Pre-Proposal_Charts_for_General_Environmental_Service_Dredged_Material_Evaluation.pdf

US Army Corps of Engineers

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Galveston District General Environmental Services for Dredged Material Evaluation

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE

W9126G-17-R-0031

General Environmental Services for Dredged

Material Evaluation for the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Galveston District

31 January 2017

Agenda

Introductions Brief Program Overview Solicitation Overview

Galveston District General Environmental Services for Dredged Material Evaluation

Program Overview – Overview of Section C, Performance of Work Statement

Lisa Finn Physical Scientist, USACE Galveston District

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

OVERVIEW OF THE SOLICITATION

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL (Volume 1) PRICE PROPOSAL (Volume 2) EVALUATION FACTORS - Relative Importance of

Evaluation Factors to each other and to Price BASIS OF CONTRACT AWARD – Best Value

Trade Off

Volume 1 – Technical Proposal (Page Limit of 75 Pages, Ref Section L)

Cover Page and Table of Contents Factor 1 Technical Capability, contains 3 Subfactors

1.1 Experience (TAB A)

1.2 Key Personnel Qualifications (TAB B)

1.3 Contract Management (TAB C)

Subfactor 1.1 is significantly more important than Subfactor

1.2. and Subfactor 1.3. Subfactors 1.2 and 1.3 are equal in importance to each other.

Factor 2 Past Performance (TAB D) Factor 1, Technical Capability is significantly more important than Factor 2, Past Performance

Volume 2– Factor 3- Price Proposal Cover/First Page per FAR Clause 52.215-1 (c)(2)

Table of Contents

SF1449 – Sign and submit with offer

SF 30 Amendments - Acknowledge all amendments BID SCHEDULE - Offerors must bid on all line items unless specifically stated in this price schedule. Failure to submit an offer on all items will result in an incomplete offer, and the offer will be rejected.

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -

SAM.gov Certifications and/or Solicitation Certifications

JOINT VENTURE Documentation (if Applicable)

JOINT VENTURES

An Association of Persons or concerns with interests in any degree of proportion by way of contract, express or implied, Consorting to engage in and carry out a single specific purpose Business venture for joint profit

For which purpose, they combine their efforts, property, money, skill, or knowledge, but not on a continuing or permanent basis for conducting business generally

Viewed as a business entity in determining power to control its management.

JOINT VENTURES (cont.)

Must be pre-approved by the Small Business Administration (SBA) Prior to Award of Contract

Must be registered in the SAM.gov with a separate DUNS number and CAGE Code

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE EVALUATION

FACTORS AND BASIS OF CONTRACT AWARD

All the technical non-price factors when combined are significantly more important than Factor 3, Cost or Price.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a))

The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value after evaluation in accordance with the factors and subfactors in the solicitation. A best value decision will be made using the Best Value Tradeoff (BVT) procedures.

Contractor Responsibilities Read RFP thoroughly Submit Questions using ProjNet Bidding Inquiry System Do not wait until last minute to ask questions. Cut off period in

Bidding Inquiry System is 10 Feb 2017.

It is the Contractor's responsibility to ensure Past Performance questionnaires are provided, as the Government may not make additional requests for past performance information from the references. Do not request past performance questionnaires on projects that have completed final CPARS evaluations.

Consider the Relative Importance of the Rating Factors

QUESTIONS