MODIFICATION
C -- Architect-Engineering Services, Indefinite Delivery Contract, Not-To-Exceed $9.9M for the US Army Corps of Engineers Far East District in Seoul Korea - Past Performance Questionnaries
- Notice Date
- 10/19/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Far East, Unit 15546, Attn:CEPOF-CT, Seoul, 96205-0610, Korea, South
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- W912UM-16-R-0026
- Point of Contact
- Daniel E. Shin, Phone: 315-721-6110
- E-Mail Address
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daniel.e.shin@usace.army.mil
(daniel.e.shin@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Past Performance Questionnaires PLEASE CONTACT Mr. Daniel Shin, Phone: DSN: 315-721-6110, Commercial: 0503-321-6110, US Commercial: 001-822-2270-6110, E-Mail: Daniel.e.shin@usace.army.mil, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED), ATTN: CEPOF-CT, Unit 15546, APO AP 96205-5546. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION. This Indefinite Delivery multi-discipline contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act (Public Law 92-582), as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6, for A-E services to be performed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED) throughout the Korean Peninsula on behalf of United States Army major and subordinate commands and units in the Republic of Korea (ROK). This is an unrestricted Brooks Act acquisition open to firms of all sizes. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. Up to 3 indefinite quantity contracts (IDCs) will be awarded, each with a maximum dollar amount of $3.3 million with an ordering period of 1 base year and 1 option period for a total of 2 years. The total value of all IDCs awarded will not exceed $9.9 million. Awards are expected to be made between November 2016 and January 2017. The contracts will require the Government to order services priced at not less than $2,500, applicable to the base period only, the funds for which will be obligated at the time of award of the base IDCs. The minimum guarantee amount will be applied to the first task order issued under the contract that exceeds $2,500. Services will be obtained through negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders that may be issued up to maximum dollar value of $1.5 million. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION. The A-E firm(s) will be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility and capability to fulfill design and design related requirements on an as-needed basis, to be issued through task order solicitations. Typical types of design services to be provided include: new structures, repair and renovation of existing structures, planning, engineering studies, hydrology and hydraulics, site investigations, preparation of DD Form 1391s, planning and design charrettes, A-E services during construction, and other general engineering activities. Projects are located at various U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine bases/camps/installations within the ROK. Representative types of facilities that may be the subject of design services include training and operations structures; administrative buildings; unaccompanied and family military housing; dining facilities; hospitals, medical/dental clinics; communications facilities; fuel storage and dispensing facilities; religious and family, morale, welfare, and recreation facilities; athletic facilities: gymnasiums, multiple-purpose sports fields; airfield structures; and utility systems that may include communications, power, water, gas, and sewers. Blast hardening, Collective Protection System (CPS) and Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) protection may be required for some facilities. Sustainable Design/LEED and Energy Policy Act 2005 requirements will be required for all facilities. Design deliverables must address local construction methods in the Republic of Korea and approved local materials that meet the intent of U.S. standards and code criteria in order to facilitate the use of local methods and materials. All design documents must be based on metric system units. Designs and prepared drawings must be accomplished using Computer-Added Design (CAD) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) and shall be compliant with the current A/E/C CAD standard available from the CAD/BIM Technology Center, USACE Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Projects involving facilities and structures may be funded by U.S. MILCON, SRM (O&M), Host Nation funds, Host Nation Funded Construction (FC), Host Nation FC In-Kind, or other types of funding mechanisms. All technical aspects of design work must be based on current technical criteria that include U.S. national codes and regulations, the Unified Facilities Criteria, and DoD Criteria and Standards. With some exceptions, all contractors using the A-E's designs will be Korean firms for whom English is not their native language; and their contracts may be awarded by either FED or Host Nation agencies. Cost estimates must be prepared using the Corps of Engineers Micro Computer Aided Cost Estimating System (MCACES)-Second Generation (MII), for which software and training will be provided by FED. All ROK Funded Construction (FC) In Kind project cost estimates will need to be prepared in the ROK Ministry of National Defense (MND) cost format. ROK FC In-Kind project AE designs require design documents to be prepared in the English and Korean languages for which the A-E contractor must have bilingual capabilities. The selected A-E firms must have their legal seats in the United States. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA. The following selection criteria are listed in descending order of importance. Criteria (a) through (e) are primary. Criterion (f) is secondary and will only be used as a tie-breaker among technically equal firms. (a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. Sub-criteria 1) and 2) are as follows: 1) Knowledge and experience in preparing design quality management plans to include: organizational structure related to design quality management; management approach; coordination of disciplines and sub consultants; and quality control procedures (including project-specific quality control plans, review checklists, senior designer reviews). 2) Knowledge and experience conducting and facilitating design and planning charrettes to identify functional issues, achieve consensus on project requirements, develop facility and site layouts, and developed schematic preliminary designs. SF 330 Requirements for Criterion (a): Prepare a separate Section F for each project and clearly identify the funding source for each project. Identify your firm's role as prime or sub consultant for each project. Projects submitted must have been completed within the past 5 years. Provide design start/complete dates; project size; cost; and scope. Projects where you were the prime contractor, and projects where you and your significant sub-consultants (if any) who are being proposed for this contract have worked together will be given greater consideration. Provide information pertaining to sub-criterion 1) within the SF 330's Part I, Section H (Additional Information). (b) Professional Qualifications. The following sub-criteria 1) through 2) are listed in descending order of importance: 1) Key Personnel: Provide resumes for a minimum of 1 but not more than 2 persons identified against each key personnel category below. - Project management (architect or engineer) - Architecture - Fire protection engineering - Mechanical engineering - Electrical engineering - Structural engineering - Civil engineering - Cost engineering The principals and primary lead architect or engineer in each discipline must be registered in a United States state or territory and possess a professional license to practice in the appropriate professional field for which he/she is offered. Identified key personnel will be more highly evaluated if the person participated as a member of the firm or a significant sub-consultant in the projects submitted in the SF 330's section F. 2) Specialized Personnel. Provide a resume for at least 1 person identified against each discipline below. - U.S. Registered Communication Distribution Designer (RCDD) accredited by the Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) and possessing a current active RCCD registration - CADD Operators with experience in Building Information Modeling (BIM) - LEED Building Design and Construction (LEED BD+C) Accredited Professional (AP) SF 330 Requirements for Criterion (b). Resumes of key and specialized personnel shall be indicated in the SF 330, Section E - "RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL PROPOSED FOR THIS CONTRACT". Use a separate Section E for each individual proposed. Clearly indicate key personnel qualifications in Block 17 of each Section E entry. Do not generalize professional certifications but provide specific information. (c) Past Performance on Department of Defense (DoD) and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from PPIRS and other sources. Past performance data for projects presented under Part I, Section F of the SF330 will be evaluated. The Government will use as its primary source of information on past performance evaluations retrieved through the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) as managed by the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). Performance evaluations for any proposed significant sub-consultants may also be considered. Past performance information from other sources may be evaluated. SF330 Requirements for Criterion (c). Any credible, documented information on past performance may be submitted, but the Government is not required to seek other information on past performance if none is available through PPIRS. Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) may be submitted to provide or supplement your past performance with other than U.S. Government clients. You may obtain a PPQ standard form by submitting a request to the POC listed in this announcement via e-mail. (d) Capacity of the firm to accomplish work in the required time. A-E firms must demonstrate they possess the necessary staffing, organization, sub-consultants, financial resources and technical capabilities to timely complete any task order issued them under the description of possible work in paragraphs 1 and 2 herein. SF330 Requirement for Criterion (d). Submit a 1 page narrative statement, explaining your capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Include the statement in the SF 330's Section H. (e) Knowledge of the Locality. Firms will be evaluated on specific familiarity with the site conditions in Republic of Korea and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District Areas of Responsibility. The intent is to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of local conditions, including the physical environment, local engineering criteria, local construction methods, and construction market conditions. Sub-criteria 1), 2) and 3) are as follows: 1) Knowledge of and experience with the Host Nation funded design and the Host Nation funded construction in-kind programs, specifically, preparation of design documents unique to those programs, including preparation of MND cost estimates. 2) Knowledge and experience with Korean construction practices, materials, procedures, standards and application of United States and DoD design criteria in Korea. 3) Knowledge and experience in the preparation of planning and design documents for construction and/or repair and maintenance of facilities on United States Forces installations located in Korea, including bilingual capabilities. SF330 Requirement for Criterion (e). In response to sub-criteria 1), 2) and 3), submit a 2 page narrative statement, explaining your knowledge of the locality which includes your responses to sub-criteria 1), 2) and 3). Include the statement in the SF 330's Section H. (f) Volume of recent DoD contract awards. State the total value of new work awarded to the firm by all DoD agencies within the 12 months prior to the date of this announcement, plus the total value of existing, non-completed work with DoD agencies as of the date of this announcement. SF330 Requirement for Criterion (f). When identifying the total volume of work, include all new, stand-alone contracts and IDC task orders, as modified, issued by DoD agencies within the 12 months prior to the date of this announcement. Calculate the current, estimated value of remaining, unfinished work awarded prior to the 12 month period. Do not include the ordering limit value of an IDC, nor contract or task order options which have not been exercised. Present the information in a statement entitled "Volume of DoD Work" in SF 330, Part I, Section H. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Interested firms seeking qualification under this announcement must submit a SF 330 Part I and Part II electronically via the AMRDEC SAFE website at: https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/SAFE2/Welcome.aspx. At the AMRDEC SAFE website, select the link: I do not have a CAC and include 1. daniel.e.shin@usace.army.mil and 2. lisa.c.billman@usace.army.mil on the Recipient Information. The suspense for the SF330 submission is no later than 26 October 2016 08:00AM Republic of Korea Standard Time. The SF 330 Part I shall not exceed 50 pages (8.5"x11" or 11x17 for graphics and charts). Each side of a sheet of paper is a page. Use no smaller than 12-font size, except 10-font size for tables, charts and graphics. 5. OFFERORS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS a. Technical inquiries and questions relating to proposal procedures are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry to ProjNet at www.projnet.org/projnet. b. To submit and review solicitation inquiry items, prospective applicants will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register, go to web page, click BID tab select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, enter Key for this solicitation listed below, and your e-mail address, click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click to continue. c. From this page you may view all prospective applicant inquiries or add inquiry. Only one question will be allowed per inquiry. If multiple questions are included in a single inquiry, only the first question will be answered. All others will remain unanswered until entered in as single inquiries. d. Prospective applicants will receive an acknowledgement of their question via email, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed by the Government. e. The Solicitation Number is: W912UM-16-R-0026 f. The Bidder Inquiry Key is: PZCFB2-6PF4EQ g. The Bidder Inquiry System will be closed to new inquiries seven (7) calendar days prior to proposal submission in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. If the system is not closed in a timely manner, an inquiry posted within seven (7) calendar days of the receipt of proposals will still be regarded as untimely and will not be afforded a substantive response. h. Please review the synopsis in its entirety and review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry. i. The bidder call center Help Line operates weekdays from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 1-800-428-HELP. j. Applications for qualification will not be publicly opened. Information concerning the status of the evaluation of applications and/or results of evaluation will not be disclosed to the applicant after receipt of applications, except as authorized by law and regulations (See FAR subpart 36.6). Any information submitted to the Government with the SF 330 which the applicant believes is proprietary or confidential, must be marked as such in the SF 330. 6. Pre-Proposal Conference. The US Army Corps of Engineers Far East District (USACE FED) will hold a pre-proposal conference for potential A-E offerors. The purpose of the conference is to inform firms about the process of applying for this opportunity, explain requirements and answer questions from potential applicants. Pre-proposal conference information: Location : FED East Gate (S#87) 29, EulJi-Ro 39-Gil, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea. Date and Time : 12 October 2016 at 9:00AM Korean Time You may send up to 2 representatives to physically attend the pre-proposal conference. In-person attendance is not mandatory. If you wish to participate in the conference by telephone, a dial-in number will be provided once you confirm your interest in participating. Whether attending in person or by telephone, the following attendee information must be sent to Daniel.e.shin@usace.army.mil by 9:00AM Korean Time on 3 October 2016: 1. Name of person(s) attending, 2. Company Name, 3. Email Address, 4. Telephone Number, 5. Korean Resident Card Number (주민등록증번호) for a Korean Citizen or US Passport Number for an US Citizen and 6. FED Access Status.
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- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District, Seoul Korea, Korea, South
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