W912DR21R0071.pdf

PROJECT TITLE: MARFORCYBER B8605 Renovation

PROJECT DESCRPTION: This project w ill repair, sustain, and modernize an existing General Administrative building 8605 that is in a failed or failing condition into a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility for MARFORCYBER. The building w as built in 1954 as a 39,197 square feet three story barracks w ith a hammerhead kitchen. The project repairs w ill increase the building to 43,160 square feet, by the addition of an elevator and stairs. A 114 parking surface lot w ill be part of the project.

This proposed procurement is for Full and Open Competition (Unrestricted); NAICS Code: 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction w ilh a size standard of $39,500,00.00.

MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: Betw een $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.

This is a Firm-Fixed Price Tw o Phase Design-Build Construction Contract utilizing the Best Value Trade-off Process.

Contractors are requested to review requirements and instructions for this Tw o Phase Design-Build selection in response to this RFP. This is Phase 1 of the solicitation. Phase II of the Solicitation w ill be issued as an amendment and w ill only be available to those offerors selected to advance from Phase I to Phase II.

PUNATOTO V TAAMU

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS

NEGOTIATED

22-Sep-2121

(RFP)

(IFB)

X

CALL:

B. TELEPHONE NO. (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

See Item 7

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID

3. DATE ISSUED

9. FOR INFORMATION A. NAME

SOLICITATION

NSN 7540-01-155-3212 1442-101 STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 4-85)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.236-1(e)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance w ithin _______10 calendar days and complete it w ithin ________730 calendar days after receiving aw ard, X notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory, negotiable. (See _________________________52.211-10

12 A. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS?

(If "YES," indicate within how many calendar days after award in Item 12B.)

X YES NO

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

A. Sealed offers in original and __________1 copies to perform the w ork required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by ___________ local time ______________22 Oct 2021 (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time.

shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, and the date and time offers are due.

B. An offer guarantee is, X is not required.

C. All offers are subject to the (1) w ork requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference.

D. Offers providing less than _______180 calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due w ill not be considered and w ill be rejected.

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

1. SOLICITATION NO.

IMPORTANT - The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror.

4. CONTRACT NO.

7. ISSUED BY CODE

USACE, BALTIMORE, RSFO

300 SENTINEL DRIVE, STE 400

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION MD 20701-0548

W912DR

PAGE OF PAGES

1 OF

CODE

(Title, identifying no., date):

12B. CALENDAR DAYS

12:00 PM (hour)

Sealed envelopes containing offers

5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO. 6. PROJECT NO.

8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If Other Than Item 7)

FAX:TEL: 410-854-0700 TEL: FAX:

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20B. SIGNATURE

(REV. 4-85)STANDARD FORM 1442 BACK

TO SIGN

NSN 7540-01-155-3212

SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (Continued) (Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

CODE FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the w ork required at the prices specif ied below in strict accordance w ith the terms of this solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in w riting w ithin ________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

the minimum requirements stated in Item 13D. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13D.)

AMOUNTS SEE SCHEDULE OF PRICES

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each)

AMENDMENT NO.

DATE

20A. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN

OFFER (Type or print)

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT 23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

CODE

(Insert any number equal to or greater than

20C. OFFER DATE

25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

10 U.S.C. 2304(c) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)

CODE27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY:26. ADMINISTERED BY

(Include ZIP Code)14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR 15. TELEPHONE NO. (Include area code)

See Item 14

(Include only if different than Item 14)16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

30B. SIGNATURE

29. AWARD (Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

document and return _______ copies to issuing office.) Contractor agrees Your of f er on this solicitation, is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This award con-to f urnish and deliv er all items or perf orm all work, requisitions identif ied summates the contract, which consists of (a) the Gov ernment solicitation and on this f orm and any continuation sheets f or the consideration stated in this y our of f er, and (b) this contract award. No f urther contractual document is contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract shall be necessary .

gov erned by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certif ications, and specif ications or incorporated by ref er-ence in or attached to this contract.

30A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31A. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

30C. DATE

(Type or print)

TEL: EMAIL:

31B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31C. AWARD DATE

BY

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

(Contractor is required to sign this28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

(M ust be fully completed by offeror)OFFER

W912DR21R0071

Section 00 10 00 - Solicitation

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

Section 00 20 00 - Instructions for Procurement

NOTES TO OFFERORS

This is a Two Phase Design-Build procurement. This Request for Proposal (RFP) is for Phase I only. Phase I submissions will be reviewed and a maximum of five (5) of the most highly qualified proposals will be invited to submit Phase II proposals. Bid bonds are not required to be submitted until Phase II submissi ons. Additionally, a bid schedule and expanded specifications and details regarding the concept design will be provided in Phase II via an amendment to this RFP.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THIS ACQUISITION

1. PROPOSAL CONDITIONS

a. Contractors must provide all required documents for Phase I and bid all items in Phase II with no exceptions. Should a contractor fail to fully complete the bid schedule , its offer will not be considered responsive to the solicitation and ineligible for the resultant contract award.

b. Split awards or multiple award contracts will not result from this solicitation.

2. COMPETITION: Full and Open Competition

3. SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

a. All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the electronic requirements detailed in the Phase I Proposal section. Proposals or modifications to proposals that are received by facsimile will not be considered.

b. Hand Carried and Mailed Proposal: Hand carried and mailed proposals are not required. See Phase I Proposal section for directions on how to submit proposals electronically.

c. SF 1442 BACK (Page 2 of the Solicitation): Offerors are required to acknowledge the receipt of all amendments to the Solicitation on the Standard Form 1442 in Block 19. Offerors shall fully complete all the required areas located under the section designated as "OFFER" (refer to Items 14 through 20C).

d. BID GUA RANTEE: The offerors are required to submit a Bid Guarantee for this procurement during Phase II submissions. Any offeror failing to submit an authentic Bid Guarantee will be considered non-responsive to the Solicitation and ineligible for award. The Bid Guarantee shall be in the amount of 20% of the bidder's price or $3,000,000.00, whichever is less.

e. BONDS AND INSURANCE: The Contractor will be required to furnish proof of insurance , including copies of the required endorsements , and performance and payment bonds within ten (10) calendar days following the Contractor's receipt of the contract award.

4. VISITOR/SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

AT Level I Training. All contractor employees , to include subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities, controlled access areas, or require network access, shall complete AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is appli cable. Upon request , the contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the contracting officer (if a COR is not assigned) , within 5 calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel. AT Level I awareness training is available at the following website: http://jko.jten.mil/courses /atl1/launch.html; or it can be provided by the RA ATO in presentation form which will be documented via memorandum.

For contractors who do not require Common Access Card (CAC), but require access to a DoD facility or Intallation. Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall comply with adjudication standards and procedures using the National Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index (NCIC-III) and Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) (Army Directive 2014-05 I AR 190-13), applicable installation, facility and area commander installation /facility access and local security policies and procedures (provided by government representative, as NCIC and TSDB are available), or, at OCONUS locations, in accordance with status of forces agreements and other theater regulations.

Suspicious Activity Reporting Training (e.g. iWATCH, CorpsWatch , or See Something, Say Something). The contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall receive a brieti'training (provided by the RA) on the local suspicious activity reporting program. This locally developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the project manager, security representative or law enforcement entity. This training shall be completed within 30 calendar days of contract award and within 30 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 5 calendar days after the completion of the training.

For Contracts that Require OPSEC Training. All new contractor employees will complete Level I OPSEC Training within 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty. Additiona lly, all contractor employees must complete annual OPSEC awareness training. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the contracting officer (if a COR is not assigned), within 5 calendar days after completion of training. OPSEC awareness training is available at the following websites:

https://www.iad.gov /ioss / or http: //www.cdse.edu/catalog/operations-security.htm l; or it can be provided by the RA OPSEC Officer in presentation form which will be documented via memorandum.

Pre-screen candidates using E-Verify Program. The Contractor must pre-screen Candidates using the E-verify Program (http://www.uscis.gov /e-verify) website to meet the established employment eligibility requirements. The Vendor must ensure that the Candidate has two valid forms of Government issued identification prior to enrollment to ensure the correct information is entered into the E-verify system. An initial list of verified/eligible Candidates must be provided to the COR no later than 3 business days after the initial contract award." *When contracts are with individuals , the individuals will be required to complete a Form 1-9, Employment Eligibility Veri fication, with the designated Government representative. This Form will be provided to the Contracting Officer and shall become part of the official contract file.

5. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION

Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org) No Later Than (NLT) 12:00 A.M. (EST), 07 October 2021. 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: Z4X38K-T9743P

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.

Specific Instructions for Future ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access:

1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be provided any type ofpassword. 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 ofthe screen.

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.

The call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800-428-HELP.

Offers will NOT be publicly opened. Information concerning the status ofthe evaluation and/or award will NOT be available after receipt ofproposals.

PLEASE NOTE: THE LAST DAY FOR INTERESTED BIDDERS TO SUBMIT THEIR CONTRACTING AND

TECHNICAL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION IN PROJNET IS 7 OCTOBER 2021 AT 12:00 NOON (EST).

NO OTHER REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 12:00 NOON (EST).

*** Responses to RFis via ProjNet are for informational purposes only. Official responses will be provided by amendment. ***

SCOPE OF WORK

This design-build project includes repairs to existing failed or failing site, architectural, mechanical, electrical, telecommunication, fire alarm, security, plumbing, roofing and structural building systems. A failed flat roof will be replaced with a sloped metal roof, and the exterior will be clad in a red brick system to reduce life cycle maintenance costs and meet the requirements of the Installation Planning Standard. Demolition will include all but the concrete structure. The programmatic design assumes the existing exterior masonry infill will also remain.

Replace all interior and exterior finishes, partitions, doors and windows. Remove all fan coil units, associated dual temperature piping, condensate drain lines, thermostats, controls and dryer vent ducts. Remove all plumbing fixtures, sinks vanities, water closets, urinals, toilet partitions, toilet accessories and associated sanitary lines, vent lines, water lines and valves. Remove electrical panelboards, switchboards, circuit breakers, conduit, conductors, receptacles, switches, and lighting fixtures. Remove the electrical service entrance, primary underground ductbank, pad mounted utility service transformer, secondary underground distribution, and metering equipment. Remove the pole mounted light fixture in the parking lot. Remove telecommunication cabling, conduit, pathways, equipment racks, and jacks. Remove telecommunication outside plant cabling and ductbanks. Remove electronic security systems such as intrusion detection system, closed circuit television systems, and headend equipment. Remove fire alarm system and all communications systems.

Provide all HVAC, Electrical, Structural, Plumbing, Communications, Electronic Security, and Fire Protection systems, fixtures, partitions, finishes and accessories to provide the finished condition described in this document.

Finished condition will comply with current building standards, codes, laws, and regulations. Life safety improvements will be consistent with the Reconstruction category of Building Rehabilitation.

Section 00 21 16 - Instructions to Proposers

PHASE 1 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

A. BASIS FOR AWARD

This Request for Proposal (RFP) seeks proposals from Offerors interested in being selected for the design and construction of the MARFORCYBER – B8605 Renovation DB Project at Fort Meade, MD. This is a competitive acquisition utilizing a two phase solicitation. This solicitation will result in a single award of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) construction contract. Offerors responding to the subject RFP are required to submit their proposals in accordance with the instructions contained in Section 00 21 16.

A contract will be awarded to the Offeror whose proposal represents the “Best Value” to the Government. The best value determination will be based on a comparative assessment of proposals against all source selection criteria in the solicitation.

A. FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED

The award will be made to the Offeror who submits the best overall proposal that is determined to be the most beneficial to the Government, with appropriate consideration given to the five (5) evaluation factors: Past Performance, Management approach, Technical Approach, Small Business Participation plan, and Price. The evaluation factors are discussed below.

Based on the evaluation of the Phase I factors, no more than five (5) offerors will be selected to submit phase-two proposals.

Phase I

Factor 1: Past Performance. The Government will evaluate the extent of recent, relevant performance of the prime offeror and team members and assign a performance confidence evaluation. There are two aspects to the performance confidence evaluation: relevancy and quality assessment. The Government will evaluate these aspects to establish one performance confidence rating which will be given for this factor.

Factor 2: Management Approach: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s explanation of its proposed management capabilities for this project. The Government will evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and any deficiencies in the submission and assign one combined management and risk rating for this factor.

Phase II

Factor 3: Technical Approach: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s explanation of its proposed technical approach to the project. The Government will evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and any deficiencies in the submission and assign one combined technical and risk rating for this factor.

Factor 4: Small Business Participation Plan. The Government will evaluate the extent to which the Offeror intends to meet the small business objectives, requirements and participation goals. The Government will evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and any deficiencies in the submission and assign a Small Business Participation Plan rating for this factor.

Factor 5: Price. The resulting award will be a firm-fixed-price contract. Price reasonableness will be utilized in the evaluation of the firm-fixed-price effort.

RELATIVE WEIGHT OF EVALUATION FACTORS

Factor 1 - Past Performance and Factor 3 - Technical Approach are of equal importance and the most important non-price factors. Factor 2 - Management Approach is less important than Past Performance and Technical Approach.

Factor 4 - Small Business Participation Plan is the least important non-price factor. All non-price factors, when combined, are more important than Factor 5- Price.

The Government shall carry over the Offeror's ratings from Phase I and those factors will be part of the final trade off analysis . No additional submission outside of Phase I will be accepted at this time.

B. EVALUATION APPROACH

OFFEROR TEAMS

The Offerors must provide a statement that all individuals, including subcontractors, working on this project shall be US Citizens.

For purposes of the Request for Proposal (RFP), an "Offeror" may include a group of two (2) or more entities that have formed a "contractor team arrangement," as that term is defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 9.6. In the case of entities that have formed a contractor team arrangement, the experience and performance history of any member of the team, whether or not gained while working with the other member(s) of the currently-proposed contractor team arrangement, will be considered as a part of the evaluation of the Offeror’s proposal.

In the case of contractor team arrangements involving a prime contractor and subcontractor(s), where the prime contractor submits the proposal in response to this solicitation, the prime contractor must have completed at least fifty percent (50%) of the total number of projects that meet the requirements for Factor 1 for consideration in response to the experience requirements of this solicitation.

An Offeror that relies upon the experience and performance history of a member, members or affiliates of a proposed contractor team arrangement must provide a teaming agreement or commitment (in the case of any affiliates) signed by all parties. The Teaming agreement/ commitment shall:

1. Identify the legal name(s) and cage code(s) of all entities.

2. Describe the nature of each entity's relationship (partnership, joint venture, prime/sub or mentor/protégé) and their role on this project as a part of their proposal. The Offeror will be expected to maintain that arrangement during performance of any contract awarded to that Offeror under this RFP.

3. Include the estimated percentage of work to be completed by each member submitted for this RFP.

The following are to be used in determining the status of the Offeror's team for the evaluation of project submissions under Factor 1:

1. In the case of contractor team arrangements involving a Prime Contractor and Subcontractor(s), where the Prime Contractor submits the proposal in response to this RFP, the Prime Contractor is considered the "Prime Offeror".

2. In the case of joint ventures, the "Prime Offeror" experience is limited to joint venture members with signed agreements. The signed Joint Venture agreement must be submitted along with the teaming agreement.

3. In the case of mentor/protégé relationships, the relationship must be established by the two Offerors and approved by the chosen Government Agency prior to proposal submission. The "Prime Offeror" experience is limited to entities with signed agreements. The approved mentor/protégé document from the relevant Government Agency must be submitted along with the teaming agreement.

4. In the case of additional projects submitted by subcontractors, the subcontractor must submit the final cost of their portion of the project along with total project cost and all other required information.

5. In the case of Offerors that are large, multi-function firms (consisting of subsidiaries), experience must only be submitted by the segment of the firm (e.g., division, group, and unit) that is submitting a proposal in response to this RFP.

6. In the case of affiliates, Past performance of an Offeror's "affiliate," as that term is defined in FAR 2.101, will be evaluated (as described within this section) if the Offeror demonstrates a firm commitment that the affiliate will participate meaningfully in the performance of the contract. This commitment and meaningful participation shall be described in a document signed by authorized representatives of both the Offeror and its affiliate.

The contractor team agreement/commitment shall be provided at the beginning of the Offeror's proposal and will not be included in the overall page count. If a teaming agreement or commitment is not provided, the projects of any team members outside of the Prime Offeror will not be considered.

1. VOLUME I PHASE I - FACTOR 1 – PAST PERFORMANCE.

There are two aspects to the performance confidence evaluation: relevancy and quality of past performance. In accordance with FAR 15.305(a)(2), the currency and relevance of the information, source of the information, context of the data, and general trends in contractor's performance shall be considered. Relevance and quality of performance will be combined to establish one performance confidence assessment rating for each Offeror.

1.1. RELEVANCY OF PAST EXPERIENCE:

These projects must be of relevant scope and complexity to the solicited project. The Offeror shall submit information on at least three (3), but no more than five (5) completed design build projects demonstrating the Offeror's recent and relevant experience. At least one project must demonstrate experience from the proposed designer. For projects demonstrating past experience from the designer, one hundred percent (100%) of the design and at least seventy five percent (75%) of the construction of each project must be completed at the time of proposal submission. For projects demonstrating past experience for the construction contractor, one hundred percent (100%) of the construction must be complete or meet the Beneficial Occupancy Date (BOD) requirement. All projects must have a construction completion date no earlier than six (6) years preceding the original date of issuance of this solicitation. Projects that have a BOD within the same date range will also be considered. BOD is the point at which the customer determines the facility or area can be occupied from both a regulatory and work function standpoint. Any escalated values are to be labeled as escalated and the Offeror must explain in detail their escalation rationale, which must include any formulas, calculations, assumptions, etc.

Projects shall demonstrate all of the following project types (either individually or in combination thereof):

Design Build projects valued at $20,000,000 (present day value) or more;

Antiterrorism Force Protection (ATFP) Compliance UFC Criteria Experience with existing building structural work Experience with Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) design & construction in accordance with ICD/ICS 705 Experience with meeting DD Form 254 – Security Requirements Experience with LEED certification of Silver or greater Experience with Audio/Visual design.

Design-build Military Construction experience.

The offeror may submit other types of projects, but must explain the relevancy of those projects to the project that is being solicited in this RFP.

The information that is required to be supplied is identified on the form provided entitled “EXPERIENCE IN RELEVANT PROJECTS” (Attachment A). Offerors are not required to use the form itself as part of their proposal, but the information requested on the form must be in the Offeror’s proposal and should be in the same format as the form. Offerors may expand the form as necessary to accommodate the required project information.

1.2. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

For each of the projects submitted, provide a copy of the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) report. If CPARS does not exist please provide a Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) (Attachment D) to a representative of the owner. The Past Performance Questionnaire included in the solicitation is provided for the offeror or its team members to submit to the client for each project the offeror includes in its proposal for Factor 1, Past Performance of Construction Contractor. Ensure correct phone numbers and email addresses are provided for the client point of contact. Completed Past Performance Questionnaires should be submitted with your proposal. 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, which will provide contract and client information for the respective project(s). 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, MAJ Punatoto V. Taamu via email at Punatoto.V.Taamu@usace.army.mil. prior to proposal closing date. Offerors shall not incorporate by reference into their proposal PPQs previously submitted for other RFPs. However, this does not preclude the Government from utilizing previously submitted PPQ information in the past performance evaluation. Offerors may use previously completed PPQs and do not need to have one completed specifically for this project but must include it as a hardcopy.

In addition to the above, the Government may review any other sources of information for evaluating past performance for any project. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, past performance information retrieved through the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Contractor Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) or other databases using all CAGE/DUNS numbers of team members (partnership, joint venture, teaming arrangement, or parent company/ subsidiary/ affiliate) identified in the Offeror’s proposal; interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officers, and Fee Determining Officials; and the Defense Contract Management Agency. The information obtained from these sources will be evaluated supplementary to the past performance questionnaires. In reference to the contracts pulled from these sources, the relevancy of the projects, completion dates, ratings and comments in the individual categories and overall ratings will be considered in making the overall confidence assessment.

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.

1.3. RATING METHODS

Each submitted project will be assigned one of the levels of relevancy shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Past Performance Relevancy Rating Method

Adjectival Rating Definition Very Relevant Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this RFP requires.

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

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

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

In reviewing each past performance effort by the Offeror, the Source Selection Team (SST) will then evaluate the overall quality of the Offeror's past performance (see FAR 15.304(c)(2)) to determine the performance confidence assessment rating. The past performance evaluation conducted in support of a current source selection does not establish, create, or change the existing record and history of the Offeror's past performance on past contracts; rather, the past performance evaluation process gathers information from customers on how well the Offeror performed those past contracts.

The SST will review all past performance information collected and determine the quality of the Offeror's performance, general trends, and usefulness of the information and incorporate these into the performance confidence assessment (see Table 2 below).

The past performance confidence assessment rating is based on the Offeror's overall record of recency, relevancy, and quality of performance. At the conclusion of the assessment, the Offeror shall be assigned one of the ratings in Table 2.

In the case for which there is no information on past contract performance or where past contract performance information is not available, the Offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past contract performance. In this case, the Offeror's past performance is unknown and assigned a performance confidence rating of "neutral".

Table 2. Performance Confidence Assessment

Adjectival 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 report 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 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.

2. VOLUME I PHASE I - FACTOR 2 – MANAGEMENT APPROACH

Organize the submitted material sequentially under tabs to facilitate evaluation. Submit this information in the form of narratives and an organization chart.

2.1. Project Team Organization

Provide resumes for the following key personnel:

1. Construction Team: Overall Single Corporate Program Manager, Project Manager, Lead Scheduler, full-time on-site Safety Manager, full time on-site Quality Control Manager and Superintendent.

2. Design Team: Project Manager, Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Fire Protection Engineer, Designer of Record Design Manager

The resumes of the above key personnel shall include the following:

1. Personnel’s Title on this project

2. Number of years with this firm and with other firms

3. Number of years in this position or role

4. Current position and current title (specialty) in this role

5. Professional Registration (Type and State Registration)

6. Personnel’s specific experience and qualifications relevant to this project (including registration if applicable)

7. Provide individual’s current assignment and the offeror’s plan to ensure that the named personnel will be used on this project; however, if the named person isn’t available upon award, a person with the same or better qualifications shall be substituted and approved by the Government.

2.2. Design Organization: This project is principally an administrative Security Compartmental Information Facility (SCIF) with supporting utilities, perimeter site security, surface parking, landscaping and storm water management. The offeror shall discuss its organizational structure for the design process. The offeror shall discuss how the Design Team will integrate within the Construction Team throughout the project life to include design refinement after award. The offeror shall identifiy the areas they intend to design through consultants. The discussion shall illustrate how this team will work with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01 DOD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings and 4-010-05 Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities Planning, Design, and Construction. The narrative shall state why your design firm is uniquely qualified to undertake this project, its approach to sustainable design and process of working with the customer during the design phase. The offeror shall also discuss their approach to designing buildings with the following requirements that are integrated with the design: architectural, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, ATFP, and telecommunications. The offeror shall also discuss how they have successfully designed to be within firm project budgets.

2.3. Construction Organization: This project is principally an administrative Security Compartmental Information Facility (SCIF) with supporting utilities, perimeter site security, surface parking, landscaping, and storm water management. The offeror shall discuss its construction organizational structure to build the facilities.

The narrative shall state why your construction firm is uniquely qualified to undertake this project. Provide the Management approach to integrating the Design and Construction Teams throughout the Design and Construction Phases of the project to include design refinement after acceptance of Issued For Construction (IFC) sets. Describe the items the offeror will self-perform.

2.4. Organizational Chart: The offeror will submit an organization chart identifying the proposed team that will execute this project. The proposed organizational chart shall identify the members or entities of the organization and show the lines of authority and communication of all members of the design and construction entities. This chart should clearly indicate who the ultimate decision maker is for the proposed team. The charts shall indicate communication between design team and contractor. This organization chart should include the offeror’s key personnel, and key subcontractors, testing firms, quality control and commissioning agents. The organizational chart shall show the relationship of each entity (at a minimum, show the following relationships: key subcontractors, testing firms, quality control and commissioning agent personnel) to the offeror.

2.5. Quality Management Control System: The offeror shall describe how they intend to manage quality through the design development and construction of the project. Discuss quality management methods proposed throughout the design and construction process. Discuss how you will implement the USACE Three Phase Quality Control Program.

2.6. Safety. The offeror shall discuss how they intend to manage and execute their Safety program for the contract and each task order. Include a discussion of the safety risks. Discuss how your program implements and/or adheres to EM 385-1-1. Provide an example of how accidents shall be reported to USACE. Provide EMR rates and DART rates, if available.

2.7. Schedule (Narrative): The offeror shall describe how it will manage a Design-Build project schedule. The offeror must discuss its scheduling capabilities and procedures to be used for this contract, which must include schedule updates, incorporating modifications into the schedule, and other steps to be taken to maintain the construction project schedule. Discussion shall include how to start a project; discussions on important early activities such as submittals, site visits, requirments gathering, design, pre-work submittals, site organization, long lead items, commissioning, vetting sub-contractors, process for getting contractors and deliveraries through gates, etc.

2.8. RATING METHODS

The Offeror shall be assigned one of the following ratings for Factor 2.

Table 3. Combined Management/ Risk Ratings

Outstanding Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Good Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low to moderate.

Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Marginal Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements of the RFP, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable.

Proposal is unawardable.

3. VOLUME I PHASE II – FACTOR 3 TECHNICAL APPROACH

3.1. Project Narrative

The offeror must submit a detailed narrative on their technical approach, sequence of work, and other management aspects of the project in order to ensure an on time completion of the project. The narrative must be a comprehensive, start-to-finish discussion on the significant features of this work. As a minimum, specific elements of the narrative are identified below and will be considered in the evaluation of each offeror’s submission. Offerors are encouraged to elaborate on other features of the work that are considered relevant or where a high degree of risk is involved that may adversely affect the planned performance period.

Include a discussion on the potential high-risk features of the work that may adversely impact the completion date and the offerors plan to mitigate these risks.

The detailed project narrative must demonstrate a thorough and current knowledge of best practices in the design and construction. Topics to be addressed in the project narrative are identified below. These topics will be considered in the evaluation of each offeror’s submission. An offeror is encouraged to elaborate on other features of the work that it considers relevant.

The offeror’s proposal shall follow the format outlined below with tabs between each narrative subsection.

1. Civil Narrative: Discuss the overall civil design for the project site including storm water management.

2. Environmental Mitigation Narrative: Discuss the development of a Waste Management Plan and environmental portions of the Quality Control and Health & Safety Plans. Discuss whether additional soil sampling is required.

3. Architectural Narrative: Discuss design intent, overall architectural style.

4. Heating Ventilating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVACR) Narrative: Describe HVACR systems and indoor and outdoor design conditions/requirements.

5. Electrical Narrative: Discuss design considerations and space requirements for electrical systems.

6. Sustainable Design and Energy Conservation Narrative: Discuss how minimum rating of Silver for LEED NC 2.2 shall be achieved.

7. Communications Narrative: Describe design considerations and space requirements for the following:

telephone, intercom, paging, public address, televisions, data communication, and security systems, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

8. Fire Protection Narrative: Fire Protection Narrative: Describe the design, construction, and testing of fire protection systems.

9. Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP) Narrative: Discuss sighting and design considerations, and any space requirements for antiterrorism force protection systems. Discuss how the offeror shall coordinate with the user for any customer-specific requirements.

10. Risk Management Plan: The offeror shall submit a Risk Management Plan (RMP) that will show how the offeror is planning to mitigate uncertainties to include, but are not limited to, unknown site conditions, revised mission requirements, construction phasing, coordination with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), and cost and time growth.

3.2. Schedule

The offeror shall provide a schedule(s) showing how the work will be performed in order to meet the definition of substantial completion, the deliverables and the maximum number of days described in FAR clause 52.211-10. The offeror shall submit a preliminary schedule for design and construction and a narrative report. The offeror shall use a critical path method. The schedule should show adequate detail, logic and sequences to demonstrate offeror can meet a required completion date 730 days from NTP.

At a minimum, the offeror should show the following features in the schedule:

a. The design phase showing the events associated with coordinating the design submittals and the proper handling of the review comments.

b. Permitting and municipal reviews.

c. A construction milestones for the facility, site work, and utilities.

d. The offeror should indicate the anticipated critical path on the schedule.

Provide a description of the design process to include the offeror’s expectation of the Government’s role during the design process. The offeror must describe in detail how it shall initiate the project; include important early activities, such as pre-work submittals, site organization, temporary facilities, structural steel delivery, and electrical equipment delivery. The offeror must describe and discuss its plan to sequence and manage important activities. Offerors are required to describe and discuss rationale, assumptions and thought process used in generating the schedule to support project delivery performance.

3.3. Drawings and Renderings

The Offeror shall provide perspectives or other drawings showing views of the building and rendered views of building that also indicate grading and landscaping. Rendering shall be developed in color and reduced to approximately 2’ by 3’ format. Drawings, to be developed in black and white, must include titles, legends, and labels to tell what is being shown. Overall Site Plan(s) shall be scaled at 1” = 200’ while enlarged Site Plans shall be scaled at 1"=50'.

Additionally, Offeror shall include drawings & renderings as specified below:

a. Site Planning, Civil Design, and Landscaping

(1) Site Plan, including large site features inclusive of external traffic plan, access roads to the site, security setbacks, required standoff distances, patrol roads, and buildings.

(2) Building orientation with respect to path of the sun.

(3) Utility plan indicating utility tie-in locations, utility types, routes, and exterior equipment (e.g., electrical equipment, tanks);

(4) Pedestrian and vehicular circulation (include direction of traffic on adjoining streets);

plans shall include major circulation paths to and around the facility;

(5) Parking outlines with proposed counts/classifications.

b. Architecture

(1) Building floor plan showing at a minimum: all programmatic spaces at the organizational level, work areas, lobbies, corridors, entrances, and service spaces.

Label the spaces:

i. Depict proposed office area layouts to verify the achievement of integration between the approved program and the concept.

(2) Interior Design – General furniture floor plan;

(3) Elevation of major building facades, illustrating:

i. Fenestration

ii. Exterior Materials

iii. 3D building perspective and/or renderings

(4) Building sections, showing:

ii. Adequate space for structural, mechanical and electrical, telecommunications, and fire protection systems;

iii. Labeling of floor and roof elevations;

3.4. Rating Methods

The Offeror shall be assigned one of the following ratings for Factor 3.

Table 4 Combined Technical/ Risk Ratings

Outstanding Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Good Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low to moderate.

Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Marginal Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements of the RFP, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable.

Proposal is unawardable.

4. VOLUME II PHASE II - FACTOR 4 – SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN

4.1. All Offerors (both large and small businesses) regardless of size status shall address their planned small business usage for this requirement and will be evaluated on the level of proposed participation of U.S. small businesses in the performance of this acquisition (as small business prime Offerors or small business subcontractors) relative to the objectives, requirements and goals established herein.

Large business contractors may achieve the small business participation goals through subcontracting to small businesses. Small business contractors may achieve small business participation goals through their own performance/participation as a prime and also through a joint venture, teaming arrangement, and subcontracting to other small businesses in order to achieve the small business participation goals.

The Offeror shall articulate within their Small Business Participation Plan (SBPP) how they intend to meet the small business objectives and participation goals. Nothing precludes an Offeror from further demonstrating their extent of commitment to use small businesses beyond what has been required by the subject solicitation as articulated below. Offerors are encouraged to submit proof of awards, accolades, etc., received for their current and/or past support of small businesses. Examples include clear pictures of award(s) received, successful Small Business Administration Surveillance Review findings, CPARS ratings that address small business utilization, testimonials, etc.