36C25618R0574-001.docx

36C25618R0574

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 t ime. 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 accepta nce after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

36C25618R0574 X 08-08-2018 629-18-1-639-0004 629-17-104 Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Network Contracting Office 16 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi MS 39531 Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Network Contracting Office 16 400 Veterans Avenue, Bldg. T-102 Biloxi MS 39531 Bill Geary

(228) 523-5178 Note: Any reference contained herein concerning "bid" or "bidder" means "offer" or "offeror".

This procurement is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) under Public Law (PL) 109-461. Offerors must be verified as a SDVOSB in the VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at http://www.vetbiz.gov. Offers received from contractors who are not SDVOSB verified in Vet Biz will not be considered for award.

Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the System For Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal.

PROJECT NO. 629-17-104 CLC TERRACE MODIFICATIONS (NEW ORLEANS, LA)

Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, travel, equipment, material, and all resources necessary to provide CLC Terrace Modifications. Work includes installing Courtyard Barriers in the CLC 3rd Floor Terrace/Courtyard.

The work also includes, but is not limited to, removal of the existing wiring partition, constructing a new anti-climb fence barrier, and modifying and extending the existing polycarbonate barrier, all in accordance with the Scope of Work, Drawings, and Specifications contained herein. Work to be accomplished at the S outheast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119.

SITE VISIT: Please see information in solicitation provision FAR 52.236-27 SITE

VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) ALTERNATE I.

Forward all questions to the Contracting Officer after the Site Visit but no-later-than 14 calendar days prior to the date set for receipt of proposals. All Q&A's will be posted by Amendment to the FedBizOpps websit e.

MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT: In accordance with FAR 36.204 and VAAR 836.204 DISCLOSURE OF HTE MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, the above described project falls between the following price range: Between $250,000 & $500,000

NAICS CODE: 236220 SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $36.5M

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHERE WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED: New Orleans, Orle ans Parish, Louisiana

This project is subject to the availability of funds. Electronic submission of offers is not permitted.

****NOTE****OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT EXHIBIT A CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORM CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AS A PART OF THE OFFER PACKAGE

X X 52.211-10 X four (4) 4:30pm (local) 09-10-2018 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 bon ds.

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 38 U.S.C. 8127(d

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

PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS

629-3680162-639-854200-2580 0100501X8 X Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Network Contracting Office 16 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi MS 39531 Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center P.O. Box 149971 Austin TX 78714 8972 X

WILLIAM A. GEARY

NCO1615L3-0926

Table of Contents

A.1 SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS

A.1 SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS

OFFER SCHEDULE Contract Line Item Number CLIN 0001 (See Scope of Work and Project Specifications and Drawings)

AWARD POLICY: Offerors shall submit an offer for CLIN 0001.

1. CLIN 0001, OFFER - GENERAL CONSTRUCTION: Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, travel, equipment, material and all resources necessary to install Courtyard Barriers in the CLC 3rd Floor Terrace/Courtyard. The work includes, but is not limited to, removal of the existing wiring partition, constructing a new anti-climb fence barrier, and modifying and extending the existing polycarbonate barrier, all in accordance with the Scope of Work, Drawings, and Specifications contained herein. Work to be conducted at the Southeast Louisiana Veteran Health Care System (SLVHCS) campus located at 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE – 45 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE TO PROCEED.

CLIN 0001 $________________________________

A.2 GENERAL PROPOSAL INFORMATION

GENERAL PROPOSAL INFORMATION

Project 629-17-104 CLC Terrace Modifications (New Orleans) Issuing Office: NCO 16 Location of Project: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), New Orleans, LA Point of Contact: Bill Geary E-mail: bill.geary@va.gov

1. System for Award Management (SAM): Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting their offer.

1. VETS-4212: Title 38, USC Section 4212(d) and Public Law 105-339, requires that federal contractors report, at least annually, the number and category of veterans who are within their workforce. This VETS-4212 report can be submitted per the instructions at https://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm. For assistance contact VETS-4212 customer support at 1-866-487-2365 or VETS4212-customersupport@dol.gov. For procurement awards in excess of $150,000, this report must be completed and accepted prior to any Federal contract award. Therefore, all potential contractors are encouraged to file every year.

1. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Verification: Task orders are 100% set aside for verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The award of this task order shall not be delayed due to loss of SDVOSB verification. Proposals submitted by non-verified MATOC SDVOSB’s shall be excluded from award consideration.

1. Site Visit: An organized site is scheduled as shown in Block 10 of SF1442. Only one site visit will be conducted. Attendance at the site visit is not mandatory, but highly suggested for proper proposal preparation.

1. Requests for Information (RFIs): RFI’s are due no later than (NLT) Noon local (Biloxi) time 14 calendar days prior to the date for receipt of offers shown in Block 13A of SF1442 or as amended, and will not be accepted after this date. RFI’s should be submitted by email to the Contracting Officer, bill.geary@va.gov. Responses will be provided by amendment to the solicitation in a question and answer format in coordination with the COR and will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Example: Subject Line of the RFI e-mail should be as follows: Company Name, RFI #1, 36C25618R0574 and Project Title.

1. Proposal Due Date: Proposals are due NLT the date/time shown in Block 13a of Standard Form (SF) 1442, or as amended. Electronic submission of proposals is not permitted.

1. Magnitude of Construction: Pursuant to VAAR 836.204 the magnitude of construction is between $250,000 and $5000,000.

1. North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code: The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction Contractors. The Small Business size standard is $36.5 Million.

1. Wage Determination (WD): The applicable Davis Bacon WD for this solicitation is incorporated as an attachment to this solicitation.

1. Period of Performance: The successful offeror shall begin performance within 10 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed and complete all work within the time specified in the task order. All punch list items must be completed during the established period of performance.

1. Funding: Award is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds. The Government does not compensate vendors for proposal development and submission.

1. Superintendence: The offeror shall provide, from his own staff, a competent 30-hour OSHA certified superintendent. This individual shall be 100% full time dedicated and assigned to this project while work is being performed on site. The offeror shall not divide or split up their superintendence duties among multiple projects at the same facility. Each project stands alone and requires a dedicated superintendent to be allocated and funded to that particular project.

12. Holidays: The following federal holidays are observed:

Christmas Day

Any other holiday proclaimed by the President as a Federal Holiday.

When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as a legal holiday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed by U.S. Government agencies.

13. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS):

Upon completion of task order performance and annually if performance is longer than 365 days, the Contracting officer will evaluate contractor performance for use in future contract award decisions. The Contractor shall be provided an opportunity to comment on the contracting officer’s evaluation. If you wish to familiarize yourself with this system, you can find it at https://www.cpars.gov/.

The government retains the evaluations, contractor responses, and review comments, if any, as part of the contract file. The evaluations are available for Federal Agencies for support of future award decisions through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS).

The contractor must provide the contracting officer with the name and email address of the contractor CPARS POC. This is the person responsible for responding to these evaluations. This person will be granted access to CPARS during the award and assigned the system role of contractor representative (CR).

A.3 PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND EVALUATION INFORMATION

PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND EVALUATION INFORMATION

This part describes the precise mechanism for evaluating and selecting offers for this procurement for:

PROJECT NO. 629-17-104 CLC TERRACE MODIFICATIONS (NEW ORLEANS)

Proposal Preparation Instructions:

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Proposals must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements. The Government reserves the right to make a final determination on a proposal’s acceptability/ unacceptability solely on the basis of the proposal submitted and to proceed without requesting additional information. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being considered non-responsive and being ineligible for award.

B. Electronic submission of proposals is not acceptable. Proposals must be submitted in hard copy to the address and POC shown in Block 8 of SF1442.

C. Offerors must provide all requested information for each factor. Proposals must address each element of the factors as applicable to be considered responsive to this solicitation. Factor headings should be highlighted in yellow or typed in bold text for identification. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure the submitted proposal is in the proper format and the provided information is clear and free of ambiguities.

D. Proposals shall be submitted in three parts, Technical, Past Performance and Price. Proposal size will be limited as shown below. If these page limits are exceeded, the pages in excess of the limit will not be read or considered.

PAST PERFORMANCE 5 25*

PRICE PROPOSAL 5 SF1442 Signed offer with acknowledgement of amendments and completed Schedule of Offer Items w/lump sum pricing for base offer item and all Deduct Alternates *EXHIBIT B PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY SURVEY and EXHIBIT C PAST AND PRESENT PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE do not count against the 25-page limit for Past Performance.

E. This will be a firm-fixed price award. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure the submitted proposal includes all costs for total project requirements and completion in accordance with the specifications and drawings herein. The Offeror assumes all risk for omissions in subcontractor proposals.

F. SDVOSB Verification: The Government will review VetBiz (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/) to confirm Service Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business (SDVOSB) status verification for the submitted proposals. Evaluations will only be performed on proposals submitted by SDVOSBs who are verified at the time of submission. Subsequent confirmation of SDVOSB verification status will be performed at the time of final award.

1. Basis for Contract Award:

A. Source Selection: This acquisition will be a “Best Value” source selection process utilizing a tradeoff strategy among cost/price and non-cost/price factors in accordance with FAR 15.101 and FAR 15.101-1 respectively. This process enables the government to consider other than the lowest priced offeror, or other than the highest technically rated offeror. The Government intends to award a single Firm-Fixed-Price contract for construction to the best overall proposal which is determined to be the best value to the Government.

B. Awarding Without Discussions: In accordance with FAR 52.215-1(f) (4), the Government intends to evaluate proposals and award the contract without discussions. Communication between the Government and offerors will be limited to exchanges for clarification as described in FAR 15.306(a). In accordance with FAR 15.306(b)(1)(i) communications may be held with offerors before establishment of the competitive range if the offerors past performance information is the determining factor preventing them from being placed with the competitive range. Such communications shall address adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not had a prior opportunity to respond. Any proposal that does not have a reasonable chance of receiving award may be accordingly eliminated from competition and further evaluation. A competitive range may be established if discussions are determined to be necessary by the Contracting Officer. Should the Contracting Officer determine that discussions are necessary, they will be held with only those offerors determined to be in the competitive range, after which final proposal revisions will be requested. Final proposal revisions shall be submitted as specified and will be due at a time and place to be determined. Firms submitting final proposal revisions will not be requested to re-submit any documents which are unchanged from their initial proposals. Offerors shall submit necessary changes as individual paragraphs or otherwise as briefly as possible, together with a table of contents, which clarifies where within the initial proposal additional or changed documents would be placed.

C. Relative Weight of Evaluation Factors: TECHNICAL AND PAST PERFORMANCE FACTORS ARE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE AND WHEN COMBINED ARE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO PRICE. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AWARD TO OTHER THAN THE OFFEROR WITH THE LOWEST PRICED PROPOSAL OR HIGHEST RATED TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.

2. FACTOR ONE: TECHNICAL

Evaluations will be based on the following significant subfactors in descending order of importance:

· Subfactor One: Specialized Experience;

· Subfactor Two: Key Personnel Capabilities and Experience; and

· Subfactor Three: Organization/Technical Approach

Specialized Experience: Provide documentation of specific projects (minimum of three) similar to that described in the statement of work, specifications and drawings for this solicitation, successfully completed or ongoing, that were coordinated and performed by the offeror in the last 3 years of a similar size and magnitude, scope and complexity. Offeror shall provide the following information for each contract/project submitted for evaluation:

· Company Name/Address/Phone number/Email Address

· Project Title

· Contracting Office/Government Agency

· Contract Number

· Total Contract Amount

· Period of Performance

· Contracting Officer (CO) name, Phone Number and Email

· Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Name, Phone number, and email address

· Brief Description of the Project /Requirements and number of personnel assigned to the project.

Key Personnel Capabilities and Experience: Provide the names of the offeror’s proposed project management personnel (i.e. Site Superintendent, Project Manager,) along with a description of the individual’s experience and a list of successfully completed projects of similar size, scope, and complexity (in a Hospital facility or similar working conditions) within the last 3 years. Superintendent shall have a minimum of three (3) years of experience managing or supervising projects of similar size and scope. If the person listed as proposed superintendent is not a current employee of the offeror but intends to become one upon award of the contract, OFFEROR SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF A COMMITMENT LETTER FROM THAT PERSON AS A PART OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL to verify offeror will be hiring him/her and he/she intends to accept the position.

Organization/Technical Approach: Offeror shall explain how the project will be accomplished with no interruptions of services in adjacent patient care areas. Offeror shall demonstrate a clear understanding of the project requirements including critical milestones and critical path. Demonstrate techniques for maintaining on-time schedule performance. Offeror shall provide a detailed explanation as to how the project will be implemented and managed to ensure compliance with all OSHA Construction Standards, and Fire and Life Safety issues, and security measures. Offeror shall provide a site-specific Quality Control Plan describing techniques for maintaining quality control for workmanship.

3. FACTOR TWO: PAST PERFORMANCE

A. The Offeror shall demonstrate recent (within the last three years) successful performance under contracts (ongoing or completed) which are similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to the current requirement. Offeror shall submit with past performance proposal EXHIBIT B PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY SURVEY. SUBMIT EXHIBIT B ON NO LESS THAN THREE (3) PROJECTS, including information on problems encountered and corrective actions. Offeror’s past performance information is to be submitted using EXHIBIT C PAST AND PRESENT PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE. Exhibit C shall be submitted for the same projects as shown on Exhibit B.

B. The Government may evaluate past performance information through the use of Exhibit C completed by the offeror's references; use data independently obtained from other Government or commercial sources, including, but not limited to, Government databases; and/or rely upon personal business experience with the offeror. The evaluation may take into account Past Performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience, and/or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to this acquisition. Past Performance information on contracts not listed by the offeror, or that of planned subcontractors, may also be evaluated. The Government may contact references and contact parties other than those identified by the offeror, and information received may be used in the evaluation of the offeror’s Past Performance. While the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the burden of providing current accurate and complete Past Performance information rests with the offeror. The Government reserves the right to obtain and evaluate Past Performance information from any source it deems appropriate. Note: It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure that their EXHIBIT C PAST AND PRESENT PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIREs are returned by their references by the time set for receipt of offers.

C. An offeror with no past performance may receive a rating based on the evaluation of its subcontractors and/or key personnel, provided an EXHIBIT D SUBCONTRACTOR INFORMATION AND CONSENT FORM has been executed and included in the proposal for proposed subcontractors and/or potential key personnel not employed by the offeror. These ratings shall have the same weight as the ratings of the proposing company. Offerors without a record of relevant past performance will be assigned a neutral rating in accordance with FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv). However, the proposal of an offeror with no relevant Past Performance history, while rated ”Neutral” in Past Performance, may not represent the most advantageous proposal to the Government and thus, may be an unsuccessful proposal when compared to the proposal of other offerors.

D. In accordance with FAR 15.306(a)(2), if award will be made without conducting discussions, an offeror may be given the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of their proposals (i.e. the relevance of an offeror's past performance information) as related to this acquisition, adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond or to resolve minor clerical errors.

E. Performance Currency, Trends, and Relevancy: The government will consider the currency, trends and relevancy of the performance information while conducting its performance evaluation. For the purpose of this solicitation, performance currency is performance occurring within the last three (3) years for the period through the solicitation release date. Within this period, performance occurring later in the period may have greater significance than work occurring earlier in the period. For example, performance information for work occurring during July 2018 may have greater importance than performance information for work occurring during July 2015. Performance Trends may, depending upon the circumstances, have greater significance than sporadic incidents of "Exceptional" or "Unsatisfactory" performance. For the purpose of this solicitation, Performance Relevancy is defined as contracts (ongoing or completed) which are similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to the current requirement. Higher relevancy will be assessed for contracts that are similar to the effort, or portion of effort, for which that contractor is being proposed, and may contribute to an overall higher relevancy score for the offeror. Based on the evaluation of offers, the Government will assign a performance confidence rating for each proposal at the factor level. The evaluation will consider the sub-factors as described herein. Following assignment of the performance confidence rating for each proposal, each offeror will receive a final risk rating for performance based on the cumulative rating of performance currency, trends and relevancy.

4. FACTOR THREE: PRICE

A. Price proposals will be evaluated and ranked according to price, from lowest to highest. Price will not be evaluated other than to ensure price reasonableness and determine availability of funds. The price reasonableness determination will be made using the price analysis techniques described in FAR 15.404. Normally, adequate price competition establishes price reasonableness.

B. Prices that are too high, when compared to the Independent Government Estimate (IGE) and other offers may be indicative of an inherent lack of understanding of the solicitation requirements and may result in proposal rejection without discussion. Each proposal will be evaluated to determine whether or not it complies with the stated criteria. Those proposals evaluated as not satisfying all of the price/cost criteria may be eliminated from consideration for award unless the Contracting Officer determines:

If a minor clerical error has occurred, the offeror may be given an opportunity to correct the minor error within the constraints of the "clarifications" process; or

The Contracting Officer determines if discussions are required.

C. After the non-cost/price factors have been evaluated and rankings have been established, cost/price will be compared against these rankings to determine the combination most advantageous to the Government.

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INFORMATION REGARDING OFFER MATERIAL, OFFER GUARANTEE AND BONDS

(a) All offer materials will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at www.fedbizopps.gov. No hard copies will be available.

(b) An offer guarantee is required in an amount not less than 20 percent of the offer price or $3,000,000, whichever is less. Failure to furnish the required offer guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening of offers, will require rejection of the offer in all cases except those listed in FAR 28.101-4, and may be cause for rejection even then.

(c) The offeror to whom award is made will be required to furnish two bonds, a Performance Bond, SF 25, and a Payment Bond, SF 25A, each in the penal sum of 100% of the award price.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Project No. 629-17-104 CLC Terrace Modifications (New Orleans)

In accordance with FAR 36.204 & VAAR 836.204 Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the above described VA Project falls within the terms of the following cost range: Between $250,000 and $500,000

36C25618R0574

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO OFFERORS

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SITE VISIT:

VetBiz.gov VENDOR INFORMATION PAGES (VIP):

This procurement is a total SDVOSB set-aside under Public Law 109-461. Offerors must be registered and verified as a SDVOSB in the VetBiz.gov Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at http://www.vetbiz.gov/. Offerors received from contractors who are not verified as a SDVOSB in VetBiz at the time of offer submission and at the time of contract award will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered for award.

QUESTIONS:

All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing (email is acceptable). Any prospective offeror desiring an explanation or interpretation of the solicitation, drawings, specifications, etc., must request it in writing by noon local (Biloxi) time no later than 14 calendar days prior to the date for receipt of offers shown in Block 13A of Standard Form (SF) 1442 or as amended.

PAST SAFETY RECORD:

VHA DIRECTIVE 2011-036 SAFETY AND HEALTH DURING CONSTRUCTION requires that Contracting Officers evaluate and consider past safety records of prospective contractors in awarding contracts. In accordance with VHA DIRECTIVE 2011-036, the offer must demonstrate that the offeror has had no more than three (3) serious, or one (1) repeat or one (1) willful OSHA or EPA violations in the past three years and has an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of equal to or less than 1.0. If these totals are exceeded, the offeror shall attach an explanation as to 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. OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT EXHIBIT A CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORM CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AS A PART OF THE OFFER PACKAGE. OFFERORS WHO FAIL TO SUBMIT A COMPLETED EXHIBIT A AS A PART OF THE OFFER PACKAGE MAY BE CONSIDERED NON-RESPONSIVE AND MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD.

2.1 52.211-1 AVAILABILITY OF SPECIFICATIONS LISTED IN THE GSA INDEX OF FEDERAL SPECIFICATIONS, STANDARDS AND COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTIONS, FPMR PART 101-29 (AUG 1998)

(a) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to— GSA Federal Supply Service Specifications Section, Suite 8100 470 East L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20407 Telephone (202) 619-8925 Facsimile (202) 619-8978.

(b) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (a) of this provision. Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

(End of Provision)

2.2 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)

2.3 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)

2.4 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

NEW ORLEANS

ORLEANS PARISH

LOUISIANA

(End of Provision)

2.5 52.225-10 NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT—CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

(a) Definitions. "Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "construction material," "domestic construction material," and "foreign construction material," as used in this provision, are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American—Construction Materials" (Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.225-9).

(b) Requests for determinations of inapplicability. An offeror requesting a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute should submit the request to the Contracting Officer in time to allow a determination before submission of offers. The offeror shall include the information and applicable supporting data required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 in the request. If an offeror has not requested a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute before submitting its offer, or has not received a response to a previous request, the offeror shall include the information and supporting data in the offer.

(c) Evaluation of offers.

(1) The Government will evaluate an offer requesting exception to the requirements of the Buy American statute, based on claimed unreasonable cost of domestic construction material, by adding to the offered price the appropriate percentage of the cost of such foreign construction material, as specified in paragraph (b)(3)(i) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9.

(2) If evaluation results in a tie between an offeror that requested the substitution of foreign construction material based on unreasonable cost and an offeror that did not request an exception, the Contracting Officer will award to the offeror that did not request an exception based on unreasonable cost.

(d) Alternate offers.

(1) When an offer includes foreign solicitation in paragraph (b)(2) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9, the offeror also may submit an alternate offer based on use of equivalent domestic construction material.

(2) If an alternate offer is submitted, the offeror shall submit a separate Standard Form 1442 for the alternate offer, and a separate price comparison table prepared in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 for the offer that is based on the use of any foreign construction material for which the Government has not yet determined an exception applies.

(3) If the Government determines that a particular exception requested in accordance with paragraph (c) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 does not apply, the Government will evaluate only those offers based on use of the equivalent domestic construction material, and the offeror shall be required to furnish such domestic construction material. An offer based on use of the foreign construction material for which an exception was requested—

(i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or

(ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations.

(End of Provision)

2.6 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 $3,000,000, 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)

2.7 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:

WILLIAM A. GEARY

Hand-Carried Address:

Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Network Contracting Office 16

400 Veterans Ave., Bldg. T-102, Rm A106 Biloxi MS 39531 Mailing Address:

Same As Listed Above

(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)

2.8 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— Thursday, August 16, 2018, 10:00am (local)

(c) Participants will meet at— 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 (End of Provision)

2.9 ADDITIONAL SITE VISIT INFORMATION

Please meet in the VA Medical Center’s Main Entrance Lobby located on South Galvez Street (please see ATTACHMENT 1 – SITE PLAN (MAP)). No parking is available on the VA Medical Center Property. Prospective bidders should plan to arrive in enough time to find parking on the streets and public parking lots near the VA Medical Center Campus. A member of the Facilities Staff will meet prospective bidders in the lobby of the VA Medical Center’s Main Entrance and escort them to the 4th Floor of the Central Energy Plan (CEP).

2.10 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/

(End of Provision)

2.11 VAAR 852.211-72 TECHNICAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS (JAN 2008)

The supplies or equipment required by this invitation for bid or request for proposal must conform to the standards of the NEC, NFPA, ASSE, OSHA and ASTM as to FENCING & BARRIERS. The successful bidder or offeror will be required to submit proof that the item(s) he/she furnishes conforms to this requirement. This proof may be in the form of a label or seal affixed to the equipment or supplies, warranting that they have been tested in accordance with and conform to the specified standards. Proof may also be furnished in the form of a certificate from one of the above listed organizations certifying that the item(s) furnished have been tested in accordance with and conform to the specified standards.

(End of Provision)

2.12 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.

(End of Clause)

2.13 VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (JAN 2008)

(a) Any protest…