B.02 - Solicatation AMD 0002 - W912HN25B5002.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 Summary of Changes below .

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

1 9

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 06-Nov-2024

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 W912HN25B5002

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10-Oct-2024

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 X is extended, 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 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

06-Nov-2024

CODE

USACE - SAVANNAH DISTRICT

100 W. OGLETHORPE AVE

SAVANNAH GA 31401

W912HN 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

W912HN25B5002

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SECTION 00 00 00 - PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION 00 10 00 - SOLICITATION, CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER (CLIN) SCHEDULE

The required response date/time has changed from 12-Nov-2024 01:00 PM to 07-Jan-2024 01:00 PM.

The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT 0002

1. CONTRACT CHANGES: The purpose of this amendment is to extend the proposals due date from 12 November 2024 to 7 January 2025. The following has also been updated:

• Technical Matters.

a. Submit technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation via bidder Inquiry in Projnet at (https://www.projnet.org) no later than 14 days after the site visit or Pre- Bid Conference.

To

a. Submit technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation via bidder Inquiry in Projnet at (https://www.projnet.org) no later than 10 calendar days before the bid due date. No site visit will be scheduled for this project.

• FAR Clause 52.236-27 – Site Visit (Construction) has been deleted.

2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGES: There are no technical changes with this amendment.

3. CONTRACT DRAWINGS: There are no contract drawing changes with this amendment.

NOTE: All amendments issued under this solicitation should be signed, and the signed copy turned in along with your bid.

https://www.projnet.org/ https://www.projnet.org/

SECTION 00 21 13 - INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

1. Pre-Award Information:

This Acquisition is Unrestricted. This is a Single Firm Fixed Price Contract for Brunswick Harbor Entrance Channel Maintenance Dredging Contract in Brunswick, Ga.

2. Submission of Bids:

a. Electronic Submission if Bids as per the instructions provided below in #3.

b. Contract shall be awarded to the responsive and responsible, lowest prospective contractor. Before award, to be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must furnish the following information with submitted bid:

• Standard Form 1442 completed and signed by an authorized person.

• Unit and Total Pricing for all items in the bid schedule.

• Bid Bond Guarantee per FAR 52.228-1.

c. Failure to provide a bid bond guarantee per FAR 52.228-1 could render your bid nonresponsive. An electronic copy of the bid guarantee must be submitted with the electronic bid submission.

d. In accordance with the Department of Defense Class Deviation 2020-O0016, an electronic copy of the Bid Bonds must be provided with your proposal. It is not necessary to mail in hardcopies of the bonds.

In addition to submitting your Bid Bonds electronically with your bid, you may email the electronic copy of the bids bonds to the Contract Specialist at rohan.a.bryan@usace.army.mil, and the contracting officer at glenda.a.canty@usace.army.mil.

e. Contractors are responsible for providing a timely and proper submission of Bid Bonds prior to the IFB due date and time. Please label the bid bonds to indicate the following:

Invitation for Bid No: W912HN25B5002 Due Date of Proposal: 7 January 2025 Time by which Proposals are due: 1:00 p.m. (EST) Title of Project: Brunswick Harbor Entrance Channel Maintenance Dredging Project

f. Any applicable Teaming Agreement. Offerors submitting as joint venture must provide the legal agreement forming the Joint Venture.

g. Current Financial Statement (e.g. the last three years financial statements, Annual Reports, UEI and Bradstreet ratings and /or numbers, etc.) Provide a list of all current contracts held, total dollar value, award date, anticipated completion, performance and payment bond amount. (The financial statement information will be protected from disclosure by the Contracting Officer.)

h. The Offeror’s bid shall be submitted electronically, as described below. The Offeror’s bid shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in bids is prohibited. The offeror’s bid is due in accordance with block 13 of the SF1442.

**The Government will not be responsible for submissions delivered to any location o to anyone other than those designated to receive bids. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that bids are mailto:rohan.a.bryan@usace.army.mil mailto:glenda.a.canty@usace.army.mil submitted so as to reach the designated recipient. Offerors are responsible for allowing sufficient time for bids to be received in accordance with the instructions provided. **

FILE DESCRIPTION: Include a “File Description” for each file(s) you upload. The “File Description” will be included in the email notice to each of the recipients you choose to have access to your file(s). NOTE: Do NOT enter Privacy Act Data (Personal Identification Information (PII)) in the File Description.) Submission shall be in Adobe PDF format and titled in the following format: W912HN25B5002_COMPANY NAME_DOCUMENT NAME.

3. EMAIL SUBMISSION OF BIDS:

Bid shall be submitted electronically, as described below. The Offeror’s Bid shall not contain classified data.

The use of hyperlinks in the bid is prohibited.

NOTE: The only authorized transmission method for proposals in response to this solicitation is as described below.

Bids must be received by the Government by the date/time specified in the solicitation. Offerors shall submit their Bid via email to the Contract Specialist Rohan Bryan at rohan.a.bryan@usace.army.mil and cc the Contracting Officer Glenda Canty at glenda.a.canty@usace.army.mil. These are the only two individuals authorized to receive your bid. It is inappropriate and further prohibited to furnish your bid or discuss its contents with anyone other than contracting personnel.

** The Government will not be responsible for submissions delivered to any location or to anyone other than those designated to receive proposals. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that bids are submitted so as to reach the designated recipient. Offerors are responsible for allowing sufficient time for proposals to be received in accordance with the instructions provided.

4. Quality Control System (QCS)

Any contract award resulting from this solicitation will require the mandatory use of the automated Quality Control System. Please see Section 01 45 00 for additional information.

5. Technical Matters.

a. Submit technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at

(https://www.projnet.org) no later than 10 calendar days before the bid due date. No Site Visit will be conducted for this project.

b. If a Bidder believes that the requirements in this Invitation for Bid contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound; immediately notify the Contract Specialist in writing with supporting rationale. The Government reserves the right to award this Invitations for Bid based on the initial bid, as received, without discussion.

c. To submit and review inquiry items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment or question will receive an acknowledgement via email, followed by an answer after it has been processed by our technical team. All timely questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. Approved answers to all timely questions will also be posted on the sam.gov in the form of a report generated from ProjNet as soon as the comment/question entering period is over and answers are all finalized.

Invitation for Bid No: W912HN25B5002 Title of Project: Brunswick Harbor Entrance Channel Maintenance Dredging Project Bidder Inquiry Key: ZJR54I-A5HX53

Specific Instructions for Initial Projnet Bid Inquiry Access:

mailto:rohan.a.bryan@usace.army.mil mailto:glenda.a.canty@usace.army.mil

1) From the ProjNet home page, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen.

2) Identify the Agency as USACE.

3) Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.

4) Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication.

5) Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form.

6) Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system.

7) Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system.

Specific Instructions for Future Projnet Bid Inquiry Access:

• Steps 1 through 3: same as above.

• Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet.

• Click Continue. A page will then open asking for the answer to your Secret Question.

• Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed, you are logged into the system.

6. VIRTUAL BID OPENING.

a. Individuals interested in participating in the virtual bid opening can participate by following these instructions.

b. Interested individuals will navigate to the WEBEX link below and enter their email address and name.

c. Please provide your full name and information. This information will be utilized to obtain the list of attendees at the virtual bid opening.

d. Upon entering the WEBEX room, you will choose the audio option for "Call Me" and enter your phone number to join the conference call. Upon entering the phone number, WEBEX will call the number you entered.

e. Answer the phone, enter the security code noted below, and speak your name clearly. You will now have entered the audio portion of the WEBEX meeting. The bids will be read aloud and individuals will be able to view the information on the WEBEX screen as the bids are entered into a bid tabulation sheet.

f. The WEBEX virtual bid opening will begin at 2:00 p.m. EST on the bid due date. WEBEX participants should be logged into the WEBEX room and audio portion at least 5 minutes prior to avoid missing any of the virtual bid opening.

g. A list of attendees and a bid abstract will be posted to the solicitation notice on https://sam.gov.

approximately 3 business days after the virtual bid opening.

7. WEBEX Meeting Information

Meeting Link:

https://usace1.webex.com/usace1/j.php?MTID=m3eba9a47939ece21dbd259911b67a78e

Join by meeting number Meeting number (access code) 2818 221 1894 Meeting number: Urc6ypSU*99

Tap to join from a mobile device (attendee only) +1-844-800-2712,,2818221894## US Toll Free +1-669-234-1177,, 2818221894## US Toll

Join by phone https://sam.gov/ blockedhttps://usace1.webex.com/usace1/j.php?MTID=m3eba9a47939ece21dbd259911b67a78e

+1-844-800-2712 US Toll Free +1-669-234-1177 US Toll

Global call-in numbers / Toll-Free calling restriction Join from a video system or application Dial 28182211894@usace1.webex.com

8. Apparent Clerical Mistakes.

a. For the purpose of initial evaluations of bids, the following will be utilized in the resolving arithmetic discrepancies found on the face of bidding schedule as submitted by the bidder.

1) Obviously misplaced decimal points will be corrected.

2) Discrepancy between unit price and extended price, the unit price will govern.

3) Apparent errors in extension of unit prices will be corrected.

4) Apparent errors in addition of lump-sum and extended prices will be corrected.

b. For the purpose of bid evaluation, the government will proceed on the assumption that the bidder intends his bid to be evaluated on basis of the unit prices, the totals arrived at by resolution of arithmetic discrepancies as provided above and the bid will be so reflected on the abstract of bids.

c. These correction procedures shall not be used to resolve any ambiguity concerning which bid is low.

9. SUBCONTRACTING PLAN GOALS

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN SMALL BUSINESS GOALS

a. Attention is directed to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) clause 52.219-9 “Small Business Subcontracting Plan” and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) clause 252.219-7003 “Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts). Subcontracting plans will be evaluated in accordance with Army Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (AFARS) Appendix DD, (APDD) “Subcontracting Plan Evaluation Guide”. The guide is available at:

https://www.acquisition.gov/afars/subcontracting-plan-evaluation-guide.

b. Acceptability of the plan will be one of the elements considered by the Contracting Officer when determining contractor responsibility prior to award of a contract.

c. Subcontracting plans should be realistic, challenging, and achievable, with positive percentage and dollar subcontracting goals with:

• Small Business (SB)

• Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

• Women Owned Small Business (WOSB)

• Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

• Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB)

• Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)

d. If the proposed subcontracting goals are lower than the below U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

“targets” for subcontracting, you are required to provide written justification with your proposed subcontracting plan to fully support your rationale for using lower goals.

e. You are reminded that contractors are measured against the approved subcontracting plan goals and may be assessed liquidated damages if a good faith effort has not been made toward meeting the agreed-upon goals. (See FAR clause 52.219-16 “Liquidated Damages – Subcontracting Plan”.

You can also dial 207.182.190.20 and enter your meeting number.

sip:28182211894@usace1.webex.com https://www.acquisition.gov/afars/subcontracting-plan-evaluation-guide

10. The following subcontracting targets have been assigned to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

(USACE)

USACE Subcontracting Target

• Small Business (SB) 28.40%

• Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) 10.67%

• Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) 2.07%

• HUBzone Small Business (HUBzone) 1.42%

• Service Disabled Veteran Owned SB (SDVOSB) 2.34%

Stated percentages are based on the total amount of planned subcontracting.

Additional information concerning subcontracting plan requirements may be obtained from Ms. Jennifer Cavanagh, Deputy for Small Business, Phone: 912-652-5539.

The following have been deleted:

52.236-27 Site Visit (Construction) FEB 1995

(End of Summary of Changes)