W912GB18R0030-0002.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Please see the continuation page.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 29-Jun-2018

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street , County, State and Zip Code) X W912GB18R0030

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

12-Jun-2018

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer is extended, X is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

29-Jun-2018

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US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

KONRAD ADENAUER RING 39

D-65187 WIESBADEN GERMANY

WIESBADEN 65187

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT 0002

The purpose of this amendment is to make the following revisions:

1. Removal of language specifying submission of hard copies of proposals.

2. Revised Appendix C to reflect all pricing in Euros.

3. Revised wording from Team Leader to Site Superintendent in Appendix A

4. Addition of requirement to provide information regarding Representations and Certifications as part of

Volume II in Section L Instructions to Offerors.

5. DFARS Clause 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications has been added to the solicitation.

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

The following have been added by full text:

252.204-7007 ALTERNATE A, ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (JAN 2015)

Substitute the following paragraphs (d) and (e) for paragraph (d) of the provision at FAR 52.204-8:

(d)(1) The following representations or certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM) database are applicable to this solicitation as indicated:

(i) 252.209-7003, Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus--Representation. Applies to all solicitations with institutions of higher education.

(ii) 252.216-7008, Economic Price Adjustment--Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government. Applies to solicitations for fixed-price supply and service contracts when the contract is to be performed wholly or in part in a foreign country, and a foreign government controls wage rates or material prices and may during contract performance impose a mandatory change in wages or prices of materials.

(iii) 252.222-7007, Representation Regarding Combating Trafficking in Persons, as prescribed in 222.1771. Applies to solicitations with a value expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(iv) 252.225-7042, Authorization to Perform. Applies to all solicitations when performance will be wholly or in part in a foreign country.

(v) 252.225-7049, Prohibition on Acquisition of Commercial Satellite Services from Certain Foreign Entities-- Representations. Applies to solicitations for the acquisition of commercial satellite services.

(vi) 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Applies to all solicitations expected to result in contracts of $150,000 or more.

(vii) 252.229-7012, Tax Exemptions (Italy)--Representation. Applies to solicitations when contract performance will be in Italy.

(viii) 252.229-7013, Tax Exemptions (Spain)--Representation. Applies to solicitations when contract performance will be in Spain.

(ix) 252.247-7022, Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea. Applies to all solicitations except those for direct purchase of ocean transportation services or those with an anticipated value at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.

(2) The following representations or certifications in SAM are applicable to this solicitation as indicated by the Contracting Officer: [Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

____ (i) 252.209-7002, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government.

____ (ii) 252.225-7000, Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate.

____ (iii) 252.225-7020, Trade Agreements Certificate.

____ Use with Alternate I.

____ (iv) 252.225-7031, Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel.

____ (v) 252.225-7035, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program Certificate.

____ Use with Alternate I.

____ Use with Alternate II.

____ Use with Alternate III.

____ Use with Alternate IV.

____ Use with Alternate V.

(e) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM Web site at https://www.acquisition.gov/. After reviewing the SAM database information, the offeror verifies by submission of the offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically that apply to this solicitation as indicated in FAR 52.204-8(c) and paragraph (d) of this provision have been entered or updated within the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer, and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201); except for the changes identified below ____ [offeror to insert changes, identifying change by provision number, title, date]. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer.

FAR/DFARS Clause # Title Date Change

Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications located in the SAM database.

(End of provision)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

The offeror’s proposal shall be submitted digitally in ENGLISH. The RFP shall provide the Government address and receipt date for proposal submittal.

The offeror’s proposal shall consist of two (2) volumes. The Volumes are:

Volume I TECHNICAL FACTORS – Technical Approach, Experience, Management

Approach, and Past Performance Volume II PRICE FACTOR – Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents and

Certifications/Representations, JV Agreements, Letters of Commitment and Price

(SECTION B).

Files shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in proposals is prohibited. Offerors are cautioned that “parroting” of the Technical requirements or the PWS with a statement of intent to perform does not reflect an understanding of the requirement or capability to perform.

Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked.

1. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The Government will not make assumptions concerning intent, capabilities, or experience. Clear identification of proposal details shall be the sole responsibility of the Offeror. The proposal shall meet the following basic requirements:

a. The Proposal shall be typed and submitted in English. The proposal shall be easy to read.

b. The Proposal shall be organized, clear, and concise.

c. Offerors shall verify the information for all forms submitted is current, correct and complete including names of the points-of-contact, email address(es), and telephone number(s).

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

e. Contractors are cautioned against submitting conditional proposals.

f. Proposal Expenses and Pre-contract Costs: The Government will not compensate Offerors for proposal expenses or any other pre-contract costs.

g. Printing should be single spaced. Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. Arial or Times New Roman fonts are required, 12-point minimum font size applies. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size no less than 10-point and may be landscape.

h. The following volumes of material shall be submitted:

VOLUME TITLE DIGITAL COPIES MAXIMUM PAGES

I – Technical 1 See Below

II – Price 1 See Below

2. SENDING IN THE PROPOSAL

Digital copies of the proposals shall be submitted utilizing the AMRDEC SAFE Application, https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe

The AMRDEC SAFE Application is used to send large files to individuals that would normally be too large to send via email. There are no user accounts for SAFE-authentication is handled via email. Everyone has access to SAFE, and the application is available for use by anyone.

The AMRDEC SAFE application can be accessed via https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe.

There are two options to proceed from the SAFE homepage:

Proceed as CAC User - Select this option if you have a valid US DoD-issued Common Access Card (CAC).

OR

Proceed as Guest - Select this option if you do not have a CAC.

After selecting one of the options above, the page will be redirected to the package upload form. Fill in all the required input fields:

Your Name: Your name;

Your Email address: Your email address;

Confirm Your Email Address: Re-enter your email address;

Description of File(s): Enter W912GB18R0030-COMPANY NAME:

File(s): Click the "Browse" button to select your file(s). You may add up to 25 files per package, so long as the total file size does not exceed 2GB;

File names shall be titled:

1. Volume I: W912GB18R0030-CompanyName-VolumeI

2. Volume II: W912GB18R0030-CompanyName-VolumeII

Deletion Date:

Select the Maximum date for the package to be deleted from SAFE. The maximum (which is also the default) is two weeks (14 calendar days) from date of upload;

Provide an email address to give access to:

Ryan.K.Gregory@usace.army.mil & Robin.G.Prince@usace.army.mil

Grant access to these people:

This is the list of people you have granted access to the package. To remove a recipient, highlight their name and click the "Remove" button;

Caveats:

Default is "None";

Encrypt email message when possible:

Attempt to encrypt the package's notification email to each recipient;

Notify me when files are downloaded:

You (the sender) will receive a notification via email when a recipient downloads the package;

Require CAC for pickup:

Require the recipient to be logged in with a valid US DoD-issued CAC to download the file(s). Recipients without a CAC will not be able to download the package.

Clicking the "Submit" button will upload the files and submit the package. Guest users will need to check their email to verify their email address before the recipients will be notified. No additional action is required by CAC users.

After the package has been uploaded (and verified, if proceeding as a guest), each recipient will receive a link to the package download page as well as a password. These passwords are unique for each recipient (not the package), and will be disabled once SAFE detects that the user successfully downloaded each file within the package.

Forwarding recipient and sender notification emails to anyone except the AMRDEC WEB Team is strictly forbidden.

3. PROPOSAL FILES

Format: The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Each volume shall be clearly identified and shall begin at the top of a page. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and solicitation number in the footer.

a. Volume I TECHNICAL shall contain a Table of Contents and include at the bottom left side of each page: the volume and page number. A3 or 11x17 size paper shall be considered 2 pages. Each side of paper is considered one page. Table of contents do not count against the total page count.

b. Volume I TECHNICAL shall contain a cover letter in accordance with and FAR 52.215-1 (c) (2) including Solicitation Number; name, address, telephone and email address of the Offeror; in case the Offeror is a JOINT VENTURE (JV), the name of the JV MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED; Name, title, and signature of the person authorized to sign the proposal; DUNS Number and CAGE or NCAGE Code of the Offeror, in case the Offeror is a JOINT VENTURE (JV), provide a DUNS Number for each member of the JV.

File Packaging: Files shall be in read-only word searchable format, using PDF files. All price breakdown information to aide in the price evaluation shall be submitted in Microsoft Office Excel Read/Write format and viewable in Microsoft Excel.

Submission Requirements by Factor: All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Each file of the proposal shall consist of a Table of Contents and the narrative discussion.

4. VOLUME I

The volume shall be organized into the following sections:

a. FACTOR 1: Technical Approach Offerors shall refer to Appendix A “Oil Water Separator Replacement and Pollutant Drainage System Repairs” PWS, and generate a technical solution in accordance with this Performance Work Statement (PWS). Offeror’s shall discuss their proposed system solution to demonstrate compliance with the PWS, stated specifications, and Host Nation regulations.

Specifically, the Government requires that the Offeror provide the following for Factor 1, Technical Approach:

1. A technical description of the equipment, materials, and labor categories/ specialties proposed to execute the requirements of the PWS. Narrative shall include a brief rationale behind the choices made and how they will provide an efficient and cost effective solution for the Government.

2. Provide a narrative demonstrating Offeror’s knowledge of applicable specifications and regulatory requirements with the Offeror’s approach to compliance supporting execution of PWS requirements (UFCs, Host Nation regulations, etc.)

3. How the Offeror will use proposed personnel and sub-contractor resources to assure the delivery of quality projects in accordance with base contract provisions and the PWS.

4. Detailed description of testing, training, and technical data to be provided.

5. Proposed schedule for successful completion of the PWS with recommended period of performance.

6. Provide a narrative to describe Offeror’s ongoing and successful execution of their Accident Prevention/Safety and Health Program, addressing items such as training and the number of current safety and health professionals.

b. FACTOR 2: Experience

The Government requires that the Offeror submit five (5) relevant project for Factor 2.

The projects submitted shall demonstrate their experience completing contracts of a similar size, scope, and complexity (valued between €50,000 and €2,500,000) and shall be directly relevant to the work requirements detailed in the base contract PWS in this solicitation package. Additional details on the submittal requires for Factor 2 and the evaluation criteria on who the Contractor will be evaluated is included in Section M of this solicitation.

A project is defined as a work performed pursuant to one specific contract at one facility or multiple facilities at a single installation, or work performed at one facility or multiple facilities at multiple installations.

If no previous work experience with the US Government can be shown, this alone will not disqualify a contractor from consideration.

Projects submitted must have been executed by the offeror and its team members as either prime Contractor or subcontractor. If a Key subcontractor or Joint Venture is submitted for evaluation purposes, project examples that demonstrate experience working with those Key Subcontractors and/or Joint Venture Partners are considered more relevant. Project examples that do not demonstrate experience working with those Key Subcontractors and/or Joint Venture Partners are considered less relevant.

There is a limit of ten (10) single spaced typed pages (A4 or letter size), using a minimum 12 pitch font, front and back equals two pages. If more than ten (10) pages are submitted, only the first 10 pages will be reviewed and evaluated.

At a minimum, all five (5) projects shall include:

1. The project name and location. Include the City, Country, State, or military installation name as appropriate.

2. The name of the contractor that performed and the role in this proposal (prime offeror, JV partner or team subcontractor).

3. Client organization name and address of where the work was performed. Include name and telephone number of the Client’s point of contact.

4. Contract number under which the company performed the work. Include the task order number for work done under an indefinite delivery type contract.

5. The type of contract under which the work was performed (firm fixed price, cost reimbursable, time and materials, etc.).

6. The total contract obligation amount including all modifications, award date of original contract, and contract period of performance.

7. The percentage of the contract amount performed by the prime offeror, JV partner, or team subcontractors.

8. A brief site description and an overview of the Contractor’s work performed on the project as it relates to the work described in Section C. Dates should be indicted for when the work was performed for the work that is being described.

9. Describe the experience on this project that demonstrates the criteria in Section M that the Government has identified for additional consideration. See Section M for evaluation criteria.

10. Identify project challenges and risks, describe how your company approached and addressed these challenges and risks. Include important project characteristics such as site restrictions, cost and schedule constraints, customer and stakeholder constraints, health and safety, any other unique considerations and performance challenges associated with the project.

A sample Experience Information Sheet will be attached for reference. . The format of the Experience Information Sheet is only a guide and may be adjusted to fit the Offeror’s proposal format. The details of the information are required, not the format.

c. FACTOR 3: Management Approach The Government requires that the Offeror provide a narrative and supporting documentation as specified in Section M, Factor 3: Management Approach. Key elements of the proposal should include:

1. A brief narrative (conceptual work plan) that clearly demonstrates an understanding of requirements of the solicitation.

2. Lines of authority, responsibility, and communication between corporate staff, key on-site staff, subcontractors, and the Government. This information should be depicted on an organizational chart organized in a precise and logical manner, including all offices and key personnel involved with the management and execution of the contract. The chart should also indicate the Program Manager, Corporate Quality Control Manager, and Corporate Safety Officer with lines of authority. Offerors shall additionally detail which personnel are authorized to communicate directly with the U.S. Government.

3. Project Life Cycle Management: The Contractor’s project life cycle management approach from project award through closeout. Specifically Address:

a. Involvement of key personnel and roles per major phase of the project (i.e.

project initiation, development of technical packages, installation/construction activities, Government acceptance, and closeout).

b. Hiring personnel: How/when new employees will be hired to augment personnel already employed for new requirements.

c. Compliance with security requirements.

d. Approach to ensuring conformance with host nation and other requirements specified in the PWS.

e. Validating work conformance to PWS requirements.

f. Warranty management

g. Corporate involvement and oversight

4. Difficulties, uncertainties and risks associated with the work and how the Offeror will minimize these risks.

5. The Offeror’s plan for management and start-up of five (5) concurrent task orders in the coverage area for SRM projects in the range of €50,000 to €2,500,000, to include mobilization to the site; how to staff multiple field offices with key personnel currently employed by the prime, and/or JV, key subcontractor, and letters of commitments from additional personnel required to meet the minimum requirements of the contract; and in general, work that will be done by the prime and that to be accomplished by subcontractors.

d. FACTOR 4: Past Performance The Government requires that the Offeror provide the following for Factor 4, Past Performance:

1. Offerors shall provide projects completed within the last five (5) years or current projects at least 85 percent (85%) complete. Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs) or Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) evaluations shall be provided for each project submitted under Factor One (1), Experience. Offerors may also include performance recognition documents received within the last six (6) years, such as awards, award fee determinations, customer letters of commendation, and any other forms of performance recognition.

2. For each project submitted in Factor 2 Experience, use one (1) of the following formats to demonstrate past performance:

a. Offerors may submit finalized CPARS evaluations. If an official CPARS evaluation exists in the Government database, the Government will not consider any PPQ submitted for a project

OR

b. If no CPARS evaluation exists, the Offeror may submit a PPQ. PPQs --

Attachment 2, NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire, in Section J of the solicitation--- is provided for the offeror or its team members to submit to the client. Ensure correct phone numbers and email addresses are provided for the client point of contact. Completed PPQs 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, Mr. Ryan Gregory, via e-mail at Ryan.K.Gregory@usace.army.mil, 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.

c. 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) 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.

3. 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.

5. VOLUME II

This volume shall consist of all information, required to support proposed prices.

Certified cost and pricing data are not currently required; however, the Government reserves the right to request such data prior to award.

A copy of the Offeror’s completed clause FAR 52.204-8 and 252.204-7007 Alt A from shall be provided as part of this volume. Offeror’s shall also include a copy of the Offeror’s current “Entity Registration” in the System for Award Management (SAM) as recorded at www.sam.gov, showing the following sections: “core data, “assertions”, and “POCs”. Offeror’s shall also include a copy of the Offeror’s current “FAR & DFARS Report” that demonstrates all their completed representations and certifications as recorded at www.sam.gov.from Section K.

a. FACTOR 5: Price This volume shall consist of all information, required to support proposed prices.

Certified cost and pricing data are not currently required; however, the Government reserves the right to request such data.

1. In order to maintain a minimum level of commonality between proposals, each offeror is required to complete (in entirety) the Pricing Schedule spreadsheet provided as Appendix B: Base Contract Price Schedule, located in Section J. The Pricing Schedule shall be provided for the base effort and each option year.

2. Furthermore, each offeror shall additionally submit pricing Appendix C (Task Order Pricing Template) based on the Appendix A PWS (Oil Water Separator Replacement and Pollutant Draining System Repairs).

3. For Appendix C pricing, proposed prices shall be broken out for each task into the following categories (See Appendix C, Worksheet B for detailed pricing calculations):

a. Burdened Hourly Labor Rates (see template for labor category)

b. Man-Hours

c. Material, Supplies & Equipment (MSE)

d. Handling Charge/G&A Applied to MSE

e. Subcontractor costs

f. Handling Charge/G&A Applied to Subcontractor Costs

g. Profit

h. Travel

i. Handling Charge/G&A Applied to Travel

j. Grand Total per task

4. For Proposal preparation purposes, the expected or approximate date for initiation of contract performance is SEPTEMBER 2018.

5. Offer/Price. The offeror must submit the following:

a. Offer Form. Standard Form 33, Solicitation, Offer, and Award, with Blocks 12 through 18 completed.

b. Schedule of Items and Prices. Solicitation Section B, Supplies or Services and Prices, with your prices (in Euros) inserted into the appropriate spaces.

The quantities stated in Section B are estimated quantities and are for evaluation of offers only. The Government reserves the right to exceed the quantities or award less quantities than those stated in any one line item, provided that the total dollar amount does not exceed the maximum contract amount of $36,800,000.

6. Completing Section B – Price Schedule: Offerors shall submit a completed Base Contract Pricing Template as part of the Price Proposal Package.

The rates on the Base Contract Pricing Template (Worksheet A of Appendix B) shall include labor base rates for prime contractor labor categories identified in Column A. Unburdened labor rates shall be provided in Column B, and burdened rates without profit shall be provided in Column D. All rates in Appendix B, Worksheet B, shall be broken out as well.

The Task Order Price Proposal (Worksheet A of Appendix C) shall be completed to meet the requirements identified in the Appendix A PWS (Oil Water Separator Replacement and Pollutant Drainage System Repairs).

Burdened labor rates without profit shall be listed in Column B. All rates on Worksheet C shall be calculated as instructed on Worksheet B. Contractors shall populate the proposed percentages for Handling Charge/G&A applied to Material Supplies & Equipment, Subcontractor Costs, and Travel in the corresponding fields in Appendix C. The task order profit percentage applied shall be listed in the corresponding field in Appendix C. Worksheet A of Appendix C shall summarize the detailed costs identified in Worksheet C.

6. DEFINITION OF JOINT VENTURES

An Offeror that is part of a Joint Venture must submit a legally binding joint venture agreement. The Government will not evaluate the capability of any Offerors that are not included in the Joint Venture agreement. Joint Ventures must include a copy of the legal joint venture agreement signed by an authorized officer from each of the firms comprising the Joint Venture with the chief executive of each entity identified and must be translated into English, if the original agreement is in a language other than English.

If submitting a proposal as a Joint Venture, the experience, past performance, technical approach and management approach of each of the Joint Venture Partners can be submitted for the Joint Venture Entity. The experience for each Joint Venture Partner will be considered the experience of the Joint Venture entity. Joint ventures shall submit with Volume I the following additional documentation regarding their business entities:

a. A copy of their Joint Venture agreement in English.

b. A detailed statement outlining the following in terms of percentages, where appropriate.

1. The relationship of the joint venture parties in terms of business ownership, capital contribution, and profit distribution or loss sharing.

2. The management approach of the joint venture in terms of who will conduct, direct, supervise and control the project and have custody and control of the assets of the joint venture and perform the duties necessary to complete the work.

3. The structure of the joint venture and decision-ranking responsibilities of the joint venture parties in terms of who will control the manner and method of performance of the work.

4. The bonding responsibilities of the joint venture parties.

5. Identification of the key personnel having authority to legally bind the joint venture to subcontracts and state who will provide or contract for the labor and materials for the joint venture.

6. Identification of party maintaining the joint venture bank accounts for the payment of all expenses and the deposits of all receipts, keep the books and records, and pay applicable taxes for the joint venture.

7. Identification of party furnishing the facilities, such as office supplies and telephone service.

8. Identification of party having overall control of the joint venture.

Other sections of the proposal shall identify, where appropriate, whether key personnel are employees of the individual joint venture parties and identify the party, or hired as employees of the joint venture.

If one of the joint venture parties possesses relevant experience and/or past performance, the experience and/or past performance of that firm will be considered as the experience and/or past performance of the joint venture.

A complete and legally binding document with all the information required under this section titled “Joint Ventures” shall be included.

All members of the Joint Venture shall sign the SF 33. Make sure to include as part of Volume II PRICE.

-- KEY SUBCONTRACTORS: If an Offeror wishes to be credited with the experience of a key subcontractor or supplier (i.e., a firm that is not the prime contractor part of the Joint Venture) a letter of commitment signed by the Key Subcontractor and the prime contractor shall be submitted with Volume II. The commitment letter shall be submitted even if the firm is in some way related to a Joint Venture Partner (for example, the Key Subcontractor is subsidiary of a Joint Venture Partner, or a subsidiary of a firm to which the Joint Venture partner is also a subsidiary). If a letter of commitment is not submitted, the experience will not be considered. Make sure to include as part of Volume II.

7. NOTICE

An offer may be rejected if an offeror objects to any of the terms of this RFP, including any part of the specifications. The Government plans to award a contract without discussions, so an offeror may not have an opportunity to withdraw any objections that the offeror has made, or provide any of the items of information described above, after the date and time that offers must be delivered to the Government. Therefore, the Government urges the offeror to speak to the Government POC before objecting to any of the terms of this RFP, and to submit all of the items of information described above.

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