W9127N20R0033 SOLICITATION.pdf

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W9127N20R0033 24-Aug-2020

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER

503-808-4839

8. OFFER DUE DATE/LOCAL TIME

01:00 PM 24 Sep 2020

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER 6. SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012)

Prescribed by GSA – FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

(TYPE OR PRINT)

(SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

ADDENDA ARE

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Gov t. Use Only )

23.

CODE 10. THIS ACQUISITION IS

SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT

BELOW IS CHECKED

TELEPHONE NO.

W9127N9. ISSUED BY

18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a. UNLESS BLOCK

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME

MEGAN L ACORD

2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE DATE 4. ORDER NUMBER

(TYPE OR PRINT)

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

0 27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1. 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3. 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED.

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

20.

ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED.

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, AND 30

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

ARE NOT ATTACHED

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN

% FOR:SET ASIDE:UNRESTRICTED OR X

SMALL BUSINESSX

17a.CONTRACTOR/ CODE FACILITY

OFFEROR CODE

USACE PORTLAND DISTRICT

CENWP

333 SW 1ST AVE

PORTLAND OR 97204-3440

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

13b. RATING

CODE15. DELIVER TO CODE W66QKZ 16. ADMINISTERED BY

12. DISCOUNT TERMS11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINA-

TION UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

SEE SCHEDULE

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

RFQ IFB RFPX

USACE PORTLAND DISTRICT

CECT-NWP

333 SW 1ST AVE

PORTLAND OR 97204-3440

TEL: FAX:

FAX:

TEL: SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

8(A)

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SIZE STANDARD:

$30,000,000

NAICS:

541511

X

OFFER DATED

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF.

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

EMAIL:

TEL:

31c. DATE SIGNED

SEE SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/ SERVICESITEM NO. QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

24.22.21.19.

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB)

ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

EDWOSB

32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

(CONTINUED)

ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED: ______________________________________________________

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN

RECEIVED INSPECTED

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32c. DATE 32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE 32f . TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

37. CHECK NUMBER

FINALPARTIALCOMPLETE

36. PAYMENT35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

34. VOUCHER NUMBER

FINAL

33. SHIP NUMBER

PARTIAL

38. S/R ACCOUNT NUMBER 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER 40. PAID BY

41a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT 41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41c. DATE

42a. RECEIVED BY (Print)

42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)

42c. DATE REC'D (YY/MM/DD) 42d. TOTAL CONTAINERS

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012) BACK

Prescribed by GSA – FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

SEE SCHEDULE

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/ SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY UNIT

22. 23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

19.

ITEM NO.

Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

PRICING SCHEDULE

FULLY BURDENED RATE PRICING SCHEDULE

Labor Category First Year

Labor Rates (01 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021)

Second Year Labor Rates (01 Oct 2021 – 30 Sep 2022)

Third Year Labor Rates (01 Oct 2022 – 30 Sep 2023)

Fourth Year Labor Rates (01 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2024)

Fifth Year Labor Rates (01 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025)

Principal

Project Manager

Software Analyst / Programmer

Database Developer

Web Developer

Hardware and System Developer

User Interface Developer

Systems Integration

Clerical Support (Office Tech)

Offerors shall include the fully burdened hourly rates for each labor category above for each year services may be ordered within the period of performance of this requirement. The offeror's labor rates shall contain all of the offeror’s costs inclusive of profit, all overhead (to include home office and field overhead), cost escalation, labor burden, insurance, general and administrative expenses, subcontractor mark-up, mobilization and demobilization, and all other costs, including but not limited to, preparation of reports, correspondence and documentation required by law or the contract specifications, tax laws, and costs necessary to interface with government representatives, and coordination with occupants and other contractors when required.

The fully burdened labor rates specified in within this price schedule shall represent the maximum allowable rates for task orders issued and will be used for price analysis for modification purposes.

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX

QUANTITY

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0001 4,000,000 Unit Water Management Programming Services

FFP

Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment and transportation necessary to perform Water Management Programming Services. This Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) covers Water Programming Services for the Portland District. The overall capacity will not exceed $4M cumulative of all task orders for this SATOC.

FOB: Destination

PSC CD: D308

MAX

NET AMT

CONTRACT MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CONTRACT VALUE

The minimum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity and contract value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not exceed the maximum quantity and contract value stated in the following table.

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

$5,000.00 $4,000,000.00

DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND ORDER VALUE

The minimum quantity and order value for each Delivery/Task Order issued shall not be less than the minimum quantity and order value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and order value for each Delivery/Task Order issued shall not exceed the maximum quantity and order value stated in the following table.

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

$2,500.00 $500,000.00

CLIN DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN ORDER VALUE

The minimum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not be less than the minimum quantity and order value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not exceed the maximum quantity and order value stated in the following table.

CLIN

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 Destination Government Destination Government

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

0001 POP 01-OCT-2020 TO

30-SEP-2025

N/A USACE PORTLAND DISTRICT

CECT-NWP

333 SW 1ST AVE

PORTLAND OR 97204-3440

FOB: Destination

W66QKZ

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.203-3 Gratuities APR 1984 52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2018 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel JAN 2011 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting JUL 2016 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance JUL 2016 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information

Systems

JUN 2016

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

AUG 2020

52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

AUG 2019

52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-- Representation.

DEC 2019

52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters OCT 2018 52.219-6 (Dev) Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (DEVIATION

2020-O0008).

MAR 2020

52.219-14 (Dev) Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2020-O0008) MAR 2020 52.222-38 Compliance With Veterans' Employment Reporting

Requirements

FEB 2016

52.228-5 Insurance - Work On A Government Installation JAN 1997 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business

Subcontractors

DEC 2013

52.233-2 Service Of Protest SEP 2006 52.237-2 Protection Of Government Buildings, Equipment, And

Vegetation

APR 1984

52.242-15 Stop-Work Order AUG 1989 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD

Officials

SEP 2011

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights SEP 2013 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD

Officials

NOV 2011

252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992 252.204-7004 Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors. FEB 2019 252.204-7008 Compliance With Safeguarding Covered Defense Information

Controls

OCT 2016

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

DEC 2019

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

MAY 2016

252.205-7000 Provision Of Information To Cooperative Agreement Holders DEC 1991 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items JUN 2013 252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations and Indian-Owned

Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns

APR 2019

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DEC 2018

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DEC 2006 252.239-7001 Information Assurance Contractor Training and Certification JAN 2008 252.239-7009 Representation of Use of Cloud Computing SEP 2015 252.239-7010 Cloud Computing Services OCT 2016 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment DEC 2012 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items JUN 2013 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea FEB 2019

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.204-17 OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL OF OFFEROR (JUL 2016)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision--

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means—

(1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity;

or

(2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code.

Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

Immediate owner means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: Ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees.

(b) The Offeror represents that it [ ___ ] has or [ ___ ] does not have an immediate owner. If the Offeror has more than one immediate owner (such as a joint venture), then the Offeror shall respond to paragraph (c) and if applicable, paragraph (d) of this provision for each participant in the joint venture.

(c) If the Offeror indicates ``has'' in paragraph (b) of this provision, enter the following information:

Immediate owner CAGE code:

Immediate owner legal name: ___

(Do not use a ``doing business as'' name)

Is the immediate owner owned or controlled by another entity?:

[ ___ ] Yes or [ ___ ] No.

(d) If the Offeror indicates ``yes'' in paragraph (c) of this provision, indicating that the immediate owner is owned or controlled by another entity, then enter the following information:

Highest-level owner CAGE code:

Highest-level owner legal name:

(Do not use a ``doing business as'' name)

(End of provision)

52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2020)

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code(s) and small business size standard(s) for this acquisition appear elsewhere in the solicitation. However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show--

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

(7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address;

(8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically);

(9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

(10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and

(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(d) Product samples. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of offers. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender's request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing.

(e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with subpart 4.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation), or alternative commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation.

Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers:

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, 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 offers or revisions are due.

(2)(i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer 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--

(A) 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 offers; or

(B) 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

(C) If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received.

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

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

(4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers 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.

(5) Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers.

Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer.

(g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(h) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(i) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation. (1)(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to--GSA Federal Supply Service Specifications Section, Suite 8100, 470 East L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20407, Telephone (202) 619-8925, Facsimile (202) 619-8978.

(ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision.

Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

(2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites:

(i) ASSIST (https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/).

(ii) Quick Search (http://quicksearch.dla.mil/).

(iii) ASSISTdocs.com (http://assistdocs.com).

https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/ http://quicksearch.dla.mil/ http://assistdocs.com/

(3) Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by--

(i) Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard (https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm);

(ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to 1600 EST; or

(iii) Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Telephone

(215) 697-2667/2179, Facsimile (215) 697-1462.

(4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(j) Unique entity identifier. (Applies to all offers exceeding $3,500, and offers of $3,500 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation ``Unique Entity Identifier'' followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.

(k) Reserved.

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

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

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

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

(4) A summary of the rationale for award;

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

(6) 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.

(End of provision)

52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMMERCIAL ITEMS – ADDENDUM

A. Submission Instructions:

1) Proposals are due no later than the time and date specified in Block 8 of Standard Form 1449, or SF 30 if applicable.

2) Proposal Submissions: Proposals are due no later than 24 September 2020 at 1:00 PM Pacific time. Offerors are responsible for verifying receipt of their proposals to this office before due date and time.

https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm http://www.sam.gov/

Offerors shall email their proposals to: Megan.L.Acord@usace.army.mil and Jason.N.Tanamor@usace.army.mil

3) The electronic proposal shall be in Portable Document Format, filename extension: “.pdf” and suitable for viewing in Adobe Reader. Offerors shall bookmark and label each electronic PDF to afford easy identification from the proposal table of contents. Offerors shall bookmark and label each electronic PDF to afford easy identification from the proposal table of contents.

4) Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Propriety information shall be clearly marked. DO NOT cross reference past performance information. It is acceptable to repeat data, project information, or experience in more than one non-price area as long as it satisfies the requirements of the factor. Extraneous information provided in the proposals will not be considered in the evaluations; therefore, the offeror should only provide information that satisfies the solicitation requirements.

Merely restating the performance work statement or evaluation criteria without sufficient elaboration demonstrates a lack of understanding of the requirement.

5) The offeror’s proposal shall consist of two (2) volumes; Volume I – Technical Proposal and Volume II – Price Proposal. The use of hyperlinks in proposals is prohibited.

a) Technical Proposal, Volume I: Volume I shall consist of information for the three (3) non-price factors:

i. Past Performance (Factor 1)

ii. Technical Capabilities (Factor 2)

iii. Response Time (Factor 3)

Technical Proposal:

b) Price Proposal, Volume II: Volume II shall be prepared in accordance with the following and must include:

i. SF 1449 – Solicitation:

The offeror shall complete the SF 1449 Blocks 17a, 30a, 30b, and 30c and have it signed in Block 30b by an official that is authorized to bind the company. The offeror shall also provide and acknowledge all amendments in accordance with the instructions on the SF 30, if applicable.

ii. Price Schedule:

The offeror shall complete the Binding Price Schedule found in the solicitation, identified after the SF 1449 Cover Pages.

iii. Seed Task Order Pricing Schedule:

The offeror shall submit a completed Seed Task Order Price Schedule identified within the Seed Task Order.

6) Proposals received after the date and time stated within Block 13 of the SF1449, or Block 14 of the most recently issued SF 30 as applicable, will be considered late and will not be considered for award. To avoid rejection of a proposal, the offeror must make every effort to ensure its electronic submission is virus-free. Proposal, or portions thereof, submitted with the presence of a virus or which are otherwise unreadable will be treated as unreadable pursuant to FAR 15.207(c).

7) Proposals should enter a description for every file submitted. For files over 20 megabytes (MB) the bidders shall break the file into smaller files sent via separate emails with each email marked to identify which number the email is relative to the total number of emails submitted (i.e. “email one of four”). Once all of the emails submitted have been received the Government will confirm receipt via responsive email. If a bidder submits multiple bids the Government will only consider the last proposal submitted prior to the proposal due date and time.

mailto:Megan.L.Acord@usace.army.mil mailto:Jason.N.Tanamor@usace.army.mil

8) Do not assume submission will be instantaneous. File size and number of files submitted shall be considered.

Bidder/Teammate/Subcontractors should allow adequate time for submission completion because the entire bid (i.e.

bidders’ submission and all teammate/subcontractor(s) independent submissions) must be received by the bid due date and time specified in Block 13 of SF 1449, or SF 30 as applicable.

9) Electronic submission of bids satisfies the requirement set forth in Block 13A of the SF 1449 (‘…in original and ___ copies…”). Additionally, electronic submission of the bid guarantee, when a bid guarantee is required, is due with the bid submission. Mailing a bid guarantee for submission is not allowed.

10) To avoid rejection of an offer, the offeror must make every effort to ensure its electronic submission is virus-free. Proposals, or portions thereof, submitted with the presence of a virus or which are otherwise unreadable will be treated as unreadable pursuant to FAR 15.207(c).

B. Bidders Inquiries:

All inquiries regarding this solicitation must be submitted via the ProjNet Bidder Inquiry System. Telephone and email inquiries will not be accepted. Bidder Inquiry is a web-site that allows offerors to post questions regarding the solicitation and view all questions by other offeror and the responses by USACE. ProjNet can be accessed at:

https://www.projnet.org

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 viewing.

The Bidder Inquiry Key is: JR7AYU-66XFBW

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.

Instructions for Entering Questions:

1. After you are logged in click on the "post new inquiry", it is on the left side of the window under the Word "Submit"

a) This is the window where you will enter your questions.

b) Comment Classification: Click on the down arrow to the right of the words “Please select from below”, select “Public”.

c) Discipline: This is where you select who this question should be directed to. There may be dropdowns based upon the discipline selected to narrow down the topic of your question.

d) Question. Enter your question here.

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.

https://www.projnet.org/

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.

A prospective offeror who submits a question will receive an automated email notification that their question has been received. When an answer is posted to a question, the question and answer is then available for all other prospective offerors to review.

For questions about the ProjNet Bidder Inquiry, please contact the Call Center help desk toll free at 1-800-428- HELP, which operates from 8AM to 5PM (Central US time zone). ProjNet-Bid questions can also be emailed to the helpdesk at staff@rcesupport.com.

No response will be posted to inquiries after the Close of Business on the third (3rd) business day preceding the solicitation due date. All prospective offerors will be held to have reviewed the questions and responses in ProjNet prior to proposal submission.

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(1) The acquisition is being conducted as a Small Business set-aside using the Best Value Tradeoff (BVTO) source selection process for award. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal is determined to present the best value to the Government with consideration of cost and non-cost factors.

(2) The Government intends to make an award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should discussions prove to be necessary or advantageous to the Government. Because the Government does not intend to hold discussions, offerors are encouraged to include their best pricing in their initial proposal.

(3) All proposals received will stand alone and be considered complete and final. The Government will not consider any information or data incorporated by reference or otherwise referred to. The successful offeror(s) will be selected solely on the basis of the evaluation factors set forth below. Accordingly, proposals submitted in response to this solicitation should provide clear, complete, concise, and straightforward responses to the evaluation factors.

Elaborate proposals, color brochures, and other excesses are discouraged.

(4) Joint Ventures (JV). A joint venture is defined as a legal business entity formed between two or more companies (parties) to undertake the performance activities of a contract together. This does not include other arrangements such as “teaming agreements” or “strategic alliances,” which are not recognized as bona fide joint ventures for the purposes of this solicitation. An offeror that is a joint venture shall submit a copy of its legally binding joint venture agreement signed by an authorized officer from each of the firms comprising the joint venture with the chief executive of each entity identified. If submitting a proposal as a joint venture, the experience and past performance of each of the joint venture partners can be submitted for the joint venture entity. The experience for each joint venture partner will be considered the experience of the joint venture entity.

B. Evaluation Factors.

The Government will evaluate proposals using the following factors:

Past Performance (Factor 1) Technical Capabilities (Factor 2) Response Time (Factor 3) Price (Factor 4) mailto:staff@rcesupport.com

Factors 1 and 2 are approximately equal in importance to one another. Factor 3 will be evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis, and will not be considered in the tradeoff analysis. A proposal must be found acceptable under Factor 3 to be considered for award. Factors 1 and 2, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

The Government will use the following definitions when evaluating proposals:

Deficiency – A material failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level. See FAR 15.001.

Significant Weakness – A flaw a proposal that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. See FAR 15.001.

Weakness – A flaw in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. See FAR 15.001.

Strength – An aspect of a proposal that has merit or exceeds specified performance or capability requirements in a way that will be advantageous to the Government during contract performance.

Significant Strength – An aspect of an offeror's proposal that has appreciable merit or appreciably exceeds specified performance or capability requirements in a way that will be appreciably advantageous to the Government during contract performance.

Volume I – TECHNICAL (Non-Price) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION METHOD

A. Past Performance (Factor 1)

Submission Requirements

The offeror shall submit information for up to five (5) projects* that best demonstrates the offeror’s experience on projects that are similar in size, scope, and complexity to this project, as described in the RFP’s Statement of Work (PWS). Note: To be considered, the project must have been completed by the offeror, i.e., not the offeror’s subcontractor.

To be evaluated, each project must have been completed or must be substantially complete** by the offeror within five years of the date that proposals are due.

*A maximum of five projects will be evaluated. If an offeror disregards these instructions and submits more than five projects, only the first five projects will be evaluated. Offerors should describe each project with enough detail to ensure that the Government can meaningfully assess the projects against the evaluation criteria described in the RFP.

**Substantially complete is defined as being 50% complete by the date that proposals are due. If an offeror submits a project that it represents is “substantially complete,” the offeror must reasonably explain why the project is considered at least 50% complete. If an offeror submits an ongoing project without providing an accompanying reasonable explanation that explains how the project is at least 50% complete, the Government reserves the right to reject the project.

For each project submitted, the offeror shall provide a project description using the “Offeror Experience Form” provided as Attachment A (or a document that addresses all of the information included in Attachment A).

The offeror must address all items included on Attachment A.

Note: The project description submitted for each project shall not exceed two (2) pages per project.

For each project submitted, the offeror also shall provide past performance information:

• If a completed Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) evaluation is available, submit it with the proposal.

• If there is not a completed CPARS evaluation, submit a completed Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) for the project. The standard PPQ for USACE is Form PPQ-0 (9/30/11) and it is provided as an attachment to this solicitation. Offerors are advised to ensure correct phone numbers and email addresses are provided for the client point of contact. Do not submit a PPQ when a completed CPARS evaluation is available.

o If the Offeror is unable to obtain a completed PPQ from a client for a project(s) before proposal closing date, the Offeror should complete and submit with the proposal the first page of the PPQ, Offerors should follow up with clients/references to ensure timely submittal of questionnaires. If the client requests, questionnaires may be submitted directly to the Government's point of contact, Megan Acord, via email at megan.l.acord@usace.army.mil, prior to proposal closing date.

Offerors shall instruct the clients to refer to the solicitation number in the subject line.

o PPQs are source selection materials. All successfully submitted PPQs will receive an email confirmation upon receipt. If the offeror does not receive the confirmation, it is the offeror’s responsibility to follow up to ensure the Government has received the information.

Offerors shall not incorporate by reference into their proposal PPQs or CPARS previously submitted for other procurements. However, this does not preclude the Government from utilizing previously submitted PPQ information in the past performance evaluation.

Offerors may provide explanation on problems encountered on past projects and the corrective actions taken by the offeror.

In addition to the above, the Government may review any other sources of information for evaluating past performance. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, past performance information retrieved through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), including CPARS, using all CAGE/DUNS numbers of team members (partnership, joint venture, teaming arrangement, or parent company/subsidiary/affiliate) identified in the offeror’s proposal, inquiries of owner representative(s), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), telephone interviews with organizations familiar with the offeror’s performance, Government personnel with personal knowledge of the offeror’s performance capability, and any other known sources not provided by the offeror.

While the Government may elect to consider data from other sources, the burden of providing detailed, current, accurate, and complete past performance information rests with the offeror.

Evaluation Method

The past performance evaluation results in an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. The past performance evaluation considers each offeror’s demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in supplying products and services that meet the contract’s requirements. The evaluation method that the Government will use with respect to Factor 1 – Past Performance is detailed below.

There are three aspects to the past performance evaluation: recency, relevancy (including context of data), and quality (including general trends in contractor performance and source of information).

The first aspect is to evaluate the recency of the offeror’s past performance. For this solicitation, recent projects are those completed or substantially completed (as defined above) within five (5) years of the date that proposals are due.

The second aspect is to determine how relevant a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the work required by this RFP. There are four levels of relevancy as shown in the Table below.

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Past Performance Relevancy Ratings

Rating Description

Very Relevant Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude Relevant of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

In determining the relevancy of each submitted project, the Government will consider the following:

• The extent to which the submitted project meets or exceeds the expected dollar value of task orders to be issued under this contract, which is estimated to average between $40,000 and $200,000.

• The extent to which the submitted project involved hydrometeorological programming or software.

• The extent to which the submitted project demonstrates experience in multiple areas described in Section

3.2 of the PWS.

The third aspect of the past performance evaluation, quality, is to determine how well the offeror performed on its past performance projects.

A final Performance Confidence Assessment rating will be given for this factor based on the assessment of recent and relevant past performance information and the assessment of the quality of past performance on prior contract efforts. The Government will review the past performance information and determine the quality and usefulness as it applies to the performance confidence assessment. In conducting a performance confidence assessment, each offeror shall be assigned one of the ratings using the Table below.

Performance Confidence Assessments

RATING DESCRIPTION

Substantial Confidence

Based on the Offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the Offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence

Based on the Offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the Offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral Confidence

No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.

The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence Based on the Offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the Offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for which information on past performance is not available, the offeror may receive a Neutral Confidence rating which is neither favorable nor unfavorable; it is considered neutral.

B. Technical Capabilities (Factor 2)

Submission Requirements

Key Personnel – The offeror shall submit one résumé for the individual whom the offeror will provide to fulfill each of the following key personnel labor categories described in Section 6.5 of the PWS:

• Software Analyst/Programmer

• Database Developer

• Web Developer

• Hardware and System Developer

• User Interface Developer

• Systems Integration

Résumés shall demonstrate at least the minimum qualification requirements per labor category as defined in the PWS. Note: Offerors may submit an individual’s résumé for multiple labor categories, provided that the individual meets the minimum qualification requirements for each labor category for which he/she is submitted.

At a minimum, the résumés shall include the following:

(1) Name;

(2) Labor category(ies) the individual will perform under;

(3) Total years of experience in the labor field;

(4) Education (degrees and/or specialization);

(5) Professional registrations, certifications, and licenses; and

(6) Relevant technical experience.

Note: Each résumé submitted shall not exceed two (2) pages.

Initial Task Order Work Plan – Concurrently with the award of this contract, the Government will award an initial task order (TO) under the contract. In order to permit the Government to evaluate the offeror’s technical capabilities, the offeror shall submit its work plan for the initial TO.

The Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the TO is attached to this RFP as Attachment C. The offeror’s work plan shall describe how the offeror plans to identify, detail, and schedule appropriate tasks, how it will maintain necessary lines of communication between the offeror and the appropriate Government agencies, and how it will conduct coordination among technical disciplines. It is the offeror’s responsibility to affirmatively document these qualities in its work plan after reviewing the PWS for the initial TO.

The offeror’s work plan must include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) Information on project organizational structure. Include a description of each employee’s roles and responsibilities on this project. Include all review personnel. To the extent that the offeror’s listing of personnel includes key personnel positions as described above, those personnel must match the personnel whose résumés are provided for key personnel.

(2) A plan of how the offeror will meet the overall project objective as stated in the TO PWS, and how the offeror will meet each identified task in the TO PWS.

(3) A project schedule based on all requirements within the TO PWS. The schedule shall identify all critical activities to demonstrate the offeror’s understanding of the requirements. These activities should include review processes requiring Government responses, and all coordination activities.

(4) Data collection and analysis methods for all objectives and tasks identified in the TO PWS.

(5) Specific services, data, and assistance required from USACE for completion of the TO.

(6) The plan must include a breakdown of all personnel required for this TO, to include the total amount of labor hours for each of the labor categories the offeror proposes to use to complete the TO.

Note: The work plan submitted shall not exceed four (4) pages.

Evaluation Method

This factor is designed to measure the offeror's understanding of the requirement, to include the offeror’s plan to address challenges inherent in the work. The offeror must demonstrate that it understands the Statement of Work and has the capability to perform the required work. This factor will be evaluated as one factor addressing the following two areas:

Key Personnel – The Government will evaluate the experience and qualifications of the offeror’s key personnel to meet the requirements of the contract. In determining strengths and weaknesses, the Government will consider the following:

• Key personnel qualified in multiple labor categories. The Government will more favorably evaluate proposals with key personnel demonstrating qualifications in multiple labor categories.

• The extent to which the résumés of the offeror’s proposed key personnel exceed the minimum education and experience requirements set forth in Section 6.5 of the PWS.

o NOTE: At a minimum, the résumés submitted for key personnel must demonstrate that the offeror’s key personnel satisfy the minimum education and experience requirements set forth in Section 6.5 of the PWS.

• The extent to which the résumés of the offeror’s proposed key personnel demonstrate significant and progressively responsible duties related to the labor category for which they are proposed.

Initial Task Order Work Plan – The Government will evaluate the initial TO work plan provided by the offeror and evaluate the technical expertise represented in the plan. In determining strengths and weaknesses, the Government will consider matters such as:

• How the offeror proposes to staff the project, including cross-functional staffing approaches and review personnel;

• How the offeror proposes to meet the overall project objective as stated in the TO PWS, and how the offeror will meet each…