Amendment 0003_W912P820R0071.pdf

W42HEM02904203

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

The above numbered solicitation for Construction Management Services, CEMVN is hereby amended as follow s:

1. Remove Sections L & M in its entirety, and replace w ith the attached, revised versions.

2. Provide responses to Offeror questions submitted prior to the estiablished deadline.

3. Re-open the opportunity for potential Offerors to submit questions related to the contents w ithin this amendment only. The deadline for the submission of questions is 9:00am local time, Friday, January 15, 2021.

4. The response date for the submission of proposals is hereby extended to 11:00am local time, Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 17

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 12-Jan-2021

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 W912P820R0071

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

17-Dec-2020

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 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

12-Jan-2021

CODE

USACE, CONTRACTING DIVISION

ATTN: CEMVN-CT, ROOM 172

7400 LEAKE AVE.

NEW ORLEANS LA 70118-3651

W912P8 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

W912P820R0071

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:

AM_0002 Q&A

Offeror Questions & Government Responses

Section L- Proposal Submission -item a) “each volume shall be submitted electronically via email via the DOD Safe Site”, etc…………then in Section 252.215-7012 “Requirements for Submission of Proposals via Electronic Media”--- it says, “submit the Cost portion of the proposal via electronic media”. Then on the following page General Instructions Section A: “shall be submitted in (2) parts, Technical and Cost proposal, and Offeror must submit one original and 5 copies”, and Preparation of Cost Proposal says “original only of cost proposal” is required.

QUESTION: Can you please clarify if electronic-only submission is required (through DOD Safe Site) and/ or if any hard-copies are also required?

Electronic submission of bid is required. See Amendment 0002, Section L.

QUESTION: Does USACE require one pdf file for electronic submission, or (4) separate files for each Volume I, II, III and IV. If separate files, should the Table of Contents be its own file, or should we have a TOC for each section? Also please confirm that PDF is the preferred method for electronic format for files.

One PDF file for each respective volume, with the exception of the Cost Volume, which shall be in MS Excel format. See Amendment 0002, Section L. One table of contents shall be required for each submitted volume.

Section L- Proposal Submission, Volume 1 Technical, Management Plan -include Staffing plan, staff qualifications, etc. . In section C.3 PERSONNEL, it lists a chart with required disciplines (QAR II, III, Construction Manager, scheduler, etc), and in Section M- Evaluation Factors for Award, Section A, Management Plan, subsection iii. Staff Qualifications, “short experience of each individual, and shall not exceed 5 sentences per credential. A minimum of (20) QAR’s shall be provided.”

QUESTION: does USACE require a 5-sentence description of each of the 20 QAR’s, and if yes, does that count towards the 25-page limit for that section (Technical Section). Also, please confirm that 20 QARs are required.

Yes. A five-sentence summary of each QAR III (20 total) is required, along with individual summaries of the other five denoted disciplines. This does count towards the 25-page limit.

QUESTION: does the subcontractor “commitment letter” go in Volume 1- Technical Section, or in Volume II- Past Performance (see Section M, item 1. Technical Acceptability and also Section L, Volume II Past Performance) and does this count towards the 25-page limit?

The letter from the individual subcontractors attesting to their intent to provide services under the contract must be submitted in the Technical Volume. There will be no other letters required, as per Section L in Amendment 0002. These letters count as part of 25-page limit.

QUESTION: do the following documents count towards the 25-page limit in this section? CESO Form, AHA, Company accident policy, sample invoice, sample timesheet, ERDC validation letter from testing lab.

All documents count toward 25-page limit.

Section L- Proposal Submission, Volume II, Past Performance -Section M, item 2 Past Performance: “Offeror shall provide at least (3) satisfactory performance ratings in the past 5 years of a minimum of $5 million contract value.”

QUESTION: if Offeror does not have any non-Corps client referrals to meet stipulation above, can Offeror submit previous (within last 5 years) CPARS ratings? Would (3) Satisfactory CPARS ratings suffice? If Offeror is a subconsultant on an existing contract (that meets requirements above) with USACE can the Prime’s CPAR ratings count towards the (3) references?

Any combination of CPARS / ACASS ratings and full reports / Past Performance Questionnaires can be used to satisfy requirement. Past Performance will be evaluated for the Prime Contractor only. CPARS ratings for another contractor cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.

QUESTION: please confirm Section B will be submitted for this section. is any other information for this section required in addition to the spreadsheet charts for Year 1 through 5?

Yes. Price schedule shall be submitted in MS Excel format as part of the Cost/Price Volume submission.

Refer to Section L, “C. Preparation of Cost Proposal”.

QUESTION: in addition to spreadsheet charts, do following (3) pages (item No 0001, 0002, CLIN 0001) need to be filled out?

Per Amendment 0001, the Section B that was published in the original solicitation was removed in its entirety. Therefore, the items cited are no longer applicable to the solicitation.

Section L- Proposal Submission, Volume IV, Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents, etc.

QUESTION: besides the signed SF 33 form (one page), are any other forms required, such as Section K, Section G (do not see anything to sign or fill in here?) and Section H--- do we need to include a copy of Liability Insurance?

Liability Insurance will be required as part of the submittal process after contract award. Therefore, it is not required as part of an Offeror’s proposal.

QUESTION: Regarding Personnel/ Staffing Requirements, should the Offeror structure an Organization chart, and provide resume information similar to the chart provided in Section C.3.1.2? if 20 QARs are needed total (reference Section M, subsection A Management Plan) then how many QARs are needed in each category? (level II, III and V)

Org chart is the Offeror’s own design. A minimum of 20 QAR III summaries are required. Summaries of

QAR II and V are not required.

QUESTION: Is one (1) contract (or more?) to be awarded from this Solicitation?

One (1) contract award.

Regarding Section L--- General Instructions/ Preparation of Proposals: I did see where there are no paper copies required, and in this section it says to email the proposal (Technical and Cost) to you directly, however on the following page Instructions to Offerors/ Covid Instructions, it says to upload to the DOD Safe Site.

QUESTION:

So are we to email the proposal to you, or upload to the DOD Safe site, or both?

Only submissions to the DOD SAFE site will be accepted. See Amendment 0002, Section L for submission instructions.

QUESTION: For the past experience section in the proposal (RFP page 114 of 117), the RFP states past projects must be minimum $5 million in value. Does that value apply to the construction management portion of the project, or the entire construction project itself?

The past performance submitted for technical acceptability must be “in relevant size, scope, and magnitude” to what the Government is requesting in the solicitation.

QUESTION: Could you please waive the requirement for hard copy submissions and leave the proposal submissions as through email only?

All proposals must be submitted via DOD SAFE. Hard copy proposals are not acceptable. See Amendment 0002, Section L for submission instructions.

QUESTION: Page 114 (of 117) states “Indicate a minimum period of performance of three (3) years within the previous five (5) year period”. Does this mean that our company’s past projects must have been 3 years long in their period of performance? And that those 3 years must have taken place within the last 5 years?

The contractor must be able to demonstrate that the past project submitted under “Technical Experience of the Firm” had a minimum period of performance of 3 years, and the project must have taken place in the past 5 years.

QUESTION: SOW C.5.4 states, "will only apply when vehicles are required for travel at the worksite" Will the vehicles need to be provided only for duration of the task order?

Yes. Vehicles are to be paid for onsite work, and shall be discussed during mutual understanding meeting before commencement of work on task orders, in accordance with C.1.5.1 and C.5.3. All other transportation shall comply with C.5.1 and C.1.11.

QUESTION: If offerors reimburse the employee for use of their vehicle, can employees use their own cars for this purpose?

Yes, as long as minimum insurance limits are maintained.

QUESTION: If the auto vehicles are needed on as needed basis, Is it acceptable to provide vehicles from third party sources?

Yes, as long as minimum insurance limits are maintained.

QUESTION: Section L, Technical Experience and Past Performance Sections: The requirement to provide contracts valued at $5 million prevents qualified companies from providing a competitive offer. We have 9 contracts with NAVFAC with total value over $15 million providing construction management services very similar to the current solicitation. However because the individual contracts are valued at lower amounts, it precludes us from submitting a responsive and competitive offer. Can the Government consider relaxing/ reducing this requirement?

Since the Government anticipates expending up to $5 Million per year on this one single contract, qualified firms must be able to demonstrate capacity and capability to perform a $5 Million contract, at a minimum.

QUESTION: Contracts are reluctant to submit PPQ's when we have already received a CPARS ratings. Can offerors submit CPARS Ratings in lieu of Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs)?

Yes

QUESTION: Past performance information is required for similar contracts over $5 million within the last 5 years. Since this is a small business set aside contract and normally majority of the IDIQ contracts are for 5 years, and this is kind of specialized field, only the incumbents gets the most benefit from this requirement. This makes it kind of restrictive. I am requesting for your consideration to make it last 10 years, if possible.

The offeror can submit past performance documents for any contract of similar type, size, scope and complexity. Clients can be private entities or municipalities, state agencies or federal agencies.

QUESTION: Requirements also include filling up the PAST PERFORMANCE FORM. I glanced through the entire Solicitation but could not find this Form. Most probably I missed it. Can you help to locate where it is?

The Past Performance Questionnaire is included in Amendment 0002, Section M

QUESTION: It states relevant effort shall be same or similar as defined in NAICS 541130. I believe this is a typo.

The correct NAICS code is 541330.

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 19-Jan-2021 10:00 AM to 02-Feb-2021 10:00 AM.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

REVISED - AM_0002

Section L - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Bidders

System for Award Management (SAM)

Offerors must be registered in SAM, in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, go to http://www.sam.gov

PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS

PREPARATION OF TECHINICAL AND COST PROPOSAL

NOTE: Offerors are directed to Contract Clause 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition, para.

(c) which outlines procedures for submittal of proposals:

A. General Instructions:

1. The proposal shall be prepared in four (4) volumes:

- Technical Volume

- Past Performance Volume

- Cost/Price Volume

- Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents, and Certifications/Representations Volume

Proposals will only be accepted electronically via the Department of Defense’s Secure Access File Exchange portal (DOD SAFE).

2. The following are the page limitations for each Volume:

- Technical Volume: 25 pages

- Past Performance Volume: 25 pages

- Cost/Price Volume: No limit

- Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents, and Certifications/Representations Volume: No limit

Pages over the maximum allowed will be removed and not evaluated by the Government. Each paragraph shall be single spaced and separated by at least one blank line. A standard, 12-point minimum font size applies. Arial or Times New Roman fonts are required. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size no less than 8-point and may be produced in landscape mode. One table of contents shall berequired for each volume.

3. All proposal documents, with the exception of the Section B – Supplies or Services and Prices, shall be submitted in PDF format. Zip files and self-extracting .exe files are not permitted. The pricing in Section B shall be submitted in MS Excel format (2012 version or later). Each file of the proposal shall contain a Table of Contents.

4. In order to submit an electronic proposal via DOD SAFE, please follow these steps:

a. Send an email containing your name and email address to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist associated with the solicitation.

b. The Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist will go to the DOD SAFE site, input your name and email address, and then will request a file from you. You will receive an automated email from the site with a unique link for your submission(s).

c. The unique link provided will direct you to the DOD SAFE site. Please ensure the box is marked to “send an email when each recipient picks up the files”, please leave unchecked “Encrypt every file” as the site contains a high level of security, therefore additional encryption is not required.

d. Should further instruction be required, please contact the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist for assistance.

Offerors shall be responsive to all requirements of Section C, Description of Services, and shall provide sufficient information to allow evaluation of the proposals in accordance with Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award.

B. Preparation of Technical Proposal:

1. The following instructions establish the minimum acceptable requirements for the format and content of the technical proposals:

a. The technical proposal shall be submitted electronically via DOD SAFE as stated in the aforementioned section.

b. Offerors are directed to section M, FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items clause, for evaluation factor details and required submittals.

C. Preparation of Cost Proposal

The electronically submitted cost proposal shall include the following information:

1. The name(s) and title(s) of the person(s) authorized to negotiate and sign a contract.

2. The labor rates based on supporting payroll data for all position classifications anticipated to be used under the contract by the prime firm and any subcontractors. Include the basis for any escalation in labor rates. The Government reserves the right to obtain any supporting payroll data to confirm the validity of the proposed line items.

3. Financial data and the methodology used to calculate the proposed overhead rates for the prime firm and any subcontractors. Identify costs not allowed by FAR 31.2.

4. The name and address of any Government audit agency which has conducted an audit of the firm within the last year.

5. Executed Section B, Supplies or Services and Prices (in MS Excel format); and executed Section H, Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements to Offeror.

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2016 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items OCT 2016 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors--Competitive Acquisition JAN 2004 52.215-16 Facilities Capital Cost of Money JUN 2003 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data or OCT 2010

Information Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data

52.222-24 Preaward On-Site Equal Opportunity Compliance Evaluation FEB 1999 252.204-7004 Alt A System for Award Management Alternate A FEB

2014 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a firm, fixed-price indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (FFP IDIQ) contract resulting from this solicitation.

(End of provision)

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District Attn: Christopher M. Nuccio CEMVN-CTW, Room 172 7400 Leake Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118-3651

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer.

Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/

52.252-5 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN PROVISIONS (APR 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of"(DEVIATION)" after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any FAR/DFARS/AFARS/UAI provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

REVISED - AM_0002

Section M – Evaluation Factors for Award

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1. Technical Acceptability - Technical Acceptability is defined as the documented capability to meet the minimum requirements of the project as specified in this solicitation and the specifications. Proposals shall be evaluated as lowest price technically acceptable, and there will be one (1) contract award made from this solicitation.

Qualifications of proposed subcontractors will be included in the evaluation, as the prime and subs are considered to be a "team" or "firm"; however, the prime contractor must perform at least fifty percent (50%) of the contract work with their own forces. Please provide a list of subcontractors, a letter from the individual subcontractors attesting to this fact, and their intent to provide services under the contract. In accordance with FAR 52.219-14, as a service contract, it is essential that the prime contractor performs at least fifty percent (50%) of the work. This includes demonstrating that at least half of the Quality Assurance Representatives (QAR’s) are employed by the prime contractor.

To be determined technically acceptable, offerors must meet, at a minimum, the basic requirements, listed below.

Offerors shall submit proof of the following with their proposal:

a. Management Plan Describe your approach and methodology to plan and execute the task of providing construction management services primarily to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District. The management plan shall be clear and concise and shall demonstrate a complete understanding of all of the Contractor performance requirements. In the event that work greatly increases, the offeror shall address their plans to manage the additional volume of work. Your plan shall further address the following elements, at a minimum:

1. Project Management Organization and Quality Control Plans: To be technically acceptable, at a minimum, the contractor must provide the information requested in C.9 Quality Assurance Organization Plan.

2. Staffing Plan: Demonstrate number of personnel and personnel job classifications available to the firm.

Are personnel currently employed by the prime and/or the proposed subcontractors.

3. Staff Qualifications: Demonstrate the qualifications of the proposed staff. Resumes shall be submitted for all disciplines listed below, as further described in section C 3.1.2 Offerors shall furnish, at a minimum, the information requested below. Submittal shall include a short summary of experience per individual, identifying the name, qualifications and experience level of each credential that is presented. Summaries for QAR II and V are not required. Each summary shall not exceed five (5) sentences per credential. Any additional information beyond the five (5) sentences shall not be evaluated. To be considered minimally acceptable, you must meet the following:

a. A minimum of twenty (20) Quality Assurance Representatives (QAR’s) qualified with a minimum of five (5) years relevant heavy civil and marine construction management experience. All QAR’s shall also have a minimum of three (3) years of specialized Corps related experience. Corps related experience shall include, but not be limited to, concrete and earthwork placement, structural, electrical, mechanical, navigation/river work, welding, debris cleanup, environmental, etc.

b. At a minimum, the proposal shall further address the following disciplines, as listed below.

Offerors shall provide a summary statement of one (1) credential for each discipline. They shall meet all the requirements of the table in section C 3.1.2, as well as the descriptions within that section. Construction Manager, Project Engineer, Senior Engineer, Cost Estimator, and Scheduler

4. Safety Plan: To be technically acceptable, at a minimum, a contractor must provide a plan that contains the following documents, in accordance with Section C.6.3:

a. CESO Form A-02, Accident Prevention Plan Checklist

b. Position Hazard Analysis (PHA)

c. Company policy statement of accident prevention

5. Invoicing and Payments: To be technically acceptable, at a minimum, a contractor must provide one

(1) sample invoice and one (1) sample timesheet indicating tracking of multiple task orders on two (2) separate contracts.

6. Testing Lab: To be technically acceptable, at a minimum, an offeror must provide a letter of intent with one (1) Corps validated testing lab for quality assurance testing services. The proposal must also include the ERDC validation letter for the lab submitted.

b. Technical Experience of the Firm To be technically acceptable, at a minimum, the proposed team must

a. Discuss experience providing relevant construction management support to commercial and/or federal, state, municipal government agency clients.

b. Demonstrate that support services provided a minimum of twenty (20) Quality Assurance Representatives to the client. Special notation should be made to contracts that were performed for municipalities, state agencies, and/or federal agencies including documentation with reference to the applicable contract and awarding agencies with amount of the contract.

The contract should indicate a minimum period of performance of three (3) years with a minimum of $5 million total contract value, with in the last five (5) years.

At a minimum, the following shall be furnished with the Offeror's proposal:

1. Contract number and dollar amount

2. Client name/organization (company/firm/government agency) and address of site (where services performed)

3. Detailed description of scope of work including brief narrative on how it is relevant to this solicitation

(scope and magnitude)

4. Your firm’s role (Prime Contractor)

5. Length of contract including periods of performance (include the start and completion dates by month, or indicate if contract is ongoing)

6. Number of construction management personnel used and classification

7. Other experience indicative of the Offeror’s ability to perform this requirement.

2. Past Performance - To demonstrate satisfactory past performance, the offeror shall provide documentation of satisfactory performance on past or current contracts of a similar type, size, scope and complexity, performed within the last five (5) years, including references, with names and contact information of the references who can verify such past performance. Past performance will be evaluated for the prime contractor only. In order for past performance to be considered, the following details, at a minimum, must be provided for each of the three (3) past performance documents submitted.

1. Contract number and dollar amount

2. Client name/organization (company/firm/government agency) and address of site (where services performed)

3. Detailed description of scope of work including brief narrative on how it is relevant to this solicitation

(scope and magnitude)

4. Your firm’s role (prime contractor)

5. Length of contract including periods of performance (include the start and completion dates by month, or indicate if contract is ongoing)

6. Number of construction management personnel used and classification

7. Other experience indicative of the Offeror’s ability to perform this requirement.

At a minimum, to be technically acceptable, as part of the proposal package, a contractor must provide:

a. Three (3) satisfactory or higher ratings in the past five (5) years with a minimum of $5 million contract value. This work shall be performed over a minimum three (3) year period.

b. Any of the following items may be submitted to satisfy this requirement:

i. Questionnaires – Contractor must provide questionnaires to non-Corps clients to be completed and returned directly to the Government. The POC is listed in this solicitation.

Questionnaires and directions can be found at the bottom of section M.

ii. CPARS/ACASS ratings and full reports – must provide for previous Corps projects as part of the proposal package.

3. Price - All quotes submitted will be evaluated for technical acceptability, satisfactory past performance, and lowest price. The government will issue award to the offeror whose proposal is the lowest overall price of those determined to meet at least the minimum requirements to be determined technically acceptable and demonstrates satisfactory past performance. The Government intends to make award to the lowest priced offeror, whose proposals are deemed to be technically acceptable for all technical requirements.

(b) Evaluation of multi-year contract. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all contract years based on the estimated quantities listed in the schedule B price list. These quantities are listed for evaluation purposes only, and the Government is not bound to any or all of these quantities. Evaluation of price will be as a whole. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if any of the rates or yearly prices are significantly unbalanced. The Government’s only obligation is the minimum guarantee.

(c) In accordance with FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition, a written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract, without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

Past Performance Questionnaire

PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE

PART 1: INSTRUCTIONS. The company who has provided your name is participating in a Request for Proposal (RFP) with US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District for Construction Management, primarily Quality Assurance Representative Services, primarily within the New Orleans District. We would greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete this form.

Please provide an honest assessment and immediately return to christopher.m.nuccio@usace.army.mil

PART 2: GENERAL INFORMATION.

1. Company's Name and Address (Contractor and/or subcontractor being evaluated)

NOTE: Offerer fill out before forwarding

2. Respondent Organization Name and Address

3. a. Evaluator’s Name _____________________________________________________

b. Evaluator’s involvement with contractor: ____________________________________

c. Title/Telephone Number:_________________________________________________

4. Contract Number _____________________________________________________________

5. Contract Value (Basic and Options) ______________________________________________

6. Award Date ________________________________________________________________

7. Contract or Task Order Completion Date (Include extensions): ________________________

8. Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price (FFP) ___________________________________________ Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)________________________________________ Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF)_______________________________________ Other (Please Specify)_____________________________________________ Note: If an award fee contract, please provide a synopsis of available award fee pool and percentage of that pool awarded the contractor each evaluation period over the life of the contract.

9. Brief description of your contract requirements including type of work, degree of complexity, degree of self direction:

10. Additional data:

a. Approximate time contractor worked on project

b. Approximate value of work serviced by this contract

11. Type and extent of any subcontracting support:

12. How was the quality of work produced?

PART THREE: PERFORMANCE RATING. Please summarize performance in each of the rating factors.

Determine the rating that most nearly represents your experience with this company and indicate your assessment by placing the appropriate rating in the space provided. Please include descriptive comments to supplement ratings provided.

Ratings are defined below and should be used as a reference in assessing performance.

Rating “E” for Exceptional – Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds many to the Government’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 were highly effective.

Rating “G” for Very Good – Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds some to the Government’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.

Rating “S” for Satisfactory – Performance meets 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.

Rating “M” for 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.

Rating “U” for 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 action appear or were ineffective.

Rating "N/A" for Not Applicable - was not required to perform in this area.

____1. Preparation, use and quality of contractor’s internal Quality Control plan/program in identifying, correcting, and preventing problems.

____2. Were the safety rules, regulations and practices properly followed?

____3. How many accident/incident reports were filed for the duration of the contract?

____4. Was there an unusually high turnaround rate in management employees?

____5. Did the work teams report on time with proper working equipment?

____6. Was the contractor able to consistently maintain a qualified and experienced workforce to perform necessary services?

___7. Did the contractor respond timely and effectively to unexpected changes and emergency requirements?

___8. Did the contractor respond timely and effectively in resolving poor performance problems associated with its employees?

___9. How would you rate contractor’s adherence to contract/delivery schedules?

___10. Were reports & documentation submitted timely and in a professional manner?

___11. Prompt response to technical direction & change orders?

___12. Timely responses to resolving problems?

COMMENTS:

___15. Effectiveness of Project Manager

___16. Effectiveness of Management/Field Supervision.

___17. Recruiting, training and retention of staff maintained to service contract at required levels of performance ___a. Recruiting, training and retention of staff considered a management problem ___b. Recruiting, training and retention of staff considered a regional problem

___18. The problem, if any, experienced with recruiting, training and retention was in the staffing area(s) of

___19. The specific issues surrounding problems experienced with recruiting, training, and retention were__________________________________________________________________

COMMENTS:

Would you award another contract to this company? Why?

Yes No

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS (PRO AND CON)

PART FOUR: EVALUATOR'S CERTIFICATION:

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS FORM IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE TO THE

BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

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