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Decommissioning and Redevelopment Playbook for the Sunbury Generation Power Plant, Shamokin Dam, PA Decommissioning and Redevelopment Playbook for the Sunbury Generation Power Plant, Shamokin Dam, PA

Open 1/19/2018 3:00 PM EST Type Request for Quote

Close 2/9/2018 3:00 PM EST Number DCED-RFQ000146 Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 2/9/2018 3:00 PM EST

Contacts

Lorie Abbott labbott@pa.gov

Commodity Codes

Commodity Code Description

80100000-ITQ-67 Consulting Services - Management General Government Operations - Strategic Planning

Description

1. Purpose. This request for quotes (RFQ) provides information to enable Contractors to prepare and submit quotes for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's consideration.

2. Issuing Office. The Department of Community & Economic Development (“Issuing Office”) has issued this RFQ on behalf of the Commonwealth. The sole point of contact in the Commonwealth for this RFQ shall be the Contact listed above, who is the Issuing Officer for this RFQ.

3. Project Description.

As a result of more stringent federal air quality regulations and the shift from coal to natural gas, Pennsylvania has experienced the decommissioning of coal-fired power plants across the state. These sites represent some of the best industrial real estate Pennsylvania has to offer – they have river, road, rail, and transmission infrastructure. Pennsylvania has a strong interest in making retired coal fired assets viable real estate prospects. A rare opportunity exists to perform work necessary to address substantive, investment-limiting issues at former plant sites to clear a path to acquisition and redevelopment. DCED is seeking a qualified consulting firm to prepare a “Decommissioning and Redevelopment Playbook” for the former Sunbury Generation LP (Sunbury) Power Plant in Shamokin Dam, PA. Elements included in this playbook shall include a combination of environmental, infrastructure, economic, and energy analyses to identify potential redevelopment opportunities associated with the plant.

4. Questions & Answers. Questions must be submitted by the posted deadline. All questions and responses are considered an addendum to and part of this RFQ. The Issuing Office shall not be bound by any verbal information, nor shall it be bound by any written information that is not either contained within the RFQ or formally issued by the Issuing Office.

5. Addenda to the RFQ. Any revisions to this RFQ will be made electronically within this site.

6. Response Date. To be considered for selection, electronic quotes must be submitted on or before the time and date specified. The Issuing Office will reject any late quotes.

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7. Quote Submission: To be considered, Contractors must submit a complete response to this RFQ by the due date and time from an official authorized to bind the Contractor to its provisions. The quote must remain valid for 120 days or until a purchase order is issued, whichever is later.

8. Proposal Format: To be considered, the quote must respond to all three submittal components:

Technical, Cost, and Small Diverse Business and Small Business Participation.

9. Quote Contents.

A. Confidential Information. The Commonwealth is not requesting confidential proprietary information or trade secrets to be included as part of Contractors’ submissions. Accordingly, except as provided herein, Contractors should not label quote submissions as confidential or proprietary or trade secret protected. Any Contractor who determines that it must divulge such information as part of its quote must submit the signed written statement described in subsection c. below and must additionally provide a redacted version of its quote, which removes only the confidential proprietary information and trade secrets, for required public disclosure purposes.

B. Commonwealth Use. All material submitted with the quote shall be considered the property of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth has the right to use any or all ideas not protected by intellectual property rights that are presented in any quote regardless of whether the quote becomes part of a purchase order. Notwithstanding any Contractor copyright designations contained in quotes, the Commonwealth shall have the right to make copies and distribute quotes internally and to comply with public record or other disclosure requirements under the provisions of any Commonwealth or United States statute or regulation, or rule or order of any court of competent jurisdiction.

C. Public Disclosure. After issuance of a purchase order pursuant to this RFQ, all quote submissions are subject to disclosure in response to a request for public records made under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know-Law, 65 P.S. § 67.101, et seq. If a quote submission contains confidential proprietary information or trade secrets, a signed written statement to this effect must be provided with the submission in accordance with 65 P.S. § 67.707(b) for the information to be considered exempt under 65 P.S. § 67.708(b)(11) from public records requests. Refer to the Additional Required Documentation section for a Trade Secret Confidential Proprietary Information Notice Form that may be utilized as the signed written statement, if applicable. If financial capability information is submitted, such financial capability information is exempt from public records disclosure under 65 P.S. § 67.708(b)(26).

10. Best and Final Offers (BAFO). The Issuing Office reserves the right to conduct discussions with Contractors for the purpose of obtaining “best and final offers” in one or more of the following ways, in any combination and order: schedule oral presentations, request revised quotes, conduct an online auction, and enter into pre-selection negotiations.

The following Contractors will not be invited by the Issuing Office to submit a Best and Final Offer: those Contractors which the Issuing Office has determined to be not responsible or whose quotes the Issuing Office has determined to be not responsive; those Contractors which the Issuing Office has determined in accordance with the Contractor Responsibility subsection from the submitted and gathered financial and other information, do not possess the financial capability, experience or qualifications to assure good faith performance of the purchase order; and those Contractors whose score for their technical submittal of the quote is less than 75 % of the total amount of technical points allotted to the technical criterion.

The Evaluation Criteria shall also be used to evaluate the Best and Final offers. Price reductions offered through any online auction shall have no effect upon the Contractor’s Technical Submittal. Any reduction to commitments to Small Diverse Businesses and Small Businesses must be proportional to the reduction

09 February 201809 February 2018 in the total price offered through any BAFO process unless approved by the Bureau of Diversity Inclusion and Small Business Opportunities (BDISBO).

11. Purchase Order Term. The selected Contractor will be issued a purchase order with reference to ITQ Contract 4400007410. The term of the purchase order will commence on the Effective Date and will end in approximately two months. The optional renewal years, if any, may be exercised in the Commonwealth's sole discretion. No work may begin or be reimbursed prior to issuance of the purchase order. The selected Contractor will be paid after submitting invoices, provided such invoices are in accordance with the work plan and approved by the Commonwealth Project Manager. Final payment will not be made until all Project work has been successfully completed.

12. Notification of Selection. The Issuing Office will notify all Contractors in writing of the Contractor selected as the Best Value Contractor after the Issuing Office has determined, taking into consideration all of the evaluation factors, the quote that offers the best value to the Issuing Office.

13. Attachments to the RFQ. All attachments to the RFQ, including those contained in the Buyer Attachments and Additional Required Documentation sections, are incorporated into and made part of the RFQ.

14. Evaluation Criteria. The Issuing Office has selected a committee of qualified personnel to review and evaluate timely submitted quotes. Independent of the committee, BDISBO will evaluate the Small Diverse Business and Small Business Participation Submittal and provide the Issuing Office with a rating for this component of each quote. The following criteria will be used in evaluating each quote:

A. Technical: The Issuing Office has established the weight for the Technical criterion for this RFQ as 50% of the total points. Evaluation will be based upon the following:

1. Contractor Qualifications. This refers to the ability of the Contractor to meet the terms of the RFQ, especially the time constraints and the quality, relevancy, and recency of studies and projects completed by the Contractor. This also includes the Contractor’s financial ability to undertake a project of this size.

2. Personnel Qualifications. This refers to the competency of professional personnel would be assigned to the job by the Contractor. Qualifications of professional personnel will be measured by experience and education, with particular reference to experience with services similar to that described in the RFQ.

Particular emphasis is places on the qualifications of the project manager.

3. Understanding the Problem. This refers to the Contractor’s understanding of the Issuing Office’s needs that generated the RFQ; the Issuing Office’s objectives in asking for the services; and the nature and scope of the work involved.

4. Soundness of Approach. Emphasis here is on the techniques for collecting and analyzing data, sequence and relationships of major steps, and methods for managing the service. Of equal importance is whether the technical approach is completely responsive to all written specifications and requirements contained in the RFQ and it appears to meet the Issuing Office’s objectives.

The final Technical scores are determined by giving the maximum number of technical points available to the quote with the highest raw technical score. The remaining quotes are rated by applying the Technical Scoring Formula set forth at the following webpage: click here

B. Cost: The Issuing Office has established the weight for the Cost criterion for this RFQ as 30% of the total points. The cost criterion is rated by giving the quote with the lowest total cost the maximum number of Cost points available. The remaining quotes are rated by applying the Cost Formula set forth at the following webpage: click here

C. Small Diverse Business and Small Business Participation: BDISBO has established the minimum evaluation weight for the Small Diverse Business and Small Business Participation criterion for this RFQ as 20% of the total points. Refer to the Small Diverse Business and Small Business

Participation document contained in the RFQ Question section for more information and scoring methodology.

D. Domestic Workforce Utilization: Any points received for the Domestic Workforce Utilization criterion are bonus points in addition to the total points for this RFQ. The maximum amount of bonus points available is 3% of the total points for this RFQ. Refer to the Domestic Workforce Utilization document contained in the RFQ Question section for more information. The Domestic Workforce Utilization Formula is at the following webpage: Click here

15. Contractor Responsibility. To be responsible, a Contractor must submit a responsive quote and possess the capability to fully perform the purchase order requirements in all respects and the integrity and reliability to assure good faith performance of the purchase order. In order for a Contractor to be considered responsible for this RFQ and therefore eligible for selection for best and final offers or selection as the Best Value Contractor:

The total score for the technical submittal of the Contractor’s quote must be greater than or equal to 75% of the available technical points and the Contractor must demonstrate the financial capability to assure good faith performance of the purchase order.

Further, the Issuing Office will issue a purchase order only to a Contractor determined to be responsible in accordance with the most current version of Commonwealth Management Directive 215.9, Contractor Responsibility Program.

16. Final Ranking and Award. After any best and final offer process is conducted, the Issuing Office will combine the evaluation committee’s final technical scores, BDISBO’s final Small Diverse Business and Small Business Participation Submittal scores, the final cost scores, and the domestic workforce utilization scores. The Issuing Office will rank responsible Contractors according to the total overall score assigned to each in descending order. The Issuing Office must select as the Best Value Contractor the Contractor with the highest overall score. The Issuing Office has the discretion to reject all quotes or cancel the request for quotes at any time prior to the time a purchase order is issued when it is in the best interests of the Commonwealth. The reasons for the rejection or cancellation shall be made part of the contract file.

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Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid

1. Responsibility to Review.

Buyer Attachments

1. 024-2017-9 Sunbuy Generation Site Map

2. 024-2017-9 Technical Submittal

Questions Required Questions

1. Technical Questions

1.1. Please download, complete, and upload the attached Technical Submittal RFQ.

2. Small Diverse Business and Small Business Participation

2.1. Please download, complete, and upload the attached SDB/SB Submittal Form, listing of SDB/SB subcontractors, and Letters of Intent (LOI). All fields must be completed prior to submitting.

2.2. Attached is a Model Form of Small Diverse and Small Business Subcontractor Agreement.

2.3. I have read and fully understand the Small and Small Diverse Business qualifications attached in question 1.2.1 above.

3. Cost

3.1. Please use the attached cost template to submit your cost proposal for this procurement. Do not include any assumptions in your submittal. If you do, your proposal may be rejected.

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1. Standard Forms

1.1. Please download, sign and attach the Domestic Workforce Utilization Certification Form.

1.2. Please download, sign, and attach the Iran Free Procurement Certification and Disclosure Form.

1.3. Please download, complete, and attach the Trade Secret/Confidential Proprietary Information Notice.

1.4.

Any contractor who determines that it must divulge trade secrets or confidential proprietary information as part of its proposal must submit a redacted version of its proposal, which removes only the confidential proprietary information and trade secrets, for required public disclosure purposes.

1.5. If your quote submission contains confidential proprietary information or trade secrets, upload a redacted version of your quote.

1.6. Complete and sign the attached Lobbying Certification and Disclosure form (only applicable when federal funds are being used in the amount of $100,000 or more).

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