Questions and Answers V1 2023 02 28.pdf

Question Government's Response

Would you please confirm that exterior projects meet criteria?

Request for Proposal (RFP) EVALUATION FACTOR 1:

Experience as a General Construction Contractor (GC) for Comparable

Renovation and Alterations Projects Experience

(“Experience”), defines what types of projects are similar to those envisioned by this requirement. This would include both interior and exterior projects, although the degree of similarity evaluated would depend on the individual project submitted.

In the previous Contract Price Form we have a Change Order %, this form does not. Will this be added or is it requested in a different area? See Amendment 0001, Item #3.

Per the video conference, General

Conditions will be a % of Direct Cost. It was discussed that this should include everything, maybe worst case scenario. We would normally carry Winter Conditions, including snow removal, temporary heat, temporary enclosure in our general conditions number, when applicable. If this cost is included to reach a maximum General

Conditions, even if it is not winter construction, it would make this % extremely high and would skew the Total

Evaluation Price. Please expand a bit more what should be include in General

Conditions. FYI we do not normally carry

General Conditions as a % of cost but as a line item base on what is actually required for the project.

The Government would not expect winter conditions to be carried in an offeror's General Requirements percentage. This type of cost is considered to be outside of the definition of costs that could be reasonably anticipated for a common project.

See Amendment 0001, Item #3, for an expanded definition of General Conditions.

The virtual meeting was informative this morning. I took the notes that I needed but I want to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I understood that the slide show from this morning would be posted on SAM.gov as an amendment. I’m just making sure I understood that correctly.

The slides from the Pre-Proposal Conference have been posted on SAM.gov, separate from any amendment.

Will this MATOC include design-build task orders?

The Construction IDIQ contract does not include design-build requirements.

6 Is there a page limit for Factor 1? See Amendment 0001, Item #4.

The instructions for Factor 1 state in one place “at least (3) similar projects” and in another place state “the three (3) similar projects.” What is the maximum number of projects that will be evaluated in an offeror’s proposal? See Amendment 0001, Item #5 http://sam.gov/ http://sam.gov/ http://sam.gov/

If more than three (3) projects can be submitted, will more than three projects be potentially rated as a strength? See Amendment 0001, Item #5

For Factor 1 projects, can an offeror use recent and relevant projects performed by a sister company (i.e., a subsidiary that shares the same parent, same president, and same management tools and procedures as the offering subsidiary) provided that it includes

(in the proposal) a letter of commitment that describes the sister company’s intent to provide meaningful involvement on the prime’s task orders and task order bids? See Amendment 0001, Items #14 and #15

10 Is there a page limit for Factor 2? See Amendment 0001, Item #4.

For the Factor 2 organizational chart, please provide more information to clarify what is meant by “HSPD-12 management and non-management workers (i.e. painters, laborers, etc).” Is the requirement only to show the personnel that can obtain facility access badges? See Amendment 0001, Item #6.

The third paragraph in the instructions for

Factor 3 indicates that previously submitted

PPQs may be used. Does this mean that

GSA will accept previously-completed PPQs for a project that are in a different format than the PPQ format provided as Attachment

D? See Amendment 0001, Item #7.

For the price proposal, we are instructed to fill out attachment B and then put those amounts on the SF1442 for the appropriate

CLIN. Please provide instructions on how the percentages are to be computed for

General Requirements, Overhead, and Profit. See Amendment 0001, Items #1 and #2.

The format for Joint Venture was mentioned, is there an allotment for SBA approved Mentor/ Protege team and regular teaming agreements that are non-SBA approved? See Amendment 0001, Items #14 and #15

Are you open to a portion of the IDIQ being an 8(a) set-aside? No, an 8(a) set-aside will not be part of the IDIQ.

If an offeror is interested in being considered for more than one zone, should/can they submit separate proposals for each zone? See Amendment 0001, Item #9.

Are the Offerors to submit to two separate volumes, one for price and one for non-price factors? See Amendment 0001, Item #9.

Can the government provide the PPQ form in word? The PDF form includes sections with character restrictions making it difficult to complete the form in PDF.

The PPQ is attached in Word format; however, offerors are cautioned that any changes made to the substance of the document may be held against the offeror.

Can the government provide Attachment B

Price From in excel or a workable file format? See Amendment 0001, Item #3

On Page 15 of the RFP, Proof of Bonding

Capacity from the Surety must be included in our proposal. Is this letter to be included in the price volume? See Amendment 0001, Items #10 and #11.

On page 15 of the RFP, Proprietary

Information Agreement(s) are to be included in our submittal. Please clarify what information is required? See Amendment 0001 Item #12.

In the solicitation, page 17 Factor 1

Experience, states to submit at least three (3) similar projects. Is there a maximum number of project that can be submitted? See Amendment 0001, Item #5.

Under Factor 4, can 8(a) or MBE certified contractor be used for part of the Socio-

Economic Usage?

An 8(a) or MBE would qualify as a Small Disadvantaged

Business (SDB) for the purposes of this solicitation.

Is there a maximum page limit for the

Technical Proposal and if so what is the allowable font style and size? See Amendment 0001, Item #4.

On Attachment B Price, the base years shows 2000 hours, but the option years show

0. Are the option years should the hours be

2000 as well or leave them at 0? See Amendment 0001, Item #3.

Projects under Factor 1 should range between $250K and $3.6M. If a project is submitted with a dollar value greater than

$3.6M would the project still be considered relevant?

Request for Proposal (RFP) EVALUATION FACTOR 1:

Experience as a General Construction Contractor (GC) for Comparable

Renovation and Alterations Projects Experience

(“Experience”), defines what types of projects are similar to those envisioned by this requirement. The degree of similarity would depend on the individual project submitted.

For each region, are the price and technical portions of the proposal intended to be separate documents (i.e. if proposing for all

3 regions, there would be 6 documents, 3 price documents and 3 technical documents)? See Amendment 0001, Item #9.

What information would GSA like the regarding the safety record for prior projects?

Processes and procedures that an offeror has in place and utilizes to ensure proper jobsite safety.

Please advise if the Reps and Certs should be included in the price proposal or technical proposal.

The Reps and Certs shall be submitted in the technical proposal as stated in the Solicitation, Section II.A., Proposal Contents Table.

Please confirm the bonding letter should be included in the price proposal. See Amendment 0001, Items #10 and #11.

Please advise if there is a page limit for the

Factor 1 project experience. If so, please advise how many pages per project. See Amendment 0001, Item #4.

Please advise if there is a page limit for the

Factor 2 Management Capability. See Amendment 0001, Item #4.

Is there a limit to what size font and type of font to be used? See Amendment 0001, Item #4.

Is a subcontractor management plan, personnel plan, quality control plan required?

Please refer to Request for Proposal (RFP)

EVALUATION FACTOR 2

Management Capability (GC) for proposal submission requirements. While the subcontractor management plan, personnel plan, and quality control plan are not separately required or specifically mentioned, each offeror shall use its independent judgement in determining how best to respond to this factor.

Should the project and risk management plan be included as part of Factor 1 or Factor 2? Factor 2: Management Capability.

Is it the intent of GSA to receive the Price

Proposals and Technical Proposals as one pdf file or two (2) separate files? See Amendment 0001, Item #9.