PreQual_of_Sources_Industry_Day_Presentation_20170606_(004).pdf

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PREQUALIFICATION OF

SOURCES

INDUSTRY DAY

File Name

7 June 2017

INTRODUCTIONS

• CBP Team

• USACE Team

INDUSTRY DAY AGENDA

1. Introductions

2. Agenda Overview

3. CBP Program Overview & Organization

4. USACE Organization & Support to CBP

5. Break

6. USACE Prequalification Procurement Process

7. CID Fraud Brief

8. Future USACE Procurements

9. Break

10. Responses to Submitted Questions

11. Instructions on asking Future Questions (ProjNet)

12. Final CBP Comments

13. Final USACE Comments

USACE ORGANIZATION & SUPPORT TO CBP

• The USACE has 3 primary mission areas:

Military Construction Civil Works Interagency & International Services (IIS)

• The USACE Southwestern Division (SWD) supports CBP programs throughout the nation.

• In order to best support the upcoming Border Infrastructure Program, SWD has created a Border Infrastructure Project Management Office (BI-PMO)

The USACE has supported CBP construction for the last 15 years. Major accomplishments include:

Construction of 600 miles of border fence in support of the Secure Fence Act of 2006.

Construction of 13 Land Ports of Entry in support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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USACE PREQUALIFICATION PROCUREMENT PROCESS

• Regulatory Authority: DFARS 236.272, to support urgent and/or complex requirements

• The USACE intends to advertise several construction projects (each over $100M) to the firms on the Prequalified List over the next 6 – 18 months.

• Firms must either affirmatively respond or meet the acceptability standards on each question (on the questionnaire) in order to be placed on the prequalified list.

• All firms meeting the requirements will be placed on the Prequalified List. There is no limit on the number of firms who may be placed on the list.

Prequalification Milestones Date Activity

5/31/17 Prequalification Announcement Posted to FBO.gov

6/7/17 Prequalification Industry Day 6/30/17 Prequalification Responses Due 7/5/17 Prequalification Selection Begins 8/4/17 Prequalification List Established

Aug 2017 1st Project RTA Notification of intent to advertise a requirement forwarded to Prequalified Firms

PREQUALIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE (PAGE 1 OF 3)

#6 – Please check all categories that apply to your firm

Questions 1 - 5 – Please enter Yes or No in the gray box for each question Example:

IMPORTANT: A surety letter confirming bonding capability is required to confirm responses to question #1.

Failure to submit a surety letter will result in a firm being deemed unqualified for inclusion on the Prequalification List.

Firms that answer NO on any one of questions 1 - 5 will be deemed unqualified for inclusion on the Prequalification List

IMPORTANT

PREQUALIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE (PAGE 2 OF 3)

• A TOTAL of 30 pages is allowed for the Implementation Approach Narrative.

• The contractor shall address the implementation approach for each scenario within the 30 page limit (e.g. the total narrative is limited to 30 pages – that is for both scenarios combined)

• Interested parties should address each of the following items in its narrative:

• Schedule

• Management Team

• Quality Control Procedures

• Remote Work

• Safety Protocols and Procedures

• Relevant Past Performance

The questionnaire identifies standards of acceptability for each of the key elements listed.

Firms failing to meet any of the standards will deemed unqualified for the Prequalification List.

PREQUALIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE (PAGE 3 OF 3)

• Firms failing to sign the questionnaire will be deemed unqualified for the Prequalification List.

• Electronic Signatures are acceptable.

• Questionnaires (and associated Implementation Approach and surety letters) are due on 6/30/17.

PHASE 1 SELECTION

• The Government will provide all of the firms on the Prequalified Sources List notification of its intent to advertise a requirement. The notification will include:

• A brief summary of the requirement

• Evaluation criteria for Phase I

• General information about the evaluation criteria that will be used for the Phase II solicitation

• A request for each firm to provide the Government with a positive or negative statement of interest in proposing on the project

• The government will not request additional information beyond confirmation of interest for the Phase I evaluation.

• The firms will be provided a closing date by which they must respond positively or negatively to their interest in competing on the specific project. Any pre-qualified firm that fails to respond to the notification of intent within the allowed time will not be considered for award.

• The Government will consider each firm's competitive qualifications (implementation approach as provided during the prequalification selection process and past performance data), which will represent Phase 1 of the two-phase selection process. Up to 5 most highly qualified firms will be selected to submit Phase II proposals.

PHASE 2 SELECTION

• Project-specific Phase II solicitations will be sent to up to the 5 the most highly qualified firms as determined in the Phase I evaluation.

• The receipt of proposals due date will generally be 30 days after issuance of a project solicitation.

• Selection will be based on Best Value Trade-Off procedures.

• Phase II solicitations and Contractor proposals will be sent via AMRDEC safe file exchange.

• Award notices will be sent out after completion of the Source Selection Evaluation and applicable pre-award internal reviews (e.g. Legal Review, Peer Review, etc.)

Fraud Awareness Briefing USACE Industry Day

Lane Allen Special Agent

San Antonio Fraud Resident Agency

Major Procurement Fraud Unit US Army Criminal Investigation Command

MPFU Mission

Conduct global investigations into fraud and corruption impacting Major Army Acquisition Programs, Major

Construction Projects, and Contingency Contracting, to preserve Combat Readiness and Soldier Safety as well as to protect the integrity of the Army procurement process.

Reporting Fraud & Corruption

• US Army CID Major Procurement Fraud Unit

• Hotline #: (210) 308-1516 or 1-844-ARMY-CID

• Email Address: Army.CID.Crime.Tips@mail.mil mailto:Army.CID.Crime.Tips@mail.mil

FUTURE USACE PROCUREMENTS

The BI-PMO is currently pursuing approval of Acquisition Plans/Strategies for the following contractual tools:

• Construction Contracts.

• These contracts will be used to support future Border Infrastructure Construction

(including border fence, border wall, border patrol roads, border access roads, border lighting, and drainage improvements)

• Pursuing approval of additional horizontal construction contracts for long-term Border Infrastructure Program support.

• The construction contracts will provide opportunities for both small businesses and other-than small businesses to serve as prime contractors

• Architect-Engineer Contracts

• Pursuing approval for new AE Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs).

• The USACE intends to post a Sources Sought to www.fbo.gov within 30 days.

• These AE IDCs may be used to support future Border Infrastructure design and associated support requirements.

• The market research findings and projected workload will be analyzed to determine appropriate socio-economic set-asides http://www.fbo.gov/

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RESPONSES TO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASKING FUTURE QUESTIONS

• All Requests for Information (RFIs) concerning the Prequalification of Sources Announcement shall be submitted via the Bidder Inquiry Instructions in the FBO announcement.

• www.projnet.org/projnet

• The Solicitation number is: W9126G-17-R-ECSO5

• The Quick Add key is: NVJWMC-UNKPA4

• PLEASE only ask 1 question per bidder inquiry. (e.g. please break multi-part questions into multiple bidder inquiry submittals.)

• Bidder Inquiry closes on 6/25/17.

http://www.projnet.org/projnet

FINAL CBP COMMENTS

• Thank you for participating in Industry Day.

• We are looking forward to working with the USACE and the Contractor community to successfully build border infrastructure.

FINAL USACE COMMENTS

• The USACE team is looking forward to partnering with firms for the successful completion of construction projects.

• Please use Bidders Inquiry to submit all questions not answered in today’s Q&A session as well as any other questions that you may have.

• Thank you for your participation in today’s Industry Meeting.

CONCLUSION

Thank you for your participation

Questionnaires (and associated Implementation Approach and surety letters) are due on 6/30/17