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

Dinning Facility, AIT Complex, Ft. Huachuca, Arizona.

Amendment 0001 is issued to Replace Section 00 22 11 Proposal Submission Requirements Evaluation Criteria in it's entirety and replace with the attached.

Pre Proposal Conference/Site Visit is scheduled for 18 June 2008 at 10:00am at the revised meeting place: DPW Conference Room, Bldg. 22526 Butler Street, Ft. Huachuca, AZ Please incorporate the following clauses to Section 0021 Instruction to Offerors - 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee, 52.228-4506 Individual Support of Bid Bonds, and 52.228-4507 Bid Guarantee Form

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDER

NO.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

is not, copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer tended.

Offers 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 submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDG- MENT 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.

is extended, B.

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

TRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

6. ISSUED BY

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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.

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) is required to sign this document and return

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

PAGE OF PAGES 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable) 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)

15C. DATE SIGNED

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

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY

16C. DATE SIGNED

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE CODE

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.

is not ex-copies to the issuing office.

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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

USAPPC V2.00

10A.

30-105-02

US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District P.O. Box 2711 Los Angeles. CA 90017

US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District P.O. Box 2711 Los Angeles, CA 90017

CODE

FACILITY CODE

Jun 16, 2008

W912PL-08-R-0013

3 June 2008

Amendment 0001

SECTION 00 22 11

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS

I. GENERAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT

II. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

III. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRICE PROPOSAL (VOLUME I):

IV. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL (VOLUME II):

V. PROPOSAL COVER SHEET:

I. GENERAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT

(a) In order to effectively and equitably evaluate all offers, the Contracting Officer must receive sufficiently detailed information that clearly responds to the technical proposal (technical evaluation factors) listed in Section 00 22 11.

(b) Offers must include a complete set of Representation and Certifications required by the Solicitation.

(c) Each Offeror must submit their responses to the technical evaluation factors (Original

Plus 5 copies) and Price Proposal (Original only). The Technical evaluation factors and Price Proposal must be submitted as separate distinct volumes. Both the Technical evaluation factors and a Price Proposal must be received by the closing date and time set for receipt of proposals.

No dollar amounts from the Price Proposal are to be included in the responses to the technical evaluation factors.

(d) All information intended by the Offeror to be evaluated must be submitted as part of the Technical Proposal. Do not include any price information in the technical proposal.

II. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

(a) All written portions: Use only 8 ½ by 11 inch paper; do not use 11” X 14” or 11” X 17” size sheets unless specifically authorized. Do not use a font size smaller than 10, an unusual font style such as script, or condensed print.

(b) Three-ring binders are preferred. Do not use spring clamps or exceed the recommended capacity of the fastener or binder. Do not use plastic multi-hole/spiral binding systems, heat binding systems, or other systems which do not facilitate the ready insertion of additional pages.

(c) “Confidential” projects cannot be submitted to demonstrate capability unless all of the information required for evaluation as specified herein can nonetheless be provided to the Government as part of the Offeror’s technical proposal. Offerors that include in their proposals information that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, must be clearly marked in accordance with the instructions in Section 00 21 00 at FAR 52.215-1, “Instructions to Offeror—Competitive Acquisition” “Restriction on disclosure and use of data”.

(d) The Corps of Engineers recognizes that submittals by the Offeror may contain confidential or proprietary information; however, the Government reserves the right to make inquiries into the information disclosed. The submission of false or misleading information may be grounds for disqualification of the proposal.

(e) Offeror(s) shall submit their proposal packages to the Los Angeles District Corps of Engineers (COE) in accordance with Section 00 21 00.

III. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRICE PROPOSAL (VOLUME I):

(a) Number of Sets of the Price Proposal: Submit One (1) original only.

(b) Format and Contents of the Price Proposal/List of Tabs.

(c) The Price Proposal shall be appropriately labeled as such and shall be organized as indicated in the following chart.

TAB CONTENTS OF PRICE PROPOSAL

TAB #1

SF 1442, “SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD”

(SECTION 00 11 00)

TAB #2 THE COMPLETED PRICING SCHEDULE (SECTION 00 11 00)

TAB #3 COMPLETE SET OF REPS & CERTS SEE SECTION 00 45 00

TAB #4 A BID GUARANTEE (E.G., STANDARD FORM 24, “BID BOND”)

IV. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL (VOLUME II):

(a) Number of Sets and Pages of the Technical Proposal: Submit original and five (5) additional sets of the written Technical Proposal, with each set separately packaged. In addition, submit five complete copy of the technical proposal on Compact Disk (CD) using a searchable “.pdf” file format. The Technical Proposals shall be in 8-1/2" x 11" format, bound as a single document, with single-sided or double-sided pages being acceptable. Condensed print is not permitted. The Proposals shall be separated with section tabs, and the tabs shall clearly identify the contents of each section. Maximum number of pages for Technical Proposal is forty (40) pages including past performance sheets. Each page shall be sequentially numbered for that section.

(b) Format and Contents of the Technical Proposal/List of Tabs: The original and all copies of the technical proposal will be appropriately labeled as such. Each set shall be organized using the tabs specified in the chart below. The tabs directly correlate to the evaluation factors identified in Section 00 22 11.

TAB CONTENTS OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

TAB #1 EXPERIENCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS

TAB #2 PAST PERFORMANCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS

TAB #3 TECHNICAL APPROACH, METHODS AND PROCEDURES

TAB #4

CORPORATE/MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

SUBFACTOR NO. 4a: Capability to Manage & Control Project

SUBFACTOR NO. 4b: Key Personnel

SUBFACTOR NO. 4c: Present Workload

SUBFACTOR NO. 4d: Offeror’s succession plan

TAB # 5 SCHEDULE

(c) Detailed Submission Requirements for the Technical Proposal: Submit detailed responses to the evaluation factors under each of the tabs as follows:

TAB #1 FACTOR 1: EXPERIENCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS

Offeror shall identify all projects of a similar scope, magnitude and complexity it has successfully completed within the past five years. Provide a description of the project, total dollar value of the contract at the time of award and at the time of completion, and the name, address and telephone number of the owner. In the case of a federal, state or local government project, provide the name, address, and telephone number of the Contracting Officer. Offeror may include projects completed by predecessor companies.

TAB # 2 FACTOR 2: PAST PERFORMANCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS:

For each project identified in Tab #1, use the form identified as Attachment No 1 to this section to describe the scope of the work, contract price at the time of award, project cost growth during contract performance, and contract price at the time of completion. Describe the contract performance period set forth in the contract, time growth during contract performance, if any, and the number of days from the start of the project to acceptance by the owner/government agency.

Identify and describe any warranty issues raised by the owner, and how the problems were resolved; if no warranty issues were raised, offerors should so state. Offerors may provide information on problems encountered on the projects and the offeror’s corrective action. Identify and include results, if any, of litigation regarding the project.

The Government may consider any and all sources of information about the projects, including, but not limited to, contacting the owner or contracting officer of the project, and the CCASS rating system. Firms who have a less than satisfactory performance evaluation should explain from its perspective what happened, and lessons learned from the experience.

TAB #3 FACTOR 3: TECHNICAL APPROACH, METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Proposals should discuss the offeror’s technical understanding of the work requirements; the commitment to accomplish all the work in accordance with the solicitation requirements and schedule; proposed building functional and aesthetics design including matching the asthetics of other buildings in the AIT complex and the surrounding area; the quality of the building system and materials, site design; sustainability; methodology, and plan for customer service and quality control.

TAB #4 FACTOR 4: CORPORATE/MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

The Government will review the corporate decision-maker’s support the for contract execution team. In addition, the corporate structure should enhance communication flow within the corporation as well as with the customer.

SUBFACTOR NO. 4a: Capability to Manage and Control Project: The offeror must demonstrate its capability to manage and control the project. Among other things, offeror must show the corporate organization and reporting chain for key personnel

SUBFACTOR NO. 4b: Key Personnel: The offeror shall provide résumés for persons directly responsible for carrying out the day-to-day operations of this contract, including project management, site superintendent, quality control manager, and safety manager;

résumés should specifically describe education, professional qualifications, and years of relevant experience.

SUBFACTOR NO. 4c: Present Workload: The offeror must explain its present workload and the availability of a team to execute the contract.

TAB #5 FACTOR 5: SCHEDULE

Proposal shall submit a bar chart and narrative with enough detail to adequately explain the project’s proposed design and construction sequence and overall completion duration. Proposal shall address any coordination or interim completion dates associated with other contracts in the

AIT project specifically the off site development contract and on-site development contract which are being performed by Others.

V. PROPOSAL COVER SHEET:

(a) Format for the Proposal Cover Sheet: The proposal cover sheet is required by FAR 52.215-1(c)(i)(v). This provision, titled “Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition,” is referenced in Section 00 21 00.

(b) The format is as follows:

PROPOSAL COVER SHEET

1. Solicitation Number:

2. The name, address, and telephone and facsimile numbers of the Offeror and electronic address (if available):

3. A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and agreement to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item.

4. Names, titles, and telephone and facsimile numbers (and electronic addresses if available) of persons authorized to negotiate on the Offeror’s behalf with the Government in connection with this solicitation:

5. Name, title, and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal. Proposals signed by an agent shall be accompanied by evidence of that agent’s authority, unless that evidence has been previously furnished to the issuing office.

Attachment 1

VOLUME II – TAB 2

FACTOR 2: PAST PERFORMANCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS

Provide the following information in accordance with Evaluation Factor 2

1. Project Title:

2. Location:

3. Contract number:

4. Procuring activity:

5. Procurement Point of Contact and Telephone Number:

6. Address and telephone number of owner/customer:

7. Type of Project (private sector, Government, planned unit development, etc.):

8. General Nature of the Contract:

9. Award Date:

10. Original Contract Amount:

11. Final Contract Amount:

12. Original Completion Date:

13. Final Completion Date:

14. Explanation for any differences between original and final contract costs and completion dates:

15. Total number of Manhours including all subcontractors:

16. Total number of Lost Time Accidents including all Subcontractors:

SECTION 00 22 11

PROPOSAL EVALUATION AND CONTRACT AWARD

I. ELIGIBILITY FOR CONTRACT AWARD

In accordance with the FAR, no contract shall be entered into unless the contracting officer ensures that all requirements of law, executive orders, regulations, and all other applicable procedures, including clearances and approvals, have been met. This includes the FAR requirement that no award shall be made unless the contracting officer makes an affirmative determination of responsibility. To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must meet the general standards in Part FAR 9 and any special standards set forth in the solicitation.

II. SOURCE SELECTION USING LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE (LPTA)

(a) The Government will make award to the offeror submitting the lowest priced technically acceptable proposal. The Government will first review unpriced technical proposals to determine which are acceptable to the Government.

(b) Responses that the offeror understands, or will comply with the specifications, statements paraphrasing the specifications, and general or overly broad responses such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well know techniques will be used”, will be rated Unacceptable.

(c) The objective of the Government is to award a contract to an offeror who submits a proposal that when evaluated is determined to meet the acceptability levels established in the solicitation for each non-price evaluation factor or sub-factor. Each non-price evaluation technical factor will receive a rating of acceptable/unacceptable. The award will be made to the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated proposed price.

III. LIST OF EVALUATION FACTORS, SUB-FACTORS (VOLUME II) AND SPECIFIC

TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

In order to be considered technically acceptable, proposals must meet the following minimum requirements:

FACTOR #1 EXPERIENCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS

This factor will evaluate the offer for its experience in successful completion of projects similar scope, magnitude and complexity it has successfully completed within the past five years.

Standard for Acceptability: This standard is met when the offeror can identify two or more completed projects meeting the criteria noted above.

FACTOR # 2 PAST PERFORMANCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS:

This factor will evaluate how well an offeror has performed on projects of a similar scope, magnitude and complexity, and is an indicator of the likelihood of completion of the project in terms of time, cost and quality of work. In the event of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on this factor.

Standard of Acceptability: This standard is met when the offeror has an overall satisfactory performance on similar contracts/projects completed within the past five years has been demonstrated. This standard is met when the offeror’s performance is consistently satisfactory.

FACTOR #3 TECHNICAL APPROACH, METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Proposals will be evaluated as to the offeror’s ability to perform and to satisfy all contract requirements. Responses to this factor must discuss the offeror’s technical understanding of the work requirements, and the commitment to accomplish all the work in accordance with the solicitation requirements and schedule; the quality of the offeror’s approach, methodology, plan for customer service and QC procedures; and the workability of the approach as well as the technical feasibility to successfully perform.

Standard for Acceptability: This standard is met when the offeror demonstrates a commitment to accomplish all the work in accordance with the solicitation requirements, committing to meet scheduling requirements. The standard is met when the offeror demonstrates an understanding of the work requirements and the plan for customer service and the Quality Control Plan are adequate for the work to be performed. The standard is met when the offeror demonstrates technically feasible approach to meeting the Government’s requirements.

FACTOR #4 CORPORATE/MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

Proposals will be evaluated as to the offeror’s ability to satisfy all contract requirements within its Corporate/Management Structure. The Government will review the corporate decision-maker’s support for the contract execution team. In addition, the corporate structure should enhance communication flow within the corporation as well as with the customer. Sub-factors include the following:

SUBFACTOR NO. 4a: Capability to Manage and Control Project: The offeror must demonstrate its capability to manage and control the project.

SUBFACTOR NO. 4b: Key Personnel: Government will evaluate key personnel directly responsible for carrying out the day-to-day operations of this contract. Professional qualifications and years of relevant experience will both be assessed.

SUBFACTOR NO. 4c: Present Workload: The offeror’s present workload and the availability of a team to execute the contract.

SUBFACTOR NO. 4d: Offeror’s succession plan: The offereror’s ability to perform in the event it needs to replace key personnel, including positions for project management, site superintendence, quality control and safety.

Standard for Acceptability: The standard is met when the offeror has demonstrated the capability to successfully staff, manage, and control the project.

FACTOR #5 SCHEDULE

Proposals will be evaluated as to the Offeror's ability to satisfy all contract requirements, to demonstrate an understanding of how the project will be designed and constructed and to demonstrate the Offeror can complete the project within specified time duration.

Standard for Acceptability: The standard is met when the offeror has demonstrated the capability to successfully complete the project.

IV. EVALUATION OF PRICE PROPOSAL

The proposed price will be analyzed for reasonableness. It may also be analyzed to determine whether it is realistic for the work to be performed; reflects a clear understanding of the requirements; and is consistent with the Offeror’s Technical Proposal. All offers with separately priced line items or sub line items will be analyzed for unbalanced pricing.

V. INTENT TO AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and issue a Contract without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions and receive revised proposals if later determined to be necessary.

VI. PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL

The offeror’s conformance with the specified format and submission requirements will be considered during the technical evaluation. Material omission(s) may cause the technical proposal to be rejected as unacceptable.

The offeror’s adherence to prescribed page and formatting limitations prescribed will be strictly adhered to and enforced. Information submitted which exceeds the specified limit will NOT be evaluated. For example, the Government will not evaluate excess information. If four pages are submitted in response to an item with a three page limitation, the information of the fourth page will not be evaluated.

The technical proposals will be reviewed for compliance with the technical specifications. Non-compliance with the technical specifications will be considered a deficiency and a Fail adjectival rating will be assigned.

VII. PROPOSAL EXPENSE AND PREAWARD COSTS.

The Request for Proposal does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of the initial and/or a subsequent proposal or for any other costs incurred prior to execution of the Contract.

END OF SECTION