Solicitation Trout River LPOE GC.pdf

GSA Solicitation No.47PC0324R0010

Construction Contract for: General Construction Services for the

Trout River U.S. Land Port of Entry

The Solicitation

Note: The Contract resulting from this Solicitation will be funded in part by Inflation

Reduction Act (Pub. L. No. 117-169) (IRA) appropriations. The Contract contains

IRA-specific requirements that include, but are not limited to, requirements regarding pricing, invoicing, submittals, materials and construction. Offerors shall carefully review this Solicitation, the Agreement, and incorporated documents.

Document: C201-GC/MAY 2025 (The Solicitation)

Table of Contents

I. General Information A. The Solicitation and Contract B. List of Solicitation Documents C. Authorized Representatives D. Pre-Proposal Conference E. Estimated Price Range F. FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee G. FAR 52.236-27 Site Visit – Construction H. Receipt of Offers

II. Proposals

A. Proposal Contents B. Proposal Format C. Price Proposal D. Technical Proposal E. Other Information to be Submitted with Proposal F. Requirements of Joint Venture Offerors

III. General Provisions

A. Availability of Funds B. Requests for Clarification or Interpretation C. Notice to Small Business Firms D. Information Concerning the Disclosure of Solicitation Results E. Affirmative Procurement Program F. Notice Concerning Preparation of Proposals G. Bond Requirements H. Contractor Performance Information I. Safeguarding and Dissemination of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

Building Information

J. INFORM

IV. FAR/GSAR Solicitation Provisions

FAR 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR 101-29 FAR 52.216-1 Type Of Contract FAR 52.222-5 Construction Wage Rate Requirements-Secondary Site of Work Buy American Requirements Buy American Exceptions FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference GSAR 552.102 Incorporating Provisions and Clauses by Reference Small Business Subcontracting Plan Certified Cost or Pricing Data GSAR 552.236-74, Evaluation of Options (Mar 2019) GSAR Clause 552.236-77, Government’s Right to Exercise Options (Mar 2019)

V. Instructions to Offerors and Clauses

A. FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition

B. Security Requirements C. Additional Clauses

VI. Method Of Award

A. Evaluation of Offers B. Determination of Responsibility C. Price Reasonableness/Price Realism D. Unbalanced Price E. Total Evaluated Price F. Non-Price Factors G. Evaluation of Joint Venture Offers

I. General Information

I.A. The Solicitation and Contract

(1) This Solicitation sets forth requirements for proposals for a Contract to construct the Project described in the Solicitation Documents. Proposals conforming to the Solicitation requirements will be evaluated in accordance with the Method of Award set forth herein. The Government will award the Contract to the selected Offeror, subject to the conditions set forth herein.

(2) Neither the Solicitation nor any part of an Offeror's proposal shall be part of the Contract except to the extent expressly incorporated therein by the Contracting Officer.

(3) The Offeror's proposal submitted in response to this Solicitation shall constitute a firm offer.

No contract shall be formed unless and until the Contracting Officer has countersigned the SF 1442 submitted by an Offeror, and delivered to the Contractor a copy of the SF 1442 with original signatures together with the Agreement reflecting the Offeror's proposed prices.

Notice 1: Clause and provision deviations dated February 2025 do not affect the following:

1. Any FAR subparts that are based on statute or are not covered by E.O. 11246 such as:

a. FAR subparts 22.13, Equal Opportunity for Veterans and its related clauses and provisions; and

b. FAR subpart 22.14, Employment of Workers and Disabilities.

2. Existing U.S. laws on civil rights, nondiscrimination, or any laws that generally apply to a company regardless of whether it is a Government contractor.

End of Notice

Notice 2:

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including FAR 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation and paragraph (t) of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services..

GSA will not consider or use these representations. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in

SAM.

End of Notice

NOTICE 3: February 2025 clause or provision deviations are available in class deviations CD-2025-04 (February 15, 2025) and CD-2025-05 with Supplement 1 (March 7, 2025), available at https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/acquisiti2on-policy/acquisition-policy-librar y-and-resources#tab--Class-deviations)

End of Notice

I.B. List of Solicitation Documents

The Solicitation Documents are comprised of:

(1) The Solicitation

(2) Standard Form (SF) 1442 – Solicitation Offer and Award

(3) Pricing Sheet

(4) Standard Form (SF) 527 Contractor’s Qualifications and Financial

(5) Standard Form (SF) 24 - Bid Bond

(6) Offeror Representations and Certifications Form

(7) Attachments 1-3 for technical proposal

(8) The Draft Agreement and Attachments to Agreement

(9) Reference Documents - Wage determinations

I.C. Authorized Representatives

The following individuals are designated as the authorized GSA representatives under this Solicitation:

Authorized Representative Information:

Contracting Officer’s Information

Name: Lisa Zalar

Address: One World Trade Center 55W09, New York, NY 10007

Telephone: 347-217-3643

Email: lisa.zalar@gsa.gov

Alternate POC Information

Name: Winnie Eng

Address: One World Trade Center 55W09, New York, NY 10007 https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/acquisition-policy/acquisition-policy-library-and-resources#tab--Class-deviations https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/acquisition-policy/acquisition-policy-library-and-resources#tab--Class-deviations

Authorized Representative Information:

Telephone: 646-285-3102

Email: winnie.eng@gsa.gov

I.D. Pre-Proposal Conference

Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am

(An on-site visit will proceed between 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm EST following the above meeting.

Note: Vehicles will be required for this part of the tour.)

Location: Constable Fire Hall, 1136 State Route 122, Constable, NY 12926

Please park in the employee parking lot.

Please RSVP to the Assistant Project Manager at kevin.gregory@gsa.gov via the Google forms link to attend the pre-proposal conference and subsequent site visit.

To allow GSA sufficient time to prepare for your visit, please send your notice to attend by close-of-business on July 25, 2025 with the following information:

● Full Legal Name

● Company Name (indicate if you’re the subcontractor of a prime contractor)

● Email & Phone Number

In-person attendance is not a requirement of this solicitation, but is recommended. See Section I.G. Site Visit requirements, companies are limited to a total of four (4) representatives.

Requests for Information (RFI’s) are due in writing by submission to lisa.zalar@gsa.gov.

When submitting RFI’s please include the following in the subject line “Trout River LPOE GC RFI’s (company name)”.

First Round of RFI’s: Before the pre-proposal conference and site visit, by close-of-business Monday, July 21, 2025.

Second Round of RFI’s: After the pre-proposal conference and site visit, by close-of-business Thursday, August 7, 2025.

mailto:kevin.gregory@gsa.gov mailto:lisa.zalar@gsa.gov

I.E. Estimated Price Range

The estimated price range for the Project is between $25,000,000.00 and $35,000,000.00.

I.F. FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee (Sep 96)

(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. 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, 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.

I.G. FAR 52.236-27 Site Visit – Construction (Feb 95)

(1) The clauses at FAR 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and FAR 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, Offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.

(2) Site visits will be held at the following dates and times:

Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Location: Trout River Land Port of Entry, 17013 State Route 30, Trout River, NY 12926 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_236_2 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_236_3

(3) Pre-registration is required for all attendees to the pre-proposal Site Visit. The Site Visit shall be limited to not more than four (4) representatives from each Offeror. Offerors shall submit a Visit Authorization Request (VAR) identifying all attendees from their respective team.

Participants must have a valid, Government issued picture identification, driver’s license preferred, to gain access for the pre-proposal Site Visit. Notification of the location of entry, where attendees are required to meet, and all other requirements for the Site Visit will be issued to the Offerors. Submit the VAR to the point of contact listed below.

For further information about the site visit or access requirements, please contact:

Name: Kevin Gregory

Telephone: 518-570-6984

Email: kevin.gregory@gsa.gov

I.H. Receipt of Offers

(1) In order to be considered for award, offers conforming to the requirements of the Solicitation must be received at the following office no later than 3:00 pm local time on the following date and at the following address.

Date: Monday, August 18, 2025 Email Addresses: lisa.zalar@gsa.gov and CC: winnie.eng@gsa.gov

(2) Offers will not be accepted by physical mail.

II. Proposals

II.A. Proposal Contents

Proposals shall consist of the following documents, completed and executed in accordance with this Solicitation:

1. Price Proposal-

a) Signed Standard Form 1442 and all amendments acknowledged

b) Pricing Sheet-GSA requests that all proposal pricing sheets be submitted with supporting documentation that breaks down the total proposed sums of each LEC Material CLIN.

c) SF 527 Contractor's Qualifications and Financial Information

d) SF 24, Bid Bond

e) Representations and Certifications (Document C 301)

2. Technical Proposal-

a) Factor 1 - Experience Forms for each contract reference

b) Factor 1 - Joint-Venture Agreement, if applicable mailto:winnie.eng@gsa.gov

c) Factor 2 - Project Execution Narrative

d) Factor 2 - Staffing Plan, Organizational Chart, Key Personnel Resumes

e) Factor 3 - Past Performance Questionnaires

f) Factor 3 - Performance recognition documents (awards, letters, commendations, etc), if applicable

g) Factor 4 - Small Business Utilization Form

II.B. Proposal Format

1. The Technical and Price proposal must be submitted by the deadline established in the solicitation via email to the CO and the CS.

2. All proposal contents listed above shall be submitted as separate PDF (Portable Document Format) attachments, one marked “Technical Proposal” and a second marked “Price Proposal.” Paper submissions will not be accepted.

3. Files shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in proposals is prohibited.

4. The proposal should clearly demonstrate that the offeror has a thorough understanding of the project. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal.

5. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked.

6. Submission of marketing brochures is not acceptable unless provided as supplementary information only.

7. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled.

8. Each proposal shall be clearly identified. No pricing information is to be embedded into the Technical Proposal. And Technical Proposal information must not be embedded into the Pricing Proposal to avoid the maximum page limit.

9. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and solicitation number in the header and/or footer. A Table of Contents should be included.

Non-Price Factors, when combined, are significantly more important than the Total Evaluated Price.

The technical proposal must contain all of the necessary information to address the evaluation factors as set forth in the solicitation, in addition to the required documents listed above in section II.A. Proposal Contents.

The maximum page limit for the technical proposal submission is seventy-five (75) pages with a minimum font size of eleven (11). If a technical proposal is more than seventy-five (75) pages submitted, only the first seventy-five (75) pages will be evaluated.

Note: The PBS Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 2), Small Business Utilization Form (Attachment 3), Joint-Venture Agreement (if applicable), are excluded from the page limitation. All other pages (including cover page), are included in the page limitation. All pages in the technical proposal must be 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Pages that differ from these page dimensions will not be evaluated, with the exception of schedules which should be 11 inches by 17 inches.

II.C. Price Proposal

(1) Contents

The Price Proposal shall consist of the SF 1442 and the Agreement, with prices and/or rates indicated for each price element shown on the pricing form included in Section II of the Agreement. Indicate the Base Contract Price, or if no such distinction is made, the Contract Price, in Block 17 of the SF 1442, which must be fully executed by the Offeror.

(2) Qualifications, Exclusions and Conditions

If the Offeror communicates in its proposal any qualifications, exclusions, or conditions to the proposed prices not provided for in the Contract Documents, the Contracting Officer may reject the proposal and exclude the Offeror from further discussions.

(3) Additional Proposal Requirements

When providing a price proposal, the contractor shall provide a total price for each IRA-funded CLIN. See Additional Terms and Conditions for additional information on low-embodied carbon material requirements. See Statement of Work, Specifications, Drawings, Exhibits, and Other Attachments for additional information on requirements under CLINs 0003 and 0004. Amounts for each IRA CLIN should reflect all necessary expenses required to acquire and install IRA-funded work elements. A list of possible necessary expenses follows below; this list is not exhaustive.

● Expenses of acquiring products and materials required for IRA-funded work and transporting them to the construction site;

● Labor, general and administrative expenses, and overhead and profit reasonably attributable to installation of IRA-funded work;

● Expenses for materials, tools, riggings and equipment (including safety equipment) required to install IRA-funded work;

● Design, submittal and documentation expenses reasonably attributable to

IRA-funded work;

● Demolition and disposal expenses reasonably necessary for and attributable to

IRA-funded work;

● Expenses necessary to return space to its condition preceding IRA-funded work;

● Environmental remediation, and/or hazard mitigation expenses required in execution of IRA-funded work; and

● Phasing and commissioning expenses reasonably attributable to IRA-funded work.

A list of possible LEC and Emerging and Sustainable Technology (EST) expenses follows below; this list is not exhaustive.

Low-Embodied Carbon Materials:

Concrete

● Cost of submittals preparation

● Reinforcing steel, incl. Shop drawings, fabrication, delivery, installation

● Formwork, formwork erection, takedown, handling, and accessories.

● Concrete joints, joint assemblies, and sealants

● Concrete admixtures, curing compounds and materials, bonding agents

● Concrete finishing and polishing

● Light weight concrete topping

● Testing and inspections

● Embedded conduits serving IRA Emerging and Sustainable Technologies equipment (in accordance with electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) Guidance)

● Precast concrete products

● Concrete Masonry Units (CMU)

Steel

● Cost of submittals preparation

● Shop drawings, fabrication, delivery, installation

● Fabrication and Installation o On-site power generation for welding o Field quality assurance and control (QA/QC) o Galvanizing and finishing o Rigging and personnel lifting equipment o Fasteners and miscellaneous connections o Welding o Fall protection for installation of LEC steel Glazing

● Cost of submittals preparation

● Shop drawings, fabrication, delivery, installation

● Framing and support components

● Sealants, stops, gasketing

● Rigging

● Films, ultraviolet (UV) and bird safe coatings

● Material handling

Asphalt

● Cost of submittals preparation

● Shop drawings, fabrication, delivery, installation

● Tack coat

● Testing and inspections

● Geotech stabilization materials

● Reclaimed asphalt, aggregates, constituent components of LEC asphalt

● Rebate joining to existing roadways

● Bonding agents and adhesives

Emerging and Sustainable Technologies:

Plumbing:

● Domestic Hot Water Heating (Served from variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system)

● Water Meters

Electric:

● Lighting Controls

● Networked LED Light Fixtures

● Solar Panels (contract option)

● PV battery storage (contract option)

HVAC:

● Geothermal Heating and Cooling System and associated heat pumps

● Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems

● Duct Sealing, Balancing and commissioning

● Electric Resistance Boilers

● Smart Building Automation System (BAS)

II.D. Technical Proposal

The Technical Proposal shall include the information requested below for the non-price factors described in Section VI.

FACTOR 1 – EXPERIENCE ON SIMILAR PROJECTS (35%):

This factor will measure the breadth, depth and relevance of an offeror’s prior experience in performing projects similar in size, scope and complexity to the one described in this solicitation.

I. The offeror shall demonstrate experience as a prime contractor on contracts currently being performed or completed within the past ten (10) years. If submitting information for current contracts, the contract must be 65% complete by the time of the closing date of this solicitation in order for those contracts to be considered. The offeror shall submit three (3) projects for evaluation. Projects of similar size, scope, and complexity will be determined more relevant and rated more favorably than projects that are less similar. Complexity includes schedule constraints, management and administrative requirements, security requirements, applicable design criteria, coordination requirements, local conditions, and technical complexity. More recent performance may be deemed to have greater importance than less recent performance.

A single project identical in all aspects to this project may not exist, and therefore the Government will consider the totality of experience demonstrated by the submitted projects. The totality of experience should include all of the characteristics of relevant experience, identified above. Significantly more weight will be given to individual projects meeting all characteristics.

Note for Joint-Venture Offerors: If relying on past experience and performance of the individual firms, at least one (1) relevant project must be presented for each joint-venture partner. All members of the joint-venture will be required to be signatory to the contract. Greater weight will be given to projects that demonstrate prior teaming of the joint-venture partners.

A Joint-Venture and Teaming Arrangement are NOT synonymous. If a teaming arrangement is proposed, only the offeror (prime contractor) will be evaluated against this factor. It should be noted that if an offeror demonstrates a strong reliance on the experience of subcontractors, the absence of a formal joint venture agreement with such subcontractor(s) may result in an unfavorable evaluation. Offerors shall provide a copy of the agreement as part of their proposal for this factor. Please note the copy of this agreement is excluded from the stated page limitation.

II. Offerors are encouraged to identify projects involving any of the following characteristics. Projects involving such characteristics may be rated more favorably under this factor. The characteristics, in no order of preference, are as follows:

●Construction projects valued at fifteen million dollars ($15 million) or higher;

●New construction on an undeveloped site.

● Previous Land Port of Entry experience or Federal construction contracting experience;

● Projects that involved working on a New York State Department of Transportation Right of Way;

● Projects that include renovation of a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

III. Experience Form - The offeror shall complete an Experience Form (Attachment 1) for each project submitted.

FACTOR 2 - PROJECT EXECUTION (30%):

I. Project Execution Narrative

The offeror must submit a written narrative demonstrating its project execution plan. The offeror shall include in its narrative all factors and conditions it deems relevant to the successful completion of the work under this contract. At a minimum, the offeror must address its procurement and teaming approach for all major subcontracts. The narrative must also address the offeror’s plan to mitigate the negative impacts of differing or unforeseen conditions for a project of this type, including inherent risks of renovation work and mitigation strategies for schedule delays due to unforeseen conditions.

The offerors will also be required to submit an organization chart, which details the relationships between the proposed project team. The chart should graphically show the relationships between the General Contractor (GC); major subcontractors, GSA, tenant agency, Construction Manager-as-Agent (CMa), and Architect and Engineer (A/E) firms.

This narrative shall not exceed more than five (5) pages. If the information submitted for the narrative exceeds the page limitations, only the first five (5) pages will be evaluated. The organization chart will not count against the page limit.

Note for Joint-Venture Offerors: Joint venture participant’s contribution to the organization should be commensurate with their skills and background and should be described in the project execution plan.

II. Staffing Plan

The offeror’s staffing plan should include a detailed description of how it intends to accomplish the requirements of the contract using in-house and subcontracted resources. The staffing plan should include:

a) General description of the overall staffing that will be provided to successfully meet the requirements of the Contract Documents, including a breakdown/ratio of where the key personnel will perform their duties (home/field);

b) Organizational Chart and Line of Authority for both the design phase, construction phase, and construction closeout (or post construction);

c) Resumes for all proposed key personnel, at a minimum key personnel includes:

1. Project Executive

2. Project Manager

3. Superintendent

4. Building Information Modeling (BIM) Manager

d) Resumes of key personnel should include (Not to exceed two (2) pages, if more than two

(2) pages are provided only the first two (2) will be reviewed):

1. Name

2. Title/Position

3. Employment history

4. Responsibilities/Duties

5. Experience in listed position

6. Licenses/Professional Certifications (eg; Engineer, Certified Construction

Manager, U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Certifications).

7. Education (All positions must have a degree or certification related to the construction industry).

8. References (with contact email and telephone number)

e) Description of how the offeror plans to recruit and retain personnel, particularly key personnel and major trade partners.

f) Communication plan between home and field office personnel.

Expected Qualifications for Key Personnel:

● Project Executive - The Project Executive for this contract shall have, at a minimum, a Bachelor's degree in an Architecture, Engineering or Construction discipline. The Project Executive should have a minimum of ten (10) years of construction project management experience, five (5) of which must be as a Project Executive. The Project Executive should have experience managing projects relevant to this contract. The Project Executive should have experience with electronic project management tools.

● Project Manager: The Project Manager for this contract shall have, at a minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in an Architecture, Engineering, or Construction discipline. The Project Manager should have at least ten (10) years of construction project management experience having managed projects relevant to this contract. The Project Manager should have experience with electronic project management tools.

● Superintendent: The Project Superintendent shall have a minimum of ten (10) years of construction experience as a superintendent on projects relevant to this contract. The Project Superintendent should have experience with electronic project management tools.

● Building Information Modeling Manager: The BIM Manager for this contract shall have, at a minimum, a Bachelor's degree in an Architecture, Engineering, or Construction discipline. The BIM Manager shall have a minimum of five (5) years of construction modeling technology experience.

No changes to specific personnel proposed for key positions may be made without the Government’s consent. Preference will be given to offerors that propose Key Personnel that clearly demonstrate successful experience on work that is similar in size, scope, and complexity to this project requirement. The Government may contact references regarding the proposed

Key Personnel and may use this information to assess the risk associated with the proposed Project Execution.

Note: The Government will reserve the right to invite offerors to give oral presentations to further demonstrate their understanding of the project and abilities to complete the project, as well as augment the written information submitted in this Project Execution factor. The offerors will be expected to provide a clear and concise overview of the project in relation to the project requirements and to provide clear and concise responses to pertinent questions posed by members of the Government's evaluation team. The oral presentations will not constitute discussions as defined in FAR 15.306(d), Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.

No price information shall be included in the presentation narrative or mentioned during the oral presentation.

*The Government reserves the right to NOT afford an oral presentation to any offeror whose proposal contains any factor rated “marginal” or “poor”.

FACTOR 3 – PAST PERFORMANCE ON RELEVANT PROJECTS (25%):

I. The offeror must submit a PBS Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) (Attachment 2), completed by the applicable client, for each project proposed in Factor 1, Experience on Similar Projects. Completed PPQs should be submitted with the proposal. Ensure correct and current phone numbers and email addresses are provided for the client point of contact. Offerors should follow-up with clients/references to ensure timely submission of questionnaires. If the offeror is unable to obtain a completed PPQ from a client for a project before the proposal closing date, the offeror should complete and submit with the proposal the first page of the PPQ, which will provide contract and client information for the project. If the client requests, the client may submit a questionnaire directly to the Government's point of contact, via email at lisa.zalar@gsa.gov and cc:

winnie.eng@gsa.gov prior to the proposal closing date. Offerors may resubmit questionnaires previously submitted with other proposals or may obtain an updated/new PPQ from a client for any submission. Offerors shall not incorporate by reference into their proposal PPQs previously submitted for other Solicitations.

II. This factor will evaluate the quality of an offeror’s collective experience in performing projects similar in size, scope, and complexity to those described in this solicitation.

III. Also include performance recognition documents received within the last ten (10) years such as awards, award fee determinations, customer letters of commendation, and any other forms of performance recognition.

IV. In addition to the above, the Government may review any other sources of information for evaluating past performance. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, past performance information retrieved through the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), using all Commercial and Government Entity Code/ Dun and Bradstreet (CAGE/DUNS) numbers of team members (partnership, joint venture, or parent company/subsidiary/affiliate) identified in the offeror's proposal, inquiries of owner representative(s), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System mailto:winnie.eng@gsa.gov

(FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS), previously submitted PPQ information, and any other known sources not provided by the offeror. While the Government may elect to consider data from a variety of sources, the burden of providing detailed, current, accurate, and complete past performance information rests with the offeror. GSA will not maintain a database of PPQs submitted by offerors.

The Government has no obligation to ensure that an equal number of references are obtained for each offeror.

If the offeror has no record of relevant past performance or information on its past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.

The rating shall be characterized as “neutral.”

If proposing a joint venture, offerors should first submit past performance records they have performed together as these experiences will receive more consideration than experiences performed separately. A Joint-Venture and Teaming Arrangement are NOT synonymous. If a teaming arrangement is proposed, the offeror (prime contractor) will be evaluated against this factor.

FACTOR 4 - SUBCONTRACTING METHODOLOGY (10%):

GSA is committed to providing, to the maximum extent practicable, for socio-economic businesses to receive Federal contracting opportunities. This factor is designed to ensure that this GSA commitment is brought to the attention of the prospective offerors. This factor measures the extent to which the offeror will perform contract requirements utilizing small business concerns.

All business concerns (including small businesses) shall address the extent of participation of small business concerns (SB) in performance of this contract. The offeror must provide its SB participation targets with its offer expressed as percentages of the total contract. Offerors shall submit the following to demonstrate the above:

1. Attachment 3, Small Business Utilization Form

Note: In accordance with FAR 19.702(a)(1), Statutory requirements the apparent successful offeror shall be required to submit an acceptable small business subcontracting plan prior to award. Subcontracting plans are not required from small business concerns. Please see the row for GSA’s FY2025 Small Business Subcontracting Goals for reference here: Agency contracting goals | U.S. Small Business Administration

II.E. Other Information to Submit with Proposal

(1) Representations and Certifications

Offerors are reminded their SAM registration status must be “Active”, at the time their offer is submitted, to be considered for award (see 52.204-7). Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation shall complete electronic Annual Representations and Certifications in conjunction with required Entity registration in System for Award Management (SAM), https://www.sba.gov/document/support-agency-contracting-goals https://www.sba.gov/document/support-agency-contracting-goals accessed via System for Award Management. Offerors shall also submit with their proposal, the Annual Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.204-8), using the attached Offeror’s Representations and Certifications (C301).

(2) Qualifications of Offerors

Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation shall submit with their proposal evidence of their financial responsibility and capacity to perform the Contract. Offerors shall submit this information on GSA Form 527 – Contractor’s Qualifications and Financial Information. Where applicable, point of contact, including names and telephone numbers, are required for all contracts listed.

II.F. Requirements of Joint Venture Offerors

(1) All offers submitted by joint ventures must include a copy of an executed joint venture agreement (with original signatures) which fully discloses the legal identity of each member of the joint venture, the relationship between the members, the form of ownership of each member, and any limitations on liability or authority for each member.

(2) An authorized representative of each member of the joint venture must sign the SF 1442 accompanying an offer regardless of any agency relationship established between the members.

(3) In the case of corporations that are joint venture members, the corporation secretary must certify that the corporation is authorized to participate in the joint venture, either by certifying in the joint venture agreement, or by submitting a separate certification to the Government. The joint venture must also provide a certificate that identifies a principal representative of the joint venture with full authority to bind the joint venture.

(4) Representations and certifications, financial information, and past performance information must be submitted for each member of the joint venture.

III. General Provisions

III.A. Availability of Funds

Issuance of this Solicitation does not warrant that funds are presently available for award of a Contract. Award of the contract shall be subject to the availability of appropriated funds, and the Government shall incur no obligation under this Solicitation in advance of such time as funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for the purpose of contract award.

III.B. Requests for Clarification or Interpretation

The Government will attempt to answer all requests for clarifications or interpretations of the Solicitation Documents prior to the date set for receipt of offers, but do not warrant that all such requests will be answered within 15 calendar days. Prospective Offerors should make such requests not less than 15 calendar days prior to the date set for receipt of offers.

III.C. Notice to Small Business Firms https://www.sam.gov/

A program for the purpose of assisting qualified small business concerns in obtaining certain bid, payment, or performance bonds that are otherwise not obtainable is available through the Small Business Administration (SBA) (Small Business Administration). For information concerning SBA's surety bond guarantee assistance, contact your SBA District Office.

III.D. Information Concerning the Disclosure of Solicitation Results

This acquisition is being conducted under the provisions of FAR Part 15 as a negotiated procurement. In accordance with FAR 3.104 and FAR 15.207, after receipt of proposals, no information regarding the identity of those submitting offers, the number of offers received, or the information contained in such offers will be made available until after award except as provided by FAR 15.503.

III.E. Affirmative Procurement Program

GSA has implemented an Affirmative Procurement Program (APP) intended to maximize the use of recovered materials, environmentally preferable, and bio-based products. Offerors should familiarize themselves with the requirements for using and reporting on the use of such materials in performance as set forth in the Agreement.

III.F. Notice Concerning Preparation of Proposals

Offerors are cautioned to carefully read the entire Solicitation and the Agreement to be included in the Contract contemplated by the Solicitation in order to be fully aware of all requirements and clauses in the contemplated Contract. Verify that all blanks requiring information to be supplied in an Offer have been properly filled out, that all pricing and other numerical data is accurately calculated, and that all copies of the Offer contain the same information.

III.G. Bond Requirements

If a bid guarantee is required to be submitted with your offer, any contract awarded will require a performance bond and payment bond as specified in the Agreement. Offerors who utilize individual sureties should note the requirement for a certified, audited, financial statement for each person acting as an individual surety under clause FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee and the requirements of clause FAR 52.228-11 Pledge of Assets.

III.H. Contractor Performance Information

(1) Evaluating Contractor Performance: The General Services Administration is using the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) module as the secure, confidential, information management tool to facilitate the performance evaluation process. CPARS enables a comprehensive evaluation by capturing comments from both GSA and the contractor. The website for CPARS is Contractor Performance Assessment

Completed CPARS evaluations may then be used by the Federal acquisition community for use in making source selection decisions. CPARS assists acquisition officials by serving as the single source for contractor past performance data.

(2) CPARS Registration: Each award requiring an evaluation must be registered in CPARS. The contractor will receive several automated emails.

Within thirty days of award, the contractor will receive an e-mail that contains http://www.sba.gov/ http://www.cpars.gov/ user account information, as well as the applicable contract and order number(s) assigned. Contractors will be granted one user account to access all evaluations.

(3) Contractor CPARS Training: Contractors may sign up for CPARS training. A schedule of classes will be posted to the CPARS training site (CPARS Training) and updated as needed.

(4) Contractor Representative (CR) Role: All evaluations will be sent to the Contractor Representative (CR) named on your award. The CR will be able to access CPARS to review and comment on the evaluation. If your CR is not already in the CPARS system, the contracting officer will request the name and email address of the person that will be responsible for the CR role on your award.

Once an evaluation is ready to be released the CR will receive an email alerting them the evaluation is ready for their review and comment. The email will indicate the time frame the CR has to respond to the evaluation; however, the CR may return the evaluation earlier than this date.

GSA shall provide for review at a level above the contracting officer (i.e., contracting director) to consider any disagreement between GSA and the contractor regarding GSA’s evaluation of the contractor. Based on the review, the individual at a level above the contracting officer will issue the ultimate conclusion on the performance evaluation.

Copies of the evaluations, contractor responses, and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the contract file.

III.I. Safeguarding and Dissemination of Controlled Unclassified Information Building Information

Certain information contained in the Solicitation Documents may have been designated as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) building information. With respect to such information, Offerors shall agree to the terms for receipt of such information, as set forth in the provision “Administrative Matters” in Section III of the Agreement, as a condition of receipt of such information.

III.J. INFORM

A. Overview of the IN-depth Feedback through Open Reporting Methods (INFORM) Process

This solicitation is part of GSA’s post award communication process called INFORM.

The process is designed to enhance the quality and usefulness of post-award communications by providing greater transparency and openness into the procurement process. INFORM seeks to increase GSA-industry communication by providing clearer and more complete information to explain the award decision.

Through the INFORM process, GSA will seek to share additional information with offerors in writing and/or through an oral feedback meeting1 that is not required by statute or regulation. For Part 15 including mandatory debriefs and Part 16, and in

1 The oral feedback meeting may be held in person or via an electronic means.

https://www.cpars.gov/lc.htm https://www.cpars.gov/lc.htm addition to any information required by FAR 15.503 and 15.506, GSA is providing each offeror with the opportunity to participate in the INFORM process as further discussed below.

B. Detailed Description of the INFORM Process

B.1. Component 1 - Notification of Award

After award and in accordance with any post-award notification timeframes required by regulation (i.e., FAR Parts 15.503(b) and 16.505(b)(6)), the contracting officer will issue written notices to the successful and unsuccessful offerors (the Notification Letter and Evaluation Statement (NLES)). The notices will contain:

● All information required by statute or regulation;

● An unredacted copy of the complete technical evaluation for that particular offeror that includes a full description of the unsuccessful offeror’s strengths, weaknesses, risks, and deficiencies;

● An overall technical evaluation summary for that particular offeror and the successful offeror that includes evaluated price; overall technical ranking, rating, or score.

B.2. Component 2 - Request for Oral Feedback Meeting or Written Questions

Within three business days after receipt of the NLES, an offeror may, but is not required to:

● submit a written request to the contracting officer for an oral feedback meeting;

● submit a list of written questions to the contracting officer; or

● take no further action.

If the offeror timely elects to request an oral feedback meeting or submit a list of written questions, GSA will consider any such request to constitute a required debriefing pursuant to FAR 15.506. If an offeror does not request an oral feedback meeting or submit a list of written questions within the three day time period, the receipt of the NLES concludes the INFORM process and satisfies the FAR requirement for debriefs pursuant to FAR 15.506.

If the offeror submits a list of written questions in lieu of the oral feedback meeting, the contracting officer will attempt to respond within five business days of receipt of the written questions. Unless otherwise stated, the contracting officer’s response to the written questions will conclude the INFORM process and any corresponding post-award debriefing as further set forth at FAR 15.506.

If the offeror requests an oral feedback meeting, the offeror should provide the following information:

● Primary point of contact;

● List of participants with titles (e.g., Senior Vice President);

● List of topics to assist GSA better prepare for the oral feedback meeting; and

● Preference for in-person, telephone, or web-based conferencing (if available).

B.3. Component 3 - Oral Feedback Meeting

During the oral feedback meeting, GSA’s objectives are to provide:

● Reasonable responses to written questions submitted by the offeror;

● Explanations for the evaluation conclusions and contract award decisions;

● Any additional information about the fairness and impartiality of the evaluation and why the award decision was rational;

● Reasonable responses to additional questions raised during the meeting;

● Additional transparency into the underlying competition process; and,

● A greater understanding of the evaluation and award process.

GSA will not provide any information that is prohibited by law or regulation.

B.4. Component 4 - Post Oral Feedback Meeting Questions

Within two business days after the conclusion of the oral feedback meeting, the offeror may submit a list of written questions to the contracting officer. The contracting officer will provide a written response within five business days and, unless otherwise noted by the contracting officer, the INFORM process and any corresponding post-award debriefing as further set forth at FAR 15.506 will have concluded.

If the offeror elects not to submit a list of written questions within two days after the oral feedback meeting, the INFORM process and any corresponding post-award debriefing as further set forth at FAR 15.506 is concluded.

IV. FAR/GSAR Solicitation Provisions

FAR 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29 (Sep 2023)

(a) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101–29, and copies of Federal specifications, standards, and product descriptions can be downloaded from the ASSIST website at https://assist.dla.mil.

(b) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained from the ASSIST website identified in paragraph (a) of this provision.

(End of provision) https://assist.dla.mil

FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract (APR 84) The Government contemplates award of a Firm-Fixed-Price contract resulting from this solicitation.

FAR 52.222-5 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Secondary Site of the Work (MAY 14)

(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.

FAR 52.225-12 Notice of Buy American Requirement-Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements (MAY 2014)

(a) Definitions. "Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "construction material," "designated country 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 Under Trade Agreements" (Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.225-11).

(b) Requests for determination 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 FAR clause 52.225-11 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 materials, by adding to the offered price the appropriate percentage of the cost of such foreign construction material, as specified in paragraph (b)(4)(i) of FAR clause 52.225-11.

(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 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_225_11 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 construction material, other than designated country construction material, that is not listed by the Government in this solicitation in paragraph (b)(3) of FAR clause 52.225-11, the offeror also may submit an alternate offer based on use of equivalent domestic or designated country construction material.

(2) If an alternate offer is submitted, the offeror shall submit a separate Standard Form 1442 for…