Solicitation_for_Unaccomanied_Officer's_Quarters.pdf

Project Title: Unaccompanied Officer's Quarters, Camp Arifjan, Kuw ait

Construction of Unaccompanied Officer's Quarters, to provide the necessary construction improvements for the Kuw ait Ministry of Defense (KMOD) in support of the Area Support Group (ASG) mission at Camp Arifjan, Kuw ait.

The estimated Magnitude of Construction is betw een $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.

THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO INCORPORATE THE CONTRACTORS PROPOSAL INTO THE CONTRACT AND DISTRIBUTE AS

MAY BE NECESSARY.

DIANE E DELATHOUDER

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

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

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

(IFB)

X

CALL:

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

See Item 7

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID

3. DATE ISSUED

9. FOR INFORMATION A. NAME

SOLICITATION

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

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.236-1(e)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance w ithin _______10 calendar days and complete it w ithin ________980 calendar days after receiving aw ard, X notice to proceed. This performance period is X mandatory, negotiable. (See _________________________FAR 52.211-10

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

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

X YES NO

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

A. Sealed offers in original and __________2 copies to perform the w ork required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by ___________ local time ______________08 Jan 2018 (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time.

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

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

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

D. Offers providing less than _______90 calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due w ill not be considered and w ill be rejected.

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

1. SOLICITATION NO.

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

4. CONTRACT NO.

7. ISSUED BY CODE

W912ER DISTRICT (TAM), USACE

MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT (CETAM-CT)

201 PRINCE FREDERICK DRIVE

WINCHESTER VA 22602

W912ER

PAGE OF PAGES

1 OF

CODE

(Title, identifying no., date):

12B. CALENDAR DAYS

04:00 PM (hour)

Sealed envelopes containing offers

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

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

FAX:TEL: XXX-XXX-XXXX TEL: FAX:

W912ER18R0009 48

20B. SIGNATURE

(REV. 4-85)STANDARD FORM 1442 BACK

TO SIGN

NSN 7540-01-155-3212

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

CODE FACILITY CODE

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

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

AMOUNTS SEE SCHEDULE OF PRICES

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

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

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

AMENDMENT NO.

DATE

20A. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN

OFFER (Type or print)

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT 23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

CODE

(Insert any number equal to or greater than

20C. OFFER DATE

25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO

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

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

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

See Item 14

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

30B. SIGNATURE

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

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

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

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

30C. DATE

(Type or print)

TEL: EMAIL:

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

BY

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

(Contractor is required to sign this28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

(M ust be fully completed by offeror)OFFER

W912ER18R0009

Section 00 11 00 - Standard Form (SF) 1442 and CLIN Schedule

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

Mobilization/Demobilization

FFP

Mobilization/Demobilization in accordance with the contract documents.

NET AMT

0001AA 1 Job Mobilization and Demobilization

FFP

Mobilization and Demobilization in accordance with the contract documents.

FOB: Destination

Construct 3 - Three Unaccompanied Off.

FFP

Construct 3 - Three Unaccompanied Officer's Quarters in accordance with the contract documents.

0002AA 3 Each Construct 3 - Three Unaccompanied Off.

FFP

Construct 3 - Three Unaccompanied Officer's Quarters in accordance with the contract documents.

Construct Support Facilities

Construct Support Facilities in accordance with the contract documents.

0003AA 1 Job Demolition

FFP

Demolition in accordance with the contract documents.

0003AB 1 Job Construct Site Electrical Distribution

FFP

Construct Site Electrical Distribution System in accordance with the contract documents.

0003AC 1 Job Construct Site Water Distribution System

FFP

Construct Site Water Distribution System in accordance with the contract

0003AD 1 Job Construct Site Fire Water Distribution

FFP

Construct Site Fire Water Distribution System in accordance with the contract

0003AE 1 Job Construct Site Sewer Collection System

FFP

Construct Site Sewer Collection System in accordance with the contract

0003AF 1 Job Construct Site Communication Dist.

FFP

Construct Site Communication Distribution System in accordance with the contract

0003AG 1 Job Construct Site Storm Water Collection

FFP

Construct Site Storm Water Collection System in accordance with the contract

0003AH 1 Job Construct Roads and Parking

FFP

Construct Roads and Parking in accordance with the contract documents.

OPTION Option #1 Unaccompanied Officer's QTRs

Construct Supporting Facilities in accordance with the contract documents.

0004AA 1 Each Construct (1) Unaccompanied Officer's QT

FFP

Construct (1) Unaccompanied Officer's Quarters in accordance with the contract

OPTION Option #2 Asphalt Parking and Roads

Option #2 Asphalt Parking and Roads in accordance with the contract documents.

0005AA 1 Job Construct Asphalt Parking and Road

FFP

Construct Asphalt Parking and Road in accordance with the contract documents.

Section 00 21 00 - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors

SECTION 00 21 00 INDEX

NUMBER DESCRIPTION

A AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

B PROPOSAL CHECKLIST

C PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENT

D BASIS FOR AWARD

E NON-PRICING PROPOSAL EVALUATION FACTORS

F PRICE PROPOSAL EVALUATION FACTOR

G MAGNITUDE OF PROJECT

H

SUBMITTING QUESTIONS THROUGH BIDDER INQUIRY IN

PROJNET

I ADDRESSING PROPOSALS

52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS)

NUMBER

52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT

52.204-16 COMMERCIAL & GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE

REPORTING

52.215-1

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMPETITIVE

ACQUISITION

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT

52.217-5 EVALUATION OF OPTIONS

52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST

52.236-28 PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS--CONSTRUCTION

52.252-1

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE

252.204-7004 ALTERNATE A, SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT

252.215-7008 ONLY ONE OFFER

252.236-7008 CONTRACT PRICE – BIDDING SCHEDULE

A. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

Funds will be available at the time of award. This project is funded through a Cooperative Agreement between the United States DoD and the KMOD governed by Title 10 US Code 2350J. Please note that these are DCA funds rather than congressionally appropriated funds, such as MILCON. Funds have been previously provided from the Government of Kuwait to the U.S. Government. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation either before or after the closing date, and there shall be no legal liability on the part of the Government, to include liability for Contractor’s proposal costs.

B. PROPOSAL CHECKLIST

Late Submissions will not be considered. Electronic or faxed proposal submissions will not be considered.

Proposals shall be clearly marked on the outside of the package with the solicitation number.

The proposal due date is 08 January 2018; 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

The following FAR are applicable to this acquisition and may be viewed at: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

FAR clause 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition.

Offerors must be determined to be responsible in accordance with FAR Part 9 to be eligible to receive contract award.

Volume I-Non-Price Proposal (do not include pricing information in Volume I)

1. Cover Letter (see content instructions below)

2. Factor 1 documentation as described below (Attachment A and not more than 5 Attachment B forms)

3. Factor 2, Understanding of Project Requirements, Management Approach, letter “e”, Financial

Surety, offerors are required to provide proof of their ability to obtain the required surety in the form of performance and payment bonds, irrevocable letters of credit, or other surety as described in FAR Part 28. Failure to provide such proof will receive a rating of “No Go”

4. Factor 3 documentation as described below Past Performance Questionnaire Survey (1 Appendix D for every Attachment B form submitted with the proposal)

NOTE: It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure that all past performance reference questionnaire surveys as outlined under Factor 3 are completed on or before the closing date and time of the Request for Proposals

Volume II-Price Proposal

1. Standard Form (SF) 1442 (pages 1 and 2) - Complete in its entirety the “Offeror” portion of the SF 1442. An official having the authority to bind your company contractually shall sign the SF 1442, blocks 20B and 20C in accordance with FAR 4.102. If a Joint Venture, all parties to the Joint Venture shall sign the offer

2. Completed Schedule of Items in Section 00 11 00 (and cost breakdown, see below)

3. Joint Venture documentation/agreement (if applicable)

4. Section 00 45 00 (Representations and Certifications)

C. PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENT

Cover Letter. Include the following information in your cover letter:

1. Solicitation number

2. The name, address, telephone number, and email address of the prospective offeror

3. The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE)

Code, and Tax Identification Number (TIN) of the prospective offeror

4. Acknowledgement of any amendments issued (amendment number and date acknowledged by offeror)

The Government will not make assumptions concerning intent, capabilities, or experiences. Clear identification of proposal details shall be the sole responsibility of the offeror. The Government may reject incomplete proposals after initial evaluation without further consideration. Therefore, the proposal shall meet the following basic requirements:

a. The Proposal shall be typed and submitted in American or British English.

b. Proposal shall be organized, concise, and submitted in the volumes and in the order indicated above.

Volumes shall be clearly identified and tabbed. Each factor and sub-factor (if applicable) shall be described in a separate tabbed section.

c. Proposals must be sent in two separate volumes. Each volume shall be contained within a separate binder. Each volume shall be identified by the solicitation number, volume number, and name, address, and telephone number of the prime offeror on the binder cover. Each volume shall contain a Table of Contents and include at the bottom left side of each page the volume and page number.

d. Offerors shall verify that the information for all forms submitted are current, correct and complete including names of the points of contact, email address, fax number, and telephone number.

e. Pricing Schedule(s), Volume II, shall be completed in full, including all option items.

f. Offerors shall submit a signed Standard Form 1442 in Volume II for this solicitation, including verification of all amendments received.

g. Offerors are reminded that elaborate corporate marketing information, formatting, special reproduction techniques, etc. are not necessary. Proposals shall completely and adequately address the requirements of this solicitation.

h. If additional information is provided, it shall be in regard to the solicitation requirements only.

i. Failing to submit or completely fill out attachments properly may result in rejection of the offer without further evaluation. Therefore, offerors are urged to follow instructions and raise questions through the Bidder Inquiry System (See Section 00 21 00 of the solicitation), if instructions are not understood.

j. All questions and concerns shall be addressed to the Contracting Officer or his/her point of contact through the Bidder Inquiry System.

k. Proposal Expenses and Pre-Contract Costs: The Government will not pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal, or for any other costs incurred by any firm submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation.

Proposal Format

Proposals in response to the RFP shall be submitted in the following format:

Submit Volume I and Volume II in separate three ring binders or bound with tabs or separators dividing each of the sections noted above. Page limits, if stipulated under each evaluation factor shall be adhered to. Proposals shall be submitted on 8.5” X 11” paper (11” X 17” for drawings), unless otherwise stated under each Factor. Page is defined as a single sheet of paper with text on one side. The Government will not evaluate any material that exceeds the page limits specified herein. All pages must contain a footer stating the following “CONTAINS SOURCE

SELECTION INFORMATION SEE FAR 3.104 PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY”.

All information must be confined to the appropriate volume. In order to reduce proposal size, the offeror must confine the proposal to required information sufficient to provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of the proposal. Each volume of the proposal is expected to contain a table of contents. Proprietary information will be clearly marked.

Proposal Submission

Each offeror shall also provide an electronic version of each of the proposals. These can be on one CD.

Submit proposals in three separate 3-ring binder volumes:

Number of Number of

Volume Content Paper Copies Electronic Copies I. Non-Price Proposal Original + 2 Copies 1

II. Price Proposal Original + 2 Copies 1

Each Volume must be clearly identified on the outside of the package.

Amendments to the RFP. Any and all amendments to the RFP will be issued electronically via the Federal Business Opportunities website. It is the offeror’s responsibility to continuously check for any amendments to this RFP and acknowledge any and all amendments in the text of the cover letter (amendment number and date acknowledged by offeror) sent with their proposal package in response to this RFP.

Site Visit. A site visit will be conducted during the solicitation period. The date has not yet been determined.

Joint Ventures (JV). A Joint Venture (JV) is defined as follows: a legal business entity formed between two or more companies (parties) to undertake the performance activities of a contract together. This does not include other arrangements such as “teaming agreements” or “strategic alliance”, which are not recognized as bona fide JVs for the purposes of this solicitation.

Offerors proposing as JVs shall provide evidence that the JV as a legal entity has been duly formed. JVs shall include a copy of the legal JV agreement signed by an authorized officer from each of the firms comprising the JV with the chief executive of each entity identified. The Government will not evaluate the capability of any contractors that are not included in the JV agreement.

If submitting a proposal as a JV, the experience, and past performance of each of the JV partners can be submitted for the JV entity. The experience for each JV partner will be considered the experience of the JV entity. Page and project form limits apply to the JV as a whole.

System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors (including JV entities) shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and determined to be responsible prior to closing date of the RFP. For more information, see the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1 Please ensure that NAICS code 236220-Commercial and Institutional Building Construction is listed on your SAM registration.

Expenses Incurred. The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred or associated with preparation and submission of any response(s) to this solicitation.

Discussions. The Government intends to make a contract award without conducting discussions, however, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions as determined necessary by the Contracting Officer.

Point of Contact (POC):

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT

Attn: Diane deLathouder, CETAM-CT

W912ER-18-R-0009

201 Prince Frederick Drive Winchester, VA 22602

Primary NAICS code and small business size standard.

The Primary NAICS code is 236220 with a small business size of $36.5 million.

D. BASIS FOR AWARD

Subject to the provisions contained herein, award will be made to one offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with the FAR, conforms to the solicitation requirements, and whose proposal, judged by an overall assessment of the evaluation criteria and other considerations specified in this solicitation, provides the best value proposal to the Government when both non-pricing and pricing factors are considered.

Evaluation Factors

A. FACTOR 1: EXPERIENCE

B. FACTOR 2: UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

C. FACTOR 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

D. FACTOR 4: PRICE

Relative Importance of Evaluation Factors

The non-pricing evaluation factors to be rated are: (i) Experience, (ii) Understanding of Project Requirements and

(iii) Past Performance. Factor 1 (Experience), Factor 2 (Understanding of Project Requirements) and Factor 3 (Past Performance) are approximately equal in weight. When non-pricing factors are combined, they are given significantly more weight than Factor 4 (Price) in the evaluation process for this acquisition.

Responsibility

The Contracting Officer determines responsibility of a prospective contractor per FAR 9.104. In addition to the general standards specifically stated in the FAR, the Contracting Officer will consider a prospective contractor’s ability to obtain surety in the form of performance and payment bonds, irrevocable letters of credit, or other surety as described in FAR 28.102. A performance and payment bond must be supported by acceptable security as defined in FAR 28.201. A LOC from an acceptable surety as defined in FAR 28.2 will provide acceptable proof of the offeror's ability to obtain the required coverage. The Government may request information regarding an offeror’s ability to obtain surety in accordance with FAR 28.102 through the procedures described in FAR 9.105. Such surety or bank shall attest to the offeror’s ability to obtain bonding or a satisfactory Irrevocable Letter of Credit (ILC) for not less than $1.5 million coverage for each yearof the 980 day performance period. The contractor will be required to provide a bond or ILC in the amount of 20% of the awarded contract.

Definitions [FAR15.001]

Strength is an aspect of the offeror’s proposal that has merit or exceeds specified performance or capability requirements in a way that will be advantageous to the Government during contract performance.

Significant Strength is an aspect of an offeror’s proposal that, when judged against the evaluation criteria, appreciably enhances the merit of that offeror’s proposal or appreciably increases the probability of successful contract performance by that offeror.

Weakness means a flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

Significant Weakness in the proposal is a flaw that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

Deficiency is 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.

E. NON-PRICING PROPOSAL EVALUATION FACTORS

FACTOR 1: EXPERIENCE

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Offerors shall submit the following for Factor 1:

The offeror shall submit a complete and accurate Experience Overview Sheet (Attachment A) capturing all projects being submitted for evaluation. Offerors shall submit a minimum of three (3), but no more than five (5) Offeror’s Prime Experience forms as documentation of experience (Attachment B). Only construction projects that comply with the four qualifying criteria described in the evaluation procedures below shall be considered for evaluation. All projects submitted for review must have been performed by the offeror within the past six years as of the date of issuance of the RFP, or are currently being performed and substantially complete (at least 80% complete). If more than five (5) projects are submitted under this factor, only the first five (5) projects will be evaluated.

The following information shall be provided for each project the offeror includes. If the offeror is a JV, each JV partner shall provide the information as required below.

(a) Contract Number or Title

(b) Date of Contract Award

(c) Date of Contract Completion or Percent Completed at time of Proposal Submission

(d) Client’s Name

(e) Contract Award Amount

(f) Description of the offeror’s role in the performance of the project, to include if the offeror was the Prime Contractor, Subcontractor, or partner to a JV

(g) Name, telephone numbers and email address of person to contact regarding Performance Evaluation (i.e., the Contracting Officer, Contract Administrator, Project Manager, or Project Engineer)

The offeror should summarize each of the above experience forms by completing and submitting the Experience Overview Sheet (Attachment A).

The Government shall evaluate each offeror’s experience and will rate each offeror on the basis of their experience in managing and executing projects that are similar in cost, magnitude, complexity, and function as the scope of work for this solicitation.

An offeror may submit experience gained by having performed as a subcontractor on previous projects. The offeror must clearly state his role on the project and the dollar value of the subcontract.

If the offeror is a JV, the proposal should clearly address the experience of each of the JV partners and the relationship of the JV partners on any ongoing or previous projects submitted under this factor. The offeror should also identify the roles of the JV partners to ensure that their previous experience is relevant to the role they will be performing on the solicitation project.

The experience of one JV partner will be considered the experience of the JV, and requirements for submitting project experience are the same as described in the previous paragraph. Regardless of the number of JV partners, only five projects may be submitted by the prime contractor offeror for consideration of their experience.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

The offeror will be evaluated on their qualifying experience as it relates to this solicitation. Offerors shall submit qualifying projects for experience based upon the following four criteria: cost magnitude, similar type of work, performance location, and recency of project completion. These four qualifying criteria are defined below.

1. For the purpose of this evaluation, a new facility construction project of “similar cost and magnitude” is defined as a project in which the offeror has been awarded a contract with a value greater than $10,000,000.

2. For the purpose of this evaluation, a new facility construction project of “similar complexity and scope” is defined as the new construction, major renovation or expansion of multi-story building(s) utilizing Cast-In-Place concrete frames with Concrete Masonry infill walls with flat roofs including site infrastructure.

3. For the purposes of this evaluation the qualifying location for new facility vertical construction work must have been performed within the following countries: Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, or Oman.

4. For the purposes of this evaluation, a qualifying “recently completed” project means a project completed within the last six years as of the date of issuance of the RFP, or is currently under construction and at least 70% complete.

The Construction Experience Information Sheet must clearly identify the type of work performed and the dollar value of the project.

***NOTE: Projects that do not meet all of the four experience qualifying criteria above shall not be considered.

Offerors may be given Greater Weight for experience in consideration of certain criteria to include, but not limited to the following:

a. Experience for work completed in Kuwait.

b. Experience in new facility construction valued more than $25,000,000.

c. Experience within the last three years preceding the date of this solicitation.

d. Experience on projects with the US Army Corps of Engineers.

e. Experience on projects with other US Government entities; such as, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), etc.

f. Experience self-performing 50% of the work as a prime contractor.

g. Experience for JV’s that have worked previously on similar types of work as listed in the RFP.

h. Experience demonstrating the offeror’s and their subcontractor’s previously performed similar types of work as listed in the RFP.

The Government reserves the right to verify the experience record of cited projects or other projects by reviewing relevant Government databases, other DoD or Government appraisal systems, to interview owners and/or references, or by any other means available to or deemed appropriate by the Government. The Government reserves the right to exclude experience that cannot be verified through the email point of contact information provided by the offeror from the evaluation. Email contact information should reflect association with the firm noted on the experience form.

ADJECTIVAL RATINGS AND DEFINITIONS: EXPERIENCE

Instructions: The evaluation team will individually evaluate the proposal information provided.

Ratings: Ratings for this factor will be entered as: 1) Outstanding; 2) Good; 3) Acceptable;

4) Marginal, or 5) Unacceptable.

Evaluation Standard: Factor 1, Experience

Table 3. Combined Technical/Risk Ratings

Rating Description

Outstanding

Proposal meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses.

Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Good Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance. Risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths. Risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements and contains one or more deficiencies. Proposal is un-awardable.

FACTOR 2: UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

The evaluation for the Factor 2 Understanding of Project Requirements consists of two components: 1 - Management Approach, and 2 - Preliminary schedule. These are not sub-factors or elements. The two components are approximately equal in importance to each other and the entire Factor 2 will be evaluated in its entirety, resulting in an assignment of a single Understanding of Project Requirements rating for each offeror.

1 – Management Approach

Proposal Submission Requirements:

The offeror shall provide a detailed narrative that demonstrates the offeror’s understanding of the overall scope of work for the project and describes the offeror’s approach to completing the work. The offeror’s narrative shall identify all major scope components of the project, including the critical components of the project, and Quality Control (QC). Additionally, the offeror’s narrative shall include a discussion of a planned technical approach to the project that not only demonstrates an understanding of the phasing, government regulations, base access, and other anticipated challenges, but that also provides benefit to the Government. The offeror shall demonstrate a clear understanding of shipping and logistics (air, land, and sea), and subcontractor markets.

The narrative shall specifically address the following:

a. Licensing: The offeror shall include, with its narrative, proof of current Kuwait business licensure (photocopy of license in the offeror’s name), or alternatively, offeror shall describe the process to gain licenses in Kuwait and provide a detailed description of offeror’s plan to obtain licensure. In addition, the offeror should provide all other necessary business licenses required to perform construction and engineering design as required by the RFP within Kuwait.

b. Base Access: The offeror shall provide a detailed narrative describing the U.S. Army Camp Arifjan, Kuwait base access processes and procedures. The offeror shall provide evidence of current base access (if available), and/or provide a detailed plan to obtain sufficient base access to meet the organizational project staffing.

c. Organization: The offeror shall describe the process it plans to use to manage the project. The offeror shall discuss its proposed project organization, defining the roles, responsibilities, and authority to be delegated to the staff for each position. The offeror shall include a discussion of how work flows through the organization, including any major subcontractors, as described below. The offeror shall include an organizational chart, which, along with the accompanying narrative, shows the relationship between the offeror, sub-contractors, major subcontractors, QC personnel, safety personnel, and USACE. If applicable, the offeror must clearly state the roles of any JV partners and major subcontractors (those performing 20% or more of the total dollar value of the project) in its discussion of the Organization aspect, considering the requirement set forth in FAR 52.236-1, that the offeror self-performs at least 30% of the total amount of work on this contract. The greater the percentage of self-performed work by the offeror on a project that the Government can confirm, the greater the weight in the offeror’s favor the Government will give the project. Self-performed work is work in which the prime contractor, JV, or higher-tier subcontractor, as the case may be, uses its own workforce on the project worksite. The offeror must include in Volume I of its proposal a Letter of Commitment (LOC) from any major subcontractor. For each key subcontractor, provide a binding agreement or LOC that obligates the parties if no subcontract is in place. Provide a name, address, telephone number, and email point of contact for each of the subcontractors you identify. Describe plans for implementing and maintaining oversight and management of subcontractors to ensure performance is consistent with contract requirements.

For those subcontractors for which the offeror has submitted a LOC, the offeror may not change subcontractors without prior approval of the Contracting Officer.

d. Quality Control (QC): Provide information on your team’s capabilities to assure QC. Describe your QC approach, corporate systems, and capabilities to maintain QC of the construction. Provide specific information on how you will manage QC and changes during design to meet the schedule and to facilitate quicker Government reviews. Provide information on how you will handle internal and external requests for information, shop drawings, submittal reviews, progress meetings, site visits, contract completion, closeout, as-built, and completion documentation. After contract award, the selected contractor will submit their Quality Control Plan for Government approval.

The management approach portion of the offeror’s proposal will be limited to fifteen pages in length, not including the project organization and staffing chart(s) or LOC; any pages beyond fifteen will not be evaluated and will be ignored for evaluation purpose.

Evaluation Procedures:

The Management Approach submission will be evaluated using information provided by the offeror under this factor. The proposal will be evaluated based on the completeness and feasibility of the offerors approach, the offeror’s ability to demonstrate their understanding of the contractual requirements, and the level of risk of the proposed approach. The proposal submission will also be evaluated on how well the offeror addresses the following items:

a. Licensing: The Government will evaluate the extent to which the proposal demonstrates the offeror’s understanding of the process, procedures, and requirements to gain licensure to work in Kuwait. The evaluation will consider the offeror’s proof of current licensure, or the completeness, reasonableness, feasibility, and the timeline of the offeror’s plan to gain all required licensures in Kuwait. Greater weight will be given to offerors who currently possess a Kuwaiti business license in the offeror’s name, as shown on the SF1442, and who submit a copy of the business license for verification.

b. Base Access: The Government will evaluate the extent to which the proposal represents an overall understanding of current base access pass processes, procedures, and requirements. The completeness, reasonableness, feasibility, and timeline of the offeror’s plan to gain base passes to meet the offeror’s staffing plan. Greater weight will be given to offeror’s that provide documentation that they currently perform work and have base access passes required by the RFP.

c. Organization: The Government will evaluate the extent to which an offeror’s approach includes a well-defined organization and lines of authority; responsibility; communication; and tracking of schedules. The offeror’s plan shall clearly address the following questions: Did the offeror clearly describe its organizational structure for this particular project, including lines of authority and the relationship between its home office site office (office which is directly responsible for execution of this project) and USACE, and how they are related? Does the organizational chart include titles and explanations of the major responsibilities and authorities for key personnel in the home office, support office and site offices? The proposal shall clearly explain the proposed project staffing and how the work effort can be effectively managed. The chart shall clearly identify where positions/ personnel are located and whether filled by the Prime Contractor or their subcontractor’s personnel. The roles of any JV partners and/or major subcontractors must be clearly stated in this section. If subcontractors will be used for a significant portion of the work (20% or more), a LOC will be required and included in Volume 1. Submission should be referenced appropriately. The offeror may not change subcontractors without approval of the Contracting Officer. If a JV, the offeror shall address the respective roles of the JV partners. Greater weight will be given to offerors who can effectively demonstrate an organizational structure, process and procedures that minimize the risk to the Government (for example, a lower risk structure may show a majority of work self-performed by Prime Contractor vice a Prime Contractor managing multiple Subcontractors). Greater weight will be given to offerors who effectively show within their plan to self-perform a greater percentage of the work.

d. Quality Control: The offeror’s understanding of the contractual requirements associated with QC for this project.

Greater weight will be given to offerors who demonstrate a clear QC plan on submittals, coordination, deficiencies, and inspections. In addition, greater weight will be given to offerors that demonstrate a QC plan that reduces risk to the Government.

2 – Preliminary Schedule

Proposal Submission Requirements:

The offeror shall provide a preliminary level schedule with accompanying narrative for the base bid CLINs and the optional CLINs associated with the three construction sites. The schedule and narrative shall include at a minimum the construction activity milestones identified in the RFP schedule.

The schedule shall start no earlier than the Contract Award Date and the project duration (Day 1) will start on the NTP date. The schedule shall be in the form of a time scaled network diagram Critical Path Method (CPM) Schedule that is in accordance with specification 01 32 17.12 10 COST-LOADED NEWTWORK ANALYSIS SCHEDULES. This schedule shall cover aspects of the project, including a timeline from date of contract award through issuance of the NTP as well as design through construction completion. The schedule shall include the following:

Award Submit Cleared Construction Personnel for Approval

NTP

Pre-construction Submittals and Government Review Procurement of Long Lead Items (Secure Shipping) Mobilization Construction Testing and Commissioning Accreditation (60 days) Demobilization As-built Drawings Project Completion

The offeror shall include an accompanying schedule narrative to enhance the Government’s understanding of the schedule of activities and assist in demonstrating an understanding of the schedule’s logic, constraints, and the offeror’s understanding of the contract requirements.

The narrative shall include, but not be limited to (a) the offeror’s plans to procure its construction material, including key long lead procurement items, (b) constraints on the schedule presented and (c) the integration of subcontractor firms. The narrative shall also include identification of the critical path, key construction milestones and features of work, concurrent activities, and key deliverables. The length of the schedule shall be in compliance with the stated Periods of Performance. The project schedule shall contain a sufficient amount of activities and all key milestones which demonstrate an understanding of the project scope.

Evaluation Procedures:

The Government will review the contract duration presented in the preliminary schedule to determine if it satisfies the requirements of the Government’s RFP. The Government will also review the schedule for construction phasing and the logic shown concerning integration and/or sequencing construction work. The schedule shown shall be realistic and obtainable. The critical path shall be clearly identified. Greater weight will be given to schedules which provide detail beyond identifying and including the major construction milestones and project elements, in both pre-NTP, and in the construction phase. Additional detail includes identifying procurement activities, interim milestones, major and secondary features of work, etc.

The Government will review the schedule and narrative for how well it identifies and addresses constraints on the performance of the work, such as labor, material availability, permits, etc. The schedule and narrative should demonstrate compliance with all requirements with regard to proposed activities.

Offerors will be given Greater Weight for their preliminary level schedule if they effectively show any of the following:

a. Greater weight will be given to offerors whose schedules provide detail beyond identifying and including the major construction milestones and project elements, in the pre-NTP, and construction phases. Examples of additional detail include identifying procurement activities, interim milestones, and major and secondary features of work.

b. Greater weight will be given to offerors who provide detailed schedule narratives which clearly identify critical schedule-related issues and potential problems, and which discuss meaningful mitigation strategies to avoid potential delays.

c. Greater weight will also be given to offerors whose schedules and narratives demonstrate a clear and comprehensive understanding of the project scope of work.

d. Greater weight will be given to offerors who effectively show their plan to perform a greater percentage of the work.

ADJECTIVAL RATINGS: UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

The evaluations of the offeror’s proposal for Management Approach and Preliminary Schedule will be evaluated in its entirety to result in an assignment of a single Technical Approach rating for each offeror. The following ratings focus on the strengths, deficiencies, weaknesses, risks, and uncertainties identified in the offeror’s proposal.

Evaluation Standard: Factor 2, Understanding Project Requirements

ADJECTIVE

RATING

DEFINITION AND CRITERIA

Blue

Outstanding

Proposal meets requirements and indicates exceptional experience and understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Purple

Good

Proposal meets requirements and indicates thorough experience and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Green

Acceptable

Proposal meets requirements and indicates adequate experience and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance.

Risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow

Marginal

Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated adequate experience and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths. Risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Red

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet requirements and contains one or more deficiencies. Proposal is un-awardable.

FACTOR 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Offeror-Submitted Past Performance Information.

Offerors shall submit the following for Factor 3:

The offeror shall submit a Past Performance Questionnaire (Appendix D) or DD Form 2626 for each project submitted under Factor 1, Experience, Attachment B (at least three but to exceed five (5) projects).

The Government shall evaluate information about each offeror’s past performance projects within the last five years.

Two aspects of past performance will be evaluated: 1) relevancy of recent efforts accomplished by the offeror to the effort of this acquisition, and 2) confidence to perform the work specified in this effort base on how well the offeror performed on other contracts. Past performance pertains to how well an offeror has performed past work and is an indicator of future performance. Past performance information is not the same as experience information.

Experience pertains to what types of work an offeror has performed. Past performance pertains to how well an offeror performs project work. In the case of an offeror not having a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably concerning its past performance. In situations of this kind, the adjective rating of Unknown Confidence (Neutral) will be applied to the evaluation factor of Past Performance.

Prime Contractor Past Performance

The Government will evaluate the relevancy of an offeror’s past performance as it pertains to projects that are similar to this solicitation in terms of location, magnitude of cost and scope. For the purposes of this evaluation, a “Very Relevant” project is a new construction or major renovation or expansion project for a multi-story building involving similar architectural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and fire protection system installation. Cast-In- Place concrete frames with Concrete Masonry infill walls, flat roofs and site infrastructure. Additionally, such an example shall have been completed or substantially completed in Kuwait in the last 5 years, and have a contract value greater than $10,000,000.

The Government will evaluate the confidence of an offeror successfully performing work. The confidence evaluation is to determine how well the offeror performed on contracts. Information will be evaluated to determine the quality and usefulness as it applies to performance.

The Past Performance Questionnaire (Appendix D) included in the solicitation is provided for the offeror or its team members to submit to the client for each project the offeror includes in its proposal for Factor 1, – Experience.

Ensure correct phone numbers and email addresses are provided for the client point of contact. Completed Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) should be signed by the client and should be submitted with your proposal. If the offeror is unable to obtain a completed PPQ from a client for a project(s) before proposal closing date, the offeror should complete and submit with the proposal the first page of the PPQ (Appendix D), which will provide contract and client information for the respective project(s). Offerors should follow-up with clients/references to ensure timely submittal of questionnaires. If the client requests, questionnaires may be submitted directly to the Government’s point of contact, Ms. Diane.E.deLathouder@usace.army.mil via email prior to proposal closing date.

Offerors shall not incorporate by reference into their proposal PPQs previously submitted for other RFPs.

However, this does not preclude the Government from utilizing previously submitted PPQ information in the past performance evaluation.

In addition to the above, the Government may review any other sources of information for evaluating past performance. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, past performance information retrieved through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), including Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), using all CAGE/DUNS numbers of team members (partnership, JV, teaming arrangement, or parent company/subsidiary/affiliate) identified in the offeror’s proposal, inquiries of owner representative(s), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), and any other known sources not provided by the offeror.

While the Government may elect to consider data from other sources, the burden of providing detailed, current, accurate and complete past performance information rests with the offeror.

If an offeror is a JV or partnership, information should be presented for each partner in the JV or partnership.

Although the Government prefers all members of a JV or partnership to have satisfied or excelled in all the above-indicated areas pertaining to their past performance, the Government will consider the complementary aspects of the separate participants in a JV or partnership, by evaluating the JV or partnership as a whole.

However, an offeror with previous applicable past performance as a JV or partnership as proposed will be given greater weight than a newly formed JV or partnership that has no previous past performance history together.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

The past performance evaluation will result in an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. The offeror's past performance will be evaluated based on its own past performance, and on the past performance of any subcontractors or JV partners. Proposals will be evaluated based on the information provided and any other information determined appropriate by the Government.

The Government will perform a performance confidence assessment of the offeror’s probability of successfully meeting the contract requirements, considering the degree of success of the offeror’s recent (at least 70% complete or turned over no longer than five (5) years preceding the date of this solicitation), and relevant experience. See explanation of relevancy under the Factor “Experience”. The Government will assess the past performance on projects submitted under the Experience Factor and reserves the right to conduct telephone interviews with points of contact identified in the proposal, and/or to review other recent projects rated in CPARS or other agency performance databases, review and/or contact offeror furnished references, or to review personal knowledge.

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