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RFP N40083-13-R-2637; SMALL BUSINESS MULTIPLE AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, CRANE IN AMENDMENT 03: Questions/Clarifications 10-12

SBMACC 2013 PHASE I

Questions and responses to clarifications

Future questions and clarifications will be added to this set and released as a continuous list.

FIRST question set: August 1st 2013

1. QUESTION: Will you be providing an SF 1442 for Phase I?

ANSWER: We do not require new PPQs be completed. The RFP does not prohibit reusing previously completed questionnaires. It prohibits just referencing those questionnaires and not including copies of them in RFP.

4. QUESTION: For the Crane, Indiana SB MACC under Factor 2, it states that we are required to utilize the Construction Project Data Sheet but that we may expand individual blocks. However, the format provided is an un-editable PDF. In order to expand the boxes, it needs to be a form. Could you please re-issue as a form so that we may expand the boxes?

ANSWER: No. The experience verbiage is from the portion of the tech evaluation factors that have been set by headquarters and cannot be edited. The intent is to evaluate company history to the time of the RFP issuance and not to potentially affect the conduct/processing of contracts and Task orders that are not closed out yet..

6. CORRECTION: On page 5 of the solicitation, ‘1.1. GENERAL PROJECT OVERVIEW’ please revise the following statement:

FROM: “The total contract term shall not exceed five years (60 months) or $40,000,000.00, whichever comes first.”

TO READ: “The total contract term shall not exceed five years (60 months) or $50,000,000.00, whichever comes first.”

SECOND question set: August 13th, 2013

7. QUESTION: On page 12, Factor 4 - Safety, (3) Technical Approach for Safety, the RFP states: "The Safety narrative shall be limited to two pages." Is the Safety Narrative to be two pages double-sided (4 single-sided pages), or two single-sided pages?

ANSWER: two pages double-sided (4 single-sided pages).

8. CORRECTION: On page 12 of the solicitation, Factor 4, ‘Safety’, please revise the following statement”

FROM: “For the four (4) previous complete calendar years, submit your EMR (which compares your company’s annual losses in insurance claims against its policy premiums over a three (3) year period).”

TO READ: “For the four (4) previous complete calendar years, submit your EMR (which compares your company’s annual losses in insurance claims against its policy premiums over a four (4) year period).”

9. CORRECTION: Delete Factor 1 Technical Approach (a) (4) financial Support. 1. & 2. and replace with the following:

(4) Financial Support. Offerors shall clearly demonstrate their financial stability by providing the information requested below.

1. Line of credit: Provide a letter from a financial institution showing your available line of credit (e.g., Minimum six figures) or a letter from your financial institution showing proof of financial stability, i.e. high and low account averages over the last six months.

2. Documented Bonding Capacity of at least $5 million per project and $8 million per year.

THIRD question set: August 22, 2013

10. QUESTION: In Section 00202, Factor 1 - Technical Requirements on page 8, it states "Offerors shall complete Personnel Reference sheets in the solicitation for all key personnel (e.g., corporate personnel who will have decision making responsibilities over the term of the contract)". Amendment 1, question #2, clarified format, but we are still unclear as to who's resumes we should be presenting - Offeror's corporate personnel or the design-build team personnel.

Furthermore, in Section 00202, 1.1.3 Project Requirements provides a list of design-team personnel. Is this the list of people we should provide resumes for in Phase 1?

ANSWER: From Factor 1, "The composition and management of the firms proposed as the design-build (DB) team (emphasis added) for this contract will be evaluated in this factor."

At a minimum, Corporate individuals from the proposed primary construction firm who accept Task Orders under this contract or who can stop work on a Task Order shall have Personal Reference sheets or Resumes include. This could include the Company President, Project Manager(s), Person the Project manager/s report to (if not the President), Superintendent(s), and Quality assurance Manger(s).

Furthermore, the intent of Factor 1 is also to evaluate the Design firm. At a minimum, proposals shall also include Personal Reference sheets or Resumes for the proposed primary design firm personal, including the Design Manager(s), Architect, Mechanical, Civil, and Electrical Engineer.

11. Phase 1: FACTOR 1 TECHNICAL APPROACH

Delete Factor 1 Technical Approach: and replace with:

Factor 1: Technical Approach:

(a) Solicitation Submittal Requirements:

The composition and management of the firms proposed as the design-build (DB) team for this contract will be evaluated in this factor.

The Offeror shall submit the following information:

(1) Provide a narrative describing the proposed primary construction firms and primary design firms for this contract and the rationale for proposing this arrangement. Provide the role, responsibilities, and contractual relationships between the various firms (see FAR Subpart 9.6). The narrative shall also include a simple organizational chart that clearly identifies the lines of authority between the entities. If the experience of a significant subcontractor is being claimed in Factor 2, the firm must be named in the above narrative and organizational chart.

**For Phase II award, Designers of Record of the design team shall be registered in the State of Indiana prior to award of their first Task Order. (reference Division 1 Section 10 33 10.05 20 Page 72 paragraph 1.5.3 Designer of Record Certifying Authority.)

The technical approach narrative shall be limited to five (5) double-sided pages plus the organizational chart. The information requested in items 2 and 3 below are not included in this page limitation.

(2) In addition to the narrative, the Offeror shall submit a signed copy of a joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, teaming agreement, or letter of commitment for each member of the Offeror's team identified above (e.g., joint venture partner, partner, team member, subcontractor, parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliated company, etc.).

a. If you are submitting an offer as a joint venture, identify each member of your joint venture and whether the member is a LB, HUBZone, SB, SDB, WOSB, or VOSB firm, and if applicable, HBCU/MI; and the value in terms of dollar value of the work to be performed by each member of your joint venture. The Government will evaluate your joint venture as either a large business of small business based upon the information provide.

NOTE: If the proposal is being submitted as a Joint Venture, the letter from the bonding company must state that the bonds will be issued in the name of the Joint Venture.

(3) Corporate Management. The offeror shall show the relationship between the home office and on-site field management personnel, by name. Offerors shall explain the degree of autonomy of the on-site organization from the home office and address lines of authority, responsibility and span of control. Offerors shall complete Personnel Reference sheets in the solicitation for all key personnel (e.g., corporate personnel who will have decision making responsibilities over the term of the contract). Show how work effort will fluctuate based on volume of work ordered. Provide a list of in-house trades. Provide information on material purchasing system/staffing.

(4) Financial Support. Offerors shall clearly demonstrate their financial stability by providing the information requested below

1. Line of credit: Provide a letter from a financial institution showing your available line of credit (e.g., Minimum six figures) or a letter from your financial institution showing proof of financial stability, i.e. high and low account averages over the last six months.

2. Documented Bonding Capacity of at least $5 million per project and $8 million per year

(b) Basis of Evaluation:

The assessment of the Offeror's technical approach will be used as a means to evaluate the organizational structure and teaming relationships proposed by the Offeror.

THIS FACTOR WILL BE RATED ON AN ACCEPTABLE OR UNACCEPTABLE BASIS. A CONTRACTOR RECEIVING AN UNACCEPTABLE RATING WILL NOT MOVE TO PHASE II.

12. Incorporate Divisions 01 General Requirements and Division 02 Existing Conditions into Phase I RFP.

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