Attachment_G_Amendment_01_for_W912ER19R0029.pdf

W912ER19R0029

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT

P.O. BOX 2250

WINCHESTER, VA 22604-1450

Directorate of Contracting 7 Octobe 2019r

Contractor POC Name and Job Title Address

a) Complete and return:

1) Attachment A (Financial Standing Questionnaire) and

2) Attachment B (Calculation of Self-Performed Work).

Your firm’s “Calculation of Self-Performed Work” worksheet may be shared by the Contracting Officer with the price and non-pricing evaluation teams.

b) Provide a narrative (which does not exceed two pages) that states:

1) the offeror’s current credit rating;

2) evidence of your firm’s financial resources (or to obtain such resources) to successfully

3) perform the contract, considering all other outstanding obligations of the offeror; and

4) whether the offeror has ever petitioned a government body to have its debts restructured, forgiven, liquidated, or otherwise dispatched in an insolvency proceeding (e.g. filed for bankruptcy, or non-U.S.

equivalent, including “liquidation” or “administration”), in any jurisdiction, at any time in the past 5 years, regardless of the ultimate resolution.

City, Country

SUBJECT: Request For Information For Purposes Of Conducting A Responsibility Determination In Accordance With FAR Part 9 And DFARS Part 209 W912ER19R0029 Sewage Treatment Plant Expansion at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait

Dear Offeror, Prior to award, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 9 Contractor Qualifications, and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) 209, the Contracting Officer must make the determination that your firm is a responsible contractor and is eligible for an award.

As applicable, for any offeror response to any request in this document: See FAR 19.001 and 19.101 for definitions regarding affiliated concerns; See FAR 52.209-5 -- Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters for definitions regarding offeror principals;

If the offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), your answer must be responsive on behalf of all entities which comprise the JV, including all JV entities’ predecessor, subsidiary, affiliated concerns, key personnel, and principals;

Requests for Reponses which have a time period (e.g. “in the past five years”) calculate the duration from the date of submission of this response;

To facilitate the Contracting Officer’s responsibility determination, please:

If the answer is in the affirmative relative to the filing of an insolvency proceeding, identify:

1) the country where the matter was filed;

2) the court in which it was filed;

3) the assigned case number;

4) the date of filing;

5) when matter was resolved; and

6) how it was resolved.

c) Provide a narrative (which does not exceed five pages) based on your understanding of the specifications at 01 15 00.12 10, of those actions your firm will take in the first 30 days after issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP), assuming award and NTP will occur on XXXXXXXXXXX. This is not a request for a fragnet schedule, but a request for a narrative. If an activity fulfills a specification requirement, please cite that requirement, where appropriate. At a minimum, your firm’s response must include:

1) Kickoff;

2) obtaining financial security (BLG/ILC, etc.);

3) Defense Base Act Insurance;

4) SPOT;

5) Submittals; and

6) Schedule.

d) Provide a list of all projects presently being administered by your firm in Kuwait. For each identified project, provide

1) the first and last name of a customer/client point of contact; and

2) valid email and telephone number for the individual identified.

This response does not negate the need to provide past performance and/or experience information in response to the solicitation’s non-pricing factors. In addition to the above, the Contracting Officer will use the Past Performance information submitted in response to the pertinent non-pricing factor and will review the System for Award Management (SAM), the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), and any other permissible source for past performance information.

e) Provide a narrative (which does not exceed five pages) regarding your firm’s record of integrity and business ethics. At a minimum, your narrative must address:

1) whether your firm currently, or previously on any of your currently administered contracts identified above, has any subcontractors or suppliers that have been unpaid for more than 60 days (or the time required by the subcontract for payment). If the answer is in the affirmative, explain why payments to subcontractors exceed the contractually allowed for payment timeline;

2) whether your firm has ever been contacted by a Contracting Officer, Administrative Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer’s Representative, or any other U.S. Government employee, regarding any Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) concern. In your response, identify the issue, the resolution, and the contract number;

3) whether there have been any criminal convictions, in the last five years, of any of the offeror’s owners, officers, and any individuals identified as a Key Personnel in response to a non-pricing factor; and

4) any findings or citations by a judicial body or regulatory entity that your firm has committed a violation of law or regulation, in any jurisdiction, regardless of resolution, in the last 5 years.

f) Provide evidence consisting of a commitment or explicit arrangements, that will be in existence at the time of contract award, to rent, purchase, or otherwise acquire the needed facilities, equipment, other resources, or personnel. To the extent that such a response includes a narrative, the narrative must not exceed five pages. In lieu of a narrative, offerors may provide signed written commitments from its key personnel, suppliers, and subcontractors, or a combination of the two.

g) Provide the names and DUNS numbers (if any) of any of the offeror’s immediate owners, predecessors, subsidiaries, and affiliated concerns that will be used in the performance of the resultant contract, if awarded.

h) Provide the first and last name (and middle initial, if applicable) and job title of:

1) all of the offeror’s principals;

2) any person identified as a Key Personnel in response to an non-pricing evaluation criteria, if such is required; and

3) any person with any contractual authority on the resultant contract, if awarded.

i) Provide the names, addresses, and DUNS numbers (if applicable) of each subcontractor presently intended for use in the performance of the contract. For each subcontractor, include the first and last name (and middle initial, if applicable) of each of the subcontractor principals, as defined in FAR 52.209-5 -- Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters, and any person with any contractual authority on the subcontract.

j) A copy of the offeror’s current business license or other documentation which allows it to operate and perform the terms of this contract in Kuwait (as required by DFARS 252.225-7042 Authorization to Perform).

k) A copy of the offeror’s CTIP compliance plan, in accordance with the requirements at 52.222-50 --

Combating Trafficking in Persons. In addition to the requirements at 52.222-50, the offeror’s compliance plan must:

1) identify the steps it will take to ensure that the CTIP provisions of the contract flow down to all resultant subcontracts; and

2) include a mitigation plan for the steps it will take when a CTIP violation allegation is made against it or any of its subcontractors, at any level.

Be advised the Contracting Officer is not limited to your firm’s responses in making a responsibility determination.

Be advised further that a contracting officer must determine a prospective contractor nonresponsible in the absence of adequate and timely information clearly indicating the contractor is responsible. Your firm’s inability or unwillingness to provide this information will be considered in making this responsibility determination. Please complete the above requested information and submit with your proposal submission.

Be advised that the Contracting Officer may require that some or all of these responses be updated in advance of award, should your firm be chosen for award. All documents submitted in response to this request should be submitted together, and should be kept separate from your price and non-price proposals. In your response, please identify which documents are responsive to which subpart; however the Contracting Officer is not limited to your identification and may use any submitted document in response to any subpart as (s)he deems appropriate.

The documentation requirements in the solicitation regarding page size, etc. apply to your response to this request, unless otherwise noted. Please be advised that all, or portions of your response, to this request for information may be incorporated into the awarded contract, should award be made to your firm.

Should you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Tedrow at Elizabeth.C.Tedrow@usace.army.mil

Kenneth G. Baker Contracting Officer

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