Damaged Material, Waste and Excess Quantities associated with Completed-in-Place Construction Quantities. (All prices in RS MEANS Cost Data software are for completed-in-place construction unless explicitly described otherwise. Waste or excess material quantities are incidental costs that are included within the contract coefficient unless explicitly stated otherwise. Quantities used on individual task order proposals shall be taken from field measurement, as appropriate, without allowance for waste.)

· Customary small tools or equipment provided by the company or worker.

In addition to the above items, the following RS MEANS line items are not allowed in the Contractor's estimate as Pre-Priced line items. Such line items should be factored into the offeror's coefficients:

The Pre-Priced coefficients shall include all other administrative costs not specific to the task order and any other factor(s) the offeror deems necessary to cover all contingencies in connection therewith, since no allowance will be made later for additional costs. The coefficient also includes any overhead and profit for subcontractors hired by the Prime Contractor. No additional compensation for using subcontractors will be paid by the Government.

***Coefficients will not be adjusted for any other changes or circumstances encountered during the life of the contract - the coefficients will remain unchanged throughout any given contract or option year***.

The coefficients will be used in establishing the price for task orders and modifications. The Pre-Priced coefficient is multiplied by the sum of bare costs (no overhead and profit) for line items identified within the online RS MEANS Cost Data that correspond to task order work items.

2. CITY COST INDEX (CCI)

The City Cost Index is a multiplier used to adjust construction costs to a geographical location. Bare costs in the RS MEANS Cost Data Books represent the U.S national average. To adjust costs to a geographical location, the Weighted Average CCI is applied to the bare cost. The CCI for Nashville, TN shall apply to all work located at Nashville, TN and/or Murfreesboro, TN. The CCI for other out laying areas of work shall be identified in the RFP. CCI rates are found in the Reference Section of the RS MEANS Cost Data Book. The City Cost Index will only be applied to Pre-Priced Items.