S02-36C25620R0099_1.pdf

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER 2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION 3. DATE ISSUED PAGE OF PAGES

4. CONTRACT NUMBER 5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER 6. PROJECT NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

a. NAME b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Title, identifying number, date)

12a. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS?

(If "YES," indicate within how many calendar days after award in Item 12B.)

12b. CALENDAR DAYS

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) STANDARD FORM 1442

Prescribed by GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 52.236-1(d)

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

SOLICITATION SOLICITATION

IMPORTANT - The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror.

9. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance within ____________ calendar days and complete it within ____________ calendar days after receiving award, notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory negotiable. (See _____________________________).

YES NO

a. Sealed offers in original and ___________________copies to perform the work required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by _____________

(hour) local time _____________________ (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time. Sealed envelopes containing offers shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, the date and time offers are due.

b. An offer guarantee is, is not required.

c. All offers are subject to the (1) work requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference.

d. Offers providing less than _______________________ calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

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36C25620R0099

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08-07-2020

629-20-2-6002-0057

629-20-106

Y 36C256

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 16

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA VETERANS AFFAIRS HCS

1515 POYDRAS ST. STE. 1100

NEW ORLEANS LA 70112

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Southeast Louisiana Veterans HCS

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16

ATTN: Leslie Robinson

1515 Poydras St. Ste. 1100

New Orleans LA 70112

Leslie Robinson 504-507-4160

This procurement is a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside under Public Law 109-461.

Offerors must be registered and verified as a SDVOSB in the VetBiz.gov Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/. Proposals received from contractors who are not verified as a SDVOSB in VetBiz will not be considered for award. This includes Joint Ventures. Joint Venture Agreements must be submitted with proposal to be considered. Contract award shall not be delayed due to loss of SDVOSB verification. Verification showing seal shall be included with proposal.

BASE OFFER ITEM: FURNISH ALL LABOR, TOOLS, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE WORK OUTLINED

IN The ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) TO BE PERFORMED AT THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA VETERANS HCS 2400 CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

SEE SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS.

SITE VISIT: AN ORGANIZED SITE VISIT WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE/TIME/LOCATION SHOWN IN FAR 52.236-27 SITE VISIT

(CONSTRUCTION) ALTERNATE I. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY SITE VISIT CONDUCTED FOR THIS PROCUREMENT.

INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THE SITE VISIT SHALL NOT ALTER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOLICITATION. TERMS OF THE

SOLICITATION REMAIN UNCHANGED UNLESS THE SOLICITATION IS AMENDED IN WRITING. CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ALL

QUESTIONS IN WRITING (EMAIL IS ACCEPTABLE) TO THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST SHOWN ABOVE NO LATER THAN NOON CST

TIME ON AUGUST 21, 2020.

THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AWARD THE BASE OFFER ITEM ONLY IF SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

PER VAAR 836.204 AND FAR 36.204 THE ESTIMATED MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT IS BETWEEN $2,000,000 AND $5,000,000

NOTE: IN NEGOTIATED SOLICITATIONS “BID” AND “BIDDER” MEAN “OFFER” AND “OFFEROR”.

NAICS CODE: 236220 SIZE STANDARD: $39.5M

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHERE WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED: NEW ORLEANS, (ORLEANS PARISH) LOUISIANA

THIS PROCUREMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

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14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR 15. TELEPHONE NUMBER

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

CODE FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified below in strict accordance with the terms of the solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in writing within __________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

AMOUNTS

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENT

NUMBER

DATE.

20a. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER 20b. SIGNATURE 20c. OFFER DATE

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT 23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM 25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 38 U.S.C. 8127 (d) ( )

26. ADMINISTERED BY 27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

PHONE: FAX:

28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT 29. AWARD Your

Contractor agrees offer on this solicitation is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This to furnish and deliver all items or perform all work requirements identified award consummates the contract, which consists of (a) the Government on this form and any continuation sheets for the consideration stated in solicitation and your offer, and (b) this contract award. No further cont-this contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract ractual document is necessary.

shall be governed by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certifications, and specifications incorporated by reference in or attached to this contract.

30a. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31a. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

TO SIGN

30b. SIGNATURE 30c. DATE 31b. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31c. AWARD DATE

BY

OFFER

AWARD

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) BACK

(Include ZIP Code) (Include area code)

(Include only if different than Item 14.)

(Insert any number equal to or greater than the minimum requirement stated in Item 13d. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13d.)

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each)

(Type or print)

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

(Type or print) (Type or print)

(Contractor is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to issuing office.)

(Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

(Must be fully completed by offeror)

(To be completed by Government)

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

Please see schedule of offer items

629-3600162-6002-854200NRM-2670-23NR0PA02

Y 36C256

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 16

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA VETERANS HCS

1515 POYDRAS ST. STE.1100

NEW ORLEANS LA 70112

Y 36C104

Department of Veterans Affairs

Financial Services Center

PO Box 149971

Austin TX 78714

877-353-9791 512-460-5429

William A. Geary

NCO 16

Table of Contents

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

A.1 SF 1442 SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (Construction, Alteration, or

Repair)

A.2 SF 1442 SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (CONSTRUCTION,

ALTERATION, OR REPAIR)– BACK

A.1 SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS

A.2 GENERAL PROPOSAL INFORMATION

A.3 PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND EVALUATION INFORMATION

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO BIDDERS/OFFERORS

2.1 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

2.2 52.222-5 CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS—SECONDARY SITE

OF THE WORK (MAY 2014)

2.3 52.222-23 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTRUCTION (FEB 1999)

2.4 52.225-10 NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT—CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

2.5 52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996)

2.6 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

2.7 INFORMATION REGARDING OFFER MATERIAL, OFFER GUARANTEE AND

BONDS

2.8 52.236-27 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) (FEB 1995) ALTERNATE I (FEB 1995)

2.9 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB

1998)

2.10 VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (OCT 2018)

2.11 VAAR 852.211-72 TECHNICAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS (NOV 2018)

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

3.1 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAR 2020)...23

3.2 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (DEC 2019)

3.3 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

3.4 52.209-13 VIOLATION OF ARMS CONTROLS TREATIES OR AGREEMENTS—

CERTIFICATION (JUN 2018)

GENERAL CONDITIONS

4.1 52.204-19 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS (DEC 2014)

4.2 52.204-23 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR HARDWARE, SOFTWARE,

AND SERVICES DEVELOPED OR PROVIDED BY KASPERSKY LAB AND OTHER

COVERED ENTITIES (JUL 2018)

4.3 52.209-9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING

RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

4.4 52.211-10 COMMENCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK

(APR 1984) ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

4.5 52.219-14 LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING (DEVIATION 2019-01)

4.6 52.219-28 POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REREPRESENTATION

(MAY 2020)

4.7 52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (JUN 2020)

4.8 52.222-40 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL

LABOR RELATIONS ACT (DEC 2010)

4.9 52.225-9 BUY AMERICAN—CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

4.10 52.227-4 PATENT INDEMNITY—CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (DEC 2007)

ALTERNATE I (DEC 2007)

4.11 SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

4.12 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

4.13 VAAR 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-

OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2019) (DEVIATION)

4.14 VAAR 852.219-74 LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING—MONITORING AND

COMPLIANCE (JUL 2018)

4.15 VAAR 852.223-71 SAFETY AND HEALTH (SEP 2019)

4.16 VAAR 852.228-72 ASSISTING SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED AND

VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN OBTAINING BONDS (DEC 2009)

4.17 VAAR 852.232-72 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (NOV

2018)

4.18 VAAR 852.236-71 SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS FOR CONSTRUCTION

(APR 2019)

4.19 VAAR 852.236-79 CONTRACTOR PRODUCTION REPORT (APR 2019)

4.20 VAAR 852.236-80 SUBCONTRACTS AND WORK COORDINATION (APR 2019)

4.21 VAAR 852.242-70 GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

ADMINISTRATION (APR 2019)

4.22 VAAR 852.243-70 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGES—SUPPLEMENT

(SEP 2019)

4.23 VAAR 852.270-1 REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRACTING OFFICERS (JAN

2008)

4.24 VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (MAY 2018)

4.25 VAAR 852.228-70 BOND PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT (JAN 2008)

4.26 VAAR 852.232-70 PAYMENTS UNDER FIXED-PRICE CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACTS (WITHOUT NAS– CPM) (NOV 2018)

4.27 VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE

RESOLUTION (OCT 2018)

A.1 SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS

SCHEDULE OF OFFER ITEMS Contract Line Item Numbers CLIN 0001 (See Statement of Work, Contract Specifications and Drawings)

AWARD POLICY: The Base Offer Item includes all labor, tools, materials, equipment and supervision necessary for the Rebalance HVAC System, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, 2400 Canal Street New Orleans, LA. Offerors shall submit offers for CLIN 0001.

The Government intends to award a single Firm-Fixed-Price contract for construction to the best overall proposal which is determined to be the best value to the Government. Based upon availability of funds, award will be made to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the request for proposal, will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and the price-related factors, technical factors and past performance factors included in the solicitation.

CLIN 0001, BASE OFFER ITEM - GENERAL CONSTRUCTION: The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment and supervision necessary to complete the work outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW). This shall include hiring and providing all required sub-contractors with experience in the principal trades and expertise described.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE – (365) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE

TO PROCEED.

CLIN 0001 $

A.2 GENERAL PROPOSAL INFORMATION

GENERAL PROPOSAL INFORMATION

Project: 629-20-106- Rebalance HVAC System Issuing Office: NCO 16 Location of Project: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, New Orleans, LA Point of Contact: Leslie Robinson, Contract Specialist, NCO 16 – New Orleans LA E-mail: leslie.robinson@va.gov

1. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Verification: This action is a

100% set aside for verified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The award of this solicitation shall not be delayed due to loss of SDVOSB verification. Proposals submitted by non-verified SDVOSB shall be excluded from award consideration.

2. VETS-4212: Title 38, USC Section 4212(d) and Public Law 105-339, requires that federal contractors report, at least annually, the number and category of veterans who are within their workforce. This VETS-4212 report can be submitted per the instructions at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212. For assistance contact VETS- 4212 customer support at 1-866-237-0275 or vets4212-customersupport@dolncc.dol.gov. For procurement awards in excess of $150,000, this report must be completed and accepted prior to any Federal contract award.

Therefore, all potential contractors are encouraged to file every year.

3. Past Safety Record: VHA DIRECTIVE 2011-036 SAFETY AND HEALTH DURING CONSTRUCTION requires that Contracting Officers evaluate and consider past safety records of prospective contractors in awarding contracts. OFFERORS SHALL SUBMIT

EXHIBIT D CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORM CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AS A

PART OF THE OFFER PACKAGE.

All offerors shall submit information pertaining to their past Safety and Environmental record using Exhibit D. The information must show that the offeror has no more than three (3) serious, or one (1) repeat or one (1) willful OSHA violation(s) in the past three years. If those totals are exceeded, the offeror shall attach an explain why and submit as much information as possible regarding the circumstances of its past safety and environmental record, including the number of EPA violations and/or the number of serious, repeat, and/or willful OSHA violations, along with a detailed description of those violations.

All offerors shall submit information regarding their current Experience Modification Rate (EMR). This information shall be obtained from the offeror’s insurance carrier and be furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead. If an offeror’s EMR is above 1.0, offeror must attach a written explanation of the EMR from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead, describing the reasons for the EMR, and the anticipated date the EMR may be reduced to 1.0 or below.

Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide their EMR rating on insurance letterhead must obtain a rating from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) by completing/submitting form ERM-6 and providing the rating on letterhead from NCCI. Note: Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide EMR rating on insurance letterhead from the states or territories of CA, DE, MI, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212 mailto:vets4212-customersupport@dolncc.dol.gov mailto:vets4212-customersupport@dolncc.dol.gov

NJ, ND, OH, PA, WA, WY, and PR shall obtain their EMR rating from their state run worker’s compensation insurance rating bureau.

If the NCCI cannot issue an EMR because the offeror lacks insurance history, offeror shall submit a letter indicating so from its insurance carrier furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead and include a letter from the NCCI indicating that is has assigned offeror a Unity Rating of 1.0.

This requirement is applicable to all subcontracting tiers, and prospective prime contractors are responsible for determining the responsibility of their prospective subcontractors

The above information, along with other information obtained from Government systems, such as the OSHA and EPA online inspection history databases, will be used to make an initial Determination of Responsibility.

OFFERORS WHO FAIL TO SUBMIT EXHIBIT D AND THE ADDITIONAL REQUIRED

INFORMATION AS A PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL PACKAGE WILL BE EXCLUDED

FROM AWARD CONSIDERATION IF AWARD IS MADE WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS.

4. Site Visit: An organized site is scheduled as shown in clause 52.236-27. Only one site visit will be conducted. Attendance at the site visit is not mandatory, but highly suggested for proper proposal preparation.

5. Requests for Information (RFIs): RFI’s are due no later than (NLT) 12:00 PM CDT Time 21 August 2020 or as amended and will not be accepted after this date. RFI’s should be submitted by email to the Contract Specialist, Leslie Robinson at leslie.robinson@va.gov. Responses will be provided by amendment to the solicitation in a question and answer format. Example: Subject Line of the RFI e-mail should be as follows: Company Name, RFI #1, 36C256-20-R-0099 and Project Title.

6. Proposal Due Date: Proposals are due NLT the date/time shown in Block 13a of

Standard Form (SF) 1442.

7. Magnitude of Construction: Pursuant to VAAR 836.204 the magnitude of construction is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

8. North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code: The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business size standard is $39.5 Million.

9. Wage Determination (WD): The applicable Davis Bacon WD for this solicitation is incorporated as an attachment to this solicitation.

10. Period of Performance: The successful offeror shall begin performance within 10 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed and complete all work within the time specified in the award. All punch list items must be completed during the established period of performance.

11. Funding: Award is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds. The Government does not compensate vendors for proposal development and submission.

12. Superintendence: The offeror shall provide, from his own staff, a competent 30-hour OSHA certified superintendent. This individual shall be 100% full time dedicated and mailto:leslie.robinson@va.gov assigned to this project while work is being performed on site. The offeror shall not divide or split up their superintendence duties among multiple projects at the same facility. Each project stands alone and requires a dedicated superintendent to be allocated and funded to that particular project.

13. Holidays: The following federal holidays are observed:

New Year's Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday President's Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

Any other holiday proclaimed by the President as a Federal Holiday.

When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as a legal holiday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed by U.S.

Government agencies.

14. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS):

Upon completion of contract performance and annually if performance is longer than 365 days, the Contracting officer will evaluate contractor performance for use in future contract award decisions. The Contractor shall be provided an opportunity to comment on the contracting officer’s evaluation. If you wish to familiarize yourself with this system, you can find it at https://www.cpars.gov/.

The government retains the evaluations, contractor responses, and review comments, if any, as part of the contract file. The evaluations are available for Federal Agencies for support of future award decisions through CPARS.

The contractor must provide the contracting officer with the name and email address of the contractor CPARS POC. This is the person responsible for responding to these evaluations. This person will be granted access to CPARS during the award and assigned the system role of contractor representative (CR).

https://www.cpars.gov/

A.3 PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND EVALUATION INFORMATION

This part describes the precise mechanism for evaluating and selecting offers for this procurement for:

PROJECT NO. 629-20-106 – Rebalance HVAC System

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Proposals must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements. The Government reserves the right to make a final determination on a proposal’s acceptability/ unacceptability solely on the basis of the proposal submitted and to proceed without requesting additional information. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being removed from consideration for award.

B. Offerors must provide all requested information for each factor. Proposals must address each element of the factors as applicable to be considered responsive to this solicitation.

Factor headings should be highlighted in yellow or typed in bold text for identification. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure the submitted proposal is in the proper format and the provided information is clear and free of ambiguities.

C. Offeror’s proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price standpoint.

Offerors are cautioned to submit sufficient information and, in the format, specified in the proposal instructions. Communication conducted to resolve minor or clerical errors would not constitute discussions and the Contracting Officer reserves the right to award a contract without the opportunity for proposals revisions or discussions.

D. Evaluations: - Factor 1 (Technical Factor) is more important than Factor 2 (Past Performance). All Non-Priced Factors (Technical and Past Performance), when combined, are approximately equal in importance to Price (Factor 3).

E. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AWARD TO OTHER THAN THE

OFFEROR WITH THE LOWEST PRICED PROPOSAL OR HIGHEST RATED

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL. The source selection process will be a negotiated source selection process utilizing a tradeoff strategy for all non-price evaluation factors in accordance with FAR 15.101 and FAR 15.101-1 respectively. Offers will be evaluated using the evaluation factors listed. It is the offeror's responsibility to ensure the completeness of the proposal. The SSEB may evaluate solely on the information provided in the initial proposal and will not assume that an offeror possesses any capability that is not specifically identified in the proposal.

a. The objective of the source selection is to select the offer that represents the best value to the Government. In order to select the offeror representing the best value, the Government will rate the offers by conducting a comparative assessment of all acceptable offers against source selection criteria in the solicitation. Benefits associated with additional costs will be identified and considered by trading off difference in capability and price. If one offeror has better capability and lower price, then that will be the better value. If one offeror has the better capability and the higher price, then the source selection authority (Contracting Officer) will decide when the difference in capability is worth the difference in price. NOTE: Price will be evaluated but not ranked by CO.

b. If the source selection authority considers the better capability to be worth the higher price, then the more capable higher-priced offeror will be the better value.

If not, then the less capable, lower-priced offer will be the better value. The source selection authority will continue to make capability and price trade-offs until he has decided which offeror represents the best value to the Government.

Therefore, the source selection may result in the contract being awarded to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offer.

Proposal size will be limited as shown and font/size shall be no smaller than Time New Roman 11. If these page limits are exceeded, the pages in excess of the limit will not be read or considered.

VOL TITLE COPIES PAGE LIMITS

I TECHNICAL PROPOSAL 4 25*

II PAST PERFORMANCE 4 25*

III PRICE 4 Completed SF1442/SF1442 BACK with acknowledgement of amendments and completed Schedule of Offer Items

*EXHIBIT A PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY SURVEY and EXHIBIT B PAST AND PRESENT PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE do not count against the 25-page limit for Past Performance.

In addition to the hard copies, each offeror will be requested to provide their proposals on a Compact Disc (CD) to be in pdf format and separated by the same volumes noted above.

It is the Government’s intent to award without discussions (See FAR 52.215-1). In accordance with FAR 15.306(b)(1)(i), communications may be held with offerors before establishment of the competitive range if the offerors past performance information is the determining factor preventing them from being placed within the competitive range. If discussions are required, the CO will establish a competitive range of the most highly rated proposals and will then enter into negotiations and will allow for Final Proposal Revisions.

Final proposal revisions shall be submitted as specified except as noted below and will be due at a time and place to be determined.

F. Basis for Contract Award:

1. Source Selection: This acquisition will be a “Best Value” source selection process utilizing a tradeoff strategy among cost/price and non-cost/price factors in accordance with FAR 15.101 and FAR 15.101-1 respectively. This process enables the government to consider other than the lowest priced offeror, or other than the highest technically rated offeror. The Government intends to award a single Firm-Fixed-Price contract for construction to the best overall proposal which is determined to be the best value to the Government.

2. Awarding Without Discussions: In accordance with FAR 52.215-1(f) (4), the

Government intends to evaluate proposals and award the contract without discussions. Communication between the Government and offerors will be limited to exchanges for clarification as described in FAR 15.306(a). In accordance with FAR 15.306(b)(1)(i) communications may be held with offerors before establishment of the competitive range if the offerors past performance information is the determining factor preventing them from being placed with the competitive range. Such communications shall address adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not had a prior opportunity to respond. Any proposal that does not have a reasonable chance of receiving award may be accordingly eliminated from competition and further evaluation. A competitive range may be established if discussions are determined to be necessary by the Contracting Officer. Should the Contracting Officer determine that discussions are necessary, they will be held with only those offerors determined to be in the competitive range, after which final proposal revisions will be requested. Final proposal revisions shall be submitted as specified and will be due at a time and place to be determined. Firms submitting final proposal revisions will not be requested to re-submit any documents which are unchanged from their initial proposals.

Offerors shall submit necessary changes as individual paragraphs or otherwise as briefly as possible, together with a table of contents, which clarifies where within the initial proposal additional or changed documents would be placed.

3. Relative Weight of Evaluation Factors: Evaluations: - Factor 1 (Technical

Factor) is more important than Factor 2 (Past Performance). All Non-Priced Factors (Technical and Past Performance), when combined, are approximately equal in importance to Price (Factor 3).

G. EVALUATION FACTORS

Factor 1— Technical: Construction Management

Technical Evaluation for Construction Management will be based on the following significant subfactors which are of equal importance:

SUBFACTORS:

• Subfactor 1a. Corporate Construction Project Experience;

• Subfactor 1b. Key Project Personnel Construction Experience; and

• Subfactor 1c. Technical/Management Approach (To Include Phasing)

1a. Corporate Construction Project Experience: The offeror shall demonstrate relevant corporate construction project experience, primarily involving large medical facilities and to include any projects that involved Phasing. Provide a list of projects successfully completed by the offeror of similar size, scope, and complexity (in a Hospital facility or similar working conditions) within the last 3 years of proposal issuance date.

1b. Key Project Personnel Construction Experience: Provide the names of the offeror’s proposed project management personnel (i.e. Site Superintendent, Project Manager,) along with a description of the individual’s experience and a list of successfully completed projects of similar size, scope, and complexity (in a Hospital facility or similar working conditions) within the last 3 years (recent) from proposal issuance date. Superintendent shall have a minimum of three (3) years of experience managing or supervising multiple projects of similar size and scope. If the person listed as proposed superintendent is not a current employee of the offeror but intends to become one upon award of the contract, OFFEROR SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF A

COMMITMENT LETTER FROM THAT PERSON AS A PART OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL to verify offeror will be hiring him/her and he/she intends to accept the position.

1c. Technical/Management Approach (To Include Phasing): Contractor shall explain how the project will be accomplished with no interruptions of services in adjacent patient care areas. Contractor shall demonstrate a clear understanding of the project requirements including critical milestones and critical path. Demonstrate techniques for maintaining on-time schedule performance. Contractor shall provide a detailed explanation as to how the project will be implemented and managed to ensure compliance with all OSHA Construction Standards, and Fire and Life Safety issues, and security measures.

Contractor shall provide a site-specific Quality Control Plan describing technique for maintaining quality control for workmanship. In addition, contractor shall explain their understanding of Phasing on this project and how they plan to accomplish Phasing with minimal interruption to the Government.

2. Factor 2 — Past Performance:

Past Performance Evaluation will be based on the following subfactors in descending order of importance:

SUBFACTORS

• VA Health Care Construction Experience (to include Projects with Phasing);

• Non-VA Health Care Construction Experience (to include Projects with Phasing);

• Timely Performance Under Previous Construction Projects; and

• Previous Experience in the Geographic Area Covered by this Requirement

2a. VA Health Care Construction Experience: Successful completion of previous construction projects within the past 3 years (recent) in with the same magnitude of construction (relevancy) for the Department of Veterans Affairs to include phasing projects.

2b. Non-VA Health Care Construction Experience: Successful completion of previous construction projects within the past 3 years (recent) in with the same magnitude of construction (relevancy) outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in the health care field. To include large facility and projects that involved phasing.

2c. Timely Performance Under Previous Construction Projects: Demonstrated ability to perform of similar size, scope, and complexity (within the same magnitude of construction) successfully in accordance with approved progress schedules under previous construction projects.

2d. Previous Experience in the Geographic Area Covered by this Requirement:

Demonstrated ability to successfully perform construction projects in the location being proposed on. Those offerors who have had recent (within last 3 years) successful projects in the location proposed will be given a higher rating for this subfactor.

The Offeror shall demonstrate recent (within the last three years from proposal issuance date) successful performance under contracts (ongoing or completed) which are similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to the subject requirement via SUBMISSION WITH

PAST PERFORMANCE PROPOSAL OF EXHIBIT A PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY

SURVEY. SUBMIT EXHIBIT “A” ON NO LESS THAN FIVE (5) PROJECTS, including information on problems encountered and corrective actions.

Past Performance Questionnaire – Offerors shall prepare and forward to prior client(s) for submission to the Contracting Office EXHIBIT “B” PAST AND PRESENT PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE for all the projects listed by contractor and submitted using EXHIBIT A PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY SURVEY. This includes correspondence explaining the requirement to obtain an independent evaluation of prior contract performance and the Past and Present Performance Questionnaire for use in evaluating Past Performance. It is preferred that these are the same projects for ease of evaluation and comparison.

Completed Past Performance Questionnaires shall be submitted to the Contracting Office so as to arrive not later than the closing date/time for receipt of proposals shown on the SF1442. Completed questionnaires shall be forwarded via email to leslie.robinson@va.gov The subject line shall state 36C25620R0099 Past Performance for (Name of Company.) NOTE: Offeror shall not review the Past Performance Questionnaire prior to submission. Past Performance Questionnaire must be submitted by the client/evaluator directly to the Contracting Office. It is the offeror’s responsibility to follow up with their references to ensure that the Past Performance Questionnaires have been submitted by the offer due date to the Contracting Office.

Again, Offerors should follow-up and encourage references to get the questionnaires to the Contracting Office by the time set for receipt of proposals. Do not include copies of the letters or questionnaires in the proposal.

The Government may evaluate Past Performance information through the use of Exhibit B completed by the offeror's references; use data independently obtained from other Government or commercial sources, including, but not limited to, Government databases; and/or rely upon personal business experience with the offeror. The evaluation may take into account Past Performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience, and/or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to this acquisition. Past Performance information on contracts not listed by the offeror, or that of planned subcontractors, may also be evaluated. The Government may contact references and contact parties other than those identified by the offeror, and information received may be used in the evaluation of the offeror’s Past Performance. While the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the burden of providing current accurate and complete Past Performance information rests with the offeror. The Government reserves the right to obtain and evaluate Past Performance information from any source it deems appropriate.

An offeror with limited or no past performance may receive a rating based on the evaluation of its subcontractors and/or key personnel, provided an EXHIBIT “C” SUBCONTRACTOR INFORMATION AND CONSENT FORM has been executed and included in the proposal for proposed subcontractors and/or potential key personnel not employed by the offeror. These ratings shall have the same weight as the ratings of the offeror. Offerors without a record of relevant past performance will be assigned a neutral rating in accordance with FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv). However, the proposal of an offeror with no relevant Past Performance history, while rated “Neutral” in Past Performance, may not represent the most advantageous proposal to the Government and thus, may be an unsuccessful proposal when compared to the proposal of other offerors.

In accordance with FAR 15.306(a)(2), if award will be made without conducting discussions, an offeror may be given the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of their proposal (i.e. the relevance of an offeror's past performance information) as related to this acquisition, address adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond or to resolve minor clerical errors.

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Performance Currency, Trends, and Relevancy: The Government will consider the currency, trends and relevancy of the performance information while conducting its performance evaluation. For the purpose of this solicitation, performance currency is performance occurring within the last three (3) years from the proposal issuance date. Within this period, performance occurring later in the period may have greater significance than work occurring earlier in the period. For example, performance information for work occurring during March 2019 may have greater importance than performance information for work occurring during March 2017. Performance Trends may, depending upon the circumstances, have greater significance than sporadic incidents of "Exceptional" or "Unsatisfactory" performance. For the purpose of this solicitation, Performance Relevancy is defined as contracts (ongoing or completed) which are similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to the current requirement. Higher relevancy will be assessed for contracts that are similar to the effort, or portion of effort, for which that contractor is being proposed, and may contribute to an overall higher relevancy score for the offeror. Based on the evaluation of offers, the Government will assign a performance confidence rating for each proposal at the factor level. The evaluation will consider the sub-factors as described herein. Following assignment of the performance confidence rating for each proposal, each offeror will receive a final risk rating for performance based on the cumulative rating of performance currency, trends and relevancy.

3. Factor 3 — Price:

The purpose of the price evaluation is to provide an assessment of the completeness and reasonableness of the proposed price in relation to the solicitation requirements. Offerors shall submit pricing in the Schedule and on the SF1442 Back as a part of their price proposal.

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO

BIDDERS/OFFERORS

Site Visit

Purpose: A site visit will be conducted to give interested offerors an opportunity to visually survey the area where the work will be performed. The site visit will be held on Friday, August 14, 2020 @ 9:00 AM.

Scope: This site visit is for viewing purposes only and is intended to give potential offerors a “firsthand” look of the locations of the area, the site itself, and the environment in which future construction will be conducted. During the course/conduct of the site visit, vendor questions will not be answered or addressed. As all questions, must be submitted in writing, site visit attendees are strongly encouraged to write down their questions and then submit these questions immediately following the site visit to the contracting officer or their designee who will be present. All vendor questions about the site visit or the solicitation shall be submitted on or before Friday, August 21, 2020 at 9:00 am CDT. The terms and conditions of this solicitation (to include SOW requirements) will remain the same despite an offeror’s inability or unwillingness to attend this site visit when scheduled.

Duration: The site visit is expected to last on or about one (1) hour from 9:00 AM. (start time) to 10:00 AM. (end time).

Contractor Meeting Point: On the day of the site visit, contractors shall meet at the following location (i.e. the rallying point) at least 15 mins before the site visit starts: The rallying point is located at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System (SLVHCS) Administrative Bldg. (Pan AM), 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. Point of Contact is Edwin Chin, Cell Phone Number 214-549-4180.

It is recommended that attendees be punctual and arrive 10-15 minutes prior to the start time to allow for unexpected delays or occurrences. The site visit is expected to start on time and when scheduled. Special accommodations will not be made for late attendees to include waiting for potential attendees to arrive at the rallying point.

Parking: Parking for site attendees is not guaranteed and may or may not be available depending on mission requirements (patient volume) and/or site availability. Site attendees may park in the following areas: employee parking garage located at Rocheblave Street (and annotated as Staff Garage 04 on the site map). While it is expected that parking will be available, free/no cost parking is not guaranteed and parking fees incurred by site attendees will not be reimbursed.

Site Access (Contractor Responsibilities): Access to the medical facility (to include access to site visit areas) is restricted and is only open to authorized personnel. As the medical facility is not a public building with open and unrestricted access, arrangements must be made by site visit coordinators in advance so that proposed attendees can be granted the appropriate accesses to the facility and site areas. Interested contractors who wish to attend the site visit shall provide a by name of list of their attendees to, Edwin.chin@va.gov and leslie.robinson@va.gov no later than Wednesday, August 12, 2020 by 10:00 am. (CDT) to ensure that such access is granted.

Uniform: The site visit will be conducted in an industrial setting. Formal, semi-formal, business attire and business casual dress is not recommended. While it is not anticipated that attendees will “get dirty” during their participation in the site visit an appropriate attire should be chosen for an industrial setting.

Additional Information / Site Visit Questions Only: For additional information or clarification regarding this site visit please contact Edwin Chin, Cell Phone Number 214-

549-4180 or by e-mail Edwin.chin@va.gov and leslie.robinson@va.gov. Mr. Chin shall be contacted for site visit questions only. Questions about the solicitation or questions that arise during or after the site visit has been completed, shall be submitted to the

Contracting Officer in accordance with submittal.

2.1 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

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

(End of Provision)

2.2 52.222-5 CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS—

SECONDARY SITE OF THE WORK (MAY 2014)

(a)(1) The offeror shall notify the Government if the offeror intends to perform work at any secondary site of the work, as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of the FAR clause at 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements, of this solicitation.

(2) If the offeror is unsure if a planned work site satisfies the criteria for a secondary site of the work, the offeror shall request a determination from the Contracting Officer.

(b)(1) If the wage determination provided by the Government for work at the primary site of the work is not applicable to the secondary site of the work, the offeror shall request a wage determination from the Contracting Officer.

(2) The due date for receipt of offers will not be extended as a result of an offeror's request for a wage determination for a secondary site of the work.

(End of Provision)

2.3 52.222-23 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO

ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTRUCTION

(FEB 1999)

(a) The offeror's attention is called to the Equal Opportunity clause and the Affirmative Action

Compliance Requirements for Construction clause of this solicitation.

(b) The goals for minority and female participation, expressed in percentage terms for the

Contractor's aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as follows:

Goals for minority participation for each trade

Goals for female participation for each trade

29.3 % 6.9 %

These goals are applicable to all the Contractor's construction work performed in the covered area. If the Contractor performs construction work in a geographical area located outside of the covered area, the Contractor shall apply the goals established for the geographical area where the work is actually performed. Goals are published periodically in the Federal Register in notice form, and these notices may be obtained from any Office of Federal Contract Compliance

Programs office.

(c) The Contractor's compliance with Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4 shall be based on (1) its implementation of the Equal Opportunity clause, (2) specific affirmative action obligations required by the clause entitled "Affirmative Action

Compliance Requirements for Construction," and (3) its efforts to meet the goals. The hours of minority and female employment and training must be substantially uniform throughout the length of the contract, and in each trade. The Contractor shall make a good faith effort to employ minorities and women evenly on each of its projects. The transfer of minority or female employees or trainees from Contractor to Contractor, or from project to project, for the sole purpose of meeting the Contractor's goals shall be a violation of the contract, Executive Order

11246, as amended, and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4. Compliance with the goals will be measured against the total work hours performed.

(d) The Contractor shall provide written notification to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Federal Contract Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor, within 10 working days following award of any construction subcontract in excess of $10,000 at any tier for construction work under the contract resulting from this solicitation. The notification shall list the—

(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the subcontractor;

(2) Employer's identification number of the subcontractor;

(3) Estimated dollar amount of the subcontract;

(4) Estimated starting and completion dates of the subcontract; and

(5) Geographical area in which the subcontract is to be performed.

(e) As used in this Notice, and in any contract resulting from this solicitation, the "covered area" is

(End of Provision)

2.4 52.225-10 NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT—

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

(a) Definitions. "Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "construction material,"

"domestic construction material," and "foreign construction material," as used in this provision, are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American—Construction Materials"

(Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.225-9).

(b) Requests for determinations of inapplicability. An offeror requesting a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute should submit the request to the

Contracting Officer in time to allow a determination before submission of offers. The offeror shall include the information and applicable supporting data required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 in the request. If an offeror has not requested a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute before submitting its offer, or has not received a response to a previous request, the offeror shall include the information and supporting data in the offer.

(c) Evaluation of offers.

(1) The Government will evaluate an offer requesting exception to the requirements of the

Buy American statute, based on claimed unreasonable cost of domestic construction material, by adding to the offered price the appropriate percentage of the cost of such foreign construction material, as specified in paragraph (b)(3)(i) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9.

(2) If evaluation results in a tie between an offeror that requested the substitution of foreign construction material based on unreasonable cost and an offeror that did not request an exception, the Contracting Officer will award to the offeror that did not request an exception based on unreasonable cost.

(d) Alternate offers.

(1) When an offer includes foreign solicitation in paragraph (b)(2) of the clause at FAR

52.225-9, the offeror also may submit an alternate offer based on use of equivalent domestic construction material.

(2) If an alternate offer is submitted, the offeror shall submit a separate Standard Form 1442 for the alternate offer, and a separate price comparison table prepared in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 for the offer that is based on the use of any foreign construction material for which the Government has not yet determined an exception applies.

(3) If the Government determines that a particular exception requested in accordance with paragraph (c) of the clause at FAR 52.225-9 does not apply, the Government will evaluate only those offers based on use of the equivalent domestic construction material, and the offeror shall be required to furnish such domestic construction material. An offer based on use of the foreign construction material for which an exception was requested—

(i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or

(ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations.

(End of Provision)

2.5 52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996)

(a) Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening of bids, may be cause for rejection of the bid.

(b) The bidder shall furnish a bid guarantee in the form of a firm commitment, e.g., bid bond supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the Government, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury

Department regulations, certain bonds or notes of the United States.