Attachment IV Solicitation Provisions 9_1_2022.docx

Attachment IV Solicitation Provisions Exhibition Design & Fabrication

ATTACHMENT IV

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

Table of Contents

FAR PROVISIONS

The following FAR provisions are hereby incorporated in this Solicitation by reference with addenda attached as necessary:

FAR 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 address:

https://www.acquisition.gov (End of provision) The following FAR provisions are hereby incorporated in this solicitation by reference:

FAR

Provision #

(Addendum Below)

SEP 2021

The following provision is incorporated into FAR 52.212-1 as an addendum to this solicitation:

FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2021) ADDENDUM

The provision Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items incorporated by reference is amended as to supplement or replace (as specifically noted) with the following terms and conditions:

General Instructions. The offeror shall review and follow all RFP instructions. The Government reserves the right to reject and not to evaluate any proposal that fails to comply with the instructions contained herein. This RFP does not commit the Government to pay any costs for the preparation and submission of a proposal in response to this RFP. The Contracting Officer (KO) is the only individual who can legally commit the Government to the expenditure of public funds in connection with this procurement.

(a.) Proposals must be clear, coherent, and prepared in sufficient detail for effective evaluations of the offeror’s proposal against the evaluation criteria. Also, proposals shall cover all aspects of this solicitation. Proposals must clearly demonstrate how the offeror intends to accomplish the project and must include convincing rationale and substantiation of all assertions and claims. A proposal with significant informational deficiencies may be found technically unacceptable, and an offeror’s extensive restating of an RFP’s requirements may be considered as evidence of the offeror’s failure to demonstrate a clear understanding of those requirements.

(b.) All correspondence in conjunction with this solicitation should be directed to the Government’s Points of Contact (POCs) identified below:

Contracting Officer, Wendy Paulo at Wendy.L.Paulo@uscg.mil Contract Specialist, Micha Wisniewski at Micha.A.Wisniewski@uscg.mil

(c.) The Government will not pay any pre-award or travel costs incurred by the offeror in preparing a response to this solicitation.

(d.) Offeror’s questions regarding this RFP shall be submitted no later than five (5) business days after the RFP issuance to the Government’s POCs identified above. The Subject line of the e-mail shall include the text “RFP 70Z02322R09230001 Questions.”

(e.) Proposals shall be prepared in a format that is compatible with Microsoft Suite applications. Provide spreadsheets that include all formulas, function, macros, computations, or equations used to compute the proposed amounts. For each workbook, all Rows, Columns, Cells, and Worksheets must be visible. Do not include Zero height and zero width rows and columns in Worksheets. Do not format Worksheet cells with font color equal to the fill color. If Workbooks or Worksheets are password protected, then the passwords must be provided. Print image files or pictures or files containing only values are not acceptable. Failure to provide fully functional spreadsheets MS Excel file format (.xlx or equivalent) in the proposal may result in the proposal being rejected.

(f.) The resultant award will be a single award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract with firm fixed priced Task Orders. The Government will evaluateOffers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Where awards will be made without discussions, exchanges with offerors are limited to Clarifications as defined in FAR 15.306(a). Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a Price and non-Price Factor standpoint. Under FAR 52.212-1(g), however, the Government reserves the right to hold discussions, if necessary.

Paragraph (b), Submission of offers.

Offerors shall email proposals to the Contract Specialist, Micha Wisniewski, at Micha.A.Wisniewski@USCG.mil and the Contracting Officer, Wendy Paulo, at Wendy.L.Paulo@uscg.mil. Multiple emails may be required due to the USCG system limitation on email size, no larger than 10MB. Fax and hardcopy proposals will NOT be accepted. Hand-carried offers, whether hardcopy or electronic, will NOT be accepted.

NOTE 3: It is highly recommended that the offeror confirm receipt of proposal by sending a separate conformation email to the Contract Specialist, Micha Wisniewski, at Micha.A.Wisniewski@USCG.mil.

The offeror shall submit signed and dated proposal volumes in an electronic version in MS Word (.docx or equivalent) or Adobe portable document format (.pdf). Subject line shall contain RFP No. 70Z02322R09230001. The proposal deadlines shall be the date/time listed on SAM.gov.

The Government reserves the right to reject any proposal that is not received within the SAM.gov response due date and time, or any proposal that is not submitted in its entirety, or if the proposal is submitted in a method other than by the proposal submission instructions above.

Offers shall comprise of the volumes shown in the table below.

Volume I

Paragraph (b)(4) Factor 1:

Performance Bond and Payment Bond

Maximum fifty (50) pages. This page limited includes all documentation in support of Factor 1 through Factor 5

Factor 2:

Corporate Experience

Factor 3:

Key Personnel

Factor 4:

Project Management: Project Schedule and Teaming/Subcontractors

Volume II

Past Performance

NOTE: Additional pages exceeding the maximum page limit will not be evaluated.

The offer must submit the following for Volume I

Your responses will be evaluated against the criteria as defined in FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, below.

Factor 1: Performance Bond and Payment Bond (Other Than Construction)

Based on a review of costs associated with similar museums of quality and size, the bonding requirement for this contract will be 100% of the Task Orders directly tied to fabrication.

NOTE: Only proof of the offeror’s ability to obtain a bond equal to the Government established amount for fabrication of $30,000,000.00 ($30M) is required for proposal submission. Such proof provides assurance that the successful offeror can indeed obtain the necessary Performance Bond and Payment Bond required for all fabrication Task Orders.

The offeror must submit proof of their ability to obtain a Performance Bond and Payment Bond from a surety, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company. While related, these are two separate bonds.

· The Performance Bond and Payment Bond shall be valued at $30M each. As such, each bond’s sum shall be independently equal to the sum of 100 percent of the estimated fabrication project cost.

· The offeror shall provide proof, as defined under FAR 52.212-2 in this solicitation, showing their ability to obtain a Performance Bond and Payment Bond.

Factor 2: Corporate Experience

Each offeror’s proposal shall contain information on a maximum of three (3) corporate experience references, performed within the past six (6) years (from solicitation release date), that are relevant to this requirement.

The offeror shall provide information regarding recent and relevant corporate experience, in a portfolio representing their work. For purposes of evaluating this factor; relevant means corporate experience performed by the prime contractor for contracts with requirements of a similar scope and complexity to the requirements in Attachment I (SOW) supporting similar National and/or Military Museum design (as outlined below) and fabrication.

Recent corporate experience means work performed on a contract, either completed or currently in progress, within the past six (6) years of the solicitation release date.

The consideration of corporate experience is not limited to work performed under prior contracts with the government, but also includes work performed on all contracts: federal, state, local, and private sector.

Similar scope and complexity includes

· National and/or Military Museums of at least 30,000 square feet

· A minimum design and fabrication contract value of $40M or more

· Complex Exhibits

· at least 500 artifacts

· at least fifteen (15) macro artifacts

· at least fifteen (15) audiovisual components

· 2,000 images and art pieces

· Interactive exhibits

· Virtual reality

“Complex Exhibit” means an exhibit that consists of highly concentrated, intricate, immersive exhibitions involving layers of integrated museum objects (large and small), graphics and images, custom thematic (e.g., sides of ammunition containers, sandbags etc.) casework, tactile models, reproductions, cast figures, multimedia, interactives -physical and digital, immersive tableaus involving multiple sensory (e.g., sound, smell, wind, responsive lighting) factors that eliminate bleed to adjacent sections, security (e.g., space, cases, and non-cased elements), lighting, and audio activation that engages with visitor, and experience managing projects with multiple subcontractors.

The corporate experience portfolio shall include projects with integrated images of exhibit design experiences and experiences with an initial installation of large, complex exhibits (see definition of “complex exhibit”). The projects submitted shall include the following key elements:

· Demonstrated experience in the development of fabrication and installation of indoor interpretive museum exhibits (not just trade shows/temporary displays or outdoor wayside exhibits (an outdoor wayside exhibit is defined as a combination of words and pictures on a two-dimensional outdoor panel providing interpretation, information, or orientation to a specific landscape))

· Demonstrated experience in designing and producing exhibits that present artifacts in compliance with conservation requirements, as delineated in § 1.4.1.2 (Applicable Documents) of Attachment I (SOW).

· Demonstrated experience developing and producing interpretive audio-visual programs as part of an exhibit.

The portfolio shall include the following information with the project description:

· Project Title

· Contract Number and customer contact information (name, phone, and email)

· Project Date

· Project Value

· Project Square Footage

· Number of Artifacts to include macro/micro artifacts, images, art pieces and objects

· Role and Responsibility of the offeror (Prime/Subcontractor, Designer/Fabricator/Installer/Audiovisual (A/V))

· Number and type of A/V components

· Number and type of Interactive exhibits(s) included in the project

· Number and type of Virtual Reality exhibits(s) included in the project

Corporate Experience and Past Performance factors will be evaluated separately, but utilizing the same references for each evaluation factor.

Factor 3: Key Personnel

Offerors shall submit a resume for the key personnel labor category: Senior Program Manager IDIQ. The offeror need only submit one (1) resume for this labor category. The requirement for additional Key Personnel shall be identified at the Task Order level.

The resume shall clearly detail:

(1) How the education and experience of the proposed individual demonstrates their ability to successfully manage the performance of the requirements within the Statement of Work; and

(2) How the experience of the proposed individual meets the labor category descriptions and qualifications in Appendix A (Labor Categories and Minimum Qualification) of Attachment I (SOW).

(3) The resume shall contain the following minimum information elements:

a) Name of individual proposed;

b) Relevant academic degrees, majors and certifications, accredited schools attended, and corresponding attendance dates;

c) Length of time employed by offeror;

d) Cumulative amount of time (in years) and description of relevant experience as indicated by projects and/or assignments in which experience was gained as described in Appendix A (Labor Categories and Minimum Qualifications) of Attachment I (SOW); and

e) Signature by the individual listed on the resume certifying the resume’s accuracy.

Factor 4: Project Management: Project Schedule and Teaming/Subcontractors

Offerors shall provide a project schedule that shows how the offeror will install all the exhibits and the display elements in the museum prior to its opening, which is anticipated in early 2025 to coincide with the United States Coast Guard Academy graduation.

The project schedule should consider the events outlined in § 1.2.1 (Project Schedule) of Attachment I (SOW) and shall consist of a “project schedule” (e.g., Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, Gantt chart) incorporating the necessary design stages as described in but not limited to Appendix B of Attachment I (SOW) to reach a construction drawing stage, fabrication and production period and ends with installations of the museum exhibitions, and handover, commissioning and testing of the museum exhibitions to make sure everything is in working order and is compliant with the contract.

The project schedule shall also include offeror-defined milestones to identify target dates for critical events, based upon the offeror's chosen sequence of work.

The offeror shall provide a list of the offeror’s proposed subcontractors, contractor teaming partner, and/or joint venture partners in accordance with § 3.2 of Attachment I (SOW). The list shall identify the proposed entity relationship to the offeror (e.g., subcontractor, contractor teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner, and/or other arrangement)areas of responsibilities to include work to be performed (with reference to the IDIQ SOW) that each of these entities will be involved in accomplishing.

The offer must submit the following for Volume II

Factor 5: Past Performance

Paragraph (b)(10), Past Performance:

Each offeror’s proposal shall contain information on a maximum of three (3) past performance references, performed within the past six (6) years (from solicitation release date), that are relevant to this requirement. These references should support the Corporate Experience references submitted and include:

(1) Name of organization;

(2) Name, Email Address, and Phone Number of Current Point of Contact;

(3) Contract Number;

(4) Brief description of the requirement provided identifying the key requirements and/or type of effort;

(5) Contract/Order value; and

(6) An identification of whether or not the past performance reference contract(s) have records in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) or if a Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) shall be submitted.

Each description shall provide enough detail for the Government to determine the relevance of this program or project; address the complexity of the contract/order effort and the overall technical risk associated with accomplishing the effort. The offeror shall also provide a complete description of the contract/order effort.

Recent means work performed on a contract, which has been completed or is currently in progress, within the past six (6) years of the solicitation release date.

Corporate Experience and Past Performance factors will be evaluated separately, yet the same references will be used for each evaluation factor.

Offerors shall have references complete the PPQ (Attachment V) for reference contracts lacking records in CPARS. The offeror’s past performance references (not the offeror itself) shall return the completed questionnaire to the email address shown on the PPQ no later than this solicitation’s closing date. The Government will reject any completed PPQ returned directly by the offeror to the Government. The offeror remains solely responsible to ensure that the questionnaire is completed and returned by the respective references to the e-mail address on or before the deadline, as the evaluators may contact them. Attachment V to the RFP contains both the PPQ and the instructions for processing the PPQ. If the past performance contract(s) has/have already been evaluated in the CPARS, the offeror need not provide a PPQ for that effort

The offer must submit the following for Volume III

Factor 6 Price

Paragraph (b)(6), Price: The offeror shall submit a completed Attachment II (Price Schedule).

Attachment II, Pricing Schedule, shall be completed with unit prices, rates, and the offeror’s name. Attachment II will not be a part of the resultant contract. The Government will incorporate all proposed Vendor Labor Categories and Labor Rates (excluding labor hours) from Tab 1 into the resultant IDIQ contract. The Government will use information inserted into Attachment II will be used, for evaluation purposes and for purposes of inserting price information into the Schedule SF-1449. Below is a detailed breakdown of how Attachment II will be used in the evaluation process

TAB 1-The offeror shall complete Tab 1 of Attachment II, Price Schedule for the work required in Attachment I (SOW) by filling out all the following:

· Labor Categories - The Government recommended Labor Categories have been provided in Attachment II Price Schedule. If needed, the offeror shall only retitle the Government proposed Labor Categories under the column titled “Vendor Labor Category.” Do not add new categories due to evaluation purposes.

· Labor Rates – The offeror shall provide fully burdened labor rates for each labor category and each ordering period.

· Labor Hours- The offeror shall not adjust the labor hours. The Government provided estimated hours are used to develop a price model and create a notional estimate. This estimate is based on Government-provided labor hours for all labor categories multiplied by the offerors' proposed labor rates to calculate the total price estimate for labor.

· Loading Rates- The offeror shall provide fully burdened Loading Rate for the Government provided subcontract and material cost for each ordering period.

All pricing proposed by the offeror on Tab 1, will be, if accepted by the Government, used as the awarded labor and loading (not including hours) rates for the resultant IDIQ contract.

NOTE: It Tab 2, Tab 3, and Tab 4 of the price schedule shall be used to conduct price analysis techniques consistent with FAR 15.404-1(b), evaluating them for fair and reasonableness for Task Order award. The proposed prices shall include the labor rates provided in Tab 1, or discounted.

TAB 2- The offeror shall provide a firm fixed-price price proposal for their proposed Project Management Team (to include all specialist as needed) in accordance with § 3.2 of Attachment I (SOW) on Tab 2 of Attachment II (Price Schedule). The offeror shall include the necessary Labor Category(s), Rate(s), and Hour(s) (as established per this IDIQ), for each Ordering Period which shall support the IDIQ and subsequent Task Order. These data elements shall account for the aggressive timeline for the fabrication and installation prior to the museum’s Grand Opening.

TAB 3- The offeror shall provide a firm fixed-price price proposal for Design Services and a proposed Period of Performance on Tab 3 of Attachment II (Price Schedule). The offeror shall include the necessary Labor Category(s), Rate(s) (as established per this IDIQ or at a discounted rate), and Hour(s), to perform the following:

1) The offeror shall conduct a gap analysis by examining and assessing the current design documentation (Attachment I, Appendix D through Q) for compliance with all applicable codes, laws, regulations, Executive Orders, standards, design parameters, and conservation needs. The review must include the examination and assessment of the artifact/object mounting, location, proximity to other objects and within the case itself, and current physical state. The offeror will submit the gap analysis to the KO for review and must include a plan, schedule, and a cost estimate to incorporate all required changes and all recommended changes.

NOTE: This design review will require conservation information that the offeror must provide under Tab 4.

TAB 4 The offeror shall provide a firm fixed-priced proposal for Conservation Services on Tab 4 of Attachment II (Price Schedule) for the Period of Performance of 9/29/2022 to 12/15/2022. The offeror shall include the necessary Labor Category(s), Rate(s) (as established per this IDIQ or at a discounted rate), and Hour(s), to perform the following:

1) Survey 600 artifacts and/or objects located in both Forestville, MD and New London, CT.

2) The conservators shall:

· Ensure safe handling of artifacts and/or objects

· Catalog objects and include all necessary characteristics (material and measurements) to assist with the design review (as outlined in Tab 3) for the purpose of design and fabrication of exhibit mounts.

· Photograph each artifact and/or object (Protect objects during photography)

· Provide artifacts and/or object condition and examination report

· Determine each individual artifact and/or object’s conservation needs

· Provide a recommended treatment plan and cost estimate

· Document the specific requirements for artifact and/or object mounts to ensure that exhibit case design, physical dimensions, case and mount materials, lighting levels, ultraviolet light filtration, and environmental parameters (both in the overall space and for exhibit cases, to include tests or equivalent testing method) proposed by the exhibition design meets the needs of the item.

Any changes to the existing Task Order as a result of the Conservation Services will be accomplished through a modification.

NOTE: The travel required for this service shall be a Not-To-Exceed amount of $100,000.00 determined by the Government per FAR 31.205-46 and does not require a price proposal by the offeror.

Other Administration Requirements

Paragraph (b)(8) Complete the representations and certifications. Submit any changes per paragraph (b) of FAR provision 52.212-3, offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items.

In addition, complete and submit the self-certifications found in the solicitation Attachment IV herein for the following:

· FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

· FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements

· HSAR Provision 3052.209-70, Prohibition on Contracts with Corporate Expatriates

Paragraph (b)(9), Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; the offeror shall either, 1) sign and submit with proposal all Solicitation Amendments (SF-30) posted with the requirement, or 2) on the first (1st) page of the proposal or a coversheet, acknowledge in writing all posted Solicitation Amendments.

Paragraph (b)(11), The offeror’s proposals submission shall be confirmation they are capable and willing to perform all the requirements in Attachment I (SOW) and resulting Contract and any Task Orders thereunder. The offeror shall include a statement in its proposal specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. If applicable, the Contractor shall submit any exceptions to the terms and conditions for the Government’s review and acceptance with their proposal.

Paragraph (b)(12), Subcontracting Plan– (Large Business only). If the offeror is other than a small business, it shall submit a Subcontracting Plan as required by FAR 19.704 with its proposal. Any targets specified in the Subcontracting Plan will be incorporated into and become part of the resulting contract.

Paragraph (c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for ninety (90) calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless an addendum to the solicitation specifies another time period.

(End of Provision)

FAR PROVISIONS IN FULL TEXT

The following FAR provisions are hereby incorporated in this Solicitation in full text:

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION– COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2021)

Paragraph (a) of this provision is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The basis for award will be best value using a tradeoff selection process between price and non-price factors in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 Tradeoff Process. The Government will base this process on consideration of the following evaluation factors:

· Factor 2 Corporate Experience

· Factor 1 Performance Bond and Payment Bond (Other Than Construction)

· Factor 3 Key Personnel

· Factor 4 Project Management- Project Schedule and Subcontractor/Teaming Arrangements

· Factor 5 Past Performance

· Factor 6 Price

For the award decision, the non-price factors are listed in descending order and are significantly more important than Price (Factor 6). The degree of importance of Price (Factor 6) could become greater depending upon the equality of the proposals for other factors evaluated.

As a result of the tradeoff process, award may be made to an offeror other than the lowest price or to an offeror with less than the highest rated non-price proposal, if that higher priced or lower technically rated offeror provides the best value to the Government.

Proposals shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria.

Factor 1: Performance Bond and Payment Bond (Other Than Construction)

Based on a review of costs associated with similar museums of quality and size, the bonding requirement for this contract will be 100% of the Task Orders directly tied to fabrication.

The Government will evaluate the following: 1) the submitted documentation to ensure the offeror has provided proof of their bonding ability and 2) the level of confidence that the offeror’s will be able to successfully obtain a $30M Performance Bond and $30M Payment Bond based on the submitted document and the stated bonding rate.

A higher confidence rating will be given to offerors based on their letter or statement and their bonding rate.

Factor 1: Performance Bond and Payment Bond (Other Than Construction)

the letter or statement shall;

1) be on the surety’s or insurance company’s dated letterhead, and

2) identify the offeror (principal) and confirm the surety, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company’s commitment to provide the $30M performance bond and $30M payment bonds, and

3) include a bonding rate of less than 4% and

4) be signed by the surety, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company’s company representative.

Some Confidence The offeror submitted proof of their ability to obtain a $30M Performance Bond and $30M Payment Bond from a surety's, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company; and the letter or statement shall;

1) be on the surety's, broker, bonding agent’s, or insurance company’s dated letterhead, and/or

2) identify the offeror (principal) and confirm the surety, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company’s commitment to provide the $30M performance bond and $30M payment bonds, and

3) includes a bonding rate, and

4) be signed by the surety, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company’s company representative.

Low Confidence The offeror DID NOT submit proof of their ability to obtain a $30M Performance Bond and $30M Payment Bond from a surety's, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company; and the letter or statement;

1) was NOT on the surety's, broker, bonding agent’s, or insurance company’s dated letterhead, or

2) did NOT identify the offeror (principal) OR did NOT confirmed the surety, bonding agent, or insurance company’s commitment to providing the $30M performance and $30M payment bonds, or

3) was NOT signed by the surety, broker, bonding agent, or insurance company’s company representative.

Factor 2: Corporate Experience

The Government will evaluate the offerors corporate experience to determine its level of confidence that the offeror will successfully perform the requirements based on its demonstrated corporate experience, considering relevancy and recency of the submitted experience as it relates to the subject requirements in Attachment I (SOW) supporting similar National and/or Military Museum design and fabrication contracts. Relevant corporate experience is defined as performance by the prime contractor under contracts for requirements of a similar scope and complexity to the requirements in Attachment I (SOW) supporting similar National and/or Military Museum design (as outlined below) and fabrication contracts. Recent means corporate experience from previous contracts, subcontracts, and/or joint ventures, and contractor team arrangements that are relevant and have been performed on a contract, which has been completed or is currently in progress, within the past six (6) years of the solicitation release date. Greater degrees of relevancy to Attachment I (SOW) for this requirement for recent corporate experiences will increase the level of confidence. In addition, the offeror’s proposed corporate experience as a prime contractor will increase the level of confidence over that of an offeror as a subcontractor. The Government is not bound by the offeror’s opinion of relevancy.

The consideration of recent and relevant prior corporate experience is not limited to work performed under prior contracts with the government, but includes work performed on all contracts: federal, state, local, and private sector.

An increase level of confidence will be given to offerors whose instances of proposed corporate experience in the design and fabrication of museum exhibitions demonstrates all the following elements:

· National and/or Military Museums of at least 30,000 square feet

· A minimum design and fabrication contract value of $40M or more

· Efforts containing

· at least 500 artifacts

· at least fifteen (15) macro artifacts

· at least fifteen (15) audiovisual components

· 2,000 images and art pieces

· Interactive exhibits

· Virtual reality

Confidence Ratings

NOTE: Corporate Experience and Past Performance will be evaluated separately. The same references will be used for each evaluation factors.

Factor 3: Key Personnel

The Government will evaluate, at a minimum, the information contained in the key personnel resume (Senior Program Manager IDIQ). Evaluation of the key personnel will be based on the extent to which the proposed personnel either meets or exceeds the labor qualifications in Appendix A (“Labor Categories and Minimum Qualification”) of Attachment I (SOW) for the proposed position in relation to the tasks for which they are proposed to perform. Although not specified in Appendix A (“Labor Categories and Minimum Qualification”) of Attachment I (SOW) the Key Personnel will be evaluated on their education, specialized training and licenses that support the duties of the proposed position including leadership and other accomplishments. The Government will evaluate the offeror to determine its level of confidence that the offeror will successfully perform the requirements based on their proposed personnel to complete the work outlined in Attachment I (SOW).

Confidence Ratings

Factor 4: Project Management- Project Schedule and Teaming/Subcontractors

The Government will evaluate the information required in the instruction of this RFP for Factor 4. The Government will review the offeror’s proposed project schedule to include major events and activity dependencies to assess if the offeror’s approach is complete, comprehensive, logically sequenced, and achievable in planning to meet the required delivery date.

The following definitions apply to evaluating the offeror’s schedule:

1) Complete: All major events and milestones, relative to completing all necessary design stages to reach a construction drawing stage, fabrication and production period and ends with installations of the museum exhibitions, and handover, commissioning and testing of the museum exhibitions to make sure everything works and is compliant, are captured.

2) Comprehensive: Tasks are captured to support the major events and milestones as identified in § 1.2.1 (Project Schedule) of Attachment I (SOW).

3) Logically sequenced: Tasks dependencies are ordered to support the major events and milestones.

4) Achievable: Tasks are capable of being executed with planned resources.

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s list of proposed subcontractors, contractor teaming partner, and/or joint venture partners to ensure planned work is supported through all phases of this contract that will result with the design and fabrication of museum exhibitions will be completed prior to the Coast Guard Museum’s opening, which is anticipated in early 2025 to coincide with the United States Coast Guard Academy graduation.

The Government will evaluate the offeror to determine its level of confidence that the offeror will meet the required delivery date based on the submitted project schedule and Teaming/Subcontractor arrangements.

Confidence Ratings

Factor 5: Past Performance

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance to determine its level of confidence that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. This evaluation will assess whether an offeror consistently delivered quality services in a timely manner in the past, including overall consideration of quality, schedule, management, and regulatory compliance. The Government is not bound by the offeror’s opinion of relevancy.

Evaluators will consider recent and relevant past performance examples. “Recent” is defined as performance during the last six (6) years (from solicitation closing). “Relevant” past performance is defined as performance of contracts (or orders) for a similar scope and complexity to the requirements in Attachment I (SOW) supporting similar National and/or Military Museum Design and Fabrication contracts.

The Coast Guard reserves the right not to restrict its evaluation to review of offeror-provided information and Past Performance Questionnaire. The USCG may obtain and consider past performance information from any other sources available to the Government (e.g., Government-controlled contractor performance databases such as the Federal Awardee Performance Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and references including contractual, technical, and end-user representatives and Corporate Experience references previously provided by in this RFP. The Government reserves the right to use performance information from other sources. An offeror will be afforded an opportunity to address adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to comment.

An offeror without a record of recent or relevant past performance, or for whom information on past performance is otherwise unavailable, will receive a rating of Unknown Confidence/Neutral for this factor and will not be treated favorably or unfavorably with regard to past performance. A strong record of relevant past performance may be considered more advantageous to the Government than an Unknown Confidence/Neutral rating.

Confidence Ratings

Factor 6 Price

All proposed Labor Rates (excluding labor hours) from Tab 1, will be incorporated into the resultant IDIQ contract.

Tab 1 is the ONLY Tab that will be evaluated for IDIQ award purposes.

Tabs 2, 3, and 4 will be evaluated concurrently but independent of Tab 1. The evaluation of Tabs 2, 3, and 4 will be for the issuance of a Task Order to meet the minimum guarantee.

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s total evaluated price proposal from Tab 1 (Attachment II (Price Schedule) for completeness, reasonableness, and unbalanced pricing. The evaluation will be used to assist in determining the best value to the Government. The Government will use various price analysis techniques consistent with FAR 15.404-1(b).

NOTE: In Tab 2, Tab 3, and Tab 4 of the price schedule shall be used to conduct price analysis techniques consistent with FAR 15.404-1(b), evaluating them for fair and reasonableness for the initial Task Order award that will occur concurrently with the IDIQ award. The proposed prices shall include the rate provided in Tab 1, or discounted.

Completeness. The Government will review the offeror’s price proposal for compliance with proposal instructions outlined in FAR 52.212-1. The Government may reject a proposal if the Government determines that it is non-compliant, incomplete, inadequate, or inaccurate. Failure to propose pricing will result in the assignment of a deficiency for the proposal. In evaluating the completeness of the price proposal, the Government will evaluate the pricing information that was requested in the proposal instructions outlined in FAR 52.212-1.

Reasonableness. The Government will evaluate the proposed prices for price reasonableness. Price reasonableness will be established by competition and determined primarily by comparison with other offers submitted. The prices may also be compared with the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE).

Balance. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more items is significantly overstated or underestimated. The Government shall analyze offers to determine whether unbalanced separately priced rates exist. Offers that are determined to be unbalanced may be rejected if the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

Total Evaluated Price (TEP). The TEP will be calculated using the Tab 1 of Attachment II, “Price Schedule” of the RFP only. Offerors will provide their fully burdened labor rates in the pricing worksheet for each ordering period of the IDIQ, and the evaluation worksheet will calculate the extended amounts. Likewise, the offerors will provide the loading rate applied to the Government provided estimates for subcontracts and material amounts, and the worksheet will calculate the extended amounts. The sum of the following will equal the TEP:

(1) Total labor price for all ordering periods

(2) Total subcontract price for all ordering periods

(3) Total applied loading price for subcontracts for all ordering periods

(4) Total material price for all ordering periods

(5) Total applied loading price for material for all ordering periods

Offerors are advised that the evaluation of item prices shall not obligate the Government to award each item.

Proposed prices for Tab 2, Tab 3, and Tab 4 will be evaluated for fair and reasonableness using various price analysis techniques in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(b) in order to award an initial Task Order concurrently with the award of the IDIQ. The proposed prices for Tab 2, Tab 3, and Tab 4 will not be part of the total evaluated price calculation and best value decision for the IDIQ contract award.

· TAB 2: The offeror provided a firm fixed-price price proposal for Project Management on Tab 2 of Attachment II (Price Schedule).

· TAB 3: The offeror provided a firm fixed-price price proposal for Design Services for the design review and gap analysis and confirmed their ability to meet the Period of Performance of 9/29/2022 to 3/29/2023 (six (6) months) or proposed a schedule that was found acceptable by the Government, on Tab 4 of Attachment II (Price Schedule).

· TAB 4: The offeror provided a firm fixed-priced proposal for Conservation Services and confirmed their ability to meet the Period of Performance of 9/29/2022 to 12/15/2022 or proposed a schedule that was found acceptable by the Government, on Tab 4 of Attachment II (Price Schedule).

Other Administration Requirements

Representations and Certifications

· The offeror completed the representations and certifications and submitted any changes per paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-3

· The offeror completed and submitted the following self-certifications:

· FAR 52.209-7 (Information Regarding Responsibility Matters)

· FAR 52.229-11 (Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements)

· HSAR Provision 3052.209-70 (Prohibition on Contracts with Corporate Expatriates)

Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments The offeror either, 1) signed and submit with proposal all Solicitation Amendments (Standard Form 30) posted with the requirement, or 2) on the first (1st) page of the proposal or a coversheet, acknowledged in writing all posted Solicitation Amendments.

In addition to the above factors, if the offeror is a large business, the offeror’s proposed subcontracting plan will be evaluated as described below and will not be considered among the non-price factors.

Subcontracting Plan– (Large Business only) The Government will evaluate the offeror's Small Business subcontracting strategy for the extent of commitment to use Small Businesses and the consistency of that commitment within the Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The Department of Homeland Security Subcontracting Plan Review Checklist (DHS Form 700-23) will be used as part of the evaluation to ensure that the required elements of the offeror’s subcontracting plan in FAR 19.704 are included.

For the plan to be determined acceptable, is must meet all the evaluation factors identified in DHS Form 700-23. If it fails to meet the evaluation factors in DHS Form 700-23, the plan is determined unacceptable.

(End of Provision) FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 2022) Alternate I (Oct2014) The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v)) of this provision.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— "Covered telecommunications equipment or services" has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service—

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

Immediate owner means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees.

Inverted domestic corporation, means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except—

(1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural…