B.07.01 W912EP22R0002 BFWC Pre-Proposal Conference MFR, Presentation, and Roster.pdf

CESAJ-CT-C 21 April 2022

MEMORANDUM FOR CESAJ-CT-C

SUBJECT: Pre-Proposal Conference, Solicitation No. W912EP22R0002 Big Fishweir Creek, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 206, Duval County, Florida

1. A pre-proposal conference for the subject project was conducted on April 20, 2022 at 1100 hours. The conference presentation and attendance roster are attached.

2. After introductions, the meeting proceeded with the briefing of general project details as shown below:

Solicitation Number, Project Tittle, and Description of Work.

Magnitude of construction, type of solicitation & NAICS Code, Project location/limits, and estimated dredging quantities.

Period of Performance and Liquidates Damages Rate.

3. The meeting continued discussing the proposal evaluation criteria and submission requirements as shown below:

Evaluation Factors: FACTOR 1 - Price, FACTOR 2 - Demonstrated Corporate Technical Experience, and FACTOR 3 – Past Performance.

Transmission Method: Electronically via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website at https://piee.eb.mil/ by 2:00PM, Local Time, on May 4, 2022.

4. Then the meeting proceeded with the following announcements:

Site Visit held on April 19, 2022.

ProjNet closes on April 20, 2022 at 5:00pm. Offerors inquiries must be entered into ProjNet for an official answer.

Amendment 0001 issued on April 19, 2022. Amendment 0002 forthcoming, anticipated to be issued on or before April 22, 2022 to revise Section 00100A.

5. The participants were given the opportunity to ask questions. No questions asked other than verification of ProjNet closing date.

6. Closing remarks consisted of acknowledgment of vendors’ interest on this requirement.

7. The meeting was adjourned at 1130 hours.

Anelis I. Nazario Castillo Contract Specialist

Enclosures:

Pre-Proposal Conference Presentation Pre-Proposal Conference Roster

Working Today to Build a Better Tomorrow

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE

SOLICITATION NO. W912EP22R0002

BIG FISHWEIR CREEK, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION

CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM (CAP) SECTION 206,

DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA

Thank you for joining, we will begin shortly.

Please mute your microphone.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: AGENDA

• INTRODUCTION

• PROJECT INFORMATION

• EVALUATION CRITERIA

• SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

• Q&A SESSION

• CLOSING REMARKS

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: PROJECT INFORMATION

SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912EP22R0002

PROJECT TITTLE: Big Fishweir Creek, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 206, Duval County, Florida

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The work includes dredging of portions of the Big Fishweir Creek and Little Fishweir Creek as shown on the drawings. Dredged material from Little Fishweir Creek (STA.1+50 to STA. 9+57), the Channel Widener (STA. 33+19 to STA. 35+33.02) and the main channel (STA. 35+33.02 to STA. 55+38) shall be transported to and placed into Bartram Island Disposal Area into Cell B as noted on the plans. Dredged material from the upper reaches of Big Fishweir Creek (STA 1+00 to STA. 18+25) may be transported to and placed into Bartram Island Disposal Area Cell B or an approved upland disposal facility. Cell B is approximately 14 miles northeast of the project location. Prior to demobilization, dewater Cell B by pumping any effluent water into Cell B2. Work also includes turbidity monitoring, endangered species monitoring, vibration control monitoring, channel debris removal, and incidental related work as well as, coordination with JAXPORT's Hired Contractor for disposal in Bartram Island.

MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: $5,000,000.00 - $10,000,000.00

TYPE OF SOLICITATION & NAICS CODE: Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS Code for this Project is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business Size Standard is $30.0 Million for the Dredging Exception.

PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located at the west side of the St. Johns River approximately 4 miles south of downtown Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County). It is just north of the Ortega River mouth into the St. Johns River, approximately as indicated. The disposal area is located on Bartram Island Disposal Area that is located just west of Dames Point Bridge on the St Johns River in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. Only water access to Bartram Island is available.

CONT. PROJECT LOCATION

52.211-10 COMMENCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK (APR 1984):

• The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within 90 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than 270 calendar days after the Contractor receives the notice to proceed. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises.

52.211-12 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES--CONSTRUCTION (SEP 2000):

• If the Contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified in the contract, the Contractor shall pay liquidated damages to the Government in the amount of $811 for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: EVALUATION CRITERIA

EVALUATION: The award of this will be made on the basis of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation method. To be considered technically acceptable, an offeror’s proposal must be rated “Acceptable” under all non-price factors.

FACTOR 1 – Price

FACTOR 2 – Demonstrated Corporate Technical Experience

FACTOR 3 – Past Performance

FACTOR 1 - Price

• Not rated. It will be evaluated for reasonableness through the use of a price analysis in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(b).

• The Offeror’s volume for this factor shall be fully completed and will include the following price and price related information:

a. Proposal Format (Attachment 6)

b. Standard Form 1442 (Solicitation, Offer and Award) and Section 00010A (Line Items and Pricing Schedule). Include the completed Standard Form 1442 for the RFP, along with the completed Pricing schedule. The total price for the construction will be considered for evaluation, including all options and alternates (if applicable).

CONT. FACTOR 1 - Price

c. Section 00101, Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors.

Submittal of Section 00101 is not considered for evaluation but is required as part of the offeror’s proposal of this solicitation. The information requested in this Section needs to be fully completed.

d. In accordance with FAR Clause 52.228-1, Bid Guarantee, an electronic copy of the bid guarantee shall be submitted with the offer while the original must be received within two

(2) calendar days of the proposal submission date.

e. Proposal Data Sheet (Attachment 4).

f. Determination of Responsibility (Attachment 5).

g. Joint Venture Agreement (if applicable)

FACTOR 2 – Demonstrated Corporate Technical Experience

• All experiences required on this factor need not have been performed on the same project;

however, the entire portfolio of projects must satisfy all 4 evaluation criteria.

• Provide three (3) examples of recent and relevant experience on same or similar completed civil construction projects or close to completed projects.

• The Offeror’s Demonstrated Corporate Technical Experience Proposal must also include the following:

CONT. FACTOR 2 – Demonstrated Corporate Technical Experience

Project/Projects that demonstrate the following experiences.

a. Experience successfully dredging tidally influenced narrow shallow draft channels (less than 6 feet in depth) in urban residential areas bounded by waterfront structures such as bulkheads and docks.

b. Experience successfully dredging in highly populated areas with limited access and limited areas for staging and storage adjacent to or near the work area.

c. Experience successfully disposing of dredge material in an upland disposal area that required rehandling of the dredge material at least once.

CONT. FACTOR 2 – Demonstrated Corporate Technical Experience

d. Experience successfully dredging in a channel containing debris or obstructions such as those found in urban forested rivers/streams.

FACTOR 3 – Past Performance

• Offerors shall submit one NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ), (see Attachment 3), completed and signed by an Owner of the Project (Client) point of contact or “POC” for each of the projects submitted under Factor 2.

• The first aspect of the past performance evaluation is to evaluate whether the offeror’s submitted past performance is recent, and relevant or not relevant to the effort to be acquired.

a. If a demonstrated corporate technical experience submitted in Factor 2, is determined to be Acceptable, it will also be determined to be recent and relevant in Factor 3.

b. This assessment considers each offeror’s demonstrated recent (within the last ten years) and relevant past performance information in supplying products/services that meet the solicitation requirements.

CONT. FACTOR 3 – Past Performance

• The second aspect of the past performance evaluation is to determine how well the contractor performed a demonstrated corporate technical experience submitted in Factor 2.

a. The offeror must receive a past performance rating of Satisfactory or better to be considered acceptable.

b. A Satisfactory Rating is defined in the NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire.

c. Offeror’s must receive a Past Performance rating of Acceptable for ALL submitted demonstrated corporate technical experiences to receive and overall rating of Acceptable for the Past Performance Factor.

CONT. FACTOR 3 – Past Performance

Note: In the case of an Offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the Offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.

Therefore, the Offeror shall be determined to have unknown (or “neutral”) past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, shall be considered “acceptable.”

17PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: SUBMISSION

REQUIREMENTS

TRANSMISSION METHOD:

• The Offeror’s proposal must be received by the Government no later than the date/time specified in the solicitation and cited above. Offerors shall submit their proposal using the following link:

https://piee.eb.mil/

Please submit proposals utilizing the link above to Contracting Officer Tedra N.

Thompson at Tedra.N.Thompson@usace.army.mil and carbon copy (CC) Contract Specialist, Anelis Nazario-Castillo at Anelis.I.Nazario-Castillo@usace.army.mil. (See Section 00800, Electronic Proposals paragraph).

SUBMISSION TIME & DATE: Offers are due on May 4, 2022 at 2:00PM, Local Time

SITE VISIT: Held on April 19, 2022 at 9:00 am

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TECHNICAL INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS:

• ProjNet closes on April 20, 2022 at 5:00 pm, Local Time.

• Inquiries must be entered into ProjNet for an official answer.

PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE BONDS: must be furnished within 10 calendar days after award.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE

ITEMS

AMENDMENTS:

• Amendment 0001 issued on April 19, 2022

• Amendment 0002 to be issued on or before April 22, 2022 to revise Section 00100A, Additional Proposal Preparation/Submission Instructions

• All Amendments must be acknowledged

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE

ITEMS

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: Q&A

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: CLOSING REMARKS

PROJECT DELIVERY TEAM:

• Tedra Thompson, Contracting Officer

• James “Jim” Suggs, Project Manager

• Kimberly Daniel-Ray, Deputy Small Business Program

• Patrick Snyder, Engineer Technical Lead

• James McRae, Administrative Contracting Officer

• Gavin Jackson, Contracting Officer Representative

• Anelis I. Nazario Castillo, Contract Specialist

WEBEX SESSION DETAIL

Project:

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE – W912EP22R0002

Big Fishweir Creek, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 206, Duval County, Florida

Date: 4/20/2022

Facilitator: Anelis I. Nazario Castillo Time: 11:00 am, EST

Participant Name Email 1 Anelis Nazario Castillo anelis.i.nazario-castillo@usace.army.mil 2 Patrick Snyder patrick.j.snyder@usace.army.mil 3 Paul Cotter paul.f.cotter@usace.army.mil 4 Gavin Jackson gavin.w.jackson@usace.army.mil 5 James Suggs jim.l.suggs@usace.army.mil 6 CHC - Pablo G pgonzalez@chcivil.com 7 Michael Ornella michael.ornella@usace.army.mil 8 Tedra Thompson tedra.n.thompson@usace.army.mil 9 Joy Crapps ilene.j.crapps@usace.army.mil

10 Nicole Batista-Cruz nicole.m.batista-cruz@usace.army.mil 11 Fernando frabell@chcivil.com 12 CClausen c.clausen@gatordredging.com 13 Michael Hollingsworth michael.j.hollingsworth@usace.army.mil 14 Griselle Gonzalez-Aquino greiselle.gonzalez@usace.army.mil 15 8569****17