Amendment 0002.pdf

N62470-22-R-9006

Amendment 0002

Amendment 0002 is issued for the following reasons:

1) To provide responses to pre-proposal inquiries

Inquiries & Responses:

5) Question: Are we allowed to include more than one resume for each key role? If yes, how will it be evaluated? Will it be an average, the lowest, or the highest?

Response: Per the synopsis, "[p]rovide resumes for all proposed key personnel that illustrate experience in the work proposed under this contract."

6) Question: This procurement will result in one Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for multi-discipline Architect-Engineer (AE) services for projects that are Industrial

Type Facilities located throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Area of

Operations, but may also include work worldwide.

Please clarify if the geographical focus of this contract is in the NAVFAC Atlantic AOR as the primary geographic area of consideration.

Response: Please review Synopsis Revision 02.

7) Question: Criterion 1 – Specialized Experience, Evaluation Factor #1 Paragraph 4 of the synopsis introduction includes “Utility System upgrades” in the “types of design projects expected to be performed under the contract” list. In the Evaluation Factor 1 “Design of similar types of facilities” list does not include Utility System Upgrades.

Please clarify that Utility System Upgrades, to include design work for “steam, low pressure compressed air, fresh water, sanitary sewer, storm water, oily waste water collection, natural gas, high voltage to low voltage electrical, fire protection and alarm systems, control systems, lighting, and communications” will be considered as relevant design specialized experience for this evaluation factor.

Response: Propose in accordance with the Synopsis per Criterion 1.

8) Question: Criterion 1 Specialized Experience, More Favorable Evaluation Factor #1

Experience with design of similar types of facilities (as defined above) that were performed for

DoD contracts.

Please clarify if USACE or other DoD contracting agency contracted projects will be evaluated equally with NAVFAC contracted projects.

Response: Propose in accordance with the synopsis.

9) Question: Criterion 1 Specialized Experience, Submission Requirement #3

One (1) design project for which the firm provided PCAS for the full performance period of a project’s construction. The project must have been designed by the firm and contain at least one of the similar types of facilities.

Please clarify if the project needs to be 100% construction complete to qualify as “PCAS for the full performance period” services.

Response: Propose in accordance with the Synopsis "PCAS for the full performance period."

10) Question: Criterion 2 – Professional Qualifications Quality Control Manager

Please clarify if the Quality Control Manager is required to be a registered or licensed architect or engineer or if other certifications are acceptable, i.e. PMP, etc.

11) Question: SF-330 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Architect-Engineer firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit three (3) hard copies of the SF-330 and one (1) CD to Naval Facilities Engineering

Systems Command, Atlantic, Code: CON22, Attn: Ed Flint, 6506 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, VA

23508.

Please consider if submitting an eDeliverable through the PIEE system would be acceptable for this submission.

12) Question: SF-330 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The SF-330 shall be typed, one sided, at least 11 point Times New Roman or larger.

Please consider if any 11 pt or larger font would be acceptable to use.

13) Question: If an offeror is a JV, must the JV then submit three ISRs for each JV member (total of six ISRs for a two-member JV for example) or should we submit a total of three ISRs using a combination of each firm’s ISRs?

Response: If the offeror is a JV, the JV shall submit a total of three ISRs using any combination of each firm's ISRs or ISRs in the name of the JV.

14) Question:

To conform to the current version of FAR 52.219-9, request clarification if the following text may be submitted in the in the Draft Small Business Subcontracting Plan that we will provide as a part of the SF330 submission package:

Change Paragraph 9 from:

“Contractor Name agrees that the FAR clause 52.219-8 entitled "Utilization of Small Business

Concerns " will be included in all subcontracts which offer further subcontracting opportunities, and all subcontractors, except SB concerns, that receive subcontracts in excess of $750,000

($1,500,000 for construction) will be required to adopt plans that comply with the requirements of the clause at 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Such plans will be reviewed by comparing them with the provisions of P.L. 95-507 and assuring that all minimum requirements of an acceptable subcontracting plan have been satisfied. The acceptability of percentage goals shall be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the supplies/services involved, the availability of potential small and small disadvantaged subcontractors, and prior experience.

Once approved and implemented, plans will be monitored through the submission of periodic reports, and/or, as time and availability of funds permit, periodic visits to review subcontracting program progress.”

to:

“Contractor Name agrees that the clause of this contract entitled "Utilization of Small Business

Concerns" will be included in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities, and all subcontractors, except SB concerns, that receive subcontracts in excess of the applicable threshold specified in FAR 19.702(a) on the date of subcontract award and with further subcontracting possibilities will be required to adopt plans that comply with the requirements of

FAR clause 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Such plans will be reviewed by comparing them with the provisions of P.L. 95-507 and assuring that all minimum requirements of an acceptable subcontracting plan have been satisfied. The acceptability of percentage goals shall be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the supplies/services involved, the availability of potential small and small disadvantaged subcontractors, and prior experience. Once approved and implemented, plans will be monitored through the submission of periodic reports, and/or, as time and availability of funds permit, periodic visits to review subcontracting program progress.”

Response: Per the Individual Small Business Subcontracting Plan Template, “[o]ther formats may be acceptable, including commercial or master subcontracting plans; however, failure to include the essential information exemplified in this individual plan template may be cause for delay in acceptance or rejection of a bid/offer.”

15) Question:

To conform to the current version of FAR 52.219-9, request clarification if the following text

Change Paragraph 11.c. from:

“On a contract-by-contract basis, records on all subcontract solicitations over $150,000 and indicating for each solicitation:”

to:

“Records on each subcontract solicitation resulting in an award of more than the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontract award, indicating:”

16) Question:

To conform to the current version of FAR 52.219-9, request clarification if the following text

Change Paragraph 11.d. from:

“Records to support other outreach efforts, e.g., contacts with small business trade associations, business development organizations, and attendance at small business procurement conferences and trade fairs, and frequency of accessing SAM.”

to:

“Records to support other outreach efforts, e.g., contacts with small business trade associations, business development organizations, and attendance at small business procurement conferences and trade fairs, and veterans service organizations.”