Value_Engineering_Synopsis.docx

C-ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING DESIGN

IDIQ CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE NORTHWESTERN DIVISION

PROFESSIONAL VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES (VE)

USACE VALUE ENGINEERING PROGRAM

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A/E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. The A-E services to be provided shall be in support of the Value Engineering Program, Omaha District, Northwestern Division, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Synopsis W9128F-18-R-0081 is set aside for SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION under NAICS Code 541330 having a size standard of $15,000,000 in average gross annual receipts over the past 3 fiscal years. The Government intends to award up to five (5) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for A-E services for professional value engineering services. Each of the five (5) individual contracts to be negotiated and awarded, with a five year ordering period and an overall $9.9M pooled capacity. The minimum guarantee amount for the base period is $2,500.00. The task order maximum will be limited to the amount of available remaining capacity. Each firm responding to this solicitation must submit an SF 330 for evaluation of Architect-Engineering qualifications. Work will be issued by negotiated firm fixed price task orders. The ordering procedures will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: specialized knowledge or expertise which would enhance execution, past experience or knowledge of the particular project, availability of appropriate staff, performance on previous task orders, magnitude of task order relative to remaining contract capacity, equitable workload distribution.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The AE selected would be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility, and capability to be available on an as-needed basis. Required for various projects and support for other agencies. More specifically, services of qualified A-E firms are sought to conduct and/or participate in Value Engineering (VE) studies and related technical review and design analysis of civil, military, and infrastructure projects. Work will be provided for the five districts in the Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division (Kansas City, MO; Omaha, NE; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; and Walla Walla, WA) and may, on occasion, be performed for any other Corps district or mission area of responsibility such as for one of the laboratories of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Study reports shall comply with Corps of Engineers Value Engineering guidance as set out in ER 11-1-321 and other applicable guidance. Projects to be studied include, but may not be limited to, both the planning and design of hurricane protection, navigation, flood control, environmental protection, ecosystem restoration, hazardous, toxic, and radiological waste control and/or treatment, military facilities, and urban infrastructure. Project features encompass such items as embankments, channels, floodwalls, hydraulic structures, gates, bank protection, structures, structure foundations, sheet piling, roads, bridges, dredging, pumping stations, environmental protection, appurtenant structures, military barracks, military operations facilities, child development centers, military medical facilities, Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, Federal facilities of any type and size; and other miscellaneous civil and military works. Studies will be conducted by a multi-disciplinary team led by a facilitator with current certification by the Society of American Value Engineers (SAVE) International as a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) or equivalent certification. Studies shall be performed by a team comprised of engineers, architects, scientists, construction managers, and other subject matter experts experienced in the disciplines appropriate for designing the project feature(s) under study. In addition to the CVS, the availability of at least one registered professional of each of the following disciplines will be required: architectural, civil, environmental (hazardous waste), structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, construction management, cost engineering, interior design. Therefore, professional design and/or construction experience in architectural; civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, hydrologic, sanitary, mechanical, and electrical engineering; survey and mapping; CAD; construction management; cost estimating; and interior design is required.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA:

The selection criteria for this synopsis are listed below in descending order of importance. Items 1 through 5 are primary selection criteria and are listed in descending order of importance. Items 6 and 8 are secondary selection criteria and will be used only to distinguish differences between offerors that are equal in all other respects. Offerors shall submit the following areas of expertise and capabilities to be evaluated as part of the selection process:

a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence

b. Professional Qualifications

c. Past Performance

d. Capacity

e. Knowledge of Locality

f. SB/SDB Participation.

g. Geographic Proximity

h. Volume of DOD Contract Awards

PRIMARY CRITERIA:

a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. List no more than 10 projects that best illustrate current qualifications, relevant project experience and technical competence of the firm and consultants in the work described in PROJECT INFORMATION above.

b. Professional Qualifications. The firms shall demonstrate professional personnel qualifications and specialized experience in the design of military and federal facilities for key design disciplines. Key disciplines that are required to be performed by registered and licensed professional are:

1. Certified Value Specialist

2. Architect

3. Civil Engineer

4. Hydraulic Engineer

5. Structural Engineer

6. Geotechnical Engineer

7. Environmental (hazardous waste) Engineer

8. Mechanical Engineer

9. Electrical Engineer

10. Construction Management

11. Cost Engineer

12. Interior Designer

With regard to the 10 key projects, the firm should emphasize professional registration, advanced degrees, and specific work experience of key personnel. The firm should also indicate adequate management personnel with required qualifications and experience to assure prompt response to assignments.

c. Capacity. Consideration will be given to firms that indicate the capacity to perform multiple projects simultaneously and to complete work in a timely manner (i.e., in the required timeframe and in the absence of other conflicting Corps planning or design work).

d. Past Performance. Consideration will be given to ratings and verifiable past performance on previous DoD or other Federal Agency contracts. Past Performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from CPARS and other sources. (May be evaluated from CPARS information obtained by the Omaha District Office). Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) may be used to provide or supplement a firm’s past performance with other than U.S. Governmental clients. Firms which choose to use the PPQ may obtain a PPQ standard form by submitting a request to the below referenced POC to the Contract Specialist.

e. Knowledge of Locality. Submittals shall demonstrate knowledge of performing the type of projects and activities as described in PROJECT INFORMATION above. The localized knowledge includes demonstration of working with multiple agencies and other stakeholders to execute Value Engineering Studies described herein.

SECONDARY CRITERIA

f. Equitable distribution of DoD or other Federal Agency contracts. Consideration will be given to the volume of DoD or other Federal Agency A-E contract awards in the last 12 months, with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of DoD or other Federal Agency A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SB and SDB. Firms should cite all contract numbers, award dates and total negotiated fees for any DOD or other Federal Agency contract awarded within the last 12 months.

g. Type of Business Participation. Consideration will be given to the extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), Women owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Service Disabled veterans (SDV), and minority institutions (MI) in the contract team. Participation will be measured as the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. Higher ratings will be given for Offerors demonstrating greater participation by the contract team in the subcategories listed above.

h. Geographic Proximity. Submittals should address offerors geographic locations and their capability to address project work throughout the various NWD and USACE locations (SF 330, Part I, Section H).

4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

All proposals shall be submitted electronically via email. All submissions shall be in Adobe PDF format with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) applied to all documents that will enable word searches to be conducted using Adobe-compatible PDF software.

Title the single files in the following format:

W9128F-18-R-0081_Company Names_SF 330 (Note: Company name may be abbreviated)

To submit proposals electronically via email to the following personnel:

MSG Tamara T. Trigg, Tamara.Trigg@usace.army.mil Mrs. Donna Larson, Donna.R.Larson@usace.army.mil

Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous. Please make allowances for delays in transmittal.

Eligible interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit Parts I and II of the SF330 information for the prime firm and all subcontractors/subconsultants (as necessary), as directed with respect to time, date and acceptable methods of delivery identified in this Announcement.

FOR THE PRIME OFFEROR, PROVIDE THE FIRM’S DUNS NUMBER AND CAGE CODE IN SF330, PART I, BLOCK B, BOX 5. FOR SUBCONTRACTORS/SUBCONSULTANTS, PROVIDE THESE FIRMS’ DUNS NUMBERS AND CAGE CODES IN SF330, PART I, BLOCK C, BOX 9.

All proposers, including joint-ventures, must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov and have completed their Representations and Certification.

All proposals submitted will become, upon receipt, the property of the U.S. Government and will be retained for the official contract file.

Upon completion of evaluation of the SF 330 offers received, a short list of most qualified firms will be determined. Until selection is completed, there will be no notification of any type to proposing firms. Once the short list is approved by the Source Selection Authority, those firms that did not make the short list will be promptly notified. There will one small business contract awarded as a result of negotiations.

All questions concerning this announcement should be addressed to MSG Tamara Trigg, Contract Specialist, by email at tamara.trigg@usace.army.mil Questions should be submitted no later than January 07, 2019 with final submission NLT 1400 16 January 2019.

Regulation requires that the Selection Board not consider any submittals received after the specified time and date. Late proposal rules in FAR 15.208 will be followed for submittals received after 2:00pm Central time on the closing date specified in this announcement. The SF 330, 08/2016 edition, must be used, and may be obtained from the following web site: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. Please check for updates to this announcement at www.fbo.gov (Federal Business Opportunities).