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Item 3.0 Primary Selection Criteria.

1. Professional Qualification

Element b. The Prime Contractor shall provide at least one credentialed professional Project

Manager registered in the State of Florida and one professionally credentialed Project Manager registered in the State of New Mexico.

Measure of Merit: Provide current professional registration certificates for each PM proposed.

The Prime Contractor may propose one PM credentialed in each State listed, or multiple PMs credentialed in one or more States listed. All credentialed professional PMs proposed do not have to be professionally registered in the States listed, but each State listed. However, each

State listed must be represented to obtain an acceptable rating in this evaluation element.

Questions

A. Could this element be rated as acceptable if the Prime Contractors Team (i.e. a

Subcontractor’s Project Manager named as a Project Manager for the Contract) were credentialed in one of the states, but the Prime Contractor did not propose a Project

Manager that was credentialed in both states?

Government Response: No.

B. Will the Gov’t be willing to accept NCEES record holders who can apply for comity licensure and obtain NM (or FL) registration prior to contract award? The Standard

Form 330 Section E format submittal will include NCEES record numbers and

Comity Application numbers for the proposed PMs applying for comity.

Government Response: No.

C. Would a Professional Engineer (P.E) meet the requirements of a credentialed Project

Manager?

Government Response: Yes.

D. Will The Gov’t be willing to consider Prime Contractor and Key Subcontractor (i.e., any subcontractor expected to perform x% or more of the requirements) for Project

Manager professional qualifications?

Government Response: No

2. Specialized Experience

Element a. The Prime Contractor shall have specialized experience in the four focus areas listed in the Master Statement of Work. This work shall have been performed for the Air Force in the past five years.

Measure of Merit: The Prime Contractor shall provide three examples of work in each focus area completed within the past 5 years for the Air Force. Fifty-one percent of the work for each example project submitted under this element must have been completed in-house by the proposing Prime Contractor. Work descriptions provided on the Standard Form 330, Section F, must clearly list the Prime Contractor and all Subcontractors involved in completion of the example work.

A. Does the word “perform” mean “completed” in the past five years in this element?

Government Response: No.

B. Could this element be rated as acceptable if the Prime Contractors Subcontractor had completed some of the work examples?

Government Response: No.

C. Could this element be rated as acceptable if one or more of the projects presented were still in progress, but substantially completed?

Government Response: Yes.

2. Specialized Experience

Element a. The Prime Contractor shall have specialized experience in the four focus areas listed in the Master Statement of Work. This work shall have been performed for the Air Force in the past five years.

Measure of Merit: The Prime Contractor shall provide three examples of work in each focus area completed within the past 5 years for the Air Force. Fifty-one percent of the work for each example project submitted under this element must have been completed in-house by the proposing Prime Contractor. Work descriptions provided on the Standard Form 330, Section F, must clearly list the Prime Contractor and all Subcontractors involved in completion of the

Question

A. Does the government want 3 examples for each of the 4 focus areas, for a total of 12 examples?

Element c. The Prime Contractor’s Project Managers (PMs) shall have specialized experience working as PMs on Air Force projects of similar size and complexity as the four focus areas, listed in the Master Statement of Work in the past three years.

Measures of Merit: The Prime Contractor shall provide examples of work in two of the four focus areas and completed in the past three years, for each proposed Project Manager, using the

Standard Form 330 Section F format, that list the proposed PMs as the project manager for the

A. Could this element be rated as acceptable if one of the Prime Contractors and/or

Subcontractor’s Project Managers is proposed to support only one of the four focus areas, and that Project Manager’s resume only shows experience in that one of the four focus areas. (For example could a Subcontractor Design PM that is proposed to support

Design work on the contract, only illustrate design experience and receive an acceptable rating?)

Government Response: No.

B. Does the government want 2 examples (covering 2 of the 4 focus areas) where each of our proposed Project Managers are Project Managers for that example so that if we have proposed 3 Project Managers, we would provide a total of 6 examples, or can example cover two focus areas?

Government Response: Two Examples of work for each proposed Project Manager are required (covering two of the four focus areas). A single example of work will not be credited as two examples of work regardless of scope or complexity.

C. Will the government be willing to consider that the proposed PMs provide examples of work in two of the four focus areas and completed in the past five years for the

Department of Defense?

Government Response: No.

D. Can these examples be the same examples used for elements a and b, and can the

Contractor can make reference to these examples to satisfy this requirement?

Government Response: The same examples may be used for elements of a and b, however, Element “a” requires all work examples to be representative of the Prime

Contractor experience in the past 5 years; Element “b” requires all work to be representative of the Prime Contractor or Sub contractor experience in the past 3 years;

and Element “c” requires all work examples to be representative of the Prime

Contractor’s Project Managers experience over the past three years. Example projects may be used more than once provided all sub-elements of each element is fully met.

The contractor cannot make reference to examples previously submitted under different elements in lieu of providing the examples for each element.

E. Does the Gov’t mean Standard Form 330 Section E format, that list the proposed PMs as the project manager for the example work?

3. Capacity to accomplish the work

Element a. The Prime Contractor shall demonstrate that the proposed team of in-house and subcontracted personnel can accomplish multiple task orders simultaneously.

Measures of Merit: The Prime Contractor’s team (comprised of in-house and subcontracted team members) shall demonstrate the ability to accomplish up to five simultaneous task orders of similar size and complexity of the four focus areas. The Prime Contractor shall provide a team organizational chart listing each team member, their qualifications, and primary role in accomplishing each task order. The Prime Contractor shall provide an organizational chart for each of the five task orders to be completed simultaneously (each of the four focus areas must be included at least once). The ability to accomplish five simultaneous task orders will be demonstrated by showing that the Prime Contractor and subcontracted personnel equal or exceed

12 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) manpower positions.

Question

A. As noted in the Measure of Merit, the Prime Contractor shall provide a team organizational chart listing each team member, their qualifications, and primary role in accomplishing each task order. To be rated as acceptable in this element, would a complete single-page SF 330 resume be required for each individual named, or would a shorter summary table be acceptable?

Government Response: A single-page SF 330 resume is required for each proposed team member.

4. Past performance

Element a. The Prime Contractor and subcontractors shall have adequate satisfactory past performance within the past three years on Government contracts for programming, A-E services and environmental planning that demonstrates the ability to perform the proposed work as identified within the SOW.

Measures of Merit: The Prime Contractor shall explain what aspects of each contract are deemed relevant to the complexity and magnitude of the requirements within the SOW. The Prime

Contractor shall report the number of “Exceptional”, “Very Good”, “Satisfactory”, “Marginal”, and “Unsatisfactory” final CPARS or ACASS ratings received over the past three years. Past performance shall be within the last three years, relevant and have an average rating of at least

Satisfactory to obtain an acceptable rating in this evaluation element.

A. To be rated as acceptable in this element, this element notes that projects should have been completed in the last three years. However, element 2.0 A earlier in the solicitation allows the use of projects that have been completed in the last five years. Could you please clarify if the table should include only the projects completed in the last three years or the projects listed in the last five years?

Government Response: Work completed in the past three years shall be required for this element.

B. To be rated as acceptable in this element, is there a minimum or maximum number of resumes to be shown on the organizational chart and would a complete single-page

SF 330 resume be required for each key individual named, or would a shorter summary table be acceptable?

Government Response: See the measures of merit.

C. To be rated as acceptable in this element, is a complete single-page SF 330 resumes required for the other key professional personnel that will need to be required to support the focus tasks on this contract? (i.e. biologists, economists, socio-economists, and wetlands, air quality, GIS, cultural/historic/archaeological, noise and other environmental specialists for the EIAP focus area; civil, electrical, mechanical, cost, and petroleum engineers along with GIS specialists for the Title 1 focus area;

and AICP Planners along with GIS specialists for the Planning focus areas)

Government Response: See the measures of merit.

D. To be rated as acceptable in this element, are there minimum requirements for these other key personnel that are required to demonstrate competency in the four focus area?

Government Response: See the measures of merit.

E. May we use a single IDIQ contract with multiple task orders as examples?

Government Response: You may use a single task order awarded as part of a larger

IDIQ contract as an example of work. Each task order represents a single example of work. You may submit more than one task order from the same IDIQ as separate examples of work.

5. Location

Element a. The Prime Contractor or proposed subcontractors supporting environmental (EIAP) and Title 1 Services, shall have an office near either Hurlburt Field, FL, or Cannon AFB, NM.

Measures of Merit: The Prime Contractor’s environmental (EIAP) and Title 1 Services, subcontractors shall have an office within 125 miles of either Hurlburt Field, FL or Cannon

AFB, NM. If no subcontractors are proposed as part of the Prime Contractor’s team, the Prime contractor must have an office within 125 miles of Hurlburt Field, FL and Cannon AFB, NM. An office (prime contractor and/or subcontractor) must be located within 125 miles of each installation to obtain an acceptable rating in this evaluation element.

A. Could you please clarify that a Prime Contractor (with a Subcontractor(s) on their team) must have an office located within 125 miles of both installations to obtain an acceptable rating on this criteria?

Government Response: This Element only requires the Prime Contractor or their

Subcontractor(s) providing Title 1 and environmental services have an office within

125 miles of either Hurlburt Field or Cannon AFB (“either” is defined as one or the other).

B. To obtain an acceptable rating in this category, does the Prime Contractor Team have to have Program Managers that can lead both EIAP and Title 1 services within 125 miles of both installation?

Government Response: No.

Item 5.0 Submission Requirements

Paragraph 2. SF-330 package submissions will be received until 1300 (1:00 pm) Central Time, 2

March 2017. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform the work described above must submit four (4) electronic copies, each copy submitted on a separate compact disk (CD) or digital video disk (DVD), of their SF-330 package, Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Each branch office that will have a key role in the proposed contract must also submit a copy of the SF 330 Part II.

Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 330, Part II, for each proposed subcontractor.

A. Could you please clarify if there is a page limit on the number of pages that can be included in each SF-330 Adobe Acrobat PDF?

Government Response: No page limit.

B. Could you please clarify if there is a minimum font size that may be used in the SF-

330 Adobe Acrobat PDF?

Government Response: No minimum font size.

C. If there is a page limit, do the SF 330, Part II forms count in the page count?

Government Response: No page limit.