B.08_Solicitation W912ER22R0017 Air Traffic Control Tower, Iraq.pdf

Request for Proposal

W912ER22R0017

Air Traffic Control Tower Imam Ali Air Base, Iraq

Volume 1 of 2

Contract Clauses

US Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District

Foreign Military Sales-IQ-D-QBE

KARIN H CARROLL

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

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS

NEGOTIATED

28-Mar-2022

(RFP)

(IFB)

X

CALL:

IQ-D-QBE Repair Imam Ali AB Air Traff ic Control Tow er

B. TELEPHONE NO. (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

See Item 7

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID

3. DATE ISSUED

9. FOR INFORMATION A. NAME

SOLICITATION

NSN 7540-01-155-3212 1442-101 STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 4-85)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.236-1(e)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance w ithin _______1 calendar days and complete it w ithin ________365 calendar days after receiving aw ard, X notice to proceed. This performance period is X mandatory, negotiable. (See _________________________FAR 52.211-10

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

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

X YES NO

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

A. Sealed offers in original and __________1 copies to perform the w ork required are due at the place specif ied in Item 8 by ___________ local time ______________28 Apr 2022 (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time.

shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, and the date and time of fers are due.

B. An offer guarantee X is, is not required.

C. All offers are subject to the (1) w ork requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference.

D. Offers providing less than _______120 calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due w ill not be considered and w ill be rejected.

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

1. SOLICITATION NO.

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

4. CONTRACT NO.

7. ISSUED BY CODE

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CETAM-CT

MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT, CETAM-CT

PO BOX 2250

WINCHESTER VA 22604-1450

W912ER

PAGE OF PAGES

1 OF

CODE

(Title, identifying no., date):

12B. CALENDAR DAYS

04:00 PM (hour)

Sealed envelopes containing offers

5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO. 6. PROJECT NO.

460093

8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If Other Than Item 7)

FAX:TEL: TEL: FAX:

W912ER22R0017 111

20B. SIGNATURE

(REV. 4-85)STANDARD FORM 1442 BACK

TO SIGN

NSN 7540-01-155-3212

SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (Continued) (Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

CODE FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the w ork required at the prices specif ied below in strict accordance w ith the terms of this solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in w riting w ithin ________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

the minimum requirements stated in Item 13D. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13D.)

AMOUNTS SEE SCHEDULE OF PRICES

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)

AMENDMENT NO.

DATE

20A. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN

OFFER (Type or print)

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT 23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

CODE

(Insert any number equal to or greater than

20C. OFFER DATE

25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

10 U.S.C. 2304(c) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)

CODE27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY:26. ADMINISTERED BY

(Include ZIP Code)14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR 15. TELEPHONE NO. (Include area code)

See Item 14

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

30B. SIGNATURE

29. AWARD (Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

document and return _______ copies to issuing office.) Contractor agrees Your of f er on this solicitation, is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This award con-to f urnish and deliv er all items or perf orm all work, requisitions identif ied summates the contract, which consists of (a) the Gov ernment solicitation and on this f orm and any continuation sheets f or the consideration stated in this y our of f er, and (b) this contract award. No f urther contractual document is contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract shall be necessary .

gov erned by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certif ications, and specif ications or incorporated by ref er-ence in or attached to this contract.

30A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31A. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

30C. DATE

(Type or print)

TEL: EMAIL:

31B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31C. AWARD DATE

BY

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

(Contractor is required to sign this28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

(M ust be fully completed by offeror)OFFER

Section 00 01 10 - Table of Contents

TOC

SECTION TITLE PAGE

SECTION 00 10 00 STANDARD FORM (SF) 1442 AND CLIN SCHEDULE……..…………1-5

SECTION 00 21 00 INSTRUCTIONS………………………………….………………………..6-27

SECTION 00 45 00 REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS………...……………28-47

SECTION 00 72 00 GENERAL CONDITIONS BY REFERENCE AND FULL TEXT..…48-104

SECTION 00 73 00 SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS………………………………….105-111

SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS:

SPECIFICATION AND DRAWINGS: CDC FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, IMAM IQ (460093)

22R0017 – 20220323 – Iman Ali ATCT – CDCv4-reduced.pdf

APPENDIX A: SOLICITATION ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT A CORPORATE CERTIFICATE/AUTHORITY TO BIND PARTNERSHIP

ATTACHMENT B PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT

ATTACHMENT C EXPERIENCE FORM

ATTACHMENT D PAST PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW SHEET

ATTACHMENT E PROJECT SUMMARY FORM

ATTACHMENT F PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (Form PPQ-0)

ATTACHMENT G PROPOSAL SCHEDULE AND COST BREAKDOWN SHEET

Section 00 10 00 - Solicitation

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 1 Job Mobilization and Demobilization

FFP

Mobilization and Demobilization in accordance with contract documments FOB: Destination

PSC CD: Z121

NET AMT

0002 1 Job Repair, Restore, and upgrade the ATCT

FFP

Repair, Restore, and upgrade the Air Traffic Control Tower in accordance with contract documments

0003 2 Each Chiller, compression type (156kW)

FFP

Chiller, compression type (156kW) as specified in accordance with contract documments

0004 2 Each Two (2) Generators

FFP

Two (2) Generators as specified in accordance with contract documments

INCORPORATE PROPOSAL

1.The Government reserves the right to incorporate the successful contractor’s proposal fully or in portions into the contract and distribute the proposal as deemed necessary.

2. The successful contractor’s cost breakdown sheet will be incorporated into the award and will be used as the basis of negotiation for future modifications and schedule purposes.

Section 00 21 00 - Instructions

SECTION 00 21 00

SECTION I: OVERVIEW

A. BACKGROUND, SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM), has a foreign military sale requirement to repair the Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and support facilities for the Iraq Air Force Command at Imam Ali Airbase, Iraq.

TAM will be awarding a single, firm fixed price (FFP) construction contract, Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B), utilizing the Best Value Trade Off (BVTO) source selection proposal evaluation method. This project is a foreign military sale (FMS) case authorized under IQ-D-QBE.

Project Location: This project is located at the Imam Ali Air Base located near Nasiriyah, Iraq, in southern Iraq, approximately 120 miles northeast of the city of Basra.

Project Description: This effort shall provide for the repair, restoration and upgrade of the existing ATCT at Imam Ali Air Base, Iraq. The existing ATCT has been in various states of disrepair since 2011 with limited to no maintenance performed on the facility since that time. The repair, restoration and upgrade of the ATCT will include but is not limited to complete structural integrity, electrical power, backup electrical power including diesel generators, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, fire suppression systems, plumbing systems, conveyance systems, lightning grounding protection, doors, windows, floors and other building systems as required.

The contractor shall provide all management, administration, quality control, labor, transportation, equipment, materials, vehicles, heavy equipment, supplies and other items as necessary to perform the services contained in the scope of work.

The overall Period of Performance (PoP) shall be three hundred and sixty-five (365) calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the entire scope of work.

B. ACQUISITION STRATEGY

TAM proposes to issue a solicitation and make one award of a firm-fixed-price (FFP) Design-Bid-Build (DBB) construction contract. This project shall be solicited and competed as a full and open solicitation.

The proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 based on the Best Value Trade-Off (BVTO) source selection process. Award will be made to the offeror who represents the best overall value to the Government and has been determined to be responsible in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.1. Implicit in this process is the Government’s willingness to accept other than the lowest priced offer if the added benefits of a higher priced offer outweigh the additional cost or price involved.

SECTION II: SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for work under this procurement is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a small business size standard of $39.5 million.

The project will be constructed entirely OCONUS, therefore small business set sides will not apply.

The project will be constructed in accordance with current Iraqi, U.S. and Department of Defense codes, safety, and security standards.

This project will be awarded based on the CLINs in the bid schedule and will be awarded to a single offeror. The magnitude of construction for this project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

System for Award Management (SAM). Offerors must comply with System for Award Management (SAM) registration requirements in FAR Clause 52.204-7. For more information, see the SAM website at https://sam.gov/.

This solicitation will be released under NAICS code 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

B. PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS, CONTENT, AND FORMAT

The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred or associated with preparation and submission of any responses to this solicitation. Oral explanations or instructions to offerors are not binding. Any information given to an offeror which impacts the solicitation and/or offer will be given in the form of a written amendment to the solicitation. The solicitation and any amendments will be issued electronically and publicly posted on the https://sam.gov website. It is an offeror’s responsibility to continuously check for any amendments to this solicitation and acknowledge any and all amendments in its proposal submission.

Offerors should not modify the terms and conditions of the solicitation in either the technical or price proposal or add conditions or qualifications to their offers. Should an offeror include terms and conditions that conflict with the terms and conditions of the solicitation, that offeror may be determined to be ineligible for award. Further, the Government will be entitled to make award despite terms and conditions in the successful offeror’s proposal that conflict with the terms and conditions of the solicitation, and such terms and conditions in the offeror’s proposal will be deemed rejected and will not become part of the awarded contract. Any questions related to specific terms and conditions contained within the solicitation should be resolved prior to submission of an offer.

References to “confidential” projects cannot be submitted to demonstrate capability unless all of the information required for evaluation as specified herein can be provided to the Government as part of an offeror’s technical proposal. Offerors that include information in their proposals they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, shall clearly mark their proposals in accordance with the instructions at FAR clause 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition, paragraph (e), Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data.

Use of the words “will”, “shall”, or “must” indicates a mandatory requirement for which failure to comply, at the time and date for submission of proposals, shall result in an offeror’s proposal being disqualified from consideration for award, unless the Government determines to conduct discussions in accordance with FAR 15.306, thereby providing a means by which appropriate corrections by the offeror(s) involved can be made. Failure to comply with non-pricing or pricing requirements that are annotated with the words “should” or “may” can result in a lowering of an offeror’s non-pricing ratings and may have a significant effect upon an offeror being selected for the contract award. Time periods, if stated as a number of days, are calendar days unless otherwise specified.

1. PROPOSAL CONTENT

Offerors are required to submit proposals with at least the minimum content specified herein. A proposal without the minimum content may result in a determination that the proposal is unacceptable. The Government will not make assumptions concerning intent, capabilities, or experiences. Clear identification of proposal details shall be the sole responsibility of an offeror.

All information intended to be evaluated as part of the technical proposal shall be submitted within the technical proposal. Do not include references to material or information not found within the technical proposal. Referencing information not found within the qualification proposal could lead to an offeror’s proposal being determined unacceptable if materially incomplete in any aspect.

An offeror’s proposal shall be submitted electronically, and shall be two volumes, in Adobe portable document format (PDF), or comparable format: the file will include the offeror’s – Non-Price (Technical) Proposal, as well as the offeror’s – Price Proposal. All documents must be searchable.

a. COVER PAGE: A cover page shall appear at the beginning and at a minimum, shall consist of the following information:

i. Solicitation number and project title

ii. Offeror’s name, physical mailing address, telephone number, and email address of the official having the authority to bind the offeror contractually.

iii. Offeror’s DUNS Number, CAGE Code, and Tax ID (Tax ID applies to U.S. firms only)

b. TABLE OF CONTENTS: A table of contents shall be placed to identify major areas by title and page numbers.

c. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: The information required within an offeror’s technical proposal is described under Basis of Award. Do not submit pricing information with the technical proposal.

i. Factor 1: Corporate Capability

ii. Factor 2: Preliminary Schedule

iii. Factor 3: Past Performance

iv. Subcontractor Letters of Intent, where applicable.

v. Completed Representation and Certifications (Section 00 45 00).

vi. Completed Corporate Certificate/Authority to Bind Partnership (Attachment A)

__If the offeror is a corporation, completed Corporate Certificate; OR

__If the offeror is a partnership, a completed Authority to bind the partnership and a copy of the

Partnership Agreement

__If the offeror is a joint venture, completed Corporate Certificate for each member of the joint venture and a copy of the Joint Venture Agreement.

Failure to submit the required information, including the Completed Representation and Certifications (Section 00 45 00), or Corporate Certificate and joint venture agreement (if applicable), may result in a determination that the proposal is unacceptable.

d. PRICE PROPOSAL: The information required within an offeror’s price proposal is described under the price evaluation, Factor 4, Price. Within an offeror’s price proposal, the following shall also be submitted:

i. Factor 4: Price

ii. Signed Solicitation, Offer, and Award (SF 1442) with blocks 14-20c completed, including acknowledgment of all amendments.

iii. Completed Section 00 10 00 CLIN Schedule (SF 1442).

iv. Completed Proposal (Attachment G) Schedule and Cost breakdown sheet in an Excel format. Ensure figures and totals match Section 00 10 00, CLIN Schedule.

Offerors shall verify that the information for all forms submitted is current, correct, and complete, including names of points of contact, email addresses, and telephone numbers.

The Government will not evaluate any material that exceeds the page limits specified within each evaluation factor. Elaborately prepared proposals are not required, and any material in excess of what is requested, such as corporate marketing information, will not be considered.

Failing to submit or completely fill out the solicitation attachments found at Appendix A may result in a determination that the proposal is unacceptable. Therefore, offerors are urged to follow instructions and raise questions through inquiries if instructions are not understood.

2. PROPOSAL FORMAT

a. Proposals must be typed and submitted in English. Proposals submitted in a language other than English are unacceptable. Letters of Intent, licenses, partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, and any and all other documents submitted in support of an offeror’s proposal, if not written in English, must be accompanied by an English translated copy with a signed statement, in English, by an authorized representative who can bind each entity that the English translation is true and correct.

b. An offeror’s proposal must be submitted as two separate files in PDF (or comparable) format: one file which includes the Volume I – Non-Price (Technical) proposal, and the second file which includes the Volume II Price proposal. Each volume must include the content and adhere to the format discussed in Section II.B.1, above. All documents must be searchable.

c. Evaluation factors with page limits stated must be adhered to. Each of these factor’s page limits are discussed in the respective section. The Government will not evaluate any material that exceeds the page limits specified herein. Pages furnished for organizational purposes only, such as a cover page, tabs or separator page or a table of contents are not included in the page limitation. Corporate certificates, licenses, partnership agreements or joint venture agreements, and letters of intent are also not included in page limitations.

d. The Volume 1 – Non-Price (Technical) proposal shall be sized to print on 8 1/2” x 11” paper, or the equivalent A4. Drawings (with the exception of the preliminary schedule) shall be sized to print on 11” x 17” paper, or the equivalent A3. The preliminary schedule shall be printed on the equivalent 24” x 36”, which is CADD size D drawings OR the equivalent 30” x 42” which is CADD size E drawings. Margins shall be no smaller than a half inch (1/2”), font face shall be Times New Roman or Arial, and font size shall be no smaller than 10 point font. Page is defined as a single sheet of paper with text on one side.

e. Offerors shall include the following notification on the bottom of each page of their proposals: “Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104. Do not disclose any source selection information to any unauthorized person.” Proprietary information must be clearly marked.

f. All information must be confined to the appropriate volume. The Offeror should limit the proposal to the required information sufficient to provide the Government an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of their proposal.

C. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Proposals must be submitted electronically. The electronic submission must include Volume I and Volume II as two separate files in PDF (or comparable) format, submitted to Mr. Sam Cornwell at Samuel.I.Cornwell@usace.army.mil and Mrs. Karin H. Carroll at Karin.H.Carroll@usace.army.mil through the DoD Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) site located at https://safe.apps.mil/ (Non-CAC Users). In order to submit a proposal, offerors must email both Mr. Samuel Cornwell and Mrs. Karin Carroll at least four (4) calendar days prior to the proposal due date to request a DoD Safe drop-off code. This code is required to upload and transmit proposals through the DoD Safe website. Proposals are due not later than April 28th, 2022 by 4:00 PM Eastern

Daylight Time (EDT). This date is the proposal due date, after which a proposal revision(s) will not be accepted.

Facsimile Proposals are not permitted. It is an offeror’s responsibility to ensure its proposal is received by the Government system by the date and time of the proposal deadline, e.g., undeliverable messages due to an offeror’s proposal size or IT issues are not the responsibility of the Government.

Bid Guarantee Submission Instructions: An offeror must submit the original copy of its bid guarantee that meets the requirements stated in FAR 52.228-1. The original bid guarantee must be received no later than the time and date proposals are due, as stated in this section, and must be sent via U.S. postal service, commercial carrier (FedEx, UPS, DHL etc.) or delivered by hand to the following address:

For Commercial Carrier use this address For U.S. Postal Service use this address

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

or

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT - CETAM-CT MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT - CETAM-CT

ATTN: KARIN CARROLL / W912ER22R0017 ATTN: KARIN CARROLL / W912ER22R0017

201 PRINCE FREDERICK DRIVE P.O BOX 2250

WINCHESTER, VA 22602 WINCHESTER, VA 22604

Offerors must submit the original hard copy of their bid guarantee. For the purpose of submitting an acceptable bid guarantee, an offeror is not authorized to send its bid guarantee documents electronically (facsimile, email, etc.).

However, for Government tracking purposes, an offeror is encouraged (but is not required) to include an electronic copy of their bid guarantee along with the shipping receipt/tracking number in their proposal. Failure to furnish a hard copy of the original bid guarantee documents in the proper form and amount, by the time and date proposals are due, may be cause for rejection of the bid. Should offerors choose to meet the bid surety requirements utilizing the Standard Form 24, they are encouraged to review the instructions, specifically instruction 4(a) which states in part:

“Corporations executing the bond as sureties must appear on the Department of the Treasury's list of approved sureties…”

Late Proposals:

(1) Any proposal, modification, or revision received by the Government after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the contracting officer determines that accepting the late proposal would not unduly delay the acquisition; and –

(i) if it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 4:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals; or

(ii) there is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of proposals and was under the Government's control prior to the time set for receipt of proposals; or

(iii) It was the only proposal received.

(2) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful proposal that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

D. SOLICITATION INQUIRIES

1. All inquiries regarding this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry. Telephone and email inquiries will not be accepted. Bidder Inquiry is a web-based program that allows bidders to post questions regarding the solicitation and view all questions by other bidders and responses by USACE. Bidder Inquiry can be accessed through ProjNet at https://www.projnet.org/projnet/.

a. Offerors shall only submit one question per inquiry. All inquiries containing multiple questions will be rejected.

b. Offerors will receive an acknowledgement of their question(s) via email, followed by an answer to their question(s) after it has been processed by our technical team. Offerors may view all bidder inquiries through ProjNet.

c. Inquiries must be submitted no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the proposal due date. The inquiry system in ProjNet will be closed at that time and will not accept further inquiry postings.

2. To submit and review bid inquiries, prospective offerors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access.

The Bidder Inquiry Key is: YQF62X-3V2KWG

3. Specific Instructions for ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access:

a. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen.

b. Identify the Agency as USACE.

c. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.

d. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication.

e. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form.

f. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system.

g. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system.

4. Submit questions or review questions and answers. A bidder who submits a question will receive an automated email notification that their question has been received. When an answer is posted to a question, the question and answer are then available for all other bidders to review.

5. For specific step-by-step for POSTING YOUR INQUIRIES, see the Reference link on the Contract Viewer.

6. For questions about the ProjNet-®, please contact the Call Center help desk USA toll free at 1-800-428-HELP, which operates from 8AM to 5PM (Central US time zone). ProjNet-® questions can also be emailed to the helpdesk at staff@rcesupport.com.

7. Pre-proposal Conference and Site Visit. An organized site visit will be conducted at Imam Ali Air Base, Iraq.

(See FAR 52.236-27 Site Visit Alt I provision for details).

E. BASIS OF AWARD

1. The proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 based on the Best Value Trade-Off (BVTO) source selection process. Award will be made to the offeror who represents the best overall value to the Government and has been determined to be responsible in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.1. Implicit in this process is the Government’s willingness to accept other than the lowest priced offer, if the added benefits of a higher priced offer outweigh the additional cost or price involved. The Government intends to award one FFP contract at the conclusion of non-pricing and pricing evaluations.

2. Subject to the provisions contained herein, the Government will evaluate proposals to determine the offeror that is responsible in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.1, whose proposal is responsive to the solicitation requirements, and whose proposal, judged by an overall assessment of the evaluation criteria and other considerations specified in this solicitation represents the best value to the Government, considering both price and non-price factors.

3. The technical evaluation team, using reasoned judgment, shall evaluate proposals by identifying significant strengths, strengths, significant weaknesses, weaknesses, uncertainties, and deficiencies in each offeror’s proposal and assigning a combined technical/risk rating to each offeror’s proposal for each technical factor.

Definitions

Significant Strength is an aspect of an offeror's proposal that has appreciable merit or appreciably exceeds specified performance or capability requirements in a way that will be appreciably advantageous to the Government during contract performance.

Strength is an aspect of an offeror's proposal that has merit or exceeds specified performance or capability requirements in a way that will be advantageous to the Government during contract performance.

Significant Weakness is a flaw in the proposal that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. See FAR 15.001

Weakness is a flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. See FAR 15.001

Uncertainty is any aspect of a non-cost/price factor for which the intent of the offer is unclear (e.g. more than one way to interpret the offer or inconsistencies in the proposal indicating that there may have been an error, omission, or mistake).

Deficiency is a material failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level.

See FAR 15.001

A risk as it pertains to source selection, is the potential for unsuccessful contract performance. The consideration of risk assesses the degree to which an offeror’s proposed approach to achieving the technical factor or subfactor may involve risk of disruption of schedule, degradation of performance, the need for increased Government oversight, and the likelihood of unsuccessful contract performance.

4. There may be contained within the evaluation factors certain mandatory or minimum requirements to be met for evaluation. There are also contained within the described factors requirements for the submission of certain documents. Failure to satisfy any mandatory or minimum requirement may result in a determination that a proposal is unacceptable.

5. The Government intends to select one offeror for an award without discussions, but reserves the right to hold discussions if the Government determines that to do so would be in its best interest. Therefore, an offeror’s proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a technical and pricing standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if it is determined by the Contracting Officer/Source Selection Authority (SSA) to be necessary.

6. In evaluating propsoals and making an award decision, the Government will credit only information pertaining to the offeror itself and to its subcontractors and coventurers in an offeror that is a joint venture, only as provided below in the selection factors. The Government will not credit the offeror with experience, past performance, or other characteristics or capabilities of firms that are merely related to the offeror (parent companies, subsidiaries, and other subsidiaries of the same corporate parent) without proof that the same, or most of the same, personnel and financial resources are available to the offeror and the firm whose information is submitted in response to the selection factors.

F. EVALUATION FACTORS

FACTOR 1: CORPORATE CAPABILITY

FACTOR 2: PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

FACTOR 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

FACTOR 4: PRICE

Relative importance of the evaluation factors: For evaluation purposes, the Corporate Capability (Factor 1) Preliminary Schedule (Factor 2) and Past Performance (Factor 3) are equal to one another. Corporate Capability (Factor 1), Preliminary Schedule (Factor 2) and Past Performance (Factor 3) make up the non-pricing aspects of an offeror’s proposal, and when combined, are approximately equal in importance to the Price (Factor 4) aspect of an offeror’s proposal in the selection process.

FACTOR 1: CORPORATE CAPABILITY

Proposal Submission Requirements:

The Corporate Capability portion of an offeror’s proposal will be limited to twenty (20) pages in length, not including registrations, licenses, letters of intent, or the Performance Distribution Statement. Information provided that exceeds the page limit will not be evaluated.

An offeror should provide a detailed narrative that demonstrates the offeror’s understanding of the overall scope of work for the project and describes the offeror’s corporate capability to completing the work.

The Offeror shall submit the following:

a. Iraq Commercial Registration Certificate (business license): A copy of a current Iraq Commercial Registration Certificate (business license) in the offeror’s name in English or translated into English. In the alternative, in the event that the offeror’s licensure or authorization to perform construction in Iraq, is in some form other than a Commercial Registration Certificate, the offeror must provide documentary proof of each and every element of such licensure or authorization and a full explanation as to how its licensure or authorization, currently in effect, complies with the laws of Iraq. The requirement of the previous sentence applies to any form of licensure or authorization other than a Commercial Registration Certificate in the name of the prime offeror itself (the same legal entity), including the commercial registration of one or more coventurers in an offeror that is a joint venture if that is sufficient for performance of the resulting contract under the laws of Iraq.

b. Self-Performance: The proposal shall contain a Performance Distribution Statement (Attachment B) that identifies the type and percent of work to be performed by the offeror showing that the offeror will perform at least 30% of the work. See Attachment B for instructions for completing the required Performance Distribution Statement.

c. Base Access: An offeror should explain how it will comply with relevant base access procedures and describe in detail how they plan to access personnel, equipment and materiel onto Imam Ali Airbase.

d. COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Contract Performance: A possible challenge with this project is dealing with the effects of a COVID-19 outbreak during performance. Government contractors have experienced curfews, quarantines, base shutdowns and similar restrictions due to the pandemic. Secondary impacts to contract execution include, but are not limited to, supply chain disruptions, subcontractor delays, closed government offices, and the degradation of trade services for construction. The offeror should:

i. Describe its experience(s), during the pandemic, with restrictions on base access and secondary impacts (as described above) and the efforts made to mitigate the impact on contract performance;

ii. Explain its knowledge of Iraqi law, regulations and visa restrictions regarding COVID-19 and the impact of these measures on contract performance;

iii. Explain its knowledge of the contractual obligations for staffing critical positions. The offeror should propose a solution if, or when, a critical employee such as a project manager, quality control manager, or safety manager requires extended personal leave due to COVID-19; and

iv. Explain its plans and procedures for the following: 1) screening employees returning from leave or who are known to have had contact with infected individuals, 2) dealing with employees who show COVID-19 symptoms and 3) mitigating the effects of an outbreak of COVID-19 in a close-quarters labor camp.

e. Experience: Offerors shall provide a separate narrative (Attachment C), that outlines how its experience on similar scoped projects enhances its ability to perform the repairs, restoration, and upgrade of Air Traffic Control Tower at Imam Ali Air Base.

An offeror should provide experience within the last five (5) years on projects similar in scope to this project.

The scope of Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) includes repair, restoration and upgrade of ATCT, but is not limited to complete structural integrity, electrical power, backup electrical power including diesel generators, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, fire suppression systems, plumbing systems, conveyance systems, lightning grounding protection, doors, windows, floors and other building systems

Evaluation Procedures, Adjectival Ratings and Descriptions:

An offeror’s corporate capability will be evaluated in its entirety to determine the offeror’s understanding of the requirements and its capability to execute the requirements of the solicitation. The Government will also evaluate the extent of the offeror’s consideration of the inherent challenges that are specific to this project scope, schedule, and location.

In evaluating an offeror’s corporate capability, the Government will evaluate each segment as follows:

Corporate Capability: The Government will evaluate proposals to determine the completeness and feasibility of an offeror’s corporate capability and its understanding of the overall scope of work and anticipated challenges.

The Government will evaluate an offeror’s corporate capability based on the following aspects:

a. Iraq Commercial Registration Certificate (Business License): The Government will ensure the offeror’s commercial registration certificate, or other documentation and explanation as permitted to satisfy this element above, are current, valid, and accurate. “Current” means that the certificate will be in effect through 31 December 2022. If the certificate will expire prior to 31 December 2022, the proposal shall include the offeror’s plan to extend the certificate. “Valid” means in effect. “Accurate” means if the name of the offeror differs in any way from the name on the business license, the offeror shall have explained the discrepancy and provided legal documentation showing that it will be authorized to operate in Iraq and to perform the requirements of the solicitation using documents provided to prove its licensure and authorization.

b. Self-Performance: The Government will evaluate the percentage of work to be performed by the offeror, as documented on the Performance Distribution Statement to ensure that it is 30% or more.

c. Base Access: The Government will evaluate the extent of an offeror’s understanding of the relevant security requirements of the Iraq Ministry of Defense for access to Iraq military installations and of the

Iraq Air Force for access to Imam Ali Airbase. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s site access and base pass acquisition plans for completeness, reasonableness, and feasibility.

d. COVID-19 Pandemic Impact: The offeror should be able to manage the effects and impacts of the pandemic. The offeror should have a robust plan to mitigate the effects and impacts of a COVID-19 outbreak during contract performance.

e. Experience: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience dealing with challenges on construction projects to determine how well these experiences have prepared the offeror to successfully perform the requirements of the solicitation. The weight assigned to the experience, consisting of lessons learned and established practices and solutions from the experience of any entity, whether the offeror, a major subcontractor, a coventurer, or the management personnel of any of those, will be dependent upon the extent to which the contractor has convincingly explained how that experience will be applied to avert and address construction challenges on the ATCT project.

Greater Weight Considerations:

Greater weight may be given to proposals that demonstrate the following:

a. Experience with obtaining access to Iraq military installations through the Iraq Ministry of Defense within the last 3 years.

b. Offeror has demonstrated successful performance of a (past or current) construction contract in Iraq during the pandemic and has explained how it employed sensible mitigation measures to minimize the pandemics impact on the work.

A single technical rating will be assigned to the corporate capability of an offeror’s proposal. The ratings include consideration of risks in conjunction with a proposal’s significant strengths, strengths, weaknesses, significant weaknesses, uncertainties, and deficiencies. The Factor 1 evaluation will utilize the combined technical/risk ratings and the risk descriptions as follows:

Table 1. Combined Technical/Risk Rating Method

Color Rating Adjectival Rating Description

Blue

Outstanding

Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Purple

Good

Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low to moderate.

Green

Acceptable

Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow

Marginal

Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Red

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet requirements of the solicitation, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable. Proposal is unawardable.

FACTOR 2: PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

Proposal Submission Requirements:

Offerors shall provide a single preliminary overall master schedule with approximately 100-150 activities or milestones. This schedule should provide sufficient detail to convey to the Government a complete understanding of the work associated with the contract documents and the Period of Performance (PoP) as described in the Scope of Work. The offeror shall include with its proposed preliminary schedule an accompanying schedule narrative that demonstrates the offeror’s understanding of the solicitation requirements.

a. Schedule Diagram: An offeror’s schedule shall be formatted as a time scaled network diagram Critical Path Method (CPM) Schedule, in accordance with specification 01 32 18.12 10 COST-LOADED NETWORK ANALYSIS SCHEDULES (NAS) FOR DESIGN-BID-BUILD, with the exception that for the purposes of the Proposal, the Preliminary Schedule should not be cost-loaded/resource loaded. The length of the schedule should be in compliance with the stated period of performance. The schedule should include the following construction activity milestones, including specific activities between contract award and Notice to Proceed (NTP):

i. Estimated contract award date of 1 October 2022

ii. A 20-calendar day activity named “KTR Prepare/Submit NTP Docs” that follows the Award milestone

iii. A 5-business day activity named “Gov’t Review/Approve NTP Docs” that follows the

“Prepare/Submit” activity above

iv. An NTP milestone that follows the “Gov’t Review/Approve” activity above

v. Obtaining base access to Imam Ali Air Base

vi. Preconstruction submittals (i.e., Accident Prevention Plan, Quality Control Plan, Area Use Plan, etc.)

vii. Procurement of long lead items

viii. Testing & commissioning of ATCT systems.

ix. Project completion through demobilization.

An offeror should demonstrate a further understanding of the project requirements by including additional activities and milestones not listed above.

b. Schedule Narrative: The narrative shall demonstrate the offeror’s understanding of the solicitation requirements and shall support the schedule diagram. The narrative shall be limited to five (5) pages. The narrative should include, but not be limited to, an explanation of:

i. How the offeror determined the duration of activities between Award and NTP

ii. How the offeror determined the duration of the “Obtain Base Access” activity or activities

iii. How the offeror determined the duration of the “Preconstruction submittals” activity or activities

iv. How the offeror determined the duration of any procurement activities, including long lead items

v. How the offeror determined the duration of the testing and commissioning of ATCT systems.

vi. The offeror’s plan to meet the period of performance (PoP), and whether it will require multiple crews, multiple shifts, overtime, or other special efforts to achieve the PoP

vii. Key construction milestones and features of work

Evaluation Procedures, Adjectival Ratings and Descriptions:

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s preliminary schedule to determine the extent of the offeror’s understanding of the solicitation requirements. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s preliminary schedule and narrative for completeness and reasonableness of proposed activities and their durations, logic of activities, and sequencing of events. The evaluation will also consider how well the offeror addresses constraints on the performance of work, such as labor, material availability, permits, etc.

A single technical rating will be assigned to the Preliminary Schedule submission of an offeror’s proposal. The ratings include consideration of risks in conjunction with a proposal’s significant strengths, strengths, weaknesses, significant weaknesses, uncertainties, and deficiencies. The Preliminary Schedule evaluation will utilize the combined technical /risk ratings as follows:

Table 1. Combined Technical/Risk Rating Method

Color Rating Adjectival Rating Description

Blue

Outstanding

Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Purple

Good

Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low to moderate.

Green

Acceptable

Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow

Marginal

Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Red

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet requirements of the solicitation, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable. Proposal is unawardable.

FACTOR 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

The Factor 3 Past Performance evaluation includes an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements and results in an assignment of a single past performance confidence assessment rating based on the offeror’s overall record of recency, relevancy, and quality of performance.

Proposal Submission Requirements:

For the purposes of this evaluation:

A “recently completed” project is defined as a project which (1) has been completed within the five (5) years of the RFP issuance date, or (2) is currently under construction and is at least 75% complete as of the RFP issuance date.

A “relevant” project is defined as a recently completed project, with a similar scope and cost magnitude to the project that is the subject of this solicitation.

A project of “similar scope” includes repair, restoration and upgrade of ATCT, but is not limited to complete structural integrity, electrical power, backup electrical power including diesel generators, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, fire suppression systems, plumbing systems, conveyance systems, lightning grounding protection, doors, windows, floors and other building systems.

“Similar cost magnitude” is defined as a project with a total value of at least $1 Million or more.

An offeror’s subcontractor’s Past Performance should not be submitted and will not be evaluated. If the offeror is a joint venture, the past performance of a coventurer in that joint venture will be considered.

An offeror should submit recently completed, relevant projects on the following: Past Performance Overview Sheet (Attachment D), Project Summary Form (Attachment E), and Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ-0) (Attachment F). The offeror should include a project description on a separate Project Summary Form for each project that is detailed enough to permit an evaluation of project recency, relevancy, and quality and should describe project scope and magnitude of construction cost. The offeror should also provide the name and current contact information of an English-speaking client reference on the Project Summary Form (Attachment E) for each project.

The offeror should provide references who have first-hand knowledge of the offeror’s past performance for the applicable project submitted, and those references may be asked to comment on specific aspects of the offeror’s performance, including: quality of design or construction, timeliness, management of the work, subcontractor management, including timely payment to subcontractors or suppliers, safety, relations between owner and designer or contractor, level of support for such elements as as-built documentation, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manuals, training, correcting design or construction errors, and warranty work. References should be responsible professional employees of the contracting agency or entity that administers the contract for each project submitted, such as the construction agent, owner, or Government representative. The offeror’s references should be independent of the offeror (without conflicts of interest with the Government in relation to awarding or not awarding contracts to the offeror) and willing and available to answer questions. The offeror should also ensure that each reference is notified that he/she may be contacted for the purposes of the evaluation. The Government may contact and interview references provided, and additionally reserves the right to interview other individuals acting for the entity that administered the contract for each project submitted, whether or not the reference named by the offeror is available.