MODIFICATION
C -- Architect/Engineer Services for one (1) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract for Fire Protection Engineer Support Services for worldwide projects and projects within the Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR)
- Notice Date
- 6/26/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Louisville, Attn: CELRL-CT, PO Box 59, Louisville, Kentucky, 40201-0059, United States
- ZIP Code
- 40201-0059
- Solicitation Number
- W912QR18R0046
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2018
- Point of Contact
- Travis I. Dunn,
- E-Mail Address
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travis.i.dunn@usace.army.mil
(travis.i.dunn@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Architect/Engineer Services for one (1) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract for Fire Protection Engineer Support Services for worldwide projects and projects within the Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR) boundaries of the USACE Transatlantic Middle East District. 1. GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6 Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for required work. NAICS code for this procurement is 541 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services / 541330 - Engineering Services. This announcement is for General Small Businesses. The proposed services, which will be obtained by negotiated firm fixed price contracts, are for an A/E Design SATOC for worldwide projects to provide Fire Protection (FP) engineering services utilizing Unified Facilities Criteria 1-200-01 DoD BUILDING CODE (GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS), 3-600-01 Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities, 4-211-01 Aircraft Maintenance Hangars, and 1-201-01 Non-Permanent Facilities in Support of Military Operations, as the basis of design to design, review, inspect and commission fire protection system designs for Permanent and Non-permanent facilities. One (1) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract will be awarded. The maximum cumulative contract value for the contract is $9,000,000. The contract period is for a base year and up to four (4) one-year options. Projects will be awarded by individual task orders. There is no minimum or maximum on the amount of individual task orders, except the overall contract value will not be exceeded. The following factors will be used in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate task orders: performance and quality of Fire Protection Engineer Support Services, current capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, and uniquely specialized experience. Significant emphasis will be placed on the A/E firm's ability to manage concurrent projects in multiple locations. Secondary selection criteria will be used as a tiebreaker between firms considered as technically equal. The estimated start date is August 2018. In accordance with FAR 36.604 and supplements thereto, and upon final acceptance or termination, all task orders above $35,000 will receive a performance evaluation. A performance evaluation may be prepared for lesser task orders and interim performance evaluations may be prepared at any time. Performance evaluations will be maintained for use in future source selections for A/E services. 2. PROJECT SPECIFIC INFORMATION: The following are major work elements that would be included in this requirement. These lists are not all encompassing. a. Design of FP systems (Interior FP Systems & Site FP Infrastructure). b. 3rd Party Review of FP system designs (Interior FP Systems & Site FP Infrastructure). c. Commissioning/testing of FP systems - observing contractor testing procedures or performing FP commissioning tests themselves. d. Performing life safety analysis (Building & Site). e. Review of life safety compliance of designs (Building & Site). f. Performing life safety analysis/FP system designs of hazardous materials/waste storage, handling, use, and/or containment as required. g. Review of life safety/FP systems design related to hazardous materials/waste storage, handling and/or use, use, and/or containment as required. h. Review, inspection, and system commissioning of Aircraft Hangar Fire Protection Systems and life safety analysis. 3: SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria in descending order of importance are listed below. "a" through "d" are primary, and "e" is secondary. a) Professional Qualifications: The government's evaluation of professional qualifications will consider education, training, certifications, registrations, overall experience, relevant experience, and longevity with the firm. ****AMDT 0002**** Proposed Fire Protection Engineers must meet the criteria for a Fire Protection Engineer from UFC 3-600-01 Section 2-1.15.2: ****AMDT 0002**** "2-1.15.2.1 The engineer of record or the fire protection quality control engineer. 2-1.15.2.2 An individual who is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) who has passed the fire protection engineering written examination administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and has relevant fire protection engineering experience. b) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: The government's evaluation of Specialized Experience and Technical Competency will consider example projects in the SF330 Section F which include Specialized Experience and Technical Competencies below. The government will also consider the same Specialized Experience and Technical Competencies of individual team members in SF330 Section E. ****AMDT 0002**** 1. Projects may be accomplished for the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard, Worldwide as well as Foreign Military Sales to Host Nations in the CENTCOM AOR Middle East. Work must have been 15% self-performed to qualify as experience. ****AMDT 0002**** ****AMDT 0002**** 2. Projects similar in size to this project include: The building is at least 135,000 sq ft per floor and four stories or less designed by a Registered Professional Fire Protection Engineer. The type of the projects may include the design of facilities for US Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, etc. worldwide funded by US and/or host nations. The project type may also include facilities such as general warehouses (e.g. Army Standard General Warehouse with 130,000 sq. ft. on a single floor), aircraft hangars (e.g. Army Standard Maintenance Hangar of 163,500 sq. ft.), POL/HAZMAT facilities, etc. ****AMDT 0002**** c) Capacity: The government's evaluation of the offeror's capacity narrative included in the Design Quality Management Plan in SF330 Section H will consider the offeror's ability to complete the work in the required time with the understanding that this contract may require multiple team members to work multiple task orders at various locations simultaneously. Offerors should include a narrative on any existing offices and/or personnel they have operating in the worldwide and in the CENTCOM AOR. d) Past Performance: Past performance of the A-E, and key subcontractors on Department of Defense (DoD) and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) Contractor Performance Assessment Report System (CPARS) and other sources. Offerors may use the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) template provided with this announcement for use in documenting past performance. e) Volume of Contract Awards in the last 12 months. ****AMDT 0002**** 4.) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Offerors must submit five (5) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy on CD of the SF 330, Part l, along with one (1) hard copy and one (1) electronic copy on CD of the SF330, Part II for the prime firm. Each branch office that will have a key role in the proposed contract must also submit a copy of the SF 330 Part II. Offerors must submit a current and accurate SF 330, Part II, for each proposed sub-consultant. Any firm with an electronic mailbox responding to the solicitation should identify such address in the SF 330, Part I. Please identify the Dun & Bradstreet number of the office(s) performing the work in Block 5 of the SF 330, Part I. Dun & Bradstreet numbers may be obtained by contacting (866) 705-5711, or via the internet at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. ****AMDT 0002**** The proposal shall be submitted as one file using Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). Font size shall be 10 or larger on white letter-sized paper (8 inches by 11 inches). The SF 330 will be no longer than 100 pages in length (excluding the SF 330, Part IIs) and Section H will be 20 pages or less in length. Standard sheet size shall be an 8 ½ inch x 11 inch sheet. Each printed side of a page will count as one page. The data on the CD shall not substitute for the hard copy submission. Do not furnish design portfolios, prints, magazines, newspaper clippings, or CDs of completed projects. All requirements of this notice must be met for a firm to be considered responsive. Additional instructions and clarifications for SF330: SF330 Section D: The offerors shall submit an organizational chart as required by SF330 Section D. Offerors can submit a folded 11"x 17" organizational chart as part of their submission. This will be considered only one page of their submission. SF330 Section E: ****AMDT 0002**** The individuals identified by the project roles on the SF330 may not have multiple duties or be "dual-hatted." Offerors shall provide individual resumes for a minimum of three (3) personnel in SF330 Section E for each of the individuals listed below in lines 1 through 7. Individuals included in SF330 Section E must possess the certifications and/or registrations listed below and must have performed in their respective role (i.e. project engineer, specifications writer, etc.) on projects similar to those listed in Paragraph 2 of this solicitation. The individual's experience for the amount of time listed below applies to experience related to the position described and can include years working prior to registration/licensure/certification. For engineers #1-2 listed below, offerors shall designate a Senior-Level professional. For Senior-Level, those individuals shall be a Registered Professional in their field, with a minimum of 10 years of experience. The other individuals (#1 and #2) in each discipline shall be designated as Mid-Level Engineers, and shall have a minimum of five (5) years of experience. All individuals (in positions for #1 and #2) shall have an ABET-accredited college degree in their field or a technical field related to architecture or engineering. Cost Engineer shall have one of the following three certifications: Certified Cost Consultant (CCC), Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) or Certified Cost Engineering Technician (CCET). Other disciplines listed below shall have a minimum of ten years of experience in their respective positions. ****AMDT 0002**** The evaluation will consider education, certifications, registration, and overall and relevant experience. Additional consideration will be given to proposals offering additional professional registrations within their team, for significant experience beyond what is requested, and for professionals with graduate degrees. ****AMDT 0002**** 1. Fire Protection Engineer - Principal 2. Fire Protection Engineer 3. Quality Assurance Representative 4. Specifications Writer 5. Cost Engineer 6. CADD Technician 7. Project Control ****AMDT 0002**** SF330 Section F: For all projects included in SF330 Section F, all must be substantially complete. Substantially complete is the project has reached the 95% construction level. Projects must demonstrate the specialized experience and technical competence of the prime firm, consultants, and key subcontractors. An IDIQ contract may be submitted but must include a narrative describing the project requirements for specific task orders under the IDIQ contract to demonstrate similar projects. The Offeror shall submit a maximum of ten (10) projects in total; all ten (10) projects must be completed within the last five years, from the date of this solicitation, in the types of projects specifically indicated above in paragraph 2, PROJECT SPECIFIC INFORMATION. The effectiveness of the proposed project team (including management structure; coordination of disciplines, offices and/or subcontractors; and prior working relationships) will also be examined. Project descriptions should show explicit experience pertinent to this announcement. If more than ten (10) projects are submitted, only the first ten (10) projects listed in the proposal will be evaluated. Each project example should include the following information: which prime firm, partner, consultant or key subcontractors executed the project, a description/narrative of the project, scope, location, contract dollar award amount and final dollar cost, the start date, original contract finish date, the actual finish date, customer POC with current phone number and email information. Projects should also list any key personnel that worked on the submitted projects. Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts, where numerous Task Orders are listed together, are not acceptable as projects, rather each Task Order would be considered a project. SF330 Section H: In SF330 Section H, include an evaluation of performance from the client/owner for all example projects included in SF330 Section F. Performance evaluations will not be counted against the 20 page limit of SF330 Section H or the 100 page limit for the entire SF330. In SF330 Section H, each offeror shall present a Quality Management Plan including an explanation of the firm's management approach; management of sub-consultants (if applicable); quality control/assurance procedures; procedures to insure that internal resources are not over committed; and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including sub-consultants). The Quality Management Plan shall also include a Capacity Narrative describing the offeror's ability to complete the work with available resources. Also in Block H indicate the estimated percentages involvement of each firm on the proposed team or describe the type of work and roles the prime and subcontractors will perform under this contract. It is the responsibility of the Prime Contractor to comply with FAR 19.508(e) and 52.219-14. At least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel must be expended for employees of the prime firm. The 50% self-performing requirement will be based on the contract as a whole. Release of firm status will occur within 10 days after approval of any selection. All responses on SF 330 to this announcement must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on 10 July 2018. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made. Facsimile transmissions will not be accepted. Solicitation packages are not provided and no additional project information will be given to firms during the announcement period. REGISTRATIONS: Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database: System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. ALERT: You must submit a notarized letter appointing the authorized Entity Administrator before your registration will be activated. This requirement now applies to both new and existing entities. Effective 29 April 2018, the notarized letter process is now mandatory on all CURRENT registrants at SAM who have a requirement to update data on their SAM record. The notarized letter is mandatory and is required before the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) will activate the entity's registration. ****AMDT 0002**** Technical inquiries and questions relating to proposal procedures are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at http://ProjNet.org/ProjNet. The attached file titled ProjNet Instructions provides guidance on how to submit and review bid inquiry items. Bidders will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. The Bidder Inquiry Key or Quick Add Key for this project is 47PGYD-TC754S. ****AMDT 0002**** Submit responses to US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, ATTN: Travis Dunn, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pl., Room 821, Louisville, KY 40202.
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- Address: USACE District, Transatlantic Middle East, 201 Prince Frederick Drive, Winchester, Virginia, 22601, United States
- Zip Code: 22601
- Zip Code: 22601
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