N40085-21-R-2503 Amendment 0001.pdf

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. PROJECT NO. (If applicable) 0001 06/14/2021

6. ISSUED BY Code N40085 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6.) Code

NAVFAC MID ATLANTIC

ACQUISITION CORE

9324 VIRGINIA AVENUE

NORFOLK, VA 23511

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

N40085-21-R-2503

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

05/14/2021

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended is not extended. Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning _1 _ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (if required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14. ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATION CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103 (b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER: (specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

N4008521R2503, INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) CONTRACT FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINE ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A-E) SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF LARGE WATERFRONT PROJECTS PRIMARILY IN THE

HAMPTON ROADS AREA OF VIRGINIA

SEE SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR (Same as Item 8)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

BY

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070 30-105 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV.1-83) 0224-3(10-90)

PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE Prescribed by GSA

N4008521R0116

SECTION SF30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

The purpose of this amendment is to provide the following:

1. Update the SF330 Submission Requirments and Due date, and remove the requirement for electronic SF330 submittion. SF330 are hereby being received by MAIL ONLY.

2. Provide Changes to Criteria 1 - Specialized Experience. Changes are in RED FONT AND BOLD.

3. Provide responses to RFIs

1. SF-330 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

A-E firms desiring to be considered for this contract must submit a completed SF 330 package by MAIL ONLY via the carrier of their choice. The instructions for hardcopy submissions are provided below.

The SF 330 shall be typed, one sided, at least 11 point Times New Roman or larger. Part I shall not exceed 100 single-sided

8.5 by 11 inch pages (the page limit does not include ISRs, certificates, PPQs, Joint Venture Agreements, licenses, or the draft subcontracting plan, as required by the Small Business Subcontracting criterion, nor does the page limit include cover sheets or dividers, provided that these do not contain any substantive information submitted in response to the synopsis or intended to demonstrate the qualifications of the firm). Part I pages shall be numbered sequentially. The organizational chart of the proposed team (Section D of the SF-330) showing the names and roles of all key personnel listed in Section E with the associated firm as listed in Section C, may be one page single sided 11 by 17 foldout, using 11 point font or larger (font limitations do not apply to graphics, captions or tables). Introductions shall be included in Sections E and F. Please include your DUNS, CAGE, and TIN numbers in Block 30 of the SF 330.

**The Government will not consider information submitted beyond the page limits set forth below.**

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. SF330S WILL BE RECEIVED BY MAIL ONLY.

Submission of SF330s will be required in accordance with the following:

The HARD COPY SF330 submissions shall be submitted by MAIL ONLY by COB 29 JUNE 2021 (EDT). Firms should check with their intended courier to ensure they have the proper identification credentials to access Naval Station Norfolk. Firms are responsible for ensuring their SF330s are sent in time to allow for delivery by the states due date and time.

Hand delivered SF330s will not be accepted.

Interested firms shall submit:

o one (1) hard copy marked “original” SF330, o one (1) hard copy marked “copy” of the SF330, and o two (2) CDs with all documents as PDFs and properly bookmarked for ease in navigation.

SF330 submissions shall be labeled:

“SF330 SUBMISSION FOR N4008521R2503, ATTN: Michelle Corsino; DO NOT OPEN IN MAIL ROOM”.

Express Mail to:

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic 9324 Virginia Avenue

Building Z-140, Room 216 Norfolk, Virginia 23511 Attn: Michelle Corsino, CON22

**In accordance with the FAR 36.601-4(b) contracts for architect-engineer services may only be awarded to firms permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture or engineering. Firms must submit proof that they are permitted by law as required by FAR 36.601-4(b). If a firm is in a jurisdiction that requires AE firm registration, the firm must provide proof of registration. If a firm is in a jurisdiction that does not require AE firm registration, the firm must provide proof eligibility to practice (e.g., a summary explaining eligibility under the laws of that jurisdiction). Failure to submit the required proof could result in a firm’s elimination from consideration.

** FIRMS WHO ARE OFFERING AS A JOINT VENTURE SHOULD INCLUDE WITH THEIR SUBMISSION A COPY OF THE JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT. FAILURE TO INCLUDE THE JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

WILL RESULT IN THE FIRM’S ELIMINATION FROM FURTHER EVALUATION.

If an SF 254/SF 255 is submitted for this solicitation, it will not be reviewed or considered. As required above, provide verifiable evidence that your firm is permitted by law to practice the professions of Architecture or engineering (e.g., state registration number).

All contractors are advised that registration in System for Award Management (SAM) Database is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to register in the SAM Database may render your firm ineligible for award. For more information, check the SAM Web site: https://www.sam.gov.

Responses are due no later than COB 29 JUNE 2021 (EDT). Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. The point of contact is Michelle Corsino, Contract Specialist, at michelle.a.corsino@navy.mil.

Inquiries concerning this procurement should include solicitation number and title and be forwarded via email to (michelle.a.corsino@navy.mil).

2. Provide Changes to Criteria 1 - Specialized Experience. Changes are in RED FONT AND BOLD.

Criterion 1 —Specialized Experience (SF 330, Part I, Section F):

Firms will be evaluated on specialized experience in performance of services similar to those anticipated under this contract through evaluation of experience in:

1. Waterfront structural design utilizing relevant criteria, including, but not limited to, UFC 4- 152-01, 4-152-07, 4-159-

03, 4-213-10, and MILSTD 1625D;

2. Conducting on-site design development workshops and functional analysis;

3. Demonstrated ability to design to project budget and schedule;

4. Experience preparing design-bid-build RFP packages;

5. Experience preparing design-build RFP packages; and

6. Designing projects that demonstrate experience with Virginia codes, laws and permitting procedures.

Firms may be considered more favorably by demonstrating the following:

1. Experience on multiple waterfront facility types including: piers; wharves; quay walls; dry docks; bulkheads; or other water-retaining structures, specifically designed to accommodate surface and sub-surface vessel maintenance and berthing.

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2. Demonstrated design at Navy facilities within the eastern coast of the United States (Maine to Florida).

3. Demonstrated experience specific to Navy facility projects, demonstrating capability of A-E firm and individual design team members (A-E staff, key personnel, sub-consultants) to work within the Navy project planning process including:

a. DD 1391 development in the Navy’s Electronic Procurement Generator (EPG),

b. DD 1391 validation procedures including cost validation.

c. Demonstrated experience using the MII cost estimating software.

NOTE: Project examples with only inspection and condition assessment effort and associated report, do NOT demonstrate specialized experience and will NOT be considered services similar to those anticipated under this contract. Required item 2: Only projects demonstrating charrette or Functional Analysis Concept Design (FACD) workshop effort with varied stakeholder groups with multiple concept presentations will be considered services similar to those anticipated under this contract. Required item 5: Clearly define the professional service role in relationship to the owner. Specifically for Design- Build projects, whether sub- contractor for Prime construction contractor or Prime on Design-Build in role of Designer of Record (DOR) or if Design-Build Preparer. Only experience where firm prepares the design-build RFP package will be considered services similar to those anticipated under this contract for required item 5.

3. Provide responses to RFI

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1 05/21/2021

Could you please tell me if the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation posted as solicitation number N4008521R2503 will be a follow-on requirement to any work performed currently or in the past, or will this be a new requirement?

This contract will replace N4008518D1100, INDEFINITE DELIVERY /

INDEFINITE QUANTITY

(IDIQ) CONTRACT FOR

MULTI-DISCIPLINE

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A-

E) SERVICES IN SUPPORT

OF WATERFRONT

PROJECTS PRIMARILY IN

THE HAMPTON ROADS

AREA OF VIRGINIA

2 05/21/2021

If possible, can you please provide the most recent contract or task order number?

N4008518D1100

3 05/24/2021

When you have a chance can you send me the spec documents for this bid?

"Indefinite Delivery/indefinite Quantity (Idiq) Contract for Multi- Discipline Architect- Engineer..."

All applicable documents are posted as attachments to the synopisis on beta.sam.gov under attachments

4 05/26/2021 The Solicitation states: “The

HARD COPY SF330

submissions shall be delivered by MAIL ONLY

See Amendment 0001.

Electronic submission will not be accepted. SF330s will be accepted by MAIL ONLY.

within 4 business days of the due date for electronic submission. Firms should check with their intended courier to ensure they have the proper identification credentials to access Naval Station Norfolk.” Please confirm that third-party shipping couriers may be used and that responses do NOT have to be shipped via U.S. Mail. Please also identify how much time is taken for the inspection and in-processing at the Hampton Boulevard truck inspection station?

The revised due date and time is COB 29 June 2021.

Firms are NOT required to be shipped via U.S. Postal Service. Firms are encouraged to use private/third-party couriers (FedEx, UPS)

5 05/24/2021

The Solicitation states:

“Specifically for Design- Build projects, whether sub-contractor for Prime construction contractor or Prime on Design-Build in role of Designer of Record (DOR) or if Design-Build Preparer. Only experience where firm prepares the design-build RFP package will be considered services similar to those anticipated under this contract for required item 5.” For required Item #5 under Criterion #1, would NAVFAC please reconsider this requirement to also allow experience as DOR subcontractor (AE#2) under a Prime Design-Build Contractor as equivalent experience to ‘preparing the design-build RFP package’ as AE#1 for the following two reasons: 1) Many large waterfront projects with scope elements directly related to those in the solicitation have been completed for NAVFAC using the Design-Build delivery method. These

AE will receive credit for actual work performed.

- If AE is Designer of Record for a full design, they will receive credit for performing a full design.

- If AE is Designer of Record for a Prime Construction Contractor on the Design-Build contract, the project experience is representative of full design or elements of full design, not Design Build RFP preparation.

- If AE is author of a Design Build RFP package, they will receive credit for being an author of a Design Build RFP package.

Experience as Designer of Record for a full design is NOT interchangible with experience as the author of a Design Build RFP package.

projects bring direct and relevant design expertise. 2) If an AE firm is sub under a Prime contractor for a NAVFAC Design-Build effort, the AE firm still serves as the Designer of Record, bringing stronger engineering design skills than a DB RFP. As currently stated, we feel that this requirement may limit Industry competition on recent and relevant specialized experience.

Additional experience at ‘preparing design-build RFP packages’ for NAVFAC could be demonstrated and scored in an Intro to Section F or in Section H of the SF 330.

6 05/24/2021

The Solicitation states:

“Provide up to a maximum of eight (8) projects completed (project completion to be defined below) within the past seven

(7) years immediately preceding the date of issuance of this notice that best demonstrate specialized experience of the proposed team in the areas outlined above.”

Would NAVFAC please consider extending the competition to the past 10 years for the following reasons:

1) A 10-year past performance period will provide Industry more opportunity to showcase relevant projects that are of higher construction costs.

2) Large waterfront projects similar to those anticipated under this contract are relatively infrequent due to

No change to either completion period.

high capital cost investments. A 10-year window also allows NAVFAC the opportunity to evaluate more relative projects.

3.) Section E resume requirements permit inclusion of individual experiences within the past 10 years so that firms can show their key personnel experience on the Section F projects

7 05/25/2021

The Solicitation states under Criterion 1, Specialized Experience, that firms are more favorably evaluated for the following: “2.

Demonstrated design at Navy facilities within the primary geographic area of the contract.” We feel that this requirement strongly favors the incumbent of this contract, since only a single firm has held this contract for more than a decade.

Extending this evaluation criteria to include experience at Navy facilities worldwide can demonstrate expertise to successfully deliver task orders needed for this requirement. Firms have the opportunity in Criterion 6, Firm Location to demonstrate local support needed to serve this AOR.

Change Criteria 1 - Specialized Experience, Favorable Projects item 2 to : "2. Demonstrated design at Navy facilities within the the eastern coast of the United States (Maine to Florida)."

8 05/24/2021

The Solicitation states:

“Evaluation criteria (1) through (4) are considered most important and are equal among themselves;

criteria (5) through (7) are of slightly less importance and are equal among themselves.” Considering this solicitation is focused on a specialty branch of engineering, waterfront, No change to “Evaluation criteria (1) through (4) are considered most important and are equal among themselves;

criteria (5) through (7) are of slightly less importance and are equal among themselves.”

which has a limited pool of candidate professionals to begin with, as well as the relative size of NAVFAC’s recent waterfront engineering acquisition actions, we respectfully request that Criterion 5, Program Management and Capacity, also be considered as most important and equal alongside Criteria (1) through (4)

9 05/24/2021

The Solicitation states: “IF

A COMPLETED

CPARS/ACASS

EVALUATION IS NOT

AVAILABLE, the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) (Attachment (A)) included in this notice is provided for the firm or its team members to submit to the client for each project.”

The Solicitation further states: “The attached Small Business Subcontracting Plan template (Attachment

(B) shall be used by large businesses to complete the draft subcontracting plan.

Firms shall submit their “draft” Small Business Subcontracting Plans utilizing this template, and ONLY this template.”

Could NAVFAC please post Attachments A and B to the Solicitation?

All applicable documents are posted as attachments to the synopisis on beta.sam.gov under attachments

10 05/24/2021

The Solicitation states:

“FIRMS WHO ARE

OFFERING AS A JOINT

VENTURE SHOULD

INCLUDE WITH THEIR

SUBMISSION A COPY OF

THE JOINT VENTURE

AGREEMENT.” Please confirm the Joint Venture Agreement is excluded from the 100-page limit.

Confirmed. The Joint Venture Agreement is excluded from the 100-page limit.

11 05/24/2021

The Solicitation States:

”Maximum of 5 pages (one-sided) for Criterion 4 response.”

To address all of the required elements of Criterion 4, Quality Control Program, we request that NAVFAC modify the page limit from five (5) pages to six (6) pages.

The page limit for Criterion 4 remains five (5) one-sided pages.

12 05/24/2021

Please provide a copy of the Small Business Subcontracting Plan template (Attachment B) referenced in the solicitation.

All applicable documents are posted as attachments to the synopisis on beta.sam.gov under attachments

13 05/24/2021

Please provide the PPQ template (Attachment A) referenced in the solicitation.

All applicable documents are posted as attachments to the synopisis on beta.sam.gov under attachments

14 05/25/2021

Should the CPARS and/or PPQs be included as an appendix to Part I of the SF 330? Or in Section F with each project? Or in the body of Section H?

All information submitted in response to Criterion 3 - Past Performance should be included in Part I, Section H.

15 05/24/2021

In the selection Criteria, Criteria 1- Specialized Experience, the criteria provides for a more favorable rating to Navy waterfront projects in the primary contract AOR of Virginia, subsequently limiting competition to those firms that were the prime consultants working through the current and previous contracts. Will the Navy consider a project performed as a significant key subconsultant by the proposing firm to be considered as favorably as a project completed in a prime role?

AE will receive credit for actual work performed. The area for favorable consideration has been expanded to include the eastern coast of the United States (Maine to Florida).

16 05/24/2021 The solicitation is written to allow only those firms with

The area for favorable consideration has been

Navy experience in Virginia to receive the most favorable ratings of their experience, limiting the ability of qualified waterfront firms with Navy experience to achieve the most favorable rating. Since firm location is already a separate criterion in the solicitation and since most DoD projects need to comply with UFCs that are standards to promote consistency in design within the DoD, will Navy waterfront projects in other

NAVFAC MIDLANT

locations be considered and also be favorably and equally rated in the evaluation of specialized experience?

expanded to include the eastern coast of the United States (Maine to Florida).

17 05/24/2021

Since the primary jurisdiction noted in the solicitation is Hampton Roads AOR, will proof of registration from Virginia only satisfy the requirement for AE firm registration?

There is no requirement for AE firm registration within Hampton Roads. The Designer of Record is required to be licensed in the state that the work is performed.

18 05/24/2021

Demonstrated experience for Key personnel is 10 years, and project experience is 7 years. Since Criteria 1 and 2 are of equal importance, would the Navy consider expanding project experience to 10 years to allow us to show consistency and maximize connectivity among our professional qualifications (resumes) and specialized experience (projects)?

No change to either completion period.

19 05/24/2021

If more than one resume is provided for each required subject matter expert, will the government review and

Yes. Note that only one resume may be provided per individual. If more that one resume is provided for one individual, the government will evaluate all resumes provided?

only review the first resume for that individual.

20 05/25/2021

The solicitation states that the HARD COPY SF330 submissions shall be delivered by MAIL ONLY within 4 business days of the due date for electronic submission. For clarity, does the 4 business days include the due date or do the 4 business days start the day following the due date, meaning is the hard copy due Friday, June 18 or Monday, June 21?

See Amendment 0001.

Electronic submission will not be accepted. SF330s will be accepted by MAIL ONLY.

The revised due date and time is COB 29 June 2021.

21 05/26/2021

In addition, does MAIL ONLY include delivery methods, such as FedEX and UPS or is U.S. Mail the preferred delivery method?

See Amendment 0001.

Electronic submission will not be accepted. SF330s will be accepted by MAIL ONLY.

The revised due date and time is COB 29 June 2021.

Firms are NOT required to ship via U.S. Postal Service. Firms are encouraged to use private/third-party couriers (FedEx, UPS)

22 05/26/2021

The solicitation states that hard copies must be submitted within FOUR days of the electronic due date (6/15/2021). For clarity, are hard copies due four days before the electronic submission date (6/11/2021) or within four days after the electronic submission date (6/19/2021)?

See Amendment 0001.

Electronic submission will not be accepted. SF330s will be accepted by MAIL ONLY.

The revised due date and time is COB 29 June 2021.

23 05/26/2021

Will you be delaying the proposal submission due date since we are now within two weeks of the original proposal submission date and no amendments have been received to date? We request that you please do

so. We respectfully

The SF 330s are due by COB

29 JUNE 2021.

requests that NAVFAC provide a minimum of 10 working days after response to submitted RFIs to submit the proposal. Assuming responses are provided by this Friday, June 4, 2021, then an extension of the submittal due date from June 15 to June 18 would be sufficient.understand that SAM.gov has been in a transitional state over the past few weeks which has likely impacted things from NAVFACs end on all procurements.

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