SPD Regional AE Design - Synopsis - 24Apr2023 Final.pdf

24 APR 2023

Synopsis for UNR

General Information

Document Type: Synopsis Notice Solicitation Number: W912PL -23-R-0001 Posted Date: 24 APR 2023 RFI Submission closes: 15 MAY 2023 Original Response Date: 24 MAY 2023 Current Response Date: 24 MAY 2023 Classification Code: C – Architect and engineering services

Contracting Office Address

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 915 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90017.

1. SYNOPSIS: INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT (IDC) FOR VERTICAL ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A-E)

SERVICES SUPPORTING US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION’S

MILITARY DESIGN, INTERAGENCY AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICES (IIS) AND LIMITED CIVIL WORKS

(CW) PROGRAMS – COMBINED UNRESTRICTED & SMALL BUSINESS

DESCRIPTION

2. CONTRACT INFORMATION

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a. This synopsis, selections made, and contracts awarded therefrom will be in accordance with the Brooks Architect-Engineer (A-E) Act as implemented in Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6 and Engineering Pamphlet (EP) 715-1-7. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work.

b. Throughout the synopsis, the terms “firm”, “A-E Firm,” “Contractor”, “consultant” and

“prime” are used synonymously. These terms represent legal entities including individual firms as well as joint-ventures and mentor-protégé joint ventures. These terms, however, do not represent prime and subcontractor (or subconsultant) relationships.

c. This procurement will be conducted under Product and Service Code (PSC) C219 –

Architect and Engineering – Other: General; and NAICS 541330 – Engineering Services.

The business size standard is $16.5M. In accordance with FAR 19.503, Reserves, this acquisition will be issued under one synopsis as an Unrestricted MATOC providing for a small business reserve. IAW FAR 19.504(c), all task orders will be reviewed for the reserve.

If FAR 19.504(c) cannot be met, fair opportunity will be provided to all MATOC holders.

The proposed MATOC will consist of at least three unrestricted IDCs and at least three small business IDCs which will share the $249M capacity. The maximum number of awards will be dependent upon the quality of the SF330’s submitted by the offerors as the

Government intends to select all the most highly qualified offerors in each pool for negotiations. Each IDC will have a five (5) year contract period of performance consisting of a five-year year base period. The anticipated performance periods for the proposed contracts shall be from FY24 – 29, dependent upon the date of the last contract award.

The wages and benefits for service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee’s office location (not the location of the work).

d. IDCs awarded from this synopsis shall be administered by the USACE, Los Angeles, Phoenix-Programs Management Office, for use on federal AE service requirements under South Pacific Division’s (SPD) jurisdiction. This Regional A-E Vertical Design

Service will allow Districts within SPD to utilize this acquisition tool to issue task orders for federal A-E service requirements within their jurisdiction.

e. Work shall be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. Selection for task order awards shall be made in accordance with USACE “Updated procedures for the Selection of task Orders on Architect-Engineer Indefinite Delivery Contracts” dated 14 April 2021.

All firms under contract will be given a fair opportunity through the applicable A-E Task

Order selection process pursuant to applicable statutes, rules, and regulations. As of the date of this synopsis, the current Task Order selection process is known as the TORN process1 referenced above and dated 14 April 2021. When a task order is to be awarded, the Contracting Officer will notify firms under contract by the issuance of a

Task Order Requirement Notice (TORN). The TORN will include a Scope of Work (SOW), selection criteria, and a request for supplemental information tailored to the specific requirement. Information requested in the TORN is intended to supplement existing information and as such will focus on information required to effectively evaluate each firm relative to the specific requirement identified in the TORN scope of work for the purpose of selecting the most highly technically qualified firm for negotiation and award of the task order. All firms under contract will be promptly notified upon a selection decision.

f. Other-than-small business A-E Firms that intend to subcontract shall express its intent to meet the small business goals on the SF330, Section C, by identifying subcontracting opportunities with small businesses and small business partners the firm has previously used or would consider using. If selected for negotiation, the other than small business

A-E firm will be required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9 and DFARS 219-704 as part of its Price Proposal. The following reflects the minimum acceptable subcontracting goals to be included in the subcontracting plan for FY 2023:

i. 32.25% of the work would go to small business;

ii. 5% to small, disadvantaged business;

iii. 5% to women-owned small business;

iv. 3% to HUBZone small business; and

1 It is the intent of USACE to adhere to the statutes, regulations and rules that govern it and the Task Order selection process at all times. If the TORN process is replaced by another A-E selection method during this life of the proposed Contracts, then it is the intention of USACE to follow the updated Task Order selection process.

v. 3% to service-disabled veteran owned small business.

Written justification shall be provided for any minimum small business goals that cannot be met. The government may not consider a proposal for award if the subcontracting plan does not demonstrate a sincere and convincing effort to meet a goal a firm asserts cannot be met. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan shall be evaluated in accordance with AFARS Appendix DD. This plan is not required with this submittal but shall be required with the price proposal of the Offeror selected for negotiations.

g. To be eligible for contract award, an A-E firm (including Joint-Ventures (J/V)) must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Register at https://sam.gov/.

Note that an A-E firm or J/V) need not be registered to submit an SF330 in response to this synopsis. When the most highly qualified firms are notified of their selection and issued a Request for Price Proposal (RFPP), firms should have a reasonable time in which to register at SAM. This notwithstanding, it is solely the A-E firm’s responsibility to register in SAM and be registered in SAM prior to submission of a price proposal. If an

A-E firm is currently registered in SAM, the SF330s submitted response to this announcement should include the applicable Commercial and Government Entity Code

(CAGE).

h. Upon selection of the most highly qualified firms, the solicitation (RFPP) documents will only be made available in electronic format. No CD-ROMs or hardcopy documents will be distributed.

i. Contractor performance evaluations: In accordance with FAR Subpart 36.604 –

Performance Evaluation, A-E contractor’s performance will be evaluated throughout the performance of the contract. The USACE Follows the procedures outlined in EP 715-1-7 to fulfill this FAR requirement. Performance evaluations shall be prepared in the

Contracting Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), which is a web-based system. CPARS/Past Performance evaluations will not be provided based on the IDC;

instead, evaluations will be prepared based on the task order. Past performance evaluations (interim, final or both as applicable) will be prepared for each A-E services contract/task order in excess of $35,000 or more. Past performance evaluations may also be prepared for contracts below $35,000. After an evaluation (interim or final) is prepared by the USACE, the firm whose performance has been evaluated will have the ability to access, review and comment on the evaluation for a period of 60 days.

Accessing and using CPARS requires specific software, called Public Key Infrastructure

(PKI) certification, which is installed on the user’s computer. The certification is a

Department of Defense requirement and was implemented to provide security in electronic transactions. The certification software may cost approximately $100-$120 per certificate per year and is purchased from External Certificate Authorities (ECA) vendors. Current information about the PKI certification process and for contracting vendors can be found on the CPARS website, http://www.cpars.gov. If the firm wishes to participate in the performance evaluation process, access to CPARS and PKI certification is the sole responsibility of the firm.

3. PROJECT INFORMATION

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a. This Regional acquisition tool will be used by any District within SPD (Sacramento, San

Francisco, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque Districts) to encompass the entire SPD geographical AOR for Military (MILCON), Interagency and International Services (IIS), and limited Civil Works (CW) projects. Projects will primarily locate within the Area of

Responsibility (AOR) of USACE South Pacific Division (SPD) but may be used at CONUS locations if determined within scope of the contract by the Contracting Officer.

MILCON/IIS boundaries generally include CA, NV, UT, NM, and AZ. SPD’s boundaries generally include CA, NV, AZ, UT, NM and portions of OR, ID, CO, TX and WY. Based on expected requirements and projections from historical trends, approximately 70%-80% of task order requirements will support military customers, 15%-25% will support IIS customers, and 0%-5% will support civil works customers. DoD Military agencies frequently supported include the Defense Logistics Agency, Army, Army Reserve, Air

Force, and Marines. Non-DoD agencies that the IIS program frequently supports include the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of

Interior (DOI) and Department of Energy (DOE), and on occasion the FBI and FEMA.

b. Pre-Design Services may primarily consist of:

i. Studies in support of planning or design

ii. Planning and Programming, to include planning charettes in support of military or IIS vision, development, standards, and programs, and DD1391 preparation

iii. Site investigations

c. Design Services may primarily consist of:

i. Parametric Estimating

ii. Preliminary Designs and Charrettes, including Project Definition (Code 3)

iii. Partial Designs (Plans and Specifications)

iv. Full Designs (Performance Plans and Specifications and Prescriptive Plans and

Specifications)

v. Preparation of documents for Design-Build Request for Proposals incl. design analysis (DA) specifications and plans)

d. Services during Construction may primarily consist of:

i. Engineering During Construction

ii. Construction Phase Services

iii. Quality Assurance, Investigations, Materials Tests and Inspections

e. Project scopes may also include:

i. Repair or modernization of existing facilities

ii. Design of new facilities or utility systems of various types, sizes and complexities

iii. Historic Preservation (including preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration)

iv. Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) Studies and

Designs

v. Anti-Terrorist/Force Protection criteria

vi. Sustainable design utilizing LEED and Third-Party Certification (TPC) rating tools

vii. Development of Area Development Plans and Vision Plans

viii. Cost engineering using MCACES

ix. Economic Analysis of Alternative Design Approaches

x. Life Cycle Cost Analysis

xi. Value Engineering Studies

xii. Topographic and Utility Surveying

xiii. Cybersecurity analysis and implementation

f. DoD facilities are grouped into the following Facility Classes. Facilities for other programs will fall under similar Facility Classes. Typically design facilities categories:

i. Operation and Training Facilities

1. Communications Buildings & Navigation Aids – Air traffic control towers

2. Operational Buildings – Access Control Facilities, Sensitive

Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs)

3. Training Buildings – Simulators, Training Ranges

ii. Maintenance and Production Facilities

1. Aircraft maintenance facilities – Hangars, Storage, Paint Shops

iii. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Facilities

1. Science facilities

2. Aircraft facilities

3. Missile and space facilities

4. Weapons and weapons system facilities

5. Range facilities

iv. Supply Facilities to include:

1. Ammunition Storage

2. Covered storage

3. Open storage

v. Medical Facilities

1. Medical centers and hospitals

2. Laboratories

3. Administrative Buildings

vi. Administrative Facilities

vii. Housing and Community Facilities

1. Family Housing

2. Unaccompanied Personnel Housing – Lodging, Barracks

3. Personnel Support and Service Facilities – Public Safety, Dining

4. Morale, Welfare and Recreation Facilities

viii. Utility Facilities

1. Electrical Power Facilities

2. Sewage and Waste Facilities

3. Water Treatment Facilities

All technical aspects of design work will be required to comply with current technical criteria that include U.S. national codes and regulations, the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), DoD Criteria and Standards and USACE Engineering Regulations.

In addition to South Pacific Division’s Military Design, Interagency and International Services (IIS), this IDC is to provide A-E support for limited Civil Works Program (CW) within SPD area of responsibility. The limited Civil Works program may consist of, but is not limited to, the following:

A-E services for the study, design and construction of dams and levees, and floodwalls, earth and concrete dams, spillways, pumping stations, stilling basins, hydraulic flow control structures, bridges, environmental restoration projects and limited engineering support during construction

4. SELECTION CRITERIA

The primary selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria A through E are considered primary, criterial F and G and secondary and will only be used as “tie-breakers” among firms that are essentially technically equal.

Criteria A – Specialized Experience and Technical Competence

Criteria B – Professional Qualifications

Criteria C – Past Performance

Criteria D – Capacity

Criteria E – Knowledge of Locality

Criteria F – SB and SDB Participation

Criteria G – Equitable Distribution of DOD Contracts

Depending on the number of SF330 submissions received, the government may establish a

Preselection Board to determine the highly qualified firms. If used, a Preselection Board will only use Criteria A and B to determine the highly qualified firms. Highly qualified firms’ SF 330 submissions will then be fully evaluated by the Selection Board to determine the most highly qualified firms.

Each criterion shall be assigned a rating from Exceptional to Unsatisfactory based on the risk to the Government that the Offeror will successfully perform under the Criteria being evaluated.

An overall rating will also be applied to the proposal submission using rating of each criterion and the same scale. After rankings, the firms will be identified as “Most Highly Qualified”, “Highly Qualified” and “Not Qualified” in accordance with EP 715-1-7 Architect-Engineer

Contracting in USACE.

CRITERIA A – Specialize Experience and Technical Competence (SF330, Part I, Section F)

a. Firms shall submit no more than ten (10) example projects to demonstrate possession of specialize experience like that which is described herein. Example projects are subject to the following considerations:

i. No more than one (1) predesign service listed in 3.b for any type of facility class listed in 3.f with an estimated construction contract value greater than $10M.

Project does not have to be complete.

ii. No more than six (6) full designs that cover all the primary project types listed in 3.e at least once. A minimum of two (2) repair and/or modernization of existing facilities and two (2) new facilities.

iii. No more than two (2) Design-Build RFPs.

iv. No more than one (1) Engineering During Construction for any type of facility class listed in 3.f with an estimated construction contract value greater than $10M. The project must be complete.

b. Do not use SF330 Part 1 Section F to demonstrate Civil Works experience and competence.

Use SF330 Part I Section H to highlight project experience and/or planned approach if presented with a potential task order in support of civil works design services. Limit the submission to no more than 2 pages.

c. A proposed management plan shall be presented in Section H of the SF330. The plan shall be judged on experience producing quality designs based on an evaluation of the A-E firm’s design quality management plan. The design quality management plan is a programmatic plan that covers the overall management approach to quality within the proposed IDC, it should reference the organization chart in Section D of SF330, and briefly address the team organization, quality control procedures, coordination of in-house disciplines and consultants, and prior relationships of the prime A-E firm and any of their significant consultants on similar projects.

Within each plan the following processes will be evaluated in descending order of importance:

i. Internal Quality Management Process for both in-house A-E firm or J/V and subcontractor products.

ii. Version Control Process

iii. Comment Tracking Process

iv. Independent Review Process

v. Internal Communications Protocols for both in-house A-E firm or J/V and subcontractor quality comment resolution

CRITERIA B – Professional Qualifications (SF330, Part 1, Section E)

PART 1

Firms shall possess or demonstrate the ability to possess key personnel per the disciplines listed below. To demonstrate qualifications, resumes for persons filling these disciplines are to be provided in Section F and the role listed in Block 13 shall use the exact same discipline nomenclature as listed below. An individual shall not serve in more than one (1) role.

Additionally, all Key Personnel shall be shown on the organizational chart in Section D. The following key disciplines are required, maximum two resumes per discipline.

• Project Management

• Architecture

• Civil Engineering

• Cost Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Fire Protection Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Structural Engineering

• Geotechnical Engineering

The proposed primary lead project manager, architect, or engineer in each discipline must be registered, licensed, or certified in a United States state or territory and possess a professional license to practice in the appropriate professional field for which he/she is offered. A Project

Management Professional (PMP) certificate can substitute for a professional license for a project manager. Cost engineers will be evaluated on their relevant experience. Identified key personnel may be more highly evaluated if the person(s) participated as a member of the A-E firm or a significant subconsultant in the example projects submitted in SF 330 Section F.b.

Specialized Personnel: Provide a resume for one person identified against each discipline below.

• U.S. Registered Communication Distribution Designer (RCDD) accredited by the Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) and possessing a current active RCCD registration.

• BIM / Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) manager.

• LEED Building Design and Construction (LEED BD+C) Accredited Professional (AP).

• Building commissioning specialist if not covered by key personnel above.

SF 330 Requirements for Elements (b)(1) and (b)(2): Using SF 330 Section E, Resumes Of Key

Personnel Proposed For This Contract, submit resumes of key and specialized personnel.

Prepare a separate Section E for each person. Indicate whether the key personnel are employed by the prime contractor or subcontractor.

PART 2

Relevant Projects (Section E, Block 19): All Key Personnel will have a minimum of five (5) years of design experience in their discipline demonstrated by projects with scope, magnitude, and complexity comparable to this solicitation. Relevant projects are those that reflect experience performing in their respective discipline. Relevant project information should be brief and highlight specific roles and tasks performed by the key personnel; project type; scope; and costs.

Maximum of five (5) projects will be listed for each resume, and each project listed will have completed (designs ready for construction) within the past ten (10) years. Note: The projects provided for this Criteria may also be used to address Criteria A.

The government will consider the education and current registration, licensure/ certification(s), years of experience, as applicable, of each person named in Block 15. It will also consider the person’s relevant project experience provided in Block 19. More weight shall be given to experience with full-design type projects, that are of comparable scope magnitude and complexity to that described above in the paragraph titled Project Information. Key Personnel disciplines requested in this solicitation will be a higher-weighted criteria during the evaluation process. Superfluous submission will not be considered.

CRITERIA C – Past Performance (SF330, Part I, Section H)

a. To demonstrate quality of past performance, for each project presented for Criteria A, SF330

Submissions shall include a Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR). If a CPAR is not available, the SF330 submission shall include a NAVFAC/USACE/USGS Past Performance

Questionnaire (PPQ). In the event of a conflict between a PPQ and CPAR submitted to demonstrate past performance for the same example project, the CPAR rating will govern.

b. Past performance evaluation will focus on quality of work, compliance with performance schedules, cost control, management performance and if applicable, small business subcontracting. Indication of favorable performance ratings, awards, and repeat clientele in

Section H of SF330 is recommended. Past performance will be based on CPARS ratings and other data presented by the offeror as determined by the Government from the previous five years. A narrative describing past performance with customer satisfaction pertaining to the

Offeror’s quality of work and budget and schedule control may be provided in Section H. More weight is given to performance ratings and awards for the projects identified in Section F.

c. The contract performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) may be queried for all firms submitting an SF330 in response to this synopsis. If deemed relevant by the evaluation board, performance evaluations for any significant team subcontractors who have previously been prime A-E contractors will also be considered. In addition to CPARS, the board may seek information on past performance from other sources.

CRITERIA D – Capacity (SF330, Part I, Section H)

a. Capacity to initiate work and complete within the time parameters of the project. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel among the proposed team in the following key disciplines in Criteria B. The SF 330 shall clearly indicate the primary office where the work will be performed and the staffing levels at this office. Any work to be performed outside of the primary office shall be addressed within PART 2 proposed management plan. The government will evaluate the numbers listed in Part II of the SF330.

Include a Part II form for each firm that is part of the proposed team.

CRITERIA E – Knowledge of Locality.

Design projects will primarily locate within the Area of Responsibility (AOR) of USACE South Pacific

Division (SPD). MILCON/IIS boundaries generally include CA, NV, UT, NM, and AZ. Boundaries generally include CA, NV, AZ, UT, NM and portions of OR, ID, CO, TX and WY.

CRITERIA F – SB and SDB Participation.

Extent of participation of small businesses (including women-owned), small-disadvantaged businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort as referenced above in

Section 2(f).

CRITERIA G – Equitable Distribution of DOD Contracts

Indicate the volume of DOD A-E contract awards in the last 12 months. As part of the evaluation process, firms will be evaluated with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD

A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SBs and SDBs.

5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

ALL RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY B Y 2:00 PM

PACIFIC STANDARD TIME 24 May 2023 to charlie.r.jones@usace.army.mil. All documents shall be submitted in PDF file format. The electronic digital submission shall not exceed 20 Megabytes (MB).

To verify your submittal has been delivered you may email charlie.r.jones@usace.army.mil. Late responses will not be accepted. No other notification will be made and no further action is required.

FILE NAMES: To ensure your submission is received and processed appropriately, it is important that interested parties CAREFULLY ensure their electronic files adhere to the following naming convention: Each filename shall begin with the solicitation number, followed by the word

“RESPONSE”, followed by your firm’s name, and finally a brief file description. EXAMPLES:

“W9123822R0018RESPONSE Firmname SF330 Part I.pdf”

“W9123822R0018RESPONSE Firmname SF330 Part II.pdf”

“W9123822R0018RESPONSE Firmname SF330 Part I Sect E.pdf”

“W9123822R0018RESPONSE Firmname SF330 Part I Sect H.pdf”

File Organization, Formatting, Size and other instructions. Although hard copies are not accepted, each file shall be clearly indexed, and logically assembled. Special instructions are as follows:

a. SF330, Part 1, Section C – Block 11 – Roles in this contract shall use the nomenclature as listed in

Selection Criteria B, Part 1, Key Disciplines

b. SF330, Part 1, Section D, Organization Chart shall not be more than one page and may be formatted to 11” x 17”

c. SF330, Part 1, Section E, Block 14 shall be in whole years, no partial years. Each resume shall not exceed two (2) pages

d. SF330, Part 1, Section F

i. Project – A stand-alone design contract award or a task order on an IDIQ contract is considered a project. Do not submit an IDIQ contract as a project.

ii. Completed Project – With the exception of Section Criteria A.a.(i) and (iii), all projects shall be completed construction projects. Projects are considered complete if construction of the project is substantially complete in 2022 or earlier. For Section F (Block 22) no projects with a mailto:who?@usace.army.mil mailto:who?@usace.army.mil year completed for construction prior to 2017 shall be included. For (i) and (iii), if the project wasn’t constructed, the projects must have a satisfactory or better CPARS and Period of

Performance end date (as listed in the final CPARS) within the last five years. For Section E

(Block 19.2), no projects with a year completed prior to 2012 shall be included.

iii. In block 24, include in the project description, the contract period of performance, award contract value, current contract value, and a summary of the work performed that demonstrates relevance to specialized experience as outlined in paragraphs 3.b-d above. For projects performed as a subcontractor or a J/V involving different partners, identify the specific roles and responsibilities performed as a subcontractor or by those firms on the project rather than the work performed on the project.

iv. In Block 25, the firm name and role(s) should be the same as proposed in Section C and indicate the % of the project the firm performed in this role(s).

v. If the firm is a J/V, project performed by the J/V should be submitted; however, if the J/V does not have such experience, offerors shall submit at least one project from each J/V partner.

Mentor-protégé firms under the SBA Mentor-Protégé program will be evaluated pursuant to the applicable statutes and regulations governing the SBA Mentor-Protégé program.

vi. Pictures, illustrations, etc. are highly encouraged, but are not required.

e. SF330, Part 1, Section G – All Key Personnel from Section E shall be included and block 28 shall only be “X” if the person performed the same role as listed in Block 27.

f. SF330, Part I, Section H

i. No project information included in Section H shall be evaluated for Criteria A. Offeror shall limit this to no more than 2 pages.

ii. No professional qualifications included in Section H shall be evaluated for Criteria B

iii. Past performance information for the Section F projects being evaluated shall only be included in Section H.

iv. For Work Management Plan Part 1, the Offeror should include a brief narrative addressing capacity, however, only the numbers in the SF330, Part II shall be used to evaluate the adequacy of personnel availability.

v. For Work Management Plan Part 2, only the information included in Section H shall be evaluated except for the Organization Chart, which is in Section D.

vi. For Knowledge of Locality, please only include additional information to evaluate the areas being requested; do not copy and paste information from Section E and/or Section F.

g. Page Limits and Formatting

i. SF330 Part 1 shall not exceed 100 pages total

ii. Cover letter, Table of Contents, or any dividing pages do not count towards the total.

iii. Section E, limited to 2 pages per resume

iv. Section H, Experience and/or approach shall not exceed 2 pages

v. All pages shall be 8.5”x11”, except one page 11”x17” is allowed for the organization chart in

Section D.

vi. Font size shall be 12 point

vii. Font size for tables, figures or charts is at the discretion of the submitter, but it shall be legible and large enough to be easily read by the evaluator.

6. INTERVIEWS

The Government intends to hold interviews with the most highly qualified firms (FAR 36.602-3(c)) via the WebEx video conference tool. Only the most highly qualified firms will receive interview questions to resolve or clarify information regarding a firm’s experience, capabilities, capacity, organization, management, quality control procedures and approach for this project. Each will receive an advanced notice with instructions and designated interview date and time.

7. INQUIRIES

Prospective respondents should submit inquiries related to this synopsis in accordance with the following:

For information related to amendments, and other important updates, please check SAM.gov

Contract Opportunities

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The Solicitation number is: W912PL23R0001

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The Government will not entertain any further inquiries after 15 May 2023.

The POC for this Synopsis is LTC Jones at Charlie.r.jones@usace.army.mil.

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