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SOLICITATION, OFFER, 1. SOLICITATION NO.

AG-56A1-S-12-0002

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION 3. DATE ISSUED

5/22/12

PAGE 1 OF 34 PAGES

AND AWARD 1 I SEALED BID (IFB)

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair) X NEGOTIATED (RFP)

IMPORTANT - The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror.

4. CONTRACT NO. 5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO.

583021

6. PROJECT NO.

AG-56A1-12-0002

56A1 7. ISSUED BY

EASTERN REGION USDA F

CODE

OREST SERVICE

8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

Ann Ball US Forest Service 626 E. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202

9. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

a. NAME

ANN BALL

b. TELEPHONE NO.

(414) 297-1834 nclude area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

SOLICITATION

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid and "bidder".

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Title, identifying no., date)

Walker District Administrative Complex Construction Project: AG-56A1-S-12-0002

This is a total Small Business Set-Aside Project. Offerors must be Small Business certified at the time of Proposal.

Price Range:

In accordance with FAR part 36.204, the estimated magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

Bid Guarantee shall be 20% of Bid Price and is required at time of proposal (SF-24 in section J). Performance and Payment Bonds shall also be required from contract awardee.

Site Visit: May 30, 2012, at 9 a.m. at the Walker Community Center Complex 105 Tower Avenue East Walker, MN 56484

DUNS NO.

TAX ID NO.

Continued...

n award, IX notice to proceed. This performance period is X mandatory negotiable. (See

12a. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS?

12b. CALENDAR DAYS (If "YES", indicate within how many calendar days after award in Item 12b.)

)71 YES I I NO

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

a. Sealed offers in original and 1 copies to perform the work required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by 1500

(hour) local time

June 21, 2012 (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers will be publicly opened at that time. Sealed envelopes containing offers shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, and the date and time offers are due.

b. An offer guarantee 5.(-1 is, ri 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 60 calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

NSN 7540-01-155-3212

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 4 -85)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.236-1(d)

AMENDMENT NO. 001 002

DATE. 5/23/12 6/05/12

20a. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER (Type or print) 20b. SIGNATURE 20c. OFFER D ATE

23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA 5. AMOUNT

27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY 26. ADMINISTERED BY

56A1

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

10 U.S.C. 2304(c) ( n41 U.S.C. 253(c)

EASTERN REGION USDA FOREST SERVICE

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR (Include ZIP Code) 15. I ELEI-'HONE NO. (Include area code)

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS (Include only if different than Item 14.)

CODE FACILITY CODE

1/. I he otteror agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified below in strict accordance with the terms of this solicitation, it this otter is accepted by the Government in writing within calendar days after the date offers are due. (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.)

AMOUNTS

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each)

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

X 28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT (Contractor is required to sign this document and return 5 copies to issuing office.) Contractor agrees to furnish and deliver all items or perform all work requirements identified on this form and any continuation sheets for the consideration stated in this contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract 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.

29. AWARD (Contractor is not required to sign this document.) Your offer on this solicitation is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This award consummates the contract, which consists of (a) the Government solicitation and your offer, and (b) this contract award. No further contractual document is necessary.

30a. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN (Type or print)

31a. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

Colleen Hightower

30b. SIGNATURE 30c. DATE 31b. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY

31c. DATE

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 4-85) BACK

Walker District Administrative Complex

SECTION 01 10 00

SUMMARY

PART 1 GENERAL

1.1 PROJECT

A. Project Name: Walker District Administrative Complex, Walker Minnesota.

B. Government: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Eastern Region R-9. Contracting Officer (CO) refers to the person assigned by the USDA Forest Service to administer the Contract. The Contracting Officer will designate a Contracting Officers Representative (COR) with specific delegation authority.

C. Owner's Name: Contracting Officer.

D. The Project consists of the construction of:

1. Building #1 - Administration Building with attached heated garage. This portion of the work and outlined site area is designed to comply with a Silver Certification Level according to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Green Building Rating System and documentation only apply to Base Bid work.

2. Building #2 - Unheated Parking Garage.

3. Building #5 - Crew Quarters Building - renovation - building was previously relocated.

4. Demolition and removal of designated existing buildings.

5. New site work, utility work and landscaping of the project site.

6. See Section 01 23 00 for a breakout of Base and Optional Bid Items.

1.2 CONTRACT DESCRIPTION

A. Contract Type: A Federal Government competitively negotiated contract.

1.3 WORK BY CONTRACTING OFFICER

A. Items noted NIC (Not in Contract) will be supplied and installed by Contracting Officer, and may not be installed prior to Substantial Completion. Some items include:

1. Movable cabinets.

2. Furnishings.

3. Small equipment.

4. Walk-off mats.

1.4 CONTRACTING OFFICER OCCUPANCY

A. Contracting Officer intends to occupy the Project upon Substantial Completion.

B. Cooperate with Contracting Officer to minimize conflict and to facilitate Contracting Officer's operations.

C. Schedule the Work to accommodate Contracting Officer occupancy.

1.5 CONTRACTOR USE OF SITE AND PREMISES

A. Contractor to be directed by Contracting Officer to their specific uses and access to site during construction.

B. Arrange use of site and premises to allow:

1. Building occupancy.

2. Work by Others.

3. Work by Contracting Officer.

4. Use of site and premises by the public.

C. Provide access to and from site as required by law and by Contracting Officer:

SUMMARY 01 10 00 - 1

Walker District Administrative Complex

1. Emergency Building Exits During Construction: Keep all exits required by code open during construction period; provide temporary exit signs if exit routes are temporarily altered.

2. Do not obstruct roadways, sidewalks, or other public ways without permit.

D. Time Restrictions:

1. Limit conduct of especially noisy exterior work to the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m..

E. Utility Outages and Shutdown:

1. Limit disruption of utility services to hours the site is unoccupied.

2. Do not disrupt or shut down life safety systems, including but not limited to fire sprinklers and fire alarm system, without 7 days notice to Contracting Officer and authorities having jurisdiction.

3. Prevent accidental disruption of utility services to other facilities. Provide seven (7) day advanced notice of any operation that will significantly limit access or disruption of any utility services at the adjacent Visitors Center. Any planned outaged must be limited to a max. 24 hour period.

1.6 WORK SEQUENCE

A. Partial Owner Occupancy: Owner will occupy the premises during entire construction period.

Cooperate with Owner during construction operations to minimize conflicts and facilitate Owner usage. Perform the Work so as not to interfere with Owner's operations consistent with Sect 1.5 referenced above.

1. Maintain access to existing walkways, corridors and other adjacent occupied or used facilities. Remove snow from access areas to the construction area. Do not close or obstruct walkways, corridors, or other occupied or used facilities without written permission from Owner and authorities having jurisdiction.

B. Owner Limited Occupancy of Completed Areas of Construction: Owner reserves the right to occupy and to place and install equipment in completed portions of the Work prior to Substantial Completion of the Work provided such occupancy does not interfere with completion of the Work.

Such placement of equipment and limited occupancy shall not constitute acceptance of the total Work.

1. On occupancy, Owner will assume responsibility for maintenance and custodial service for occupied portions of Work.

C. Complete construction and furnishing of the administration building and make ready for occupancy by Owner within calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. Project & progress schedule to be developed and maintained throughout project duration using Micro-Soft Project version 2007 or later, or other similar software applications which are approved by the Contracting Officer.

PART 2 PRODUCTS - NOT USED

PART 3 EXECUTION - NOT USED

END OF SECTION

SUMMARY 01 10 00 - 2

SOL NO. AG-56A1-S-12-0002

SECTION F — Deliveries or Performance

FAR 52.211-10 Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work. (APR 1984) The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within 10 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than 240 days. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises.

The office Building and Heated Garage (bid item 02) shall be complete, fully operational and ready for occupancy within 240 days after the Notice to Proceed. All contract work shall be completed within 330 days of the Notice to Proceed.

FAR 52.211-12 Liquidated Damages — Construction. (Sept 2000)

(a) If the Contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified in the contract, the Contractor shall pay liquidated damages to the Government in the amount of $1,065 for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted.

(b) If the Government terminates the Contractor's right to proceed, liquidated damages will continue to accrue until the work is completed. These liquidated damages are in addition to excess costs of repurchase under the Termination clause.

(c) Liquid damages will be assessed if either the contract completion date is exceeded or the Office and Heated Garage (bid item 02) is not available for government occupancy within the time frame stated in the contract.

FAR 52.242-14 Suspension of Work. (Apr 1984)

SUSPENSION OF WORK FOR OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT CONVENIENCE

The Contracting Officer may issue orders to suspend the work wholly or in part for such period of time as deemed necessary because of: (1) weather or ground conditions that when further prosecution of the work might cause environmental or resource damage to the project, access roads to the project, or adjacent property. Such actions would include but not be limited to instances such as siltation of streams, damage to access roads, rutting of project roads which causes otherwise suitable soils to be muddy or unsuitable; or (2) failure of the Contractor to comply with specifications such as but not limited to placement of frozen material in fills, placing of asphalts at temperatures lower than those specified, performing work prior to prerequisite approvals, operating equipment not meeting fire requirements, or when conditions exist which do not meet safety requirements. Whether or not a suspend work notice is issued, the Contractor shall be responsible for correcting any damale caused by its operation, whether inside or outside project limits, at no cost to the Government. Such suspensions shall not be considered as suspensions for the Convenience of the Government under FAR 52.242-14, Suspension of Work, and shall not qualify for an equitable adjustment.

PART I — THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B — NOTICE TO OFFERORS

The intent of this Request for Proposal is to secure a firm fixed price contract awarded to a single contractor.

1. Bidding materials consisting of drawings, specifications, and contract forms which may be obtained by qualified General (Prime) Contractors interested in submitting proposals directly from the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov . There will be no CDs or paper copies of the solicitation issued. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FBO website until bid opening for any amendments which may be issued to this solicitation.

2. A bid guarantee is required in an amount not less than 20 percent of the bid price, but shall not exceed $3,000,000. Failure to furnish the required bid guarantee in the proper format and amount shall cause rejection of the proposal as unacceptable. Please submit bid bonds on Standard Form 24, copy found in Section J.

3. Offerors shall submit a completed, dated and signed SF1442, including acknowledgement of any and all amendments and the completed Schedule of Items in Section B; Representations and Certifications and have completed the Representations and Certifications electronically in the Online Representations .

and Certifications Applications (ORCA) website at http://orca.bpn.gov reference in Section K; complete and shall complete and submit a Responsibility Determination Questionnaire; (See attachment in Section J) and shall submit Performance Bonds (Standard Form 25) and Payment Bonds (Standard Form 25-A) at 100% of the construction price prior to start of work. (Copies of Standard Form 25 and 25A are located in Section J).

4. The Schedule of Items and Detailed Cost proposal shall be provided under separate cover in a sealed envelope and as a separate file on the CD/DVD. All bids mailed, hand carried must be received by the date, time and location specified in this solicitation. Facsimile proposals are not allowed on this solicitation. In addition to one hardcopy submission, Offerors shall submit all information electronically in accordance with these instructions. Five copies of electronic information shall be submitted on a CD/DVD capable of being read utilizing a Windows XP or 7 Operating System. Documentation shall be stored on the CD/DVD as two (2) separate pdfs. One file shall contain Section B the schedule of bid items and Offeror's detailed pricing proposal. The Schedule of items and detailed pricing information may be submitted in hard copy format and only one copy is required it does not need to be on the CD/DVD. The other file shall contain all other documentation required for submission see Section L for details and shall be submitted in the DVD/CD format. (It was brought to our attention that it is difficult to update pricing as it is available and burn it onto the DVD with the technical information, thus we are allowing the schedule of items and detailed pricing information to be submitted hard copy if you prefer.)

SECTION L — Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors or Respondents

General Instructions:

1. Proposals in this solicitation shall be furnished in the following format with the number of copies as specified below.

2. The proposal must include a Part I — Technical Proposal and Part II — Business Proposal. Each of the parts shall be separate and complete so that evaluation of one may be accomplished independently from evaluation of the other. The technical proposal shall not contain reference to cost; however, resource information (such as data concerning labor hours and categories, materials, subcontracts, etc) must be contained in the technical proposal so that the contractor's understanding of the statement of work may be evaluated.

3. Offerors may, at their discretion, submit alternate proposals or proposals which deviate from the requirement; provided, that an offeror also submits a proposal for performance of the work as specified in the statement of work. Any "alternate" proposal may be considered if overall performance would be improved or not compromised, and if it is in the best interest of the Government. Alternate proposals, or deviations from any requirement of this RFP, must be clearly identified.

4. The Government shall evaluate proposals in accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in (Section M) of this RFP.

5. Offerors shall submit their proposal in the following format and the quantities specified:

a. One (1) hard copy of the signed SF1442, including acknowledgement of any and all amendments (Sections A through K of the solicitation package) including all attachments in Section J.

b. One (1) copies of the technical proposal on a CD/DVD capable of being read using Windows XP or 7 Operating System. A separate file containing Section B the schedule of items and pricing proposal may be submitted hard copy rather than a separate pdf on the CD/DVD if you prefer. Insure all attachments and required forms are included in your technical proposal.

Part I Technical Proposal

The Technical proposal will be used to make an evaluation and arrive at a determination as to whether the proposal will meet the requirements of the Government. Therefore, the technical proposal must present sufficient information to reflect a thorough understanding of the requirements and a detailed, description of the experience, capabilities, LEED experience and capabilities, quality control and engineering for achieving the Statement of Work.

Separate Part I — Technical proposals into the five subparts for each of the evaluation factors. As a minimum, your technical proposal must clearly address past performance, technical capability, leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED), quality control and safety plan, and value engineering opportunities.