1. 19-R-0004 Kuwait JOC RFP.PDF

Job Order Contract (JOC), an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) type contract used for sustainment, restoration, and modernization (SRM) projects at installations in Kuw ait.

CONTRACT LIMITATIONS

Minimum Guaranteed Amount: $1,000 for the base year and $900 for each option year Not-To-Exceed Maximum Amount for 5 Years: $75,000,000 Task Order Limitations: $2,000,000

The successful of feror w ill be requested to furnish performance and payment bonds (see Section 00 72 00, Clause 52.228-15).

The successful of feror must be licensed to conduct business in the State of Kuw ait.

Bonds w ill be required for each task order w ith a value greater than the simplif ied acquisition threshold.

MELODY L VARNER 540-665-2618

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

15-Nov-2019

(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 _______15 calendar days and complete it w ithin ________365 calendar days after receiving aw ard, X notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory, negotiable. (See _________________________

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 __________0 copies to perform the w ork required are due at the place specif ied in Item 8 by ___________ local time ______________14 Jan 2020 (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 of fers are due.

B. An offer guarantee is, X 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 _______120 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

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CETAM-CT

MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT, CETAM-CT

PO BOX 2250

WINCHESTER VA 22604-1450

W912ER

PAGE OF PAGES

1 OF

CODE

(Title, identifying no., date):

12B. CALENDAR DAYS

10:00 AM (hour)

Sealed envelopes containing offers

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

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

FAX:TEL: TEL: FAX:

W912ER19R0004 83

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

Section 00 10 00 - Solicitation

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 1

KUWAIT JOC - BASE YEAR

FFP

Base Year CLIN includes Coefficients for Category 1 and 2, “Normal Work Hours” and “Other than Normal Work Hours” for New Construction and Repair Work; and Category 3, Composite Rate for Non Pre-Priced Items.

The Government reserves the right to exercise options early to gain capacity from the next performance period or to carry capacity forward to subsequent performance periods if not utilized by the expiration of the current performance period. However, the coefficient and composite rates do not increase until the annual period for which they were negotiated has elapsed. If capacity remains available at the expiration of any contract performance period and the Government determines it is necessary to exercise the next contract option period, the unused capacity of the expiring performance period will be rolled forward as additional capacity for use in the subsequent contract performance periods. The annual rates for the then-current contract period will become effective for the augmented capacity of the current performance period. The annual coefficient and composite rates are fixed prices for the annual period for which they are negotiated and shall not be adjusted as a result of the early exercise of contract options or when unused capacity is rolled forward to subsequent option years. Modifications will utilize the coefficients in effect at the time the modification is executed.

FOB: Destination

NET AMT

1001 1

OPTION KUWAIT JOC - OPTION YEAR 1

FFP

Option Year 1 CLIN includes Coefficients for Category 1 and 2, “Normal Work Hours” and “Other than Normal Work Hours” for New Construction and Repair Work; and Category 3, Composite Rate for Non Pre-Priced Items.

The Government reserves the right to exercise options early to gain capacity from the next performance period or to carry capacity forward to subsequent performance periods if not utilized by the expiration of the current performance period. However, the coefficient and composite rates do not increase until the annual period for which they were negotiated has elapsed. If capacity remains available at the expiration of any contract performance period and the Government determines it is necessary to exercise the next contract option period, the unused capacity of the expiring performance period will be rolled forward as additional capacity for use in the subsequent contract performance periods. The annual rates for the then-current contract period will become effective for the augmented capacity of the current performance period. The annual coefficient and composite rates are fixed prices for the annual period for which they are negotiated and shall not be adjusted as a result of the early exercise of contract options or when unused capacity is rolled forward to subsequent option years. Modifications will utilize the coefficients in effect at the time the modification is executed.

2001 1

OPTION KUWAIT JOC - OPTION YEAR 2

FFP

Option Year 2 CLIN includes Coefficients for Category 1 and 2, “Normal Work Hours” and “Other than Normal Work Hours” for New Construction and Repair Work; and Category 3, Composite Rate for Non Pre-Priced Items.

The Government reserves the right to exercise options early to gain capacity from the next performance period or to carry capacity forward to subsequent performance periods if not utilized by the expiration of the current performance period. However, the coefficient and composite rates do not increase until the annual period for which they were negotiated has elapsed. If capacity remains available at the expiration of any contract performance period and the Government determines it is necessary to exercise the next contract option period, the unused capacity of the expiring performance period will be rolled forward as additional capacity for use in the subsequent contract performance periods. The annual rates for the then-current contract period will become effective for the augmented capacity of the current performance period. The annual coefficient and composite rates are fixed prices for the annual period for which they are negotiated and shall not be adjusted as a result of the early exercise of contract options or when unused capacity is rolled forward to subsequent option years. Modifications will utilize the coefficients in effect at the time the modification is executed.

3001 1

OPTION KUWAIT JOC - OPTION YEAR 3

FFP

Option Year 3 CLIN includes Coefficients for Category 1 and 2, “Normal Work Hours” and “Other than Normal Work Hours” for New Construction and Repair Work; and Category 3, Composite Rate for Non Pre-Priced Items.

The Government reserves the right to exercise options early to gain capacity from the next performance period or to carry capacity forward to subsequent performance periods if not utilized by the expiration of the current performance period. However, the coefficient and composite rates do not increase until the annual period for which they were negotiated has elapsed. If capacity remains available at the expiration of any contract performance period and the Government determines it is necessary to exercise the next contract option period, the unused capacity of the expiring performance period will be rolled forward as additional capacity for use in the subsequent contract performance periods. The annual rates for the then-current contract period will become effective for the augmented capacity of the current performance period. The annual coefficient and composite rates are fixed prices for the annual period for which they are negotiated and shall not be adjusted as a result of the early exercise of contract options or when unused capacity is rolled forward to subsequent option years. Modifications will utilize the coefficients in effect at the time the modification is executed.

4001 1

OPTION KUWAIT JOC - OPTION YEAR 4

FFP

Option Year 4 CLIN includes Coefficients for Category 1 and 2, “Normal Work Hours” and “Other than Normal Work Hours” for New Construction and Repair Work; and Category 3, Composite Rate for Non Pre-Priced Items.

The Government reserves the right to exercise options early to gain capacity from the next performance period or to carry capacity forward to subsequent performance periods if not utilized by the expiration of the current performance period. However, the coefficient and composite rates do not increase until the annual period for which they were negotiated has elapsed. If capacity remains available at the expiration of any contract performance period and the Government determines it is necessary to exercise the next contract option period, the unused capacity of the expiring performance period will be rolled forward as additional capacity for use in the subsequent contract performance periods. The annual rates for the then-current contract period will become effective for the augmented capacity of the current performance period. The annual coefficient and composite rates are fixed prices for the annual period for which they are negotiated and shall not be adjusted as a result of the early exercise of contract options or when unused capacity is rolled forward to subsequent option years. Modifications will utilize the coefficients in effect at the time the modification is executed.

FOB: Destination

NET AMT

COEFFICIENTS

Below is Attachment A that will be used for pricing schedule for the contract.

ATTACHMENT A: PRICING SCHEDULE

(SECTION 00 11 00 COEFFICIENTS & COMPOSITE RATES)

BASE YEAR

Line Item No. Description

C o ef fi ci en t

W ei g h t F a ct o r

L in e It em

W ei g h t

0001 (3) (4) (5) (6) Category 1: Normal Work Hours 101 New Construction 0.00 0.4 0.00 102 Repair Work 0.00 0.4 0.00 Category 2: Other than Normal Work Hours 103 New Construction 0.00 0.1 0.00 104 Repair Work 0.00 0.1 0.00

Bottom Line Sum 0.00 Category 3: Non-Pre Priced Composite Rate 105 Composite Rate for Non-Pre Priced Items 0.00%

OPTION YEAR 1

Line Item No. Description

C o ef fi ci en t

W ei g h t F a ct o r

L in e g h t

0002 (3) (4) (5) (6) Category 1: Normal Work Hours 201 New Construction 0.00 0.4 0.00 202 Repair Work 0.00 0.4 0.00 Category 2: Other than Normal Work Hours 203 New Construction 0.00 0.1 0.00 204 Repair Work 0.00 0.1 0.00

Bottom Line Sum 0.00 Category 3: Non-Pre Priced Composite Rate 205 Composite Rate for Non-Pre Priced Items 0.00%

OPTION YEAR 2

Line Item No. Description

C o ef fi ci en t

W ei g h t F a ct o r

L in e g h t

0003 (3) (4) (5) (6) Category 1: Normal Work Hours 301 New Construction 0.00 0.4 0.00 302 Repair Work 0.00 0.4 0.00 Category 2: Other than Normal Work Hours 303 New Construction 0.00 0.1 0.00 304 Repair Work 0.00 0.1 0.00

Bottom Line Sum 0.00 Category 3: Non-Pre Priced Composite Rate 205 Composite Rate for Non-Pre Priced Items 0.00%

OPTION YEAR 3

Line Item No. Description

C o ef fi ci en t

W ei g h t F a ct o r

L in e g h t

0004 (3) (4) (5) (6) Category 1: Normal Work Hours 401 New Construction 0.00 0.4 0.00 402 Repair Work 0.00 0.4 0.00 Category 2: Other than Normal Work Hours 403 New Construction 0.00 0.1 0.00 404 Repair Work 0.00 0.1 0.00

Bottom Line Sum 0.00 Category 3: Non-Pre Priced Composite Rate 405 Composite Rate for Non-Pre Priced Items 0.00%

OPTION YEAR 4

Line Item No. Description

C o ef fi ci en t

W ei g h t F a ct o r

L in e g h t

0005 (3) (4) (5) (6)

Category 1: Normal Work Hours 501 New Construction 0.00 0.4 0.00 502 Repair Work 0.00 0.4 0.00 Category 2: Other than Normal Work Hours 503 New Construction 0.00 0.1 0.00 504 Repair Work 0.00 0.1 0.00

Bottom Line Sum 0.00 Category 3: Non-Pre Priced Composite Rate 504 Composite Rate for Non-Pre Priced Items 0.00%

TOTAL BOTTOM LINE SUM 0.00

Section 00 21 00 - Instructions

SECTION 00 21 00

SECTION 00 21 00

NUMBER DESCRIPTION

A PROPOSAL CHECKLIST

B PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENT

C BASIS FOR AWARD

D EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

E MAGNITUDE OF PROJECT

F SUBMITTING QUESTIONS THROUGH BIDDER INQUIRY IN PROJNET

G ADDRESSING PROPOSALS

H OBTAINING A D.U.N.S NUMBER

52.204-6 UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER

52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGMENT

52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT

52.217-5 EVALUATION OF OPTIONS

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST

52.236-27 ALT I SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) – ALTERNATE 1

52.236-28 PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS – CONSTRUCTION

52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

252.204-7007 ALT A ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS – ALTERNATE A

A. PROPOSAL CHECKLIST

The following items are required and shall be submitted with and made a part of each Contractor's proposal.

Extreme care and personal attention should be given to assure that all required items are included in the proposal.

Volume I – Non-Pricing (Technical) Proposal

1. Management Approach (see paragraph D)

2. Experience (see paragraph D)

(a) Offeror’s Experience Reference Sheet (Attachment C)

(b) Offeror’s Experience Form (Attachment D)

___ 3. Past Performance (see paragraph D)

a. Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) (Attachment B)

___ 4. Financial Surety

Volume II – Price Proposal

1. Signed Solicitation, Offer, and Award (SF 1442) with blocks 14-20c completed, including acknowledgment of all amendments.

2. Completed Section 00 11 00 CLIN Schedule

a. Completed Pricing Schedule (Attachment A). Ensure figures and totals match Section 00 11 00.

b. Financial Standing Questionnaire (Attachment E).

3. Completed Representation and Certifications (Section 00 45 00). The offeror shall complete all items contained in the Representation and Certifications.

4. Completed Corporate Certificate/Authority to Bind Partnership (Section 00 45 00)

a. If the offeror is a corporation, completed Corporate Certificate, OR

b. If the offeror is a partnership, completed Authority to Bind Partnership and provide a copy of the Partnership Agreement, OR

c. If the offeror is a joint venture, completed Corporate Certificate for each member of the joint venture and provide a copy of the Joint Venture Agreement.

B. PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENT

a. Proposals must be typed and submitted in English. Proposals submitted in a language other than English are unacceptable. Letters of Intent, licenses, and partnership agreements, if not written in English, must be accompanied by an English translated copy with a signed statement, in English, by an authorized representative who can bind each partner that the English translation is true and correct.

b. An offeror’s proposal must be submitted as two separate files in PDF (or comparable) format: one file which includes the Volume I – Non-Price (Technical) proposal, and the second file which includes the Volume II Price proposal. The proposal must be submitted electronically through the DOD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) site located at https://safe.apps.mil/ (Non-CAC Users) as discussed in Proposal Submission Instructions.

SAFE site supports file sizes up to 2GB. Each volume must include the content and adhere to the format discussed in Section II.B.1, above. All documents must be searchable.

c. Page limits, if stipulated, must be adhered to. The Government will not evaluate any material that exceeds the page limits specified herein. Proposals shall be sized to print on 8 1/2" x 11" paper; I.E. A4. Margins shall be no smaller than a half inch (1/2”), font face should be Arial, and font size shall be no smaller than 12 point font.

Page is defined as a sheet of paper with text on both sides. Pages furnished for organizational purposes only, such as a cover page, tabs or separator pages or a table of contents are not included in the page limitation. Corporate certificates, Partnership agreements, Letters of Intent and Licenses are also not included in page limitations.

d. Offerors shall place the following notification on the bottom of each page of their proposals: “Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104. Do not disclose any source selection information to any unauthorized person.”

e. 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 must contain a table of contents, summary section with a brief abstract of the volume, and the narrative discussion. Proprietary information must be clearly marked.

The proposals due date is: 10:00 AM EST 14 January 2020.

All complete proposals will be evaluated if received in time, as indicated above. The following FAR clause is applicable to this acquisition and may be viewed at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.

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

Summary of Submission Requirements:

Proposals must be submitted electronically to LTC Melody Varner at melody.l.varner@usace.army.mil and Ms.

Maria Martin at maria.l.martin@usace.army.mil through the DOD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) site located at https://safe.apps.mil/ (Non-CAC Users). Proposals are due not later than January 14, 2020 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET). This date shall be considered the proposal due date, after which proposal revisions will not be accepted.

Facsimile Proposals are not permitted. It is an offeror’s responsibility to ensure its proposal is received by the Government system by the date and time of the proposal deadline, e.g., undeliverable messages due to an offeror’s proposal size or IT issues are not the responsibility of the Government.

Each offeror’s proposal must include/address the following:

Cover Letter (see content instructions below) Joint Venture (JV) documentation/agreement (if applicable) Corporate Certificate / Authority to Bind Partnership (if applicable) Factor 1 Experience documentation Factor 2 Management Approach documentation Factor 3 Past Performance documentation Factor 4 Financial Surety documentation Factor 5 Price Proposal

Proposal Format. Responses to the solicitation shall be submitted in the following format:

Volume I- Non-Pricing (Technical) Proposal

Electronic file must be divided by sections, as noted below. Page limits, if stipulated under each evaluation factor, shall be adhered to. The Government will not evaluate any material that exceeds the page limits specified herein.

The proposal should be in the following order with tabs dividing each section: Cover Letter. Include the following information in your cover letter:

Solicitation number Name, address, telephone number, and email address of the offeror, as well as the DUNS number, CAGE

Code, and TIN of the offeror Acknowledgement of any amendments issued (amendment number and date acknowledged by offeror Joint Venture documentation/agreement (if applicable) Letters of Commitment from Subcontractors (LOCs) (if applicable) Factor 1 Experience documents Factor 2 Management Approach documents Factor 3 Past Performance documents

A total of one (1) electronic copy submitted through the Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) site must be received on or before the closing due date and time specified above.

Volume II - Price Proposal

The offeror shall submit a price on all items in the schedule including all option items. Failure to do so will disqualify the proposal unless the Source Selection Authority decides to engage in discussions with the offeror(s).

The unit price for each item shall be shown. A total shall be entered in the amount column of the schedule for each item. The Price Proposal shall be submitted as one (1) electronic copy submitted through the Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) site and must be received on or before the closing due date and time specified above.

The price proposal shall be a separate file from the technical proposal information and should include the following:

1. Cover letter in accordance with FAR 52.215-1(c)(2) Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition (JAN 2017), including DUNS number.

2. SF 1442 Solicitation, Offer and Award Section 00 01 00 Price Schedule.

3. CLINS and Coefficient Table breakdown sheets (included as an attachment)

4. Section 00 45 00 Representations and Certifications

5. Factor 4: Financial Surety – Letter from the offeror’s bonding company or other proof of ability to obtain surety. The letter should verify the offeror has a minimum of $3,000,000.00 bonding capacity.

6. Responsibility Determination – Financial Standing Questionnaire (Attachment E)

C. BASIS FOR AWARD

1. Best Value Tradeoff Acquisition Method

a. To determine the best value Contractor, a source selection process will be used that involves evaluation of Technical and Price proposals. The non-price factors have approximately equal weight in the evaluation process for this acquisition. When combined the non-price factors are significantly more important than cost/price.

b. Award shall be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the Government, with appropriate consideration given to the non-price evaluation factors. Pricing shall be evaluated in accordance with the completeness and reasonableness criteria that are described below. Non-pricing features of each proposal shall be evaluated against the Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements, assessing their strengths and significant strengths, weaknesses and significant weakness as well as associated risks, and deficiencies of each proposal in light of the non-pricing evaluation criteria that are also described below. Non-pricing features of an offeror’s proposal shall be evaluated in such a manner as to assess the value of those features as compared to the proposed prices or costs to the Government. Implicit in this process is the Government’s willingness to accept other than the lowest priced offer, if the added benefits of a higher priced offer outweigh the additional cost or price involved.

c. In evaluating proposals and in making the contract award, the Government is concerned with obtaining the best non-pricing features and at a competitive reasonable price. The Government will not make an award to an offeror whose superior non-pricing features cause the total cost of the project to become unreasonably high. Nor is the Government willing to make an award to an offeror submitting the lowest price if the non-pricing features of its proposal indicate a reasonable likelihood that successful project completion will not occur.

d. All Technical non-pricing evaluation factors shall be evaluated using reasoned judgment that results in the assignment of a combined technical/risk rating as follows: Outstanding with Very Low risk, Good with Low risk, Acceptable with Moderate risk, Marginal with High risk, or Unacceptable indicating a proposal that is unawardable.

e. In the case of the Past Performance evaluation factor, there are two aspects to the evaluation. The first is to evaluate the offeror’s past performance to determine how relevant a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the effort of this acquisition. The evaluation will result in the assignment of a Past Performance Relevancy Rating as follows: Relevant or Not Relevant. The second aspect of the past performance evaluation is to determine how well the offeror performed on the contracts. Past performance information will be evaluated to determine the quality and usefulness as it applies to a performance confidence assessment. The evaluation will result in the assignment of a Performance Confidence Assessment as follows: Substantial Confidence, Satisfactory Confidence, Limited Confidence, No Confidence, and Unknown Confidence (Neutral). In those circumstances where an offeror does not have a relevant record of past performance or for whom past performance information is not available, that offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on its past performance. In situations of this kind, the adjective rating of Unknown Confidence (Neutral) will be assigned to the evaluation factor obtain past performance information an offeror from governmental and non-government sources and databases. For purposes of assessing Past Performance, only projects that are “recent” as defined in the solicitation will be considered.

f. There may be contained within non-pricing evaluation factors certain mandatory or minimum requirements to be met for evaluation. There are also contained within the described factors certain documents for submission. Failure to satisfy any mandatory or minimum requirement may result in a determination that an offer is unacceptable. (A final determination that an offer is unacceptable means that an award to the offeror involved cannot be made.) Use of the words “will,” “shall” or “must” indicates a mandatory requirement for which failure to comply, at the time and date for submission of proposals, may result in the proposal being disqualified from consideration for award, unless the Government elects to initiate discussions with some or all of the offerors in accordance with appropriate provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) thereby providing a means by which appropriate corrections by the offerors involved can be made. Failure to comply with non-pricing or pricing requirements that are annotated with the words such as “should” or “may” might result in a lowering of an offeror’s non-pricing ratings and that offeror not being selected for the contract award.

g. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions but reserves the right to hold discussions if it is determined by the Government to be in its best interests. Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if that is determined by the Source Selection Authority to be necessary or advantageous to the Government. If discussions are held, a competitive range will be established comprised of all of the most highly rated proposals. However, if the Source Selection Authority determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Source Selection Authority may limit the number of proposals to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals. After the Government’s receipt of the participating offerors’ final revised proposals, those proposals still included in the competitive range will be re-evaluated based upon the supplemental information and an award will be made without further discussions.

h. Each proposal should be submitted in a format that is representative of the items to be evaluated in the order in which they are described below.

D. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

In accordance with FAR 15.304, the following five (5) factors will be considered in evaluating proposals:

FACTOR 1 – Experience FACTOR 2 – Management Approach FACTOR 3 – Past Performance FACTOR 4 – Financial Surety FACTOR 5 – Price

FACTOR 1- EXPERIENCE

Submission Requirements: The proposal must contain at least three (3) but no more than seven (7) project experience examples, which represent the offeror’s experience performing work of the types required in this solicitation. Offerors shall submit their selected project experience information by using Attachment C, Experience Overview Sheet and Attachment D, Offeror’s Experience Form.

For the purposes of this solicitation, ‘project’ is defined as a discrete, identifiable scope of work with a measurable performance period and monetary value. There may be several projects within a single contract or task order. An example could be a single contract that includes separate facilities, or buildings, or phased construction. Offerors shall clearly describe each project submitted and how it related to the overall contract in which it was included.

Information for completing Attachment C and Attachment D:

a. Complete an Experience Overview Sheet (Attachment C), with a total listing of at least three (3) but not more than seven (7) projects that best represent the offeror’s experience performing work required in this solicitation. If more than seven (7) projects are submitted, only the first seven (7) projects will be evaluated.

b. Also provide an Offeror’s Experience Form (Attachment D), for each project listed on the Experience Overview Sheet (Attachment C).

Project experience examples listed should collectively demonstrate the extent of the offeror’s experience in the categories of work listed below in the following Geographic area: Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Significantly greater weight will be given to projects demonstrating experience in working with USACE on U.S. bases in Kuwait than to projects performed in other locations.

a. Building renovations that include floors, doors, walls, windows, external facades, repairs to roofs, and repairs to various types of flooring;

b. Repair/replacement of major building systems such as electrical, mechanical, and HVAC;

c. Civil work, that includes repair and/or replacement of concrete and asphalt roads and pavements, fencing, earthwork, and drainage structures;

d. Minor construction requiring cost-effective, creative solutions for which the offeror was responsible;

and

e. Emergency preparation and response work to include preparations made for and clean-up and repair work in the aftermath of floods, earthquakes, severe storms, and other disasters.

Offerors are encouraged to provide additional project descriptive information for the projects listed. Any additional project descriptive information must be attached to the Offeror’s Experience Form (Attachment D).

Offerors who provide work done under ID/IQ contracts, such as a Job Order Contracts (JOCs), Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs), or Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) contract, as experience information, must provide relevant individual projects or orders as their experience examples, rather than ID/IQ contracts themselves.

When submitted Experience examples were performed by joint ventures, the offeror must make clear which aspects of the project were performed by the offeror for this Contract or one or more of the coventurers and/or partnership in the offeror for this Contract. For offerors that are joint ventures and/or partnerships, submitted Experience must include at least one example from each coventurer/partner in the offeror.

Evaluation Criteria: The offeror will be evaluated on the relevancy of its experience as demonstrated in its submitted Experience Overview Sheet, Offeror’s Experience Form, and Narrative. Evaluations will be scored based on Table 1: Combined Technical/Risk and will be assigned an adjectival rating determined by the degree to which the offeror’s submitted experience, assessed as a whole, demonstrates experience performing the important functions required for success on the anticipated JOC projects. Submitted experience will be considered more or less relevant to the requirements of the anticipated JOC projects, and will contribute more or less to an offeror’s Experience rating as follows:

1. Projects procured through similar procedures to those for negotiation or orders in this RFP (i.e., priced based on unit price books and coefficients or a similar system); constructed in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia; substantially completed (80% or more) within the six years immediately preceding the issue date of the RFP; that have a project value between $2,000 and $4,000,000; that required inclusion and integration of multiple trades (electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, etc.); and that demonstrate the offeror’s management of multiple projects simultaneously, as stated in item 2 below, will be considered relevant. Experience that includes more of the elements listed in the preceding sentence will be given greater weight (toward a lower-risk/better rating of Experience) than projects that meet fewer; however, an offeror’s Experience rating will be based upon demonstration of those elements through the totality of its Experience submission. In other words, no single project has to have every element for the offeror’s submitted projects, collectively, to be rated as Good or Outstanding.

2. Relevant projects will be those that have one or more aspects as listed below (in descending order of importance):

i. Projects completed in Kuwait for USACE on U.S. bases.

b. Projects with a price (for the work performed by the offeror) between $2,000 and $2,000,000.

c. Projects that collectively demonstrate experience in all required categories:

i. Building renovations, that includes floors, doors, walls, windows, external facades, repairs to roofs, and repairs to various types of flooring;

ii. Repair/replacement of major building systems including electrical, mechanical, and HVAC;

iii. Civil work, that includes repair and/or replacement of concrete and asphalt roads and other pavements, fencing, earthwork, and drainage structures;

iv. Minor construction requiring cost-effective, creative solutions for which the offeror was responsible; and

v. Emergency preparation and response work to include preparations made for floods, earthquakes, and severe storms, and other disasters.

d. Projects that collectively demonstrate experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.

e. Individual projects that demonstrate experience in multiple categories of work listed in paragraph c above.

f. If the offeror is a joint venture and/or partnership, projects submitted for evaluation purposes that were performed by the same coventurers/partners in a joint venture or other teaming arrangement, together, are considered more relevant than the work of one coventurer/partners alone or with other firms.

3. The adjectival ratings for FACTOR 1: EXPERIENCE are listed and defined below:

Combined Technical/Risk Rating: The combined technical/risk rating includes consideration of risk in conjunction with the strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies in determining technical ratings. Combined technical/risk evaluations shall utilize the combined technical/risk ratings listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Combined Technical/Risk Rating Method

Color Rating

Adjectival

Rating

Description

Blue

Outstanding

Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Purple

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.

Green

Acceptable

Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow

Marginal

Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Red

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.

FACTOR 2 - MANAGEMENT APPROACH

Submission Requirements: The offeror shall submit a management approach for its successful execution of the contract. An offeror’s management approach is limited to thirty pages. Any material in excess of 30 pages will not be evaluated.

An offeror’s management approach submission should include, at a minimum, the following:

An organizational chart (graph) that clearly shows lines of authority for the execution of the contract and clearly shows the reporting chain of the offeror’s Quality Control and Safety Organization, including all entities in a entities in a joint venture and/or partnership and Key Subcontractors (subcontractors expected to have primary responsibility for any one trade necessary for the completion of projects under the resulting Contract and those that are expected to perform 20% or more of the work under the JOC), if any are anticipated. The organizational chart should identify all offices involved in this project from the offeror’s headquarters down to the offeror’s site office(s), and how they are related. Only a single organizational chart, comprehensive for the entire contract, should be submitted. Lines of authority should be clearly shown. All key personnel should be identified on the organizational chart by title, organization, and physical location.

A narrative description of the organization’s structure. Roles, major responsibilities, and authorities of all coventurers/partnerships, important subcontractor positions, and key personnel positions should be described within the narrative. The position titles used in the narrative must match those used in the organizational chart. The proposal should clearly explain the anticipated flow of contract-related communications among the key personnel positions (among each other and with the U.S. Government).

The offeror’s plan for performance of individual task orders. This plan should include start-up/mobilization strategy, staffing of the Contractor’s field office, and approach to resourcing the task order with internal forces and/or subcontractor support, as needed.

The offeror shall address its management approach for the anticipated annual workload of $15,000,000. The plan should address distribution of key personnel for multiple task orders awarded simultaneously at different locations valued between $2,000 and $2,000,000. The plan should anticipate projects of various magnitudes throughout this range.

The offer shall address its management approach for equipment, material resources, and obtaining base access to multiple bases with differing base access requirements among locations. This will include discussions of obtaining and maintaining access to U.S. military and Kuwait Government-controlled installations for personnel, equipment, and materials. The offeror shall acknowledge that acquiring base access for the Contractor is the sole responsibility of the Contractor, and not the responsibility of USACE, or any other U.S. Government agency. The offeror shall demonstrate a track record of securing base access and/or set forth the offeror’s detailed base access management plan. In either case, the Contractor should explain how it will stay abreast of changing installation access requirements at significant installations, including Camp Arifjan, Ali Al Salem Air Base, the Kuwait Navy Base, Al Mubarak Air Base, Camp Buehring, Al Jaber Air Base, and other KMOD installations.

The offeror should provide a current business license demonstrating the offeror is registered to perform the work required under this contract in the State of Kuwait. The offeror will show that it has the necessary construction licenses and documentation to prove that it has worked and can currently work in Kuwait or that it knows how to, and can, obtain the required licenses and other documentation to perform construction in Kuwait. Offerors should explain what licenses and registrations will be necessary to perform the work under this contract in order to show the sufficiency of the licenses and registrations that they have proven they possess or are able to obtain. The offeror shall include, with its narrative, proof of current Kuwait business licensure in the offeror’s name or of the offeror’s ability to obtain a Kuwait business license, as well identification of the offeror’s local sponsor if the offeror requires one in order to perform the requirements of the solicitation. In addition to the documents provided in response to this element, the offeror should provide an explanation as to how its proposed business structure, licenses, registrations, and authorizations, and/or its ability to obtain licenses, registrations, and authorizations, render it duly licensed and authorized to conduct all activities required by this solicitation in conformance with the terms of the solicitation with respect to the laws and regulations of the State of Kuwait, or will render it so in time for it to meet all requirements of the solicitation without delay.

Evaluation Criteria

1. An offeror's management approach will be evaluated in its entirety to determine the offeror's understanding of the requirements and its capability to execute the requirements of the solicitation. The Government will also evaluate the extent of the offeror's consideration of the inherent challenges that are specific to issuances of task orders for performance at various locations. The Government will evaluate an offeror’s organizational chart and narrative to determine the effectiveness of the relationships and work flow of the offeror’s field office, major subcontractors, etc. The Government will evaluate the extent of an offeror’s understanding of the security requirements at different military locations. The Government will evaluate each offeror's understanding of current base access/pass procedures, requirements, and potential constraints. Greater weight considerations:

a. More weight will be given to an offeror that is currently licensed and authorized to perform work of the kinds required by this RFP in Kuwait than to an offeror that merely shows it can meet that requirement in time to perform. The narrative and documentation provided in response to this element will be evaluated for thoroughness, apparent accuracy, and other indications that the offeror will be effective at obtaining and maintaining all necessary licensure and registration for this project. The greatest credit will be given to offerors that are able to prove to the satisfaction of the Government the sufficiency of their current, valid licenses and registrations to allow them to perform the work under this solicitation.

b. More weight will be given for an organizational chart that makes logical relationships and lines of communication among Contractor personnel, between Contractor personnel and subcontractors and suppliers, and between Contractor personnel and Government personnel clear.

c. With regard to the Contractor’s plan for completing task orders, more weight will be given for plans that demonstrate the Contractor’s ability and intent to maintain adequate staffing to perform multiple task orders simultaneously and to staff emergency task orders on very short notice.

d. Significantly greater weight will be given for demonstrated, detailed, generally accurate understanding of requirements for obtaining and maintaining access to U.S. military and Kuwait Government-controlled installations, including realistic provisions for adapting to changing installation access requirements.

2. The adjectival ratings for FACTOR 2: MANAGEMENT APPROACH are listed and defined below:

Combined Technical/Risk Rating: The combined technical/risk rating includes consideration of risk in conjunction with the strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies in determining technical ratings. Combined technical/risk evaluations shall utilize the combined technical/risk ratings listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Combined Technical/Risk Rating Method

Color Rating

Adjectival Rating

Description

Blue

Outstanding

Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Purple

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.

Green

Acceptable

Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow

Marginal

Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Red

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.

FACTOR 3 - PAST PERFORMANCE

Submission Requirements: Past performance pertains to how well an offeror has performed past work that 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 performed project work. Past performance means an offeror’s reputation for satisfying its customers by delivering (i) quality work (ii) in a timely manner (iii) at a reasonable cost (iv) in a safe working environment, as well as its reputation for (v) reasonable and cooperative conduct.

An offeror’s past performance will be evaluated based on its performance on project(s) submitted under Factor 1, Experience, including the past performance of any of the coventurers and/or partnerships whose projects the offeror may have submitted if the offeror is a joint venture. In addition, the Government may review other sources of information for evaluating an offeror’s past performance, including on projects not submitted under Factor 1, Experience.

Sources of past performance information for purposes of this evaluation are as follows:

1. Provide the NAVFAC/USACE PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (Form PPQ-0), Attachment B.

The Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment B) included in the solicitation is provided for the offeror or its team members, as appropriate for the specific project example, 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 points of contact. Completed Past Performance Questionnaires 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, 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, LTC Melody Varner via email at melody.l.varner@usace.army.mil prior to the proposal closing date. Offerors shall not incorporate by reference into their proposals PPQs previously submitted for other RFPs.