W912PM24R0019 amendment 0002.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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

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30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

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FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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1. Revise Section L, Instructions to Proposers General Instructions

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

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U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WILMINGTON

CONTRACTING - WILMINGTON DISTRICT

69 DARLINGTON AVENUE

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SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

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SUBJECT: W912PM24R0019, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Small Business Architect-Engineer (A-E) – Multi-Discipline Services for the Civil Works and Military Planning and Design Programs for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District.

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION

1.1 This Request for Proposal (RFP) solicits for a Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award

Task Order Contract (MATOC) with a total MATOC IDIQ ceiling of $35M supporting the Civil Works Program and Military Planning and Design programs for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District. In support of both Civil Works and Military programs, this MATOC will primarily furnish non-personal services necessary to perform planning and designing residential, institutional, leisure, commercial, and industrial buildings, and structures by applying knowledge of design, construction procedures, zoning regulations, building codes, and building materials under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541330, Engineering Services. The selection board will consider the most highly qualified offerors for up to five (5) Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC) contracts to be awarded as a result of this solicitation. The duration of the resulting contracts will include a one- (1) year base ordering period and four optional ordering periods of one (1) year each, with an additional six (6) month option under FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, for a total of five (5) years and six (6) months (if all options are exercised) or until the contract limit is reached, whichever comes first. The estimated award date of the contract is 02-28 2025.

1.2 This solicitation is SMALL BUSINESS.

1.3 The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 541330, which has a size standard of $25.5 million in average annual receipts.

1.4 CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING: The contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours

(including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under their contract via a secure data collection site at http://www.ecmra.mil/. Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed in each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 01 through September 30. While inputs may be reported at any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year, beginning with 2020. The contractor may direct questions to the HelpDesk at http://www.ecmra.mil/.

1.5 REGISTRATION: Offerors shall have and maintain an active registration in the following databases:

https://beta.SAM.gov and System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gove/ http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. It is the responsibility of interested parties to appropriately register SAM an beta.SAM and to monitor for notices, amendments, etc. Prospective Offerors are advised, to be eligible for award of the contract resulting from this solicitation requires an active SAM registration, to include satisfactory completion of the applicable online representation and certifications.

1.6 PROJECT INFORMATION: The firm(s) selected will be required to provide all phases of Planning, Engineering, and Design for military and civil programs which meets the definition of A-E Services as defined in 40 U.S.C. 1101 and FAR 2.101. Projects implementing requirements of UFC 4-010-06, Cybersecurity of Facility Related Control Systems may be given additional consideration. Military program task orders may primarily include: charrettes, master planning, preparation of project definition and programming documents, studies, preparation of technical portions of Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build solicitations, full designs including construction plans, specifications, design analyses and cost estimates, and commissioning and construction phase services. Types of projects may include: new Military Construction (MILCON) projects, renovation/repair projects, and Sustainment, Restoration and Maintenance (SRM) projects to support vertical and horizontal construction. Vertical construction projects may include entry control points, sensitive compartmented information facilities, barracks, hangars, company operations facilities, command and control facilities, and other training facility types.

1.6.1 Task for Civil Works Program: may primarily include: engineering studies, feasibility report development, master planning, preparation of technical portions of Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build solicitations, full designs including construction plans, specifications, design analysis and cost estimates, commissioning and construction phase services and preliminary reconnaissance phase studies. Types of projects may include:

dams, reservoirs, levees, site development, utility infrastructure improvements, flood damage reduction, coastal protection and beach nourishment, shoreline and stream bank erosion protection, shallow and deep draft navigation, environmental and eco-system habitat restoration, storm water management, comprehensive watershed evaluations and multipurpose water resources projects.

1.6.2 Support services may be required as part of task orders for both programs. Services such as condition assessments, construction schedule development, Life Cycle Cost Analyses (LCCA), Cost Schedule Risk Assessments (CSRA), surveying (including topographic, hydrographic, boundary, precise alignment/deformation, stakeout, geophysical, laser scanning, aerial survey), closed-circuit television (CCTV) inspection, geotechnical investigation, utility potholing, environmental services (wetland delineation and permitting, endangered species surveys, asbestos-containing material (ACM) testing and reports, lead-based paint (LBP) testing and reports), or Geographic Information System (GIS) services including mapping, analysis, geodatabase development, and application development) and shall be a lesser portion of individual task orders.

1.6.3 This contract will be used to support Wilmington District customers in the State of North Carolina and Virginia; however, could also be used within any location in the United States that falls under Wilmington District’s AOR.

1.6.4 The selected firms must have the capability through in-house staff or consultants to perform Topographic and hydrographic Surveys, Subsurface Investigations, mapping, geotechnical and subsurface utility investigations, and hazardous material testing and abatement/remediation planning in conjunction with Design Task Orders. Unless otherwise indicated, design services and deliverable requirements will be developed using the latest ERDC/ITL TR-19-7 A/E/C CAD Standard. A variety of software may be utilized, potential software includes but is not limited to SPECSINTACT software for contract specifications, MCACES Second Generation (MII) software for cost estimates and Beach-fx for evaluating the physical performance and economic benefits and costs of shore protection projects or as specified in individual Task Order Scopes of Work. Deliverables for each submission shall include at a minimum: a complete set of Advanced Modeling/Computer-Aided Design (CAD) files with all reference files intact, a converted set of PDF files with one drawing occupying one PDF file, and a combined PDF file including all drawings. An Index of Drawings (typically included as a sheet in the project) shall also be provided in either an Excel Spreadsheet or an ASCII text file. Advanced Modeling is required for Centers of Standardization (COS) designs and other projects as required.

1.6.5 Projects to be performed under any subsequent awarded IDIQ’s from this solicitation may include project similar in size, scope and complexity listed to those found in the subsequent tables. It is anticipated that any of the below identified MILCON and O&M projects will be accomplishable by the most highly rated offerors with whom to fulfill these task orders.

Upcoming MILCON - out year and long range

FY PN # Project Name PA Capacity Estimate

28 96512 Construct vehicle maintenance facility $9,600,000 $1,440,000

29 81893 SOF Deployment Facility $9,000,000 $1,350,000

30 63848 SOF Vehicle Maintenance Facility $21,000,000 $3,150,000

32 105897 SOF Truck Transfer Facility $21,000,000 $3,150,000

LR 69252 SOF Range 16 Baffle Containment $7,100,000 $1,065,000

LR 69253 SOF Close Quarters Combat Range (CQCR) $7,200,000 $1,080,000

LR 87741 SOF Company Operations Facility $11,800,000 $1,770,000

LR 69293 SOF MAROPS $12,500,000 $1,875,000

LR 71227 SOF Admin/Company Operations $14,600,000 $2,190,000

LR 79450 SOF HPTC $5,805,000 $870,750

Total $17,940,750

SRM - Historical

FY PN # Project Award Value 20 TA-00039-19 1st SWTG Human Perf. Multipurpose Training Field $ 267,675.75

20 TA-00039-19 1st SWTG Human Perf. Multipurpose Training Field $ 47,768.47

20 ML-00006-20 THOR3 Human Performance Training Center (HPTC) Renovation - Fort Bragg

$ 59,394.28

21 SF-00011-19 SOTF Construct General Purpose Storage Building - Fort Bragg

$ 351,334.69

21 P6-18002-20 ASOG Building 560 Convert Vault - Fort Bragg $ 198,278.92

21 SF-00001-21 Design Signal Wing Secure Work Area $ 152,615.29

22 MOTSU Fire Protection $ 534,831.00

23 MOTSU Fire Protection Cx $ 140,025.47

23 MOTSU Repair Potable Water Phase 3 $ 794,471.63

23 SC-00005-23 Eatery Addition $ 252,188.34

24 PN 24027 MOTSU Hydrology Study Administration Area $ 360,000.00

24 JFK Museum $ 400,000.00

Total $ 3,831,306.33

Civil Works - Historical

21 Philpott Landslide Repair $ 2,707,821.90

22 Philpott Anchors $ 2,238,365.23

24 WKS Maintenance Facility $ 500,000.00

Total $ 5,446,187.13

21 PN 96013 SOF Facility Expansion and Upgrade, Bldg 3-3050 - Fort Bragg

$ 745,843.81

22 PN 87437 SOF Group Headquarter, CPS Cx Site Visits (awarded on 2022-May-17)

$ 351,782.07

22 PN 92017 Charrette $ 280,557.38

24 PN 93099 Cx $ 570,000.00

24 PN79439.2 PN79439.2 $ 302,561.89

Total $ 2,250,745.15

Sum of all estimates: $29,468,988.61

1.7 Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) under which task orders will primarily include: all phases of

Planning, Engineering, and Design, and Construction Phase Services for both Civil Works and Military programs. Task orders may also include independent design (peer) review services. Military program task orders may primarily include: charrettes, master planning, preparation of project definition and programming documents, studies, preparation of technical portions of Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build solicitations, full designs including construction plans, specifications, design analyses and cost estimates, and commissioning and construction phase services. Civil Works program task orders may primarily include: engineering studies, feasibility report development, master planning, preparation of technical portions of Design-Build and Design- Bid-Build solicitations, full designs including construction plans, specifications, design analysis and cost estimates, commissioning and construction phase services and preliminary reconnaissance phase studies.

Additionally support services may be required as part of task orders for both programs. Services such as condition assessments, construction schedule development, Life Cycle Cost Analyses (LCCA), Cost Schedule Risk Assessments (CSRA), surveying (including topographic, hydrographic, boundary, precise alignment/deformation, stakeout, geophysical, laser scanning, aerial survey), closed-circuit television (CCTV) inspection, geotechnical investigation, utility potholing, environmental services (wetland delineation and permitting, endangered species surveys, asbestos-containing material (ACM) testing and reports, lead-based paint (LBP) testing and reports), or Geographic Information System (GIS) services including mapping, analysis, geodatabase development, and application development) and shall be a lesser portion of individual task orders.

1.8 In accordance with the Brooks Act procedures, each future task order will require a qualifications-based evaluation of each selected firm from the group of awarded individual delivery contracts. Each firm will be evaluated to perform the services required for each task order using Criteria B, C, D, E (as detailed below).

Additionally, the Contracting Officer may consider work completed or substantially completed as part of these awards made herein. To be considered substantially complete 95% of an order must be considered completed and received by the Government.

Evaluations will be conducted prior to the solicitation for each task order during the ordering period as identified at the time of award in FAR 52.216-18 Ordering.

2. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria for this particular contract are listed below in DESCENDING order of importance. Criteria A-F are PRIMARY. Criteria G and H are SECONDARY and will be used ONLY as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. Primary Criteria will be assigned a rating from “outstanding” to “unsatisfactory,” based on the risk to the Government that the Offeror will successfully perform that evaluated Criteria. An overall rating will also be applied to the proposal submission using the same rating scale. Up to five (5) most highly qualified offerors will be requested to submit a proposal for negotiations.

Proposals failing to respond or provide complete information for each Criteria as required by this solicitation will be determined non-compliant and will be removed from further consideration.

For purposes of this solicitation, a stand-alone contract or single task order is considered one project.

Separating activities performed under a contract or task order will not be considered multiple projects;

conversely, combining activities performed under separate contracts or task orders to produce a single project will not be considered. A single task under an Indefinite Delivery Contract is considered a project, not an Indefinite Delivery Contract itself. Projects in which the AE service is not 100% AMENDMENT 02:

95% complete will not be evaluated.

2.1. Criteria A, Professional Qualifications – Key Personnel (SF330, Part I, Section E)

2.1.1. Part 1 – Resumes of Key Personnel (Section E, Blocks 12-18): Offerors must have, either in-house or through consultants or subcontractors, the disciplines listed below. If an individual will serve in more than one discipline, then those disciplines shall be clearly indicated in Block 13, PART I, Section E. Resumes (Block E of the SF 330) must be provided for these disciplines, including consultants. In the resumes under Project Assignments, use the same discipline nomenclature as is used in this announcement. The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, relevant experience in the type work required, and longevity with the firm. The Offeror must provide licensure or certification number and date for each discipline. All Key Personnel for whom resumes are provided shall be shown on the organizational chart in Section D of the SF330.

Additional staff available for work on this contract shall be indicated on the chart by numbers. The following disciplines are required:

2.1.1.1. Project/Task Order Manager(s)

2.1.1.2. Architect(s) – Registered Architect; LEED Certified

2.1.1.3. Civil Engineer(s) – Professional Engineer, preferred registrations within Wilmington District’s Area of Responsibility.

2.1.1.4. Structural Engineer(s) – Professional Engineer, demonstrates specialized experience with Security/Force Protection design

2.1.1.5. Mechanical Engineer(s) – Professional Engineer, demonstrates specialized experience with Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning and controls

2.1.1.6. Electrical Engineer(s) - Professional Engineer, demonstrates specialized experience with grounding and bonding.

2.1.1.7. Communication Engineer(s) – AMENDMENT 02: Professional Engineer; Registered Communication Distribution Design (RCDD)

2.1.1.8. Fire Protection Engineer(s) – Professional Fire Protection Engineer. Demonstrate two years design experience with sprinkler fire protection systems; demonstrate four years of design experience with currently nationally recognized codes such as National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), with special emphasis on NFPA 101 Life Safety.

2.1.1.9. Interior Designer(s) – Registered Architect or Interior Designer with NCIDQ certification;

demonstrate design experience with comprehensive interior design, including space planning, pre-wired workstations, furniture specification, and knowledge of the acquisition process including applicable FAR and funding limitations.

2.1.1.10. Commissioning Authority(ies) – certified as a CxA by AABC, NEBB, or TABB

2.1.1.11. Cost Estimator(s) – Certified AACE, ICEC, PCEA, or equivalent; resumes are required for the firm’s and/or consultant’s cost engineering or estimating specialist(s) for each of the following disciplines:

architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical; a single resume may demonstrate experience in one or more disciplines, however, competence and experience for each assigned discipline must be clearly demonstrated.

2.1.1.12. Cybersecurity Engineer(s) – GICSP or CISSP or CCNA certification

2.1.1.13. Master Planner(s) – Certified AICP or equivalent; demonstrate experience with area development plans, installation/base development plans, and overall master plans.

Note, LEED certification and Security/Force protection design experience requirements may be fulfilled by other disciplines.

2.2. Part 2 – Relevant Projects (Section E, Block 19): All Key Personnel are required to have a minimum of five (5) years of project experience in their discipline demonstrated by projects with scope, magnitude, and complexity comparable to this solicitation. The definition of a project is as noted in ‘Selection Criteria’ above. Relevant projects are those that reflect experience performing the respective discipline. Relevant Project Information should be brief and highlight specific roles and tasks performed by the Key Personnel, Project Type, Scope, and Costs. No more than five projects should be listed for each resume, and each project listed must have been completed within ten (10) years of publication of this solicitation announcement. (Note: The projects provided for this factor may also be used to address Part 2.)

The evaluation of Part 1 will take into consideration the education and current registration, licensure, or certification(s), as applicable, of each person named for each discipline. It will also take into consideration the person’s relevant project experience provided in Block 19. More weight will be given to experience with full-design type projects completed within the Southeastern United States, and that are of scope, magnitude, and complexity similar to that described above in the paragraph titled Project Information.

This factor may be assessed Strengths or Weaknesses, as appropriate. Only the Key Personnel disciplines requested in this solicitation will be evaluated. The basis of evaluation for Part 1 of this criteria will be information submitted in Part I, Sections E and G of the SF 330.

2.3. Criteria B, Specialized Experience and Technical Competence (SF330, Part I, Section F): Offerors are to demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence for the design of facilities and infrastructure for construction which meets the definition of AE Services as defined in 40 U.S.C. 1101 and FAR 2.101. This factor considers specialized experience and technical competence to support Civil Works Design and Construction as well as Military Design and Construction specific to performing services similar to those described above in the paragraph titled Project Information.

2.3.1. Those firms submitting as Joint Ventures (JV) must follow the same procedures as any other Offeror with the following exception: if the JV (the Offeror) cannot provide at least six (6) projects that demonstrate performance by the JV of 50% of more of a project, as either prime or subcontractor, the JV may provide projects performed by any partner of the offering JV that reflect performance of 50% or more of a project, as either a prime contractor or subcontractor.

2.3.2. In Section F, offerors are to submit up to fifteen (15) projects that best illustrate the proposed team’s qualifications for award of a contract. (Note: The projects provided for Factor 1 may also be used to address this factor.) The definition of a project is as noted in ‘Selection Criteria’ above. For each project use only one page and note the contract or task order number, as applicable. As to content, do not alter the format of Section F.

2.3.3. To demonstrate quality of past performance, for each project the Offeror must provide a Contract Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). If a CPARS is not available, the Offeror must provide a NAVFAC/USACE Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ). If a PPQ is provided and there is a CPARS, the CPARS rating will govern. The Government reserves the right to review any official performance evaluation system of records to inform its source selection decision. When completing Section G, in Block 26, along with the name of key personnel, include the firm with whom the person was associated with at the time the project was performed.

2.3.4. Of the projects submitted as prescribed above, relevant projects are those that reflect the specialized experience and technical competence of the Offeror and/or proposed subcontractor(s), as prime contractors or subcontractors, performing services similar to those described in the paragraph titled Project Information. More weight will be given to project designs that are full-design type projects on military installations or completed within the Southeastern United States, and that are of scope, magnitude, and complexity similar to that described above in the paragraph titled Project Information.

The basis of evaluation for Factor 2 will be information submitted in Part I, Sections F and G.

2.4. Criteria C, Past Performance: Offerors shall demonstrate in narrative (or other format) a history of customer satisfaction with the Offeror’s quality of work, cost control, and scheduling. Evaluations will be based on established CPARS ratings and other credible documentation included in the SF 330. Customer excerpts or quotes from prior evaluations for the purposes of substantiating the narrative are not desired.

The narrative should describe the corporate approach for maintaining success with customer satisfaction with the Offeror’s quality of work, cost control and scheduling. Submit up to 15 example projects completed in the past ten years that demonstrate experience listed above. This factor may be assessed with more weight given to successful performance ratings in these three areas on Department of Defense contracts.

2.5. Criteria D, Work Management: In Part I, Section H, the Offeror must provide a proposed work management plan demonstrating its team’s breadth of knowledge and experience with managing design for Civil Works Design and Construction as well as Military Design and Construction. The narrative should describe the corporate approach, driving criteria, or potential constraints, and examples of successful performance. The narrative should specifically discuss knowledge of, and experience with, work management planning to include quality management, subcontractor management, prior experience of the prime firm and any significant consultant, version control management, proactive internal and external communication protocols, and independent submittal review processes in the context of providing services under multiple task orders.

An example project plan shall be provided that includes all planning, design and construction aspects from the planning charrette phase through post-construction for typical design-bid-build construction projects.

The project plan shall include all disciplines and identify critical path tasks and general responsibilities as well as demonstrate knowledge of environmental requirements (NEPA, FONPA, FONSI, etc.), utility design and coordination, site and building investigations, LEED registration and certification, (post-construction) stormwater and erosion control permits, commissioning, etc. The project plan should include a narrative and a flowchart that clearly demonstrates the Offeror’s knowledge of executing of a project from planning through design and construction.

2.6. Criteria E, Capacity to Accomplish the Work: The capacity to accomplish at least three (3) $400,000 individual task orders simultaneously or one (1) $2,000,000 individual task order. Offeror must be able to demonstrate the capability to accomplish both scenarios.

2.7. Criteria F, Knowledge of Locality: Familiarity with the conditions, control and regulations affecting work in portions of North Carolina and Virginia.

2.8. Criteria G, Additional Key Personnel: Evaluation will consider education, training, registration, relevant experience in the type of work required, and longevity with the firm. The Offeror must provide licensure or certification number and date for each discipline. All Key Personnel for whom resumes are provided shall be shown on the organizational chart in Section D of the SF330. AMENDMENT 02: Additional staff members available for to work on this contract shall be indicated on the organizational chart by numbers with names and titles. The following additional disciplines are required:

2.8.1. Coastal Engineer(s)

2.8.2. Landscape Architect(s)

2.8.3. Industrial Hygienist(s)

2.8.4. Environmental Engineer(s) – Demonstrate specialized experience with Lead Based Paint (LBP) and Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) Survey and Remediation

2.8.5. Certified Value Specialist

2.8.6. Geospatial Developer

2.8.7. Surveyor(s) – Professional Land Surveyor, required registrations within North Carolina and Virginia

2.8.8. Certified Hydrographer(s)

2.8.9. Geotechnical Engineer(s) – Professional Engineer or Geologist

2.9. Criteria H, Geographical Proximity of Contractor: Geographical location of the contractor’s offices/facilities in relation to the primary area covered by the contract’s scope.

Note: Selection of AE firms is not based upon competitive bidding procedures, but rather upon the professional qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services. Firms must be evaluated as Most Highly Qualified in order to be selected for a contract. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act.

3. TECHNICAL INQUIRES: All questions and request for information (RFI’s) should be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.projnet.org/projnet.

3.1. Questions regarding acceptable means of submitting offers shall be made directly to the Contract Specialist identified in the solicitation.

3.2. To submit and review bid inquiry items, bidders must be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register, go to www.projnet.org\projnet, click BID tab, select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, enter Key for this solicitation listed below, and your e-mail address, then click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click “Continue.” From this page you may view all bidder inquiries or add an inquiry. Offerors questions will be acknowledged via email, followed by an answer to the question after it has been processed by our technical team.

3.2.1. The Solicitation Number is: W912PM24R0019

3.2.2. The Bidder Inquiry Key is: GMBR6K-Y2DJ2Z

3.3. Bidder/Offerors are requested to review the SF 330 Instructions, the solicitation in their entirety and to review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry. The name of the submitter or firm is not published for the public viewing on the report of all Bidder Inquiries.

Bidders/Offerors are on notice of, and assumed to be aware of, all inquiries, responses, and information posted in the Bidder Inquiry System up to the date of required submission, whether the inquiry was generated by the Bidder/Offeror themselves or another potential Bidder/Offeror.

3.4. Government responses to questions and RFT’s relating to proposal or bonds that are submitted to ProjNet in accordance with the procedures above are not binding on the Government unless an amendment to the solicitation is issued. In the case of any conflicts, the solicitation governs.

3.5. The ability to enter questions and RFI’s will be disabled seven (7) days prior to the closing date stated in the solicitation. The Government reserves the right not to respond to questions/inquiries received after that date. No Inquiries will be accepted by the Bidder Inquiry system within (7) calendar days prior to the date of bid opening. However, the Bidder Inquiry system may still be accessed to view answers/replies to previous inquiries until the bid opening.

Note: Personal visits to discuss this announcement will not be scheduled. As required by acquisition regulations, interviews for the purpose of discussing prospective contractor’s qualifications for the contract will be conducted only after submittal review by the selection board. Interviews will be conducted by telephone.

3.6. In Section H, Firms shall present an organization chart and a narrative describing how the organization will function. Those functions to be subcontracted out shall be clearly identified. Firms may opt to refer to the organizational chart provided in Section D when submitting the required narrative within Section H.

AMENDMENT 02: In Section H, describe owned or leased equipment that will be used to perform this contract. Content contained in cover letters, company literature and extraneous materials is not desired and will not be considered.

4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION. NO HARD COPY, REGULAR MAIL, HAND CARRIED, FACSIMILE, ETC.

SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

4.1. Interested Small Business Architect-Engineering firms having the capabilities to perform this work may submit Parts I and II of the SF 330 by email or by submission through DoD SAFE. Do not duplicate submissions, the offeror shall choose to submit via email or DoD SAFE.

4.2. EMAIL SUBMISSIONS: For offerors choosing to submit by email. Ensure the solicitation number is included in the subject line of the email.

4.2.1. Wilmington District Proposal Inbox at: SAW-CT-MilitaryProposals@usace.army.mil copy to:

4.2.1.2. Mr. Joshua S. Craven at joshua.s.craven@usace.army.mil

4.2.1.3. Mr. Edward A. Boddie at Edward.a.boddie@usace.army.mil

NOTE: In order to Submit Proposals via Email; Contractors Shall observe a 15 Megabyte (MB) file size limitation. If firms have file sizes that exceed this limitation, they may still submit their SF330 via email using the Microsoft Windows Compression Program (.zip).

4.3. RECEIPT OF EMAILED SUBMISSIONS: The date and time of delivery will be established by the time of receipt of the email notification to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous – in fact, it can take several minutes or even hours in some cases. If an electronic submission is uploaded minutes before the deadline but notification is not actually received in the recipients’ email inboxes until after the deadline, the submission will be considered late.

4.3.1. Title the file(s) in the following format:

W912PM24R0019_COMPANY NAME_SF330

Proposal due Date and Time:

4.4. DoD SAFE SUBMISSIONS: The Offer’s proposal submitted electronically through DoD Safe, shall be described below in this section. The Offeror’s bid shall not contain classified date. The use of hyperlinks in bids is prohibited.

NOTE: The only authorized transmission methods for Parts I and II of the SF 330 in response to this solicitation are via email has directed in section 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS or electronically via SAFE online submission. Offers shall not duplicate submissions, the offeror shall choose to submit via email. NO OTHER TRANSMISSION

METHODS (FACILMILE, REGULAR MAIL, HAND CARRIED, ETC.) WILL BE ACCEPTED.

4.4.1. SAFE INSTRUCTIONS

4.4.1.1. The Offeror’s Parts I and II of the SF 330 must be received by the Government by the date/time specified in the solicitation. Offerors shall electronically submit their Parts I and II of the SF 330s using the following link:

https://safe.apps.mil/

4.4.1.2. Within SAFE, please send Parts I and II of the SF 330s to both Contract Specialist Joshua S. Craven and Joshua.s.craven@usace.army.mil and to Contracting Officer Edward A. Boddie at Edward.a.boddie@usace.army.mil.

4.4.1.3. Failure to properly submit a Parts I and II of the SF 330 by the time due (4:00 PM Eastern) will render it late, and late Parts I and II of the SF 330s may not be accepted. As this is an electronic submission subject to internet connectivity and other potential network traffic issues, offerors are cautioned to plan accordingly.

4.4.2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ELECTRONIC PROPOSALS:

4.4.2.2. REQUEST FOR UPLOAD CODE: In order to electronically submit a bid through DoD SAFE, offerors must email Contract Specialist Joshua S. Craven at Joshua.s.craven@usace.army.mil and the Contracting Officer Edward A. Boddie at Edward.a.boddie@usace.army.mil no later five (5) working days prior to the bid due date to receive a request code which will allow for file uploads via the SAFE site. Offerors that fail to email for request a code five (5) working days before proposal submission date may not be able to receive code in time to upload their submission.

4.4.2.3. FILE DESCRIPTION: Include a “File Description” for file(s) you upload. The “File Description” will be W912PM24R0019_COMPANY NAME_SF330. This 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.

4.4.3. INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW ON THE SAFE WEBSITE:

4.4.3.1. Once at the SAFE website select the “Drop-off” icon. This allows users without a CAC or users whose computer is not configure to read a Common Access Card (CaC) the option to access the SAFE site as a guest.

4.4.3.2. After selecting the “Click Here” ling you will be prompted to add your personal information, the file information, recipient (Government representative) information and email settings.

4.4.3.3. When completing your file information for transmittal via the SAFE website, you will be required to enter the email address for all recipients. For this solicitation, te recipients are the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer.

4.4.3.3.1. The email address for the Contracting Specialist for this solicitation is Joshua.s.craven@usace.army.mil.

4.4.3.3.2. The email address for the Contracting Officer for this solicitation is Edward.a.boddie@usace.army.mil.

4.4.3.4. The E-Mail address of the Government Employee who initiated the request code will be automatically entered. The Offeror must enter the E-Mail address for both the Contracting Officer and Specialist. The Offeror can enter an additional E-Mail address if desire. After entering the email address, click the ADD button to add the person(s) email to the “Recipients List” of your response. When your bid is submitted, a notification will be sent to the recipients you added.

NOTE: Do NOT send the SAFE site packages to group email accounts.

4.4.3.5. Even if you successfully upload your bid to the SAFE site, notification will not be sent to the government recipients until you verify your email address. Entering an incorrect email may result in the rejection of your submission for lateness. An Offeror can confirm proper submission by the ‘Drop-Off Completed” screen which generates based on proper file submission.

4.4.4. RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS:

4.4.4.1. For the purposes of establishing whether a proposal submission is considered timely, the government considers the date and time the submission is completely uploaded into the SAFE website. No proposals larger than the 8GB capacity of the SAFE website and or require multiple file submissions because of size will be acceptable by the Government. The onus for ensuring that there was a successful upload, to include the date and time that submission is completely uploaded into the SAFE website rests with the offeror. Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous. It can take serval minutes or up to hours in some cases for the upload to be recorded as successful.

4.4.4.2. 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 proposals are submitted to each the designated recipient. Offerors are responsible for allowing sufficient time for the proposal to be received in accordance with the instructions provided.

4.4.4.3. Because uploaded documents expire in DoD SAFE, the submission of proposals should only occur during a limited window of time from 4:00 PM on 30 NOV 2024 to the due date, to ensure that the submitted bids don’t expire before the contracting specialist has time to download the proposals and conduct the preparation/verification of the submitted package.

4.4.4.4. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that they submit the submitted bid does not expire prior to the response date and time: AMENDMENT 02: Friday, Monday, 07 16 December 2024 at 4:00pm

4.5. PROPOSAL IDENTIFICATION:

Request For Proposal No: W912PM24R0019 Due Date of Proposal: AMENDMENT 02: 07 16 December 2024 Time by which Proposals are due: 4:00 P.M. (Eastern Time)

4.7. The entire submission fo the SF 330 must not exceed 15MB for email submissions if the offeror elects to submit via email, or 8GB for DoD SAFE submissions if the offeror elects to submit via DoD Safe and shall be submitted as one file using Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) in a Font 10 point or larger. Page size shall be standard 8 ½ x 11. Part I of the SF 330 Should not exceed 150 pages overall.

4.7.1. Resumes in Section E and example projects in Section F shall not exceed one (1) page each. Indicate in Section C.11 if the prime has worked with the team members in the past five (5) years. In Section G.26, include the firm each of the key personnel is associated with. Cover letters, company literature and extraneous materials are not desired and will not be considered.

4.7.2. The date and time of delivery will be established as discussed above in sections 4.2 and 4.4. Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous – in fact, it can take several minutes or even hours in some cases. Please make allowances for delays in transmittal. If an electronic submission is uploaded minutes before the deadline but notification is not actually received by the recipients until after the deadline, the submission will be considered late. The Government will not be responsible for proposals delivered to any location or to anyone other than those designated to receive proposals on its behalf.

Offerors are responsible for ensuring that proposals are submitted so as to reach the designated recipient of proposals. Offerors are responsible for allowing sufficient time for the proposal to be received in accordance with the instructions provided.

4.7.3. Time is of the essence, therefore any submissions received after the exact time specified for receipt will be considered late, and will be processed IAW FAR 15.208, Submission, Modification, Revision, and Withdrawal of Proposals. A firm will not be considered if its SF 330 Part I is not signed, unless the SF 330

Part I is accompanied with a signed cover letter, or a current signed SF 330 Part II. If a firm does not submit a SF 330 Part II with its SF 330 Part I, or have one on file through SAM, it will not be considered (FAR 36.603(b)).

4.7.4. Firms are highly encouraged to include a delivery receipt when electronically sending their submissions. Per FAR 15.208, electronic proposals received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure no later than 5:00pm one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals will not be considered “late”. It is the firm’s responsibility to ensure that the submissions are received by the designated time.

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