Combined Synopsis Solicitation - VA West Haven AE design SATOC.pdf

Subject: C - PROCUREMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL-ENGINEERING (A-E) SERVICES

TO PROVIDE PRE-DESIGN, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES (CPS)

FOR A NEW SURGICAL AND CLINICAL SPACE TOWER AND OTHER RELATED

WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (DVA) CONNECTICUT

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

General Information:

Solicitation Number: W912WJ21R0015 Document Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: USACE District, New England

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - New England District (CENAE) plans to award an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for professional architectural-engineering (A-E) services for use on the subject project, procured in accordance with the Brooks Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. Pre-design phase services may include, but are not limited to: gathering data on existing conditions to include the review and validation of information developed and compiled in the “Project Book,” detailed site and building investigations, topographic surveys, utility surveys and infrastructure capacity evaluations, characterization of hazardous materials and potential demolition waste, subsurface explorations and soil characterization, traffic studies, development of phasing and sequencing plans, and support in development of construction acquisition planning. Design phase services may include, but are not limited to: supplemental data gathering as needed, engineering studies, preparation of the room activation plan (laying out furniture, fixture, and equipment (FF&E) needs for each space), preparation of construction documents for a single or multiple construction procurement package(s), computer modeling, developing renderings, and value engineering support. Construction documents to be prepared by the A-E may need to be developed for either design-bid-build (DBB), design-build (D-B) and/or Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) procurements. DBB or ECI submittals would include plans, specifications, design analysis, construction cost estimates, and construction phasing plans and schedules for a design charrette/concept (15%) design, schematic (35%) design, design development (65%), draft construction document (95%) and final construction document (100%) submittals. D-B submittals would include plans, specifications, basis of design, construction cost estimates, and construction phasing plans and schedules for a design charette/concept (15%) design, schematic (35%) design submittals, and draft final and final D-B Request for Proposal (RFP) submittals. Solicitation and Construction phase A-E services may include, but are not limited to: responding to bidder inquiries, shop drawing and construction submittal reviews, commissioning and documentation support, site visits and field support, responses to contractor requests for information, preparation and review of operation and maintenance manuals, and general technical assistance. Other A-E services for the subject project may include, but not be limited to: support for environmental assessments, permitting support, partnering facilitation, development and maintenance of the project Integrated Master Schedule, commissioning design and support, startup services, and general engineering and architectural support.

The contract will be negotiated and awarded with a five-year base ordering period with five 1-year renewable options. The amount of the IDIQ contract will not exceed $60,000,000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. Award of the contract to the selected firm is anticipated in the 2nd quarter of Fiscal Year FY2022. The minimum guarantee amount over the life of the contract is $100,000.

This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If the selected firm is a large business concern, the firm must comply with FAR 52.219-9 and submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Upon selection and receipt of a request for proposal for the base contract, the selected firm must submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan with their proposal that will contain their small business goals for ALL of the Small Business Programs (Small Business, Women-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Small Disadvantage Business and HUBZone). The Small Business Subcontracting Goals are measured as a percentage of the total subcontracted dollars. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan must be reasonable, attainable, and challenging. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code to be used for this procurement is 541330.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION:

The new Surgical and Clinical Space Tower to be constructed at the Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) campus in West Haven, CT is intended to upgrade and consolidate existing clinical and direct patient care spaces to current standards of patient care. General utilities serving the space are also outdated and require updating and upgrading including heating (steam), electrical, and medical gas systems. The following project scope is based upon the recommendations contained in the DVA’s draft Project Book – a document intended to provide a thorough technical evaluation to establish the requirements for the project, covering site and any existing building conditions, utilities, the final Space and Equipment Planning System (SEPS) Program for Design (PFD) baseline, and Preliminary Room Contents (PRC), then used to establish the construction budget. The scope of the project includes the addition of an approximately 162,000 GSF multi (at least three) story tower, the demolition of approximately 40,000 GSF (Buildings 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 9, and 10), and the renovation of approximately 40,000 GSF of space to be vacated in existing buildings. The tower is planned to be constructed north of the main hospital building (Building 1) and be connected to it via direct addition, and multiple corridors and/or catwalks to Buildings 1 & 5 in an area presently occupied by a parking lot and the buildings to be demolished. Major impacts to existing infrastructure include relocation and expansion of multiple utility distribution systems impacted by the new construction, new utility tunnels, additional steam plant and on-site water storage capacity, new electrical substations, parking and road network reconfigurations, and re-grading of site/construction of retaining walls.

Use of swing space and phasing is expected to be needed to minimize impacts to current campus operations. This is a DVA - Major Construction project currently programmed for construction in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. The value of the construction project is still under development and needs to be validated by the DVA but it is expected to be in the $350M - $450M range. An Environmental Assessment to include building and site characterization for hazardous materials is ongoing.

Proposed space allocation for the tower includes the following (all GSF numbers are approximate and subject to further refinement): Surgical Services (60,000 GSF) to include a variety of Operating Room (OR) spaces such as surgical suites, and general, hybrid, and other specialized ORs; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services (34,400 GSF); Intensive Care

Unit (ICU) Services (15,500 GSF); IT Services (2,900 GSF); Pharmacy Services (1,700 GSF);

and a variety of support and circulation spaces to include Logistics Services, Environmental Management Services (EMS), Engineering Services, secondary Sterile Processing Services, and a lobby. In addition to the new tower, the project will include renovation of portions of existing Building 1, 2 and 5 and other buildings as necessary to connect and integrate the new tower with the existing buildings and to relocate staff displaced from demolished buildings. Services to be relocated into the renovated spaces may include Endoscopy, Laboratories, Mental Health Services, administrative offices, and support space. Renovations will include extensive architectural modifications and upgrades to all impacted building systems to include localized seismic upgrades.

Specialized construction requirements include operating rooms, intensive care units, pathology, endoscopy, laboratories, mental health spaces and supporting spaces that meet all DVA infection control standards; associated complex and specialized HVAC and electrical requirements;

medical gas distribution systems, nurse call systems, pneumatic tube distribution systems, medical security, and alarming systems that will all need to be integrated with existing systems;

and management of biological hazardous waste. The new tower will need to integrate seamlessly with the other buildings on campus. New construction and demolition will need to be coordinated with the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Site improvements will include access roads, replacement parking, utilities, landscaping, and all other work necessary to provide a complete and usable project. It is expected that the project will be constructed to comply with the 2016 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings (Guiding Principles) and can be certified to meet LEED Silver.

The project includes design services for architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, mechanical engineering (HVAC, controls, and plumbing), fire protection engineering, electrical engineering, civil/site engineering, geotechnical engineering, and structural engineering to include compliance with DVA’s ATFP and physical security and resiliency standards; and the design for medical equipment planning, data/communications, building commissioning, medical gas/process piping and controls, management of hazardous, toxic, and corrosive process liquid and gas, redundant power and information systems, and access control and building security systems.

Facilities will be designed as permanent construction in accordance with the DVA Technical Information Library (TIL) design criteria. Exceptions may be made for temporary facilities that may be needed to meet swing space requirements. The A-E will be directed to follow DVA, USACE, and CENAE requirements for design documents to include DVA PG 18-15-A-E Submission Requirements -Volume B-Major New Facilities, Major Additions, and Major Renovations. Construction cost estimates shall be prepared using the latest version of the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers’ Micro-Computer Aided Cost Engineering System (M-CACES) system – 2nd generation (aka M II) cost engineering software as provided by the Government and licensed to the firm. Specifications shall be produced using DVA’s Master Spec format for technical specifications and Uniform Facilities Guide Specifications for Division 1 sections through the use of the specification software (SPECSINTACT). Use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for drawing production is mandatory. All BIM models shall be developed using Autodesk Revit per the DVA’s BIM Standards. Primavera P6 shall be used for developing detailed construction schedules and MS Project for more basic design and constructions schedules. ProjNet (DrChecks) (https://wwwprojnet.org) shall be used for comment resolution of design review submittals.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below. Factors are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria

(a) through (f) are primary factors. Criteria (g), (h) & (i) are secondary factors and will only be used as “tie-breakers” among firms that are essentially technically equal.

Primary Factors:

(a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. Firms should demonstrate Specialized

Experience and Technical Competence in:

(1) Development of DBB or D-B documents for medical facilities of comparable size (> 130,000 GSF) and complexity that include surgical (full variety of OR types) services and at least pathology or ICU services. Provide at least 3 examples of a DBB project and at least 1 example of a D-B project for which the A-E developed the solicitation documents.

(2) Development of DBB or D-B documents for the demolition, modification and/or renovation of existing medical facilities to include departmental relocation, construction phasing, and utilization of temporary facilities or swing space that allows for continuity of medical operations. Note in each medical facility project description the method and extent to which safety infection control measures were addressed.

(3) Development of DBB or D-B documents for healthcare facilities using DVA’s Technical Information Library (TIL) design criteria and design submission requirements and Master Specs for preparation of specifications.

(4) Development of master plans and design documents to fast-track and sequence large projects (>$300M) to meet accelerated schedules.

(5) Design for sites requiring significant upgrades to campus-wide utility (e.g., central electrical/power plants and distribution, heating plants, water distribution) infrastructure.

Information contained in the SF330 Part I, Section F will be the primary basis for evaluation against this criteria. See Section 5 below for specific instructions on project information to be included in Section F. Projects in which the firm’s primary work (planning, full design, or D-B RFP development) was completed within the last 7 years will be given greater consideration and those projects that are not yet complete will be given less consideration.

Projects shall be listed in order of relevance to the work to be done under this contract as determined by the firm (see Section 3.d below).

(b) Professional Qualifications. The evaluation of Professional Qualifications will consider education, training, professional registration, certifications, relevant experience performing the role to be used on the project, experience with DVA healthcare facilities and design standards, and longevity with the firm. Any past design and/or planning experience on USACE-managed healthcare projects, or with DVA-managed healthcare projects, should be identified.

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(1) Resumes are required for the following key personnel. All proposed personnel are required to have professional registration unless otherwise noted. * indicates multiple resumes required – one each for oversight and production; otherwise the individual proposed shall be the person primarily responsible for production.

- Senior Project Manager (registered as an engineer or architect)

- Architect*

- Medical Facility Planner * (professional registration not required)

- Medical Equipment Planner * (professional registration not required)

- Code compliance/life safety specialist (architect or engineer)

- Interior Designer

- Structural Engineer*

- Structural Blast Specialist

- Physical Security Engineer/Specialist

- Vertical Transport Designer (professional registration not required)

- Mechanical (HVAC) Engineer

- Mechanical (Controls) Engineer*

- Fire Protection Engineer *(registered as a Fire Protection Engineer)

- Commissioning Specialist (professional registration not required)

- Electrical Engineer*

- Sustainability Manager (registered as an architect or engineer)

- Communications Systems Designer/Specialist (a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) specializing in hospital facilities)

- Infection Control Specialist (professional registration not required)

- Building Physicist (professional registration not required)

- Civil Engineer* (registered in Connecticut)

- Geotechnical Engineer (registered in Connecticut)

- Construction Cost Estimator (professional registration not required)

(2) Resumes for the following disciplines are also requested for evaluation:

- Program Manager (professional registration not required)

- Landscape Architect

- Mechanical (Plumbing) Engineer

- Environmental Engineer

- Security Analyses and Design Engineer (professional registration not required)

- Construction Scheduler (professional registration not required)

- Certified Value Specialist (professional registration not required)

- Advanced Modeling/BIM Manager (professional registration not required)

Project manager shall have 10 years of experience managing design projects and a minimum of 5 years as a project manager on medical treatment facilities that is comparable in scope to the work required for this project.

Firms shall clearly identify the role of each individual on each resume submitted specific to the roles specified herein. For each discipline that allows for the submission of more than one resume, the firm shall have one individual responsible for overseeing the work associated with that discipline, and one performing the majority of the production work in their respective discipline. Clearly identify in Block 13 of each person’s resume whether that individual will be performing an oversight role (O), production role (P), or both (O/P)). Do not submit the same person for more than one discipline.

(c) Work Management and Teaming: A proposed management plan shall be presented in Part I, Section H of the SF330 that references the organization chart provided in Part I, Section D of the SF330, and briefly addresses the A-E’s management and philosophical approach for executing this project and its approach for ensuring the quality of the work performed by the firm and its subcontractors. The plan shall include information on: team organization, quality control procedures, cost and schedule control, communication protocols, and coordination of in-house disciplines and consultants. The plan shall also include any relevant experience of the prime firm and their subcontractors working together on similar projects, if applicable.

The SF330 shall clearly indicate the primary office where the work will be performed and the staffing at this office. Section C, Section F, and Section G will also be used to evaluate this criterion.

(d) Past Performance. The firm shall demonstrate a good record of past performance on contracts with respect to quality of work, management, cost control, compliance with performance schedules, and ability to manage subcontractors. Assessment against this criterion will be determined primarily by evaluating ratings performed in Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), the Government-wide evaluation reporting tool for all past performance reports on contracts, or via those provided in Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs). In reviewing past performance information, the evaluation board will consider the relevancy of the past performed work in addition to how well the firm performed. Positive references from customers and other verifiable information as to exemplary performance may also be considered as provided in Part I, Section H of the SF330. With their SF330, the firm shall provide the CPARS report or PPQ for each of the first five projects identified in Section F of the SF330, as these projects should be the most relevant project examples provided.

NOTE: The most recent CPARS report is to be provided for any federal contract unless a specific explanation is provided as to unavailability of a CPARS rating; do not submit a PPQ when a completed CPARS is available. If the project/s is/are not a federal project or a CPARS report is not available, the firm shall complete Part I of the PPQ, send it to the customers for these five projects as applicable, request that they complete Part II of the PPQ and return to the firm, and submit it with the SF330 submission. No sealed envelope is required. A blank PPQ can be found attached to this synopsis/solicitation. The firm shall provide the full contract number and task order number (if applicable) for any Federal contract listed in Section F of the SF330. The evaluation board may seek and consider past performance information from other sources but is not required to if none is available from CPARS or if no PPQ is provided. Other sources of information the evaluation board may consider include interviews with organizations and Government personnel familiar with the firm’s performance. If little to no relevant past performance data (CPARS reports, PPQs, or information in Section H) is available for the five most relevant projects, the firm may be given a neutral evaluation regarding past performance. CPARS reports or PPQs shall be placed at the end of Part I of the SF330 (they will not be counted towards the page count).

(e) Knowledge of the Locality. The board will evaluate the firm’s demonstration of their knowledge and experience with local geologic and subsurface features, environmental conditions, climatic conditions, local construction methods, local construction costs, and permit requirements as applicable to the project location. The basis of the evaluation will be the information in Sections E, F, and H of the SF330.

(f) Capacity to Accomplish the Work. The firm should demonstrate the capacity to execute 75% of the value of the contract over the initial 3 years of the ordering period and then for multiple years of ongoing construction support. A firm shall be evaluated on the available capacity of key personnel from the prime firm and its team based primarily through a review of each firm’s Part II submission and any information provided in Section H as to their methods for managing workload.

Secondary Factors:

(g) Geographic Proximity. Location of the firm’s office(s) as well as those of their team in the general geographical area of the project will be considered.

(h) Small Business (SB) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Participation. In the SF330, the firm shall identify its small business team members to include role and responsibilities for this contract. The firm shall indicate its commitments to utilizing small businesses on its team. The small business program includes utilization of SBs and SDBs to include Woman- Owned Small Business (WOSB), HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB). Extent of small business participation will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the small business concern is a prime contractor, sub-contractor, or joint venture partner; the greater the participation the greater the consideration.

(i) Volume of DoD A-E Contract Awards. Firms shall indicate in Section H of the SF330, the volume of DoD A-E contracts awarded to the prime or Joint Venture (JV) in the last 12 months. The information will be verified and updated during the interviews with the most highly qualified firms. The equitable distribution of DoD A-E contracts among firms will be considered.

4. SELECTION PROCESS: If there are a large number of interested firms, a Pre-selection Board may be utilized. The Pre-selection Board, if used, will review and evaluate the SF330s and send a list of the highly qualified firms to the Selection Board for further evaluation. The Selection Board will then evaluate the SF330s to develop an initial ranking and determine which firms are to be interviewed. As part of the interview phase, the firms considered most highly qualified (minimum of three) may be given more detailed information developed previously for the project along with some questions as to their approach to managing specific technical or programmatic challenges and other questions. The firms to be interviewed will be requested to provide a presentation either at CENAE headquarters in Concord, MA or via teleconference of up to 60 minutes in length using PowerPoint slides that addresses the questions, along with an overview of their management and technical approach for executing the design of this project.

Time will then be allotted for questions from the Selection Board. No architectural/design materials are being solicited for this presentation. Stipends will not be provided. Final ranking of the most highly qualified firms will then be made by the Selection Board based upon all information provided.

5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms able to perform this work must submit Parts I and II of the SF 330 for the prime firm (or joint venture). Part II of the SF330 must also be submitted for each consultant and if a joint venture, for the joint venture entity. Please note that a separate Part II is required for each branch office of the prime firm and any subcontractors that will have a key role in the proposed contract. If a joint venture is being utilized, a copy of the joint venture agreement is to be included in Part II.

Submissions must be made to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, ATTN:

Contracts Branch – Sara Torres, not later than 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on 18 August 2021. See below for the authorized submission transmission method.

Include the firm's DUNS number on the SF330, Part 1, Block B.

On the SF330, Part 1, Block C, provide the DUNS number for each consultant.

On the SF330, Part I, Block F, up to ten example projects shall be listed in order of relevance to the type of work anticipated to be performed under this contract. Note that multiple projects performed under an IDIQ contract cannot be submitted as a single example project.

In the SF330, Part I, Block F, Box 24, provide the following information for each project:

month/year the firm’s work started and completed; type of product developed (e.g., full design for Design-Bid-Build or ECI procurement; prepared RFP for a Design-Build procurement;

Designer of Record on a Design-Build procurement; study; or other), total contract value of the A-E contract and the itemized value of the work performed and their role by the firm and any team subcontractors to be used on this contract; physical size of the designed facility;

construction cost as applicable; and customer point-of-contact who can be reached for references (phone number and email address). If a sample project is a federal procurement, include the applicable contract number.

In the SF330, Part I, Section H, the A-E firm may also provide supplemental information to address all aspects for which Specialized Experience and Technical Competence is being sought as well as documentation to support past performance selection criteria such as verifiable information demonstrating exemplary past performance. General experience of the team with the development of construction documents for DBB, D-B and ECI may also be provided.

The Offeror’s response shall be submitted electronically. Files shall not contain classified data.

The use of hyperlinks in responses is prohibited.

THE ONLY AUTHORIZED TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR SUBMISSIONS IN

RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION IS THROUGH THE U.S. ARMY MISSILE

AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND (AMRDEC) SAFE

ACCESS FILE EXCHANGE (SAFE) website at:

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NO OTHER TRANSMISSION METHODS (EMAIL, FACSIMILE, REGULAR MAIL, HAND

CARRIED, ETC.) WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ELECTRONIC RESPONSES:

In an effort to reduce paperwork and cost, all responses shall be submitted electronically through the SAFE site. Submission shall be in Adobe PDF format. You are limited to 5 maximum files per upload (total size cannot exceed 2GB). If you have a large number of files, recommend that you combine or ZIP your files before uploading to the SAFE site. Offerors may use compression utility software such as WinZip or PKZip to reduce file size and facilitate transmission.

FILE DESCRIPTION: Include a “File Description” for each file(s) you upload. The “File Description” will be included in the email notice to each of the recipients you choose to have access your file(s). NOTE: Do NOT enter Privacy Act Data (Personal Identification Information (PII)) in the File Description.)

FILE DELETION DATE: You will be required to enter a “File Deletion Date.” The file(s) you upload will be available until the date you specify in the “File Deletion Date. After this date, the file(s) will be deleted from the SAFE site. NOTE: The maximum number of days for file deletion is 14 days from TODAY. (2 weeks). You must choose the maximum number of days available before file deletion.

INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW ON THE SAFE WEBSITE:

1. Once at the SAFE website select the “Click Here” link under the “Non-CAC Users” heading. This allows users without a CAC or users whose computer is not configured to read a CAC the option to access the SAFE site as a guest.

2. After selecting the “Click Here” link you will be prompted to add your personal information, file information, recipient (Government representative) information and email settings. NOTE: It has been reported that documents are more quickly uploaded into the SAFE site website when using a Firefox web browser. The Government cannot verify that this is true and offers no guarantee that Offerors will have more success utilizing any particular browser.

3. When completing your file information for transmittal via the SAFE website, you will be required to enter the email address for all recipients. For this solicitation, the recipients are the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Sara.J.Torres@usace.army.mil, and the Contracting Officer is Erin.E.Bradley@usace.army.mil. After entering the email address, click the ADD button to add the person(s) email to the “Recipients List” of your response. When your response is submitted, a notification will be sent to the recipients you added.

NOTE: Do NOT send the SAFE site packages to group email accounts. After uploading your documents, you will be required to verify your email address before the SAFE site will send notification to the Government recipients. This is a very important step. Failure to verify your email address will cause failure of files to transmit.

Even if you successfully upload your response to the SAFE site, notification will not be sent to the Government recipients until you verify your email address. Entering an incorrect email mailto:Sara.J.Torres@usace.army.mil mailto:Erin.E.Bradley@usace.army.mil may result in the rejection of your submission for lateness. Follow the instructions on the SAFE website and the confirmation emails you receive from the SAFE site.

RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS:

For the purposes of establishing whether a submission is considered late, the Government considers (the earlier of) the date and time of receipt of the email notification to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer to the SAFE site, NOT the date and time of uploading of the submission into the SAFE site as the time of submission. For responses larger than the 2GB capacity of the SAFE site website and require multiple submissions, the government will consider (the earlier of) the date and time of receipt of the email notification to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer of the last submission. Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous. It can take several minutes or even hours in some cases.

The Government will not be responsible for submissions delivered to any location or to anyone other than those designated to receive responses on its behalf. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that responses are submitted so as to reach the designated recipient. Offerors are responsible for allowing sufficient time for the response to be received in accordance with the instructions provided.

The SF330, Part I, shall have a page limit of 90 pages (past performance questionnaires and CPARS will not count towards the 90-page limit). A page is one side of an 8 ½” x 11” sheet of paper. 11” x 17” (single side) pages may be used to provide graphical information or images that do not fit well on an 8 ½” x 11” sheet but this counts as two pages. Front and back cover and section dividers do not count toward the page limit. Font size shall not be less than 10 font and the margins for pages that supplement the SF330 forms shall not be less than one inch with the exception that ½ inch margins are allowed when using the Standard Form 330. Pages in excess of the page limit will not be evaluated.

A recent SF330 Part II for each office of participating firm in the proposed team shall be provided with each submission. The selected firm must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award. Information regarding registration can be obtained online at www.sam.gov or by telephone at 1-866-606-8220. Effective immediately, the use of DUNS+4 numbers to identify vendors is limited to identifying different SAM records for the same vendor at the same physical location.

For any general or administrative questions, contact the contract specialist, Contract Specialist name at 978-318-8478 or via email at Sara.J.Torres@usace.army.mil.This is not a request for price proposal. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement prior to the closing date of this announcement will not be entertained or scheduled. However, questions may be directed to the point of contact for this announcement.

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