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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer is extended, is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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W912EP20R0016 DESIGN-BUILD FOR PICAYUNE STRAND CONVEYANCE FEATURES COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA

A. See Continuation Sheet for Amendments details.

B. The proposal due date remain unchanged.

C. All other Terms and Condition main unchanged.

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USA ENGINEER DISTRICT, JACKSONVILLE

CONTRACTING DIVISION

701 SAN MARCO BLVD

JACKSONVILLE FL 32207-8175

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21-May- 2020

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W912EP20R0016 Amendment 0001

SF 30 CONTINUATION SHEET

W912EP20R0016 DESIGN-BUILD FOR PICAYUNE STRAND

CONVEYANCE FEATURES COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

1. SPECIFICATIONS:

The text changes have been updated with additions noted by underlined text and deletions noted by line/cross-outs, and pertain only to changes made by this amendment. The entire section is replaced if there is any change. The Project Table of Contents and Submittal Register are replaced without underlines and cross-outs if there are changes to these documents. New sections are added without underlines and cross-outs.

DELETE Section 00100A - 00100B and REPLACED with the attached updated 00100A - 00100B.

(End of Summary of Changes)

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SECTION 00100A

PHASE 1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

The Jacksonville District Contracting Division has a requirement to construct new culverts at three difference locations under or adjacent to existing US Route 41(US41) and existing County Road 92 (CR92/San Marco Dr.) in Collier County. The Contractor shall be responsible for the full design and construction of the culverts. All aspects of the design and construction shall be signed and sealed by a Registered Professional Architect, Registered Professional Engineer, Registered Surveyor and Mapper or other Registered Professional for the discipline of the work required.

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A. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM

_____The project consists of designing, permitting, and installing three single barrel culverts under US41, one triple barrel culvert in Tamiami Trail Canal adjacent to US41, and one single barrel culvert under CR92. The principal intent of this project is to provide hydraulic connectivity through the addition of new culverts under or adjacent to existing UD Route 41(US41) and existing County Road 92 (CR92/San Marco Dr.) in Collier County.

The magnitude of this single award FFP contract is estimated from $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Period of Performance is 1080 days after Notice to Proceed. The NAICS Code is 237310 and the size standard $39.5 million.

B. BASIS FOR AWARD

The Contracting Officer will award one Firm Fixed Price contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal the Source Selection Authority determines conforms to the solicitation, is fair and reasonable with regard to pricing and whose proposal offers the best overall value to the Government, considering the price and non-price factors described herein. The acquisition will utilize the Two Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures (See FAR 36.303). A rating of Unacceptable for any Sub-factor will result in a rating of Unacceptable for the entire factor.

C. EVALUATION APPROACH

In Phase 1 of the 2 phase design-build selection procedure, interested firms or joint venture entities (referred to as “offerors”) submit certain specified performance capability proposals, demonstrating their capability to successfully execute the design-build construction contract resulting from this solicitation. The Government will evaluate the performance capability proposals in accordance with the criteria described herein and will short-list the Phase 1 offerors to a maximum of five (5) of the most highly qualified offerors to compete for the design-build contract in Phase 2.

The Phase Two solicitation will be

00100A-2 prepared in accordance with Part 15, and with phase two evaluation factors developed in accordance with 15.304.

The Government intends to make award without holding discussions with offerors. The Government reserves the right to hold discussions if the Contracting Officer/Source Selection Authority later determines them to be necessary. Therefore, offerors are encouraged to include their best terms and conditions in their offers for Phase 1 and Phase 2. By submitting an offer in response to this solicitation, Offerors are agreeing to comply with all terms and conditions contained in the solicitation. Unless the solicitation specifically invites the Offeror to submit exceptions, the Source Selection Authority/Contracting Officer may reject any offer that contains exceptions. In this solicitation, the words “offer” and “proposal” are used interchangeably. (See definition of “offer” at FAR 2.101.) Except for any portions of the Offeror’s proposal incorporated into the resulting contract by specific reference, the terms and conditions included in the solicitation, including any amendments, shall take precedence over the Offeror’s proposal.

D. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Firms formally organized as design-build entities, design firms and construction contractors that have associated specifically for this project, consortia of firms or any other interested parties may submit proposals. Associations may be as joint ventures or as key team subcontractors. Any legally organized business may submit a proposal. To qualify for Phase 2, the Offeror or Offeror’s subcontractor has to have or will have to have professional architects and engineers, registered in the appropriate technical disciplines and the requirements specified in Contract Clause 52.236-25, ”Requirements for Registration of Designers”, must be met. All designs must be under the direct supervision of appropriately licensed professionals for each discipline involved.

Contractors submitting an offer as a joint venture must provide a written copy of the joint venture agreement with the initial proposal. The joint venture agreement must be signed by both parties and will be subject to review. Also, if the joint venture involves an 8(a) small business, the offeror shall submit evidence from the offeror’s SBA Servicing Agency that the offeror has notified and discussed the proposed joint venture with the appropriate SBA personnel. The joint venture must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as a joint venture in order for an award to be made. In addition, the SF 1442 as well as all future documents (task orders, bonds, etc.) must be signed by both parties.

Offerors are reminded that if it is an 8(a) or HUBZone joint venture, it shall ensure that it complies with the applicable requirements of 13 CFR Part 124 and 13 CFR Part 126, respectively. In addition, the joint venture must be registered in SAM as a joint venture in order for an award to be made.

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E. OTHER GENERAL REVIEW

Debarred List

Offerors will be checked in SAM to ensure there are no exclusions listed. Any Offeror who is listed with exclusions will be eliminated without further consideration.

Minor Informalities

Proposals will be checked for minor informalities or irregularities. The Contracting Officer will follow guidance at FAR 15.404-1 when resolving minor informalities or irregularities. The Contracting Officer either will give the Offeror an opportunity to cure any defect resulting from a minor informality or irregularity or waive the defect, whichever is to the advantage of the Government.

F. PHASE 1 PROPOSAL AND RELATED EVALUATION FACTORS

1. Factor 1 -Technical Merit- Technical Merit is significantly more important than Past Performance. For the following sub-factors,Sub-Factor 1 is considered significantly more important than Sub-Factor 2.Sub-Factor 2 is considered significantly more important than Sub-Factor 3. Sub-Factor 3 is significantly slightly less important than both Sub-Factor 1 and 2.

a. Sub-Factor 1 - Specialized Experience

b. Sub-Factor 2 - Organization and Technical Approach

c. Sub-Factor 3 - Key Subcontractors

2. Factor 2 – Past Performance – Second most important factor, significantly less important than Factor 1.

G. PHASE 1 FACTOR SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION METHODS

FACTOR 1- TECHNICAL MERIT

In responding to this factor, the objective should be to instill confidence that the offeror thoroughly understands the requirements and complexities of this project, has the knowledge, expertise and experience required to meet or exceed the terms and conditions of these specifications, and the ability to successfully accomplish and complete the requirements of this contract within the required time frames as specified.

SUB-FACTOR 1 – SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Specialized Experience -Submission Requirements

The prime contractor and the design firm(s) (or prime contractor if design is to be self-performed) shall each demonstrate recent, relevant experience on projects that are similar in nature, magnitude, and complexity to the work described in this solicitation, 00100A-4 using Construction – Specialized Experience form – (Attachment 2), and Designer – Specialized Experience Form – (Attachment 3) at the end of the section. Offerors may identify projects that are similar to the types listed below in Relevant Specialized Experience. If the offeror is a joint venture, each firm shall provide information, demonstrating experience relevant to their role on this project. Submit projects that are currently well underway or completed and turned over no longer than ten (10) years preceding the date of this Solicitation. A well underway project is defined as 100% designed and at least 80% construction progress completed. If a project is presented and has not been completed, the offeror shall explain which elements of the work are not completed and the completion percentage. If any firm has multiple functions or divisions, limit the project examples to those preformed by the division or unit submitting the offer or by the team member. Design firms may list prime contractors they have worked for or government, private or commercial customers. The offeror shall select the design firm(s), if projects were design-build, so identify them.

Using the Construction – Specialized Experience Form, the offeror shall submit no more than five (5) projects similar to the types listed in Relevant Specialized Experience.

Note: Additional space may be used with both Attachments 2 and 3 to adequately describe submitted projects. If more than 5 projects are submitted, only the first 5 projects will be evaluated.

Relevant Specialized Experience for Evaluation Consideration:

1.0 General Construction Transportation related project experience including the construction of road and bridge transportation elements including: drainage structures;

cast in place concrete culverts; flexible pavement; earthwork; milling and resurfacing pavement; signing, pavement markings, maintenance of traffic; and guardrail.

Design: Engineering experience related to minor bridge design, including the structural design of highway-related structures such as non-standard concrete box culverts utilizing conventional foundation types with associated geotechnical exploration and design.

Roadway engineering design experience including: geometric design, pavement design, signing and pavement design, drainage design, traffic control design, and miscellaneous roadway design services. Design experience includes surveying and mapping (control, design, right of way, and construction surveys as defined in Rule Chapter 61G17-6 Florida Administrative Code) for design and construction of transportation projects. Geotechnical design experience including: acquisition, lab testing, classifying, and reporting of subsurface material for design and construction; and recommendation of soil parameters for design.

Using the Construction – Specialized Experience Form, the offeror shall submit a minimum of three (3) projects similar to the type described in Relevant Specialized Experience. The maximum number of submitted projects that will be evaluated is five (5) projects. If more than 5 projects are submitted, only the first 5 projects will be evaluated.

Note: Additional space may be used with both Attachments 2 and 3 to adequately describe submitted projects. Using the Design – Specialized Experience Form, submit no more than five (5) projects detailed for Design experience specifically for the project types listed under Relevant Specialized Experience. Design experience not related to

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Relevant Specialized Experience will not be evaluated. If more than 5 projects are submitted, only the first 5 projects will be evaluated.

Specialized Experience – Evaluation Criteria

The Government will evaluate the extent of recent, related experience of the prime contractor and design firms in design, construction or design-build, as relevant to their role on this project. The design firm(s) or the design capabilities of the prime contractor will be evaluated only for experience in Relevant Specialized Experience. Higher evaluation ratings will be given for construction projects examples which are similar in function, scope, complexity, and size to this solicitation and clearly demonstrate the offeror’s abilities to execute the projects successfully while maintaining cost and schedule. In addition, this criterion will be evaluated for the quantity and quality of experience demonstrated. The greater the relevance and the more recent the prior project experience, the higher the rating assigned during evaluations. Demonstration of experience in completing projects that had the unique characteristics of the proposed project will be evaluated favorably.

Higher evaluation ratings will be given for projects where the contractor has previously worked with the Designer.

The Government may place greater importance on projects performed as a prime contractor than as a subcontractor, depending upon overall role and relevancy considerations. Federal Government project experience will not be rated inherently more important than non-Federal Government project experience.

The Offeror must submit the requested information to demonstrate a record of recent, related experience in both design and construction, for projects that are similar to the Relevant Specialized Experience (which may include similar state or local government or private counterparts) included in this solicitation. Recent experience includes projects well underway (see above criteria) or those completed and turned over within ten (10) years of the proposal issue date for this solicitation for design or construction experience.

Joint Venture partners should each demonstrate experience commensurate with their role on this project or explain in a detailed narrative how their experience qualifies them for their role on this project.

To receive credit for extent (amount) of experience, the Offeror and its proposed design firm(s) shall demonstrate a history of recent, relevant experience. A firm will not receive credit under this factor for the relevant experience of key personnel proposed for this project.

The Government will consider extent of recent experience, degree of relationship of such experience, demonstrated familiarity with applicable codes and local conditions. Some examples of relevancy may include, but not be limited to:

(1) Nature, magnitude, and complexity and location

(2) Dates (80% completed or completed no more than ten (10) years preceding date of Solicitation)

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(3) Firm's role and extent of work self-performed (brokering out all work and simply “ placing the sidewalks” on a cited project are examples of less relevant experience)

Previous design-build (D-B) experience is not necessary for an acceptable rating. The Government may consider previous D-B experience a strength, even if the experience is on different type projects than this project. Similarly, the Government may consider previous recent teaming experience among the team members as value added, even if on different type design and/or construction projects than this project. The more relevant the experience, the more credit will be given.

The firm(s) or prime contractor preparing the design must demonstrate qualifications and experience in design considerations and development of designs of the types listed in Relevant Specialized Experience.

SUB-FACTOR 2 - ORGANIZATION AND TECHNICAL APPROACH

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Provide information that describes the offeror’s organization and intended technical approach to executing the design-build contract per the detailed requirements herein.

Concisely and clearly, describe the organizational and technical approach to project management and execution.

Organization: Describe what firms, their resources and how their resources will be utilized, their roles and responsibilities and any contractual arrangements that have been established. Identify the design firm(s) chosen, if not to be self-performed. Clearly describe any teaming or joint venture arrangements, including a clear description of each firm’s roles and responsibilities on the project. The Offeror shall document unequivocal teaming arrangements with its design firms(s) using the format in (Attachment 7).

Include an organizational chart illustrating the organization, including key personnel and the proposed quality control group(s). The chart shall depict the key positions and names of personnel, their firm affiliations and their job locations (function or physical location?), their job/position title within the organization. Describe the proposed management structure for the team, describing how the design and construction process will be managed and the authorities and delegations of authority within the team.

Key Project Personnel Capabilities and Experience: Provide a consolidated list of key personnel with name, position title and description of project responsibility for each.

Indicate whether each individual has had a significant role in any of the cited project examples. If alternates are proposed for key personnel, the rating will consider the lesser qualified or experienced person, if there is a difference. Include key designers, whether employed by the prime or by a design subcontractor. For each person provide a brief resume, using the Key Personnel Resume forms (Attachment 5) at the end of this section.

The following personnel must be identified:

Project Manager

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Designer of Record

Construction Quality Control Manager

General Superintendent / Site Safety and Health Officer

All designers of record must be registered in accordance with contract clause: 52.236- 25, Requirements for Registration of Designers.

In accordance with the non-substitution clause in Section 00800, Limitations on Substitutions for Certain Positions and/or Subcontractors, a letter of commitment must be provided for any proposed major subcontractor or key personnel.

A major subcontractor is defined as any subcontractor that is crucial for successfully completing the project.

Key Personnel for this project are all the disciplines identified in paragraph “Key Project Personnel Capabilities and Experience” above.

A letter of commitment is defined as a letter from the subcontractor or key person on official Company letterhead (1) addressed to the prime contractor, (2) identifying the work they intend to perform, and (3) stating that they are willing to be bound to perform the identified work if the prime receives this contract.

Failure to provide a letter of commitment from a proposed major subcontractor or key personnel will be noted as a weakness.

Use the form letter (attachment 6) at the end of this section to provide letters of commitment.

Quality Control: Describe the team’s quality control approach, corporate systems and capabilities to maintain quality control of the design and construction. Describe the proposed quality control organization, including the proposed staffing plan. Provide specific information on how you will manage design quality control, track the design evolution and changes during design to meet the schedule and to facilitate Government reviews. Provide information on how you will handle internal and external requests for information, shop drawings, submittal reviews and approvals, construction and schedule progress meetings, site visits, contract completion, closeout, as-builts, and completion documentation. In addition to the required designer-of-record (DOR) roles specified within the RFP for maintaining integrity of the design, describe any other DOR involvement in the quality control process, if any. There is no need to submit a quality control plan as the successful offeror will provide that after award. In Phase 1, the Government is interested in demonstrable capabilities to assure and control quality and how the offeror can achieve or exceed the contract’s minimum quality control system requirements.

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EVALUATION CRITERIA:

Organization: The Government will evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and any deficiencies in the organization and technical approach. The Government will evaluate the firm’s understanding of the design-build process (and the requirements described in the Division 01 requirements of the Solicitation) and the capability to execute the project.

The Government will evaluate clarity and strength of the overall organization, the structure and staffing to execute the entire scope of work. The Offeror is required to select and commit to design firms to achieve an “acceptable” rating. Joint venture participant’s contribution to the organization should be commensurate with their skills and background.

Key Personnel Capabilities and Experience: The Government will evaluate the required information to determine how well the offeror identifies and demonstrates that its key personnel meet or exceed minimum qualifications necessary, which includes previous satisfactory experience in similar type work, to manage, control and perform the design, and to perform construction. Use the Letter of Commitment (attachment 6).

Performance of key personnel proposed for this project may be taken into account when it comes to the attention of the Government. The Government will evaluate how well the offeror demonstrates that it has the necessary structure and experienced, qualified personnel within its organization to effectively manage, control, administer and execute the integrated design and construction operations, quality control program and subcontracts. This shall be achievable with other projected on-going work. The Government will give additional consideration to previous design-build experience.

Evaluate whether designers of record are registered (a requirement), experienced and qualified.

Project Manager: This is the individual who has the direct responsibility for all operations on the site. This individual shall have a recognized four year college degree in engineering or related technical field or business/management, minimum experience of five years (or minimum experience of ten years in lieu of a four year degree) in managing and supervising construction and/or engineering for projects similar in scope of the contract.

Professional(s) shall be familiar and conversant with the various codes and standards applicable to the scope of work. The Project Manager for a contract shall oversee task accomplishment, administer all instructions, and answer all questions from the Contracting Officer pertaining to the tasks during the life of the contract.

Designer of Record: The Engineer/Architect shall have a recognized four-year college degree in engineering or architecture, have a professional license, and a minimum of 5 years design experience in his/her respective discipline.

Minor Bridge Design. Required to have a minimum of five years structural bridge design experience; and two structural design engineers/technicians having a minimum of three years each of bridge design experience. The professional engineer shall be responsible for quality assurance of all the structural design services.

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Minor Highway Design. Required to have a proficiency in civil engineering and at least one year of post-registration experience in the design and preparation of plans for highways.

Signing, Pavement Marking, and Channelization. This type of work includes designing, preparing construction plans, and writing specifications for signing, pavement marking, and channelization. Such work involves structural support and foundation calculations, and requires a basic knowledge of traffic engineering studies.

Surveying and Mapping Services. Required to have at least one year of documented post registration experience.

Soil Exploration. Required to have have a minimum of five years of experience in activities normally associated with soil exploration.

Geotechnical Classification Lab Testing. Required to have a minimum of five years of experience in activities normally associated with geotechnical testing. The consultant must have at least one technician with a minimum of two years of experience in geotechnical testing. In addition, the consultant must have in-house the following equipment: oven, balance, stirring apparatus, hydrometer bulb, hydrometer bath, thermometer, sieves, sieve shaker, liquid limit device, grooving tool, pycnometer, molds, compaction hammer, straightedge, and LBR loading device with penetration piston.

Standard Foundation Studies. Required to have a minimum of five years of experience in activities normally associated with standard foundation studies.

Construction Quality Control Manager: The minimum requirements for the key person identified by the offeror to perform the Quality Control during the construction are at least 5 years experience in Quality Control during the construction of the types listed in Relevant Specialized Experience or commercial or industrial type experience of similar size, scope and technical consideration.

General Superintendent/Site Safety and Health Officer: The minimum experience requirements for the Superintendent are at least five years of experience as superintendent, managing multiple trades and subcontractors during the construction of the types listed in Relevant Specialized Experience of commercial or industrial type experience of similar size, scope and technical consideration. The SSHO is required to have a minimum of five years of construction industry safety experience. If the individual possesses a Third-Party, Nationally Accredited (ANSI or National Commission for Certifying Agencies - NCCA) SOH-related certification, only four years of experience is needed. The SSHO is required to have completed the 30-hour OSHA General Industry safety class.

SUB-FACTOR 3 – KEY SUBCONTRACTORS

Submission Requirements:

Identify the Key Subcontractor chosen describe their involvement on past projects similar to the project types listed in the Relevant Specialized Experience. Submit no more than five (5) Specialized Experience forms (attachment 2), using the same requirements as described in the Phase 1 Specialized Experience submission requirements, including past performance ratings. The ratings may be from either the owner or the prime contractor, if the firms were subcontractors on the cited projects. The Offeror shall document unequivocal teaming arrangements with its key subcontractors. Use the Letter of Commitment (attachment 8) at the end of this section. Contractors who will self-perform may submit five additional specialized experience forms in this section.

Evaluation Criteria:

The Government will evaluate the specialized experience of the Key Subcontractors for concrete and culvert installation and maintenance of traffic electrical, control, and fire protection installation, using the same criteria as in the Factor 1 Technical Merit, Sub-Factor 1 Specialized Experience in Phase 1 evaluation, as applicable to their role on this project. No substitution will be allowed without contracting officer approval in accordance with Clause below:

LIMITATIONS ON SUBSTITUTIONS FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS AND/OR

SUBCONTRACTORS

The award decision for this contract was based, in part, on an evaluation of the personnel and/or subcontractors the Contractor included in its proposal for the positions and/or items of subcontracted work identified at the end of this paragraph.

The Contractor agrees these personnel and/or subcontractors will be employed as described in its proposal and no substitutes will be employed without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer or Administrative Contracting Officer. The Contractor further agrees that any proposed substitutes shall meet or exceed the qualifications of the original personnel and/or subcontractors. If the Contractor’s proposal did not name a subcontractor for an identified item of work, the Contractor will not be allowed to subcontract that item of work without prior approval of the Contracting Officer or Administrative Contracting Officer. The limitations described herein shall apply to the following positions and/or items of subcontracted work.

Once the individual rating for Sub-Factor 1, Specialized Experience, the rating for Sub- Factor 2, Organizational and Technical Approach and Sub-Factor 3, Remaining Performance Capacity, are assigned, an overall Technical Merit Rating will be assigned

FACTOR 2- PAST PERFORMANCE

Submission Requirements:

Offerors shall submit one NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire (see Attachment 4), completed and signed by an Owner of the Project (Client) point of contact or “POC” for each of the projects submitted under Sub-Factor 1 – SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE and Sub-Factor 3 Subcontractors. All pages of each

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NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire must be initialed and dated on the bottom right-hand corner by the POC. Failure to provide a completed and signed NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire for each project as described above may be noted as a deficiency. If a Construction Contract Administration Support System (CCASS) record is available for any of the projects submitted under Sub- Factor 1-Demonstrated Experience, and Sub-Factor 3 Key Subcontractors, the CCASS record may be submitted in lieu of the completed Past Performance Questionnaire or an official Performance Evaluation from a non-federal agency.

The Owner of the Project (Client) or “POC” is defined as the entity that took ownership of the project after construction was complete.

If the offeror is unable to obtain a completed Past Performance Questionnaire from the Owner of the Project (Client), before the proposal receipt date, the offeror shall complete and submit with the proposal the first page of the Questionnaire (Blocks 1-8) that contains contract and client information for the submitted project. Note:

it is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure that the client’s point of contact information is current and correct. The client point of contact reflected in Blocks 1- 8 should also be familiar with the past performance they are being asked to verify and informed that they will be contacted by the Government to verify past performance.

The Government reserves the right to obtain copies of all CCASS records contained in the US Army Corps of Engineers CCASS database for the offeror or offeror’s major subcontractors.

Evaluation Method

The past performance evaluation is an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. The assessment considers each offeror's demonstrated recent and relevant past performances in supplying services that meet the solicitation requirements. There are two aspects to the past performance evaluation.

The first evaluates whether the offeror’s past performance is relevant or not relevant to the effort to be acquired. The technical evaluation team will evaluate the demonstrated experiences provided by the offeror under Sub-Factor 1 and Sub-Factor 3 above.

Relevancy will be determined based on the timeframe for project completion given under Sub-Factor 1 and Sub-Factor 3 and the level of similarity between the offeror provided demonstrated experiences and the solicitation requirements. For example, a demonstrated experience provided under Sub-Factor 1 or 3 that was completed within the last ten years (measured from the date of the solicitation) that involves essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities as this solicitation requires will most likely be given a relevancy rating of Very Relevant (see Relevance Rating Definitions below).

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The second aspect of the past performance evaluation is to determine how well the contractor performed a demonstrated experience submitted in Sub-Factor 1 and Sub- Factor 3. This will be determined by utilizing the completed NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaires or submitted CCASS records. The POC provided on the NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire will be contacted to verify the past performance ratings provided. If the POC cannot be contacted, the past performance rating will be noted as “Unknown”. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure that the POC’s contact information is current (i.e. names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses). The point of contact should be familiar with the performance they are intended to verify and be aware that they will be contacted by the Government.

Once Relevancy Ratings are assigned and Past Performance Ratings are verified, the Government will conclude the past performance evaluation with a performance confidence assessment. The performance confidence assessment will be based on the relevance of the projects provided and the ratings received based on the submitted and completed NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaires as well as CCASS if available. The performance confidence is the level of risk associated with the offeror as it relates to the probability that the offeror will successfully complete this project (see Performance Confidence Assessments Definitions below).

PAST PERFORMANCE RATINGS

Relevance Rating Definitions

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 Relevant - Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude 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.

Performance Confidence Assessment Definitions

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.

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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 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 successfully perform the required effort.

PHASE 1 EVALUATION PROCEDURES

SOURCE SELECTION EVALUATION BOARD (SSEB)

The SSEB will be established to conduct the evaluation of proposals received in response to this solicitation. The evaluation will be based on the content of the proposal, and any information obtained from other sources, e.g. past performance information. The SSEB will not consider any proposal incorporated by reference, except as expressly allowed by this solicitation.

EVALUATION

Each member of the SSEB will evaluate and rate the proposals independently and subsequently assign a consensus rating for each evaluation factor and sub-factor.

Offerors are cautioned to put forth their best efforts for the Phase 1 submission, and to furnish all information clearly to allow the Government to determine their performance capability.

The Source Selection Authority, independently exercising prudent business judgment, will select not more than five of the most highly qualified offerors to compete for the design-build award in Phase 2.

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DEFINITIONS

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

Weakness- A flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

Significant Weakness - A flaw in the proposal that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

Strength- Any aspect of a proposal that, when judged against a stated evaluation criterion enhances the merit of the proposal or increases the probability of successful performance of the contract.

Significant Strength-A significant strength appreciably enhances the merit of a proposal or appreciably enhances the probability of successful contract performance.

Deviation- Proposal implies or specifically offers a deviation below the specified criteria.

The offeror may or may not have called the deviation to the Government’s attention. A DEVIATION IS CONSIDERED A DEFICIENCY. The proposal must conform to the solicitation requirements for award.

EVALUATION AND RATING SYSTEM

General: The Government will review the proposals and rate the quality of each evaluation factor and sub-factor (if any). Each member of the SSEB will rate each proposal against the specified evaluation criteria in the Solicitation requirements. The technical rating assigned will reflect the degree to which the proposal meets or does not meet the minimum requirements through an assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, deficiencies, and risks of a proposal. After all proposals are rated, the Source Selection Authority will determine which Offerors are rated as most highly qualified offerors under Phase 1 to short-list for participation in Phase 2.

Rating System: After listing proposal strengths, weaknesses and deficiencies, the SSEB will assign an adjective rating of “Outstanding”, “Good”, “Acceptable”, “Marginal”, or “Unacceptable” to each factor and sub-factor to reflect the Government's confidence in each offeror's technical ability, as demonstrated in its proposal, to perform the requirements stated in the RFP. The adjectival ratings shall be assigned, using the following criteria, which incorporate a proposal risk assessment:

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COMBINED TECHNICAL/RISK RATING METHOD

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 solicitation, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable. Proposal is unawardable.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FOR PHASE I

The Offeror’s proposal shall be submitted electronically, as described below. The use of hyperlinks in the proposal is prohibited. The offeror’s proposal is due no later than see SF 1442.

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NOTE: The only authorized transmission method for proposal in response to this solicitation is electronically via SAFE online submission. NO OTHER TRANSMISSION

METHODS (EMAIL, FACSIMILE, REGULAR MAIL, HAND CARRIED, ETC.) WILL BE

ACCEPTED.

The Offeror’s proposal must be received by the Government by the date/time specified in the solicitation. Offerors shall submit their proposal using the following link:

https://safe.apps.mil/

Please send proposal using the link above to Contract Specialist William Wallace at william.J.wallace@usace.army.mil AND to Contracting Officer James Tracy at James.T.Tracy@usace.army.mil.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL:

In an effort to reduce paperwork and cost, all proposals shall be submitted electronically through the SAFE site. You are limited to five (5) maximum files per upload (total size cannot exceed 2GB). If you have a large number of files, recommend that you combine or ZIP your files before uploading to the SAFE site. Offerors may use compression utility software such as WinZip or PKZip to reduce file size and facilitate transmission.

REQUEST FOR UPLOAD CODE: Offerors must email Contract Specialist William Wallace at william.j.wallace@usace.army.mil and to Contracting Officer James Tracy at James.t.Tracy@usace.army.mil no later than five (5) working days prior to the bid due date to receive a request code which will allow for file uploads via the SAFE site.

Offerors that fail to email for request a code five (5) working days before bid submission date may not be able to receive a request code in time to upload their submission.

FILE DESCRIPTION: To ensure your submission is received and processed appropriately, it is important that interested parties CAREFULLY ensure their electronic files adhere to the following naming convention: Each filename shall begin with the solicitation number, followed by the word “RESPONSE”, followed by your firm’s name, and finally a brief file description. EXAMPLES:

(1) “W912HP20R0016 RESPONSE Firmname Volume I.pdf”

(2) “W912HP20R0016 RESPONSE Firmname Volume II .pdf”

File Organization, Formatting, and other instructions. Although hard copies are not accepted, each file shall be clearly indexed, and logically assembled. Font size shall be 10 or larger. Pages shall be letter sized--larger page sizes (such as 11x17 foldouts, etc.) will be counted as two pages. Offerors shall prepare proposals in the English language. Proposals shall be in a narrative format, organized and titled so that each section of the proposal follows the order and format of the factors. Information presented should be organized so as to pertain to only the evaluation factor in the section that the information is presented. Information pertaining to more than one evaluation factor should be repeated in the each section for each factor.

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Include a “File Description” for each file(s) you upload. The “File Description” will be included in the email notice to each of the recipients you choose to have access your file(s). NOTE: Do NOT enter Privacy Act Data (Personal Identification Information (PII)) in the File Description.)

Upload Completion & Deadline. Interested parties shall submit responses no later than the date on this announcement page. The time & date of proposal receipt will be the upload completion / delivery time & date recorded within Safe. Offerors should time their upload effort with prudence by not waiting until the last few minutes—this will allow for unexpected delays in the transmittal process. Submissions after the deadline may be emailed to William Wallace, Contract Specialist (william.j.wallace@usace.army.mil), but be advised they will be considered late and as such will be processed in accordance with FAR 15.208.

Submission shall be in Adobe PDF format.

INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW ON THE SAFE WEBSITE:

1. Once at the SAFE website, select the “Drop-off” icon. This allows users without a CAC or users whose computer is not configured to read a CAC the option to access the SAFE site as a guest.

2. After selecting the “Click Here” link you will be prompted to add your personal information, file information, recipient (Government representative) information and email settings.

3. When completing your file information for transmittal via the SAFE website, you will be required to enter the email address for all recipients for this solicitation, the recipients are the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is william.j.wallace@usace.army.mil, and the Contracting Officer is James.T.Tracy@usace.amry.mil the E-Mail address of the Government Employee who initiated the request code will be automatically entered. The Bidder must enter the E-Mail address for both the Contracting Officer and Specialist. The Bidder can enter an additional E-Mail address if desired. After entering the email address, click the ADD button to add the person(s) email to the “Recipients List” of your response. When your bid is submitted, a notification will be sent to the recipients you added.

NOTE: Do NOT send the SAFE site packages to group email accounts.

Even if you successfully upload your bid to the SAFE site, notification will not be sent to the government recipients until you verify your email address. Entering an incorrect email may result in the rejection of your submission for lateness. A Offeror can confirm proper submission by the ‘Drop-Off Completed” screen which generates based on proper file submission.

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NOTE: It has been reported that documents may more quickly upload into the SAFE website when using the Firefox web browser. The Government cannot verify that this is true and offers no guarantee that Offerors will have more success utilizing any particular browser.

RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS:

For the purposes of establishing whether a proposal submission is considered timely, the government considers the date and time the submission is completely uploaded into the SAFE website. For proposals larger than the 2GB capacity of the SAFE website and require multiple submissions, the Government will consider the date and time the last submission is completely uploaded into the SAFE website. Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous. It can take several minutes or even hours in some cases.

The Government will not be responsible for submissions delivered to any location or to anyone other than those designated to receive proposals. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that bids are submitted so as to reach the designated recipient. Offerors are responsible for allowing sufficient time for the bid to be received in accordance with the instructions provided.

PHASE 1 DOES NOT INVOLVE PRICING SUBMISSION.

1. Volume 1- Technical Package

a. Section A- Standard Form 1442 and the Proposal Data Sheet (Attachment 1)

b. Section B- Sub-Factor 1 Specialized Experience

c. Section C- Sub-Factor 2 Organizational and Technical Approach

d. Section D- Sub-Factor 3 Key Subcontractors

2. Volume 2– Past Performance Package.

a. Section A- Past Performance Submittals for Projects Submitted for Sub- Factor 1

b. Section B- Past Performance Submittals for Projects Submitted for Sub- Factor 3

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PHASE ONE - SECTION A