B.08.02 - Solicitation W5J9JE20R0003.pdf

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TERESA L KELLY

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% FOR:SET ASIDE:UNRESTRICTED OR X

SMALL BUSINESS

17a.CONTRACTOR/ CODE FACILITY

OFFEROR CODE

USACE TRANSATLANTIC AFGHANISTAN DISTRICT

CETAA-CT, USACE TAA HQ BAF, BAGRAM

APO AE 09354

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

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14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

RFQ IFB RFPX

USACE TRANSATLANTIC AFGHANISTAN DISTRICT

CONSTRUCTION DIVISION

CETAA-CT, USACE TAA HQ BAF, BAGRAM

APO AE 09354

TEL: FAX:

FAX:

TEL: SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

8(A)

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SIZE STANDARD:

$15,000,000

NAICS:

541990

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DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

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24.22.21.19.

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WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB)

ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

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ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED: ______________________________________________________

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ITEM NO.

W5J9JE20R0003

Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form

NOTES TO OFFEROR

The Government may issue up to two (2) BPA Master Agreements resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offerors whose offer conforming to the solicitation, is the best value to the government, is responsible, and at a price that is fair and reasonable. USACE TAA is soliciting in accordance with FAR 13.106. The Contracting Officer, IAW FAR 13.106(b)(3) reserves the right to evaluate past performance based on the Contracting Officer’s knowledge, PPIRS, and/or any other reasonable basis.

This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is established for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transatlantic Afghanistan District (TAA). It sets forth the terms and conditions for Scheduler Support Services. The Contractor is an independent contractor and not an agent of the U.S. Government. The procurement will be 100% set aside for Women Owned Small Business (WOSB). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 541990 - all other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services with a size standard of $15,000,000. The work associated with this procurement will be performed in the United States. The Government intends to award up to two (2) Blanket Purchase Agreements with an estimated value each for $700,000.00.

The Government intends to issue orders (calls) for specific requirements, as they become known.

The Government intends to award agreements without discussions. In order to be considered eligible for award, an offeror must complete and submit all requested information. The Offeror must be registered for receipt of award in the Government's System for Award Management (SAM). Failure to submit a complete proposal or failure to complete registration in SAM prior to being considered for award may result in the Offeror's proposal being disqualified from evaluation and consideration for award.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The Offeror’s proposal shall be submitted via email or the DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) website. The solicitation shall provide DoD SAFE instructions and receipt date for proposal submittal. Offerors are cautioned that “parroting” of the SOW with a statement of intent to perform does not reflect an understanding of the requirement or capability to perform.

Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal.

The Government will not make assumptions concerning intent, capabilities, or experiences. Clear identification of proposal details shall be the sole responsibility of the Offeror. The proposal shall meet the following basic requirements:

a. The proposal shall be titled: W5J9JE20R0003_Contractor Name

b. The proposal shall be typed and submitted in English and easy to read.

c. The proposal shall be organized, concise, and shall be clearly identified and tabbed.

d. The proposal shall be identified by the solicitation number, name, address, point of contact email address and telephone number of the prime Offeror on the cover.

e. The proposal shall be valid at least for 60 days.

f. The proposal shall contain a table of contents and include at the bottom right side of each page the attachment number and page number. Offerors shall verify that the information for all forms submitted is current, correct, and complete including name(s) of the point(s) of contact (POCs), email address(es), and telephone number(s)

g. Offerors shall submit a signed Offer, Standard Form (SF) 1449 for this solicitation, including verification of all amendments received by completing boxes 30a through 30C on the SF1449 and providing signed copies of the amendments.

h. Proposals shall completely and adequately address the requirements of this solicitation.

Offerors are reminded that elaborate corporate marketing information, formatting, special reproduction techniques, etc., are not necessary.

i. Contractors are cautioned against submitting conditional proposals that change or modify the terms and conditions of the contract. Conditional proposals will be determined unacceptable.

j. Failing to submit attachments or failing to complete the proposal properly may result in rejection of the offer without further evaluation. Therefore, Offerors are urged to follow instructions and speak with the Contracting Officer if instructions are not understood.

SENDING IN THE PROPOSAL

1. Proposals shall be submitted electronically to temekka.s.ellis@usace.army.mil and michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil.

If proposals exceed 40MB in size, offerors shall utilize the DoD SAFE application, https://safe.apps.mil/ to submit their proposals.

The DoD SAFE application is used to send large files to individuals that would normally be too large to send via email. There are no user accounts for DoD SAFE. Authentication is handled via email. Anyone has access to DoD SAFE, and the application is available for use by anyone. The DoD SAFE application can be accessed via https://safe.apps.mil/.

a. Creating a Drop-off: In order for offerors to submit their proposal, they must first notify temekka.s.ellis@usace.army.mil and michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil.

A Request Drop-off will be created. As a result, offerors will receive an email with a link to submit their proposals. Offerors shall notify the individuals identified above if they did not receive the link.

*Please note a drop-off request is valid only for 7 days. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure their proposal is submitted timely.

b. Size Limitations on Uploads: Being able to upload files larger than 2 GB depends on the browser being used. If at all possible, use a modern 64-bit browser on a 64-bit operating system. If you only have a 32-bit system (the most common cause is Windows 7), then use a modern version of Google Chrome or Firefox. Older versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer are particularly bad at this. If updating your browser is not an option and the combined size of all files being uploaded exceeds 2 GB, split the files into multiple drop-offs. If a single file exceeds 2 GB, split the file into mailto:temekka.s.ellis@usace.army.mil mailto:michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil https://safe.apps.mil/ https://safe.apps.mil/ mailto:temekka.s.ellis@usace.army.mil mailto:michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil smaller pieces (e.g. using the Split option in WinZip or "Split to volumes" option in 7-Zip) and upload them in separate drop-offs. The DoD SAFE software itself has configurable limits on the amount of data that can be uploaded in a single drop-off.

Even for browsers that support uploads larger than 2 GB, drop-off may not exceed 8.0 GB per file, or 8.0 GB total for the entire drop-off.

2. All questions are to be directed no later than 10:00 a.m. local Afghan on 5 July 2020 to

Michael Hughes at michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil. Please courtesy copy, Ms. Temekka Ellis at temekka.s.ellis@usace.army.mil.

Proposals are due on 8 July 2020 by 4:30 p.m. local Afghan time via email to the following:

Contract Specialist: Michael Hughes at michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil Contracting Officer: Temekka Ellis at temekka.s.ellis@usace.army.mil

3. Proposals shall contain all requested submittal requirements to be eligible for an award.

PARTIES INTERESTED IN RESPONDING TO THIS SOLICITATION may submit their proposal in accordance with standard commercial practice (i.e. Quote form, letterhead, etc.)

and MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Solicitation number; offerors complete mailing and remittance addresses; discount terms, DUNS number, and Tax Identification Number.

4. REQUIRED RESTRATION:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and maintain an active registration in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity must have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

Offerors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at http://www.acquisition.gov or by calling 866-606-8220. The completed Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (FAR 52.212-3) or Notation that company is registered in SAM (https://www.sam.gov) must be submitted along with the proposal.

The Taxpayer Identification Number may be used by the Government to collect and report on any delinquent amounts arising out of the contractor’s relationship with the Government.

All proposed unit prices will include fully burdened cost for each labor hour, including salary, benefits, taxes, overheard, administration, profit, and other factors as they may apply.

mailto:michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil mailto:michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 52.212-2, offers must demonstrate that their proposal meets or exceeds the requirements within this solicitation and must indicate that the performance of this contract will be performed in the United States.

This acquisition will utilize Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items pursuant to

FAR 13.5.

Offerors shall submit the following:

1. Offeror shall provide Signed and dated Standard Form (SF) 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order

For Commercial Items;

2. Offeror shall provide Signed and dated SF 30, Amendment of Solicitation, acknowledging all amendments, if applicable;

3. Offeror shall provide Attachment 1 – Contractor Information Data Sheet.

4. Offeror shall provide Attachment 2 – Experience Overview Sheet, with a minimum of three

(3), but not-to-exceed five (5) projects detailing previous work experience that best represent the Offeror's work experience that meets the requirement of the solicitation.

5. Offeror shall provide Attachment 3 – Experience Narrative Form

6. Offeror shall provide Attachment 4 – Resume

7. Offeror shall provide Attachment 5 – Price Schedule

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

WAGE RATES

Service Contract Act wage determination will be determined in accordance with Department of Labor (DOL) rates at the time of award based upon the successful Offeror’s location.

Wage rates can be found at: https://beta.sam.gov/search?index=wd

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

Scheduler Services

FFP

This is a firm fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Scheduler services. The contractor shall provide all necessary resources, labor, supplies, management, security, transportation, materials etc. necessary to execute contracts executed under this BPA in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. Contract Clauses and other contractual documents, as applicable. The period of performance is two years from date of award. Only Contracting Officers at Districts or Task Forces under the USACE Transatlantic Division (such as the Afghanistan District and Middle East District) may issue BPA Calls against this agreement.

FOB: Destination

PSC CD: R425

NET AMT

PRICE SCHEDULE

The price schedule will be incorporated into the Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). Individual orders (calls) against the BPA will be priced based on the approved prices as provided herein.

Each individual BPA will include unit prices for labor hours that includes expenses that will be common to most calls.

Discipline Cost Units

Unit Price Agreement August 2020 – August 2022

Scheduler Hours

Note:

https://beta.sam.gov/search?index=wd

• All prices are in United States dollars

• Labor prices reflect the fully burdened cost for each labor hour, including salary, benefits, taxes, overhead, administration, profit, and other factors as they may apply.

• Labor, materials, and expenses that are not priced in this agreement will be established at fair market pricing prior to commencement of work on any call.

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

STATEMENT OF WORK

BPA MASTER AGREEMENT

DESCRIPTION OF AGREEMENT: This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is established for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Afghanistan District (TAA). It sets forth the terms and conditions for Scheduling Services. The Contractor is an independent contractor and not an agent of the U.S. Government.

The contractor shall in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement, furnish all labor and supervisory management required for the performance of the work. The Contractor shall:

(1) Be responsible for their own management and administration of the work required and bear sole responsibility for complying with any and all technical, schedule, security and financial requirements or constraints to the performance of the Agreement;

(2) Be free from supervision or control by the Government with respect to the manner or method of performance of the services specified; but

(3) Comply with such general direction of the Contracting Officer, or the duly authorized representative of the Contracting Officer, as it is necessary to ensure accomplishment of the Agreement objectives and pursuant to the Government’s right and obligation to inspect, accept, or reject the work.

PERIOD OF AGREEMENT: The period of this Agreement is for a two year base from the date of award unless sooner withdrawn by the Contracting Officer. There are no option periods.

EXTENT OF OBLIGATION: The Government shall only be obligated via issuance of a BPA call by the Contracting Officer. Performance of a BPA call shall only occur after the BPA call has been issued by the Contracting Officer and only up to the BPA Master Dollar limit.

BPA MASTER DOLLAR LIMIT: Two (2) agreements at $700,000.00 each

AUTHORIZED CALLERS: A Contracting Officer within the Transatlantic Division or Afghanistan District is authorized to place calls under this BPA Master Agreement.

PRICE LIST: Prices shall be in accordance with the rates contained within the Agreement Only a Contracting Officer is authorized to approve changes to the requirements or terms and conditions contained within the BPA Master Agreement. In the event the Contractor makes any changes that have been at the direction of any person other than a Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without proper authority and no adjustment will be made to cover any increase in cost incurred as a result thereof.

When the contractor believes direction has been given from persons, other than the Contracting Officer, that equate to a change to cost, price or schedule, the contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer. Any direction given by any Government employee or any other person outside their authority must be reported to the Contracting Officer.

INVOICING AND PAYMENT: The Government shall pay the Contractor upon submission of proper invoices for services delivered and accepted for the portion of the work actually performed under the BPA call. Deliverables of the contract must be accepted by the Government before payment will be made.

An itemized invoice shall be submitted upon the satisfactory completion of the BPA call or the expiration of each BPA call, whichever occurs first, for all deliveries made during a billing period and for which payment has not been received. A BPA call with specific tasks, as determined by the Contracting Officer, may be invoiced when each the said specific task is completed, which may not represent all the cumulative deliverables of the BPA call. These invoices need not be supported by copies of delivery tickets.

To constitute a proper invoice, the following information and/or attached documentation shall be included with the invoice.

• Name and address of the Contractor.

• Invoice date.

• BPA Master Agreement and call number(s).

• Period covered by the invoice.

• Description of services rendered (quantity, unit price and extended total for the period covered)

• Name and address of Contractor official to whom payment is to be sent (must be the same as that in the BPA or in a proper notice of assignment).

An electronic invoice with supporting documents shall be submitted via e-mail to TAA- Contracting@usace.army.mil and any points of contact listed within the individual BPA call.

BPA CALL PROCEDURES: The calls will be rotated through each Contractor regardless of pricing. For example, BPA call 1 will go to Contractor 1, then BPA call 2 will go to Contractor 2 and so on to ensure an equitable distribution of call orders amongst all BPA holders.

A. A Call is issued to the BPA holder.

B. The BPA holder accepts the call.

C. Contracting Officer communicates with BPA holder as needed to discuss and finalize all work details; All BPA Calls will be issued as Firm Fixed Price.

D. BPA holder begins work.

E. Government personnel will ensure BPA holder is provided with an additional necessary technical documentation and oversees performance as needed.

F. Contractor fulfills BPA call Performance requirements.

G. Upon final completion and acceptance of work product by the Government, BPA holder submits invoice.

H. Performance and payment for services are both complete. BPA call is closed.

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NOTICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF DELAYS: The Contractor is responsible for carrying out its obligations under each order by controlling the quality of all services rendered and ensuring performance of all BPA requirements. To this end, the Contractor shall establish, maintain, and manage quality control throughout the life of this BPA. In the event the Contractor encounters difficulty in meeting performance requirements; or when the Contractor anticipates difficulty in complying with the BPA performance schedule; or whenever the Contractor has knowledge that any actual; or potential situation is delaying or threatens to delay the timely performance of this BPA, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer, via telephone or in writing (notification via email is required, non-email written notification is optional), providing pertinent details along with an updated performance time-frame. This data shall be informational only and this provision shall not be construed as a waiver by the Government of any delivery schedule or date, or any rights or remedies provided by law or under this BPA.

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

1) GENERAL INFORMATION:

This is a non-personal services BPA to provide Project Scheduling services. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein.

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and other items necessary to perform the services described in this Performance Work Statement (PWS).

References:

a) Engineer Regulation (ER) 5-1-11, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Business Process

b) ER 1-1-11 Progress, Schedules, and Network Analysis Systems

c) ER 415-1-10 Contractor Submittal Procedures

2) BACKGROUND:

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan District is the construction agent for various Department of Defense and Department of State requirements in Afghanistan. Most of the projects are design build construction of vertical structures throughout Afghanistan.

3) OBJECTIVES:

The contractor will be responsible for supporting USACE by analyzing contractor schedules, responsible for look ahead schedules and related reports review and analyze progress as compared to baselines schedule, monitor resources and over-allocation of resources, develop, monitor and analyze recovery schedules, analyze requests for extensions, review and analyze project contract claims. The Contractor shall be an unbiased analyst (consulting expert) who has detachment from the day-to-day contract administration; has the expertise to identify and assess potential time impacts, both resulting from the Government’s and the contractor’s activities; and can perform a Critical Path analysis to develop and inform the Government’s position.

4) DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:

The contractor, operating as an independent contractor and not as an agent of the Government, shall provide experienced personnel to perform specific support services for construction schedules to USACE Construction and/or Program and Project Management Divisions within Afghanistan District. These services are directly involved with the implementation and maintenance of Corps of Engineers Projects/Programs as outlined per ER 5-1-11, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Business Process. The contractor shall perform these services as directed by the Contracting Officer and as detailed in this PWS. The Contractor shall be solely responsible for managing and supervising its employees, conducting performance reviews, and approving or denying leave requests.

The Contractor will be responsible for supplying a detailed schedule showing the relationships between phases of work and contract milestones to minimize the critical paths. The contractor will also communicate through the COR any schedule delays or schedule conflicts. The contractor may be required to review initial schedules developed by the USACE Project Delivery Team for new projects to be awarded and schedules provided during contract performance.

The Contractor may be requested to develop project schedules for projects in pre-award as it arises and establish these projects in Primavera P6 for project planning support. This may include providing the schedule file (.SDEF) for USACE to load into the Corps of Engineers Resident Management System utilizing standard or modified project templates based on Approved District or USACE Business Processes and/or USACE-WBS methodology.

1) Review, Analysis, and Consultation: The Construction Scheduler will review contractors’ schedules for conformance to the construction contract requirements and good scheduling technique. Services required include:

a) Review the scheduling specifications and determine the degree to which the schedule complies including an analysis of the schedule updates. Note any failures to properly maintain the schedule. Evaluate how well the schedule is followed.

b) Utilize minimal project data, prepare draft schedules for use in determining periods of performance on new work. Review and evaluate schedule submissions for compliance with technical specifications and criteria provided.

c) Understand and interpret contract clauses and technical provisions pertaining to schedule performance management.

d) Effectively and efficiently review draft, preliminary, baseline, and updated progress schedules for reasonableness. Schedulers will review contractor’s initial construction schedules at the onset of construction projects. Scheduler will provide input to the USACE Resident Offices regarding initial schedules and concerns.

e) Make informed judgments respecting the effectiveness of contractor’s schedules to logically plan the work, clearly identify activity sequence and contract milestones, predict completion dates and provide an accurate as-built record of the project’s progress from NTP to final acceptance.

f) Assess the reasonableness of schedule durations, cost loading, activity coding, and work breakdown structure.

g) Schedule, filter, sort, produce and analyze schedule reports using Primavera P6 software.

h) Review project plans and specifications to determine such things as practicability from a construction standpoint, whether physical obstructions or other construction difficulties have been anticipated, and whether materials selected are readily available. Provide written comments to the COR.

i) Provide a recommendation to the COR concerning the acceptability of draft construction progress reports and contract performance, payment estimates, and other reports concerning the progress of construction. Review and provide written comments on the accuracy of contractor payment estimates.

j) Evaluate questions or problems arising from project execution and recommend solutions to the COR. Assist the COR in drafting letters to the contractor explaining schedule deficiencies found and the necessary corrections.

k) Review and provide written comments to the COR on selected contractor schedule submittals pursuant to special clauses of the contract. This may also include how construction submittals are connected to the contractor’s schedule for long lead procurements on the critical path. BPA calls tasks shall not be for the technical evaluation of construction submittals, solely for the purpose of how the construction submittal affects the contractor’s schedule being reviewed.

l) Identify those instances where the contractor is deviating from the approved schedules.

m) Review contractor’s recovery schedules on projects within the construction period.

Schedule will provide input to the USACE Resident Offices concerning recovery schedules. Analysis to include reasonableness of included activity durations by analyzing resource allocations for manpower and equipment, where applicable.

n) Analyze reasonableness of completion schedule if recovery is not possible.

o) Establish a “reasonable as-planned schedule” which illustrates Contractor’s original work plan to perform its scope of work in accordance with contract terms and within the specified period of time. The as-planned schedule establishes a benchmark for measuring actual performance as it is reconstructed from the project records.

2) Scheduling Services for Claims, Disputes, and Requests for Equitable Adjustments:

a) Prepare time impact analysis utilizing Industry recognized methods.

b) Perform schedule impact analysis for modifications and produce schedule FRAGNETS for inclusion in change order documentation.

c) Provide an assessment of a reasonable estimate of the Government-caused delay damages and impact costs experienced by Contractor, if any.

d) Evaluate contractor disputes with the Government regarding schedule matters. Provide written input and verbal briefing to Government personnel as requested in order to provide an initial assessment of the Government’s position. The evaluation shall refute the contractor’s dispute with the Government with technical schedule analysis, findings, and a narrative.

e) Compute any justifiable extensions to the contract time and provide analysis to the COR.

f) The Scheduler shall be the professional/technical lead on all scheduling issues assigned, including change order time extensions, Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REA), and claims. The Government will rely upon the services provided when making determinations regarding actions it may undertake in light of reported observations, conclusions, and recommendations. Consequently, if challenged the Contractor shall be prepared to provide ample support for the contents of each report.

g) Provide support through testifying at trials and administrative proceedings, as an expert witness regarding scheduling.

5) FORENSIC SCHEDULING KNOWLEDGE

The Contractor shall submit the resume(s) of the personnel providing the scheduling services on any BPA call.

The Contractor’s personnel performing the work for the BPA call shall have a working knowledge and experience of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)

29R-03 (2011) Forensic Schedule Analysis, AACE 52R-06 (2006) Time Impact Analysis- as applied in Construction, and Standard Data Exchange Format (SDEF) as in ER 1-1-11.

The Contractor shall be able to provide a certified cost engineer sufficient to provide technical schedule products on BPA calls. Any substitution or change in personnel working on the deliverables of a BPA Call under this PWS shall be submitted to the Government for review.

6) SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS:

Contractor shall provide following to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), based on the construction work performed:

a) Construction Schedule Review, baseline and monthly updates

b) Review of time impact analyses

c) Develop Periods of Performance for construction contracts.

d) Prepare REA/Claim Time Impact Analysis

e) Conduct Forensic Schedule Analysis

Description of Submittal Completion Calendar Days Construction Schedule Review 3-5 days Review of time impact analysis 14-21 days Develop Periods of Performance for construction contracts 7-10 days REA/Claim time impact analysis 30-45 days Forensic Schedule Analysis 3-7 days

The above schedule is an estimate of the delivery days that may be typically required. Each individual BPA call will provide specific deliverable due dates and/or period of performance.

7) DELIVERABLE REQUIREMENTS:

All documents must be produced in draft, draft-final, and final versions in electronic format. The electronic format must have optical character recognition per the USACE read requirements.

The Contractor will provide a sufficient number of copies of each submittal as requested by the various project stakeholders. The COR will provide consolidated Army comments on preliminary-draft documents to the Contractor within thirty (30) business days. Once initial comments are addressed, the Army will review draft-final documents before submission to appropriate regulatory agencies.

8) USER TRAINING SERVICES

The Contractor may be required to provide training to USACE TAA personnel in tasks related to scheduling. Trainings are meant to be short in duration (2-4 hours) and informal in nature (requiring limited documentation). Trainings may be conducted through CISCO WebEx, VTC, or be provided with recorded sessions for remote viewing or other remote alternatives.

9) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION:

The Government shall provide the necessary information for performance of the review to include any USACE regulations, contracts, and technical specifications. The Contractor may be required to sign Non-Disclosures to perform the services. Contractor personnel may receive the necessary permissions in the USACE databases to obtain data to perform their duties. Contractor personnel are subject to Government regulations regarding, among other things, confidentiality of project information that may be available or become known to the Contractor personnel in the course of executing the services listed within this Scope.

10) QUALITY ASSURANCE:

The Government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s) on documents submittals.

The Government will perform quality assurance of the Contractor’s performance under this BPA Master Agreement using the method of surveillance specified in the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). The specific surveillance tasks performed under the surveillance plan will be defined following acceptance of the QCP. The Government reserves the right to modify the surveillance tasks in the QASP at any time during the performance of this BPA Contract. The Government reserves the right to perform QA inspections at any time during throughout the period of performance of the BPA Contract. QA failure can be defined as workmanship, or work products not complying with the WP, PWS, SOW, or not meeting the project needs or objectives. If any Government QA review identifies a process failure or a work product failure, the Contractor will be issued a Contractor Deficiency Report (CDR). The Contracting Officer may require the contractor to re-perform any services that do meet contract requirements at no additional cost to the Government. The Contractor shall provide documentation detailing the root cause of the failure, why it was not detected in the Contractor’s QC Program, and how the problem was corrected. The Contractor shall participate in a monthly meeting with USACE representatives to review progress and deliverables, gauge customer satisfaction and review payment requisition. These monthly meetings will coincide with the submission of the monthly payment requisition.

11) QUALITY CONTROL:

The Contractor must ensure that the quality of all work performed or produced under this contract meets Army approval. Quality control/assurance plans must be prepared and approved by the COR prior to performance of physical work.

Since the technical approach for this BPA will be developed by the Contractor, the Contractor will also develop a strategy for Quality Assurance (QA). The QA strategy should highlight key quality control activities or events the COR will use to determine when Army (Contracting Officer (KO) or COR) inspections can be conducted to assess progress toward milestones. These activities will be incorporated into the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) that will be developed and implemented by the COR.

The Government’s QASP will highlight key quality control activities or events that the COR will use to determine when the COR inspections can be conducted to assess progress toward and/or completion of milestones.

12) PERIODIC MEETINGS:

All regular communication will be remotely through electronic means. Performance will not be in Afghanistan. Travel may be utilized under individual BPA calls for litigation support.

The Contractor agrees to attend conference calls convened by USACE TAA to include any working hours within the USACE TAA on Kabul, Afghanistan time. The Contracting Officer, Contracting Officers Representative (COR), and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review deliverables. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the Government. Contractor shall provide minutes regarding the meeting within one day.

13) CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE (COR):

The (COR) will be identified by separate letter. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract: perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance: maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract: issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications: monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property, and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the BPA Master Agreement nor the BPA Calls.

14) DATA RIGHTS:

The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

15) ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

16) POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

This request for proposals is open to any offeror to compete as a prime contractor, subcontractor or in any teaming arrangement. In order to avoid any organizational conflicts of interest, or even the appearance of any organizational conflicts of interest, any contractor performing work under USACE construction contracts will need to avoid, neutralize and/or mitigate - prior to contract award - significant potential conflicts of interest that may prejudice effective competition.

17) CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT REPORTING (CMR):

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the Contractor shall report ALL Contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. The Contractor shall completely fill in all the information in the format using the following web address https://www.ecmra.mil/Default.aspx. The required information includes: (1) Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR); (2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number; (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period; (4) Contractor's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of Contractor employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-Contractors); (6) Estimated direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including sub-Contractors); (7) Total payments (including sub-Contractors); (8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by Contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-Contractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit https://www.ecmra.mil/Default.aspx

Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (the Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the Contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information); (11) Locations where Contractor and sub-Contractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website); (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and (13) Number of Contractor and sub-Contractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country). As part of its submission, the Contractor shall provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Reporting period shall be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year. Contractors may use a direct XML data transfer to the database server or fill in the fields on the website. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a Contractor’s system to the secure website without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the website.

The specific formats for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the website.

Registration and a copy of the manual are located at https://ecmra.mil/help/help.html.

18) REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR ANTI TERRORISM AND OPERATIONAL

SECURITY:

a) AT Level 1 Training. All contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities, controlled access area, or require network access, shall complete AT Level 1 awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is applicable. Upon request, the contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the Contracting Officer (if a COR is not assigned), within 5 calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel. AT Level 1 awareness training is available at the following website: http://jko.jten.mil/courses/atl 1/launch.html; or it can be provided by the RA ATO in presentation form which will be documented via memorandum.

b) OPSEC Level I Training. All new contractor employees will complete Level I OPSEC Training within 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty. Additionally, all contractor employees must complete annual OPSEC awareness training. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the Contracting Officer (if a COR is not assigned), within 5 calendar days after completion of training. OPSEC awareness training is available at the following websites: https://www.iad.gov/ioss/ or http://www.cdse.edu/catalog/operations-security.html; or it can be provided by the RA OPSEC Officer in presentation form which will be documented via memorandum.

c) Suspicious Activity Reporting Training (e.g. iWATCH, CorpsWatch, or See Something, Say Something). The contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall receive a brief/training (provided by the RA) on the local suspicious activity reporting program. This locally developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of https://ecmra.mil/help/help.html https://www.iad.gov/ioss/ http://www.cdse.edu/catalog/operations-security.html http://www.cdse.edu/catalog/operations-security.html behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the project manager, security representative or law enforcement entity. This training shall be completed within 30 calendar days of contract award and within 30 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 5 calendar days after the completion of the training.

19) AUTHORITIES/TECHNICAL DIRECTION:

The contractor shall take no direction from any Government employee or any other person, other than the Contracting Officer, that changes the terms and conditions of this contract or any change that impacts the cost, price or schedule. Changes authorized by the Contracting Officer will be in the form of a written, official, signed modification to the agreement received by the contractor before the contractor will act upon those changes. When the contractor believes direction has been given from persons, other than the Contracting Officer, that equate to a change to cost, price or schedule, the contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer. Any direction given by any Government employee or any other person outside their authority must be reported to the Contracting Officer. Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) are limited to the authorities stated in the COR appointment letters. If a COR is appointed under this contract, they will be appointed by written letter from the Contracting Officer to the contractor and COR specific to this contract only. COR appointment letters from previous contracts are not valid for this contract.

20) CONTRACT DEFICIENCIES

Re-performance of unacceptable services or correction of contractor deficiencies at no additional cost to the Government is the preferred course of action when appropriate. If adverse conditions or other factors beyond the Contractor’s control are the cause for failure to meet contract specifications, no remedy will be assessed against the Contractor for failure to perform provided each incidence is documented by the Contractor and submitted to the COR for approval by the Contracting Officer. If the parties do not agree that the cause is due to factors beyond the Contractor’s control, the Contractor may proceed with a dispute under the contract’s FAR Clause 52.212-4; Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (2018).

Section E - Inspection and Acceptance

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 Destination Government Destination Government

Section F - Deliveries or Performance

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

0001 2 yrs. ADC USACE TRANSATLANTIC AFGHANISTAN

DISTRICT

CONSTRUCTION DIVISION

CETAA-CT, USACE TAA HQ BAF,

BAGRAM

APO AE 09354

FOB: Destination

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Section I - Contract Clauses

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.202-1 Definitions JUN 2020 52.203-3 Gratuities APR 1984 52.203-12 Limitation On Payments To Influence Certain Federal

Transactions

JUN 2020

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

JUN 2020

52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper

MAY 2011

52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2018 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel JAN 2011 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier

Subcontract Awards

JUN 2020

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance JUL 2016 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information

Systems

JUN 2016

52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal JAN 2017 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting

With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment

JUN 2020

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations

NOV 2015

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items JUN 2020 52.213-1 Fast Payment Procedure MAY 2006 52.219-14 (Dev) Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2020-O0008) MAR 2020 52.222-36 Equal…