36C24923R0030_1.docx

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

3. DATE ISSUED

PAGE OF PAGES

4. CONTRACT NUMBER

5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER

6. PROJECT NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY

CODE

8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

a. NAME

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Title, identifying number, date) 12a. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS?

(If "YES," indicate within how many calendar days after award in Item 12B.)

12b. CALENDAR DAYS

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014)

STANDARD FORM 1442

Prescribed by GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 52.236-1(d)

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

SOLICITATION

SOLICITATION

IMPORTANT - The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror.

9. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance within ____________ calendar days and complete it within calendar days after receiving award, notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory negotiable. (See _____________________________).

YES

NO

a.

Sealed offers in original and ___________________copies to perform the work required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by _____________ (hour) local time _____________________ (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time. Sealed envelopes containing offers shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, the date and time offers are due.

b.

An offer guarantee is, is not required.

c.

All offers are subject to the (1) work requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference.

d.

Offers providing less than _______________________ calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

36C24923R0030 X 621-23-3-5114-0001 621-20-107 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 (90C)

NCO 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 400 Murfreesboro

TN

37129 Address all offer's by electronic means only to the following email.

Michael R. Brown Michael.brown1305@va.gov

Michel R. Brown 615-225-5939 Project# 621-20-107, Renovation of Second Floor D-Wing (D2) Isolation Ward, Building 200 at James H. Quillen VAMC Mountain Home, 37684. Contractor shall completely prepare site for building operations, including demolition and removal structures, and furnish labor and materials and perform work for the renovation of approximately, 12,000 sf of existing space on the Second Floor D-Wing (D2) of Building 200, as described in Section 4, Statement of Work, and Attached Specifications and Drawings.

NAICS Code: 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The small business size standard is $45M PSC Code is Y1DZ, Construction of Other Hospital Buildings, the project magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00.

Refer to Page 10, FAR Provision 52.236-27 for date and time of Site Visit. There will only be one (1) site visit on this project.

To obtain clarifications and/or additional information concerning the contract requirement, specifications and/or drawings, submit written questions via email to Michael R. Brown, Contract Officer at Michael.brown1305@va.gov.

Questions must be specific in identifying section, paragraph, and page number and must be in question format.

A form is attached for use. All questions shall include the project number and title, contractor name, city and state, phone number, and email address, date submitted and question(s). Questions received after 06/16/2023 at 1300CT will not be answered unless it is determined to be in the best interest of the government as deemed by the CO. Telephone requests will NOT be accepted.

In accordance with Public Law 109-461, this acquisition is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. In order to be eligible to receive an award under this solicitation, the SDVOSB contractor must be listed and viewable in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Registry located at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov at the time of offers due and at time of the award. Offerors are advised that the fast-track reverification program ended September 30, 2012. Consequently, offerors in reverification status will not be eligible to submit offers for this project. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (SAM), all prospective offerors must have an active SAM's registration at the time of offer and at the time of award.

This project is procured under FAR 15.101 Past Performance-Trade-off (PPTO). Evaluation Factors are listed in the solicitation.

Note: Only Electronic Submissions will be accepted. Solicitation shall be returned in complete format with all pages.

Submit (1) electronic copy of proposal on or before the proposal due date/time in block 13 to Michael.brown1305@va.gov.

Submit (1) electronic copy of bid bonds on or before the proposal due date/time.

X X 52.211-10 X 13:00

CDT

07-06-2023 X

14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR

15. TELEPHONE NUMBER

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

CODE

FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified below in strict accordance with the terms of the solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in writing within __________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

AMOUNTS

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENT

NUMBER

DATE.

20a. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER 20b. SIGNATURE 20c. OFFER DATE

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT

23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN

ITEM

25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( 41 U.S.C. 3304(a) (

26. ADMINISTERED BY

27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

PHONE:

FAX:

28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

29. AWARD

Your Contractor agrees offer on this solicitation is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This to furnish and deliver all items or perform all work requirements identified award consummates the contract, which consists of (a) the Government on this form and any continuation sheets for the consideration stated in solicitation and your offer, and (b) this contract award. No further cont-this contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract ractual document is necessary.

shall be governed by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certifications, and specifications incorporated by reference in or attached to this contract.

30a. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31a. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

TO SIGN

30b. SIGNATURE 30c. DATE 31b. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31c. AWARD DATE

BY

OFFER

AWARD

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) BACK

(Include ZIP Code) (Include area code) (Include only if different than Item 14.)

(Insert any number equal to or greater than the minimum requirement stated in Item 13d. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13d.)

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each) (Type or print) (4 copies unless otherwise specified) (Type or print) (Type or print) (Contractor is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to issuing office.)

(Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

(Must be fully completed by offeror) (To be completed by Government)

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

Base Offer 1:

The Offeror must provide an offer response to the base offer. Failure to do so will result in a rejection of the offer.

621-3630162-5114-854200-3220 23NR2JA10

90C Network Contracting Office 9 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (90C) 1639 Medical Center Parkway Suite 400 Murfreesboro

TN

37129 90C FSC e-Invoicing Payment http://www.fsc.va.gov/fsc/einvoice.asp Invoice Setup Information 1-877-489-6135 Invoice must be submitted electronically

Setup 1-877-489-6135 Dean J. Regazzi Contracting Officer

Table of Contents

A.3 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

ITEM INFORMATION

PROJECT 621-20-107,Construction Services to renovate Bldg. 200 Wing D2 for Isolation Ward. Renovation of Second Floor D-Wing (D2) of Building 200, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Mountain Home, Tennessee 37684. The contractor shall completely prepare site for building operations, including demolition and removal of existing structures, and furnish labor and materials and perform work for the renovation of approximately 12,000 sq. ft of existing space on the Second Floor D-Wing (D2) of Building 200. This space is to be renovated into healthcare occupancy as an isolation ward to house twelve (12) patients within universal rooms allowing for critical, step-down, and acute care to be delivered/administered in the same room.

Period of Performance: 480 calendar days after issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP).

PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Y1DZ - Construction of Other Hospital Buildings

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INFORMATION REGARDING BIDDING MATERIAL, BID GUARANTEE AND BONDS

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO BIDDERS/OFFERORS

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.

(c) The Contractor's compliance with Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4 shall be based on (1) its implementation of the Equal Opportunity clause, (2) specific affirmative action obligations required by the clause entitled "Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction," and (3) its efforts to meet the goals. The hours of minority and female employment and training must be substantially uniform throughout the length of the contract, and in each trade. The Contractor shall make a good faith effort to employ minorities and women evenly on each of its projects. The transfer of minority or female employees or trainees from Contractor to Contractor, or from project to project, for the sole purpose of meeting the Contractor's goals shall be a violation of the contract, Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4. Compliance with the goals will be measured against the total work hours performed.

(d) The Contractor shall provide written notification to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor, within 10 working days following award of any construction subcontract in excess of $10,000 at any tier for construction work under the contract resulting from this solicitation. The notification shall list the—

(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the subcontractor;

(2) Employer's identification number of the subcontractor;

(3) Estimated dollar amount of the subcontract;

(4) Estimated starting and completion dates of the subcontract; and

(5) Geographical area in which the subcontract is to be performed.

(e) As used in this Notice, and in any contract resulting from this solicitation, the "covered area" is

(End of Provision)

2.4 52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996)

(a) Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening of bids, may be cause for rejection of the bid.

(b) The bidder shall furnish a bid guarantee in the form of a firm commitment, e.g., bid bond supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the Government, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury Department regulations, certain bonds or notes of the United States. The Contracting Officer will return bid guarantees, other than bid bonds—

(1) To unsuccessful bidders as soon as practicable after the opening of bids; and

(2) To the successful bidder upon execution of contractual documents and bonds (including any necessary coinsurance or reinsurance agreements), as required by the bid as accepted.

(c) The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or 3 Million, whichever is less.

(d) If the successful bidder, upon acceptance of its bid by the Government within the period specified for acceptance, fails to execute all contractual documents or furnish executed bond(s) within 10 days after receipt of the forms by the bidder, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract for default.

(e) In the event the contract is terminated for default, the bidder is liable for any cost of acquiring the work that exceeds the amount of its bid, and the bid guarantee is available to offset the difference.

(End of Provision)

2.5 52.228-17 INDIVIDUAL SURETY—PLEDGE OF ASSETS (BID GUARANTEE) (FEB 2021)

(a) Offerors shall obtain from each person acting as an individual surety on a bid guarantee—

(1) A pledge of assets that meets the eligibility, valuation, and security requirements described in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 28.203–1; and

(2) Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety.

(b) The Offeror shall include with its offer the information required at paragraph (a) of this provision within the timeframe specified in the provision at FAR 52.228–1, Bid Guarantee, or as otherwise established by the Contracting Officer.

(c) The Contracting Officer may release the security interest on the individual surety’s assets in support of a bid guarantee based upon evidence that the offer supported by the individual surety will not result in contract award.

(End of Provision)

2.6 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from:

CO-Dean J. Regazzi CS-Michael R. Brown Hand-Carried Address:

Dean J. Regazzi Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office - 9 3400 Lebanon Pike Murfreesboro TN 37129 Mailing Address:

Dean J. Regazzi Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office - 9 3400 Lebanon Pike Murfreesboro TN 37129

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

(End of Provision)

2.7 52.236-27 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) (FEB 1995) ALTERNATE I (FEB 1995)

(a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.

(b) An organized site visit has been scheduled for— 06/12/2023, at 09:30 ET

(c) Participants will meet at— BLDG. 37, Mountain Home VAMC (End of Provision)

2.8 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

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2.9 52.236-28 PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS—CONSTRUCTION (OCT 1997)

(a) Proposals must be (1) submitted on the forms furnished by the Government or on copies of those forms, and (2) manually signed. The person signing a proposal must initial each erasure or change appearing on any proposal form.

(b) The proposal form may require offerors to submit proposed prices for one or more items on various bases, including—

(1) Lump sum price;

(2) Alternate prices;

(3) Units of construction; or

(4) Any combination of paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(3) of this provision.

(c) If the solicitation requires submission of a proposal on all items, failure to do so may result in the proposal being rejected without further consideration. If a proposal on all items is not required, offerors should insert the words "no proposal'' in the space provided for any item on which no price is submitted.

(d) Alternate proposals will not be considered unless this solicitation authorizes their submission.

EVALUATION FACTORS

EVALUATION FACTORS

This section describes the evaluation process, proposal preparation, the significant factors and sub-factors and criteria to be used in the evaluation process. This procurement action will apply FAR 15.101-1 Past Performance-Trade-off-(PPTO) selection procedures which permits trade-offs among cost or price and non-cost factors and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal. Offerors will be required to submit their proposal in response to the solicitation in accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation. Once proposals are received, the SSEB will evaluate the proposals utilizing the criteria provided in this evaluation plan and in the solicitation. Offerors that fail to submit complete proposals including all pages of the solicitation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered for award. Evaluation factors when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price.

The Government intends to award a single contract to a qualified (SDVOSB) determined responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), whose technical proposal conforms to all the requirements in this solicitation and is further determined to meet or exceed the standards of acceptability under FAR 15.101-1 Past Performance-Tradeoff-(PPTO) process. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror's proposal should contain the Offeror's best terms from a past performance, technical, and cost standpoint.

The evaluation of offers submitted in response to this Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation will be conducted utilizing the Best Value FAR 15.101-1 Past Performance-Tradeoff-(PPTO) selection process. Utilization of this source selection process may result in not all offers being evaluated. The Contracting Office upon receipt of offers, will determine eligibility and compliance to the solicitation requirements. The Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert), SBA at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ will be checked to ensure that any offeror submitting a proposal to perform the work is both listed and verified. All proposals received will also be checked for an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Thereafter, the CO will review all proposals to ensure that the minimum proposal submission requirements have been met. Once these requirements for responsibility have been satisfied, the CO will select and submit for review to the Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) the technical proposal of the lowest priced offeror for consideration. Initially, the SSEB will not receive any pricing information, only the past performance, and technical portion of the offeror's proposal. The offeror's technical proposal will be evaluated or acceptability on a pass/fail basis, and the offeror's Past Performance will be rated with respect to the standards set for Past Performance. A two-step process for rating Past Performance will be used: first a rating of recency and relevancy will be assigned; second a final rating of confidence will be assigned with respect to recency and relevancy.

The Offeror's technical proposal shall be no more than 50 pages total, which is not inclusive of the solicitation and any amendments issued thereof. The Offeror's price proposal shall be no more than 25 pages inclusive of bid bonds required.

FAR 52.209-7 Information regarding responsibility Matters (b) shall be marked. If not marked, the proposal is technically unacceptable and cannot be considered for award.

If the selected offeror's technical proposal is determined to be acceptable based on the standards of acceptability, and that offeror's Past Performance rating is the highest possible rating allowable (Substantial Confidence), then no further evaluation of offers shall occur, and the CO will document these findings. Pricing information will only be provided to the SSEB upon notification to the CO that the past performance and technical proposal as submitted meets or exceeds the acceptability standard necessary to fulfill the objective of the requirement.

Should the initial offeror's proposal be determined to be unacceptable according to the standards of acceptability, then the SSEB will be required to provide to the CO a summary evaluation sheet that documents how the offeror's proposal fails to meet the standards of acceptability, and request to the CO that the next higher priced proposal be submitted to the SSEB for evaluation. Also, if the initial offeror's Past Performance is rated anything lower than Substantial Confidence, then the next higher priced proposal will be submitted to the SSEB for evaluation. This process shall continue until such time that either all proposals have been evaluated, or a Technically Acceptable and Substantial Confidence Past Performance proposal is evaluated. If no Technically Acceptable proposals reach the level of Substantial Confidence with respect to Past Performance, then a Best Value determination will be completed by the CO between the highest rated Past Performance proposals.

Offerors shall respond in writing to the evaluation factors listed below, in the same order as they appear in the solicitation document. Failure to provide all information will adversely affect the evaluation of an offer. The information contained in the technical proposal should be complete, concise, and address each factor. If information is applicable to more than one evaluation factor, it must be repeated for each factor, unless stated otherwise.

Text: Text shall be at least single spaced, on 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper, with a minimum one-half inch margin all around. Pages shall be numbered consecutively. No foldout pages shall be used except for drawings as described below. Pages submitted in excess of the page limitations stated throughout this document will not be evaluated.

Drawings: Drawings shall be submitted as an electronic copy.

Font Size: Print shall be of a minimum 12-point font size or a maximum 10 characters per inch (10-pitch, pica) spacing. Bolding, underlining, and italics may be used to identify topic demarcations or points of emphasis. Graphic presentations, including tables, while not subject to the same font size and spacing requirements, shall have spacing and text that is easily readable.

Proposals will be identified with the following information for each volume:

a. Construction Company Name

b. Physical Address of the Company

c. Telephone Number

d. Email address

e. VA Project Number (621-20-107)

f. VA Project Name (Renovate Bldg.-200 - Wing D2 for Isolation Ward)

g. Solicitation number (36C24923R0030)

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

The Offeror shall submit one (1) electronic copy of the proposal to the office of Michael R. Brown, Contract Specialist at Email Michael.brown1305@va.gov. by the date and time shown on the SF 1442. (Only electronic copies will be accepted).

Electronic Copy: Offerors shall include one copy of everything being submitted in MS Word, PDF and Excel format files only. If PDF is used, then each Section submitted shall be a separate file. For example, all required licenses must be one file, the technical proposal must be another file, and therefore there shall be more than one PDF copy of the proposals submitted via email.

Michael.brown1305@va.gov

Note: Offerors submission shall contain all pages of solicitation 36C24923R0030 as posted on contract opportunities

Evaluation Factors:

This procurement will result in identifying the most highly qualified contractor based on Best Value FAR 15.101-1 Past Performance-Tradeoff-(PPTO), protecting the government's interest, and being consistent with the purposes and objectives of this project based on the following technical evaluation factors:

Factor 1: Technical 1a. Subfactor 1A: Technical Experience 1b. Subfactor 1B: Key Personnel 1c. Subfactor 1C: Project & Construction Quality Control 1d. Subfactor 1D: Change Order Management Factor 2: Past Performance 2a. Management Effectiveness 2b. Quality of Service and Workmanship 2c. Timeliness/Adherence to Schedules 2d. Training/Technical Support 2e. Customer Satisfaction Factor 3: Price

Factors are rated in order of precedence:

1. Factor 1 Technical: and will be evaluated on an Acceptable / Unacceptable scale as stated in section 1, Chart 1.1

2. Factor 2 Past Performance: is rated highest and will be evaluated using the adjectival scale as stated in section 2, Chart 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3

3. Factor 3 Price: is the least important and will be evaluated as stated in section 3.

Evaluation factors when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price.

Note: Factor 2 is the only factor that is to be evaluated using the trade-off procedures of FAR 15.101-1 and factor 2 (Past Performance) is significantly more important than factor 3 (Price).

Section 1: FACTOR 1 – Technical

TECHNICAL ACCEPTABLE/UNACCEPTABLE RATING

Technical factors are utilized to assess whether the Offeror’s proposal will satisfy the Government’s minimum requirements. Some of the aspects affecting an Offeror’s ability to meet the solicitation requirements may include meeting the standards of acceptability regarding technical approach, key personnel, and qualifications.

Once the minimum requirements are established, the team shall evaluate the Offeror’s technical proposal against these requirements to determine whether the proposal is rated as “ACCEPTABLE” or “UNACCEPTABLE”, using the ratings and descriptions outlined in the below table.

Table 1.1

Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Evaluation Ratings

The offeror shall provide a narrative that outlines the proposed technical approach for this project, including assumptions and rationale for choosing the preferred approach of new construction, renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinic. 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 can 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 – Technical Experience: The Prime Contractor shall provide demonstrated experience in performing three (3) similar projects of the same magnitude and scope of new construction projects in renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinic with a contract value equal to or greater than $5,000,000.00. The following information shall be provided: project title, location, start and completion dates, contract price, written narrative of work that includes elevator upgrades as part of the scope of work and a reference for verification.

Standard for Acceptability: The Prime Contractor shall provide project title, location, start and completion dates, contract price, written narrative of the scope of work that clearly demonstrates that new construction, renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinic were a part of the work performed and a reference for verification. Prime Contractor must demonstrate experience in performing three (3) similar projects of the same magnitude and scope of new construction, renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility with a contract value equal to or greater than $5,000,000.00.

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 satisfactory work experience as it relates to completed projects of new construction, renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinic in a hospital. Both Project Manager and Site Superintendent must demonstrate (by way of professional resume) experience in managing and providing oversight for at least three (3) new construction, renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility, with project magnitudes equal to or greater than $5,000,000.00 per project over the past five (5) years.

Standard for Acceptability: Both Project Manager and Site Superintendent must demonstrate (by way of professional resume) experience in which they managed and provided oversight for a minimum of three (3) completed projects of new construction, renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinic which had a project magnitude equal to or greater than $5,000,000.00 per project during the past five (5) years.

Sub-Factor 1c-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 480 calendar days, with all requirements met for contract. Technical narrative demonstrates sound logic with minimal disruption to medical center operations.

Sub-Factor 1d-Change Order Management: Based on your experience in hospital construction of a project of this magnitude and scope, involving multiple trades and the coordination thereof, the commissioning of various systems involved in the new construction of a facility and your experience with a project of this magnitude, discuss what factors you would consider in mitigating potential changes. Discuss your handling of changes, where a sub-contractor failed to thoroughly review the project specifications, or a section was inadvertently overlooked.

Standard for Acceptability: When the offeror proposes a realistic or reasonable view of mitigating potential changes or handling of changes where specifications were not thoroughly reviewed.

Section 2: FACTOR 2 - Past Performance:

Offeror shall provide the name, address, phone number and email address of a minimum of three (3) prior clients for completed projects of new construction, renovation, revitalization, upgrade, and/or new addition of hospital healthcare occupancy space of a hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinic where the project dollar magnitude equal to or greater than $5,000,000.00 within the last five (5) years. Contractor shall send the attached VA Past Performance questionnaire to the three (3) prior clients and ask them to forward the questionnaire directly to the Contracting Officer via email at Michael.brown1305@va.gov no later than June 09, 2023.

Past Performance Criteria: There are five sub factors to be rated: Management Effectiveness, Quality of Service and Workmanship, Timeliness/Adherence to Schedules, Training/Technical Support, and Customer Satisfaction. The items under each sub factor describe areas that may be evaluated. All sub factors are equally important.

Sub-Factor 2a-Management Effectiveness

(i) Offeror provided experienced personnel with technical and administrative abilities to meet contract requirements.

(ii) Offeror provided appropriate system documentation

(iii) Offeror’s overall management effectiveness Sub-Factor 2b-Quality of Service and Workmanship

(i) Offeror provided professional services

(ii) Offeror maintained the quality products/service

(iii) Offeror achieved throughput specifications

(iv) Offeror achieved accuracy specifications

(v) Offeror achieved integration specifications (if applicable)

(vi) Offeror’s overall quality of products/service Sub-Factor 2c-Timeliness/Adherence to Schedules

(i) Offeror delivered items timely as identified in your contract

(ii) Offeror was proactive in keeping you informed of schedule conflicts if they were going to occur

(iii) Offeror responded to emergency requirements in a timely manner

(iv) Overall offeror timeliness Sub-Factor 2d-Training/Technical Support

(i) Offeror provided useful quality training

(ii) Offeror provided prompt technical support after delivery

(iii) Offeror’s overall quality of training/technical support Sub-Factor 2e-Customer Satisfaction

(i) Offeror maintained a professional working relationship

(ii) Offeror was reasonable and cooperative in resolving customer complaints

(iii) Offeror was flexible in responding to urgent requirements

(iv) Overall customer satisfaction

Past Performance will be evaluated in a two-step process:

Step 1: Determine the recency and relevancy of Past Performance efforts accomplished by the offeror with respect to the requirements of the solicitation.

Step 2: Offeror’s performance on all past efforts that meet the recency check and are of some relevancy to the requirements will be rated on an overall adjectival basis using the ratings in table below to define the overall confidence level of past performance. Offerors without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance and, as a result, will receive an “Neutral" rating for the Past Performance factor.

The adjectival rating criteria used to evaluate Past Performance – Recency, Relevancy, and Confidence are defined in the following tables:

Table 2.1

Table 2.2 Past Performance

Table 2.3 Past Performance Confidence Ratings

NOTE: The past performance evaluation results is a comparative assessment of the Offeror’s probability of meeting the 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) and/or other sources known to the Government.

Section 3: PRICE

Pricing will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.404 to determine reasonableness.

The Past Performance-Trade Off –(PPTO) procedure is applied to known, firm requirements, usually readily available in the commercial or construction marketplace where a fair and reasonable price determination is based on adequate price competition among all proposals received. When sufficient competition is received and a competitive range can be established, total proposed prices will be compared. The Government will evaluate responsive, technically acceptable proposals for the purposes of establishing adequate price competition in accordance with FAR 15.403-1(c)(1).

The offeror must provide a detailed price breakdown on the “S02-Solicitation Attachment-Price Schedule” worksheet provided with the solicitation. The proposed price breakdown will be analyzed if only one (1) proposal is received or if a competitive range cannot be established. Thus, proposals will be evaluated by examining the different divisions of work to be performed, to ensure that it reflects a clear understanding of the requirement; and is consistent with the Offeror’s Technical Proposal. A detailed price breakdown will be analyzed, and the stated prices will be compared to prices at which the same or similar items have previously been awarded for similar construction projects accounting for price escalation due to current economic conditions. If a detailed price breakdown is not included in the Offeror’s price proposal, the contractor shall be excluded from further consideration for contract award. The Government reserves the right to cancel subject RFP and re-solicit via another mechanism if a fair and reasonable price cannot be determined.

Note: The VA will look at the total evaluated price and (non-price) factors to determine the best value. “Best Value - Past Performance-Trade Off – (PPTO)” means the expected outcome of an acquisition that, in the Government’s estimation, provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirements. In accordance with FAR 15.101-1, the Past Performance evaluation factor is most important, with the technical factor being next highest followed by Price and will be used to evaluate. Non price Evaluation factors when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price.

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2.10 VAAR 852.228-72 ASSISTING SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED AND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN OBTAINING BONDS (DEC 2009) Prime contractors are encouraged to assist service-disabled veteran-owned and veteran-owned small business potential subcontractors in obtaining bonding, when required. Mentor firms are encouraged to assist protégé firms under VA's Mentor-Protégé Program in obtaining acceptable bid, payment, and performance bonds, when required, as a prime contractor under a solicitation or contract and in obtaining any required bonds under subcontracts.

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2.11 VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (OCT 2018)

(a) As an alternative to filing a protest with the Contracting Officer, an interested party may file a protest by mail or electronically with: Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Risk Management and Compliance Service (003A2C), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420 or Email: EDProtests@va.gov.

(b) The protest will not be considered if the interested party has a protest on the same or similar issue(s) pending with the Contracting Officer.

(End of Provision) PLEASE NOTE: The correct mailing information for filing alternate protests is as follows:

Or for solicitations issued by the Office of Construction and Facilities Management:

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

3.1 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAR 2023)

(a)(1) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 236220.

(2) The small business size standard is $39.5 Million.

(3) The small business size standard for a concern that submits an offer, other than on a construction or service acquisition, but proposes to furnish an end item that it did not itself manufacture, process, or produce is 500 employees, or 150 employees for information technology value-added resellers under NAICS code 541519, if the acquisition—

(i) Is set aside for small business and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold;

(ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or

(iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically disadvantaged women-owned, or women-owned small business set-aside or sole-source award regardless of dollar value.

(b)(1) If the provision at 52.204-7, System for Award Management, is included in this solicitation, paragraph (d) of this provision applies.

(2) If the provision at 52.204–7, System for Award Management, is not included in this solicitation, and the Offeror has an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the Offeror may choose to use paragraph (d) of this provision instead of completing the corresponding individual representations and certifications in the solicitation. The Offeror shall indicate which option applies by checking one of the following boxes:

[ ] (i) Paragraph (d) applies.

[ ] (ii) Paragraph (d) does not apply and the offeror has completed the individual representations and certifications in the solicitation.

(c)(1) The following representations or certifications in SAM are applicable to this solicitation as indicated:

(i) 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination. This provision applies to solicitations when a firm-fixed-price contract or fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment is contemplated, unless—

(A) The acquisition is to be made under the simplified acquisition procedures in Part 13;

(B) The solicitation is a request for technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding procedures; or

(C) The solicitation is for utility services for which rates are set by law or regulation.

(ii) 52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions. This provision applies to solicitations expected to exceed $150,000.

(iii) 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality…