W912P819R0022_Geotechnical_Past_Performance_Questionnaire.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS

7400 LEAKE AVENUE

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118

REPLY TO

ATTENTION OF October 25, 2019 Contracting Division Projects West Branch

Dear Sir or Madam:

The New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers is conducting a performance confidence assessment in anticipation of a possible contract award under the advertised synopsis number: W912P819R0022, A-E Services - Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for Soil Borings, Soil Testing, Concrete and Other Materials Testing, Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continual (FLAC) for both 2D and 3D, Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Phase I/II Remediation Assessments and Design, Corrosion Mitigation Design, Geotechnical Design Support Services, Environmental Investigative Services and Construction Quality Assurance within the limits of the New Orleans District (NOD) and the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) or to issue task orders for work in support of other Districts along the Gulf Coast Region. An Offeror interested in submitting on this work has identified you as a Point of Contact (POC) on a past or present contract which the Offeror deems relevant to this effort. We are, therefore, requesting your assistance in completing the attached Past Performance Assessment Questionnaire so that we may evaluate the Offeror under the Selection Criteria of Past Performance. The Questionnaire has been developed for ease of electronic completion.

The Synopsis requirements include the following:

(1) Geotechnical exploration and testing.

(2) Geotechnical engineering and engineering geology

(3) Concrete and asphalt materials testing and evaluation.

(4) Corrosion Analysis.

(5) Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC) modeling.

(6) Vibration monitoring during construction activities.

(7) Environmental remediation and design.

(8) Computer Generated Geotechnical Databases, GIS, and Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) and ability to produce deliverables fully compatible with the following New Orleans District systems: MicroStation (version V8 2004 or later) ESRI ArcGIS (version 10.0 or later), gINT version 8 or higher and Data Forensics Rapid CPT Version 3 as required. Finished products shall be in compliance with the AEC CADD Standards or Spatial Data Standards as appropriate and the New Orleans District Electronic Deliverables guidance. These standards are published by the CADD/GIS Technology Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the New Orleans District.

(9) Utilization of latest technology which improves efficiency of effort,

(10) Experience with environmental investigative services including HTRW Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments.

(11) Experience with HTRW Site remedial investigations and assessments.

(12) Experience and capability with materials testing and environmental monitoring, sampling, and testing including the use of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved laboratory for materials testing, and a National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) accredited laboratory for environmental testing.

(13) Experience in the design, construction, maintenance and operation of the types of structures to be inspected, including: locks, levees, pumping stations, floodgates, control structures, drainage structures, floodwalls, bridges and hydroelectric structures.

(14) Experience in the evaluation of instrumentation data and determining its impact upon the structural integrity of the project.

(15) Experience in the evaluation of deficiencies noted from site visits and evaluation of instrumentation data, and determining its impact upon the structural and operational integrity of the project.

(16) Experience in interpreting data, and in creating and calibrating models for complex site soil conditions that includes full-or pseudo-coupling fluid flow with mechanical analysis (both static and dynamic) with a minimum of 5 years’ experience and a minimum of 15 models on separate projects where at least 10 of the models have incorporated structural elements.

Please provide your comments regarding the overall assessment of the Offeror’s performance on the contract identified and any additional information that your organization deems relevant to our evaluation team. It is important that your information be as factual, accurate and complete as possible to preclude the need for follow-up by the evaluators.

Please complete and submit the Questionnaire by 06 November 2016 and send via e-mail to Rachel A. Woods, Contract Specialist, at Rachel.A.Woods@usace.army.mil and Charles R.

Zammit, Contracting Officer, at Charles.R.Zammit@usace.army.mil. If you have any questions relative to the enclosed Questionnaire, please contact Rachel Woods at the email address above.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA

Charles R. Zammit Procuring Contracting Officer

ZAMMIT.CHARLES.RA

YMOND.JR.123083265

Digitally signed by

ZAMMIT.CHARLES.RAYMOND.JR.

1230832656 Date: 2019.10.25 17:02:49 -05'00'

ATTACHMENT 1: PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE

USACE PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (Form PPQ-0) CONTRACT INFORMATION (Contractor to complete Blocks 1-4)

1. Contractor Information Firm Name: CAGE Code:

Address: DUNs Number:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Point of Contact: Contact Phone Number:

2. Work Performed as: Prime Contractor Sub Contractor Joint Venture Other (Explain) Percent of project work performed:

If subcontractor, who was the prime (Name/Phone #):

3. Contract Information Contract Number:

Delivery/Task Order Number (if applicable):

Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price Cost Reimbursement Other (Please specify):

Contract Title:

Contract Location:

Award Date (mm/dd/yy):

Contract Completion Date (mm/dd/yy):

Actual Completion Date (mm/dd/yy):

Explain Differences:

Original Contract Price (Award Amount):

Final Contract Price (to include all modifications, if applicable):

Explain Differences:

4. Project Description:

Complexity of Work High Med Routine How is this project relevant to project of submission? (Please provide details such as similar equipment, requirements, conditions, etc.)

CLIENT IDENTIFICATION (Client to complete Blocks 5-8)

5. Client Information Name:

Title:

Phone Number Address:

E-mail Address:

6. Describe the client’s role in the project:

7. Date Questionnaire was completed (mm/dd/yy):

8. Client’s Signature:

NOTE: USACE REQUESTS THAT THE CLIENT COMPLETES THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AND SUBMITS DIRECTLY BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT’S POINT OF CONTACT VIA EMAIL AT RACHEL.A.WOODS@USACE.ARMY.MIL and CHARLES.R.ZAMMIT@USACE.ARMY.MIL PRIOR TO SYNOPSIS CLOSING DATE OF 06 NOVEMBER 2019. THE

GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VERIFY ANY AND ALL INFORMATION ON THIS FORM.

ADJECTIVE RATINGS AND DEFINITIONS TO BE USED TO BEST REFLECT

YOUR EVALUATION OF THE CONTRACTOR’S PERFORMANCE

RATING DEFINITION NOTE

(E) Exceptional Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds many to the Government/Owner’s benefit. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element being assessed was accomplished with few minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor was highly effective.

An Exceptional rating is appropriate when the Contractor successfully performed multiple significant events that were of benefit to the Government/Owner. A singular benefit, however, could be of such magnitude that it alone constitutes an Exceptional rating.

Also, there should have been NO significant weaknesses identified.

(VG) Very Good Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds some to the Government’s/Owner’s benefit. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element being assessed was accomplished with some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor were effective.

A Very Good rating is appropriate when the Contractor successfully performed a significant event that was a benefit to the Government/Owner. There should have been no significant weaknesses identified.

(S) Satisfactory Performance meets minimum contractual requirements. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element contains some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor appear or were satisfactory.

A Satisfactory rating is appropriate when there were only minor problems, or major problems that the contractor recovered from without impact to the contract.

There should have been NO significant weaknesses identified. Per DOD policy, a fundamental principle of assigning ratings is that contractors will not be assessed a rating lower than Satisfactory solely for not performing beyond the requirements of the contract.

(M) Marginal Performance does not meet some contractual requirements. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element being assessed reflects a serious problem for which the contractor has not yet identified corrective actions. The contractor's proposed actions appear only marginally effective or were not fully implemented.

A Marginal is appropriate when a significant event occurred that the contractor had trouble overcoming which impacted the Government/Owner.

(U) Unsatisfactory Performance does not meet most contractual requirements and recovery is not likely in a timely manner. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element contains serious problem(s) for which the contractor's corrective actions appear or were ineffective.

An Unsatisfactory rating is appropriate when multiple significant events occurred that the contractor had trouble overcoming and which impacted the Government/Owner. A singular problem, however, could be of such serious magnitude that it alone constitutes an unsatisfactory rating.

(N) Not Applicable No information or did not apply to your contract Rating will be neither positive nor negative.

TO BE COMPLETED BY RESPONDENT

PLEASE CIRCLE THE ADJECTIVE RATING WHICH BEST REFLECTS

YOUR EVALUATION OF THE CONTRACTOR’S PERFORMANCE.

1. QUALITY:

a) Quality of technical data/report preparation efforts E VG S M U N

b) Ability to meet quality standards specified for technical performance

E VG S M U N

c) Timeliness/effectiveness of contract problem resolution without extensive customer guidance

d) Adequacy/effectiveness of quality control program and adherence to contract quality assurance requirements (without adverse effect on performance)

2. SCHEDULE/TIMELINESS OF PERFORMANCE:

a) Compliance with contract delivery/completion schedules including any significant intermediate milestones. (If liquidated damages were assessed or the schedule was not met, please address below)

b) Rate the contractor’s use of available resources to accomplish tasks identified in the contract

3. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION:

a) To what extent were the end users satisfied with the project? E VG S M U N

b) Contractor was reasonable and cooperative in dealing with your staff (including the ability to successfully resolve disagreements/disputes;

responsiveness to administrative reports, businesslike and communication)

c) To what extent was the contractor cooperative, businesslike, and concerned with the interests of the customer?

d) Overall customer satisfaction E VG S M U N

4. MANAGEMENT/ PERSONNEL/LABOR

a) Effectiveness of on-site management, including management of subcontractors, suppliers, materials, and/or labor force?

b) Ability to hire, apply, and retain a qualified workforce to this effort E VG S M U N

c) Government Property Control E VG S M U N

d) Knowledge/expertise demonstrated by contractor personnel E VG S M U N

e) Utilization of Small Business concerns E VG S M U N

f) Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects with multiple disciplines E VG S M U N

g) Ability to assimilate and incorporate changes in requirements and/or priority, including planning, execution and response to Government changes

h) Effectiveness of overall management (including ability to effectively lead, manage and control the program)

5. COST/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

a) Ability to meet the terms and conditions within the contractually agreed price(s)?

b) Contractor proposed innovative alternative methods/processes that reduced cost, improved maintainability or other factors that benefited the client

c) If this is/was a Government cost type contract, please rate the Contractor’s timeliness and accuracy in submitting monthly invoices with appropriate back-up documentation, monthly status reports/budget variance reports, compliance with established budgets and avoidance of significant and/or unexplained variances (under runs or overruns)

d) Is the Contractor’s accounting system adequate for management and tracking of costs? If no, please explain in Remarks section.

Yes No

e) If this is/was a Government contract, has/was this contract been partially or completely terminated for default or convenience or are there any pending terminations? Indicate if show cause or cure notices were issued, or any default action in comment section below.

f) Have there been any indications that the contractor has had any financial problems? If yes, please explain below.

6. SAFETY/SECURITY

a) To what extent was the contractor able to maintain an environment of safety, adhere to its approved safety plan, and respond to safety issues?

(Includes: following the users rules, regulations, and requirements regarding housekeeping, safety, correction of noted deficiencies, etc.)

b) Contractor complied with all security requirements for the project and personnel security requirements.

7. GENERAL

a) Ability to successfully respond to emergency and/or surge situations (including notifying COR, PM or Procuring Contracting Officer in a timely manner regarding urgent contractual issues).

b) Compliance with contractual terms/provisions (explain if specific issues) E VG S M U N

c) Would you hire or work with this firm again? (If no, please explain below) Yes No

d) In summary, provide an overall rating for the work performed by this contractor.

Please provide responses to the questions above (if applicable) and/or additional relevant past efforts by this company. If yes, please provide the name and telephone number of a point of contact: Furthermore, please provide a brief narrative addressing specific strengths, weaknesses, deficiencies, or other comments which may assist our office in evaluating performance risk (please attach additional pages if necessary). Thank you for your assistance.