N6247024R0053 Amendment 0001.pdf

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

N6247024R0053 Amendment 0001 is issued to provide the Government's responses to pre-aw ard inquiries, as w ell as provide revisions to sections A, B, C, I, J, K and L.

See Continuation Page.

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 12-Feb-2025

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

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X N6247024R0053

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

17-Jan-2025

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 X is extended, 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 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 ADMINISTRATIVE 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.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

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

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

12-Feb-2025

CODE

COMNAVFACSYSCOM ATLANTIC

6506 HAMPTON BLVD

NORFOLK VA 23508-1278

N62470 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

N6247024R0053

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 0001

The purpose of this amendment is to disseminate the information below:

1. Section A has been revised. See note below.

2. Section B has been revised. See note below.

3. Section C has been revised. See note below.

4. Section I is amended as outlined below.

The following clauses have been added to Section I:

52.217-8 52.222-62 252.204-7023

The following clauses have been removed from Section I:

52.203-16

5. Section J is amended to include Amendment 0001 Preaward Inquiry Responses as well as an updated table of contents.

The Following attachment has been revised:

Attachment J-3 Schedule of Services

6. Section K is amended as outlined below.

The following clauses have been added to Section K:

52.204-22 52.215-1 52.216-1 52.222-24 52.222-46 52.233-2 52.232-15 52.252-1 52.252-5 252.215-7013 252.225-7003 252.225-7057

7. Section L has been revised. See note below.

As stated in Section L.2, the pre-award inquiry window is closed. The Government will not respond to further inquiries.

NOTE: Revisions are provided by the use of red font; deletions are indicated by the use of red strikethrough font.

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 17-Feb-2025 02:00 PM to 24-Feb-2025 02:00 PM.

The following have been modified:

SECTION A

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVFAC), ATLANTIC

6506 HAMPTON BLVD.

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23508-1278

SOLICITATION NUMBER N6247024R0053

INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO

SUPPORT THE NAVY’S PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORATE WORK WITHIN THE NAVAL FACILITIES

ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND’S (NAVFAC) ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC (CONUS AND

OCONUS, WORLDWIDE) AREA OF OPERATIONS (AO).

NOTICE: PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY 2:00 P.M. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA LOCAL TIME ON 17 24

FEBRUARY 2025

The due date and time, the manner of submission, and place of submission are in section L.1.

A.1 CONTRACT TITLE

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract for Professional Services to Support the Navy’s Public Works Directorate Work within The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s (NAVFAC) Atlantic And Pacific (CONUS And OCONUS, Worldwide) Area Of Operations (AO).

A.2 TYPE OF CONTRACT

Single award Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract

A.3 COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS/SET-ASIDE

This procurement is unrestricted

A.4 NAICS CODE

The NAICS code assigned to this procurement is 541330, Engineering Services, having a size standard of $25.5 Million. Refer to Section K, Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors.

A.5 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FILES

It is the sole responsibility of the Offeror to obtain the RFP files, along with any amendments, from Contract Opportunities (www.sam.gov). Unprotected editable electronic file copies of the RFP documents, including Word, Excel, and/or Adobe files will not be provided. Please plan accordingly.

SECTION C - DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS

SECTION C

1 Introduction

This effort is to obtain professional services throughout Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) area of operations (AO) to assist in the management of the Navy’s electric, civil, and mechanical utility systems.

NAVFAC’s AO includes Department of the Navy (DON) installations worldwide. The selected firms will provide the required services through the issuance of individual Task Orders. The workload may fluctuate with changes in the number and types of projects in various stages of implementation and in response to Navy decisions to expand various programs. The Contractors must be flexible and able to surge in response to any workload challenges.

1.1 Mission

NAVFAC is an integral element of the shore infrastructure for the Navy and Marine Corps worldwide. NAVFAC plans, builds and maintains sustainable facilities, expertly delivers utilities and services, and strengthens the linkage between the Shore Enterprise and the Fleet.

1.2 Background

NAVFAC manages utilities infrastructure programs for Naval Installations worldwide. These programs include utility management; utility operation and maintenance; utility inventory and asset management; electric and steam production; electric and steam distribution; natural gas distribution; water and wastewater treatment; water distribution; wastewater and storm water collection; utility privatization and out-sourcing; cyber security and control systems; advanced metering; energy management; energy security; energy and water conservation; project financing; utility regulation; utility rate making and analysis; commodity and service pricing and procurement;

supply and demand practices; market design; and fuel sourcing.

1.3 Scope

The Contractor shall provide professional knowledge, skills, and experience in electrical, mechanical, and civil utility systems. Services provided will require the Contractor to have extensive experience in the following areas:

utility management; utility operation and maintenance; electric power production and distribution; steam production and distribution to include combined heat and power (CHP); natural gas distribution; water, wastewater, and industrial wastewater treatment; water distribution (potable and non-potable systems); wastewater and storm water collection; environmental permitting and asset management; utility privatization and out-sourcing; cyber security and control systems; advanced metering; energy management; energy security; energy and water conservation;

project financing; utility regulation; utility rate making and analysis; commodity and service pricing and procurement; supply and demand practices; market design; and fuel sourcing.

The Contractor shall advise the Navy and conduct necessary research and analysis to present decision makers with accurate and relevant information. The contractor shall not participate in source selection actions. The contractor may be required to produce or provide training on industry best practices related to items within this statement of work and facilitate adoption of best practices by the Navy.

Tasks related to electrical, mechanical, and civil utility systems will include, but are not limited to those shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Utilities Professional Services Tasks

a. Evaluate, analyze, and recommend improvements regarding utility management, including the implementation of strategic asset management

b. Evaluate, analyze, and recommend improvements to staffing and organizational Efficiency of utility systems

c. Assist the Navy in the development of strategic plans, business plans, capital plans, and program plans

d. Assist the Navy in the development of utility system master plans and energy master plans, including evaluations of conservation, reuse, and renewable energy

e. Assist the Navy in the development of standard operating and maintenance procedures, manuals, and provide field training

f. Assist the Navy in the development of and documentation of energy management analysis techniques and processes and provide field training

g. Assist the Navy in the development and application of metrics and key performance indicators

h. Benchmark Navy utility performance against public and private organizations

i. Evaluate and recommend improvements to utility and energy data collection/reporting systems

j. Evaluate, maintain, enhance, and further develop Utilities Inventory Condition Assessment

Program (UICAP) documentation, processes, and the Utilities Risk Tool

k. Perform utility system asset collection (field inventory) and database management for UICAP and environmental permitting needs

l. Assist the Navy in the development, documentation, execution, and training of processes and tools to successfully privatize or outsource utilities

m. Advise and provide support to the Navy during privatization and outsourcing contract development, evaluation, negotiation, and execution

n. Advise and provide support on technical and economic aspects of privatization and outsourcing

o. Perform economic analysis

p. Assist the Navy in the development, documentation, execution, and training of processes and tools to successfully deploy and sustain utility control systems and advanced metering

q. Evaluate, analyze, and recommend improvements to utility control systems and advanced metering infrastructure, processes, and programs including cyber security and accreditation requirements

r. Perform utility rate analysis and make recommendations

s. Perform electrical buy versus generate and fuel-alternatives analyses

t. Assist the Navy in the development, documentation, execution, and training of the processes and tools to successfully deploy and sustain advanced commodity procurement strategies and techniques

u. Evaluate, analyze, and recommend improvements to utility budget formulation implementation

v. Create and conduct utility system safety training and document editing services

Examples of applicable tasks the contract will be asked to perform include:

1. Perform a utilities management assessment. For a particular Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Public Works Department, or the entire Product Line, document the current organization, its’ processes, staffing, skills, education, and training along with associated costs and priorities. Assess the organization’s performance against internal and industry benchmarks and best practices. Recommend improvements to improve performance.

2. Strategic plan for the Product Line built upon an assessment of current strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats, with an eye toward aligning levels of effort across different focus areas to future needs of our customers and larger industry direction. Training instruction to support strategic planning and organizational transformation.

3. Evaluate current operation and maintenance practices and develop documentation, tools, and supply training to implement reliability centered maintenance for a particular Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Public Works Department, or the entire Product Line.

4. Perform a utility system assessment and produce recommendations that include operational, maintenance, and capital improvements to meet stated Product Line goals. Perform alternatives analysis, economic analysis, energy Return on Investment analysis, and risk assessment. Produce project documentation for recommendations to include: Military Construction (DD 1391), Capital Investment Program, Energy Conservation Investment Program, Major Maintenance and Repair Program, and energy return on investment programs.

5. Utility system master plan for long term solutions to issues of staffing, energy conservation and efficiency, water reuse, recycling, alternative fuels, best management practices for operation and maintenance, long term trends in utility markets, utility system right-sizing, utilities systems risk analysis, technological advances, DoE energy goals.

6. Perform technical and financial analysis of utility improvements, including renewable options such as solar, wind, biomass, and evaluate alternative funding methods available, such as Enhanced Use Lease, Purchase Power Agreements, and financed energy projects (e.g. ESPC, UESC).

7. Update UICAP tools and documentation to ensure they are current with industry best practices for asset management and Product Line objectives. Provide classroom and web-based training to Product Line personnel. Collect and manage utility system asset data to update UICAP or environmental permitting efforts.

8. Assist the Navy in the development of a utilities privatization program that combines best practices from the US Air Force, US Army, US Navy, and public and private utilities to meet Product Line objectives, such as lower cost, improved reliability and safety. Provide necessary documentation, tools, training, analysis, and negotiation support to privatize one or more utilities at one or more Public Works Departments.

9. Provide technical and economic support during privatization post-award activities, such as price redetermination.

10. Assist the Navy in the development and implementation of utility control systems, advanced meter, and smart grid programs that complies with current cyber security and mission assurance requirements.

Evaluate and recommend improvements to the use and management of control system assets and their information (e.g. SCADA, DDC, AMI). Evaluate and recommend improvements to integration of control systems with business information systems (e.g. Maximo, GIS, DUERS, CIRCUITS, URT) under a central operations center concept and using secure networks.

11. Assist the Navy in the development, implementation, and training of government personnel to sustain a commodity management program for electricity and natural gas that leverages market assessment, competitive procurement, purchase timing, rate analysis, and demand response.

12. Perform cost of service rate analysis in support of water and wastewater rate negotiations with public and private service providers.

13. Assist the Navy in the development of models of purchased commodity costs (e.g. electric power purchased at different rates) and provide benchmarking metrics to measure the effectiveness of commodity purchase decisions against Product Line goals. Develop and deliver comprehensive summary reports to illustrate commodity purchase methodology historic effectiveness and forecasts of future results.

14. Provide training on topics related to the safe operation and maintenance of 51 V through 69 kV electrical systems and equipment. Services are intended to assist in the education of utility electricians, engineers and other personnel that need to implement safe procedures and perform proper operation and maintenance of electrical utility equipment. Services may also include updating and revising safety documents, references, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Business Process Management System (BPMS) documents.

2 General Requirements

This section describes the general requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

2.1 Non-Personal Services

The Government shall neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services. If the contractor believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it shall be the contractor's responsibility to notify the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) immediately.

2.2 Business Relations

Contractor shall manage the timeliness, completeness, and quality of problem identification. The contractor shall provide corrective action plans, proposal submittals, timely identification of issues, and effective management of subcontractors. The contractor shall seek to ensure customer satisfaction and professional and ethical behavior of all contractor personnel.

2.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract, management, and personnel administration.

2.3.1 Contract Management

The contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to the requirement. The contractor must maintain continuity between the support operations at all locations and the contractor's corporate offices.

2.3.2 Contract Administration

The contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement.

The contractor shall respond to Government requests for contractual actions in a timely fashion. The contractor shall have a single point of contact between the Government and Contractor personnel assigned to support task orders.

The contractor shall assign work effort and maintain proper and accurate time keeping records of personnel assigned to work on the requirement.

2.3.3 Certificate of Insurance

Within 15 calendar days after award, the Contractor shall submit a Certificate of Insurance per Section F as evidence of the existence of the following insurance coverage in amounts not less than the amounts specified below in accordance with the FAR Clause 52.228-5, INSURANCE – WORK ON A GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION.

This insurance must be maintained during the performance period.

2.4 Subcontract Management

The contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to integrate work performed on this requirement and shall be responsible and accountable for subcontractor performance on this requirement. The prime contractor will manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) considerations. Contractors may add subcontractors to their team after notification to the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or Contracting Officer Representative (COR). However, subcontractors must possess the same level of expertise.

2.5 Specific Personnel Requirement

The Contractor shall provide sufficient technical, supervisory, and administrative personnel to ensure timely execution of the work, for each project (task order). At a minimum, the contractor shall have the below personnel with the following qualifications. If, during the performance of this contract, the contractor must utilize personnel other than those identified in the technical proposal, such substitution shall not be made without written approval of the KO. For all positions for which qualifications are outlined below, the KO shall have the right to request documentation sufficient to verify compliance with the qualification requirements at any time during the course of the contract.

Table 2: Labor Categories

Labor Category Description Principal or Program Manager

Each position shall be filled by someone with a graduate degree in engineering, economics, or business. This position shall be filled by a senior subject matter expert with over 20 years of relevant experience in the utility industry to include: operations and maintenance of utility systems; process improvements relating to equipment and system efficiency and management; long range planning, redesign, and right-sizing; commodity markets and forecasting; smart energy; and federal government project financing. This person shall also demonstrate the ability to run larger, complex projects.

Project Manager Each position shall be filled by someone with a degree in engineering, economics, or business. This position shall be filled with an individual with over 15 10 years of relevant experience in the areas of utility systems to include: utilities operations and maintenance; process improvements relating to equipment and system efficiency and management; long range planning, redesign, and right-sizing;

commodity markets and forecasting; smart energy; and federal government project financing. This person shall demonstrate the ability to run larger, complex projects.

Senior Consultant Each position shall be filled by someone with a degree in engineering, economics, or business. This position shall be filled by someone with 5- 15 over 10 years of relevant experience in the areas of utility systems to include: utilities operations and maintenance; process improvements relating to equipment and system efficiency and management; long range planning, redesign, and right-sizing; commodity markets and forecasting; smart energy; and federal government project financing.

Journeyman Consultant: Each position shall be filled by someone with a degree in engineering, economics, or business. This position shall be filled by someone with 2- 5 5-10 years of relevant experience in the areas of utility systems to include: utilities operations and maintenance; process improvements relating to equipment and system efficiency and management; long range planning, redesign, and right-sizing; commodity markets and forecasting; smart energy; and federal government project financing.

Junior Consultant Each position shall be filled by someone with a degree in engineering, economics, or Business with 0-3 0-5 years of relevant experience in the areas of utility systems to include: utilities operations and maintenance;

process improvements relating to equipment and system efficiency and management; long range planning, redesign, and right-sizing;

commodity markets and forecasting; smart energy; and federal government project financing. The position is responsible for assisting positions that are more senior and/or performing functional duties under the oversight of more senior positions.

GIS Analyst Each position shall be filled by someone with a BA/BS or MA/MS degree. Each position shall be filled by someone with 3-10 years of relevant experience in the areas of utility systems to collect, analyze, and interpret geographic information provided by geodetic surveys, aerial photographs, and satellite data. Research, study, and prepare maps and other spatial data in digital or graphic form for legal, social, political, educational, and design purposes. Work with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). May design and evaluate algorithms, data structures, and user interfaces for GIS and mapping systems.

Financial Analyst Each position shall be filled by someone with a BA/BS or MA/MS degree. This position shall be filled by someone with 3-10 years of relevant experience in the areas of utility systems to conduct quantitative analyses and Life Cycle Costing of information affecting utilities investment programs.

Cost Estimator Each position shall be filled by someone with a BA/BS or MA/MS degree. This position shall be filled by someone with 3-10 years of relevant experience in the areas of utility systems to prepare cost estimates for construction projects or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service.

Technical Safety Course Developer This position requires someone with a minimum of an Associate’s degree, a current licensed master electrician (any US State or territory), and other professional certifications typically recognized for proficiency in the subject considered for provided training. Experience should indicate at least 10 years in utility system operations, 5 years as a trainer, and 5 years of maintenance experience on High Voltage equipment.

Technical Instructor This position requires someone with a minimum of an Associate’s degree, a current licensed master electrician (any US State or territory), and other professional certifications typically recognized for proficiency in the subject considered for provided training. Experience should indicate at least 10 years in utility system operations, 5 years as a trainer or training assistant, and 2 years of maintenance experience on High Voltage equipment.

2.6 Travel

Performance under this contract may require travel by contractor personnel. The Government will negotiate a firm fixed price with the Contractor on each individual task order for all allowable, allocable, and reasonable travel costs incurred by the contractor in performance of the task order in accordance with FAR Subpart 31.2 and the rules and definitions set forth for relocation, temporary duty and local travel in the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), but not to exceed the amounts authorized in the JTR. If travel is required, the contractor is responsible for making all needed arrangements for personnel.

3 Performance Requirements

This section specifies the requirements for this effort.

3.1 Safety

Contractor Compliance: The contractor and its subcontractors shall comply with Public Law 91-596 (Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)) and the Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) (DODD 4715.1E) and pertinent sections of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Safety and Health Requirements Manual EM 385-1-1. These requirements shall be incorporated into the contractor’s safety and health program. The Department of Defense (DoD) participates in the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). Contractor personnel performing services on a DoD installation shall participate in the local VPP activities where applicable. Information on VPP is available at https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/vpp/index.html. The Contractor shall develop and implement an overarching Accident Prevention Plan (APP). The APP shall follow the format and include all elements addressed in Appendix A of EM 385-1-1. The Contractor shall submit an APP for acceptance per Section F. The Contractor shall not commence work until the APP has been accepted and no activity shall be started on site until the applicable Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs) (if applicable and on a per task order basis) have been accepted. Once accepted, the APP and attachments will be enforced as part of the contract.

Mishap Notification and Investigation: The contractor and its subcontractors (if applicable) shall promptly notify and provide an investigation report following USACE EM 385-1-1 criteria to record pertinent facts regarding mishaps involving contractor employees, government property damage or injury to Government personnel that occur on Navy property which is associated with contract execution and to cooperate in any resulting DoD safety investigation. The contractor shall notify (via telephone) the appropriate contracting officer, the contracting officer’s representative (COR), and/or other applicable members within four (4) hours of all mishaps or incidents. The Government person notified by the contractor will in-turn notify the Safety office.

Contractor notifications made after duty hours shall be reported to the appropriate installation Command Post. If requested by the appropriate contracting officer, the contracting officer’s representative, and/or the appropriate program manager the contractor shall immediately secure the mishap scene/damaged property and impound pertinent maintenance and training records until released by the investigating safety office. If the Government also investigates the mishap, the contractor and the subcontractors shall cooperate fully and assist the Government personnel until the investigation is completed.

3.2 Government Furnished Materials

Government furnished materials may be provided on individual task orders.

3.3 Quality

This section describes the Quality Control components for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

3.3.1 Quality Control

The Contractor shall develop an overarching Contract Quality Control Plan (QCP) and submit it to the COR for review/approval within 15 calendar days from date of contract award. As necessary, Task/Delivery Order QCPs shall be developed to ensure that the Contractor maintains an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with the IDIQ contract and this PWS. The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractor’s QCP is the means by which they assure that there work complies with the requirement of the contract.

The finalized QCP will be accepted by the Government at the time of the award of the Task/Delivery Order. The Contracting Officer may notify the Contractor of required modifications to the plan during the period of performance. The Contractor then shall coordinate suggested modifications and obtain acceptance of the plan by the Contracting Officer. Any modifications to the program during the period of performance shall be provided to the Contracting Officer for review no later than 10 working days prior to effective date of the change. The QCP shall be subject to the Governments review and approval. The Government may find the QCP "unacceptable" whenever the Contractors procedures do not accomplish quality control objective(s). The Contractor shall revise the QCP within 10 working days from receipt of notice that QCP is found "unacceptable."

3.3.2 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

The Government shall monitor the Contractors performance under Task/Delivery Orders in accordance with the Government’s QASP

4. Deliverables

Refer to Section F for a list of deliverables concerning the IDIQ contract. The contractor shall also provide deliverables as described in subsequent task orders. Deliverables shall be specified by the government.

Format and delivery schedule for deliverables shall be specified in the individual task orders.

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

The following have been added by reference:

52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 JAN 2022 252.204-7023 Alt I Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services (JUL 2021)

Alternate I

JUL 2021

252.243-7001 Pricing Of Contract Modifications DEC 1991

52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days.

(End of clause)

The following were previously included by full text and are now included by reference:

52.240-1 Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or

Assembled by American Security Drone Act--Covered Foreign Entities

NOV 2024

SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

AMEND 0001 PRE AWARD INQUIRIES

No. Section Paragraph Question Gov. Response

1 2.5 Table 2 Please consider reducing the experience requirement for the Project Manager from 15 to 10 years as that is more in line with project managers employed with A-E firms.

Please refer to the changes included in Amendment

0001.

2 L.5 Factor 1 Corporate Experience

Please consider revising the requirement for recent and relevant contract actions to be completed within the last five (5) to last seven (7) years. This is consistent with other recent NAVFAC Atlantic IDIQ contract RFPs.

Please refer to the changes included in Amendment

0001.

3 L.5 Factor 1 Corporate Experience

Please consider revising the requirement for recent and relevant contract actions to be completed to being "at least 80 percent complete". This is consistent with other recent NAVFAC Atlantic IDIQ contract

RFPs.

The Government considered your suggestion. The government determined it is in the Government’s best interest for the requirement to stand as is.

4 L.5 Factor 4 Small

Business Utilization and Participation

Under the Solicitation Submittal Requirement for Factor 4, Attachment J-3 is mentioned twice, but it is believed to be an error and should be J-2. Is this correct?

Correct. Refer to the corrected language in

Amendment 0001.

5 2.5 Table 2 Could the Technical Safety Course Developer and the Technical Instructor positions be filled by the same individual?

Yes, the Technical Safety Course Developer and the Technical Instructor could be filled by the same individual as long as the labor category description for both are met.

6 M.2 Eval.

Factors

3.(b) Factor 1 Corporate Experience

The Basis of Evaluation for Factor 1 Corporate Experience states: "Offerors that demonstrate, through their experience, an understanding and proficiency working with Navy Information Systems, such as

Maximo or internet Nav Facility Assets Data Store (iNFADS), may be viewed more favorably than offerors without such experience." Can the government please clarify that "understanding and proficiency" with these systems can be demonstrated through accepted project deliverables, such as flatfiles and GIS files that are then uploaded to Navy Information System by authorized/designated Navy staff, is acceptable to meet this evaluation criteria or do offerors need to demonstrate experience directly updating these systems?

Propose in accordance with the Solicitation. Offerors are encouraged to use their best judgment to demonstrate their experience in accordance with the solicitation.

Factor 1 (5) The RFP states "At least one contract action demonstrating the ability to develop and deliver technical training for utilities system management, operation, or maintenance."

Would the government consider a reference project with a value less than $150K for this requirement?

Please refer to the changes included in Amendment

0001.

Factor 1 Corporate

Experience Basis of

Evaluation

The evaluation factors described on Page 55 clearly place direct work with the Navy as being viewed more favorably than other work. Has the Navy considered whether these type of projects and services have been available to non-incumbent firms through competitive procurement opportunites within the 5 year look back period?

Pursuant to FAR 15.201, offerors are provided an opportunity to ask questions to help them understand government requirements so they can judge whether, or how, they can satisfy those requirements. Thus, this is an improper question.

9 2.5 Table 2 Would the government allow proposers to include additional labor categories on Table 2 that may more fully encompass the aniticpated technical requirements of the contract?

Propose in accordance with the Solicitation

10 2.5

The RFP states "If, during the performance of this contract, the contractor must utilize personnel other than those identified in the technical proposal, such substitution shall not be made without written approval of the KO." Can the government please clarify whether proposers are expected to provide a comprehensive list of anticipated personnel over the 5 year duraion of the contract in the technical submittal, or just a representative sample, with adequate qualifications being established with each task order opportunity.

Propose in accordance with the Solicitation

11 2.5 Table 2 The Technical Safety Course Developer and Technical Instructor require a Licensed Master Electrician. Other positions have degree requirements but no licensing/certifications requirements. Is licensing a requirement for these positions?

The licensing and certification requirements for each position are stated in the solicitation. The stated requirements for each position must be met.

12 2.5 Table 2 Please Consider adjusting junior consultant to 0-5 years, journeyman consultant to 5-10 years, and Senior Consultant to 10+ years

Please refer to the changes included within

Amendment 0001.

13 M.2 Eval.

Factors

3.(b) Factor 1 Corporate Experience

The Basis of Evaluation for Factor 1 Corporate Experience states: "Examples submitted shall be recent and relevant contract actions that were similar in size (no less than $150,000), scope, and complexity to the requirements described in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) and completed within the last five (5) years preceding the release date of the solicitation." Will the government accept project examples for multi-year (Base Year + Option Year) type contracts in which offerors have successfully completed one or more years of performance, but the entire contract period of performance isn't complete?

Yes, the government will accept multi-year type contracts even if the entire contract period of performance is not complete.

14 L.5 Eval.

Factors

Non-Price Submittal

Requirements

RFP indicates "The non-price proposal shall not exceed forty (40) single-sided or twenty

(20) double-sided pages with a font no smaller than 11 point. Pages exceeding this page limitation will not be evaluated."

Please advise if one 11 x17 page for the organization chart would be counted as a single page.

One 11x17 will be counted as one page. However, only the organization chart may be submitted on a page measuring 11x17 inches. All other pages must measure 8.5x11 inches.

15 Tab G Completed Attachment J- 3- Schedule

Section J.3 Supplies or Services and Price requires vendors to provide loaded labor rates, indirect rate applied to travel, indirect rate applied to ODCs, and indirect rate applied to subcontractor's work. Can the government confirm that only one Section J.3 table is permissible in response to this RFP or can Joint Venture partners submit separate Section J.3 tables with different labor rates and indirect rates that utilize each JV partners DCAA approved indirect rates and disclosure statements?

Only one section J.3 table shall be submitted that covers both the prime and any JV partners.

16 L.5 Eval.

Factors

Non-Price Submittal

Requirements

RFP indicates "te: The page limit count does not include the following: Blank tab dividers, cover pages, commitment letters from team members or Joint Venture agreements, Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs), CPARS, Attachment D – Small Business Participation Commitment

Document, and Attachment E– Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Please advise, is FORM J2 also excluded from the 40 page limit?

Yes, form J2 is excluded from the 40 page limit.

17 L.2

Would the government consider a two week extension of the proposal deadline from the date of receipt for responses to questions?

The proposal due date has been extended to 24

February 2025.

18 Labor Categor ies

The labor categories for Technical Safety

Course Developer and Technical Instructor are included only in the Base Year Pricing.

Please confirm that these labor categories are not needed in the option years and that there are no hours associated with them in the option years.

All labor categories are included in the base and option years. The hours listed in J3 represent the anticipated base year and the option years are estimated to be the same.

Please refer to the changes included in Amendment

0001.

19 Labor Categor ies

The Base Year Pricing includes 1.604 hours for Technical Safety Course Developer. Is this supposed to be 1,604 (one thousand six hundred four) instead of less than 2 hours?

This was a typographic error. The hours should be

1,604 for the Technical Safety Course Developer.

Please refer to the correction included in

Amendment 1.

20 2.5 Specific Personn el Require ment

Table 2 The Technical Safety Course Developer and Technical Instructor labor categories both require a master electrician license. In order to reduce the rate required, will the

Government consider removing the master electrician license requirement?

No. The Government considered your suggestion. The

Government determined it is in the Government’s best interest for the solicitation requirement to stand as is.

21 Factor 3.

Safety

(i)1 and 2 Please indicate whether offerors should submit DART and TCR data only for calendar years 2018 through 2022, even if more recent years' data are available.

The most recent years' data shall be used if available.

Please refer to the correction included in

Amendment 1.

SECTION J

DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTE: The individual files for Section J are attached separately. The documents are provided in the Solicitation Module in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment website under solicitation number N6247024R0053 with their corresponding attachment numbers.

This contract incorporates by reference the following attachments as if they were fully set forth herein. Please see the following attachments as part of this solicitation.

SECTION J

DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ATTACHMENT

NUMBER

ATTACHMENT TITLE

C Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) D Small Business Participation Commitment Document (SBPCD) E Small Business Subcontracting Plan

J-1 Corporate Experience Project Data Sheet J-2 Historical Small Business Utilization

J-3 (AMD 0001) Schedule of Services (AMD 0001) J-4 Pre-award Inquiry Form

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

The following have been added by reference:

52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal JAN 2017 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors--Competitive Acquisition NOV 2021 52.222-24 Preaward On-Site Equal Opportunity Compliance Evaluation FEB 1999 52.222-46 Evaluation Of Compensation For Professional Employees FEB 1993 52.232-15 Progress Payments Not Included APR 1984 252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense

Contractors

JAN 2023

252.225-7003 Report of Intended Performance Outside the United States and Canada--Submission with Offer

OCT 2020

252.225-7057 Preaward Disclosure of Employment of Individuals Who Work in the People's Republic of China

AUG 2022

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a Firm-Fixed Price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract resulting from this solicitation.

(End of provision)

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from

Ed Flint NAVFAC Atlantic 6506 Hampton Blvd, Building A Norfolk, VA 23508-1278 edward.d.flint@navy.mil

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

FAR: https://www.acquisition.gov/browsefar

DFARS: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current NMCARS: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/rda/Pages/NMCARS.aspx

52.252-5 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN PROVISIONS (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (48 CFR Chapter 3) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

SECTION L

L.1 SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL

Offerors shall utilize the Solicitation Module in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) when submitting proposals.

The signature of the Offeror provided in Box 17 of the SF33 agrees, if this offer is accepted within 180 calendar days from the date of receipt of offers specified as the due date in Box 9 of the SF33 or any extended due date, to furnish any or all items upon which the prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

Proposals must be received within the PIEE Solicitation Module no later than the date and time identified in block 9 on the SF33.

L.2 PRE-AWARD INQUIRIES/REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) INFORMATION /

CLARIFICATIONS / QUESTIONS

Submit all questions via one document using Attachment J-4, Pre-award Inquiry Form, by email to Jamie Oyelowo, jamie.l.oyelowo.civ@us.navy.mil, no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on 31 January 2025. The Government will not accept pre-proposal inquiries submitted after 2:00 p.m. EST on 31 January 2025.

The Government is under no obligation to respond to pre-proposal inquiries. As such, submission of pre-proposal inquiries as outlined in section L.2 does not guarantee that the pre-proposal inquiries will be answered.

Contractors are required to review the entire solicitation package before submitting questions. Contractors should ensure that any pre-proposal inquiries are necessary for proposal development in accordance with the solicitation.

L.3 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FILES

Solicitation N6247024R0053 will be posted to the Solicitation Module in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website. By necessity, these files are protected to prevent unauthorized editing. It is the sole responsibility of the Offeror to obtain the RFP files, along with any amendments, from the Solicitation Module in the PIEE Website.

L.4 GENERAL PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

Offerors will submit their proposals and all other requested information to the Solicitation Module in the PIEE website.

Elaborate brochures or other presentations beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal are not desired. Organization, clarity, accuracy of information, and completeness are desired.

L.5 EVALUATION FACTORS

1. The solicitation requires the evaluation of price and the following non-price factors.

Factor 1 – Corporate Experience Factor 2 – Technical/Management Approach Factor 3 – Safety Factor 4 – Small Business Utilization Factor 5 – Past Performance on Recent, Relevant Projects

The distinction between experience and past performance is that experience pertains to the volume of work completed by a contractor that are comparable to the types of work described under the definition of recent, relevant projects, in terms of size, scope, and complexity. Past performance pertains to both the relevance of recent efforts and how well a contractor has performed on the contracts.

2. The relative order of importance of the non-price evaluation is the technical factors, Factors 1,2,3, 4, are of equal importance to each other and, when combined are equal in importance to the past performance evaluation/performance confidence assessment factor, Factor 5. When the proposal is evaluated as a whole, the technical factors and past performance/performance confidence assessment factor combined (i.e., the non-price evaluation factors) are approximately equal to price.

The importance of price will increase if the Offerors’ non-price proposals are considered essentially equal in terms of overall quality, or if price is so high as to significantly diminish the value of a non-price proposal’s superiority to the Government. Award will be made to the responsible Offeror(s) whose offer conforms to the solicitation and represents the best value to the Government, price and non-price factors considered.

3. Basis of Evaluation and…