Amendment_0001__29Jan15.pdf

GS-07P-15-HH-D-0002

Amendment 0001

SF30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

Amendment 0001 is issued to:

1. Provide notice of update to the Solicitation, page 5 of 26:

Section II.A.(4) is amended to read “Other Documents as Required (GSA527, Bonding Letter, and Joint Venture documentation if required).”

2. Provide notice of update to the Solicitation, page 9 of 26:

Section II.E.(3) is added to read “(3) Bonding Letter. Offerors must submit a letter from their bonding company which shows the maximum amount the firm can be bonded per project, and the firm’s maximum aggregate bonding capability.”

3. Provide notice of update to the Solicitation, page 9 of 26:

Section II.E.(4) is added to read “(4) Joint Venture Documentation. Offerors submitting a proposal as a Joint Venture must submit the documentation required in section II.F., below.”

4. Provide minutes and list of attendees for the Pre-proposal Conference held on January 23, 2015.

5. Provide questions (and their answers) received since the solicitation was issued through January 28, 2015.

6. The deadline for written questions remains unchanged: February 10, 2015.

7. The deadline for proposals remains unchanged: 2:00 p.m. Central Time, February 24, 2015.

8. Offerors are to acknowledge this and all amendments in Block 19 of the Standard form 1442, which is to be submitted in the Price Proposal.

(End of Summary of Changes)

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE AGENDA

Multiple Award IDIQ Construction & Repair/Alterations and Design-Build Services (up to $5,000,000 per task order), HUBZone Set-Aside

GSA, PBS, Greater Southwest Region 7

Solicitation GS-07P-15-HH-D-0002 Friday – January 23, 2015, 1:00 PM CT

Minutes of the meeting are in red text beside the corresponding agenda item.

1. Greetings and Introductions:

(Lee Ann White, GSA PBS Contract Specialist) The purpose of this meeting is to go over some key points in the Solicitation and the Agreement, to clarify questions you may have so far. However, it is your responsibility to read all solicitation documents thoroughly, and send any remaining questions to me in writing.

This solicitation is for a multiple award indefinite quantity indefinite delivery (IDIQ) contract for general construction, repair and alterations with design-build services to support all five states within Region 7: Arkansas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Each contract will be for a period of five years, with no options. All task orders will be competed among all the IDIQ contract awardees. (Ms. White covered the four topics below.)

A. No oral statements made shall change the solicitation – all changes will be documented in a written amendment posted to FedBizOpps (FBO.gov).

B. Sign in

1) In-person attendees must sign the sign-in sheet. (See the end of this document for copies of the sign-in sheets.)

2) Other attendees must email their contact information (name, organization, phone number, solicitation number, and email) to LeeAnn.White@gsa.gov.

(See the end of this document for a list of on-line participants.)

C. Minutes and questions & answers will be issued in an amendment to the solicitation.

(See the end of this document for a list of questions and answers associated with the first solicitation amendment.)

D. Submit all questions in writing to the Contract Specialist, Lee Ann White, at

LeeAnn.White@gsa.gov no later than February 10, 2015.

2. Solicitation and Proposal

(Ms. White reviewed the topics in this section by covering the highlighted portions of the solicitation/agreement excerpts included at the end of this document.)

A. Description of services to be provided (Agreement, I.A.)

B. Minimum Guarantee (Agreement, I.C.)

C. Minimum and Maximum order limitations (Agreement, I.C.)

D. List of documents included with solicitation (Solicitation, I.B.)

E. Technical Proposal / non-price Evaluation Factors (Solicitation, II.D.)

F. Method of Award (Solicitation, VI.)

G. Proposal Contents (Solicitation, II.A., II.E., and II.F.)

H. Proposal Format (Solicitation, II.B.)

I. Period of Performance and deadlines for questions / proposals (cover page)

J. Submission method (Solicitation, I.F.)

K. Initial for amendments (Block 19 of SF 1442, pg. 2)

3. Tips for preparing a proposal

(Ms. White covered the four topics below.)

A. Read the entire solicitation, agreement, and amendments.

B. Do not hesitate to ask questions.

C. Ensure your proposal contains all items requested in the solicitation, in the order requested, and fully addresses the submittal requirements for each evaluation factor.

D. Never assume we know about your company or your performance.

(Proposals will be evaluated based upon requirements listed in the three evaluation factors.

Your rating could be higher if you exceed the minimum standard required. A deficiency occurs when your proposal does not include a stated minimum requirement in a material way.)

4. Contract Execution

(Ms. White reviewed the topics in this section by covering the highlighted portions of the solicitation/agreement excerpts included at the end of this document.)

A. Security Requirements (Solicitation, III.J.)

B. Task Order Procedures (Agreement, III.N.)

(Ms. White introduced the GSA personnel in attendance, then went around the room for other participants to introduce themselves, including those attending on-line.)

5. Questions & Answers.

A. Previously submitted questions (Questions submitted prior to this meeting are included with this document, along with their answers. Zach Rich, the Contracting Officer, went over the previously submitted questions, and addressed questions during the meeting.)

B. New questions (Questions submitted after this meeting, and through January 28, 2015, are included with this document, along with their answers.)

A. Description of services to be provided (Agreement, I.A.)

(Ms. White reviewed the topics below by covering the highlighted portions of these solicitation/agreement excerpts. However, offerors are responsible for reading the entire solicitation and agreement.)

I.A. Contract Summary

This is a Multiple Award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), contract for Construction and Design-Build Construction Services to support the Region 7 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) requirements for the General Services Administration (GSA). Construction and Design-Build services consist of interior and exterior building construction, and repair and alterations, including but not limited to electrical, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, mechanical, architectural, landscaping, storm drainage, exterior renovations, construction or demolition services, earthwork, pavement repair, and other miscellaneous civil work.

The term of the contracts will be for five (5) years, with no option years. The contracts will not include pre-negotiated line item pricing. Rather, each project will be competed among the awardees of the IDIQ contract using criteria established by the ordering office (price alone, or a combination of price and technical factors).

B. Minimum Guarantee (Agreement, I.C.)

(4) Minimum Guarantee. The Government makes no representation as to the number of Task Orders or actual amount of work to be ordered; however, there is a minimum of $1,000.00 guaranteed to each awardee over the duration of the Contract. Contractors are not guaranteed work in excess of the minimum guarantee.

C. Minimum and Maximum order limitations (Agreement, I.C.)

(3) Task Order Limitations. Task orders are anticipated to range in value between $2,000.00 and $5,000,000.00; however contractors are not obligated to accept task orders below $2,000.00 under the general terms of the Contract.

(5) Maximum Limitation. The aggregate value of $200,000,000.00 will be shared by all awardees and serve as the maximum value (not to exceed amount) for the entire multiple award contract group. If this is a multiple award, the aggregate value will be shared by all awardees.

D. List of documents included with solicitation (Solicitation, I.B.)

I.B. List of Solicitation Documents The Solicitation Documents are comprised of:

(1) The Solicitation

(2) Offeror Representations and Certifications Form (C301)

(3) Standard Form (SF) 1442 – Solicitation Offer and Award

(4) The Agreement and Attachments to the Agreement

(5) GSA Form 527 - Contractor’s Qualification and Financial Information

E. Technical Proposal / non-price Evaluation Factors (Solicitation, II.D.)

II.D. Technical Proposal

The Technical Proposal shall include the information requested below for the non-price factors, and have no more than 100 pages in total. These factors are listed in order of importance.

(Ms. White encouraged offerors to carefully note the requirements of all three evaluation factors, and to use the following sections as “checklists”, to ensure that their proposals meet each of these requirements, especially when a numbered list is shown. GSA personnel will be evaluating proposals based upon these criteria as stated.)

(1) Experience and Past Performance

This factor considers each Offeror’s previous experience and past performance successfully delivering design-build and construction/repair/alteration projects within the last 8 years from the closing date of this solicitation.

Offerors must submit at least five (5) but no more than eight (8) project/program data sheets. At least three (3) of the projects/programs must have been design-build, and all projects/programs must have been for facilities and/or infrastructure projects. Each project/program data sheet must be four (4) pages or less and must meet the requirements listed below.

A previous design-build project/program is only applicable for submittal and consideration if it meets all four criteria listed below:

1. The prime contractor had contractual obligations for both design and construction.

2. The project or program was completed or has reached “substantial completion”

(as defined in GSAR 552.207-4(l)) within the last 8 years.

3. The project had a base contract value of at least $150,000.00.

4. The prime contractor or its joint venture team partner must have performed the management and supervision for the majority of the tasks for the project.

At least two (2) of the project/program data sheets should include at least one of the following characteristics:

1. Technology projects/programs including the design, specification, installation, configuration, implementation and start-up of HVAC systems, telecommunications systems, lighting and BAS systems and other mechanical/electrical systems in secure government installations.

2. Involving multiple projects/programs at geographically dispersed locations.

Submittal Requirement:

Offerors must submit at least five (5) but no more than eight (8) project/program data sheets. At least three (3) of the projects/programs must have been design-build, and all projects/programs must have been for facilities and/or infrastructure projects. Each project/program data sheet must be four (4) pages or less. Each project/program data sheet should also include the following information:

1. Project title

2. Contract number

3. Contact information for the owner’s representative who is familiar with the project and the

Offeror’s performance. Provide the current name, phone number and email address.

4. Project description

5. Design firm name, if different from the prime contractor

6. Project size quantifiers. Examples include square footages, number of buildings, acres, lineal feet of pipe/cable, etc.

7. Base contract dollar value

8. Original / scheduled completion date

9. Actual completion date after all changes (and explanation of deviance from schedule)

10. Name of design-phase/construction-phase project manager

11. Amount of liquidated damages assessed, if any

Additional references may be contacted. Evaluators may consider performance on contracts which are not submitted by the Offeror if they have knowledge of contracts not listed or if contracts not listed are discovered during interviews.

The Government may use data obtained from other sources such as Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS); Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS);

and Excluded Parties List system (EPLS) that it considers current, accurate and relevant.

Failure of the Offeror to provide accurate contact information for the references given for any of the factors will negate the reference. GSA is not required to search for current/correct contact information including phone numbers or email addresses.

(2) Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Abilities of the Key Personnel

This factor considers the unique quality provided by the combination of qualifications, experience, skills and abilities of the proposed key members of the offeror’s team. The Source Selection Board will be looking for each member of the offeror’s team having the required qualifications for their position, number of years of experience in relevant field depending on the position held, and proof that they have the skills and abilities to effectively and successfully fulfill their responsibilities for the project.

Each Offeror must submit resumes demonstrating compliance with the requirements below for at least the following personnel:

1. Principal – A Vice President or similar senior staff member of the prime contractor with at least the following qualifications:

A person with the required construction experience (at least 10 years) and authority to command all resources necessary for delivery under this contract

2. Project Managers – provide resumes for at least two (2) project managers that will be assigned to manage task orders awarded under this contract.

3. Design staff – provide resumes for at least four (4) key personnel from either the prime contractor’s in-house design staff and/or from the subcontracted design resources firm(s) that will be the subcontractor(s) to the prime contractor for this contract. Include personnel from all key design disciplines expected to be required for the typical task orders awarded under this contract: architectural; civil; mechanical; electrical. All design staff members must have at least 4 years of experience. Design staff must have the following qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in architecture or engineering from an accredited university Professional license in at least one state in Region 7 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)

4. On-site superintendents - provide resumes for at least two (2) project superintendants that will be assigned to manage task orders awarded under this contract. These superintendents must have full-time on-site experience and will be expected to be deployed to the project locations for task orders awarded under this contract.

All superintendents must have at least 4 years of experience on construction projects

5. Quality Assurance / Quality Control Director – provide a resume for the person who will be responsible for implementing and managing the QA/QC efforts for all awarded task orders. The Quality Assurance/Quality Control Director shall not be the same person as the on-site superintendent or project manager. Offerors may also provide resumes for other key members of the QA/QC staff.

The QA/QC Director must have at least 4 years of experience on construction projects

6. Safety Director - provide a resume for the person who will be singularly responsible for implementing and managing the safety efforts for all awarded task orders. The Safety Director shall not be the same person as the on-site superintendent or project manager.

Offerors may also provide resumes for other key members of the safety staff.

The Safety Director must have at least 4 years of experience in managing safety efforts for construction projects

Submittal Requirements:

Offerors must submit resumes, two pages maximum for each team member. Each resume must list the periods of time/number of months that each team member worked for each employer and or project – previous and current. Each resume must include the contact information (supervisor name and telephone number) for each employer worked for.

Resumes must also include the following items:

1. A brief summary statement for each resume describing how each person is uniquely qualified to perform in their proposed position for task orders under this contract

2. College degrees and majors, if any, including graduation month/year

3. Certifications and/or credentials specific to current position/responsibilities

4. Licensure, if any and states licenses held

5. Tenure, i.e. number of months worked for current and each previous employer/major project.

6. Individuals authority to commit contractor and restrictions, if any

(3) Management Plan

This factor is comprised of the offeror's management capability and ability for planning, organizing and controlling the execution of construction, design build, and repair and alteration projects simultaneously, including scheduling work, coordination of subcontractors, designers, trades and suppliers, minimization of delays and compliance with tenants’ needs. It includes: the coordination to ensure compliance with contract requirements; a safety plan, technique for dealing with issues, problems, questions, emergencies and other areas of concern.

Submittal Requirements:

The offeror shall submit:

1. Plan for organizing and controlling multiple projects at geographically dispersed locations

2. Plan to manage sub-contractors

3. Safety and Health Plan

4. Sustainability and Waste Management Plan

5. Quality Control Plan

6. Organizational Chart

7. Schedule Management Plan

8. List of key subcontractors; length of partnership with those subcontractors; what role each subcontractor has had in the past; and what role a subcontractor is expected to fill under this contract

(Again, please pay particular attention to submittal requirement numbered lists, and ensure your proposal includes all required information in the three evaluation factors listed above, and in the solicitation.)

F. Method of Award (Solicitation, VI.)

VI.A. Evaluation of Offers

(1) The Government will award contracts resulting from this Solicitation to the responsible Offerors whose offer conforming to the Solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, Price and other factors considered. In addition to the Price, the three non-price factors shall be used to evaluate offers. Factor 1: Experience and past performance is the most important factor. Factor 2:

Qualifications, experience, skills and abilities of key personnel is less important than factor 1. Factor 3:

The management plan is less important than factor 2.

(2) Non-Price Factors, when combined, are significantly more important than Price.

(Proposals will be evaluated heavily on technical factor, although we will be using trade-off evaluation.)

(3) Tradeoff Information: The approach to source selection for this procurement will be pursuant to the best value tradeoff concept as identified in FAR Part 15.101-1 and FAR Part 15.3. It is the Government’s intention to award a contract to the Offeror whose proposal conforms to the RFP requirements and is considered to be most advantageous to the Government, price and technical factors considered.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award contracts without discussions with Offerors (other than exchanges conducted for the purpose of minor clarifications). However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint.

VI.B. Determination of Responsibility In order to be considered responsible, an Offeror must demonstrate that it meets the requirements of FAR 9.104-1. The Contracting Officer's determination of an Offeror's responsibility or non-responsibility may be based upon any information obtained by the Contracting Officer, and is independent of the evaluation of offers set forth herein.

VI.C. Price Reasonableness The proposed prices will be evaluated for reasonableness. Price reasonableness determines whether an Offeror’s price is too high. Analysis of price proposals will be performed using one or more of the techniques defined in FAR 15.404 in order to determine price reasonableness. Normally, price reasonableness is established through adequate price competition, but may also be determined through price analysis techniques as described in FAR 15.404-1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this solicitation and for the avoidance of doubt, the Government will not perform a price realism analysis of the Offeror’s proposal.

VI.D. Unbalanced Prices Offers must include balanced prices. Unbalanced pricing may increase performance risk and could result in payment of unreasonably high prices. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items is significantly over or understated as indicated by the application of price analysis techniques. All offers with separately priced line items or subline items shall be analyzed to determine if the prices are unbalanced. If price analysis techniques indicate that an offer is unbalanced, the contracting officer shall: (i) Consider the risks to the Government associated with the unbalanced pricing in determining the competitive range and in making the source selection decision; and (ii) Consider whether award of the contract will result in paying unreasonably high prices for contract performance. An offer may be rejected if the contracting officer determines that the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

VI.E. Total Evaluated Price The Government will evaluate the prices indicated in the Price Proposal, using price analysis to determine whether it is reasonable. The price proposals will not be assigned a numerical weight, point score, or adjectival rating. Each of the hourly rates provided in Table 1 (in the Agreement) will be weighted equally and evaluated individually. For purposes of price evaluation, the price for an extension of services accomplished through bilateral modification will be evaluated as part of the contract price. The rates for the extended period will be the same as the contract period immediately preceding the extension (i.e. the Fifth 12-month period as shown in Table 1 of the Agreement).

VI.F. Non-Price Factors See section II.D of the Solicitation for information on non-price factors.

VI.G. Evaluation of Joint Venture Offerors In the evaluation of responsibility and non-price factors, information submitted for a party to the joint venture will only be evaluated to the extent that the terms of the joint venture agreement do not limit such party's performance or financial obligations as a party to the Contract contemplated by this Solicitation.

G. Proposal Contents (Solicitation, II.A., II.E., and II.F.)

II.A. Proposal Contents Proposals shall consist of the following documents, completed and executed in accordance with this Solicitation:

(1) Price Proposal

(2) Technical Proposal

(3) Representations and Certifications (C301)

(4) Other Documents as Required (GSA527, Bonding Letter, and Joint Venture documentation if required)

Ensure you are enrolled in the System for Award Management before February 24th, when proposals are due.

II.E. Other Information to Submit with Proposal

(1) Representations and Certifications Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation shall complete electronic Annual Representations and Certifications in conjunction with required Entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), accessed via https://www.sam.gov. Offerors shall also submit with their proposal the Annual Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.204-8) using the attached Offeror’s Representations and Certifications (C301).

(2) Qualifications of Offerors Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation shall submit with their proposal evidence of their financial responsibility and capacity to perform the Contract. Offerors shall submit this information on GSA Form 527 – Contractor’s Qualifications and Financial Information. Where applicable, points of contact, including names and telephone numbers, are required for all contracts listed.

II.F. Requirements for Joint Venture Offerors

(1) All offers submitted by joint ventures must include a copy of an executed joint venture agreement

(with original signatures) which fully discloses the legal identity of each member of the joint venture, the relationship between the members, the form of ownership of each member, and any limitations on liability or authority for each member.

(2) An authorized representative of each member of the joint venture must sign the SF1442 accompanying an offer regardless of any agency relationship established between the members.

(3) In the case of corporations that are joint venture members, the corporation secretary must certify that the corporation is authorized to participate in the joint venture, either by so certifying in the joint venture agreement, or by submitting a separate certification to the Government. The joint venture must also provide a certificate that identifies a principal representative of the joint venture with full authority to bind the joint venture.

(4) Representations and certifications, financial information, and past performance information must be submitted for each member of the joint venture.

(Offerors are encouraged to read and understand these four additional requirements if they will be proposing as a Joint Venture. The additional documents listed here will be required to be submitted with Joint Venture proposals, along with the other documents listed in section II.A. above.)

H. Proposal Format (Solicitation, II.B.)

II.B. Proposal Format Offerors responding to the solicitation notice shall submit proposals in three (3) separate electronic folders/documents.

(1) Price Proposal (10 page limit), see section II.C

(2) Technical Proposal (100 page limit), see section II.D

(3) Other Documents as Required, see section II.E (which will include the Bonding Letter and any

Joint Venture documentation required)

Only one Technical and Pricing Proposal may be submitted by each Offeror. Proposals will only be accepted in electronic format, either via email, or by submitting a fully loaded and accessible flash/USB drive. No disc, hard copy, or fax proposals will be accepted.

I. Period of Performance and deadlines for questions / proposals (cover page)

SOLICITATION: GS-07P-15-HH-D-0002

QUESTIONS: The final submission date for questions is February 10, 2015.

Questions must be sent via email to Lee Ann White at leeann.white@gsa.gov. (Questions should be submitted in writing; and the questions and answers will be posted as amendments to fbo.gov)

OFFER RECEIPT

DATE/TIME:

February 24, 2015, 2:00 PM, Central Time

J. Submission method (Solicitation, I.F.)

I.F. Receipt of Offers

(1) Questions regarding the Solicitation must be submitted in writing via email to leeann.white@gsa.gov no later than February 10, 2015.

In order to be considered for award, electronic offers conforming to the requirements of the Solicitation must be received at the following email address or office no later than 2:00 p.m. Central Time on the following date and at the following address:

Date: February 24, 2015 Address:

Email:

819 Taylor St. 12th floor / Fort Worth, TX 76102 leeann.white@gsa.gov

(2) Electronic offers sent via email shall be deemed received as of the date and time the email is in the Inbox of the recipient. GSA bears no responsibility for the successful receipt of such emails and the contractor is encouraged to submit these offers early with a read receipt to confirm receipt prior to the due date. Attachments cannot exceed 25 MB in size. Attachments may be submitted in more than one e-mail if necessary.

(3) Electronic offers (USB drive) sent by commercial package delivery and hand delivery shall be deemed received as of the date and time of delivery to the office designated for receipt of offers. (Flash drives can also be mailed or shipped to the office noted above.)

(4) Electronic offers (USB drive) sent by United States Mail shall be deemed timely if delivered to the address of the government installation designated for receipt of offers on or before the date established for receipt of offers.

K. Initial for amendments (Block 19 of SF 1442, pg. 2)

(Offerors should initial page two of the SF1442 as shown in the example above, to verify receipt of all solicitation amendments. The initialed page 2 must be submitted as part of your price proposal.

Note: the dates and amendments shown immediately above are for illustrative purposes only.

Another part of your price proposal will be the excel spreadsheet listing your proposed pricing for the labor categories. Although the pricing spreadsheet shows only five twelve-month periods, the

Government reserves the right to extend the contract by six months if necessary (by bilateral modification), and those additional six months will retain the pricing from the fifth twelve-month period. These prices are unburdened, so do not add overhead and profit. These should include individual personnel burdens such as fringe benefits, vacation, SUTA/FUTA, etc.)

4A. Security Requirements (Solicitation, III.J.)

(The two sections below were covered quickly, although they will be covered in more detail with contract awardees after contract award. These sections are included in their entirety in the solicitation and agreement documents.)

III.J. Security Requirements for Region 7

(1) Offerors awarded contracts resulting from this solicitation will be expected to obtain and retain security clearances as per Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) for all personnel assigned to the contract who will be on site 6 months or longer, for the duration of the contract.

(2) Offerors awarded contracts resulting from this solicitation will be responsible for notifying the IDIQ contract Contracting Officer within one day of an employee with a NACI security clearance leaving the

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employment of the contractor. Clearance badges of such employees must be returned to the IDIQ Contracting Officer.

(3) Final payment may be withheld until all clearance badges are returned.

(Many of your key personnel will need to go through the security process to receive a badge allowing entry to GSA owned or leased properties.)

4B. Task Order Procedures (Agreement, III.N.)

III.N. Task Orders

(1) Fair Opportunity. In accordance with FAR 16.505(b), all awardees will be given the opportunity to compete for Task Orders as projects are identified over the life of their respective Contract.

(2) Task Order Participation. Awardees may elect not to compete on projects for which they have been afforded the opportunity. If a contractor does not respond with a competitive proposal on a reasonable number of Task Order requests, then (a) the Contractor waives its right to the minimum guarantee (b) the Contractor acknowledges that it may contribute negatively to the contract performance evaluation and (c) the Task Order Contracting Officer may determine that it is in the best interest of the Government to terminate the Contractor for convenience.

(Please be responsive to RFPs, even if you are unable to submit a proposal for a particular project at the time.)

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The Contractor shall be presumed to have established all prices for Task Orders with knowledge of general and local conditions that may affect the cost of Contract performance at the site where the Work is to be performed, to the extent that such information is reasonably obtainable.

Contractors are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed, and Tasks Orders will provide instructions on how and when visits can be conducted.

No oral statement made by a Government representative during any site visit or preproposal conference, nor any written record of such oral statements as may be made and subsequently furnished to the offeror, will be deemed to have the effect of adding to, modifying, or otherwise varying from the written provisions of the request for proposals (including, but not limited to specifications, drawings and written amendments to the solicitation). In the event the discussion or questions raised during the site visit or preproposal conference indicate a need to modify the request for proposals, an amendment to the solicitation will be issued in writing.

(7) Bid Guarantees. Bid Guarantees are required to be submitted with Task Order offers in accordance with FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee.

(8) Payment and Performance Bonds. Payment and performance bonds, if applicable, must be furnished as determined with each Task Order. Performance and payment bonds (if applicable) will be required upon award of all Task Orders, prior to issuance of the Notice To Proceed (NTP) for construction. As prescribed by FAR 28.102-2(b) and FAR 52.228-15, Performance and Payment Bonds – Construction, if a Task Order exceeds $150,000, the following bonds will be required:

(a) A Performance Bond with a penal amount of 100% of the original Task Order price. If the Task Order price increases, an additional amount equal to 100% of the increase may be required.

(b) A Payment Bond with an amount equal to 100% of the original Task Order price. If the Task Order price increases, an additional amount equal to 100% of the increase may be required. The amount of the Payment Bond must be no less than the amount of the Performance Bond.

As prescribed in FAR 28.204-3, an Irrevocable Letter of Credit is acceptable for all types of bonds, if all provisions of FAR 28.204-3 and FAR 52.228-14 are met. FAR 52.228-14 requires a specific format for the Irrevocable Letter of Credit and the letter from the Financial Institution confirming an Irrevocable Letter of Credit.

(9) Alternative Payment Protections. If a task order is between $30,000 - $150,000 payment protections in accordance to FAR 52.228-13, Alternative Payment Protections, may be required. This payment protection may be a Payment Bond, an Irrevocable Letter of Credit or other type of protection as authorized by FAR 28.102-1(b) and specified in the individual Task Order.

(10) Construction Wage Rate Requirements. Each Task Order will contain current construction wage rate requirements that apply to the geographical area in which the work is being completed. Refer to FAR 52.222-5, FAR 52.222-6, and 52.222-99, concerning Construction Wage Rate Requirements (formerly referred to as Davis Bacon Act requirements).

(Payrolls will be checked and labor interviews will be conducted to ensure that covered workers are paid at least the required wage rate.)

GSA Solicitation No. GS-07P-15-HH-D-0002 HUBZone Set-Aside Solicitation

Document: IDIQ-201 / Aug 2014 (The Solicitation) Pages 5 of 26 the instructions provided may result in an unfavorable proposal evaluation. Material contained in proposals that exceed the requisite page limit will be disregarded and not considered in the evaluation. The proposal shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation. The proposal should not simply rephrase or restate the government's requirements, but rather provide convincing, factually-based explanation on how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience. The government will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s proposal, and the government reserves the right to use any past performance information available to it. The offeror is reminded that the government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussions. Changes to the solicitation prior to the deadline for receipt of proposals will be executed via issuance of SF30.

The SF30 will be posted and available on http://www.fbo.gov under the announcement number of the solicitation. Offerors are encouraged to check the solicitation announcement regularly to verify issuance of amendments. Offerors shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment and provide confirmation upon submission of the offeror’s proposal on the SF1442. Any unacknowledged amendments in the offeror’s proposal will be considered a deficiency in the evaluation of the proposal.

II.A. Proposal Contents Proposals shall consist of the following documents, completed and executed in accordance with this Solicitation:

(1) Price Proposal

(2) Technical Proposal

(3) Representations and Certifications (C301)

(4) Other Documents as Required (GSA527, Bonding Letter, and Joint Venture documentation if applicable)

II.B. Proposal Format Offerors responding to the solicitation notice shall submit proposals in three (3) separate electronic folders/documents.

(1) Price Proposal (10 page limit), see section II.C

(2) Technical Proposal (100 page limit), see section II.D below

(3) Other Documents as Required, see section II.E below

Only one Technical and Pricing Proposal may be submitted by each Offeror. Proposals will only be accepted in electronic format, either via email, or by submitting a fully loaded and accessible flash/USB drive. No disc, hard copy, or fax proposals will be accepted.

II.C. Price Proposal

(1) Contents

The Price Proposal shall consist of the signed SF1442 including acknowledgement of all amendments (only pages 1 and 2), and Table 1 including hourly labor rates for the categories shown on the Table 1, see section II.B of the Agreement (“Negotiated Hourly Rates”). Submit pricing using Table 1, section II.B of the Agreement, and in excel format using the attached excel spreadsheet. Ensure the excel spreadsheet you submit with your pricing is not locked or read-only. Price proposal shall not be longer than 10 pages in total.

(2) Qualifications, Exclusions and Conditions

GSA Solicitation No. GS-07P-15-HH-D-0002 HUBZone Set-Aside Solicitation

Document: IDIQ-201 / Aug 2014 (The Solicitation) Pages 9 of 26

1. Plan for organizing and controlling multiple projects at geographically dispersed locations

2. Plan to manage sub-contractors

3. Safety and Health Plan

4. Sustainability and Waste Management Plan

5. Quality Control Plan

6. Organizational Chart

7. Schedule Management Plan

8. List of key subcontractors; length of partnership with those subcontractors; what role each subcontractor has had in the past; and what role a subcontractor is expected to fill under this contract

II.E. Other Information to Submit with Proposal

(1) Representations and Certifications Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation shall complete electronic Annual Representations and Certifications in conjunction with required Entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), accessed via https://www.sam.gov. Offerors shall also submit with their proposal the Annual Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.204-8) using the attached Offeror’s Representations and Certifications (C301).

(2) Qualifications of Offerors Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation shall submit with their proposal evidence of their financial responsibility and capacity to perform the Contract. Offerors shall submit this information on GSA Form 527 – Contractor’s Qualifications and Financial Information. Where applicable, points of contact, including names and telephone numbers, are required for all contracts listed.

(3) Bonding Letter Offerors must submit a letter from their bonding company which shows the maximum amount the firm can be bonded per project, and the firm’s maximum aggregate bonding capability.

(4) Joint Venture Documentation Offerors submitting a proposal as a Joint Venture must submit the documentation required in section II.F., below.

II.F. Requirements for Joint Venture Offerors

(1) All offers submitted by joint ventures must include a copy of an executed joint venture agreement (with original signatures) which fully discloses the legal identity of each member of the joint venture, the relationship between the members, the form of ownership of each member, and any limitations on liability or authority for each member.

(2) An authorized representative of each member of the joint venture must sign the SF1442 accompanying an offer regardless of any agency relationship established between the members.

(3) In the case of corporations that are joint venture members, the corporation secretary must certify that the corporation is authorized to participate in the joint venture, either by so certifying in the joint venture agreement, or by submitting a separate certification to the Government. The joint venture must also provide a certificate that identifies a principal representative of the joint venture with full authority to bind the joint venture.

(4) Representations and certifications, financial information, and past performance information must be submitted for each member of the joint venture.

III. General Provisions

III.A. Availability of Funds