2025.02.04_FINAL - BCWPA Open Forum Slides.pptx

CERP: Broward County Water Preserve Areas (BCWPA) PROJECT UPDATES/

OPEN FORUM DISCUSSION

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District February 4, 2025

Agenda Welcome

Presentations Project Overview Engineering Procurement Strategy Small Business Opportunities Construction

Questions and Answers Event Schedule:

Open Forum/Presentation/Virtual Overview Presentation: 9:00AM-12:00 PM

Open Forum/Presentation Location: Virtual

ITEMS RELATED TO EVALUATION FACTORS, TIMELINES AND SCHEDULES THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Background Features:

C-11 Impoundment Seepage Management Area C-9 Impoundment

Purpose:

Reduce discharges of runoff from developed areas in western Broward County into Water Conservation Area 3 which flows to the Everglades National Park C-11 Impoundment is key to full operation of CEPP South Reduce excessive seepage of water out of the Everglades to developed areas in western Broward County The project will improve fish and wildlife habitat including that of 5 federally listed species 563,000 acres in Water Conservation Area 3 and 200,000 acres in the greater Everglades will benefit from project implementation

Chief’s Report – 21 May 2012

Authorization – WRRDA 2014 Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) – 25 AUG 2016

BCWPA Schedule updates

Broward County Water Preserve Areas C-11 Impoundment Overview of Schedule Changes for Contracts:

CNT 2.1 - C-11 Land Clearing Advertisement – July 2024 Bid Opening – August 2024 Awarded – September 2024 CNT 2 – C-11 Impoundment and Mitigation Area A PreSolicitation Conference Advertisement – Late Spring 2025 Proposals Due – Summer 2025 Award September 2025 CNT 3 – S-503 Pump Station and C-11 Impoundment Remainder September 2026 Award Impoundment Features 4,600 acre-ft area including the impoundment and mitigation areas 1,053 acres of above ground water storage, 4.7 ft above existing mean grade 400 acres of Mitigation Areas A 5 miles of Embankments

3.6 miles of Levee

6.5 miles of Canals Perimeter Cut Off Wall 12 Hydraulic Structures Environmentally Sensitive Area Avoidance Feature

BCWPA

C-11

IMPOUNDMENT

C-11 CANAL

MITIGATION AREA A

APPROXIMATE

LOCATION OF

CUT-OFF WALL

EMBANKMENT

APPROXIMATE

LOCATION OF

CUT-OFF WALL

SEEPAGE

CANAL

EMBANKMENT

SEEPAGE

CANAL

CULTURAL

RESOURCE

RING LEVEE

CULTURAL

RESOURCE

RING LEVEE

Broward County Water Preserve Areas WCA 3A/3B Seepage Management Area Status:

2025 – Surveys 2026 – Initiate Design Late 2028/beyond Award

Features:

4,350-acre wetland area Levees, Canals Gated & Ungated water control Structures, Weirs Seepage Pump Station & Seepage Canal Habitat restoration through seasonal control of the hydroperiod in the marsh Diversion conveyance canal that functions to transfer excess water from the Western C-11 Basin to the C-9 Impoundment

BROWARD COUNTY WATER PRESERVE AREAS

C-9 IMPOUNDMENT

Status/Timeline Updates:

FY26 Start –Investigations and Modeling needed for design maturity FY27 – Complete Surveys and provide information for PACR for WRDA 2028.

Design ongoing FY26-29 Construction Award FY29/beyond

Features:

1,600 acres of interior storage Inflow and seepage pump stations 7 water control structures Levees Canals

Construction of all three features: C-11 Impoundment, Seepage Management Area, and C-9 Impoundment are needed for full operation of CEPP by 2035.

CERP BCWPA, C-11 Impoundment and Mitigation Area A Engineering Presented by: Lisa Ingram, Lead Engineer/Engineering Technical Lead

C-11 Project overview

BROAD CRESTED WEIR

UNGATED CULVERT

GATED CULVERT

PUMP STATION

WEIR/CULVERT COMBO

SPILLWAY

S-506B S-508B S-505F S-508D S-505E S-506A S-511 D-511 S-508A S-509 C-511 C-511

CENTRAL LAKE

S-505B C-11

IMPOUNDMENT

ESA

SW 36TH STREET

ESA

C-511

S-505A S-503 S-503A S-504B

S-504A

C-11 CANAL

SOUTH POST ROAD

S-505D

GRIFFIN ROAD

US-27

SW 26TH STREET

C-511 D-511 S-505C

S-500A

MITIGATION AREA “A”

FINGER LAKES

L-514 L-512 C-512

GRIFFIN ROAD

CONTRACT 2.1 CLEARING PLAN

C-11 Contracts overview

BCWPA

C-11

IMPOUNDMENT

MITIGATION AREA A

L-514 Mitigation Area ‘A’ S-500A L-512 C-512 S. Post Rd Finger Lakes SW 26th St.

S-511 S-506A S-505E S-508D S-506B S-505F S-508A S-508B D-511 C-511

CENTRAL LAKE

S-505B

ESA

SW 36TH ST.

C-11 IMPOUNDMENT

C-511

US-27

S-505C D-511 C-511 S-509

ESA

C-11 CANAL

GRIFFIN RD

BROAD CRESTED WEIR

UNGATED CULVERT

GATED CULVERT

STRUCTURE LEGEND:

C-11 CNT2 Structure examples

UNGATED CULVERT

(S-500A)

UNGATED CULVERT

(S-508A)

GATED CULVERT

(S-508B)

GATED CULVERT

(S-506A)

BROAD-CRESTED WEIR

(TYPICAL)

D-511 Impoundment dam embankment section

D-511 Embankment slurry wall section

Overall C-11 Impoundment Slurry Wall

EL. -35’

EL. -15’

EL. -25’

EL. -10’

EL. -30’

EL. -35’

D-511 Embankment transition zones at CNT3 interface

C-511 canal sections

Mitigation Area ‘A’, Levee and Canal Section

Mitigation Area ‘A’

Central lake & existing borrow pit

Additional considerations

Mitigation Area ‘A’ S. Post Rd Finger Lakes SW 26th St.

CENTRAL LAKE

ESA

SW 36TH ST.

C-11 IMPOUNDMENT

US-27

ESA

GRIFFIN RD

Protected Wetland Protected Wetland Access

SBA COMM TOWER

Construction Trailers & Staging Area Florida Nature & Cultural Center Residential Area Residential Area

WCA 3A

CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment and Mitigation Area A

PROCUREMENT

Presented by: Ligaya Lowe, Contract Specialist

CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment & Mitigation Area A

ACQUISITION METHOD

FAR Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation FAR 15.002(b) - Competitive Acquisitions Best Value Continuum Tradeoff Process (FAR 15.101-1) Factor 1 – Technical Merit Factor 2 – Past Performance Factor 3 – Small Business Participation Factor 4 – Project Labor Agreement (PLA) Factor 5 – Price

NOTE: There maybe some changes to the Acquisition Strategy to include a Bifurcated Process

FACTOR 1 - TECHNICAL MERIT

Technical Merit is divided into the following elements:

Technical Approach Plan Management Plan

Element 1 – Technical Approach Plan :

At a minimum, the Technical Approach Plan shall address elements (a)- (e) below. Offerors shall adequately address all elements in order to receive an acceptable rating.

Dam and Levee Embankment Construction Describe approach for sourcing, processing (crushing-screening), testing, storage, and handling of embankment materials.

Describe approach for constructing embankment, including internal drainage features such as the chimney and blanket drain. Include specific means and methods to keep different materials separated and uncontaminated.

Describe quality control measures to be implemented to ensure embankment and drainage features meet contract requirements prior to placing successive lifts.

b. Surface and Subsurface Water management Describe approach for addressing high groundwater depth at the site, which will impact construction and inspection of key project components.

Discuss approach for management of stormwater and dewatering with respect to shared discharge point and controlled discharge volume.

c. Cutoff Wall Construction Describe approach for installation of cementitious slurry wall through varying geology and groundwater conditions.

Describe quality control measures to be implemented to ensure compliance with the contract specifications.

Describe approach for installation of the cutoff wall adjacent embankment chimney drainage and horizontal blanket drain. Include sequencing and specific methods for constructing these features to create the final embankment features.

Canal Excavation Describe approach for production and installation of soil-cement, including sourcing, processing, handling, and testing of materials for soil cement slope protection.

Describe methods that will be used to excavate zones of harder rock materials without the use of blasting.

Soil-Cement Construction Describe approach for production and installation of soil-cement, including sourcing, processing, handling, and testing of materials for soil cement slope protection.

Describe quality control measures to be implemented beginning with preparation of the embankment surface and extending to final placement and testing of soil cement.

CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment & Mitigation Area A Factors to be evaluated

DRAFT – SUBJECT TO CHANGE

FACTOR 1 - TECHNICAL MERIT (continued)

Element 2 – Management Plan

At the minimum, the Management Plan shall address the three elements below:

Provide an organization chart of the key positions. The following positions shall be included in the organization chart: Project Manager, Construction Quality Control System Manager, Site Safety and Health Officer, Construction Superintendent, Professional Geotechnical Engineer, Data Manager, and Dewatering Specialist in accordance with the Specifications. Offeror shall NOT submit employee resumes. The organization chart shall also include the Quality Control and Safety Teams including their relationship and reporting within the overall organization. Offeror shall provide qualifications the company proposes for each key position included. This includes required education, specialized experience, and certifications. If the offeror proposes qualifications that exceed the specifications, the offeror must clearly call out this fact in its proposal. If the offeror is awarded a contract under this solicitation, the offeror’s proposed qualifications for key positions will be incorporated into the contract.

Provide a detailed chart/plan for how the offeror proposes to coordinate and communicate with major subcontractors (that is, subcontractors doing work identified above in paragraphs (1)(a)-(e)) of the technical factor and with other contractors working in and around the project site.

Provide a detailed plan for how the contractor will ensure timely submission of acceptable-quality submittals meeting the submittal requirements in the specifications. Include procedures that will ensure quality submittals on the first submission, and a correction plan for any submittal that requires more than one round of corrections before it can be approved.

Possible New Approach to Source Selection

The Bifurcated Solicitation Process: the technical requirements/qualifications can be developed and evaluated on a less than 100% design package and an early release Biddability, Constructability, Operability, Environmental and Sustainability (BCOES) certification.

Stagger One (1) of the solicitation will be issued with the draft 100% design package, the detailed instruction to offerors, and the evaluation criteria. The plans and specifications will be substantially completed where the offerors would have solid understanding of the overall requirement. The Stagger One (1) Proposals will consist of the technical proposal and past performance. While the Stagger One (1) evaluations are being conducted, the Stagger Two (2) Solicitation will be issued via an amendment to the solicitation after the 100% BCOES review has been finalized and a certification has been issued.

Stagger Two (2) will include the final 100% design package, a detailed price breakout schedule, and a request for Price Proposal, PLA, and a Small Business Participation Plan.

**This is a new process being considered by the Government aside from the Traditional Approach under BVTO – not yet approved**

Stagger 1:

Factor 1 – Technical Merit Factor 2 – Past Performance

Stagger 2:

Factor 3 – Small Business Participation Factor 4- Project Labor Agreement (PLA) Factor 5 – Price CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment & Mitigation Area A

**This is a new process being considered by the Government aside from the Traditional Approach under BVTO – not yet approved**

FACTOR 2 - PAST PERFORMANCE

Offerors may be required to provide a minimum of three but not more than five examples of completed projects to demonstrate that offerors and/or their major subcontractors (if applicable) have experience:

The offeror shall provide recent and relevant construction projects. There are two submission requirements for Factor 2: the Company Specialized Experience Form, and the NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire. These requirements are discussed in detail below:

a. Company Specialized Experience Form: Using the Company Specialized Experience Form (Attachment 1), offerors are required to provide a minimum of two, not to exceed five examples of completed projects, which demonstrate that they and/or their major subcontractors (if applicable) have experience accomplishing the following:

1. Constructing a new dam or levee construction with a minimum height of 10 feet.

2. Managing surface and subsurface water within a construction site where the subsurface is highly permeable (defined as hydraulic conductivity of 500 feet per day or higher, and groundwater level is at or near ground surface (within 5 feet of ground surface).

3. Constructing steel sheet pile water exclusion cofferdams to facilitate excavation dewatering. The difference in water level across the cofferdam must be a minimum of eight feet. Project submitted must include dewatering design and placement of a tremie concrete seal slab as part of the water exclusion cofferdam design.

4. Constructing reinforced, cast-in-place, concrete water control structures with operable gates.

Offerors shall submit a past performance portfolio that collectively satisfies all four key scope characteristics.

(a) successfully constructing a new levee construction with a minimum height of 5 feet

(b) successfully Constructing steel sheet pile water exclusion cofferdams to facilitate excavation dewatering

(c) successfully Managing surface and subsurface water within a construction site where the subsurface is highly permeable (defined as hydraulic conductivity of 500 feet per day or higher, and groundwater level is at or near ground surface (within 5 feet of ground surface).

(d) successfully constructing reinforced, cast-in-place, concrete water control structures with operable gates.

FACTOR 2 - PAST PERFORMANCE (Continued)

b. NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire: Offerors shall submit one NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) (Attachment 3) for each project submitted. If the offeror is unable to obtain a completed NAVFAC/USACE PPQ from the point of contact before the proposal due date, the offeror shall complete and submit with the proposal the first page of the questionnaire (Blocks 1 – 7) that contains contract and client information for the submitted project. 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 – 7 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. If a Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) record or official performance evaluation form from a non-federal entity is available for any of the projects submitted, the CPARS record or official performance evaluation form from a non-Federal entity may be submitted in lieu of the completed NAVFAC/USACE PPQ.

The Government reserves the right to review all CPARS records contained in the CPARS database for the offeror or offeror’s major subcontractors and may use those records as well as the PPQ submitted in the evaluation and subsequent confidence ratings.

MILESTONES (Dates are estimates):

Pre-Solicitation Notice – Spring 2025 Advertisement – April 2025 Proposals Due – May 2025 Award Date – September 2025 CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment & Mitigation Area A Milestones

Contracting team

Karla M. Garcia, Contracting Officer, Ecosystem Branch Chief Email: Karla.M.Garcia@usace.army.mil

Manuela D. Voicu, Contracting Officer Email: Manuela.D.Voicu@usace.army.mil

Ligaya Lowe, Contract Specialist Email: Ligaya.M.Lowe@usace.army.mil

CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment and Mitigation Area A small business Ernise Cummings, Acting Chief, Small Business Programs

FACTOR 3 - SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

(1) The Offeror shall demonstrate small business participation by detailing its proposed approach to meet the requirements under the Small Business Participation factor by addressing the following areas in its Small Business Participation Commitment Document (SBPCD):

(a) Proposed Small Business Participation Plan in performance of the potential contract (applies to both Other Than Small Businesses and Small Businesses)

(b) Commitment to Small Business

(i) Payment Procedures (applies to both Other Than Small Businesses and Small Businesses)

(ii) Compliance with Small Business Subcontracting Plans (applies to Other Than Small Businesses only)

FACTOR 3 - SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION (continued)

(2) Commitment to Small Business

(a) The Offeror shall include a written statement of its established procedures to ensure timely payments to small business subcontractors in accordance with FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (for those contracts under which it was required within the past three years from the closing date of this solicitation). If not required in any recent contracts, the Offeror shall so state.

(b) For Other than Small Businesses ONLY. Compliance with terms and conditions of FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (if required on recent contracts). The Other than Small Business Offeror shall provide three Individual Subcontracting Reports (ISRs) for recent contracts (within the past three years from the closing date of this solicitation) that required a subcontracting plan. If not required in any recent contracts, the Offeror shall so state. If the Offeror has less than three recent contracts, the Offeror shall provide the most recent ISR for each contract it has, and state that the Offeror does not have three recent contracts.

CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment & Mitigation Area A small business opportunities

FAR 19.201(a) - Government policy It is the policy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance.

Small Business Participation Subcontracting Plan (Large Business concerns only)

DFARS 215.304(c)(i) - Evaluation factors and significant subfactors In acquisitions that require use of the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, other than those based on the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2), the extent of participation of small businesses to include service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns in performance of the contract shall be addressed in source selection. The contracting officer shall evaluate the extent to which offerors identify and commit to small business performance of the contract, whether as a joint venture, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor.

IAW FAR 19.201 ... This policy allows opportunity to socio- economic categories to include: SB, WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB, SDB Which also allow availability to SBA & PTAC with any SB concerns. While monitoring the maximum practicability opportunity.

IAW DFARS 215.304 -----ID other than LPTA source selection process…. Small Business Subcontracting Plan….extends the participation of socoi-economic categories shall be addressed in source selection …….Note that the evaluation factors & commitment weather by teaming agreement or joint venture or subcontractor shall be determined by contracting officer.

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN VS. SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

NOTE: Both are contractually binding.

These are two separate documents

Comply w/ the requirement in the solicitation which is in attachment #4 SBPP template

If you follow the template provided you will be in good standing

Subcontracting Plan again will only be utilized if you are a large business and not require your firm to refer back to the goals.

FACTOR 3 - SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

Small Business Participation (Continued):

small business opportunities

Ernise Cummings, Small Business Program Deputy Chief for Small Business Program, Acting Ernise.A.Cummings@usace.army.mil

JAX Small Business Website:

https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/SmallBusiness/

FACTOR 4 - PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT (PLA)

In accordance with FAR Provision 52.222-33, Notice of Project Labor Agreement, which is incorporated into this solicitation, all offerors are required to (1) negotiate or become party to a project labor agreement with one or more labor organizations for the term of the resulting construction contract, (2) require its subcontractors to become a party to the resulting project labor agreement, and (3) submit said project labor agreement with their offer. At a minimum, the PLA must:

Bind the Offeror and Subcontractors engaged in construction on the construction project to comply with the project labor agreement;

Allow the Offeror and all Subcontractors to compete for contracts and subcontracts without regard to whether they are otherwise parties to collective bargaining agreements;

Contain guarantees against strikes, lockouts, and similar job disruptions;

Set forth effective, prompt, and mutually binding procedures for resolving labor disputes arising during the term of the project labor agreement;

Provide other mechanisms for labor-management cooperation on matters of mutual interest and concern, including productivity, quality of work, safety, and health.

FACTOR 5 - PRICE

The Price Factor is not rated. It is evaluated for reasonableness.

Offerors are advised that their business decision to submit a low-priced proposal can be considered in assessing their understanding or the risk associated with their proposal.

In accordance with FAR 19.1307, if applicable, the price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns will be used for this acquisition.

CERP BCWPA CNT 2, C-11 Impoundment and Mitigation Area A Construction Presented by: Jeff Pohlig, BCWPA Senior Resident Engineer

Contract will require compliance with the new 2024 EM 385-1-1 Safety and Health Requirements Manual and contract section 01 35 26 Governmental Safety Requirements.

Major EM-385-1-1 changes include new chapters on Uncrewed Aircraft, Rope Access and Emergency Operations and more defined responsibilities & qualifications for Site Safety and Health Officers (SSHOs).

Accident Prevention Plan Work is not allowed to start until plans are approved and the Preparatory meeting is held for associated definable feature of work (DFOW). Activity Hazards Analysis for each DFOW and other major activities must be submitted and approved prior to start work Traffic Control and Hauling Plans (Project site has shared roads for project access) Mandatory weekly toolboxes and Monthly Supervisors Safety meetings Daily Safety Discussions with Government staff.

Mandatory use of Deficiency tracking system for Safety

Safety requirements

Contract will include section 01 45 04 Contractor Quality Control and 01 45 00 Resident Management System (RMS) and 01 45 08 Data Management and Data Requirements.

Contractor Quality Control Plan QC Manager must complete CQM for Contractors Course every 5 years Three Phase Quality Control System – applies for offsite work also USACE Validated laboratory for QC Testing QC documentation and daily reports

Quality requirements

Contract duration is established in Contract clause 52.211-10, Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work Contract duration will commence once NTP is issued Contract includes section 01 32 01 Project Schedule Qualified Project scheduler must be submitted for approval Submit Preliminary Project Schedule (PPS) for the first 90 days within 15 days after NTP Submit Initial Project Schedule (IPS) within 42 days after NTP IPS must be developed utilizing Standard Data Exchange Format (SDEF) codes for Resident Management System (RMS) transfers Submit Schedule of Values (SOV) along with the IPS Work cannot start until key preconstruction submittals are approved Monthly Periodic Schedule Updates

Schedule requirements

Contractor will provide Government Office Space onsite as well as offsite in a leased facility. The office will be furnished.

Contractor will provide a Temporary Quality Assurance Lab in a leased facility offsite. The lab will be fully stocked with calibrated testing equipment. Contractor will be required to replace worn out or broken equipment throughout the lifespan of the project.

Additional Requirements

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