Solicitation_GS-10-P-17-XJ-C-0001.pdf

GSA Solicitation No. GS-10-P-17-XJ-C-0001

Document: DB201A-SB / OCT 2016 (The Solicitation) Pages 1 of 22

Design Build Contract for Conversion of Warehouse into Multi-Level Parking Garage Historic Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska

The Solicitation

Notice to Offerors of Total Small Business Set-Aside

The General Services Administration (GSA) is setting aside the contract under the following clause found in the Agreement:

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

Table of Contents

I. General Information

A. The Solicitation and the 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 for 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 Documents Designated as Sensitive But Unclassified J. Additional Security Requirements

IV. FAR/GSAR Solicitation Provisions

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A. FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition B. FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract C. FAR 52.222-5 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Secondary Site of the Work D. FAR 52.222-23 Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal

Employment Opportunity for Construction E. FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest F. Buy American G. Buy American Exceptions H. Special 8(a) Requirements I. FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference J. GSAR 552.102 Incorporating Provisions and Clauses by Reference

V. Additional Solicitation Provisions and Instructions

A. FAR 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29

B. FAR 52.211-3 Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions

C. Additional Provisions D. Additional Clauses

VI. Method of Award

A. Evaluation of Offers

B. Determination of Responsibility

C. Price Reasonableness / Price Realism

D. Unbalanced Prices

E. Total Evaluated Price

F. Non-Price Factors

G. Evaluation of Joint Venture Offerors

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I. General Information

I.A. The Solicitation and Contract

This Solicitation is set-aside for Small Businesses in accordance with FAR 19. 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.

I.B. List of Solicitation Documents

The Solicitation Documents are comprised of:

(1) The Solicitation

(2) Offeror Representations and Certifications Form

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

(4) The Agreement

(5) The Statement of Work, Specifications, Drawings, Exhibits, and other Attachments to the Agreement

I.C. Authorized Representatives

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

(1) Contracting Officer

Name: Amy Heusser Address: 222 W. 7th Ave., Rm #151

Anchorage, AK 99513

Telephone: 907-271-3741

Email: Amy.heusser@gsa.gov

(2) Alternate Point of Contact

Name: Lorraine Douglas Address: 222 W. 7th Ave., Rm #151

Anchorage, AK 99513 Telephone: 907-271-3022

Email: Lorraine.douglas@gsa.gov

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I.D. Preproposal Conference – see item 1.G Site Visit

I.E. Estimated Price Range or Budget Amount

The Design/Build budget amount is $1,070637.00 (Subject to Availability of Funds)

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.

(1) A pre-proposal conference and site visit regarding this Solicitation is scheduled as follows:

Date: November 30, 2016

Time: 1:00 PM Alaska Time

Location: Meet in GSA Office of Historic Federal Building 605 W. 4th Ave.

Anchorage, AK 99501

(2) Interested parties must notify the Contracting Officer to confirm attendance. Notice to the Contracting Officer shall be in writing via email – to amy.heusser@gsa.gov. Email shall include names of all persons attending the pre-proposal conference. Only those parties who have notified the Contracting Officer and provided necessary information in advance of the meeting http://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/52_233_240.html#wp1113365 http://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/52_233_240.html#wp1113375 mailto:amy.heusser@gsa.gov

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Questions concerning this solicitation are to be sent in writing to the Contracting Officer (ONLY) via email (amy.heusser@gsa.gov) or fax (907-271-3630) or other method. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure questions are received by the Contracting Officer. The cut off date for questions is December 8, 2016 at 3:00 PM Alaska Time.

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 10:00 AM local time on the following date and at the following address:

Date: December 15, 2016

Address: General Services Administration Attn: Amy Heusser, Contracting Officer 222 W. 7th Ave., Room #151 Anchorage, Alaska 99513

Offers may be sent via email to the Contracting Officer @ amy.heusser@gsa.gov. However, a bid guarantee is required with offer.

The original bid guarantee must be received at the address above by date and time of closing for receipt of offers. Offers received via email without an original bid guarantee at the date and time specified in this solicitation will not be considered.

(2) Offers sent by commercial package delivery and hand delivery shall be deemed received as of the date and time of delivery to the office designated for receipt of offers.

(3) Offers sent by United States Mail shall be deemed timely if delivered to the address of the office designated for receipt of offers on or before the date established for receipt of offers.

II. Proposals

II.A. Proposal Contents

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

(1) Price Proposal

(2) Technical Proposal

(3) Representations and Certifications

(4) Bid Guarantee, using Standard Form 24

(5) Other Documents as Required

II.B. Proposal Format SF1442 and proposal documents as described in sections IIC and IID of this document.

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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 and on page 3 of the SF1442. A separate price for design and separate price for construction is required as indicated on page 3 of the SF1442. , 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 Price Proposal Requirements

II.D. Technical Proposal

ADDITIONAL PRICE PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS: Offerors shall provide a detailed cost proposal breakdown with their offer. The price proposal breakdown shall be in CSI Format and shall include: design, labor, material, equipment, and any other costs not listed; subcontractor quotes, overhead, profit and bond costs. All subcontractor quotes shall be provided.

Subcontractor quotes shall also be broken down to show labor, material, equipment and any other costs not listed, overhead and profit.

II.D. Technical Proposal

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

FACTOR 1 – Proposed Plan for design/build of the NARA Building into a multi-level Parking Garage.

The offeror shall submit a narrative (maximum of five (5) pages) that describes the offeror’s technical approach and management plan for the project demonstrating an acceptable understanding of job responsibilities and requirements, and strategy for completing the design and construction within the project limits – in accordance with the scope of work, Section 6, item 1 “Preliminary Design” AND Section 6, item 2, Design Development “Additional Design Attributes” for this project. Narrative shall address each and every aspect described in Section 6, item 1 “Preliminary Design” AND Section 6, item 2, Design Development “Additional Design Attributes”.

Narrative shall include name of design firm, names and qualifications of each A-E discipline that will be working on this project. Narrative shall identify personnel responsible for determining environmental and code compliance. Narrative shall address structural and seismic code requirements. Applicable manufacture product information is to be included as attachment to narrative.

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This narrative must include trades for subcontractors, names and DUNS/CAGE code of subcontractors that will be working on this project.

FACTOR 2: Technical/Management Approach

The offeror shall submit a narrative (maximum of five (5) pages) that describes the offeror’s technical approach/management plan for the project, demonstrating an acceptable understanding of job responsibilities and requirements. This document must include key employee names and position description for Prime Contractor employees. If work in a particular trade skill will be accomplished by a subcontractor, narrative shall include the company name of the subcontractor and brief description of the subcontractor’s expertise to accomplish that work.

FACTOR 3: Experience on Comparable Projects

The offeror shall submit a minimum of three with a maximum of four project examples demonstrating prior relevant experience. Each project example shall be no more than two pages. “Relevant” is defined as projects similar to the project described in this RFP in scope, magnitude and complexity and have a logical connection with the requirements of this RFP.

Examples of relevant experience include similar design/build projects on parking structures or office buildings minimum of two (2) floors in height, ability to effectively coordinate trades, ability to complete projects within the approved schedule, and critical phasing of work. Narrative should demonstrate offerors’ ability to ensure delivery of quality product and service; effectively control costs, manage contract changes; complete projects within the approved schedule; and management of resources/subcontractors.

Offerors shall submit a current Point of Contact (POC) for each project. The POC information shall include the name, phone number, and email address for each project submitted. The Government reserves the right to contact the point of contact provided by the offeror to verify the offeror’s experience on comparable projects. All projects submitted must be at least 75% complete or must have been completed within the last three (3) years from the date proposals are due (for this RFP).

FACTOR 4 – Schedule:

The offeror shall submit a design and construction schedule showing the order in which the Offeror proposes to perform the work. The schedule shall include the dates on which the Offeror anticipates starting and completing the work (including design, acquiring materials, labor, and equipment). The schedule shall be in the form of a progress chart of suitable scale to indicate the percentage of work scheduled for completion by any given date during the construction period. In addition to the schedule, Offeror is to provide a narrative not to exceed three (3) pages describing scheduling and coordination. The narrative shall identify milestones critical to the project, schedule coordination to meet construction time frame, inspection and testing, submittals, long lead items. The Narrative should clearly define the offerors’ understanding of the project and ability to meet the design and construction period of performance requirements as described in the RFP Scope of Work.

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FACTOR 5: Past Performance of Offeror

In accordance with FAR 42.1503(e) and GSAM 515.305, past performance of the proposed offeror will be evaluated using the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS). If an offeror does not have past performance information available from FAPIIS or PPIRS, the information received from the examples submitted from the Offeror will be used. A lack of past performance information will result in a neutral rating during evaluation. Government databases will be checked and previous customers may be contacted as references.

In accordance with FAR 15.306, the offeror will be given the opportunity to respond to adverse past performance information.

II.E. Other Information to Submit with Proposal

(1) Representations and Certifications

Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation shall complete electronic Annual Representations and Certifications in conjunction with required Entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), accessed via https://www.sam.gov. 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).

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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 for 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 so 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.

https://www.sam.gov/

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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 [CO Instruction: Edit days if necessary.]

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 will not warrant that all such requests will be answered within 5 calendar days. Therefore, prospective Offerors should make such requests not less than 7 calendar days prior to the date set for receipt of offers.

III.C. Notice to Small Business Firms

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) (www.sba.gov). 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 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. Refer to clauses FAR 52.204-4 requiring double sided printing on recycled paper for all reports and FAR 52.223-10 encouraging vendors to practice waste reduction.

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.

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III.G Bond Requirements

If a bid guarantee is required to be submitted with your offer, any contract awarded will require a performance 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 http://www.cpars.gov/index.htm

Completed CPARS evaluations are sent to the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) which may then be used by Federal acquisition community for use in making source selection decisions. PPIRS assists acquisition officials by serving as the single source for contractor past performance data.

(2) CPARS Modules: Currently there are three (3) modules within the CPARS system; however, the modules are being merged into a single application under the CPARS name in order to standardize the contractor performance evaluation process across the entire Federal Government. The merge is scheduled to occur in the summer of 2014. For more information on the merge visit the FAQs on the CPARS website. The following are the three modules within the system:

(a) Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS): Used to create past performance evaluations on services procurements;

(b) Architect Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS): Used to create past performance evaluations on A/E procurements; and

(c) Construction Contractor Appraisal Support System (CCASS) module: Used to create past performance evaluations on construction procurements.

Throughout the remainder of this section, the term “CPARS” will mean the overall evaluation system (inclusive of the CPARS, ACASS and CCASS evaluation modules).

(3) Contractor’s User Point of Contact: The contractor must provide the contracting officer with the name and email address of the contractor’s user who will be the past performance point of contact (POC). The POC will be responsible for the contractor’s evaluations. Access to CPARS will be granted to the POC after the award is registered in the system, and the POC is assigned the CPARS system role of contractor representative (referred to as “CR” in the CPARS system).

(4) Contractor Representative (CR) Role: All evaluations will be sent the Contractor Representative (CR) named on the award. The CR will be able to access CPARS to review and comment on the evaluation. If the 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 the 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.

http://www.cpars.gov/index.htm

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(5) Contractor CPARS Training: Contractors should sign up for CPARS training. A schedule of classes will be posted to the CPARS training site (http://www.cpars.gov/allapps/cpcbtdlf.htm) and updated as needed.

III.I. Safeguarding Documents Designated as Sensitive But Unclassified

Certain information contained in the Solicitation Documents may have been designated as Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) 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. Additional Security Requirements

(1) FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel, January 2011 Clearance packages must be requested and submitted within 10 days of award. Delay in submission of clearances will not be an acceptable reason for a no-cost extension of time to complete the project.

All security cards must be turned into the point of issuance before final payment of contract will be made.

IV. FAR/GSAR Solicitation Provisions

IV.A. FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition (JAN 04)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— “Discussions” are negotiations that occur after establishment of the competitive range that may, at the Contracting Officer’s discretion, result in the offeror being allowed to revise its proposal.

“In writing,” “writing,” or “written” means any worded or numbered expression that can be read, reproduced, and later communicated, and includes electronically transmitted and stored information.

“Proposal modification” is a change made to a proposal before the solicitation’s closing date and time, or made in response to an amendment, or made to correct a mistake at any time before award.

“Proposal revision” is a change to a proposal made after the solicitation closing date, at the request of or as allowed by a Contracting Officer as the result of negotiations.

“Time,” if stated as a number of days, is calculated using calendar days, unless otherwise specified, and will include Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. However, if the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then the period shall include the next working day.

(b) Amendments to solicitations. If this solicitation is amended, all terms and conditions that are not amended remain unchanged. Offerors shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment to this solicitation by the date and time specified in the amendment(s).

(c) Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals.

(1) Unless other methods (e.g., electronic commerce or facsimile) are permitted in the solicitation, proposals and modifications to proposals shall be submitted in paper media in sealed envelopes or packages (i) addressed to the office specified in the solicitation, and http://www.cpars.gov/allapps/cpcbtdlf.htm

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(ii) showing the time and date specified for receipt, the solicitation number, and the name and address of the offeror. Offerors using commercial carriers should ensure that the proposal is marked on the outermost wrapper with the information in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this provision.

(2) The first page of the proposal must show—

(i) The solicitation number;

(ii) The name, address, and telephone and facsimile numbers of the offeror (and electronic address if available);

(iii) A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and agreement to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item;

(iv) Names, titles, and telephone and facsimile numbers (and electronic addresses if available) of persons authorized to negotiate on the offeror’s behalf with the Government in connection with this solicitation; and

(v) Name, title, and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal.

Proposals signed by an agent shall be accompanied by evidence of that agent’s authority, unless that evidence has been previously furnished to the issuing office.

(3) Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals.

(i) Offerors are responsible for submitting proposals, and any modifications or revisions, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that proposal or revision is due.

(ii)(A) Any proposal, modification, or revision received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and—

(1) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals; or

(2) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or

(3) It is the only proposal received.

(B) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful proposal that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(iii) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the proposal wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel.

(iv) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that proposals cannot be received at the office designated for receipt of proposals by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation, the time specified for receipt of proposals will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

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(v) Proposals may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before award. Oral proposals in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile proposals, proposals may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before award, subject to the conditions specified in the provision at 52.215-5, Facsimile Proposals. Proposals may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or an authorized representative, if the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the proposal before award.

(4) Unless otherwise specified in the solicitation, the offeror may propose to provide any item or combination of items.

(5) Offerors shall submit proposals in response to this solicitation in English, unless otherwise permitted by the solicitation, and in U.S. dollars, unless the provision at FAR 52.225- 17, Evaluation of Foreign Currency Offers, is included in the solicitation.

(6) Offerors may submit modifications to their proposals at any time before the solicitation closing date and time, and may submit modifications in response to an amendment, or to correct a mistake at any time before award.

(7) Offerors may submit revised proposals only if requested or allowed by the Contracting Officer.

(8) Proposals may be withdrawn at any time before award. Withdrawals are effective upon receipt of notice by the Contracting Officer.

(d) Offer expiration date. Proposals in response to this solicitation will be valid for the number of days specified on the solicitation cover sheet (unless a different period is proposed by the offeror).

(e) Restriction on disclosure and use of data. Offerors that include in their proposals data that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, shall—

(1) Mark the title page with the following legend:

This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed—in whole or in part—for any purpose other than to evaluate this proposal. If, however, a contract is awarded to this offeror as a result of—or in connection with—the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. This restriction does not limit the Government's right to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets [insert numbers or other identification of sheets]; and

(2) Mark each sheet of data it wishes to restrict with the following legend:

Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal.

(f) Contract award.

(1) The Government intends to award a contract or contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose proposal(s) represents the best value after evaluation in accordance with the factors and subfactors in the solicitation.

(2) The Government may reject any or all proposals if such action is in the Government’s interest.

(3) The Government may waive informalities and minor irregularities in proposals received.

(4) The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical

(The Solicitation) Pages 14 of 22 standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.

(5) The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit cost or prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the proposal.

(6) The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards if, after considering the additional administrative costs, it is in the Government’s best interest to do so.

(7) Exchanges with offerors after receipt of a proposal do not constitute a rejection or counteroffer by the Government. (f)(4) The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract after conducting discussions with offerors whose proposals have been determined to be within the competitive range. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals. Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint.

(8) The Government may determine that a proposal is unacceptable if the prices proposed are materially unbalanced between line items or subline items. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items is significantly overstated or understated as indicated by the application of cost or price analysis techniques. A proposal may be rejected if the Contracting Officer determines that the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

(9) If a cost realism analysis is performed, cost realism may be considered by the source selection authority in evaluating performance or schedule risk.

(10) A written award or acceptance of proposal mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time specified in the proposal shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party.

(11) If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(i) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror’s offer.

(ii) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and the debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(iii) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(iv) A summary of the rationale for award.

(v) For acquisitions of commercial items, the make and model of the item to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(vi) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

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IV.B. FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract (APR 84)

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

IV.C. 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.

IV.D. FAR 52.222-23 Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity for Construction (FEB 1999)

(Applicable to solicitations resulting in construction contracts in excess of $10,000.)

(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

8.7 %.

6.9%

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

(c) The Contractor's compliance with Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the regulations in 41 CFR 60-4 shall be based on (1) its implementation of the Equal Opportunity clause, (2) specific affirmative action obligations required by the clause entitled "Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction,'' and (3) its efforts to meet the goals. The hours of minority and female employment and training must be substantially uniform throughout

(The Solicitation) Pages 16 of 22 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: Anchorage, Alaska

IV.E. FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest (SEP 06)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 31.101 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 the Contracting Officer at the address provided in the provision “Receipt of Offers” in Section I (General Information).

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

IV. F. Buy American

52.225-10 Notice of Buy American Act Requirement—Construction Materials.

NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN ACT REQUIREMENT—CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (FEB 2009)

(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 Act—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 Act 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 Act 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.

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(c) Evaluation of offers.

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

American Act, 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 construction material not listed by the Government in this 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)

IV.G. Buy American Exceptions For Buy American exceptions, if any, see the applicable Buy American clause in Section IV of “the Agreement” .

IV.H. Small Business Subcontracting Plan

A Small Business Subcontracting Plan, as required under FAR 52.219-9, is not required to be submitted with offers.

IV.I. FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 98) 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 address:

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NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.214-34 Submission of Offers in the English Language APR 1991

52.215-16 Facilities Capital Cost of Money JUN 2003

52.236-28 Preparation of Proposals—Construction OCT 1997

IV.J. GSAR Clause 552.102 Incorporating Provisions and Clauses

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.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

552.236-75 Use of Premises APR 1984

V. Additional Solicitation Provisions and Instructions

V.A. NA

VI. Method of Award

VI.A. Evaluation of Offers

(1) The Government will award a contract resulting from this Solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the Solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, Total Evaluated Price and other factors considered. In addition to Total Evaluated Price, the following non-price factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Factor 1 Proposed Plan

Factor 2 Technical Management Approach

Factor 3 Experience on Comparable Projects

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Factor 4 Schedule

Factor 5 Past Performance of Offeror

Award will be made to the responsible, responsive offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government.

The RFP requires that offerors provide technical proposal and price proposal. Technical proposals will be evaluated and determined as best technical proposal according to the evaluation factors listed in the RFP. GSA will establish a Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) for review of the Technical Proposals. The SSEB will rank in order of best technically acceptable proposal in accordance with the evaluation factors in this document. Technical proposals must provide the information needed for the SSEB to perform an evaluation in accordance with the evaluation factors stipulated in this plan and contained in the RFP.

The SSEB will evaluate proposals for technical acceptability and best technical proposal solution for this project. Evaluation will be completed on ratings for each of the five (5) evaluation factors set forth in the RFP. A numeric rating will be given for each of the four (4) technical evaluation factors, for each of the technical proposals received.

Ratings will be 4 – Excellent 3 – Very Good 2 – Acceptable 1 – Poor 0 – Not acceptable

The ratings for factors 1-4 will be added together for evaluation of rating for best technical proposal. The rating for factor 1, Proposed Plan, will be double the value of the ratings for the other factors. The evaluation factor 5 will be evaluated separately on a pass/fail or neutral rating as required by the FAR.

2. Evaluation Factors include:

Factor 1 – Proposed plan for remodel of the NARA Building into a multi-level parking garage.

This factor considers the offeror’s technical approach for…