F15PS00168_revised_section_L_and_M.pdf

SECTION L - Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors

52.204-7 -- System for Award Management. (Jul 2013)

52.215-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Competitive Acquisition. (Jan 2004)

52.215-2 -- Audit and Records – Negotiation (Oct 2010)

52.236-27 -- Site Visit (Construction). (Feb 1995)

(a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions

Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.

(b) An organized site visit has been scheduled for—

Day 1 (Two sites) Day 2 (One site)

Date: April 1, 2015 Date: April 2, 2015

Site 1: Cape May and Supwana Meadows NWRs Site: EB Forysthe NWR

24 Kimbles Beach Road, 800 Great Creek Roa

Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Galloway, New Jersey 08205

Time: 9:00am to UTC Time: 9:00 am to UTC

Contractors shall submit all Requests for Information (Questions) concerning the work requirement within 48 hours after conclusion of the Site Visit to the Contract Specialist at the e-mail address indicated below.

Contact the contract specialist at the following e-mail address to make arrangements:

Vincent_chua@fws.gov

52.232-13 -- Notice of Progress Payments. (Apr 1984)

52.216-1 -- Type of Contract. (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a Firm-Fixed Price contract resulting from this solicitation.

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52.222-5 -- Davis-Bacon Act—Secondary Site of the Work. (Jul 2005)

(a)

(1) The offeror shall notify the Government if the offeror intends to perform work at any secondary site of the work, as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of the FAR clause at 52.222-6, Davis-Bacon Act, of this solicitation.

(2) If the offeror is unsure if a planned work site satisfies the criteria for a secondary site of the work, the offeror shall request a determination from the Contracting Officer.

(b)

(1) If the wage determination provided by the Government for work at the primary site of the work is not applicable to the secondary site of the work, the offeror shall request a wage determination from the

Contracting Officer.

(2) The due date for receipt of offers will not be extended as a result of an offeror’s request for a wage determination for a secondary site of the work.

52.225-10 -- Notice of Buy American Act Requirement—Construction Materials. (Feb 2009)

(a) Definitions. “Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “construction material,” “domestic construction material,” and “foreign construction material,” as used in this provision, are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American Act--Construction Materials” (Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) clause 52.225-9).

(b) Requests for determinations of inapplicability. An offeror requesting a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American Act should submit the request to the Contracting Officer in time to allow a determination before submission of offers. The offeror shall include the information and applicable supporting data required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 in the request. If an offeror has not requested a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American

Act before submitting its offer, or has not received a response to a previous request, the offeror shall include the information and supporting data in the offer.

(c) Evaluation of offers.

(1) The Government will evaluate an offer requesting exception to the requirements of the Buy American

Act, based on claimed unreasonable cost of domestic construction material, by adding to the offered price the appropriate percentage of the cost of such foreign construction material, as specified in paragraph

(b)(3)(i) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9.

(2) If evaluation results in a tie between an offeror that requested the substitution of foreign construction material based on unreasonable cost and an offeror that did not request an exception, the Contracting

Officer will award to the offeror that did not request an exception based on unreasonable cost.

(d) Alternate offers.

(1) When an offer includes foreign construction material not listed by the Government in this solicitation in paragraph (b) (2) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9, the offeror also may submit an alternate offer based on use of equivalent domestic construction material.

(2) If an alternate offer is submitted, the offeror shall submit a separate Standard Form 1442 for the alternate offer, and a separate price comparison table prepared in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 for the offer that is based on the use of any foreign construction material for which the Government has not yet determined an exception applies.

(3) If the Government determines that a particular exception requested in accordance with paragraph (c) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 does not apply, the Government will evaluate only those offers based on use of the equivalent domestic construction material, and the offeror shall be required to furnish such domestic construction material. An offer based on use of the foreign construction material for which an exception was requested—

(i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or

(ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations.

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1452.233-2 -- Service of Protest Department of the Interior (JUL 1996) (Deviation).

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from:

Lisa Virgilio

US Fish and Wildlife Service

300 Westgate Center Dr.

Hadley, MA 01065

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

(c) A copy of the protest served on the Contracting Officer shall be simultaneously furnished by the protester to the Department of the Interior Assistant Solicitor, Acquisitions and Intellectual Property, 1849 C Street, NW, Room 6511, Washington, DC 20240.

(End of Provision)

52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address (es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/farqueryframe.html http://farsite.hill.af.mil/search.htm

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1452.215-71 -- Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information—Department of the Interior. (APR 1984)

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this provision and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below:

(1) “Trade Secret” means an unpatented, secret, commercially valuable plan, appliance, formula, or process, which is used for making, preparing, compounding, treating or processing articles or materials which are trade commodities.

(2) “Confidential commercial or financial information” means any business information (other than trade secrets) which is exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirement of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. Exemptions from mandatory disclosure which may be applicable to business information contained in proposals include exemption (4), which covers “commercial and financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential,” and exemption (9), which covers “geological and geophysical information, including maps, concerning wells.”

(b) If the offeror, or its subcontractor(s), believes that the proposal contains trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, (5

U.S.C. 552), the cover page of each copy of the proposal shall be marked with the following legend:

“The information specifically identified on pages ______ of this proposal constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The offeror requests that this information not be disclosed to the public, except as may be required by law. The offeror also requests that this information not be used in whole or part by the government for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal, except that if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with the submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information to the extent provided in the contract.”

(c) The offeror shall also specifically identify trade secret information and confidential commercial and financial information on the pages of the proposal on which it appears and shall mark each such page with the following legend:

“This page contains trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and which is subject to the legend contained on the cover page of this proposal.”

(d) Information in a proposal identified by an offeror as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information shall be used by the Government only for the purpose of evaluating the proposal, except that (i) if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information as provided in the contract, and (ii) if the same information is obtained from another source without restriction it may be used without restriction.

(e) If a request under the Freedom of Information Act seeks access to information in a proposal identified as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information, full consideration will be given to the offeror's view that the information constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information. The offeror will also be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity to provide additional evidence and argument in support of its position, unless administratively unfeasible to do so. If it is determined that information claimed by the offeror to be trade secret information or confidential commercial or financial information is not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act, the offeror will be notified of this determination prior to disclosure of the information.

(f) The Government assumes no liability for the disclosure or use of information contained in a proposal if not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision. If a request under the Freedom of Information Act is made for information in a proposal not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision, the offeror concerned shall be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity to provide its position to the Government. However, failure of an offeror to mark information contained in a proposal as trade secret information or confidential commercial or financial information will be treated by the Government as evidence that the information is not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, absent a showing that the failure to mark was due to unusual or extenuating circumstances, such as a showing that the offeror had intended to mark, but that markings were omitted from the offeror's proposal due to clerical error.

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LOCAL AREA PRICE PREFERENCE

This project is being funded by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013. The declared disaster is

Hurricane Sandy which occurred in October 2012. As a result of the president’s declaration of the area, and in accordance with FAR part 26.202, preference will be given to local vendors by applying an evaluation preference to small vendors who are located within a 50 mile radius to any one of the three work sites.

FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY, local vendors will receive a 15% deduction of their total proposed price. The contracting officer will consider price reasonableness of all acceptable proposals before award. Vendors should ensure that the appropriate work address is provided with their quote.

PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

GENERAL INFORMATION

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors or subfactors. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

B. The response shall consist of two (2) separate parts; Part I - Price Proposal, and Part II –Technical

Factors Information.

C. The contracting officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition. Therefore, no further cost or pricing information will be requested.

D. If any exception(s) are taken with this RFP's drawings and or specifications, the prospective offeror must notify the Government POC (Point Of Contact listed in Block 9 of the Form SF 1442 - Solicitation, Offer, and Award), prior to submission of any offer/proposal in order for the Government to properly evaluate the exception(s), and make any changes, as appropriate/required, prior to contract award.

E. Offeror's shall insert proposed prices in Bid Schedule (Section B) for each Contract Line Item (CLIN).

Any offer that fails to cite a price for each item or fails to make an entry that indicates service will not be provided for an Item will be rejected as non-conforming to this solicitation.

F. Only firm fixed price offers will be evaluated. An offer using a sliding price scale or subject to escalation based on any contingency will not be accepted and will be considered non-conforming to this solicitation.

G. The contractor shall submit 4 copies of the proposals in response to this solicitation by mail. All proposal responses shall be mailed to the address listed below by the closing date and time of the solicitation (April 15, 2015 at 10:00 AM) EDT. Late offers will not be evaluated. It is the responsivity of the contractor that the solicitation arrived in the designated address

U.S. Fish and wildlife Service

Contracting and Grant Services Division

1875 Century Blvd. suite 310

Atlanta, Georgia, 30345

Attn: Vincent Chua

H. Specific Instructions:

1. PART I – PRICE PROPOSAL

(a) Complete blocks 14, 15, 17, 19 20A, 20B, and 20C of the Standard Form, SF 1442 (Solicitation, Offer and Award). In doing so, the offeror accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the

RFP Sections A through K. These sections constitute the model contract.

(b) Insert proposed unit and extended prices in Schedule (Section B) for each Contract Line Item Number

(CLIN), including all option periods. The extended amount must equal the whole dollar unit price multiplied by the number of units.

(c) For RFP Sections C through K, the offeror is cautioned to review all Sections carefully and complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications. After completing the necessary fill-ins and certifications in Sections C through K, the offeror shall submit those pages that required a fill-in.

2. PART II – TECHNICAL FACTORS INFORMATION

Tab 1 - Relevant Present/Past Performance Surveys: The Government will evaluate the quality and extent of offeror's perfromance deemed relevant to the requirements of this RFP. The Government will use information submitted by the offeror and other sources such as other Federal Government offices and commercial sources, to assess experience. Using DATA SHEET FOR PAST PERFORMANCE

SURVEY, provide a list of at least three (3), but not more than five (5) of the most relevant contracts performed for Federal Agencies and commercial customers within the last six (6) years for the primary offeror. You may also submit up to an additional three (3) for each of your major subcontractors, teaming partners, or key personnel that you want evaluated. Relevant past performance is defined as having knowledge and experience demonstrating the ability to manage the work as described in the specifications provided with this solicitation.

NOTE: Offerors are advised that the Government may use all data provided by the Offeror and the data obtained from other sources; to include but not limited to, Government–wide databases, in the development of performance confidence assessments. Past performance information on contracts not listed by the Offeror, or that of planned subcontractors, may also be evaluated. The Government may contact references provided by the Offeror, as well as any other source it identifies; and information received may be used in the evaluation of the Offeror’s past performance. While the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the burden of providing current, accurate and complete past performance information rests with the offeror.

Tab 2 - Experience/Technical Competence: The Government will evaluate the quality and extent of offeror's experience deemed relevant to the requirements of this RFP. The Government will use information submitted by the offeror and other sources such as other Federal Government offices and commercial sources, to assess experience. Using DATA SHEET FOR PROJECT EXPERIENCE

QUESTIONNAIRE, provide a list of at least three (3), but not more than five (5) of the most relevant contracts performed for Federal Agencies and commercial customers within the last three (3) years for the primary offeror. Experience is defined as having the knowledge and the skills demonstrating the ability to manage the work as described in the specifications provided with this solicitation.

NOTE: Offerors shall also identify in the Project Experience Questionnaire, ALL Federal, State or Local

Government agencies and commercial businesses for whom the offeror has been awarded a contract during the past three (3) years for the period beginning January 2012 through the solicitation release date.

If an offeror has more than five (5) awarded contracts during the past 3-year period, then identify only five (5) consecutively awarded contracts. If the offeror does not have Government references, the offeror should provide references from private industry sources that are not prohibited from furnishing information to the Government. The information must provide a current point of contact, telephone number, email address and or facsimile number at each of these agencies or business organizations.

Tab 3 - Management Capability: The Government will evaluate the offeror management capabilities deemed relevant to the requirements of this RFP. The Government will use information submitted by the offeror to assess management having the knowledge and experience demonstrating the ability to manage the work as described in the specifications provided with this solicitation.

Tab 4 – Key Personnel: The Government will evaluate the offeror key personnel (internal or subcontractors) deemed relevant to the requirements of this RFP. The Government will use information submitted by the offeror to assess key personnel knowledge, skills and abilities to perform under this contract.

NOTE: The evaluation of the offeror’s proposal will take into account all the information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to the acquisition. Offeror should comment on compliance with contract terms and conditions, and any known requirements deemed unacceptable to the customer, or not in accordance with the contract terms and conditions. If a teaming arrangement is contemplated, provide complete information as to the arrangement, including any relevant and recent past/present performance information on previous teaming arrangements with same partner, and evidence of tasking appropriate to meet the subcontracting qualification.

SECTION M--Evaluation Factors for Award

Evaluation of Proposals:

General: To be eligible for evaluation, Offerors must prepare proposal in accordance with Section L

“Instructions to Offerors” Proposal must meet all the requirements set forth in other sections of this solicitation. The Government may determine an Offeror to be ineligible and exclude it from further consideration for failure to comply with guidelines listed in Section L, Instructions to Offerors.

The Government will review all eligible offers and the award selection will go to the responsible Offeror.

Should no proposal be determined eligible, the Contracting Officer will establish a competitive range consisting of the most highly rate proposal. As described in FAR 52.215-1, the Government may award based on initial offers, without discussions.

The Government reserves the right to reject proposals that are unreasonably low or high in price and reserves the right to make no award. The Government will notify unsuccessful Offerors as required by

FAR 15.503.

BASIS FOR AWARD

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. This acquisition will provide a pricing preference for small local businesses. A local business is defined as a firm located within a 50 mile radius of the work site. All small local vendors will receive a 15% price adjustment to lower their total proposed price for the evaluation. It’s the

Government’s intent to award a contract without discussions; however the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions with all offerors as necessary. The following factors will be evaluated: Technical

(Subfactors: Past performance, Experience, Management Capability, Key Personnel) and Price. When combined, technical factors are significantly more important than price.

Responses that the Offeror understands, or will comply with the specifications, statements paraphrasing the specifications, and general or overly broad responses such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well know techniques will be used”, will be rated ineligible.

The evaluation process will follow the procedures below:

Initial Evaluation. The Government will evaluate all proposals received to ensure that each proposal is complete in terms of submission of each required volume, as required, Instructions to Offerors. The

Government may eliminate proposals that are missing required information.

Evaluation Factors. The Government will review the remaining proposals by reviewing information submitted as part of the Instructions to Offerors. The Government may also review past references provided as part of the Experience and Past Performance information to verify quality of past performance. Listed below are the factors:

• Past Performance

• Experience/Technical Competency

• Management Capability

• Key Personnel

RESPONSIBILITY

The Government will determine responsibility by analyzing whether the apparent successful Offeror complies with the requirements of FAR 9.1, including:

• adequate financial resources or the ability to obtain them;

• ability to comply with the required performance period, taking into consideration all existing commercial and governmental business commitments;

• satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics;

• necessary organization, experience, and skills or the ability to obtain them;

• necessary equipment and facilities or the ability to obtain them; and

• otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations.

TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

Criterion 1: Present/Past Performance

Offerors shall provide past performance information for three (3) but no more than five (5) relevant projects successfully performed within the past six (6) years involving work similar in scope and magnitude to the work required in this solicitation. The government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance information in terms of relevancy using the rating scale. Offerors shall submit the DATA

SHEET PERFORMANCE SURVEY information with the solicitation package.

All blocks must be filled in and all data should be accurate, current, and complete. All projects submitted must have been underway or completed within the last six (6) years.

Data for each relevant contract should include:

(i) Company/Division name

(ii) Product/Service

(iii) Contracting Agency/Customer

(iv) Contract Number

(v) Contract Dollar Value

(vi) Period of Performance

(vii) Verified, up-to-date name, address, FAX & telephone number of the contracting officer

Past Performance Relevancy Ratings:

Very Relevant- Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant- Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant - Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant- Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Criterion 2: Experience/Technical Competency

Relevant experience/Technical Competent is the measure of the similarity of previous work performed by the Offeror to that required in this solicitation and the extent to which the Offeror has performed such work. The Government will evaluate the experience data to determine the degree to which the similarity and extent of that experience demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the technical specification.

“Same or Similar” as referenced below, is defined as experience on projects that are the same or similar in size, scope, complexity and dollar magnitude as the job described in the solicitation. The government will evaluate the offeror’s experience/technical competent information in terms of relevancy using the rating scale. Offerors shall submit the DATA SHEET Project Experience Questionnaire information with the solicitation package.

• At least three (3) of the jobs submitted must be the same or similar to the project described in the solicitation.

• All projects submitted must be at least 100% complete.

Experience/Technical Competency Ratings:

Very Relevant- Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant- Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant - Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant- Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Criterion 3: Management Capability

Offerors will be evaluated as to the offeror's ability to perform and to satisfy all requirements outline in the Technical Specification. The government will evaluate the offeror’s management capability information in terms of relevancy using the rating scale.

• Understanding of the work, including creativity and thoroughness shown in understanding the objectives of the work and specific tasks specified in the solicitation, and planned execution of the project.

• Evidence of specific methods and techniques for completing each discrete task, to include such items as quality assurance as detailed in the technical specifications.

• Ability to address anticipated potential problem areas, and creativity and feasibility of solutions to problems and future integration of new processes and technology enhancements.

• Quality and effectiveness of the allocation of personnel and resources. Approach for structuring and staffing key personnel to effectively accomplish the work under this RFP. The evaluation will be based on the extent to which the vendor clearly demonstrates an ability to staff the who meet the minimum personnel qualifications, both initially and over the life of the contract. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s approaches for effectively planning, controlling, directing, and accomplishing the work under this contract.

• Degree to which the Offeror's proposal demonstrates an understanding of logistics, schedule, and any other miscellaneous issues of which the Government should be aware of.

Management Capability Ratings:

Ratings for Factor 3 - Management and Key Personnel Capabilities / Technical Approach

Excellent - A proposal that satisfies all of the Government's requirements with extensive detail to indicate feasibility of the approach that significantly exceeds performance goals. The proposal has several exceptional strengths that will significantly benefit the government. The proposal has no apparent weaknesses. Normal contractor effort and normal Government monitoring will be sufficient to minimize risk. The proposal is extensive, detailed, and exceeds all requirements and objectives; therefore, has a high probability of meeting the requirements with little or no risk to the government.

Good - A proposal that satisfies all of the Government's requirements with adequate detail to indicate feasibility of the approach that generally exceeds the performance or capability standards, shows an understanding of the problems, and offers some significant strength or numerous minor strengths, which benefits the Government and are not offset by weaknesses. Any proposal weakness has little potential to cause a disruption of schedule, an increase in cost, or a degradation of performance. Normal contractor effort and normal government monitoring will probably be able to overcome difficulties. The proposal generally exceeds requirements in minor areas; therefore, has a good probability of meeting the requirements with little risk to the government.

Average - A proposal that demonstrates minimal understanding of but satisfies the Government’s with minimal detail to indicate feasibility of the approach. The proposal has no strengths that will benefit the government. The proposal has no material weaknesses. Any proposal weakness can potentially cause a disruption of schedules, an increase in cost, or a degradation of performance. Special contractor emphasis and close government monitoring will probably minimize any difficulties of risk. The proposal generally meets requirements; therefore, has an acceptable probability of meeting the requirements.

Marginal - The proposal demonstrates a limited understanding of the requirements and the approach only slightly meets performance or capability standards necessary for minimal contract performance. The proposal has minor omissions and demonstrates a misunderstanding of the requirement that may be corrected or resolved through discussions without a complete revision of the proposal. The approach has weaknesses that can potentially cause some disruption of schedule, increase in cost, or degradation of performance even with special contractor emphasis, and close government monitoring. There is an overall high degree of risk in meeting the Government's requirement.

Unsatisfactory - A proposal that contains a major error(s), omission(s) or deficiency/deficiencies that indicates a lack of understanding of the problems or an approach that cannot be expected to meet requirements. The proposal creates an unacceptable risk and cannot meet the requirements without major revisions.

Criterion 4: Key Personnel

Offeror will be evaluated by providing documented evidence by submitting the resumes of proposed key personnel to include all subcontractors who meet all contract qualification requirements. The Offerors proposed key personnel will be evaluated for the ability to successfully perform duties listed in the technical specification. The government will evaluate the offeror’s key personnel information in terms of relevancy using the rating scale.

The Offeror shall provide evidence that the Offeror can provide the necessary personnel and provide a matrix of the proposed key personnel working on the contact. Identify individuals, their roles, and level of effort for task they will be performing under this contract.. Provide methodology for determining adequate numbers for staffing and adequate supervision of personnel that will include the assumptions and workload factors on which the proposed staffing is based. Offeror shall provide sufficient documentation to substantiate their experience and knowledge. All resumes must include the following information and may not exceed two (2) pages.

• Name and title

• Project assignment

• Name of firm with which associated

• Years experience with this firm (to include your field of expertise/discipline) and years of experience with other firms (to include your field of expertise/ discipline)

• Education degree(s), year, and institution

• Active professional registration, year first registered, if applicable

• Other experience and qualifications relevant to same/similar work required under this contract

• List of projects in which the individual has worked to include Name of project(s) and project location(s)

Key Personnel Ratings for Factor 4 - Management and Key Personnel Capabilities

Excellent - A proposal that satisfies all of the Government's requirements with extensive detail to indicate feasibility of the approach that significantly exceeds performance goals. The proposal has several exceptional strengths that will significantly benefit the government. The proposal has no apparent weaknesses. Normal contractor effort and normal Government monitoring will be sufficient to minimize risk. The proposal is extensive, detailed, and exceeds all requirements for personnel to meet objectives;

therefore, has a high probability of meeting the requirements with little or no risk to the government.

Good - A proposal that demonstrates an understanding of personnel needs, and satisfies the

Government’s requirements for adequate qualified/diversified personnel.. The proposal has no strengths that are considered exceptional, and the proposal has no material weaknesses or any weakness which can potentially cause a disruption of schedules, or a degradation of performance or create risk to the government. The proposal generally meets requirements; therefore, has an acceptable probability of meeting the requirements.

Marginal - The proposal demonstrates a limited understanding of the requirements and the approach only slightly meets performance or capability standards necessary for minimal contract performance. The proposal has minor omissions and demonstrates a misunderstanding of the requirement that may be corrected or resolved through discussions without a complete revision of the proposal. The approach has weaknesses that can potentially cause some disruption of schedule, or degradation of performance even with special contractor emphasis, and close government monitoring. There is an overall high degree of risk in meeting the Government's requirement.

Unsatisfactory - A proposal that contains a major error(s), omission(s) or deficiency/deficiencies that indicates a lack of understanding of the needs of the project. The proposal creates an unacceptable risk and cannot meet the requirements without major revisions.

PRICE EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. Only firm fixed price offers will be evaluated. An offer using a sliding price scale or subject to escalation based on any contingency will not be accepted and will be considered non-conforming to this solicitation.

2. An offeror’s proposed price will be determined by multiplying the quantities identified in Section

B by the proposed unit price for each Contract Line Item Number or Subcontract Line Item Number to confirm the extended amount for each. The price evaluation will document reasonableness and affordability of the proposed total evaluated price.

3. An offeror shall insert proposed unit and extended and totals in the Line Item. Any offer that fails to cite the price for the item or fails to make an entry that indicates service will not be provided for an Item will be rejected as non-conforming to this solicitation.