Amendment W912DW24R0005 0001 Natural Resource and Cultural Resource at YTC.pdf

W912DW24R0005

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Wildlife, Natural, and Cultural Resources Project Support for Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Yakima Training Center, WA

Solicitation W912DW24R0005 12 Sept 2024 Amendment 0001- This amendment extends the offer due date to 16 Sept. Time due remains the same. See para xv.

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Per FAR 12.603)

The resulting contract from this solicitation will be a Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ), Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC). All work will be ordered via Task Order. No work will begin prior to a Task Order being issued.

i. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate solicitation will not be issued.

ii. Solicitation W912DW24R0005 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP), procedurally and in accordance with FAR 12, 13 and 16.

iii. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal

Acquisition Circular FAC 2024-06.

iv. This action is an acquisition offered to the SBA under the 8(a) program and shall be awarded on the basis of competition limited to eligible 8(a) participants.

IAW 52.219-14 the Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.

The applicable NAICS Code is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services; Size Standard $19M.

v. The ID/IQ contract to be awarded from this this solicitation will consist of a base year and two (2) twelve (12) month option years. Anticipated Task Orders will vary in quantity and work, will be for Natural Resource or Cultural Resource projects or both and are expected to range from $50,000 to $900,000. Task Order Request for Proposals will contain line items numbers, quantities, and units of measure. Task Orders will be awarded as Firm Fixed Price. The per year capacity of the ID/IQ contract is shown below.

CLIN SERVICE CAPACITY

0001 Natural Resource & Cultural Resource $1,876,860.00 1001 Natural Resource & Cultural Resource $1,933,165.00 2001 Natural Resource & Cultural Resource $1,991,160.00

Total $5,801,185.00

vi. Description of services to be acquired:

This Contract will require a wide variety of wildlife and natural resources-related tasks as well as archaeological work on Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Yakima Training Center (YTC) that will allow government staff to develop accurate and effective management/protection strategies in areas potentially affected by military activity to comply with all Federal statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders for management of all types of cultural and natural resources. The Government will identify tasks required to complete each specific job and will issue Task Orders to the Contractor to complete the identified jobs. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform each task identified and defined in the Task Orders placed against this contract.

vii. Location of Contract Performance:

Yakima Training Center, WA. Anticipated contract award date is 19 Sep 2024. Period of Performance:

12 month base year and two option years.

viii. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference.

ADDENDUM TO 52.2 212-1(b)

All E-mail submissions must clearly identify this notice on the subject line. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring their proposal reached the designated contracting office on time and should allow reasonable time for transmission to be completed. Large e-mail files may not transmit properly so it is advised to send large attachments in several separate e-mails. All pages of the transmission and attachments must reach the office before the deadline specified. Any part of the proposal that arrives after the specified deadline may not be considered. The submitter bears the risk of non-receipt of proposals and should confirm by telephone that the proposal was received. The point of contact for this requirement is Contract Specialist Alfonso Nolasco.

The offeror shall submit 1 copy of its entire proposal. The submission of an incomplete proposal may render the proposal unacceptable and will not be considered. (NOTE:

proposals submitted through sam.gov are unacceptable)

DOCUMENTATION, shall include the following:

I. Administrative Submit:

Offerors will submit A cover letter with signatures of a corporate officer or similarly situated individual authorized to negotiate for the company. Include name of the company, phone, fax numbers, and email address(es) and:

1. Acknowledged amendment(s) if applicable. If amendment(s) are not clearly acknowledged your proposal may not be considered.

2. Provide CAGE and UEIs. Offerors are required to be fully registered in SAM at the time an offer is submitted. Proposals from offerors who are not fully registered in SAM will not be evaluated and will not be eligible for award.

There are no exceptions.

II. Price Factors

Attachment 4: DEMONSTRATION NRCR Price Evaluation.xlsx shows how the values in an offerors’ proposal will be used to obtain an offerors’ Evaluated Price. Individual elements of each factor will be analyzed for balanced pricing. Unbalanced pricing may increase performance risk and could result in payment of unreasonably high prices. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more line items is significantly over or understated as indicated by the application of cost or price analysis techniques. Normally, adequate price competition establishes a fair and reasonable price.

FACTOR I: Binding Labor Rates Submit:

1. Offerors will also submit the rates for personnel.

Direct Labor / Fully Burdened Hourly Rates

Discipline Base Period (Year 1)

Option Period (Year 2)

Option Period (Year 3)

Contract Manager

Project Manager

Archaeologist Sr.‐ Level

Archaeologist Mid‐Level

Archaeologist Jr.‐

Biologist Sr.‐

Biologist Mid‐

Biologist Jr.‐Level

Ecologist Sr.‐

Ecologist Mid‐

Ecologist Jr.‐

Environmental Specialist Sr ‐

Specialist Mid ‐

Specialist Jr ‐

Historian Sr.‐

Historian Mid‐

Historian Jr.‐Level

GIS Specialist Mid‐Level

GIS Specialist Jr level

Regulatory Specialist Sr.‐

Specialist Mid‐

Specialist Jr.‐

2. The proposed Binding Labor rates will be accepted and incorporated into the

Contract and will be used in establishing the prices for all Task Orders and Modifications thereto.

FACTOR II: Indirect Cost Factors (ICF) (OH & GA)

The Offeror shall provide:

Indirect Cost Factor: ___________%

1. DEFINITION: The Contractor’s ICF is a numerical factor that encompasses all of the Contractor’s allowable and allocable indirect costs. Examples of such costs include: Home Office Over Head (HOOH) costs; General and Administrative (G&A) costs; all taxes including business and occupation tax;

superintendent salaries; all insurance costs; and various overhead expenses such as project estimating, management staff passenger vehicle costs (including maintenance and fuel), and office administrative expenses.

2. The Contractor’s ICF are proposed as a percentage increase, to be applied to the total of all direct costs. For example, if the ICF is intended to increase the sum of the direct costs by twenty percent (20%), the ICF in the Indirect Cost Factor Schedule is stated as 120%.

3. The proposed ICF will be accepted and incorporated into the Contract and will be used in establishing the prices for all Task Orders and Modifications thereto.

FACTOR III Profit

The Offeror shall provide:

Profit Rate: ___________%

1. DEFINITION: The contractor’s profit represents that element of the potential renumeration that contractors may receive for contract performance over and above allowable costs.

2. The proposed Profit Rate will be accepted and incorporated into the Contract and will be used in establishing the prices for all Task Orders and Modifications thereto.

III. Non-Price Factors

FACTOR IV: Past Performance

1. The offeror will provide a list of four (4) projects completed within the past

10 years that are similar in scope to this requirement. Similar experiences consist of projects completed as a prime contractor or subcontractor. The contractor shall provide project start and completion dates, enough details to show similarity to this project, performance rating and points of contact-titles, phone number and email address.

2. In addition the Government will evaluate each offeror’s past performance history in Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) at CPARS.gov. The Government may also use information from its own records, information provided by the offerors or their customers, or from any other source it deems appropriate and consider them for past performance evaluation.

The offeror will receive a rating of SATISFACTORY for past performance that demonstrates more than three (3) years of favorable performance on similar projects, and any additional information retrieved from CPARS and from the Contracting Officer is favorable, as applicable.

In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror WILL NOT BE EVALUATED FAVORABLY OR UNFAVORABLY and will receive a NEUTRAL rating.

The offeror will receive a rating of UNSATISFACTORY for past performance that demonstrates unfavorable performance on similar projects and/or the additional information from CPARS and/or the Contracting Officer is not favorable.

FACTOR V: Key Personnel

1. The offeror shall provide their proposed Key Personnel’s resume and qualifications.

PWS KEY PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION

1.7.7.2 Archaeologists - Senior

Level Technical Qualifications:

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the technical field consistent with the required duties of the position and a minimum of 10 years of directly applicable experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the Columbia River Basin.

Professional certification is preferred where applicable.

Archeologists will meet Secretary of Interior standards for 36 CFR Part 61.

1.7.7.2 Biologists - Senior

Level Technical Qualifications:

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the technical field consistent with the required duties of the position and a minimum of 10 years of directly applicable experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the Columbia River Basin.

Professional certification is preferred where applicable.

1.7.7.2 Ecologists - Senior

Level Technical Qualifications:

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the technical field consistent with the required duties of the position and a minimum of 10 years of directly applicable experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the Columbia River Basin.

Professional certification is preferred where applicable.

1.7.7.2 Environmental

Scientist/ Historians - Senior Level Technical Qualifications:

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the technical field consistent with the required duties of the position and a minimum of 10 years of directly applicable experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the Columbia River Basin.

Professional certification is preferred where applicable.

1.7.7.2 Historians - Senior

Level Technical Qualifications:

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the technical field consistent with the required duties of the position and a minimum of 10 years of directly applicable experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the Columbia River Basin.

Professional certification is preferred where applicable.

An offer will receive a rating of EXCEPTIONALLY QUALIFIED for providing resumes and qualifications that demonstrates minimum education and experience qualifications in four of the five disciplines- Archaeologists/ Biologists / Ecologists /Environmental Scientist/ Historians.

An offer will receive a rating of HIGHLY QUALIFIED for providing two or three resumes and qualifications that demonstrates the minimum education and experience in different disciplines of the five disciplines- Archaeologists/ Biologists / Ecologists /Environmental Scientist/ Historians.

An offer will receive a rating of QUALIFIED for providing at least one resume and qualification that demonstrates the minimum education and experience in one of the five disciplines- Archaeologists/ Biologists / Ecologists /Environmental Scientist/ Historians.

An offer will receive a rating of NOT QUALIFIED for not providing at least one resume and qualification that demonstrates the minimum education and experience in any of the five disciplines- Archaeologists/ Biologists / Ecologists /Environmental Scientist/ Historians.

IV. Technical Approach

FACTOR VI Technical Approach to INITIAL TASK ORDER

1. The offeror shall respond to Attachment 2, Initial Task Order Request for Proposal for project titled "Shrub Planting and Cultural Resource Surface and Subsurface Survey” at Yakima Training Center, JBLM, WA providing a Technical Narrative describing the approach to be used to accomplish the contract tasks as stated in the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

The technical narrative shall be detailed, concise, and shall cover every aspect of how the contractor will accomplish the Tasks (Part 5) of the Performance Work Statement and Performance Requirement Summary (PRS) at 7.2. The narrative should describe the contractor’s Quality Control Plan (QCP) and how the contractor will implement it, in accordance with the PWS. The format of Task Order Request for Proposal (TORP) for project titled "Shrub Planting and Cultural Resource Surface and Subsurface Survey” at Yakima Training Center, JBLM, WA is typical of how Task Orders will be requested.

2. The offeror shall provide Proposal Pricing for Initial Task Order using the provided pricing schedule included in Attachment 2. The quote shall be inclusive of all costs to perform the work specified in the PWS and shall reflect the effort described as part of the offeror’s Technical Narrative. Pricing of the Task Order is not being evaluated as a price element or for price reasonableness, but should demonstrate how the proposed hourly rates, ICF, and Profit will result in execution of price reasonable task orders.

The offeror will receive a rating of EXCEPTIONAL for submitting a technical narrative and quality control plan that covers all aspects of the Specific Tasks listed in Part 5 of the PWS and the PRS in a detailed and concise manner and demonstrates a high level of technical proficiency and unique qualifications to fulfill the requirements described in the PWS.

Pricing of the offer should reflect conformance with Base Contract Performance Works Statement Para 1.4.2.

The offeror will receive a rating of SATISFACTORY for submitting a technical narrative and quality control plan that covers all or most of the aspects of the Specific Tasks listed in Part 5 of the PWS and the PRS and demonstrates technical proficiency and qualifications to fulfill the requirements described in the PWS. Pricing of the offer should reflect conformance with Base Contract Performance Works Statement Para 1.4.2.

The offeror will receive a rating of UNSATISFACTORY for submitting a technical narrative and quality control plan that does not sufficiently cover all or most of the aspects of the Specific Tasks listed in Part 5 of the PWS and the PRS and demonstrates questionable proficiency and qualifications to fulfill the requirements described in the PWS. Pricing of the offer would NOT reflect conformance with Base Contract Performance Works Statement Para 1.4.2.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

ix. The provision at 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition:

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate proposals: Factor II.

Technical Capability, Factor III. Past Performance & Factor IV. Price.

Evaluation Procedures: A comparative evaluation will be performed in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3). A comparative evaluation is defined as the act of comparing two or more offers in response to the RFP. The item-by-item comparison is performed by comparing each offer directly to one another to determine which provides the best value to the Government utilizing Non-Price Factors, Price Factor and Initial Project as described below.

Of the Non-Price Factors, Key Personnel is equally important to Past Performance, and both are substantially more important than Technical Approach (Initial Project). When combined, the Non- Price factors are equal to Price Factors.

(b) Options. Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government’s best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Addendum to FAR 52.212-2)

x. Offerors shall state they have a current and complete record in SAM which meets the requirement of the provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, or a copy of the complete provision must be provided with its offer.

xi. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

xii. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

xiii. 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards applies to this requirement. Wage

Determination No.: 2015-5543 Rev 23, 7/22/2024, is currently applicable. The most recent revision of this Wage Determination that is in effect on the date of contract Task Order award will be incorporated into the contract Task Order.

xiv. Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating is not applicable.

xv. Offers are due on 1612 Sept 2024 at 12:00:00 pm (PDT) and shall be electronically sent to the following personnel:

Contract Specialist: Alfonso Nolasco, alfonso.nolasco@usace.army.mil

Contracting Officer: Jeffrey Ross, jeffrey.a.ross@usace.army.mil

xvi. For questions regarding this solicitation, email Alfonso Nolasco at alfonso.nolasco@usace.army.mil and Jeffrey Ross, jeffrey.a.ross@usace.army.mil . Questions submitted less than three (3) business days prior to solicitation closing may not receive a response.