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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Project titled Salmon Creek Revetment in Sew ard, Alaska is hereby amended to correct the ProjNet bidder inquiry key and to add FAR 52.242-5 - Payments to Small Buiness Subcontractors to the solicitation.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE remains unchanged.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS AMENDMENT ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE STANDARD FORM 1442.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

1 8

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 23-Jun-2017

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X W911KB-17-R-0043

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

24-May-2017

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer is extended, X is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

23-Jun-2017

CODE

U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, AK

CEPOA-CT (W911KB)

PO BOX 6898

JBER AK 99506-0898

W911KB 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

W911KB-17-R-0043

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION 00 21 00 - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

The following have been modified:

00 21 00

SECTION 00 21 00

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK

1.2 CONTRACT CONTRUCTION COST MAGNITUDE

1.3 GOVERNMENT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

1.4 COPIES OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND AMENDMENTS

1.5 OFFEROR'S QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

1.6 SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD/NAICS CODE

1.7 PROPOSAL EXPENSES AND PRE-CONTRACT COSTS

1.8 PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE

1.9 ACCURACY IN PROPOSALS

1.10 PROPOSAL SUBMITTALS

1.11 PROPOSAL FORMAT

1.12 JOINT VENTURE AND LLC PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

1.13 BONDING REQUIREMENTS

1.14 BUY AMERICAN ACT ADVISORY NOTICE

1.15 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The Salmon Creek 205 Flood Risk Management project will provide an armored revetment. The construction of the revetment will involve surveying the alignment of the existing berm, shaping of classified (in-situ) material to provide the core of the engineered berm, placement of a layer of filter rock, and placement of a layer of riprap on top of the filter material. Construction will require a maintenance road of classified material landward of the revetment, upgrading a mud trail with gravel access to the project site for construction, and a gravel parking lot.

1.2 CONTRACT CONTRUCTION COST MAGNITUDE

The construction costs will be subject to the funds available for this project. The magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

1.3. GOVERNMENT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

The Offeror(s) must ensure that ALL mail sent to the Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, either pre-contract or post-contract award, has a return mailing address on the outside of the envelope, package, box, etc. ANY MAIL addressed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including but not limited to bids, modifications to bids, proposals, revised proposals, bonds, correspondence, etc., will be REJECTED by the US Army Corps of Engineers mail room facility located at 2204 3rd St, JBER, AK 99506 if it does not contain a return mailing address. There will be no exceptions.

1.4. COPIES OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND AMENDMENTS

Copies of the solicitation and amendments are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All solicitation documents will be posted at the Government’s Federal Business Opportunities website at: www.fedbizopps.gov.

It shall be the contractor’s responsibility to check the websites for any amendments. The offeror shall submit in the proposal all requested information specified in this solicitation. There will be no public opening of the proposals received as a result of this solicitation.

1.5. OFFEROR'S QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

Point of Contact for this solicitation is:

Contract Specialist – Primary POC U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska ATTN: CEPOA-CT (Taylor) P.O. Box 6898 JBER, Alaska 99506-0898 Phone: 907-753-2703 Email: Christopher.e.taylor@usace.army.mil with a courtesy copy to the Contracting Officer christine.a.dale@usace.army.mil.

1.5.1 Bidder Inquiry

Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org) No Later Than (NLT) 7 Calendar Days prior to proposal submission. To submit and review inquiry items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment /question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email.

Another email to the same address will notify the prospective vendor once the reply is available for http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ mailto:Christopher.e.taylor@usace.army.mil mailto:christine.a.dale@usace.army.mil viewing. All timely questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. Approved answers to all timely questions will also be posted in an amendment to the solicitation in the form of a report generated from ProjNet as soon as the comment/question entering period is over and all answers are finalized. In the event of a conflict between the bidder inquiry responses and the solicitation, the solicitation shall govern.

The Bidder Inquiry Key is: 8XE2RU-VC95RS

The Solicitation Number is : W911KB-17-R-0043

Specific Instructions for ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access:

1. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen.

2. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.

3. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.

4. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication.

5. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form.

6. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret

Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system.

7. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system.

Specific Instructions for Future ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access:

1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be provided any type of password. You will utilize your

Secret Question and Secret Answer to log in.

2. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen.

3. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.

4. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.

5. Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet.

6. Click Continue. A page will then open asking you to enter the answer to your Secret Question.

7. Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system.

1.6. SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD/NAICS CODE

The assigned NAICS Code is 237990, size standard $36.5 Million

1.7. PROPOSAL EXPENSES AND PRE-CONTRACT COSTS

This Request for Proposal (RFP) does not commit the Government to pay, as a direct charge, any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal.

See Solicitation Provision 52.236-27 in paragraph 1.15

1.8 PRE-PROPSAL CONFERENCE

See Solicitation Provision 52.236-27 for details.

1.9. ACCURACY IN PROPOSALS

Proposals must set forth full, accurate, and complete information as required by this RFP, (including attachments). The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. 1001.

1.10. PROPOSAL SUBMITTALS

Offerors must mail or deliver proposals to be received no later than the date and time stated on the standard form (SF) 1442 or subsequent solicitation amendment. Questions concerning proposal receipt can be directed to the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer listed in the solicitation.

Offerors are advised to plan accordingly. No arrangements will be made by the government to assist in proposal delivery. Day-pass procedures will not be used for proposal delivery purposes nor are there proposal pick-up services. No escort services will be provided. It is incumbent on the offeror to plan for unanticipated delays in delivery of proposals. Due to heightened security at Government installations, visitors to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) must use the Boniface Gate or Fort Richardson Gate (Visitor Centers). All vehicle occupants are required to wear seatbelts and hand-held cell phone usage by vehicle operators while driving on base/post is prohibited. Violators will lose their Base/Post driving privileges for these offenses.

Offerors who will have their proposals hand-delivered, or use personal delivery services such as DHL, UPS or FedEx, the delivery must be by person, courier or personal delivery service with active base access.

Proposals will be received no later than the date and time stated on the SF1442 or subsequent solicitation amendment at:

Mailing Address:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District ATTN: CEPOA-CT (Taylor) PO Box 6898 JBER, Alaska 99506-0898 Physical Address:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District ATTN: CEPOA-CT (Taylor, Room 30) 2204 3rd Street JBER, Alaska 99506

Proposals will be accepted in Room 30 during Alaska District Corps of Engineer business hours (7:30 AM to 4:30PM) Monday through Friday excluding holidays until the date and time stated on the SF1442 or subsequent solicitation amendment. Proposers are advised that the Alaska District Corps of Engineers building has limited access. Only the main door (in front under the Corps of Engineers red flag facing Talley Road which used to be known as Bluff Road) and the atrium doors (the tan addition to the main building located on Third Street/Fairchild Avenue) are open to individuals without a building pass. Room 30 is located in the basement, turn right if using the center stairs or elevator, room 30 is the last door on the left. There is a date/time stamp located at the front desk in Room 30 and is the official clock used for proposal receipt.

The Packaging that contains the Proposals shall be marked:

”Proposals for Solicitation Number: W911KB-17-R-0043, DO NOT OPEN” (Note: Facsimile proposals or modifications will not be accepted.)

Offers will NOT be publicly opened. Information concerning the status of the evaluation and/or award will NOT be available after receipt of proposals.

1.11. PROPOSAL FORMAT

(a) Written materials: 8 ½” x 11” format, using 10 point or larger font size, in bound volumes, using 3-ring binders (except that Pro Forma material and price proposal shall be submitted in a closed manila envelope. Each bound volume will contain a Title Sheet on the cover for ready identification of the proposal and a full table of contents, separated by Tabs, as prescribed herein

(i) The prime, consortium, or joint venture’s name, address, a signature of the official that can bind the firm and a telephone number shall appear in the lower left corner of the title page of any document/volume to be evaluated.

(ii) Volume number, section and date submitted shall appear in the bottom right corner of each page (along with the revision number for the amended page, if necessary).

(b) Electronic Format: Provide one (1) CD in read-only format, preferably using PDF files.

Narrative information must be provided in a searchable format, preferably PDF. All price breakdown information to aide in the price evaluation shall be submitted in Excel format.

(c) Number of Copies:

VOLUME 1: Provide one (1) original and two (2) copies of Volume 1. Up to 30 pages will be acceptable (including cover letter, table of contents, narratives, schedule, and other required information except Past Performance). Care should be taken to ensure no pricing information is included in Volume 1. A single-sided, 8 ½ by 11-inch sheet is considered one page. Double-sided sheets will count as two pages. Over-sized sheets (up to 11 by 17-inch) will count as two pages. Double-sided, over-sized sheets will count as four pages. Font size shall be no less than 10 point. Past Performance Questionnaires are not part of the page count.

VOLUME 2: Provide one (1) original and one (1) CD. Narrative information must be provided in a searchable format, preferably PDF.

(d) Arithmetic Discrepancies For the purpose of initial evaluation of proposals, the following will be utilized in resolving any arithmetic discrepancies found on the face of the proposal schedule as submitted by Offerors:

• Obviously misplaced decimal points will be corrected;

• In case of discrepancy between unit price and extended price, the unit price will govern;

• Apparent errors in extension of unit price will be corrected;

• Apparent errors in addition of lump-sum and extended price will be corrected.

• For the purpose of proposal evaluation, the Government will proceed on assumption that the Offeror intends his proposal to be evaluated on the basis of the unit prices, extensions, and totals arrived at by resolution of arithmetic discrepancies as provided above and the proposals will be so reflected on the abstract.

1.12. JOINT VENTURE AND LLC PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

a. Types of Firms: Firms with status as a 8(a) Small Business concern in accordance with FAR 19.8.

For the purposes of this solicitation, no distinction is made between formally organized entities and project-specific associations. Both are referred to as the offeror (or simply “offeror”) or the contractor (or simply “contractor”) after award of a contract.

b. Offerors organized as an 8(a) Joint Venture must complete the following:

• Obtain a Tax Identification Number (TIN) as an 8(a) Joint venture.

• Prepare the Reps/Certs as an 8 (a) Joint venture (For example, provide the TIN of the joint venture. Do not use a TIN from one of the parties of the joint venture.)

• All parties to the 8 (a) Joint venture must sign the proposal.

c. All offerors are advised that if they are the successful offeror, they must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as an 8 (a) Joint venture. We advise that they begin this process when they prepare their proposal in order to ensure this registration is in place should they be selected for the award.

Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for award. (Reference Solicitation Provision 52.204-7, System for Award Management).

d. Offerors shall submit a list of the names and telephone numbers(s) of persons authorized to conduct negotiations in their proposals and provide a completed Certificate of Corporate Principal. An 8 (a) (JV) must submit a copy of the JV Agreement and an LLC must submit a copy of the article of organization.

JV’s and LLC’s must provide evidence that the person(s) signing the offer has the authority to bind the organization.

e. Limited Liability Companies (LLC). When submitting your proposal, provide the Certificate of Organization, Articles of Organization and the Operating Agreement. This information is used to verify the ability of members to bind the organization. Complete LLC certificate contained in Section 00 45 00.

1.13 BONDING REQUIREMENTS

1. BOND AMOUNT REQUIRED

a. Performance and Payment Bonds:

(1) The penal amount of the bonds shall be 100 percent of the awarded price.

(2) The Government may require additional bond protection when a contract price is increased. The increase in protection shall generally equal 100 percent of the increase in contract price. The Government may secure additional protection by directing the contractor to increase the penal amount of the existing bond or obtain an additional bond.

b. Offer Guarantee: An Offer Guarantee is not required. Instead of submitting an Offer

Guarantee Offerors are to submit a letter from their bonding company indicating the Offerors ability to obtain performance and payment bonds in the amount of their proposal price.

2. SURETY REQUIREMENTS

a. Corporate Sureties - Corporate sureties for performance, and payment bonds must appear on the list contained in Department of the Treasury's Listing of Approved Sureties (Department Circular 570) located at the following website:

http://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/ref/suretyBnd/c570.htm

Other requirements for corporate sureties are contained in FAR 28.202.

b. Individual Sureties - If individual sureties are used for bond obligations, they must meet the requirements under FAR 28.203.

1.14. BUY AMERICAN ACT ADVISORY NOTICE

Your attention is invited to Section 00 21 00, Provision 52.225-10 Buy American Act -Construction Materials. You are advised to inform your potential subcontractors and suppliers of the Buy American Act requirements contained in this solicitation. Subparagraph (b) of the clause provides instructions for pre-award determinations as follows: “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.” In accordance with FAR Part 25 Foreign Acquisition, subpart 25.205 entitled Post Award determinations, http://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/ref/suretyBnd/c570.htm subparagraph (a), if a contractor requests a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American Act after contract award, the contractor must explain why it could not request the determination before contract award or why the need for such determination otherwise was not reasonably foreseeable.

1.15. SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

SECTION 00 72 00 - CONTRACT CLAUSES

The following have been added by reference:

52.242-5

(End of Summary of Changes)