ANCSE PH III Cemetery Exp Industry Day Presentation 20240508.pdf

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SOUTHERN EXPANSION (ANCSE)

PHASE III CEMETERY EXPANSION

INDUSTRY DAY

Arlington National Cemetery Program

Prepared by:

Arlington National Cemetery U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District

HNTB

8 May 2024

AGENDA

1:00 – 1:10 Opening Remarks Mr. Ray Alexander

1:10 – 1:30 Agenda, ANC History and Significance of Southern Expansion COL Wiker (ANC)

1:30 – 1:45 DAR and Phase II Overview Cara Sydnor (USACE)

1:45 – 2:10 Phase III Project Definition Gregg Schwieterman (HNTB)

2:10 – 2:40 Acquisition Procedures & Project Labor Agreements Katya Oxley (USACE)

2:40 – 3:15 Question and Answer Session

3:15 – 3:20 Closing Remarks

BIOGRAPHY AND INTRODUCTION

Mr. Charles R. Alexander, Jr. (Ray)

• Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery

• Over 44 years of combined federal and private sector experience, including 10 years Senior Executive Service

• Retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of Colonel in 2005

• Primary Responsibilities: Oversees all aspects of the daily administration, operations, and maintenance of the two Army National Military Cemeteries – Arlington National Cemetery and the Soldier’s and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery. Responsible for the care and maintenance of 639 acres, approximately 7,000 annual funeral services, the visitor experience of nearly 4 million annual visitors, over 220 civilian and military employees, and more than $155M dollars in construction and operating funds.

Colonel Andrew Wiker, PE

• Director of Engineering for Arlington National Cemetery

• Nearly 25 years of service in U.S. Army

• Joined Arlington Cemetery in August 2023 and leads the Southern Expansion Project

• Primary Responsibilities: Oversees all aspects of engineering to include Facilities Management, Horticulture, Design & Construction, and Planning & Resources at two Army National Military Cemeteries – Arlington National Cemetery and the Soldier’s and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery.

Arlington is Part of the Fabric of our Nation

“They, and we, are the legacies of an unbroken chain of proud men and women who served their country with honor, who waged war so that we might know peace, who braved hardship so that we might know opportunity, who paid the ultimate price so that we might know freedom.”

The President’s Memorial Day Address Memorial Amphitheater Arlington National Cemetery May 25, 2009

ANC - Connecting Visitors to a Rich History

24-30 Funerals/Day

• ~7000 Interments/Year

• National Observances:

• Memorial Day

• Veterans Day

• Wreaths Across America

• Historic Tours

• Congressional Engagements

• ~200 Distinguished Visitor Wreath Ceremonies

• ~400 Honor Flight Buses

• ~3100 Wreath Laying

Ceremonies

Nearly 4M Visitors a Year Open 365 Days

Distinguished Visitor/ Public Events

Webinars, Lectures, Blogs, And Display Room Tours

Physical Interpretation Plan Online Educational Modules

Tomb of the Unknown Centennial

International, National, & Local Photographers & Film Crews

Responses to Queries

Education and Interpretation Program

Hundreds of Engagements with Congress and the Media

A continuous challenge to strike a balance:

Funeral services (private) & a National Shrine (public)

Past Cemetery Expansions

Southern Expansion Started 2021 Completed 2028 (planned) 50 Additional Acres Total 37 Acres of Interment Space 80,000(+) Interment Spaces

Millennium Expansion Started 2013 Completed 2018 27 Acres 27,282 Interment Spaces

Columbarium Courts 1-9 Incrementally constructed from 1980-2013 67,388 Interment Spaces

Defense Access Road and Southern Expansion

Existing

Southgate Road

ANC

ANC Operations Complex

Air Force Memorial

Columbia Pike

Pentagon South

Parking

Proposed

New

Air Force Memorial

ANC

Operations Complex

Garage

Future 9/11 Memorial

Visitor Education

Center

Columbarium

In-ground interments

Existing cemetery Existing cemetery

Project Phasing

• DAR and Southern Expansion Phase 1 Ongoing Now

• SE Ph1 – 5 Retaining Walls, Tunnel Under Columbia Pike, and Rough

Grading of South Parcel

• Remainder of Southern Expansion separated into two contracts due to inflation and material cost risk

• SE Ph2 - Ops Complex, Parking Garage, Vehicle Screening, Freedman’s

Gate, Access Roads

• SE Ph3 – Burial Sections, AF Memorial Integration, Pedestrian Screening

Facility, Columbarium Courts

Fo xc ro ft

H ei gh ts

So ut h N as h

Cemetery Expansion Complete

~2028

Sep 22:

Ph 2: Ops Complex

Solicitation

Spring 2023:

Ph 2: Ops Complex Construction Award

Mar 23: DAR South Parcel

Complete

(FHWA)

Cara Y. Sydnor, PMP

• USACE Program Integrator for the Arlington National Cemetery Southern Expansion (ANCSE) Project

• Over 20 years of Federal Service

• Six years managing the Southern Expansion Project since 2018

• Primary Responsibilities : Ensure numerous internal and external stakeholders’ efforts are synchronized and coordinated to facilitate this monumental transformation

STRONG PARTNERSHIPS

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD PROJECT PHASE I

DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD PROJECT PHASE I

PROJECT OVERVIEW PHASE IIA & IIB

PHASE IIA

PHASE IIA OPERATIONS COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION

Material Storage Building Walls Maintenace Building Foundation Prep

Overall Site View from Columbia Pike

PHASE IIA – OPERATIONS COMPLEX

PHASE III THE PRIMARY MISSION

PHASE IIIA

PHASE IIIB

PHASE III CONSTRUCTION PHASING OPTIONS

PHASE II

PHASE III POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PHASING

PHASE IIIA

Jan 2026– Sep 2027

PHASE IIIB

Jan 2026 – Sep 2027

PHASE II

*Dates represent CCD unless specified as projected

PHASE IIIC

Jan 2027 – Sep 2028

Gregg Schwieterman, AIA

• Project Manager for the Arlington National Cemetery Southern Expansion Project

• Senior Project Manager at HNTB with over 20 years of experience

• Over a decade of experience working with Arlington National Cemetery

• Primary Responsibilities: Main point of contact for design team on the Southern Expansion Project. Overseeing the design and partnering with USACE and ANC on the delivery of Southern Expansion

Katya Oxley

• USACE Norfolk District Contracting Chief

• Over 14 years of Federal service and five years as the Contracting Officer of the Southern Expansion Program

• Primary Responsibilities: Contracting Officer for this acquisition, responsible for planning and coordinating all aspects of design and construction acquisition, to include pre-award and post-award activities in support of this project.

ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS

The Government intends to award a firm fixed priced contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to the terms of the Request for Proposal (RFP), is determined fair and reasonable, and offers the best overall value to the Government as determined through a Best Value Trade-off, Source Selection Process. The Project will be solicited as full and open procurement.

The Contracting Officer anticipates that the solicitation will include the following evaluation factors:

Factor 1 – Past Performance Factor 2 – Project Approach Factor 3 – Small Business Participation Plan Factor 4 – Price Factor

The relative order of importance of evaluation factors is Non-price Factors 1 and 2 are of equal importance to each other and each is more important than Factor 3. All non-price factors (1, 2, and 3) when combined will be approximately equal to price.

PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT

• In accordance with EO 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreement for Federal Construction Projects, issued 4 Feb ‘22, mandates PLAs for large construction projects, with performance in the United States, with estimated contract cost of $35M

• What is a PLA?

o A pre-hire collective bargaining agreement unique to the construction industry negotiated between one or more construction unions and one or more construction employers (the Government does not sign, however, it would be incorporated into the contract) o Establishes terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project, including:

Provisions that bind all contractors and subcontractors to the agreement;

No-strike, no-lockout clauses; and Grievance/arbitration procedures.

- USACE will neither negotiate nor become signatory to a PLA.

- The Solicitation will require all prospective offerors to submit a fully negotiated PLA with its price proposal offer.

PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS

The Solicitation will contain FAR 52.222-33 and the following language will be included:

Synopsis: “Offerors shall submit an offer subject to Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements in accordance with FAR 22.504, General requirements for project labor agreements. Any PLA reached pursuant to the PLA requirements in the solicitation does not change the terms of the contract or provide for any price adjustment by the Government.”

Solicitation, Supplementary Conditions Section 00 73 00: “Offerors shall submit a proposal subject to the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirement set forth in [insert section] of this solicitation. Any PLA reached pursuant to the PLA requirements in this solicitation does not change the terms of the contract or provide for any price adjustment by the Government. See FAR provision 52.222-33, Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement, and FAR clause 52.222-34, Project Labor Agreement, for definitions and requirements pertaining to the use of a PLA on this contract.”

Submitted PLAs shall be reviewed for compliance with all statutes, regulations, Executive Orders, and agency/contract requirements as part of responsibility determination in accordance with FAR 9.1. Identified areas of non-compliance will be addressed with the offeror and corrected during discussions, if discussions are opened.

Award will only be made to an offeror with a compliant PLA

ACQUISITION SCHEDULE

SOLICITATION SCHEDULE

Pre-Solicitation: 15 calendar days

Solicitation: ~ 80 calendar days; anticipated to be issued 13 December 2024

Award: ~12 months from initial solicitation

Notice to Proceed: ~4 weeks following award

Project construction timeline: January 2026 – September 2028

SUBMISSIONS

The Pre-solicitation Notice will be posted to SAM.gov and the Solicitation Notice will be posted to PIEE. The SAM.gov website will direct you to PIEE to see the full Solicitation Notice, its attachments, and all associated amendments.

Proposals must be submitted through the PIEE Solicitation module for consideration. An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation per FAR Provision 52.204-7 – System for Award Management.

Processing time should be taken into consideration when registering.

QUESTIONS / DISCUSSIONS

For more information, reach out to: ancsouthernexpansion@usace.army.mil

CLOSING REMARKS

BACKUP

Capacity Challenge

Without completion of Southern Expansion, ANC will reach 100% capacity in ~2041

The 2017 report outlined acceptable, and suitable options and/or actions

In 2016, Congress required the Army to report on the capacity at ANC and what might be done to preserve the cemetery.

• ~80,000 burial spaces over 38 acres

• Extends capacity to mid 2060s (current eligibility)

• Under design

• Added 27,782 burial spaces over 27 acres

• Extends capacity to 2040s (current eligibility)

• Completed 2018

ANC continues to be in high demand with the Nation’s large veteran population

Millennium Expansion

Southern Expansion

In 2018, ANC started a national dialogue, encouraging public input on the future of ANC. Two surveys yielded feedback from 250,000 respondents

National Dialogue & Revised Eligibility

The surveys showed strong support (96%) for keeping ANC open for our future war dead and MoH recipients and strong support (76%) for revising eligibility to ensure the cemetery remain active for future generations.

In the 2019 NDAA, Congress directed the SECARMY to revise eligibility to preserve

ANC as an active burial ground

“well into the future” (150 years)

Maintaining These Hallowed Grounds

• Road Improvements

• Utility Improvements

• Boundary Wall Repairs

• Columbaria Maintenance

• Memorial Amphitheater

Interior Renovation

• Memorial Ave Improvements

• Receiving Vault Preservation

• JFK Memorial Preservation

• Waterline Flushing

• Sustainability Efforts

• Millennium Stream Repair

Providing Facilities To Support Our Mission

Environmental

639 acres and growing ~ 300 tree varieties

Two National Champion trees Three State Champion trees

~ 9,800 native and exotic trees

Preservation of Cultural Resources including

Monuments and Memorials Partners with:

National Parks Service The VA State Historic

Preservation Office National Register

Memorial Arboretum Level III Accreditation

Cultural Resources