Final Solicitation 36C25624R0004 598-22-126 Demo Farm.pdf

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER 2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION 3. DATE ISSUED PAGE OF PAGES

4. CONTRACT NUMBER 5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER 6. PROJECT NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

a. NAME b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Title, identifying number, date)

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

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

12b. CALENDAR DAYS

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) STANDARD FORM 1442

Prescribed by GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 52.236-1(d)

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

SOLICITATION SOLICITATION

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

9. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

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

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance within ____________ calendar days and complete it within ____________ calendar days after receiving award, notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory negotiable. (See _____________________________).

YES NO

a. Sealed offers in original and ___________________copies to perform the work required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by _____________ (hour) local time _____________________ (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time. Sealed envelopes containing offers shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, the date and time offers are due.

b. An offer guarantee is, is not required.

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

d. Offers providing less than _______________________ calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

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36C25624R0004

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11-15-2023

TBD 598-24-2-8871-0001

598-22-126

36C256

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Network Contracting Office 16 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock AR 72114

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Network Contracting Office 16 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock AR 72114

Renardo Hollowell 501-257-1338

Note: Any reference contained herein concerning "bid" or "bidder" means "offer" or "offeror".

This procurement is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) under Public Law (PL) 109-461. Offerors must be verified as a SDVOSB in the VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP at https://veterans.certify.

sba.gov). Offers received from contractors who are not SDVOSB verified in VetBiz will not be considered for award.

Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the System For Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal.

Project: 598-22-126 Demo Buildings 75, 158, 162, 176, T-166, T-167 The successful contractor will provide demolition, site abatement, site clearing, and return the area to an open green environment for project Area 75. Work will be performed at the Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, North Little Rock,AR.

SITE VISIT: Please see information in solicitation provision FAR 52.236-27 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) ALTERNATE I.

Forward all questions to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist NLT November 30, 2023 @ 2:00pm CST or as otherwise stated by amendment. All Q&As will be posted by amendment.

MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT: In accordance with FAR 36.204 and VAAR 836.204 DISCLOSURE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, the above described project falls between the following price range:

Between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000

NAICS CODE: 238910 SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $19.0M

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHERE WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED: North Little Rock, Arkansas

****NOTE****OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORMCONSTRUCTION SAFETY AS A PART OF THE OFFER PACKAGE

The Government does not compensate for proposal development and submission.

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14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR 15. TELEPHONE NUMBER

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

CODE FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified below in strict accordance with the terms of the solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in writing within __________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

AMOUNTS

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENT

NUMBER

DATE.

20a. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER 20b. SIGNATURE 20c. OFFER DATE

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT 23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM 25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 3304(a) ( )

26. ADMINISTERED BY 27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

PHONE: FAX:

28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT 29. AWARD Your Contractor agrees offer on this solicitation is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This to furnish and deliver all items or perform all work requirements identified award consummates the contract, which consists of (a) the Government on this form and any continuation sheets for the consideration stated in solicitation and your offer, and (b) this contract award. No further cont-this contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract ractual document is necessary.

shall be governed by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certifications, and specifications incorporated by reference in or attached to this contract.

30a. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31a. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

TO SIGN

30b. SIGNATURE 30c. DATE 31b. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31c. AWARD DATE

BY

OFFER

AWARD

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) BACK

(Include ZIP Code) (Include area code)

(Include only if different than Item 14.)

(Insert any number equal to or greater than the minimum requirement stated in Item 13d. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13d.)

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each)

(Type or print)

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

(Type or print) (Type or print)

(Contractor is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to issuing office.)

(Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

(Must be fully completed by offeror)

(To be completed by Government)

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

598-3640162-8871-854200-2580 23NR0PA08

36C256

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks Network Contracting Office 16 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock AR 72114

FSC e-Invoice Payment http://www.fsc.va.gov/fsc/einvoice.asp Invoice Setup Information 1-877-489-6135 invoice must be submitted electronically 1-877-489-6135

Renardo Hollowell

Table of Contents

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

A.1 SF 1442 SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

A.2 SF 1442 SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (CONSTRUCTION,

ALTERATION, OR REPAIR)– BACK

INFORMATION REGARDING BIDDING MATERIAL, BID GUARANTEE AND BONDS

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO BIDDERS/OFFERORS

2.1 52.215-5 FACSIMILE PROPOSALS (OCT 1997)

2.2 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

2.3 52.222-5 CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS—SECONDARY SITE

OF THE WORK (MAY 2014)

2.4 52.222-23 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTRUCTION (FEB 1999)

2.5 52.225-10 NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT—CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

2.6 52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996)

2.7 52.228-17 INDIVIDUAL SURETY—PLEDGE OF ASSETS (BID GUARANTEE)

(FEB 2021)

2.8 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

2.9 52.236-27 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) (FEB 1995) ALTERNATE I (FEB 1995)

2.10 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

(FEB 1998)

2.11 VAAR 852.219-73 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SET-ASIDE FOR CERTIFIED

SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (JAN 2023)

(DEVIATION)

2.12 VAAR 852.219-74 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SET-ASIDE FOR VERIFIED

VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (NOV 2022)

2.13 VAAR 852.228-72 ASSISTING SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED AND

VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN OBTAINING BONDS (DEC 2009)

2.14 VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (OCT 2018)

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

3.1 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAR 2023) .. 28

3.2 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021)

3.3 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

3.4 52.209-13 VIOLATION OF ARMS CONTROL TREATIES OR AGREEMENTS—

CERTIFICATION (NOV 2021)

GENERAL CONDITIONS

4.1 52.204-19 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS (DEC 2014)

4.2 52.204-23 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR HARDWARE, SOFTWARE,

AND SERVICES DEVELOPED OR PROVIDED BY KASPERSKY LAB AND OTHER

COVERED ENTITIES (NOV 2021)

4.3 52.209-9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING

RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

4.4 52.211-10 COMMENCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK

(APR 1984) ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

4.5 52.219-28 POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REREPRESENTATION

(MAR 2023)

4.6 52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (JUN 2020)

4.7 52.222-36 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (JUN

2020)

4.8 52.222-40 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL

LABOR RELATIONS ACT (DEC 2010)

4.9 52.225-9 BUY AMERICAN—CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (OCT 2022)

4.10 SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

4.11 VAAR 852.201-70 CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (DEC 2022)

4.12 VAAR 852.232-72 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (NOV

2018)

4.13 VAAR 852.236-72 PERFORMANCE OF WORK BY THE CONTRACTOR (APR

2019)

4.14 VAAR 852.236-79 CONTRACTOR PRODUCTION REPORT (APR 2019)

4.15 VAAR 852.236-80 SUBCONTRACTS AND WORK COORDINATION (APR 2019)

ALTERNATE I (APR 2019)

4.16 VAAR 852.242-70 GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

ADMINISTRATION (OCT 2020)

4.17 VAAR 852.242-71 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTING OFFICER (OCT 2020) .. 56

4.18 VAAR 852.243-70 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGES—SUPPLEMENT

(SEP 2019)

4.19 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS

Base Offer for CLIN 0001. This acquisition is for the Demo of Buildings 75, 158, 162, 175, T- 166, T-167 (Demo Farm) at the Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center (EJTHC) in North Little Rock. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical center’s operations unless otherwise noted. All work will be completed at the EJTHC campus.

The Government intends to award to the offeror whose proposal is determined to provide the "Best Value" to the Government based upon technical evaluations, Source Selection Evaluation Board consensus ratings, price evaluation, past performance evaluation, and overall evaluation by the Source Selection Authority using the evaluation criteria in the solicitation in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all offers if such action is in the Government's best interest.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE – 180 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE TO

PROCEED.

CLIN 0001: BASE OFFER ITEM - GENERAL CONSTRUCTION: The contractor must completely prepare site for building operations, including demolition, removal of existing structures, furnish labor and materials, and to perform the work to Demo Buildings 75, 158, 162, 175, 176, T-166 and T-167 (Demo Farm). The Contractor must furnish all labor, provide all necessary materials, tools, equipment, superintendence, transportation, and must do all that which is necessary to the satisfactory and timely performance in accordance with this scope of work. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical center’s operations unless otherwise noted. All work will be completed at the EJTHC located at 2200 Fort Roots Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72214.

CLIN 0001, Base Bid – General Construction: $______________________________ ** Offeror shall complete a price breakdown by Specification Divisions as shown below for CLIN 0001

CONTINUATION OF SF 1442 BLOCK # 17 CONTINUED

Project: Demo Buildings 75, 158, 162, 175, T-166, T-167 (Demo Farm) at Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas

Date:

MATERIAL LABOR EQUIPMEN

TOTAL

DIVISIO

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

EXISTING CONDITIONS

CONCRETE

MASONRY

METALS

WOOD, PLASTICS & COMPOSITES

THERMAL & MOISTURE PROTECTION

OPENINGS

FINISHES

SPECIALTIES

EQUIPMENT

FURNISHINGS

SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION

CONVEYING EQUIPMENT

FIRE SUPPRESSION

PLUMBING

HVAC

INTEGRATED AUTOMATION

ELECTRICAL

COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

EARTHWORK

EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS

UTILITIES

SUBTOTAL COST:

GENERAL LIABILITY / INSURANCE:

OVERHEAD & PROFIT:

BOND:

PROJECT TOTAL COST:

INFORMATION REGARDING BIDDING MATERIAL, BID GUARANTEE

AND BONDS

(a) All offer materials will be posted on https://www.sam.gov/ (System for Award Management).

No hard copies will be available.

(b) An offer Bid guarantee is required in an amount not less than 20 percent of the offer price but shall not exceed $3,000,000. Failure to furnish the required offer guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening of offers, will require rejection of the offer in all cases except those listed in FAR 28.101-4, and may be cause for rejection even then.

(c) The offeror to whom award is made will be required to furnish Performance Bond, SF 25, and Payment Bond, SF 25A, each in the penal sum of 100% of the award amount.

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO

BIDDERS/OFFERORS

GENERAL PROPOSAL INFORMATION

Project: 598-22-126 – Demo Buildings 75, 158, 162, 175, T-166, T-167 (Demo Farm) Issuing Office: NCO 16

Location of Project: Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, North Little Rock, AR Point of Contact: Renardo Hollowell, Contracting Officer, NCO 16 E-mail: Renardo.Hollowell@va.gov Point of Contact: Julius Jones, Contract Specialist, NCO 16 E-mail: Julius.Jones@va.gov Point of Contact: JerKendra Holloway, Contract Specialist-Contractor, NCO 16 E-mail: Jerkendra.holloway@va.gov

a. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Verification: This action is a 100% set aside for verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The award of this solicitation shall not be delayed due to loss of SDVOSB verification. Proposals submitted by non-verified SDVOSB shall be excluded from award consideration. Offerors must be registered and verified as a SDVOSB in the VetBiz.gov Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at http://www.vetbiz.gov/. Offerors received from contractors who are not verified as a SDVOSB in VetBiz at the time of offer submission and at the time of contract award will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered for award.

b. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): SAM has replaced the Central

Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting their bid. Completion of Representations and Certifications shall consist of completing annual representations and certifications electronically via SAM. It is not necessary to complete and return as a part of the offer package FAR 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications, contained in this solicitation unless offeror identifies changes in FAR 52.204-8(d).

c. VETS-4212: Title 38, USC Section 4212(d) and Public Law 105-339, requires that federal contractors report, at least annually, the number and category of veterans who are within their workforce. This VETS-4212 report can be submitted per the instructions at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212. For assistance contact VETS-4212 customer support at 1-866-237-0275 or vets4212-customersupport@dolncc.dol.gov. For procurement awards in excess of $150,000, this report must be completed and accepted prior to any Federal contract award. Therefore, all potential contractors are encouraged to file every year.

d. Past Safety Record: VHA DIRECTIVE 2011-036 SAFETY AND HEALTH DURING CONSTRUCTION requires that Contracting Officers evaluate and mailto:Julius.Jones@va.gov https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212 mailto:vets4212-customersupport@dolncc.dol.gov mailto:vets4212-customersupport@dolncc.dol.gov consider past safety records of prospective contractors in awarding contracts.

OFFERORS SHALL SUBMIT CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORM

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AS A PART OF THE OFFER PACKAGE.

All offerors shall submit information pertaining to their past Safety and Environmental record using attached Contractor Evaluation Form. The information must show that the offeror has no more than three (3) serious, or one

(1) repeat or one (1) willful OSHA violation(s) in the past three years. If those totals are exceeded, the offeror shall attach an explain why and submit as much information as possible regarding the circumstances of its past safety and environmental record, including the number of EPA violations and/or the number of serious, repeat, and/or willful OSHA violations, along with a detailed description of those violations.

All offerors shall submit information regarding their current Experience Modification Rate (EMR). This information shall be obtained from the offeror’s insurance carrier and be furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead. If an offeror’s EMR is above 1.0, offeror must attach a written explanation of the EMR from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead, describing the reasons for the EMR, and the anticipated date the EMR may be reduced to 1.0 or below.

Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide their EMR rating on insurance letterhead must obtain a rating from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) by completing/submitting form ERM-6 and providing the rating on letterhead from NCCI. Note: Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide EMR rating on insurance letterhead from the states or territories of CA, DE, MI, NJ, ND, OH, PA, WA, WY, and PR shall obtain their EMR rating from their state run worker’s compensation insurance rating bureau.

If the NCCI cannot issue an EMR because the offeror lacks insurance history, offeror shall submit a letter indicating so from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead, and include a letter from the NCCI indicating that is has assigned offeror a Unity Rating of 1.0.

This requirement is applicable to all subcontracting tiers, and prospective prime contractors are responsible for determining the responsibility of their prospective subcontractors

The above information, along with other information obtained from Government systems, such as the OSHA and EPA online inspection history databases, will be used to make an initial Determination of Responsibility.

OFFERORS WHO FAIL TO SUBMIT CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORM AND

THE ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION AS A PART OF THEIR

PROPOSAL PACKAGE WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM AWARD

CONSIDERATION IF AWARD IS MADE WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS.

e. Site Visit: An organized site visit is scheduled as shown in clause 52.236-27.

Attendance at the site visit is not mandatory, but highly suggested for proper proposal preparation. Information provided at the site visit shall not alter the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications. Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing. Wearing boots are highly recommended for this site visit;

expect burs, uneven surfaces, and walking through tall grass. We will NOT be entering any of the buildings.

f. Requests for Information (RFIs): RFI’s are due no later than (NLT) November 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM CST or Time as amended and will not be accepted after this date. RFI’s should be submitted by email to Contract Specialist, Julius Jones at Julius.Jones@va.gov, Contract Specialist - Contractor, Jerkendra Holloway at jerkendra.holloway@va.gov and Contracting Officer, Renardo Hollowell at Renardo.hollowell@va.gov.

Responses will be provided by amendment to the solicitation in a question and answer format. Example: Subject Line of the RFI e-mail should be as follows: Company Name, RFI #1, 36C256-24-R-0004 and Project Title.

g. Proposal Due Date: Proposals are due NLT the date/time shown in Block 13a of Standard Form (SF) 1442. The Offerer’s proposal shall be submitted electronically to Contract Specialists at Julius.Jones@va.gov and Jerkendra.Holloway@va.gov and Contracting Officer at Renardo.Hollowell@va.gov. A hard copy of the bid bond shall be mailed to Renardo Hollowell at 2200 Fort Roots Drive, Bldg 41, Room 208, North Little Rock, AR 72114-1706. The Offerer’s proposal shall consist of two (2) volumes.

The Volumes are I – Past Performance, II – Price & Solicitation, Propose Offer, and requested documents.

h. Magnitude of Construction: Pursuant to VAAR 836.204 the magnitude of construction is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

i. North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code: The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 238910 Site Prep Contractors. The Small Business size standard is $19.0 Million.

j. Wage Determination (WD): The applicable Davis Bacon WD for this solicitation is incorporated as an attachment to this solicitation.

k. Period of Performance: The successful offeror shall begin performance within 10 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed and complete all work within the time specified in the award. All punch list items must be completed during the established period of performance.

mailto:Julius.Jones@va.gov mailto:jerkendra.holloway@va.gov mailto:Renardo.hollowell@va.gov mailto:Jerkendra.Holloway@va.gov

l. Funding: Award is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds. The Government does not compensate vendors for proposal development and submission.

m. Superintendence: The offeror shall provide, from their own staff, a competent

30 hour OSHA certified superintendent. This individual shall be 100% full time dedicated to supervision and assigned to this project while work is being performed on site. The offeror shall not divide or split up their superintendence duties among multiple projects at the same facility. Each project stands alone and requires a dedicated superintendent to be allocated and funded to that particular project.

n. Holidays: The following federal holidays are observed:

New Year's Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday President's Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

Any other holiday proclaimed by the President as a Federal Holiday.

When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as a legal holiday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed by U.S. Government agencies.

o. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS):

Upon completion of contract performance and annually if performance is longer than 365 days, the Contracting officer will evaluate contractor performance for use in future contract award decisions. The Contractor shall be provided an opportunity to comment on the contracting officer’s evaluation. If you wish to familiarize yourself with this system, you can find it at https://www.cpars.gov/.

The government retains the evaluations, contractor responses, and review comments, if any, as part of the contract file. The evaluations are available for Federal Agencies for support of future award decisions through CPARS.

The contractor must provide the contracting officer with the name and email address of the contractor CPARS POC. This is the person responsible for responding to these evaluations. This person will be granted access to CPARS during the award and assigned the system role of contractor representative (CR).

PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND EVALUATION INFORMATION

https://www.cpars.gov/

This part describes the precise mechanism for evaluating and selecting offers for this procurement for:

PROJECT NO. 598-22-126 – Demo Buildings 75, 158, 162, 175, T-166, T-167 (Demo Farm)

To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Proposals must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements. The Government reserves the right to make a final determination on a proposal’s acceptability/ unacceptability solely on the basis of the proposal submitted and to proceed without requesting additional information. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being removed from consideration for award.

Offerors must provide all requested information for each factor. Proposals must address each element of the factors as applicable to be considered responsive to this solicitation. Factor headings should be typed in bold text for identification. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure the submitted proposal is in the proper format and the provided information is clear and free of ambiguities.

Offeror’s proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price standpoint. Offerors are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in the proposal instructions. Communication conducted to resolve minor or clerical errors would not constitute discussions and the Contracting Officer reserves the right to award a contract without the opportunity for proposal revisions or discussions.

THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AWARD TO OTHER THAN THE

OFFEROR WITH THE LOWEST PRICED PROPOSAL OR HIGHEST RATED TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL.

Offers will be evaluated using the evaluation factors listed. It is the offeror's responsibility to ensure the completeness of the proposal. The SSEB may evaluate solely on the information provided in the initial proposal and will not assume that an offeror possesses any capability that is not specifically identified in the proposal.

a. The objective of the source selection is to select the offer that represents the best value to the Government. In order to select the offeror representing the best value, the Government will evaluate the offers by conducting a comparative assessment of all acceptable offers against source selection criteria in the solicitation. Benefits associated with additional costs will be identified and considered by trading off difference in capability and price. If one offeror has better capability and lower price, then that will be the better value. If one offeror has the better capability and the higher price, then the source selection authority (Contracting Officer) will decide when the difference in capability is worth the difference in price.

NOTE: Price will be evaluated but not ranked.

b. If the source selection authority considers the better capability to be worth the higher price, then the more capable higher-priced offeror will be the better value. If not, then the less capable, lower priced offer will be the better value. The source selection authority will continue to make capability and price trade-offs until he has decided which offeror represents the best value to the Government. Therefore, the source selection may result in the contract being awarded to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offer.

EVALUATION FACTORS

Relative Weight of Evaluation Factors: Evaluations: - Factor 1 (Past Performance) is more important than Factor 2 (Price). The following factors will be used to evaluate proposals submitted by the offerors:

Factor 1:

VOLUME I - PAST PERFORMANCE

The Past Performance evaluation will assess the relative risks associated with an Offerer's likelihood of success in fulfilling the solicitation's requirements as indicated by that Offerer's record of past performance. In this context, “Offerer” refers to the proposed prime SDVOSB. A single past performance rating will be based on the total package submitted by the offerer.

Recent Successful Past Performance: Offerers are required to provide their recent, substantially complete, successfully perform contracts that demonstrate construction renovation in an occupied hospital environment with multiple phases, similar in scope as Project 598-22- 126, as the prime contractor within the last five (5) years, from the date this solicitation was issued.

Provide a detailed summary of the most recent five (5) projects that include:

1.Owner Government Agency/Company which awarded contract and their contact information (Name, Title, Telephone Number, Email);

2.Contract Number;

3.Location (physical address) of project performance;

4.Project Name;

5.Project Description (Details of construction requirements, challenges, and solutions);

6.Project Cost and Cost Control Measures (original and final contract costs, contract mods, cost containment measures, value engineering, etc.);

7.Project Performance Period (Initial and actual, schedule impacts and efficiencies); and 8.Subcontractors (Name, Rolls, Responsibilities, Percent of work).

9.In addition, for each project submitted, Offeror’s shall provide a narrative that describes recent successful performance and demonstrates experience on a similar campus as VHCSO.

Information shall include details on complexity, magnitude, challenges, and degree of success.

Offeror is encouraged to include supporting documents such as photographs that support the narrative. The narrative should discuss items such as challenges with schedule, unforeseen site conditions, or other unusual factors, and provide details on how the offeror overcame those challenges.

The Government will conduct a performance risk assessment based on the quality, relevancy, and recency of the Offeror's past performance, as it relates to the probability of successful accomplishment of the required effort for project 598-22-126. Offerors are cautioned that the Government will review available past performance data available in the Contractors Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). The Government reserves the right to obtain past performance information from any available source and may contact customers other than those identified by the Offerer when evaluating past performance. Since the Government may not necessarily interview all the sources provided by the Offerers, it is incumbent upon the Offerers to explain the relevance of the data provided. Offerers are reminded that the burden of proving low performance risk rests with the Offerers.

The Government will review aspects of the offerers’ past performance experiences by the final costs, project schedule, and performance. Areas to be evaluated may include but are not limited to quality of Construction service, timeliness of performance or adherence to performance schedules, controlling project cost, and/or effectiveness in program management (to include use and control of subcontractors).

Per FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv), an Offerer without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the Offerer may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.

Factor 2:

VOLUME II – PRICE

Offerers shall provide a breakdown of their base bid line item on the price breakdown form provided as a solicitation attachment. Offerers shall provide pricing on each line item on the SF1442 continuation price sheet. The Government will evaluate price to determine whether proposals are fair and reasonable. (Note: In accordance with (IAW) FAR 28.101- 1, a bid-bond is required; therefore, a performance and payment bond is required.) The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes based on CLINS or any alternate deduct items as determined by the Government based on the availability of funding.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION RQUIREMENTS

a)The Offerer’s proposal shall be submitted electronically to the Contracting Officer at Renardo.Hollowell@va.gov and Contract Specialists at Julius.Jones@va.gov and Jerkendra.Holloway@va.gov. A hard copy of the bid bond shall be mailed to Renardo Hollowell at 2200 Fort Roots Drive, Bldg 41, Room 208, North Little Rock, AR 72114- 1706. The Offerer’s proposal shall consist of two (2) volumes. The Volumes are I – Past Performance, II – Price & Solicitation, Propose Offer, and requested documents.

PROPOSAL FILES

Offerer’s responses shall be submitted in accordance with the following instructions:

Format. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Each volume’s cover page shall include company name, date, and solicitation number only. Any other information included on the cover page will not be evaluated. All pages of Volume I shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and solicitation number in the header and/or footer. Proposal page limitations are applicable to this procurement. The Table below indicates the maximum page count for each volume of the Offeror’s proposal. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offerer’s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific Volume instructions below. Pages in violation of these mailto:Renardo.Hollowell@va.gov instructions, by exceeding the total page limit for a particular volume, will not be evaluated. The page count will be determined by counting the pages in the order they are assembled by the offerer, minus the cover page.

Offerer may only submit one (1) email copy of their proposal submission. Email size limitation is 15MB. Volumes I and II shall be included in the one single email permitted.

Each Volume shall be a single attachment. Your firm’s email shall only include two attachments and titled as such:

Company Name - Volume I Past Performance Company Name – Volume II Price - Solicitation - Offer - Award Documents

Content Requirements. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The Offerer shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerers are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. The page limits and font size requirements for each volume are shown in the Table below:

Volume Number Factor Page Limitations Font Size/Paper Size Volume I Past Performance 20 pages + Cover

Page (single sided) 12pt/8.5”x11”

Volume II Price, Solicitation, Amendments, Offer& Award Documents, Certifications & Representations

30 pages + Cover Page (single sided)

12pt/8.5”x11”

BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: The Government intends to award to the offeror whose proposal is determined to provide the "Best Value" to the Government based upon technical evaluations, past performance evaluation, and price evaluation using the evaluation criteria in the solicitation in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all offers if such action is in the Government's best interest.

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO

BIDDERS/OFFERORS

2.1 52.215-5 FACSIMILE PROPOSALS (OCT 1997)

(a) Definition. "Facsimile proposal," as used in this provision, means a proposal, revision or modification of a proposal, or withdrawal of a proposal that is transmitted to and received by the Government via facsimile machine.

(b) Offerors may submit facsimile proposals as responses to this solicitation. Facsimile proposals are subject to the same rules as paper proposals.

(c) The telephone number of receiving facsimile equipment is: .

(d) If any portion of a facsimile proposal received by the Contracting Officer is unreadable to the degree that conformance to the essential requirements of the solicitation cannot be ascertained from the document—

(1) The Contracting Officer immediately shall notify the offeror and permit the offeror to resubmit the proposal;

(2) The method and time for resubmission shall be prescribed by the Contracting Officer after consultation with the offeror; and

(3) The resubmission shall be considered as if it were received at the date and time of the original unreadable submission for the purpose of determining timeliness, provided the offeror complies with the time and format requirements for resubmission prescribed by the Contracting Officer.

(e) The Government reserves the right to make award solely on the facsimile proposal.

However, if requested to do so by the Contracting Officer, the apparently successful offeror promptly shall submit the complete original signed proposal.

(End of Provision)

2.2 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

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

(End of Provision)

2.3 52.222-5 CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS—

SECONDARY SITE OF THE WORK (MAY 2014)

(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, Construction Wage Rate Requirements, 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.

(End of Provision)

2.4 52.222-23 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO

ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTRUCTION

(FEB 1999)

(a) The offeror's attention is called to the Equal Opportunity clause and the Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction clause of this solicitation.

(b) The goals for minority and female participation, expressed in percentage terms for the Contractor's aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as follows:

Goals for minority participation for each trade

Goals for female participation for each trade

15.7 % 6.9 % These goals are applicable to all the Contractor's construction work performed in the covered area. If the Contractor performs construction work in a geographical area located outside of the covered area, the Contractor shall apply the goals established for the geographical area where the work is actually performed. Goals are published periodically in the Federal Register in notice form, and these notices may be obtained from any Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs office.

(c) The Contractor's compliance with Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4 shall be based on (1) its implementation of the Equal Opportunity clause, (2) specific affirmative action obligations required by the clause entitled "Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction," and (3) its efforts to meet the goals. The hours of minority and female employment and training must be substantially uniform throughout the length of the contract, and in each trade. The Contractor shall make a good faith effort to employ minorities and women evenly on each of its projects. The transfer of minority or female employees or trainees from Contractor to Contractor, or from project to project, for the sole purpose of meeting the Contractor's goals shall be a violation of the contract, Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4. Compliance with the goals will be measured against the total work hours performed.

(d) The Contractor shall provide written notification to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor, within 10 working days following award of any construction subcontract in excess of $10,000 at any tier for construction work under the contract resulting from this solicitation. The notification shall list the—

(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the subcontractor;

(2) Employer's identification number of the subcontractor;

(3) Estimated dollar amount of the subcontract;

(4) Estimated starting and completion dates of the subcontract; and

(5) Geographical area in which the subcontract is to be performed.

(e) As used in this Notice, and in any contract resulting from this solicitation, the "covered area" is

North Little Rock, AR

(End of Provision)

2.5 52.225-10 NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT—

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

(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—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 statute 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 statute 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 statute, 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 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.

(End of Provision)

2.6 52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996)

(a) Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening of bids, may be cause for rejection of the bid.

(b) The bidder shall furnish a bid guarantee in the form of a firm commitment, e.g., bid bond supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the Government, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury Department regulations, certain bonds or notes of the United States. The Contracting Officer will return bid guarantees, other than bid bonds—

(1) To unsuccessful bidders as soon as practicable after the opening of bids; and

(2) To the successful bidder upon execution of contractual documents and bonds (including any necessary coinsurance or reinsurance agreements), as required by the bid as accepted.

(c) The amount of the bid guarantee shall be no less than 20 percent of the bid price or NTE $5,000,000, whichever is less.

(d) If the successful bidder, upon acceptance of its bid by the Government within the period specified for acceptance, fails to execute all contractual documents or furnish executed bond(s) within 10 days after receipt of the forms by the bidder, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract for default.

(e) In the event the contract is terminated for default, the bidder is liable for any cost of acquiring the work that exceeds the amount of its bid, and the bid guarantee is available to offset the difference.

2.7 52.228-17 INDIVIDUAL SURETY—PLEDGE OF ASSETS (BID

GUARANTEE) (FEB 2021)

(a) Offerors shall obtain from each person acting as an individual surety on a bid guarantee—

(1) A pledge of assets that meets the eligibility, valuation, and security requirements described in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 28.203–1; and

(2) Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety.

(b) The Offeror shall include with its offer the information required at paragraph (a) of this provision within the timeframe specified in the provision at FAR 52.228–1, Bid Guarantee, or as otherwise established by the Contracting Officer.

(c) The Contracting Officer may release the security interest on the individual surety’s assets in support of a bid guarantee based upon evidence that the offer supported by the individual surety will not result in contract award.

(End of Provision)

2.8 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

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:

Hand-Carried Address:

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks Purchasing & Contracting (90C) 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock AR 72114 Mailing Address:

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks Purchasing & Contracting (90C) 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock AR 72114

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

2.9 52.236-27 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) (FEB 1995) ALTERNATE I

(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—

Monday, November 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM CST.

(c) Participants will meet at—

See Meeting Point on Attachment H – 598-22-126 Demo Farms Site Visit Map.

Please Note: Wearing boots are highly recommended for this site visit; expect burs, uneven surfaces, and walking through tall grass. We will NOT be entering any of the buildings.

(End of Provision)

2.10 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/browse/index/far https://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

2.11 VAAR 852.219-73 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SET-ASIDE FOR CERTIFIED

SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (JAN 2023)

(DEVIATION)

(a) Definition. for the Department of Veterans Affairs, ‘‘Service-disabled Veteran-owned small business concern or SDVOSB’’:

(1) Means a small business concern—

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled Veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled Veterans or eligible surviving spouses (see VAAR 802.201, Surviving Spouse definition);

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled Veterans (or eligible surviving spouses) or, in the case of a service-disabled Veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such Veteran;

(iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American…