52.212-2 Evaluation Factors LD5A QA RGM.pdf

52.212-2 EVALUATION FOR LD5A RGM QA SERVICES

Basis for Award. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror that will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use a comparative evaluation process as defined in FAR 13.106-2(b)(3) using the factors described below:

(1) Technical: Qualifications of Key Personnel and Recent Relevant Experience;

(2) Past Performance; and

(3) Price.

Failure to provide requested information may negatively impact the offeror’s evaluation.

NOTE: If the offeror intends to meet any of the evaluation factors or sub-factors using a sub-contractor or sub-contractor employee, then the offeror must include a fully executed Letter of Commitment from the proposed sub-contractor(s) referencing this solicitation number and signed by the sub-contractor. If award is made to that contractor, then it will be expected to provide that sub-contractor. Any substitutions of sub-contractor(s) or employee(s) must be with a sub-contractor or employee with equal or better qualifications / experience. Any substitution must be approved by the Contracting Officer.

Technical:

(1) Qualifications of Key Personnel: Provide the information listed below on the Offeror Submission Form.

a. Coating & Paint Inspector (Principal): Submit documentation that the Coating and Paint Inspector(s) has the following:

i. Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) Course Certifications:

1. Coating Inspector Program (CIP) - Level 2; and

2. Supervisor/ Competent Person Training for lead and Hazardous Coatings Removal (C3).

ii. The Offeror can meet the certification requirement with two individuals; if the Offeror elects to do so, provide information on both individuals must be submitted and meet the requirements in this paragraph. The individual(s) must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience in inspection and testing of coating systems while certified, along with the certification. The individual(s) must be responsible for inspecting lead abatement means and methods of the construction contractor. Provide the Principal Coating & Painting Inspector’s first name and last name, current employer, a description of inspection work experience while certified, as detailed above, and a copy of the current certifications.

(2) Recent Relevant Experience: Provide the information listed below on the Offeror

Submission Form.

Submit documentation of a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of six (6) relevant projects that are in-progress or completed in the past 15 years. Any projects submitted beyond six (6) will not be evaluated. To qualify as relevant experience, the project must have involved quality assurance or quality control services for fabrication or repair of steel highway bridges, dam bridges or gates, lock gates, multi-story buildings comprised of steel frames, large storage tanks (greater than 10,000 gallons) or pressure vessels, or steel pipelines.

a. Provide narrative documentation of in-progress or completed services for each project to be evaluated as recent relevant experience, including the following:

Project Name and Location Contract completion date or scheduled completion date.

Name and point of contact of owner (Phone Number and Email Address).

Government contract number (if applicable).

Role the offeror or proposed sub-contractor performed during the project

(prime or sub-contractor).

Overall description of project, highlighting work performed by the offeror or its subcontractor.

A description of Quality Assurance or Quality Control services performed for fabrication or repair work of steel highway bridges, dam bridges or gates, lock gates, multi-story buildings comprised of steel frames, large storage tanks (greater than 10,000 gallons) or pressure vessels, or steel pipelines.

A description of the codes that were followed during fabrication (AWS D1.1, AWS D1.5, SSPC, AMPP, etc.)

b. Provide documentation meeting the following minimum requirements:

Demonstrate a minimum of three (3) total uses across all submitted projects of at least three (3) of the following non-destructive inspection techniques:

visual, dye penetrant, magnetic, particle and/or ultrasonic.

At least one project must include inspection of bolted connections conforming to the requirements of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) or Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC).

At least one project must include quality control or quality assurance activities for the application of steel coating systems.

At least one project must include quality assurance or quality control of lead paint abatement activities.

At least two projects must include review and evaluation of a contractor or fabricator’s quality control plan.

Past Performance: The Government will evaluate past performance information for all of the projects submitted under the Recent Relevant Experience factor above (PPQ, CPARS etc.)

Past Performance References: For the projects submitted under the Recent Relevant Experience factor, the Government will query the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) to validate past performance ratings. For each project that does not have a final CPARS evaluation, Offerors shall provide a questionnaire to the point of contact, clearly identifying the project to be evaluated. A NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire (Form PPQ-0) is included with the RFQ as Attachment 1 – Past Performance Questionnaire. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to provide the Past Performance Questionnaire in its entirety, to the reference points of contact. Completed questionnaires shall be submitted by the reference points of contact directly to the Contract Specialist, Justin Rose at justin.h.rose@usace.army.mil, prior to the solicitation closing date / time.

The Government may contact sources other than those provided by the Offeror for information with respect to past performance on projects completed. These other sources may include, but are not limited to: CPARS, telephone interviews with organizations familiar with the Offeror’s performance, and Government personnel with personal knowledge of the Offeror’s performance capability.

If applicable, include information on organization structure change history or a joint venture resulting in a different company name. Many companies have acquired, been acquired by, or otherwise merged with other companies, and/or reorganized their divisions, business groups, subsidiary companies, etc. In many cases, these changes have taken place during the time of performance of relevant past efforts or between conclusion of recent past efforts and this source selection. As a result, it is sometimes difficult to determine what past performance is relevant to this acquisition.

Price

Evaluation Approach

(1) The Government will evaluate quotes using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), where quotes will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation other than the lowest priced if it provides additional benefit(s). The Government reserves the right to select a quote that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do so.

Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotations. The evaluation will consider the following:

(2) Technical: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it meets and/or exceeds the Government’s requirements as outlined in the solicitation.

(3) Past Performance: The past performance evaluation will assess the relative risks associated with a quoter’s likelihood of success in fulfilling the solicitation’s requirements.

(4) Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-item prices, including all options.