S02 - Solicitation.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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36C24921R0108

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08-13-2021

603-21-4-2306-0293

603-20-201

90C

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway

Suite 400

Murfreesboro TN 37129

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway Suite 400

Attn: Robert Pritchard

Robert Pritchard (615) 225-4525

Project 603-20-201 - Replace SPS Air Handler at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

The VA Medical Center has a requirement for construction services for a contractor to provide all labor, materials, equipment and engineering expertise and supervision needed to replace the SPS Air Handler System for Building 1.

NAICS code 236220 is applicable for this project. The small business size standard is $39.5M.

The Project Magnitude is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

A Site Visit will be held on September 04, 2021. See Clause 52.236-27 Site Visit for Time and Location.

Contact the Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Matthew Biscan at matthew.biscan@va.gov or

(502) 287-4000 x55411 for directions to the meeting place.

To obtain clarifications and/or additional information concerning the contract requirement, specifications, and/or drawings, submit a written Request for Information (RFI) via email to the Contracting Officer, Robert Pritchard at robert.pritchard2@va.gov. RFI's must be specific in identifying section, paragraph and page number and must be in question format. All RFI's submitted shall include the project number and title, contractor name, city, state, telephone, email address, date submitted and RFI question(s).

Questions received after September 8, 2021 will not be answered unless it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government as deemed by the Contracting Officer; phone calls will not be accepted.

In accordance with P.L 109-461, this acquisition is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

(SDVOSB) concerns. To be eligible to receive an award under this solicitation, the SDVOSB contractor must be listed and viewable in the Vetbiz Registry located at www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov at the time of offers due and at time of the award. Offerors are advised that the fast track reverification program ended September 30, 2012. Consequently, offerors in reverification status will not be eligible to submit offers for this project. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (SAM), all prospective offerors must have an active SAM's registration at the time of offer submission.

Project will be procured under FAR 15.101-2 Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. Evaluation factors are listed in the solicitation.

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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)( ) 41 U.S.C. 3304(a) ( )

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

Offer Item - ______________________________________

Detailed pricing must be submitted on the attached form titled Attachment 1 - Pricing Schedule.

603-3610162-2306-854200-3220 23NR0JA02

90C

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office - 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway

Suite 400

Murfreesboro TN 37129

90C FSC e-Invoice Payment http://www.fsc.va.gov/fsc/einvoice.asp

Invoice Setup Information 1-877-489-6135

Invoice must be submitted electronically

Setup 1-877-489-6135

Robert Pritchard VA-VHA-2020-21A9358B

Contracting Officer

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

STATEMENT OF WORK

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 52.236-27 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) (FEB 1995)

2.8 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB

1998)

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

2.10 VAAR 852.223-70 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—SUSTAINABLE

ACQUISITION PLAN (SEP 2019)

2.11 VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

(OCT 2018)

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

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

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 52.219-28 POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REREPRESENTATION

(MAR 2020)

4.6 52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (OCT 2015)

4.7 52.222-40 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL

LABOR RELATIONS ACT (DEC 2010)

4.8 52.225-9 BUY AMERICAN—CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

4.9 SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

4.10 52.236-21 SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS FOR CONSTRUCTION (FEB

1997) ALTERNATE II (APR 1984)

4.11 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

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

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

4.13 VAAR 852.219-74 LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING—MONITORING AND

COMPLIANCE (JUL 2018)

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

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

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

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

2018)

4.17 VAAR 852.236-71 SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS FOR CONSTRUCTION

(APR 2019)

4.18 VAAR 852.236-72 PERFORMANCE OF WORK BY THE CONTRACTOR (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)

ALTERNATE I (APR 2019)

4.21 VAAR 852.236-92 NOTICE TO BIDDERS—ADDITIVE OR DEDUCTIVE BID LINE

ITEMS (APR 2019)

4.22 VAAR 852.242-70 GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

ADMINISTRATION (APR 2019)

4.23 VAAR 852.243-70 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGES—SUPPLEMENT

(SEP 2019)

4.24 VAAR 852.246-75 WARRANTY OF CONSTRUCTION—GUARANTEE PERIOD

SERVICES (OCT 2018)

4.25 VAAR 852.270-1 REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRACTING OFFICERS (JAN

2008)

4.26 VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (MAY 2018)

4.27 VAAR 852.204-70 PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR

PERSONNEL (MAY 2020)

4.28 List of Attachments

STATEMENT OF WORK

Replace SPS Air Handler

Project 603-20-201

Contractor shall furnish all labor, material, engineering expertise if needed, and supervision needed to replace the Sterile Processing Services, (SPS) Air Handler System for building 1. This work will be located at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center, 800 Zorn Ave Louisville, KY

40206.

Work to be Performed:

The contractor shall furnish all materials, equipment, and labor necessary to replace the SPS air handler system per specifications and drawings. It is the intent of these drawings and specifications is to replace the SPS air handler system, replace decontamination room flooring, provide sterile hallway between SPS sterile processing area and sterile dumbwaiter, and construct supporting ramp and covered walkway for temporary SPS trailer along with trailer setup and teardown support.

The contractor shall furnish everything necessary to do this, whether all items are specifically called for in these plans, specifications and/or drawings. The period of performance is 210 days from receipt of notice to proceed. Construction services will incorporate all applicable VA

Construction Guidelines.

Contractor shall prepare and get VA COR approval for a phasing plan to minimize the number and duration of electrical outages. To minimize disruption to hospital operations work may need to be completed outside of normal business hours such as evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Due to the criticality of the SPS, during the shutdown for construction the VA will be installing and repairing other SPS equipment outside this contract that maybe under contract with others. Contractor shall make accommodations to allow outside contractors in the work area. The VA will coordinate with the contractor at kick off and during construction.

At the completion of the project the contractor will provide drawings in AutoCAD 2013 format and operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals in Microsoft Word and PDF formats. The contractor will provide to the VA four CDs with all drawings and O&M manuals and four (4) sets of drawings at completion of design. A future site visit will be made by appointment with

COR and contractors to verify existing conditions.

General Project Information:

All work is to be coordinated with the VA project engineer.

All work will be performed to not disrupt Medical Center operations.

The contractor is to be responsible for personnel safety during all work related to this project.

The contractor must obtain a "Fire/Smoke Barrier Penetration" if any of the work requires penetrating a wall as described in Louisville VAMC MEMORANDUM NO. 603-08-001- 021.

The contractor shall provide all safety barriers, etc. required by the VAMC and OSHA to protect workers, VA staff, and patients, and shall provide flagmen as required. All vehicle and pedestrian traffic safety related work shall be coordinated with the VA police.

Contractor will clean up area and remove all trash and debris associated with their work.

If any VA equipment is damaged by the contractor, all replacement costs will be the responsibility of the contractor.

If any utility outages are required, they must be scheduled and approved by the Facility Manager or his representative.

Completion time: Work shall be completed within 210 working days after the contractor receives the Notice to Proceed. Work is to be scheduled through Matt Biscan, 502-287- 5411.

GENERAL PROVISIONS:

Workmen are subject to rules of the Medical Center applicable to their conduct.

Execute work to interfere as little as possible with normal functioning of the Medical Center as a whole, including operations of utility services, fire protection systems and any existing equipment and with work being done by others.

Contractor shall comply with all hospital regulations including, but not limited to; No smoking or use of tobacco products within any VA building, including construction area.

Parking and traffic regulations.

Reporting of accidents to engineering service.

Hot Work policy:

The contractor will submit for approval the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all chemicals that s/he intends to bring on site, prior to the chemicals arriving on station. In all cases, non-hazardous chemical products will be utilized, if available, for the specific application involved.

Existing work (walls, ceilings, partitions, floors, mechanical and electrical work, lawns, paving, roads, walks, etc.) disturbed or removed as a result of performing required new work, shall be patched, repaired, reinstalled or replaced with new work, and refinished and left in as good condition as existed before commencing work.

The contractor warrants that work performed under this contract conforms to the contract requirements and is free of any defects in equipment, material or design furnished or workmanship performed by the contractor or any subcontractors or supplier at any tier. This warranty shall continue for a period of one year from the date of final acceptance.

All applicable codes and regulations apply.

END STATEMENT OF WORK

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO

BIDDERS/OFFERORS

This section describes the evaluation process, proposal preparation, the significant factors and sub-factors and criteria to be used in the evaluation process. This procurement action is a

Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection process in accordance with FAR 15.101-2.

Proposals will be evaluated for acceptability, but not ranked using the non-price factors/sub-factors. In order to be considered for award, an offeror must have an “acceptable” rating in every non-price factor/sub-factor under consideration.

The Government intends to award a single contract to a qualified Service-Disabled Veteran

Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) determined responsible in accordance with the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR), whose proposal conforms to all the requirements in this solicitation and is further determined to meet or exceed the standards of acceptability at the lowest offered price. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s initial proposal should contain the

Offeror’s best terms from both a technical and cost standpoint.

The evaluation of offers submitted in response to this Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation will be conducted utilizing the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) selection process.

Utilization of this source selection process may result in not all offers being evaluated. The

Contracting Officer upon receipt of offers, will determine eligibility and compliance to the solicitation requirements. The Vendor Information Pages (VetBiz registry) will be checked to ensure that any offeror submitting a proposal to perform the work is both listed and verified. All proposals received will also be checked for an active registration in the System for Award

Management (SAM). Thereafter, the Contracting Officer will review all proposals to ensure that the minimum proposal submission requirements have been met. Once these requirements have been satisfied, the Contracting Officer will select and submit for review to the Technical

Evaluation Board (TEB) the technical proposal of the lowest priced offeror for consideration.

Initially, the TEB will not receive any pricing information, only the technical portion of the offeror’s proposal. The offeror’s proposal will be rated against each evaluation factor as set forth in this solicitation.

If the selected offeror’s proposal is determined to be acceptable based on the standards of acceptability, and that offeror’s price is the lowest of all offers submitted, then no further evaluation of offers shall occur, and the Contracting Officer will document these findings and proceed with the responsibility determination of the offeror. Pricing information will only be provided to the TEB upon notification to the Contracting Officer that the technical proposal as submitted meets or exceeds the acceptability standard necessary to fulfill the objective of the requirement.

Should the initial offeror’s proposal be determined to be unacceptable according to the standards of acceptability, then the TEB will be required to provide to the Contracting Officer a summary evaluation sheet that documents how the offeror’s proposal fails to meet the standards of acceptability, and request to the Contracting Officer that another selection be made for consideration of award. This process shall continue until such time that an award is made.

Offerors shall respond in writing to the evaluation factors listed below, in the same order as they appear in this solicitation document. Failure to provide all information will adversely affect the evaluation of an offer. The information contained in the technical proposal should be complete, concise, and address each factor. If information is applicable to more than one evaluation factor, it must be repeated for each factor, unless stated otherwise.

Proposals are to be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer, Robert Pritchard. Offerors shall submit two (2) copies of complete proposal (a. Technical & b. Price) to the email address shown below.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, SOLICITATION # 36C24921R0108

NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 09

ATTN: CONTRACTING OFFICER, ROBERT R. PRITCHARD

1639 MEDICAL CENTER PARKWAY

SUITE 400

MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE 37129

EMAIL: Robert.pritchard2@va.gov

FAR 52.209-7 Information regarding responsibility Matters (b) shall be marked. If not marked, the proposal is technically unacceptable and cannot be considered for award.

Technical and Price sections of an Offeror’s proposal will be evaluated independently. All pages containing text shall be consecutively numbered, type-written on 8-1/2x11 inch paper with margins of at least one (1) inch and created using a Times New Roman 12-point font. The submitted package should contain two (2) sections, separately bind: a.) Technical Proposal b.)

Price Proposal. The Offeror’s Technical proposal shall be no more than 50 pages’ total, which is not inclusive of the solicitation and any amendments issued thereof. The Offeror’s Price

Proposal shall be no more than 50 pages inclusive of the bid bonds required. The Offeror is hereby advised that the attached “Pricing Schedule” worksheet shall be considered as 50 pages, regardless of the overall total. Each section must therefore be labeled with the following:

1. Construction Company Name

2. Physical Address of the Company

3. Telephone Number

4. Email address

5. VA Project Number (Project 603-20-201)

6. VA Project Name (Replace SPS Air Handler)

7. Solicitation number (36C24921R0108)

The Technical Evaluation Board (TEB) shall evaluate the offeror’s proposal against all non-price factors/sub-factors using “ACCEPTABLE” or “UNACCEPTABLE” ratings based upon the standard of acceptability that follows each factor/sub-factor below. To obtain an mailto:Robert.pritchard2@va.gov

“ACCEPTABLE” rating, an offeror must meet the standard of acceptability that is listed for each factor/sub-factor.

The evaluation process and criteria stated in this section will be strictly adhered to. Evaluators will make no assumptions regarding an offeror’s proposal. Therefore, an Offeror must demonstrate understanding by the thoroughness, soundness, comprehensiveness, and price reasonableness of technical approach. There will be no public opening of offers.

The following evaluation factors and sub-factors will apply to this procurement:

FACTOR 1 – Hospital/Healthcare Construction Management The offeror shall provide a narrative that describes the Offeror's overall organization, organizational chart, as well as number of personnel and the duties of proposed technical staff to determine if offeror can manage multi-discipline projects without significant difficulty. The proposal narrative must adequately address functions, responsibilities, and authorities for performing such duties as overall project management, site superintendence, quality control, safety, administration and in-house trade capabilities.

Sub-Factor 1a – Relevant Experience: The Prime Contractor shall provide demonstrated experience in construction or renovation involving installation of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in a sterile environment located in a hospital or healthcare facility. Projects merely located in a hospital do not qualify, they must demonstrate how they were completed in a sterile area of the facility. Offerors shall identify at least two (2) construction projects exceeding $1,000,000 in magnitude for each project, which were completed within the past five (5) years through the proposal due date. Offerors shall provide the following information for each project:

(1) Detailed project description of scope

(2) Government or private sector Engineering point of contact (POC) information

(3) Contract number

(4) Contract award value

(5) Location

(6) Contract duration - Period of Performance (POP) start date and end date

Standard for Acceptability: This factor will be considered acceptable if the information provided reflects adequate experience in construction or renovation involving construction or renovation involving the installation of HVAC systems in a hospital/medical center and/or health care facility meeting the criteria as stated above and demonstrates successful management and coordination of multiple trades by the Prime

Contractor.

Sub-Factor 1b – Key Personnel: Provide the names of the Prime Contractor's project manager and on-site superintendent, including name with title, years with prime contractor, and total work experience as it relates to the construction, renovation, or the addition of a hospital/medical center and/or health care facility. Both Project Manager and Site

Superintendent must demonstrate (by way of professional resume) experience in managing and providing oversight with new hospital construction, renovation, or construction additions with a project magnitude equal to or greater than $1,000,000.00 or more over the past five (5) years.

Standard for Acceptability: Project manager and the on-site superintendent must have a minimum of five (5) or more years of experience with construction or renovation involving installation of HVAC systems in a hospital or healthcare facility exceeding $1,000,000.00 in magnitude for each project.

FACTOR 2 – Technical Management Approach: The offeror shall provide a narrative that outlines the proposed technical approach for this project, including assumptions and rationale for choosing the preferred approach.

Sub-Factor 2a – Project & Construction Quality Control: Include a discussion of how the duration of project time was achieved; provide a Gantt chart of contract times broken into schedule of values by trade discipline and by General Wage Decision (formerly Davis-Bacon

Act). Offeror must include identification of proposed personnel for project management, site superintendence, and quality control; including role in commissioning, safety during construction, and in-house trade capabilities.

Standard for Acceptability: Gantt chart achieving successful project completion in 210 calendar days, with all requirements met for contract. Technical narrative always demonstrates sound logic with minimal disruption to medical center operations.

Sub-Factor 2b-Change Order Management: Explain methods for identifying changes along with company procedures for managing changes, regardless of unforeseen site conditions or owner-initiated changes. Methods and procedures for handling changes are to be based on your experience in hospital construction of a project of this magnitude and scope, involving multiple trades and the coordination of trades. Discuss any potential changes or unforeseen conditions that could result from this project along with how those would be handled both internally as a company and with the VA.

Standard for Acceptability: This factor will be considered acceptable if the information provided demonstrates adequate procedures for identifying and handling changes as stated above.

FACTOR 3 – Past Performance: Offeror shall list three (3) only prior clients for completed projects of construction, renovation or new addition of hospital/healthcare facility, medical clinics where the projects dollar magnitude equal to or greater than $1,000,000.00 within the last five (5) years on the VA Past Performance questionnaire and ask the client to forward directly to the

Contracting Officer via email at robert.pritchard2@va.gov no later than August 31, 2021 at 1:00 PM

EST.

Standard for Acceptability: This factor is met when up to three (3) past performance questionnaires that the offeror has worked with in the past five (5) years are submitted, along with any other relevant past performance documentation reflecting acceptable performance, and are determined to be relevant relative to the subject procurement, and recent in regard to the timeframe-within the past five (5) years. The Government will evaluate the relative merits of each project listed under past performance as well as verify the information provided through direct contact, as well as other government websites. This factor will be found ACCEPTABLE if, based on the Offeror's performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the

Offeror's performance record is unknown. This factor will be found UNACCEPTABLE if, based on the Offeror's performance record, the Government has no reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

NOTE: The past performance evaluation results is an assessment of the Offeror's probability of meeting the minimum past performance solicitation requirements. This assessment is based on the Offeror's record of relevant and recent past performance information that pertain to the products and/or services outlined in the solicitation requirements. The Government may also obtain past performance information through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) other sources known to the Government.

RELEVANT: The Government will perform an independent determination of data relevancy, provided, or obtained. The main assessment of relevancy shall focus on capability and magnitude. Capability assesses whether the work being performed in the reference is like the work in the requirement.

Magnitude defines whether the amount of work in the reference is like the amount of work that is to be performed in the requirement.

RECENT: Recent past performance shall be defined as successful performance under contracts similar in scope to the subject requirement completed within the last five (5) years through proposal due date

Price: The LPTA procedure is applied to known, firm requirements, usually readily available in the commercial marketplace where a fair and reasonable price determination is based on adequate price competition. Therefore, price analysis will normally be used to determine the total evaluated price to support the selection of the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror.

The proposed price will be analyzed for reasonableness. It may also be analyzed for the different divisions of work to be performed, reflects a clear understanding of the requirement; and is consistent with the Offeror's Technical Proposal. A detailed price breakdown is required and shall be provided on the "S02-Solicitation Attachment-Price Schedule" worksheet provided with the solicitation.

If a detailed price breakdown is not included in the Offeror's price proposal, the contractor may be excluded from further consideration of contract award. Pricing will be evaluated in accordance with

FAR 15.4 to determine reasonableness. In this context, reasonableness will be determined by comparing to other proposals. This factor will be evaluated as either reasonable or unreasonable.

The Government reserves the right to cancel subject Request for Proposal (RFP) and re-solicit via another mechanism should a fair and reasonable price not be achieved, or reasonableness of price cannot be determined.

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

32.3 % 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 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, shall 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. The Contracting Officer will return bid guarantees, other than bid bonds—

(1) To unsuccessful bidders as soon as practicable after the opening of bids; and

(2) To the successful bidder upon execution of contractual documents and bonds (including any necessary coinsurance or reinsurance agreements), as required by the bid as accepted.

(c) The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000.00 whichever is less.

(d) If the successful bidder, upon acceptance of its bid by the Government within the period specified for acceptance, fails to execute all contractual documents or furnish executed bond(s) within 10 days after receipt of the forms by the bidder, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract for default.

(e) In the event the contract is terminated for default, the bidder is liable for any cost of acquiring the work that exceeds the amount of its bid, and the bid guarantee is available to offset the difference.

(End of Provision)

2.6 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

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:

(a) Robert Pritchard

Contracting Officer

Mailing Address:

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office – 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway

Suite 400

Murfreesboro TN 37129

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

(End of Provision)

2.7 52.236-27 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) (FEB 1995)

(a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and

Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded because of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.

(b) Site visits may be arranged during normal duty hours by contacting:

Name: Matthew Biscan

Address: Robley Rex VA Medical Center

Building 4, Second Floor Conference Room: 4211 on September 4, 2021 at 10:00am EST Telephone: (502) 287-4000

(End of Provision)

2.8 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):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

FAR

Number

Title Date

52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT OCT 2018

52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE

REPORTING

JUL 2016

52.204-22 ALTERNATIVE LINE ITEM PROPOSAL JAN 2017

52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMPETITIVE

ACQUISITION ALTERNATE I (OCT 1997)

JAN 2017

52.236-28 PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS—CONSTRUCTION OCT 1997

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

(a) As an alternative to filing a protest with the Contracting Officer, an interested party may file a protest by mail or electronically with: Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Risk Management and Compliance Service (003A2C), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420 or Email: EDProtests@va.gov.

(b) The protest will not be considered if the interested party has a protest on the same or similar issue(s) pending with the Contracting Officer.

(End of Provision)

PLEASE NOTE: The correct mailing information for filing alternate protests is as follows:

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics, Risk Management Team, Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20420 Or for solicitations issued by the Office of Construction and Facilities Management:

Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20420

2.10 VAAR 852.223-70 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—SUSTAINABLE

ACQUISITION PLAN (SEP 2019)

Offerors shall include a Sustainable Acquisition Plan in their technical proposals. The plan must describe the approach and quality assurance mechanisms for applying FAR subpart 23.1, Sustainable Acquisition Policy and other Federal laws, regulations and Executive Orders governing sustainable acquisition. The plan shall clearly identify those products and services included in the proposal.

2.11 VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE

RESOLUTION (OCT 2018)

(a) Any protest filed by an interested party shall—

(1) Include the name, address, fax number, email and telephone number of the protester;

(2) Identify the solicitation and/or contract number;

(3) Include an original signed by the protester or the protester’s representative and at least one copy;

(4) Set forth a detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds of the protest, including a description of resulting prejudice to the protester, and provide copies of relevant documents;

(5) Specifically request a ruling of the individual upon whom the protest is served;

(6) State the form of relief requested; and

(7) Provide all information establishing the timeliness of the protest.

(b) Failure to comply with the above may result in dismissal of the protest without further consideration.

(c) Bidders/offerors and Contracting Officers are encouraged to use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures to resolve protests at any stage in the protest process. If ADR is used, the Department of Veterans Affairs will not furnish any documentation in an ADR proceeding beyond what is allowed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

3.1 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAR

2020)

(a)(1) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

236220.

(2) The small business size standard is $39.5 Million.

(3) The small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, other than on a construction or service contract, but which proposes to furnish a product which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b)(1) If the provision at 52.204-7, System for Award Management, is included in this solicitation, paragraph (d) of this provision applies.

(2) If the provision at 52.204–7, System for Award Management, is not included in this solicitation, and the Offeror has an active registration in the System for Award Management

(SAM), the Offeror may choose to use paragraph (d) of this provision instead of completing the corresponding individual representations and certifications in the solicitation. The Offeror shall indicate which option applies by checking one of the following boxes:

[ ] (i) Paragraph (d) applies.

[ ] (ii) Paragraph (d) does not apply and the offeror has completed the individual representations and certifications in the solicitation.

(c)(1) The following representations or certifications in SAM are applicable to this solicitation as indicated:

(i) 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination. This provision applies to solicitations when a firm-fixed-price contract or fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment is contemplated, unless—

(A) The acquisition is to be made under the simplified acquisition procedures in Part 13;

(B) The solicitation is a request for technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding procedures; or

(C) The solicitation is for utility services for which rates are set by law or regulation.

(ii) 52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal

Transactions. This provision applies to solicitations expected to exceed $150,000.

(iii) 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements or Statements—Representation. This provision applies to all solicitations.

(iv) 52.204-3, Taxpayer Identification. This provision applies to solicitations that do not include the provision at 52.204-7, System for Award Management.

(v) 52.204-5, Women-Owned Business (Other Than Small Business). This provision applies to solicitations that—

(A) Are not set aside for small business concerns;

(B) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and

(C) Are for contracts that will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas.

(vi) 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation. This provision applies to all solicitations.

(vii) 52.209-2, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations—

Representation.

(viii) 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters. This provision applies to solicitations where the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(ix) 52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a

Felony Conviction under any Federal Law. This provision applies to all solicitations.

(x) 52.214-14, Place of Performance—Sealed Bidding. This provision applies to invitations for bids except those in which the place of performance is specified by the Government.

(xi) 52.215-6, Place of Performance. This provision applies to solicitations unless the place of performance is specified by the Government.

(xii) 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations (Basic, Alternates I, and II). This provision applies to solicitations when the contract will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas.

(A) The basic provision applies when the solicitations are issued by other than DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

(B) The provision with its Alternate I applies to solicitations issued by DoD, NASA, or the

Coast Guard.

(C) The provision with its Alternate II applies to solicitations that will result in a multiple-award contract with more than one NAICS code assigned.

(xiii) 52.219-2, Equal Low Bids. This provision applies to solicitations when contracting by sealed bidding and the contract will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas.

(xiv) 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports. This provision applies to solicitations that include the clause at 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity.

(xv) 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance. This provision applies to solicitations, other than those for construction, when the solicitation includes the clause at 52.222-26, Equal

Opportunity.

(xvi) 52.222-38, Compliance with Veterans' Employment Reporting Requirements. This provision applies to solicitations when it is anticipated the contract award will exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and the contract is not for acquisition of commercial items.

(xvii) 52.223-1, Biobased Product Certification. This provision applies to solicitations that…