N4008522R2812_Amendment 0004.pdf

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

REGIONAL SUBSURFACE UTILITY MARKING SERVICES - Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk Virginia, Naval Weapons Station, Yorktow n, Virginia;

Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, Virginia; Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Dam Neck Annex, Virginia Beach, Virginia; and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia as w ell as sites located w ithin a fifty (50) mile radius of the listed sites.

Amendment 0004 is issued to incorporate proposal inquiries and responses and revise Section M, M2 Evaluation Factors for Aw ard, Factor 2, Recent Relevant Experience of the Firm. Responses to the remaining inquiries shall be forthcoming on a separate amendment.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 16-Dec-2022

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

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

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X N4008522R2812

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

28-Oct-2022

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer is extended, X is not extended.

Offer 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 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.

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

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16-Dec-2022

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NAVFACSYSCOM MID-ATLANTIC

CONTRACTING CORE

9324 VIRGINIA AVENUE

NORFOLK VA 23511-3095

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N4008522R2812

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT 0004

Responses to Inquiries on Solicitation N40085-22-R-2812

9. QUESTION:

As a small business, NAICS code 561990 and 541370, we typically perform as a subconsultant to prime firms, with little opportunity to perform as a prime consultant. Per Factor 2, our project examples should include a subsurface utility marking contract with a yearly estimated value of $600K and specifically states “the board will not evaluate task orders whether submitted individually or collectively.” This criterion would extremely limit the number of responses from qualified small businesses and seems to extremely favor the current prime contractor for reselection.

With that, if we have not held such a contract, are we unable to respond? Our firm, combined with our teaming partners, can prove capacity to provide these services at this magnitude through individual task orders as a prime and/or subconsultant, will this be allowed?

RESPONSE: See Amendment 0004, Section M, M.2 Evaluation Factors for Award, Factor 2, Recent/Relevant Experience of the Firm.

10. QUESTION:

Additionally, regarding 13 CFR 125.2 as it relates to Factor 2 (Page 129). Upon reading 13 CFR 125.2, it states that:

• “(iii) Assuring that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property, services and construction for the Government in each industry category are placed with small business concerns; or”

• “(iv) Assuring that a fair proportion of the total sales of Government property is made to small business concerns.”

• “(g) Capabilities, past performance, and experience. When an offer of a small business prime contractor includes a proposed team of small business subcontractors and specifically identifies the first-tier subcontractor(s) in the proposal, the head of the agency must consider the capabilities, past performance, and experience of each first tier subcontractor that is part of the team as the capabilities, past performance, and experience of the small business prime contractor if the capabilities, past performance, and experience of the small business prime does not independently demonstrate capabilities and past performance necessary for award.”

I don’t see where it requires that Small Business can’t use the experience of a Large Business 1st tier subconsultant in response to an RFP as long as a fair proportion of the total purchases of services are placed with the small business concern upon award and a management plan is provided to support that.

Can you please verify the above?

RESPONSE: See Amendment 0004, Section M, M.2 Evaluation Factors for Award, Factor 2, Recent/Relevant Experience of the Firm.

Section M, M.2 Evaluation Factors for Award, Factor 2, Recent/Relevant Experience of the Firm, Pages 128 and 129 of the solicitation is revised to read as follows:

(2) Factor 2, Recent/Relevant Experience of the Firm:

(i) Solicitation Submittal Requirements: The offeror shall submit the following information:

Submit a minimum of one (1) up to a maximum of five (5) relevant projects that are similar in size, scope, and complexity to the work requirements specified in the solicitation.

For the purposes of this solicitation, a relevant project is further defined as follows:

Size: A Subsurface Utility Marking Service Contract with a yearly estimated value of at least $450,000 for non-recurring services. If an Offeror intends to submit work completed issued off an Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contract as a qualifying Project, the Offeror is limited to submitting the IDIQ contract itself. The board will not consider or evaluate task orders whether submitted individually or collectively.

Scope: Demonstrate the ability to provide all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide Surface Utility Marking services: Utility Marking, Emergency Utility Marking, GPS Survey of Subsurface Facilities and provide locating and marking services for all Locatable Underground Facilities in accordance with this solicitations and it’s requirements.

Complexity: Demonstrate the ability to respond simultaneously to requirements for various locations and buildings throughout the installation and supporting annexes.

Demonstrate the ability to manage competing priorities in order to support customer demands.

In accordance with 13 CFR 125.2(g), small business Offerors may utilize the prime contractor experience of a small business first-tier subcontractor(s) to demonstrate experience under this evaluation factor if that small business Offeror cannot independently satisfy the experience requirement as defined above.Considering13 CFR 125.2(g), the Offeror or, for a small business Offeror, a small business first-tier subcontractor, shall have been the prime contractor on at least one (1) relevant project as defined above. In order to utilize the experience of a small business first-tier subcontractor(s), the offeror must specifically identify the proposed small business first-tier contractor(s) in its proposal in accordance with this Factor.

The Government notes that 13 CFR 125.2(g) is specific to only small business Offerors and named small business first-tier subcontractors. As such, the small business Offeror is not permitted to use the experience of a large business subcontractor or large business corporate affiliate in place of its own if the small business Offeror cannot independently satisfy the experience requirement as defined above.

An offeror’s experience as a subcontractor will not be considered.

The attached Recent/Relevant Experience Form (Attachment C) is MANDATORY and SHALL be used to submit project information. Except as specifically requested, the Government will not consider information submitted in addition to this form nor will the Government consider information submitted via any other medium. Individual blocks on this form nor will the Government may be expanded; however, total length for each project data sheet shall not exceed one double-sided page (or two single-sided pages).

Projects submitted for the Offeror shall be ongoing (having been performed for a period of at least one year) or completed within the past five years of the date of issuance of this solicitation.

Projects with completion dates beyond one year shall be clearly defined as multi-year contracts or as base contracts with option years. If the project has option periods, state which contract period is in progress (Base, 1st option, etc.)

For all submitted projects, the description of the project shall clearly describe the scope of work performed and the relevancy to the project requirements of this RFP as it relates to size, scope, and complexity as defined above.

If the offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), relevant experience should be submitted for projects completed by the Joint Venture entity. If the joint Venture does not have shared experience, relevant experience should be submitted for individual JV partners (except for JV offerors covered by Mentor-Protégé Agreements approved by the Small Business Administration). Experience submitted for individual JV partners in which the company was a partner in a different Joint Venture entity may be submitted to demonstrate relevant project experience. If the offeror does not specifically address what portion of the work under the submitted project was performed by the JV partner offering on this contract, the project will not be considered relevant. Offerors are still limited to a total of five (5) projects combined. Offerors proposing as a JV shall submit a signed JV agreement. For Mentor-Protégé Joint Ventures, the offeror shall submit the signed and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved Mentor-Protégé agreement.

If an Offeror is utilizing the prime contractor experience of a corporate affiliate (e.g., subsidiaries, sister companies, predecessor companies, and parent companies) or first-tier small business subcontractor(s), the proposal shall clearly demonstrating that the corporate affiliate or first-tier small business subcontractor(s) will have meaningful involvement in the project by identifying the personnel or resources from the corporate affiliates or first-tier small business subcontractor(s) that will be dedicated to the project.

(ii) Basis of Evaluation:

The assessment of the Offeror’s corporate experience will be used as a means of evaluating the capability of the Offeror to successfully meet the requirements of the RFP. The minimum standard for this Factor has been met when the offeror has demonstrated adequate experience by submitting at least one relevant project of similar size, scope, and complexity to this requirement and as defined above on which it was the prime contractor. Beyond the minimum standards, the Government will consider the depth and breadth of corporate experience, focusing on performance of technical specifications to be performed under this contract, to evaluate the level of risk of unsuccessful performance. The Government will review only five (5) projects. Any projects submitted in excess of the five (5) project limit will not be considered. Projects must be submitted on the required corporate experience form.

Projects completed by the offeror or its corporate affiliates (e.g., subsidiaries, sister companies, and parent companies) in any capacity other than as a prime contractor will be considered not relevant.

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